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Kalydnai

@gemistosplethon.bsky.social
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Neuroscientist coming through the fields of Molecular Biology and development, loves plants and everything that the natural world offers. Biggest defect unbound curiosity.

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Kalydnai @gemistosplethon.bsky.social · 13h
And he called the leaders of Iran religious fanatics. Here is our Mullah in civilian clothes.
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Kalydnai @gemistosplethon.bsky.social · 15h
In this earlier time the Greeks were leaving their homeland and exploring many different places around the Mediterranean Sea and beyond,” Hemingway says, referring to an era of “unprecedented internationalism.” www.ekathimerini.com/culture/1316...
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A sea of communication and cultural exchange | eKathimerini.com
This has been the case since time immemorial. People travel, encounter other cultures, and – provided they have open minds and hearts – exchange ideas, goods, and artistic styles.
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John Kittmer @johnkittmer.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Λίγη ευλάβεια σήμερα στην ιερά πόλη του #Μεσολογγίου μπροστά στον #Βύρωνα και τον #Άστιγγα. A little veneration today in #Mesolongi, a sacred place for Greeks because of the heroic and tragic history of the siege, in 1826. Statues of #Byron and #Hastings in the Garden of the Heroes.
A full-length marble statue of Byron, lifted on a high pedestal, between the British Union Flag and the Greek National Flag, in the Garden of the Heroes at Mesolongi. A marble bust of Frank Abney Hastings, lifted on a high stele, between the British Union Flag and the Greek National Flag, in the Garden of the Heroes at Mesolongi.
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Kalydnai @gemistosplethon.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This is great @bjulianhoffman.bsky.social i hope they involve you. www.kathimerini.gr/culture/5644...
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Μεγάλη Πρέσπα: Συμμαχία με σκοπό να ενταχθεί στην UNESCO
Συμμαχία τριών χωρών για την ένταξη της λίμνης στην UNESCO.
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Kalydnai @gemistosplethon.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
How exciting! This is the very place where Alexander the Great and his companions were educated. It would be remarkable if these findings could be tied to that period. Together with Plato's Academy and Aristotle's Lyceum, it would complete a trifecta of ancient Greece's most celebrated schools.
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Kalydnai @gemistosplethon.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Unending corruption by the USA government, led by the Voldemort in the white house. Trump Brought Venezuelan Gold to the U.S., but Refiners Won’t Touch It www.nytimes.com/2026/09/28/w...
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Trump Brought Venezuelan Gold to the U.S., but Refiners Won’t Touch It (Gift Article)
The administration is brokering deals in a notoriously corrupt industry, including one with a company that the United States deems a security threat.
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Kalydnai @gemistosplethon.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The world is marching on but us here the “greatest country on earth is left in the dust”.
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Kalydnai @gemistosplethon.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Trump is vey naive a total fucking idiot that he thinks a hardcore Marxist Leninist that puts the party above all can be trusted.
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Kalydnai @gemistosplethon.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
USA these days. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/u...
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A Quiet ICE Surge That Unfolded ‘Everywhere All at Once’ This Summer (Gift Article)
A review of dozens of incidents caught on camera sheds new light on a largely invisible crackdown.
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Kalydnai @gemistosplethon.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Anti vaccine, anti common sense interventions because people they think they know it all. Ignorance is reigning supreme since the asshole in the Whitehouse came to power with the biggest asshole of all, his secretary of health and human services put in charge. I can’t wait until November.
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Kalydnai @gemistosplethon.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The list of Trumps misguided actions from corruption undermining democratic rights to the war will fill pages but the Americans again will vote based on their wallet. A nation of grifters. The Mistake That May Finally Get the Republican Base to Ditch Trump www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/o...
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Opinion | How Trump’s Iran War May Sink Republican Midterm Chances
The president might be supercharging what already looked like a blue wave.
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Kalydnai @gemistosplethon.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Spectacular
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Kalydnai @gemistosplethon.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Amazing
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Kalydnai @gemistosplethon.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Wow good for him.
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Kalydnai @gemistosplethon.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
When comes to health care USA is cruel. What a fucked up country. If anybody talks to me about USA exceptionalism I will bite his head off
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Kalydnai @gemistosplethon.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Where sex was concerned, Jefferson's color line evidently didn't apply. Jefferson's stated views on racial difference did not extend to vulva. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/18/a...
