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Guilherme Duarte

@gduarte.bsky.social
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Ph.D. in Chemistry, UC Irvine (2018) Science, History and Cooking enthusiast.

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Veronica 🇺🇸 🇮🇹 🇺🇦 🇳🇴 🇲🇽 🇩🇪 🇨🇦 🍁 🇸🇪 🇵🇷 @vero1986.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Trump’s greatest crime is practically invisible. USAID cuts killed at least 750,000 to date.: deaths from malaria, tuberculosis, HIV, malnutrition, diarrhea and more. Two-thirds of these deaths are children. Aid cuts could cause 22m avoidable deaths by 2030. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
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Aid cuts could cause 22m avoidable deaths by 2030, study finds
Modelling suggests 5.4m children under five among those who could die if budgets of donor countries such as UK and US continue to be slashed
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Jenny Yang @chemjen.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Please RT! The Dept of Chemistry at UC Irvine invites applications for a tenured faculty position in Synthetic Organic Chemistry. Deadline: July 1, 2026. More information about the position can be found here: recruit.ap.uci.edu/JPF10109 @uciphyssci.bsky.social
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Professor in Synthetic Organic Chemistry
University of California, Irvine is hiring. Apply now!
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Dr. Thinking is fun @evenannaliese.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
one simplified but interesting thing that happened in class after looking a quote from @eryk.bsky.social 's recent piece was to ask students how much they thought their "knowledge" came from textbooks vs. every other experience they've had: the ratio split. Most agreed on around 75% exp / 25% text
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The Illusion of AGI, or What Language Models Can Do Without Thought
It is not simple stubbornness that LLMs are not “intelligent,” much less a form of “general” intelligence, writes Eryk Salvaggio.
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The Economist @economist.com · 19/02/2026
“I believe white-collar work will continue to adjust, and probably to expand.” On “The Intelligence” our correspondent finds reasons for optimism about AI’s effect on jobs shows.acast.com/theintellige...
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The Economist @economist.com · 19/02/2026
“Gisèle Pelicot has become a feminist Joan of Arc.” On “The Intelligence” our culture editor considers the quiet heroism of the rape survivor’s memoir shows.acast.com/theintellige...
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The Economist @economist.com · 19/02/2026
For five years biotech startups have been betting that psychedelic substances could be turned into real medicines. One of them may have hit the jackpot
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A psychedelic medicine performs well against depression
Regulators are now mulling the results of the late-stage trial
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Grodaeu @groda.eu · 17/02/2026
Good point by @sarahoconnorft.ft.com "low skilled" is a stupid label. Since skill isnt measurably (except in sport) it always always just means low wage. Say that instead. www.ft.com/content/0409...
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The Economist @economist.com · 17/02/2026
American lungs will suffer. The Environmental Defence Fund estimates that repealing the endangerment finding will result in tens of thousands of extra premature deaths by mid-century
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How dangerous is Donald Trump’s “endangerment” decision?
It removes a cornerstone of climate regulation
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The Economist @economist.com · 16/02/2026
Entrepreneurs from minority groups often used to struggle to attract capital. New research suggests that may be changing
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Ethnic minorities are driving America’s startup boom
The covid-19 pandemic set entrepreneurial spirits surging—for some
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The Economist @economist.com · 16/02/2026
Makers of everything from smartphones and motorbikes to solar panels and batteries are battling to protect their IP. The fight is going global
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China once stole foreign ideas. Now it wants to protect its own
The country’s courts are inundated with intellectual-property cases
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The Economist @economist.com · 14/02/2026
“Instead of a single, reformed rules-based trading system, a mosaic of partial agreements and creative ‘docking’ arrangements between blocs could develop” in the coming year, argues Mark Carney. He explains why in a guest essay for The World Ahead
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The world is in a new age of variable geometry, says Mark Carney
Canada’s prime minister argues that countries that build new networks and pragmatic alliances will be best placed to thrive in this new age
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Nessa Carson @supersciencegrl.co.uk · 07/02/2026
The mighty Salters' Company is looking for a Head of Education, a strategic leadership role #chemEd #chemjobs #UKchemjobs berwickpartners.co.uk/opportunitie...
