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Fernando Villanea

@fervillanea.bsky.social
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He/Him. Associate Professor of Anthropology at CU Boulder. Population genetics of Neanderthals and other people. Opinions are my own. Latino in STEM 🇨🇷

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Chris Smith @chriscrsmith.bsky.social · 7h
I'm hiring a postdoc in population and evolutionary genetics at Indiana University Bloomington! We're a computational lab working on spatial demographic inference using genomic data and machine learning. You can apply here: indiana.peopleadmin.com/postings/34508
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Indiana University Academic Positions
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Pleuni Pennings @pleunipennings.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I am hiring a postdoc! Are you interested to work on population genetics/ drug resistance/ data? Want to work in Montpellier, France? Fastq files don't scare you? PhD required, start date hopefully Nov 1! (end date Sep 30 2028) Please share! abetterscientist.wordpress.com/2026/09/29/p...
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Postdoc position on drug resistance evolution in Montpellier, France
I have some exciting news (again!). I got money from the region (Occitanie) to hire a postdoc (and later an engineer / technician) to work on drug resistance evolution in malaria (P. faciparum) and…
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"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 5h
I feel the need to note that the Romans don't really present 'power' (potentia, vis) as their chief virtue. Instead, the Romans were "always harping on fides ['faith, trust']" (Dioc. Sic. 23.1); Cicero gives the virtue where Rome surpasses others as pietas (piety, Cic. Har. resp. 9.19).
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Krystal Tsosie @kstsosie.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Thrilled: NSF awarded $11.9M to SCIBG, co-led by Rockefeller, ASU & KU, to sequence genomes of U.S. species. 🧬 As a Diné geneticist and ASU co-lead, I'm humbled this massive effort centers #Indigenous knowledges and #genomic #data #sovereignty from the start. 🙏 news.asu.edu/20260924-env...
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Decoding important wildlife DNA | ASU News
There is a wealth of knowledge to be found in the DNA of our nation’s spectacular wildlife. A team of researchers co-led by Arizona State University will create a national resource to sequence and ana...
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Prosanta Chakrabarty @prosanta.bsky.social · 8h
Exciting news! We here at the LSU Museum of Natural Science @lsumns.bsky.social and Dept. of Biological Sciences are looking for Curator and Assistant Professor of Vertebrate Paleobiology! Come work with us! We are fun, supportive and active! lsu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/LSU/jo...
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Assistant Professor
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Dr Mark D. Scherz @markscherz.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
🚨We're hiring a new Curator of Mammals!!🚨 🦍🐕🦝🐅🦓🦌🐃🐖🐏🐫🐘🦏🦛🐿️🦔🦇🦥🦦🦨🦘🦡🐋🦭🦒🧸 Come join the Vertebrate Unit at @nhmdk.bsky.social—a fantastic team in the heart of Denmark's beautiful capital! Amazing collections, incredible history. Please share widely! 🧪🏛️ candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI...
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Tenure Track Assistant Professor or Associate Professor and Curator of Mammals
Tenure Track Assistant Professor / Associate Professor, and Curator of Mammals at Natural History Museum Denmark The Natural History Museum Denmark wishes to ap
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Dmitri Petrov @petrovadmitri.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
We are searching for an Assistant Professor in Evolutionary Biology! Looking for colleagues asking fundamental questions relating to evolutionary processes and drivers of evolutionary patterns. If you think it is you, please do apply! And please repost. facultypositions.stanford.edu/jobs/assista...
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Assistant Professor in Evolutionary Biology - Stanford University, California, United States
The Department of Biology at Stanford University seeks applicants for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Evolutionary Biology. A successful candidate will conduct research that asks fundamental que...
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Jessica Goodheart @mollusksatamnh.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
The Goodheart Lab is seeking a full-time Postdoctoral Fellow on an NSF-funded project to study the process of kleptocnidy, the theft and storage of nematocysts, in nudibranch mollusks. Project link: www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/...). Application here: careers.amnh.org/postings/4908.
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Find award details and explore award abstracts and publications.
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Caroline Bartman @cbartman.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Excited to share the first published paper from my lab! Postdoc Helen Jordan led this study on 1) how metabolites change differently in inflammation in tissues versus in cells in a dish and 2) the role of one of the most-increased metabolites, soluble sialic acid www.jbc.org/article/S002...
