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David Gaitero Santos

@davidofagun.bsky.social
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Among other things: paleo-social anthropologist, Chromatic symbolism + Geochemistry of ochre - PhD. candidate at HUJI and GSI. [ Member of @hcelab.bsky.social ]. And I share political stuff. Maybe cat videos, too. Expecting better times for everyone. HOPE.

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 5h
"Four Rivers Six Ranges" brings Tibet's little-known resistance history to the screen through the story of ordinary Tibetans who helped the Dalai Lama escape to India in 1959.
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As India and China repair ties, a Tibet film tells the story of a forgotten resistance
“Four Rivers Six Ranges” brings Tibet’s little-known resistance history to the screen through the story of ordinary Tibetans who helped the Dalai Lama escape to India in 1959.
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences @pnas.org · 22h
When wildfires burn in cities, metals in the smoke, ash, soil, and debris pose a health risk. People living in the footprint of the 2023 Maui fire had 40 times more antimony and 2.2 times more arsenic in their urine than reference levels. In PNAS: ow.ly/AML150ZTyNv
Devastation in Lahaina, Maui, after the August 2023 wildfires.
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elDiario.es @eldiario.es · 30/09/2026
ÚLTIMA HORA | La jueza procesa a los dos policías que participaron en la muerte por asfixia de Abderrahim en Torrejón www.eldiario.es/politica/jue...
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Science Magazine @science.org · 28/09/2026
Last year, scientists developed an innovative way to vaccinate the bats against rabies—by making use of their extraordinary fondness of mutual grooming. #WorldRabiesDay scim.ag/4yeJbVW
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Vampire bats’ mutual grooming helps spread innovative rabies vaccine
A gel that bats lick off one another’s fur could help prevent rabies outbreaks in cattle, a growing problem in Latin America
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Kristina Killgrove @killgrove.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
New evidence of gomphothere butchering places humans in Chile around 13,000 years ago, adding to the growing number of very early South American sites. 🧪🏺
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13,000-year-old butchered bones of found in Chile give more evidence of early first Americans
Archaeological excavations in the Lake Tagua Tagua basin in central Chile have revealed stone tools and animal bones with cut marks dated to 13,000 years ago.
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Tim Waring @twaring.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
🚨 Applied Cultural Evolution Brownbag Series 🚨 Two inaugural discussions: Oct 7 What is (uniquely) applied cultural evolution? Caroline Graf, U. Zurich Dec 9 What can cultural evolution offer climate adaptation practitioners? Christine Lindell, World Vision Australia tinyurl.com/3st6zy79
A black and white image of a tattoo design featuring a human brain with wings pierced by two diagonal arrows over a flying banner that reads "Applied Cultural Evolutionists"
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John Hawks @johnhawks.net · 27/09/2026
Vanguard Cave, Gibraltar, is known today for Neanderthal behavioral evidence, including a remarkable controlled hearth for production of pitch from gum rockrose. In 2021, the team discovered a chamber sealed for more than 40,000 years, results to come! www.johnhawks.net/p/a-visit-to...
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A visit to Vanguard Cave, a Neanderthal workshop
The site has seen remarkable discoveries over 30 years, and excavations have opened a new unexplored chamber.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 26/09/2026
New research finds 485 chemicals in US pesticide products linked to breast cancer
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New research finds 485 chemicals in US pesticide products linked to breast cancer
Paper raises questions about safety of food and other products as early onset breast cancer rates surge worldwide
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elDiario.es @eldiario.es · 26/09/2026
La protesta por la vivienda llega al Congreso con más de 300.000 asistentes, según los organizadores www.eldiario.es/133_ce9ab3#r...
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Última hora sobre las protestas por el desahucio de Maricarmen: los organizadores cifran en 300.000 los asistentes
Tres días después del desahucio de Maricarmen, Madrid vuelve este sábado a la calle para protestar por este desalojo tras meses de una mediación fallida. Miles de personas marchan por el centro de Mad...
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elDiario.es @eldiario.es · 26/09/2026
ÚLTIMA HORA | Decenas de personas colocan tiendas de campaña en la Puerta del Sol con intención de acampar allí esta noche tras la gran manifestación por la vivienda www.eldiario.es/133_ce9ab3#r...