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Head of Education - The Salters’ Company - London (Hybrid) - Salary: Circa £70,000 + pension + benefits
Head of Education - The Salters’ Company - London (Hybrid) - Salary: Circa £70,000 + pension + benefits
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Louise Dawe @louisedawe.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Wilfrid Laurier University is hiring a Tenure Track Assistant Professor in Biochemistry beginning July 1, 2026. Applications will be accepted until March 9, 2026 | 11:59pm. For more info: careers.wlu.ca/job/Waterloo... @chemjobber.bsky.social
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Assistant Professor - Biochemistry
Assistant Professor - Biochemistry
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Alice Stollmeyer @stollmeyer.eurosky.social · 02/02/2026
Tech sovereignty is an inherent right of democratic states, not a subscription model provided at the mercy of foreign entities. Decisions about true value of sovereignty will determine whether countries retain meaningful autonomy or become clients of foreign imperialism. www.ft.com/content/8fc2...
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Tech sovereignty should not be a subscription model
Concern about the loss of jurisdiction and agency to US companies is becoming more pressing for Europeans
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The Royal Society @royalsociety.org · 02/02/2026
You might not know it, but you probably use Bayesian reasoning every day. But what exactly is it? Professor David Spiegelhalter explains in our latest video with BBCIdeas: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pnlExzbNqE
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The power of Bayesian reasoning | The Royal Society
YouTube video by The Royal Society
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The Economist @economist.com · 31/01/2026
America needs rare earths to build lasers and aircraft, but Europe is more exposed. It has fewer exploitable deposits and imports more of the key materials than almost anyone
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Europe risks a rare-earths crunch between China and America
The old continent must play to its strengths as a large market with stable rules
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Guilherme Duarte @gduarte.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
Tell me five classes you took in college. Protein Folding Mathematical Methods for Physics Quantum Chemistry Advanced Physical Chemistry Organic Reactions and their Mechanisms
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Guilherme Duarte @gduarte.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Well, he is partially responsible for the issue he complains about in the article. His posture with respect to Ukraine is abismal. Utterly shameful kind of double standards.
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The Economist @economist.com · 21/01/2026
His imperialist threats to Danish sovereignty over Greenland are testing European populists’ ties to the MAGA movement
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Donald Trump’s bullying is irritating his European populist chums
French and German nationalists are not happy with America’s grab for Greenland
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The Economist @economist.com · 21/01/2026
The allure of gunboat capitalism is that it might offer both prosperity and security. The reality is that it will bring neither
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America’s gunboat capitalism will make the world poorer
And Donald Trump’s use of companies as a tool of state will make it no safer
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The Economist @economist.com · 21/01/2026
Many believe that time is running out for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who has ruled for 36 increasingly despotic years
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After Iran’s massacres, tensions grow inside the regime
The country and some of its rulers are unsettled by mounting evidence of an immensely bloody crackdown
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Guilherme Duarte @gduarte.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
I’m sick and tired of reading Americans writing “I didn’t vote for him”. It doesn’t solve anything, it is annoying: the world suffers and they just say “my bad”. If you, non-Trump voters, really are the majority, protest, fight for what is right! Make your representatives deserve your vote.
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Marcelo Soares @msoares.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Bom livro, explica muito dos nossos tempos. amzn.to/47gnDx6
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A máquina do caos: Como as redes sociais reprogramaram nossa mente e nosso mundo
Compre online A máquina do caos: Como as redes sociais reprogramaram nossa mente e nosso mundo, de Fisher, Max, Assis, Érico, Trench, Daniel na Amazon. Frete GRÁTIS em milhares de produtos com o Amazon Prime. Encontre diversos livros escritos por Fisher, Max, Assis, Érico, Trench, Daniel com ótimos preços.