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Two Centuries On, Smithsonian Connects Jefferson’s Hair to Hemings’s Children
A new book describes how cutting-edge genomics techniques yielded “extraordinary proof” that Thomas Jefferson fathered children with Sally Hemings.
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Kalydnai @gemistosplethon.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I have no words www.nytimes.com/2026/09/18/o...
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Opinion | Why Israel Fears This Searing New Documentary (Gift Article)
It’s hard to tell whether Israelis are enraged by “NAZA” because they think it’s full of lies, or because they know or fear it’s true.
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Kalydnai @gemistosplethon.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
They are having fun.
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Kalydnai @gemistosplethon.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Israelis for you. The issue is that IDF is supporting these thugs.
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Kalydnai @gemistosplethon.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
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Ancient Corinth archaeologist Charles K. Williams dies, aged 96 | eKathimerini.com
Archaeologist Charles K. Williams II, former director of the Corinth Excavations and chairman of the board of trustees of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens (ASCSA), has died aged 96.
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Kalydnai @gemistosplethon.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
@aaandmoore.bsky.social very cool Andrew www.nikonsmallworld.com/galleries/20...
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Synchronized cell division in neighboring cells | 2026 Small World in Motion Competition
Andrew Moore - Synchronized cell division in neighboring cells
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Kalydnai @gemistosplethon.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Beautiful creature.
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Kalydnai @gemistosplethon.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
If this is not colonialism and displacement of people I don’t know what it is.
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Kalydnai @gemistosplethon.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Spectacular
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Kalydnai @gemistosplethon.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
New official world map drops. Scientists fix 500 years of map distortion. Greenland loses two-thirds of its size overnight. Trump's real estate team reportedly 'reassessing. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Kalydnai @gemistosplethon.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Republicans for you. A Doctor Sued 700 Patients for Debts; 81 Were Arrested. Now He’s a Senator. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/u...
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Roger Marshall Sued 700 Patients for Debts; 81 Were Arrested. Now He’s a Senator.
Patients sued by Senator Roger Marshall of Kansas were routinely charged 18 percent interest, The Times found. Some had bank accounts garnished.
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Kalydnai @gemistosplethon.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Should be 100% drop.
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Kalydnai @gemistosplethon.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
No words
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Kalydnai @gemistosplethon.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Truly remarkable. If you want to read one think today this is the one. The 92-Year-Old Mathematician and the Teenage Apprentice www.nytimes.com/2026/09/06/s...
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The 92-Year-Old Mathematician and the Teenage Apprentice (Gift Article)
Joan Birman thought her major discoveries were behind her. Then came an email from a young neighbor — a girl who knew little but wanted to learn.
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Kalydnai @gemistosplethon.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Why we can get politicians like the prime minister of Canada, Carney? Why we we get all the garbage?
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
The cyclospora outbreak has reached 17,180 cases across 48 states. The FDA has recalled 1.6 million eggs due to salmonella contamination. Screwworm cases continue to rise. And we’ve just surpassed 2,700 measles cases (including 2 recent deaths) — a 35 year high. “Make America Healthy Again.”
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Kalydnai @gemistosplethon.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
I liked her a lot. Great sense of humor, great voice, great personality. Dolly Parton, Superstar Whose Songs Spoke to Millions, Dies at 80 www.nytimes.com/2026/08/25/a...
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Dolly Parton, Country Music Superstar Whose Songs Spoke to Millions, Dies at 80
Known for her outsize persona, appearance and talent, she rose from rural poverty to become a top-selling singer, songwriter and entrepreneur.
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Kalydnai @gemistosplethon.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Let’s say if Jeffries does not to his job that means go after this corrupt regime he needs to go.
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Kalydnai @gemistosplethon.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Again Republicans screwing the economy. Why Americans are so fucking stupid yo vote for a party that screw things up continously. Because they want to enhrich themselves and their friends. Treasury Turns to Interventionist Tactics to Lower Interest Rates www.nytimes.com/2026/08/20/b...
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Treasury Turns to Interventionist Tactics to Lower Interest Rates
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is reinventing the government’s role in the world’s most important bond market.
