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Ricardo Azevedo @ricardoazevedo.bsky.social · Dec 8

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Genetic drift promotes and recombination hinders speciation on holey fitness landscapes

Author summary As geographically isolated populations evolve, genetic incompatibilities accumulate between them. Eventually, these incompatibilities may cause the populations to become different speci...

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 3d

I’m sorry but the fact that this is not everywhere is kind of malpractice

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 3d

Trump on pardoning Ghislaine Maxwell: Haven't heard the name in so long. I’ll take a look at it. I’ll speak to the DOJ. A lot of people have asked me for pardons.

Reporter: But she’s convicted of sex trafficking

Trump: I’ll have to take a look at it.

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Ricardo Azevedo @ricardoazevedo.bsky.social · 4d

Sticker on the back of a car saying: "Have I found Jesus? Don't tell me he's lost. AGAIN!"

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History Scientist @historyscientist.bsky.social · 12d

Hard work pays off in the end. Laziness pays off now.

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Ricardo Azevedo @ricardoazevedo.bsky.social · 14d

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The population genetics of speciation: the evolution of hybrid incompatibilities.

Abstract. Speciation often results from the accumulation of 'complementary genes,' i.e., from genes that, while having no deleterious effect within species

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Ricardo Azevedo @ricardoazevedo.bsky.social · 14d

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SKEPTICISM TOWARDS SANTA ROSALIA, OR WHY ARE THERE SO FEW KINDS OF ANIMALS?

Click on the article title to read more.

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Ricardo Azevedo @ricardoazevedo.bsky.social · 18d

I'm just not hungry rigth now...

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 21d

RFK Jr. is objectively pro-disease, pro-illness and pro-child death.

RFK Jr.-Backed Vaccine Panel Advises Against MMRV Vaccine for Young Children

New members of a key committee tweak routine childhood vaccine guidance as some states and insurers go their own way.

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Ricardo Azevedo @ricardoazevedo.bsky.social · 23d

Terrifying. Like an episode of "Black Mirror" come to life. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/p...

Trapped in a ChatGPT Spiral

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · Sep 1

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Alejandro Montenegro @aemonten.bsky.social · Aug 29

Figure 5 in some genomics papers

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Order Rodentia @orodentia.bsky.social · Aug 27

Someone please make this a real thing...

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · Aug 28

"Tao is one of the most prominent mathematicians and academics to publicly oppose the administration’s actions, calling them an “existential threat” to his field, and academic science, more broadly. He said public advocacy is a priority over his research, for now."

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The 'Mozart of Math' rarely speaks about politics. The wide-ranging cuts to science funding made him change that.

UCLA's Terence Tao called the Trump administration's actions an "existential threat" to academic research in the U.S.

www.nbcnews.com

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Very British Problems @soverybritish.bsky.social · Aug 21

The most passive-aggressive phrases:

1 Polite notice
2 Gentle/friendly reminder
3 As per my last email
4 Thanks in advance
5 For the avoidance of doubt
6 With all due respect
7 I may have missed it, but
8 Maybe I didn’t explain it clearly enough
9 Not sure if you read my email
10 Hope this helps!

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Ezra Klein @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social · Aug 13

Today’s episode of The Ezra Klein Show.

When Is It Genocide?
Philippe Sands discusses how to think about the tragedies in Gaza through the lens of international law.
open.spotify.com/episode/0ZBm...

youtu.be/RrhBypHFYPY?...

Israel, Gaza and the Debate Over Genocide | The Ezra Klein Show

YouTube video by The Ezra Klein Show

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Biggie @biggienotsmalls.bsky.social · Aug 19

Speak Truth.....to ICE propaganda....

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Greg Folkers @gregfolkers.bsky.social · Aug 15

Nature: Cancelling mRNA studies is the highest irresponsibility

go.nature.com/3HDx4wD

cc Jay Bhattacharya

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Hannah Shelley, MLIS (Metadata, Lattes & Impostor Syndrome) @hannahshelley.bsky.social · Aug 13

Since search is dead, how soon do you think Google Scholar is headed for the Google Graveyard? I'm betting it's soon, and academia is NOT prepared

Google Scholar Is Doomed

Academia built entire careers on a free Google service with zero guarantees. What could go wrong?

hannahshelley.neocities.org

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Ricardo Azevedo @ricardoazevedo.bsky.social · Aug 13

www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Man develops rare condition after ChatGPT query over stopping eating salt

US medical journal article about 60-year-old with bromism warns against using AI app for health information

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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · Aug 13

2020-2024: Jay Bhattacharya says mRNA vaccines are inferior to “natural immunity,” encourages everyone to get Covid, and cashes in by implying vaccines are dangerous & don’t work

2025: Jay Bhattacharya says the public doesn’t trust mRNA vaccines because of all the lies he told them

Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · Aug 12

This op-ed from NIH director Jay Bhattacharya is *infuriating*. He says we have to stop funding mRNA vaccine research because it hasn't "earned public trust." Motherfucker, WHO DID THAT.

Opinion | Jay Bhattacharya: Why the NIH is pivoting away from mRNA vaccines

As a vaccine for broad public use, mRNA technology has failed to earn the public’s trust.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Robert Francis @birdhistory.bsky.social · Jul 29

When she was just 26 Florence Merriam wrote the first guide to birding with binoculars in 1889. And she slipped in this incredible feminist gem:

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · Jul 18

Breaking news: “The Late Show” with Stephen Colbert will end in May 2026, CBS said in a statement.

The announcement came days after Colbert spoke out against the $16 million paid earlier this month by Paramount, the parent company of CBS News.

Stephen Colbert’s ‘Late Show’ canceled by CBS, to end in May 2026

CBS said in a statement that it was “purely a financial decision.” The show launched with Colbert as host, executive producer and writer a decade ago.

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profarn.bsky.social @profarn.bsky.social · Jul 4

Towards the end of the war, FDR wrote a letter to V. Bush that was of great consequence, instructing him to provide recommendations on four points

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Sarah Longwell @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social · Jul 2

I’ve been thinking a lot about Murkowski’s vote. It contains, in one action, so much that defines our pathetic political moment:

Selfishness: I’m taking care of me and mine, the rest of you can pound sand;

Lack of accountability: I know the bill is bad, hopefully someone else will fix it;

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Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · Jul 2

The me so sorry forgive me please and buy my EVs tour begins: www.thedailybeast.com//elon-musk-a...

Elon Musk Admits Waving Chainsaw Overhead Was Bad Idea

Musk sad that the stunt, which he pulled at CPAC in February, “lacked empathy.”

www.thedailybeast.com

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · Jun 30

2/ It was bad enough they cut all the tax incentives for wind and solar energy - they added a NEW TAX on these projects to make sure America never builds any new renewables.

Remember, Trump promised the oil industry provisions like this in exchange for a $1B campaign donation.

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