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The Economist @economist.com · 06/11/2025
“Whether the greenlash continues, or gives way to new momentum for climate action, will be determined not only by elections, economic developments or Donald Trump’s latest views,” argues Luisa Neubauer, but also by “the stories we tell ourselves”
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The greenlash is built on lazy thinking, writes a climate activist
Luisa Neubauer argues that rolling back climate policies is economic suicide masquerading as pragmatism
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 05/11/2025
A tide of fabricated research risks scientific integrity on.ft.com/490bhut | opinion
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A tide of fabricated research risks scientific integrity
Manipulation, disinformation and fakery could lead to a knowledge collapse
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The Economist @economist.com · 05/11/2025
A ratified trade deal might eventually add more substance to Europe’s ties with Latin America as a whole. The relationship needs that
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An EU-Mercosur trade deal looks close to ratification
In a hostile world, Europe and Latin America draw closer
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 05/11/2025
Chatbots pose a risk to democracy on.ft.com/4oRVRgi | opinion
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Chatbots pose a risk to democracy
AI companies vowed not to support their use for voting choice so why are they recommending parties?
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The Economist @economist.com · 05/11/2025
Donald Trump wasn’t on the ballot. He may as well have been
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Democrats win big in New York, New Jersey and Virginia
Donald Trump wasn’t on the ballot. He may as well have been
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Marcelo Soares @msoares.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Esta é uma péssima comparação. Salário depende da ocupação, e a composição de ocupações é diferente no setor público e no setor privado. Não há no setor público a concentração de profissionais de serviços pessoais, operadores de caixa, telemarketing e frentistas, malpagos, maioria no setor privado.
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The Economist @economist.com · 04/11/2025
“People stopped writing about me as if my writing had humour in it,” he says in an interview with The Economist. But humour matters to the 78-year-old author
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Salman Rushdie: stabbed 15 times but still laughing
A long-persecuted author on humour, charlatans and death
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The Economist @economist.com · 27/09/2025
Are you a science and technology aficionado? We are looking for someone to report on anything from astronomy to archaeology, particle physics to synthetic biology. Apply by September 28th:
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The Economist is hiring a science and technology correspondent
We’re looking for a writer to join us in London for 12 months
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Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · 31/08/2025
A Nature Outlook article reports on the preliminary evidence that microbiota-based treatments can be beneficial for people with mood disorders, such as depression and anxiety. But how these interventions work is not clear, and human trials are needed. #microbiome #medsky 🧪
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Why nurturing the gut microbiota could resolve depression and anxiety
Links between gut microbes and mental health could lead to large-scale trials of probiotic interventions.
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The Economist @economist.com · 31/08/2025
A tour of Britain’s newest supercomputer
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How can a middle power compete in artificial intelligence?
A tour of Britain’s newest supercomputer
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Guilherme Duarte @gduarte.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
I’m back! Deleted twitter for good
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 26/01/2025
If you name your AI benchmark "Humanity's Last Exam" and get Kevin Roose to gush about it, you work in advertising, not in computer science. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/23/t...
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When A.I. Passes This Test, Look Out
The creators of a new test called “Humanity’s Last Exam” argue we may soon lose the ability to create tests hard enough for A.I. models.
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Guilherme Duarte @gduarte.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
Colombia is right but I hope it opens itself up to the whole world and does not allow itself to become too reliant on China. Latin America needs to be less reliant on former colonial powers/ current superpowers.
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 26/01/2025
'In our democracy right now there is an open question' on whether 'monopolists in extraordinarily powerful firms are going to be able to corrupt the political process and interfere with legitimate law enforcement' — Joe Biden's antitrust boss Lina Khan www.ft.com/content/ed2a...
Lina Khan speaking into a microphone. Overlaid text reads 'Khan warns of ‘catastrophic consequences’ if Trump gives free hand to private equity'. Credit: Reuters
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Guilherme Duarte @gduarte.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
I’m really disturbed by what has happened in social media since the US election. Total capitulation to fascism. I can’t delete my Meta accounts because they are the only way I can talk to my friends and dear ones abroad, but it really bothers me that I’m still a part of them.