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elDiario.es @eldiario.es · 25/09/2026
Gallecs, el pueblo que expropió el franquismo y aún lucha por recuperar sus casas
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Gallecs, el pueblo que expropió el franquismo y aún lucha por recuperar sus casas
El Estado expropió este núcleo rural situado en el Vallès para construir una ciudad de 150.000 habitantes que nunca llegó a levantarse y sus vecinos siguen sin ser propietarios de sus casas, hoy en ma...
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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.se · 25/09/2026
This post by @kjhealy.co is filled with great tips on how to do an academic presentation. Filled with clear gems like: "The paper is not the talk. The paper is what the talk is about." kieranhealy.org/blog/archive...
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Making Slides
I was asked to give a short talk in my Departmental Proseminar yesterday on the topic of giving presentations, and specifically about making slides effective. There is more than one way to give a good...
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elDiario.es @eldiario.es · 25/09/2026
‼️INVESTIGACIÓN | Los vídeos que confirman palizas de militares a migrantes en Ceuta elDiario.es accede y verifica varios vídeos de agresiones de militares uniformados contra personas migrantes en Ceuta ocurridos en las últimas semanas www.eldiario.es/desalambre/v...
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Human Rights Watch @hrw.org · 24/09/2026
Fighting in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray, Amhara, and Afar regions erupted on September 22 between the Ethiopian military and forces aligned with the Tigrayan People’s Liberation Front. This follows reported clashes and airstrikes in Tigray since August. Civilians must be protected.
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elDiario.es @eldiario.es · 24/09/2026
La inteligencia militar danesa cree que Rusia intensificará sus “ataques híbridos” en los próximos meses contra la OTAN
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La inteligencia militar danesa cree que Rusia intensificará sus "ataques híbridos" en los próximos meses contra la OTAN
El servicio de inteligencia del Ministerio de Defensa danés señala en un análisis que los ataques serán más frecuentes y tendrán "mayores consecuencias" para los países afectados que anteriormente
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elDiario.es @eldiario.es · 24/09/2026
INVESTIGACIÓN | Militares rocían con gas pimienta a menores migrantes en Ceuta mientras caminan o vuelven de comprar comida
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Militares rocían con gas pimienta a menores migrantes en Ceuta mientras caminan o vuelven de comprar comida
En la última semana, elDiario.es ha comprobado tres episodios en los que rocían de gas pimienta o lacrimógeno a migrantes, dos de ellos menores, durante sus actividades cotidianas
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Euronews @euronews.com · 23/09/2026
María del Carmen Abascal had lived in her flat on Sainz de Baranda Street since 1956. Madrid’s Tenants' Union and the UN had opposed the decision to evict her. #EuropeNews ➡️ l.euronews.com/Goic
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elDiario.es @eldiario.es · 22/09/2026
Maricarmen: "Yo no quiero el ático de Ayuso, quiero poder vivir tranquilamente" www.eldiario.es/economia/gob...
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 22/09/2026
DoorDash will pay $131.5 million to settle claims that it underpaid delivery workers in New York City. Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced the agreement Tuesday.
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DoorDash to pay $131M for underpaying delivery workers in New York City
DoorDash will pay $131.5 million to settle claims that it underpaid delivery workers in New York City. Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced the agreement Tuesday.
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elDiario.es @eldiario.es · 22/09/2026
‼️El juez sienta en el banquillo al fundador de Glovo por mantener como falsos autónomos a los repartidores
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El juez sienta en el banquillo al fundador de Glovo por mantener como falsos autónomos a los repartidores
El magistrado, tal y como pedían la Fiscalía y el sindicato CGT, acuerda dejar a un paso del juicio a Óscar Pierre por un delito contra los derechos de los trabajadores
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 21/09/2026
Rwandan man charged with crimes linked to 1994 genocide in first case brought in UK
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Rwandan man charged with crimes linked to 1994 genocide in first case brought in UK
Dr Vincent Brown will appear at Westminster magistrates court charged with seven offences A man has been charged with crimes linked to the genocide in Rwanda in 1994 in the first case of its kind to be brought in the UK. Dr Vincent Brown, formerly Dr Vincent Bajinya, 65, who used to live in Kigali, the capital of Rwanda but now lives in Islington, north London, will appear at Westminster magistrates court on Tuesday charged with seven offences. Continue reading...
