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Ashwin Suryanarayanan

@antxieti.bsky.social
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PhD student at Uni Liverpool studying sexual selection in fruit flies. Interested in bugs, behaviour, evolution, and eco-socialism. Previously at NCBS Bangalore and IISER Kolkata. he/him

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 18/09/2026
I'll to come right out and say it: statistical extrapolation is *fine*. One of the most useful ways to understand the present and anticipate the future is measuring the things that happened in the past, find the correlations among them, and extrapolate likely future outcomes from those correlations.
A series of high-magnification views of a seemingly smooth human heart valve, revealing the rough texture under extreme close-up.


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Zhaoxing Wang, Kunpeng Wang & Yan Xu (modified)
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Luke Winkie @lukewinkie.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Ever since I started at Slate I have been fascinated by our commenting community, which seems to hate just about everything I’ve ever published on the site. For the 30th anniversary of the magazine, I decided to ask them why. (Quick thread.)
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Animal Behaviour Collective @abcmicrogrants.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Our latest microgrant funding round is open now! 📢 Below is a reminder of what we do and don't fund. This round closes October 30th! Want to help us support students? Please spread the word, and donate if you can! For more informaition and to apply: opencollective.com/animal-behaviour-collective
We do fund students' personal costs. For example: transport to uni, living costs and personal equipment. We don't fund research costs, for example: lab equipment and services, research permits and conference fees.
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Claudia Wascher @wascherclaudia.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I'm so excited to finally see the special issue "Addressing Biases in Animal Behaviour" fully published: www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu.... Huge thanks to my brilliant co-editors @viveknityananda.bsky.social & @nicolakoyama.bsky.social. Special issue grew from @asab.org's 2024 Winter Meeting 🧵
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Bodega Cats @bodegacats.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
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Sam Cole @samleecole.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
There are so many stories lately about people who died by suicide after falling into emotionally manipulative patterns with chatbots. We rarely get to hear how the people who loved them are coping after an unimaginable, senseless loss. This is one of their stories: www.404media.co/austin-gordo...
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'Tell Everyone:' A Man Died by Suicide After Talking to ChatGPT. His Former Partner Wants to Warn the World About AI
After allegedly becoming emotionally reliant on ChatGPT, Austin died at 40 years old, leaving behind family and friends who loved him. Megan wants everyone to know what happened.
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Tom Roberts @tpgroberts.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Look, put simply, people should not be comfortable saying that in public and the way to fix society runs directly through making them afraid to say it again.
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Animal Behaviour Collective @abcmicrogrants.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Our paper is out now! 🎉📝 We describe how we work to address barriers faced by students and early-career researchs in the animal behaviour field, through our mentorships and microgrants. We hope that this can inspire and provide practical resources for others hoping to do the same!
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The animal behaviour collective: building confidence and breaking barriers through community
Despite increasing efforts to diversify the field of animal behaviour, systemic barriers continue to limit access and inclusion for researchers from h…
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Alex MacFarlane @aghowes.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
In light of the BBC claiming that asylum seekers are falsely claiming to be gay in order to gain asylum, here is an article about the difficulties and humiliations LGBT asylum seekers have experienced trying to prove their identities. www.bigissue.com/news/politic...
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All the demeaning ways Home Office expects LGBTQ+ migrants to 'prove' themselves
With comments suggesting LGBTQ+ asylum seekers are pretending to be gay, how do you successfully prove your sexuality to the UK Home Office?
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Edvard Munch @edvardmunch.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
The Sun 1916 botfrens.com/collections/90/content…
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The War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Inspired by André Gorz, 1973: "...the car wastes more time than it saves and creates more distance than it overcomes. Of course, you can get yourself to work doing 60 mph, but that’s because you live 30 miles from your job and are willing to give half an hour to the last 6 miles."
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The social ideology of the motorcar - Uneven Earth
by André Gorz The worst thing about cars is that they are like castles or villas by the sea: luxury goods invented for the exclusive pleasure of a very rich minority, and which in conception and natur...
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molly conger @socialistdogmom.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
world-altering decisions are being made by a cabal of gambling addicts hell bent on self enrichment no matter the cost to humanity, we should look into that.
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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
I keep coming back to this
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
Keeping people in poverty is an expensive luxury. My column on the false economies of austerity, which costs us all a fortune. Despite the government's claims, austerity continues under Labour. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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It hurt when I crashed my bike into a pothole – and it taught me the true price of austerity | George Monbiot
Fixing that hole could have cost under £100; the cost of not doing so is limitless. My prang highlights the neoliberal folly of false economies, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Josh Dzieza @joshdzieza.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
I wrote about how Wikipedia became the factual foundation of the web and why it's under attack
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Wikipedia is under attack — and how it can survive
The site’s volunteers face threats from Trump, billionaires, and AI.
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Animal Behaviour Collective @abcmicrogrants.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
We believe that diversity & inclusion are a must for good science. This is why we support students from historically excluded groups, including LGBTQIA+ students. With this year's anti-LGBTQIA+ and specifically anti-trans measures, we feel it's more important than ever to state this.
A circle of eleven ABC logo bees in the colours of the progress pride flag surrounding a text saying happy pride month, we at ABC support and celebrate all LGBTQIA+ students & scientists
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 21/05/2025
‘I just want bread’ This elderly Palestinian man, Sameer, broke down in tears from extreme hunger caused by Israel’s blockade in Gaza. At least 1 in 5 Palestinians faces starvation in Gaza as Israel continues attacks.