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Metabolomics of in vivo inflammation identifies soluble sialic acid as a conserved myeloid-cell metabolite
During an immune response, metabolism changes dramatically. Metabolites are oxidized to power immune cell functions, serve as building blocks for proliferation, and act as effectors to regulate pathog...
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Graham Coop @gcbias.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I’m looking to hire an NIH funded postdoc to join our lab here at Davis (please RT). Ongoing areas of interest include: 1) polygenic signals of selection from time series, ARGs, GWAS, etc 2) The interpretation of GWAS, polygenic scores, & sources of confounding
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Fernando Villanea @fervillanea.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I'm inordinately sad to hear the Academy of Natural Sciences is closing. It will always be the place my wife loudly exclaimed "Dino-nachos!" to get a rise out of me (Deinonychus). It will always be my first mosasaur with the inner row of teeth. It will always be many people's first paleo love.
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William B. Ludt, PhD @planet-of-fishes.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
We're hiring a Curator of Marine Invertebrates either at the Assistant or Associate level. Please spread the word to anyone you know who might be interested. Applications due October 15th! workforcenow.adp.com/mascsr/defau...
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Recruitment
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Sonya Neal @neal-lab.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Come be my colleague!! 🎉 We’re hiring an Assistant Professor in Developmental Biology at UCSD! If you’re doing exciting work in development or regeneration, come join us!! Please spread the word and apply! apol-recruit.ucsd.edu/JPF04591
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Assistant Professor of Developmental Biology
University of California, San Diego is hiring. Apply now!
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Ellie Armstrong @elliecat.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
fellowships.si.edu/opportunity/... Please reach out if you are interested in developing an independent application for this postdoc opportunity with myself and Michael Campana. We have a lot of great bear genomics data that could be leveraged!
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Smithsonian Biodiversity Genomics Postdoctoral Fellowship Program (BioG)
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Hannah E. Marx, PhD @hannahmarx.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
I’m excited to announce that we are looking for a Curatorial Associate to join our team and help lead the L. H. Bailey Hortorium Herbarium at Cornell University 🌿 Please help share with interested botanists! jobs.hr.cornell.edu/us/en/job/WD...
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Curatorial Associate in Ithaca, New York, United States of America | Library & Museum at Cornell University
Apply for Curatorial Associate job with Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, United States of America. Library & Museum at Cornell University
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Michelle Facette @mfacette.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
UMass Amherst Dept of Biology is hiring a TT faculty member in Evolutionary Biology! careers.umass.edu/jobs/assista... We have a diverse and wonderful dept - please consider joining us!
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Assistant Professor - Evolutionary Biology - Amherst, Massachusetts, United States
Title: Assistant Professor - Evolutionary Biology Executive Area: Academic Affairs College/School/MBU: College of Natural Sciences Department: Biology Work Location: Amherst Schedule: Full Time Work A...
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Aaron Quinlan (he/him) @aaronquinlan.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
I am delighted to announce that The Department of Human Genetics at the University of Utah is continuing a multi-year recruiting initiative for multiple tenure-track faculty positions at the rank of Assistant Professor. Please share and consider applying! utah.peopleadmin.com/postings/208...
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Megan Barkdull @meganbarkdull.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
The Natural History Museum of LA is hiring a Curator of Marine Invertebrates! Come join an amazing team and contribute to stewarding the largest marine invert collection in the Western US. 🐙🪼🦐 workforcenow.adp.com/mascsr/defau...
An image of several sea anemones under water.
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Fernando Villanea @fervillanea.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
At what point do we start calling these El Adulto?
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 27/08/2026
There is currently a Wikipedia edit war on the Great Lakes Wikipedia pages because everything is so stupid
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Fernando Villanea @fervillanea.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
The five Simpsons lines I’ve uttered most: 1. "Stupid, sexy Flanders" 2. "You'll release the dogs, or the bees? Or the dogs with bees in their mouths and when they bark, they shoot bees at you?" 3. Monorail! Mono- D'oh! 4. "They're saying, 'Boo-urns! Boo-urns!'" 5. "Aww, the Denver Broncos?"