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Science Magazine @science.org · 21/09/2026
The standard immunosuppressant mycophenolic acid has unknowingly been driving the emergence of resistance mutations in the high-priority fungal pathogen #Pjirovecii for almost 2 decades across outbreaks worldwide, shows a new study in #ScienceTranslationalMedicine. scim.ag/3UUR83U
Transmission electron micrograph of a section of human lung alveolus containing Pneumocystis jirovecii.
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John Hawks @johnhawks.net · 21/09/2026
From 50-year behavioral archives at Gombe to multi-site studies across Africa, primatologists are uncovering how maternal attachment, social risk, and cognitive awareness shape responses to loss in wild populations. www.johnhawks.net/p/grieving-f...
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Grieving for infants by primate and hominin mothers
Studies of nonhuman primates have documented days up to months of carrying infants after death.
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Lou Charbonneau @loucharb.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
🚨It's UN General Assembly time again! Here's a short thread🧵 on @hrw.org's preview. ➡️ World leaders should recommit to defending human rights & resist the push by the US, #Russia #China & others to undermine the UN and other intl orgs & kill off accountability avenues for grave crimes.
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UN: Commit to Human Rights, Justice for Grave Crimes
World leaders at the annual meeting of the United Nations General Assembly in New York City from September 22-28, 2026, should commit to defending human rights, Human Rights Watch said. They should co...
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Jeremy Koster @jeremykoster.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Overall, this textbook makes an introductory "Evolution of Dogs" possible for instructors who are looking to develop a popular course for undergraduates: link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
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Canine Science
An engaging textbook on canine evolution, biology and dog behavior - insightful for students, professionals and all who want to understand dogs deeply.
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wennergrenorg.bsky.social @wennergrenorg.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Applications are open for Field Studio's 1st Annual Scholarly Writing Residency. field-studio.org/field-studio... Also check out these writing courses as well: Creative Nonfiction Class: field-studio.org/programs/onl... Creatively: field-studio.org/programs/onl...
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Field Studio's 1st Annual Funded Scholarly Writing Residency - Field Studio
The Isle of Mull in winter When I was 21, I met the poet Robert Creeley after he gave a reading. “I want to be a writer,” I told him giddily. I had stacks
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Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · 21/09/2026
A paper in Scientific Data presents how the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets mass has changed since the 1970s through 2023, reporting that it has lost 11.3 trillion tonnes of ice since 1979. ⚒️🌎🧪
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Mass balance of the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets from the 1970s to 2023 - Scientific Data
The Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets are major drivers of global mean sea level rise and are predicted to continue to do so in the future. However, they also represent the largest source of uncertainty in projections of future sea level rise making robust estimates of observed ice sheet mass changes critical. Here, we compare and combine 42 independent estimates of ice sheet mass balance derived from satellite observations of temporal changes in ice sheet flow, volume, and gravitational attraction to determine the ice sheet mass balance from 1972 (Greenland) and 1979 (Antarctica) until 2023. We then use regional climate models to partition the total mass balance into contributions associated with surface mass balance and ice dynamical imbalance. The ice sheets lost 11,309 ± 565 billion tonnes of ice between 1979 and 2023, with glacier dynamical imbalance driving 84% of the ice loss and surface mass balance the remainder. This dataset can be used to track the contribution of the ice sheets to sea level rise and constrain projections of future sea level rise.
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Euronews @euronews.com · 19/09/2026
AI chatbots make faster, more confident, but less nuanced decisions than human doctors when choosing who gets a life-saving kidney transplant. ➡️ l.euronews.com/K50N
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 19/09/2026
Thousands protest closure of the Kennedy Center amid fears Trump is set to demolish the institution
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Thousands protest closure of the Kennedy Center amid fears Trump is set to demolish the institution
Demonstrators gathered outside the building in Washington, after the president was spotted holding a placard that read: ‘Kennedy Center DEMOLIS ...’