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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
One thing that is irksome about the “actually the island of strangers is about social isolation” line is okay, how does doubling the permanent residency requirement *help* with this?
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
The BBC is institutionally biased towards the right and the far right, and here's the proof: the results of an almost perfect before-and-after experiment. My column today. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The BBC is utterly beholden to the right. Why else would it fear a podcast about heat pumps? | George Monbiot
The broadcaster behaves like Starmer’s government: suppress the left, cave to your critics, and undermine your own survival, writes Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
sometimes people say "___ is a bubble" and mean that ___ is an environment that exceptionally distorts and disfigures people's perceptions of what the world is like, and sometimes people say "___ is a bubble" and mean that ___ doesn't contain statistically representative samples of every Type of Guy
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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
75 people at the New York Times arguing over whether to call the plan to build Trump hotels in Gaza “audacious,” “bold,” or “visionary”
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Rosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com · 04/02/2025
While I work on this year's valentine, here's last year's.
A four-panel comic. In panel 1, a wood frog stands on a pink background. The text says: "Feeling unlucky in love? Did you know that male Wood Frogs have difficulty perceiving members of their species? Here are some things they’ve been documented trying to mate with." "Spotted Salamander." The wood frog looks at a large yellow-spotted salamander, with a heart over the frog's head. "Cattail." The frog looks amorously at a large cattail flower or "sausage." "Green frog." The wood frog looks at a large confused-looking green frog. "Dead fish." The wood frog stares at a large dead fish. "Live fish." The wood frog looks amorously at a large trout. "Pine cone." The wood frog looks at a large pine cone. The final text says: "Sorry, there's no moral here. I just thought you'd enjoy this fact about frogs."
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 29/01/2025
This is my favorite picture of Stonewall. They knew they were getting arrested just for being LGBTQ+. Yet... they're still here, standing outside of the boarded up Stonewall Inn, smiling as the world was at a fever pitch of hatred against them. I think about it a lot in moments like this.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 31/12/2024
A cicada: ‘What cicadas leave behind is a kind of crystallised memory’ | Helen Sullivan
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A cicada: ‘What cicadas leave behind is a kind of crystallised memory’ | Helen Sullivan
Part of their body is hollow, this amplifies the sound. The longer you listen to their sound, the more they seem to sync up Of all the languages’ words for cicada, Croatian’s might be the best: cvrčak, pronounced: tvr-chak. The sound it makes is “tvr-chi…
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Ivy @askylitocean.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
Lucy Grossmith, Mumurations over Fields
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Ivy @askylitocean.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
Fumi Yanagimoto
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Cats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · 28/12/2024
Girl with Cat. Ca. 1940 - 1952. portlandartmuseum.us/mwebcgi/mweb...
Highly stylized print of a young girl and cat face to face in profile. The girl's girl is composed of bold black lines in a geometrical bob cut and a dark red leaf-like shape surrounds her eye, pointing up. The space behind her is filled with the same red as the leaf. The cat is black with a huge, round white eye crossed. over with a slim black pupil and a slash of the same red of the leaf and the space behind the girl. Everything about it bold, strong, striking.
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Laura @lauraruis.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Do you know what rating you’ll give after reading the intro? Are your confidence scores 4 or higher? Do you not respond in rebuttal phases? Are you worried how it will look if your rating is the only 8 among 3’s? This thread is for you.
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Rosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com · 24/12/2024
Happy Christmas Eve. Every year I inflict this upon you, one of my least popular comics ever. Enjoy!
A 6-panel comic. In panel 1, two people talk against a snowy backdrop. In panel 1, the first person says "Did you know that if you rearrange the letters in SANTA, you get something sinister?" and the other says, "Yes: A ANTS." In panel 2, the first person says "Wait, no, that's-" The second says, "How do you think Santa finds his way to all those homes at night? Pheromone trails!" In panel 3, we're down in an ant nest. "Once the night is over, Santa returns to the North Pole, mates with the Queen Claus, and dies." There's a festive ant nest with an ant-bodied Mr and Ms Claus looking at each other lovingly. Panel 4, "The Queen begins laying eggs that will hatch into next year’s workers." The Queen lays eggs, and the workers are ant larvae with elf heads. Panel 5, "Next December, she will produce fertile Queens and Santas and the cycle will begin anew." The Queen lays eggs with both Santa and Ms Claus heads. In panel 6, we return to the two people talking, and the second person says "Of course, one queen must best the rest in combat, and the workers can't interfe-" "Stop." "But I haven't told you about the Santa-mimic spiders!"
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Ben Goldfarb @bengoldfarb.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
New from me, in the New Yorker: In 2015, I co-discovered a population of non-native Italian wall lizards dwelling in my hometown. Their origins, though, remained a mystery—until this spring, when I learned of a rogue biologist with a shocking secret... #longreads www.newyorker.com/news/the-wee...
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The Lizard King of Long Island
Jon Sperling secretly spread a non-native species across the Northeast. “It’s insane what this guy was doing,” a biologist said.
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BWEEMS @official-bweems.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
In case you missed it, our mini grants application opens up on January 6th, 2025. This program is designed for our members to apply for funding for research, travel, personal expenses, etc.
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Matthew Cobb @matthewcobb.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
Once more on Crick and the Central Dogma! press.asimov.com/articles/crick
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Francis Crick Was Misunderstood
The Central Dogma is not a
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Jonathan Magnolia Gilligan @jmgilligan.org · 01/12/2024
Today (Dec. 1) is World AIDS Day. Spare a thought for all those who perished. 🌈🏳️‍🌈 www.instagram.com/p/DDC6vPzPj5...
A photo of the San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus, taken in 1993. Five men, dressed in white are the surviving members of the original choir. 115 other men, dressed in black, stand in for the original members who died of AIDS. 

A caption reads, "How are so many young people LGBGQ all of a sudden? Where are all the older queer people?"
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popgengoogling.bsky.social @popgengoogling.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Is it p-hacking if I ate only the biggest fruit flies
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