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Guilherme Duarte @gduarte.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
A student asked me about modeling 13C relaxation times using MD trajectories. I found some papers on the subject, but none are clear enough for an undergrad — which is understandable, given the topic. #CompChemSky
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Guilherme Duarte @gduarte.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
I’m an MD person who’s started to need QM stuff and — wow — there is so much to read since the last time I did QM calculations! #CompChemSky #ChemSky
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Guilherme Duarte @gduarte.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Wow! #Chemsky has grown quite a bit! Those who are interested should also follow #CompChemSky
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Erika Berenguer @erikaberenguer.bsky.social · 13/09/2024
As we ask for systemic changes to fight climate change, we need to also ask for systemic changes in universities regarding the mental health care of scientists in the front lines. Individual actions are great, but insuficient. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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‘Who will protect us from seeing the world’s largest rainforest burn?’ The mental exhaustion faced by climate scientists
To cope with the emotional toll of working in the field, researchers have developed strategies to help themselves and others. To cope with the emotional toll of working in the field, researchers have ...
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Nexo Jornal @nexojornal.bsky.social · 12/09/2024
#NexoPolíticasPúblicas | Estas pesquisas concluíram que os territórios indígenas são eficazes na redução do desmatamento e na promoção do crescimento de floresta secundária. Leia com #acessolivre no 'Acadêmico' de Kathryn Baragwanath do DRCLAS-Harvard pp.nexojornal.com.br/academico/20...
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Como terras indígenas contribuem para a conservação e restauração de florestas na Amazônia brasileira
Estas duas pesquisas, publicadas no PNAS, mostram como os territórios indígenas são altamente eficazes na redução do desmatamento e na promoção do crescimento de floresta secundária nessas áreas
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Carlos Rittl @carlosrittl.bsky.social · 10/09/2024
O Agro é Fogo! Brasil está em chamas! CIentistas, ambientalistas, lideranças indígenas e comunitárias falam há meses da crise climática e de crimes por trás do fogo. Voluntários se mobilizam e se arrsicam cada vez mais. Autoridades reagem. A mídia fala sobre o tema o dia todo! Mas a crise não passa!
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Guilherme Duarte @gduarte.bsky.social · 08/09/2024
I’m very proud of my first student, Anelisa, who ran experiments and wrote a beautiful senior thesis about selectivity in de novo drug design. She is very bright and I am very lucky to have been her advisor! #CompChemSky
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Guilherme Duarte @gduarte.bsky.social · 07/09/2024
Faz sentido porque a administração do Bolsonaro era mais explicitamente um Clube do Bolinha. Um verdadeiro deserto feminino.
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Marcel Swart @marcelswart.bsky.social · 07/09/2024
Sad news for Theoretical Chemistry #CompChemSky #ChemSky Last Wednesday Prof. Emer. Wim Nieuwpoort (Groningen) passed away at the age of 93. For more information see the LinkedIn message by the Zernike Institute of @unigroningen.bsky.social www.linkedin.com/posts/moniek...
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Moniek Tromp on LinkedIn: We are saddened to announce that Professor Emeritus Wim Nieuwpoort passed…
We are saddened to announce that Professor Emeritus Wim Nieuwpoort passed away on September 4, 2024, at the age of 93. Professor Nieuwpoort was a leading…
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Guilherme Duarte @gduarte.bsky.social · 07/09/2024
Hello #compchemsky! I did my PhD with David Mobley at UC Irvine, my postdoc with Rob Rizzo at SBU, and I currently teach and do research in my native country, Brazil. I hope I can network and learn many things from you. Cheers!
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Guilherme Duarte @gduarte.bsky.social · 07/09/2024
Temos feeds acadêmicos — seja sobre Universidade, Ciências Exatas e da Natureza etc — em língua portuguesa? Contato com os membros anglófonos é tudo de bom, mas falar com os brasileiros, portugueses, angolanos etc também importa muito. #Universidade #Química #Física #Biologia #SkyAcadêmico
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