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elDiario.es @eldiario.es · 19/09/2026
🔴INVESTIGACIÓN | La Fiscalía investiga presuntos casos de malos tratos en un centro de acogida de niñas migrantes en Ceuta
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La Fiscalía investiga presuntos casos de malos tratos en un centro de acogida de niñas migrantes en Ceuta
Un informe puso este jueves en conocimiento de la Fiscalía de Menores posibles episodios reiterados de violencia física y psicológica, castigos, amenazas, insultos y problemas de acceso a atención san...
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elDiario.es @eldiario.es · 19/09/2026
Radiografía de la esperanza de vida: cómo España ha asaltado el liderazgo mundial tras añadir 40 años en el último siglo
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Radiografía de la esperanza de vida: cómo España ha asaltado el liderazgo mundial tras añadir 40 años en el último siglo
La Europa mediterránea goza de una mayor longevidad, frente al continente africano y algunos países de Asia, donde las personas viven menos. Dos territorios españoles están entre las zonas del contine...
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David Gaitero Santos @davidofagun.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Hope.
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences @pnas.org · 18/09/2026
The “brain-eating amoebae” Naegleria fowleri normally hunts for bacterial prey in pond sediments. Its drive to squeeze into tiny crevices may help explain how it moves from the human nose through the sinus, along olfactory axons, and into the brain. In PNAS: ow.ly/3JCY50ZOPvg
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 18/09/2026
Inadvertently killing endangered animals while logging a forest or building a dam would no longer be considered illegal under a new interpretation of the Endangered Species Act.
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Trump administration allows inadvertent killing of endangered species
Inadvertently killing endangered animals while logging a forest or building a dam would no longer be considered illegal under a new interpretation of the Endangered Species Act.
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Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · 18/09/2026
Evidence from Bianfu Cave shows specialized hunting, expedient stone-tool production and extensive bone use of Denisovans, providing new insights into their ecology, behaviour and cultural legacy in eastern Asia, according to a paper in Nature. go.nature.com/3SFqhrY 🏺🧪
This is figure 4, which shows stone artefacts and bone tools from Bianfu Cave.
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Euronews @euronews.com · 18/09/2026
The first phase of the Andalusian Green Hydrogen Valley will include 300 MW of electrolysis and require investment of over €1 billion. Moeve expects to create more than 8,000 jobs during its development. ➡️ l.euronews.com/H1bH
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elDiario.es @eldiario.es · 16/09/2026
Llevo media vida produciendo discos y ahora los robots no paran de mandarme sus canciones chuscas y horteras
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Llevo media vida produciendo discos y ahora los robots no paran de mandarme sus canciones chuscas y horteras
El músico y productor Guille Mostaza recibe correos de "compositores" que quieren llevar "más allá" sus canciones, pero cuando les pide que manden la maqueta de la canción cantada a la guitarra, ya no...
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 16/09/2026
UK mathematician debunks myth around Parthenon’s optical illusions
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UK mathematician debunks myth around Parthenon’s optical illusions
Study challenges belief that temple’s curves were designed to correct optical illusions that would have ruined its clean lines A mathematician has uncovered what may be one of the longest-running myths in history after studying optical illusions and the Parthenon, the famed Greek temple that overlooks Athens. Scholars have marvelled at the building on the Acropolis hill for more than 2,000 years and heaped praise on its architects for their clever use of geometry. Its subtle curves are said to correct optical illusions that would have otherwise ruined the Parthenon’s clean lines. Continue reading...
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Euronews @euronews.com · 16/09/2026
Living in deprived areas linked to poorer brain health
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Living in deprived areas linked to poorer brain health
Living in a disadvantaged neighbourhood may be linked to poorer brain health, with researchers finding higher brain age, lower total brain volume and more signs of vascular damage in people living in the most deprived areas.
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Euronews @euronews.com · 16/09/2026
The new IMB-CNM facility features cutting-edge equipment to manufacture nanoscale devices and has benefited from an investment of over six million euros.