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Pieter T. L. Beck @ptrbck.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
We have written a statement in support of Ghent Uni's decision to suspend Nathan Cofnas. We resist attempts to frame this as a punishment for "whistleblowing" or censorship of "controversial research". We invite all academics who share our views to sign our letter. forms.gle/qwN8xzEM5C7Q...
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Open letter on the suspension of Nathan Cofnas at Ghent University
We, colleagues of Nathan Cofnas - supported by many colleagues internationally - want to respond to the negative and incorrect framing of Ghent University’s decision to suspend Nathan Cofnas. With th...
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Charles C Roseman @evoroseman.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
RE: freedom of speech, academic freedom, and race science. In this (long) thread, I’m going to 1) establish my bona fides on academic freedom and race science, 2) show why academic freedom and freedom of speech are different and… 1/34
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Fernando Villanea @fervillanea.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
This.
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Jenn Dowd @drjenndowd.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Dolly was an incredible human. I can’t recommend this podcast series about her enough: open.spotify.com/episode/1U5i...
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Dolly Parton's America Trailer
Dolly Parton's America · Episode
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Dan Larremore @danlarremore.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
🎉 New paper (and data) on editorial & peer review at Science and Science Advances, two elite general science journals. With a wonderful team! @samzhang.bsky.social, @nicklaberge.bsky.social, Quinten and @aaronclauset.bsky.social. 1/ www.science.org/doi/full/10....
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Elite general science journals shape scientific discourse, public policy, and scientific careers. However, expectations of confidentiality in most editorial proceedings has limited efforts to understand and improve the review process. Here, we describe and release deidentified data on 110,303 manuscript submissions over 5 years at Science and Science Advances, two elite general science journals. Analyzing evaluation dynamics across the initial editorial review and subsequent peer review stages, we find strong selective effects associated with higher institutional prestige, larger team size, and certain topics and countries. Corresponding authors who are men exhibit a small but significant advantage at Science, while authors based in China have a significant disadvantage. These associations are generally stronger in editorial review than in peer review, even as final editorial decisions correlate strongly with reviewer advice. These patterns highlight the complexity of multistage evaluations at elite journals and the importance of open data to better understand them.
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Karolina Heyduk @kheyduk.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
New NSF BIO solicitation says expected number of awards is 250-300. Historically, the number of awards is closer to 800-1000 for the Directorate of Bio Sciences: grantwitness.org/nsf/analyses... Unless I'm missing large, non-core programs, this seems really not good?
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Agency Pulse: Grantmaking at NSF
An independent, up-to-date, grant-level record of federal science funding disruptions in the United States.
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Tobias Wilson-Bates @phdhurtbrain.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
James Bond: you think I haven’t faced death before? Supervillain: oh, I don’t expect you to die, Mr. Bond. I expect you to suffer. *opens travel funding reimbursement software I think you will find your motorboat rental and casino reservations especially complex James Bond: no. no. pls kill me
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John Clarke @johncke.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
These results fall into the category of 'overwhelming evidence.' #GlobalHeating
Average global temps since late 90s have risen consistently and dramatically.
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Fernando Villanea @fervillanea.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Pop gen folk - can anyone suggest a package for drawing joint phylogenies. ie. if I have a large mitochondrial and autosomal trees for the same individuals and can use as input to draw them jointly. Like this example:
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Fernando Villanea @fervillanea.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Maybe denisovans just had really long legs 🤷‍♂️ www.science.org/content/arti...
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Denisovans towered over their contemporaries and munched a bunch of meat
A pair of studies dissects the stature and diets of our mysterious archaic cousins
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Fernando Villanea @fervillanea.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Today I am no longer ass. pro. Now I am asc. pro. with tenure! (I got the letter a while ago but weirdly it goes into effect August 13 for us).
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Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra @jrossibarra.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
I am excited to announce a job for an Asst Prof in Plant Evolution in the dept. of Evolution and Ecology at @ucdavis.bsky.social. We're looking broadly, from macro (speciation, comparative genomics, evo-devo) to micro (pop biology, adaptive evolution, evo-eco). recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07777
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Michael Baym @baym.lol · 06/08/2026
Dream job alert
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Dr. Valentina Alaasam @vale-alaasam.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
I am looking for PhD students and postdocs to join my lab at the University of Pittsburgh in Fall 2027. Anyone excited about urban evolution, hummingbirds, & community engagement, please reach out! And/or find me at #AOS2026 this week! More info here: www.valentina-alaasam.com
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Fernando Villanea @fervillanea.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
This is fine.