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Kalydnai @gemistosplethon.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Very funny
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Kalydnai @gemistosplethon.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Haha his binky. I wonder where her pacifier is?
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Kalydnai @gemistosplethon.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
I do remember his work especialy on nuclear receptors. www.cell.com/current-biol...
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Pierre Chambon (1931–2026)
Vincent Laudet commemorates the life of molecular biologist Pierre Chambon, whose work greatly expanded our understanding of the mechanisms governing eukaryotic gene expression and whose mentorship in...
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Kalydnai @gemistosplethon.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Nuts and stupidity everywhere so many people wasting oxygen on this earth www.scmp.com/news/china/p...
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China targets pseudo-history conspiracists who claim civilisations were stolen
Zhejiang agency says pseudo-historical claims – made worse by AI – reflect ignorance and fracture social cognition.
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Kalydnai @gemistosplethon.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
The science of making great cocoa beans for excellent chocolat. knowablemagazine.org/content/arti...
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How scientists are perfecting chocolate
Researchers are probing cocoa’s confections to better understand flavor, crystals and bloom
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Kalydnai @gemistosplethon.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Let me tell just another urban sprawl with no character. More traffic and lacking of any cultural landmarks. Urbanization with no long term plans. Doral, Fla.: From Marshland to Booming Miami Suburb www.nytimes.com/2026/08/13/r...
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Doral, Fla.: From Marshland to Booming Miami Suburb
The city’s population has been rapidly growing, and they’re not just coming for the golf.
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Kalydnai @gemistosplethon.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
.. NIH has begun turning away research grant ..for which the “primary function” is informing policymakers+ legislators "www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-…
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NIH limits funding for research on the health effects of public policy
US biomedical agency no longer considers policymakers ‘mission relevant’, leaving dozens of grants in limbo.
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Kalydnai @gemistosplethon.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
So inhumane. Deported From the U.S., Trapped in a Prison in Africa www.nytimes.com/video/world/...
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Video: Deported From the U.S., Trapped in a Prison in Africa
Roberto Mosquera, a Cuban immigrant who has lived in the United States since 1980 and completed a prison sentence in 1996, was arrested by ICE last year and sent to a prison in Eswatini, a country in ...
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Kalydnai @gemistosplethon.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
He is a piece of shit. Sorry I insulted the shit.
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Kai Kupferschmidt @kakape.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
One of the most interesting reporting trips I did this year was visiting Hany Farid to learn how he uncovers #AI manipulation in images. My amazing colleagues at @science.org produced a fascinating video from this trip. Watch it here: youtu.be/B6MaHmaz8w8?... 🧪 #digitalforensics
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What AI can't fake about the real world (yet)
YouTube video by Science Magazine
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Kalydnai @gemistosplethon.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
“A People’s History” is a great book yes maybe few things might be skewed but showed not the idealized America but all its hidden oppressive acts against its people. America’s Most Divisive Historian Gets a New Biography www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/b...
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America’s Most Divisive Historian Gets a New Biography
Dave Zirin traces the radical career of Howard Zinn, whose “A People’s History of the United States” has sold millions of copies.
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Kalydnai @gemistosplethon.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Spectacular to say the least
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Kalydnai @gemistosplethon.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
This utter garbage. I do listen to his show but with this he has gone overboard. Christopher Nolan’s Trojan Horse www.nytimes.com/2026/08/02/o...
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Opinion | Christopher Nolan’s Trojan Horse
The big trick of his “Odyssey” is smuggling the core of Judeo-Christian ethics into an ancient Greek epic.
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Kalydnai @gemistosplethon.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
www.nature.com/immersive/d4... Audience
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The forensic traces that can help catch poachers — July's best science images
The month’s sharpest science shots, selected by Nature’s photo team.
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Kalydnai @gemistosplethon.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Let’s not forget that Paul is the guy that let his ABO certification lapse in 2005 and claimed “board-certified” status through the National Board of Ophthalmology a body he founded and headed, staffed by his wife and father-in-law, and never recognized by the ABMS. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/07...
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Trump Administration Live Updates: Fauci Pleads Fifth in Senate Hearing on Covid Origins
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Kalydnai @gemistosplethon.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Simple words but eloquent to the point. Bravo to this man.
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