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Spain at the forefront of quantum computing: chips made in Spain, built in Barcelona
The new IMB-CNM facility features cutting-edge equipment to manufacture nanoscale devices and has benefited from an investment of over six million euros.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 15/09/2026
‘This should be condemned by any thinking human’: film industry rallies behind NAZA directors
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‘This should be condemned by any thinking human’: film industry rallies behind NAZA directors
Backing comes after Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor were threatened with having their citizenship revoked and accused of treason Film industry heavyweights across the globe have expressed solidarity with Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, the Oscar-winning Israeli directors of documentary NAZA, who have been threatened with having their citizenship revoked by Israel’s culture minister, who accused them of “treason against the state”. NAZA, which was produced by the Guardian, is named for an acronym euphemistically used by Israel’s intelligence service to indicate how many civilians it expects to die in an airstrike on Gaza. It includes interviews with 24 Israeli military or intelligence soldiers and officers who outlined the AI-powered targeting systems used to bombard Gaza, resulting in the mass killing of Palestinian civilians. Continue reading...
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David Gaitero Santos @davidofagun.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Israeli minister threatens to strip Israeli film-makers of citizenship over Gaza documentary NAZA www.theguardian.com/film/2026/se...
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Israeli minister threatens to strip Israeli film-makers of citizenship over Gaza documentary NAZA
Miki Zohar accuses Oscar-winning directors Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor of ‘treason against the state’
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David Gaitero Santos @davidofagun.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Aaah there you go where is the call for regulation from US AI's CEOs coming.
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David Gaitero Santos @davidofagun.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Oh yes, yes, we are dangerous so let us set our own rules so you don't have to bother, because we are The Ones Who Know. "its own evaluators to monitor safety risks, instead of facing the scrutiny of more intensive government regulators"
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Euronews @euronews.com · 11/09/2026
Spanish official resigns amid questions over Ceuta migrant warnings
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Spanish official resigns amid questions over Ceuta migrant warnings
Gonzalo Sanz's resignation comes just two days after the government made public 40 declassified reports containing communications involving the National Intelligence Centre, the Government Delegation in Ceuta and the Civil Guard.
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Marina Lozano Ruiz @archeomarinalr.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Aquí explico por qué es importante Atapuerca 🦷💀: theconversation.com/la-importanc...
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La importancia de Atapuerca en la evolución humana
Atapuerca ha permitido en un solo lugar reconstruir cómo era la vida en Europa durante la Prehistoria, permite conocer la evolución humana desde hace más de un millón de años hasta hace unos 4000 años...
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Nature Communications @natcomms.nature.com · 04/09/2026
Using inner ear morphology from 148 individuals, this study reveals 40,000 years of human evolution, interaction, and isolation. www.nature.com/articles/s41... @nclsmartin.bsky.social @isabellecrevecoeur.bsky.social @pacea.bsky.social @univbordeaux.bsky.social @cnrsecologie.bsky.social
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Bony labyrinth morphology reveals deep population history and isolation among Homo sapiens in prehistoric northeastern Africa (44–3 ka) - Nature Communications
Little is known of the Homo sapiens population history in late prehistoric northeastern Africa. Using inner ear morphology from 148 individuals, this study documents 40.000 years of human evolution, i...
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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 07/09/2026
Poland’s nationalist right is turning hostility toward the country’s roughly 1.5 million Ukrainians into a potent political issue, tapping into local resentment over social benefits and wartime history just over a year before a pivotal parliamentary election.
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Poland’s anti-Ukrainian turn spills into violence
The number of crimes against Ukrainians in Poland is rising as right-wing Polish politicians ramp-up anti-Ukraine rhetoric.
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Euronews @euronews.com · 05/09/2026
ICMM-CSIC researchers have created magnetic iron-oxide nanoflowers that trap PET nanoplastics and turn them into tools to remove other water pollutants, supporting circular, advanced water treatment.
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Magnetic 'nanoflowers' trap and transform nanoplastics in water
ICMM-CSIC researchers have created magnetic iron-oxide nanoflowers that trap PET nanoplastics and turn them into tools to remove other water pollutants, supporting circular, advanced water treatment.
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Euronews @euronews.com · 05/09/2026
The unseasonably high September temperatures follow a series of extreme summer heatwaves across Europe, which scientists say have been intensified and prolonged by human-driven climate change. #EuropeNews
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Spain matches September heat record at 45.7C
The unseasonably high September temperatures follow a series of extreme summer heatwaves across Europe, which scientists say have been intensified and prolonged by human-driven climate change.
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