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Adam Rogers @jetjocko.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
In the millions of years before fungus evolved to consume cellulose, all the trees that died and fell in the forest were backlog.
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Hannah Moots @mootspoints.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
New study on mammoths from Upper Paleolithic Kraków Spadzista, Langmannersdorf & Dolní Věstonice compared w/ non-anthropogenic contexts to learn about people who relied on them 🧬 Great coverage (in Polish!) www.national-geographic.pl/historia/kra... Article: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Zaskakujące wyniki DNA. Nasi przodkowie wybierali samice mamutów
Jak polowali ludzie w epoce lodowcowej? Najnowsze badania genetyczne setek mamutów przynoszą zaskakującą odpowiedź. W miejscach obozowisk ludzkich przeważają szczątki samic. Ważną rolę w tych wnioskac...
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cdelafc.bsky.social @cdelafc.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Check out our new paper about the oldest molecular evidence of smallpox in the Americas!!! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
View of the Camarones Cove in northern Chile, near the archaeological site Camarones-9, where the two individuals with smallpox were found. Credit: Bernardo Arriaza
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Pável Matos @pavelmatosm.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Please share: Full-time PhD position on Butterfly Evolution at High Elevations 🦋⛰️ The project aims to understand the evolution and adaptation of Andean white butterflies using genomics. DEADLINE: September 11, 2026 More info: pavelmatos.wordpress.com/join-us/
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Join us
Opportunities Below are the positions currently open in our lab. Open PhD position (full time) Comparative and Population Genomics of Butterflies at High Elevations. The project aims to understand …
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Gokcumen Lab @gokcumenlab.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Typeset version of new paper out in @genomebiolevol.bsky.social. Link: academic.oup.com/gbe/article/... We identified segmental duplications in genomes from 117 vertebrate species (thanks to @vertebrategenomes.bsky.social ). We describe the properties and evolution of segmental duplications.
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Genomes From 117 Vertebrate Species Reveal Rapidly Evolving Segmental-Duplication Landscapes
Abstract. Segmental duplications are major drivers of evolutionary innovation; yet, their dynamics across vertebrates remain poorly understood. Here, we id
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Moi Expósito-Alonso (MOILAB) @mexpositoalonso.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
The prestigious Miller Research Postdoctoral Fellowship is open! University of California, Berkeley This is a postdoc fellowship with substantial support and independence to be hosted at a lab at Berkeley, reach out with interests! miller.berkeley.edu/nominate-app...
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Miller Research Fellowship | Miller Institute for Basic Research in Science
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Fernando Villanea @fervillanea.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
“The Trump administration hates academic science funding, hate where that money goes, and hate who it goes to. They want to keep all that money for themselves, to hand out to favored cronies who can help them steer yet more money and more power back into their hands” www.science.org/content/blog...
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The Assault On Science Funding Continues
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Fernando Villanea @fervillanea.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
“I’m sorry I forgot inglés,” I’ll say, “but I’ve watched veinte hours of fútbol every día for cinco weeks. And also El Señor de los Cielos, a telenovela that advertises constantemente during the Copa Mundial on Telemundo.” www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/i-w...
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I Watched the Copa Mundial Non-Stop on Telemundo for Cinco Weeks and Now I Don’t Hablar Inglés Anymore
“Hola, Chad aquí, de Greenwich, Connecticut, a muy blanco área of los Estados Unidos. A few weeks ago, I decidir to watch Estados Unidos vs. Paraguay in fútb...
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Fernando Villanea @fervillanea.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Maybe they’ll be a second half time show with Vanilla Ice
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Fernando Villanea @fervillanea.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Someone score please. Do it for Marty.
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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 19/07/2026
Could Excel be conscious? We surveyed more than Jan 1 1900 people to find out.
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Fernando Villanea @fervillanea.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
ODYSSEUS WILL RETURN IN CHRISTOPHER NOLAN’S THE AENEID
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