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William DeWitt @wsdewitt.github.io · 20/05/2026

Game over, phylogeneticists! New DNA foundation model "Carbon" reconstructs the tree of life. 🙃 huggingface.co/spaces/Huggi...

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Helena Pérez Valle @helenapvalle.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Me encanta cuando alguien contesta ”bueno, esa es tu opinión“ a una publicación. Pues claro. Es mi cuenta, obviamente esa es mi opinión. Lo que quieren decir es que no están de acuerdo, claro, todos lo entendemos, pero con la lengua tan rica que tenemos que forma más fea de decir una perogrullada.

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Helena Pérez Valle @helenapvalle.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

@dieworkwear.bsky.social hello! I’m a big Swiftie and I’d be curious as to an analysis of Travis Kelce‘s style. People say he has good fashion sense but I just don’t see it at all. Am I missing something?

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Helena Pérez Valle @helenapvalle.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

Also, people are sleeping on Honey. Honey is the Delicate of this album. (No, I’m not saying it’s as good as Delicate but it is the most intimate love song in this album. Even if I don’t necessarily like the whole “bitched called me honey/sweetheart just to put me down” motif).

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Helena Pérez Valle @helenapvalle.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

I’ve been listening to LOAS for almost a week now (yay!), and I think I can now give my thoughts on the album. My first impression was not good. I don’t like the lead single and I also do not like Opalite. I think the writing there doesn’t work. I think TS is especially strong when she conjures ->

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Helena Pérez Valle @helenapvalle.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

Jane Goodall’s died. Her books were part of what got me into biology. Sad to lose such a powerful voice especially considering the rate of destruction of ecosystems she fought to protect.

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Helena Pérez Valle @helenapvalle.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

I first learned about Huntington’s in the earlyish 2000s. My dad was reading Genome and told me about it. It’s one of the reasons I became interested in genetics. In my lifetime, we’ve gone from discovering its genetic basis to treating it with gene therapy. It’s magical. Science opens doors.

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Jo Wolfe, PhD @jopabinia.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

🚨 Exciting new crab preprint! A Japanese team found that sideways walking only evolved once! Maybe carcinization itself is necessary but not sufficient to go sideways? When it's lost, the species that go forward have alternate anti predation behaviors. 🧪🦑🦀 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

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Evolution of sideways locomotion in crabs

The evolutionary change in the mode of locomotion is often a major evolutionary event, triggering diversification. Sideways locomotion is a defining feature of true crabs (Brachyura) and may have cont...

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Helena Pérez Valle @helenapvalle.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

This is a really cool thread of cool pictures and cool scientists!

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Mekka Okereke @mekka.mekka-tech.com · 08/09/2025

It's 2025, and there are still people that haven't accepted the fact that there is no path out of this mess that doesn't involve: 1) People that aren't Black... 2) Advocating for, and fighting for... 3) People that are Black. None.

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Mekka Okereke @mekka.mekka-tech.com · 08/09/2025

Yes, I've praised some of Einstein's views, and been critical of some of his views. That's not contradictory at all. That's how it's supposed to work. I'm not saying Einstein never had a bad take. I'm saying that Einstein recognized that "Science is neutral! It doesn't have politics!"🤡 is silly.

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Helena Pérez Valle @helenapvalle.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

@benaaronovitch.bsky.social have you always shared book covers with your word count?

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Helena Pérez Valle @helenapvalle.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

@badlawyerpod.bsky.social I only started listening recently and getting to relive the Eras with y’all is giving me life.

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Helena Pérez Valle @helenapvalle.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

Crick(et) found a stick this morning. The stick was Too Big. He didn’t want help carrying it. The stick did not make it home (for once).

Crick(et), a tricolour smooth collie, wearing a red harness and carrying a big stick. The stick is not quite so big he can’t carry it, but it is big enough to look ridiculous. Crick(et)’s tail is standing at a weird angle (kinda looks like a lightning bolt?) and one of his ears is more folded than the other. As a photogenic dog, he knows to stare right at the camera.

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Helena Pérez Valle @helenapvalle.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

There’s obviously been a lot of TS news lately: I’m a bit shocked that she’d announce an album and immediately after (or so it feels), announce an engagement! Still unsurprising that the most liked IG post by a woman ever is a post shared with a man, about her marrying a man…

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Helena Pérez Valle @helenapvalle.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

Crick(et) Our Love is God, Keeper of the Stairs, Finder of the Sticks, Lord Barker at Open Windows.

Crick(et), a seven month old tricolour smooth collie, looking down at me from the top of the stairs. He’s been barking at the window (someone drove past) and he’s clearly wondering why I’m trying to interrupt this Extremely Important Job.

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Helena Pérez Valle @helenapvalle.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

I’ve been watching Yellowstone, and I have to say, I could just watch a show about the bunkhouse forever. The family drama? The killings? Eh, it’s fine, but I don’t care all that much. Cowboys getting drunk and doing stupid shit? Gimme more.

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Helena Pérez Valle @helenapvalle.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

I was lucky enough to edit this article, which I’m very happy is now published. Really cool work on post-transcriptional regulation!

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Helena Pérez Valle @helenapvalle.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

TS12 is coming up. Time to switch my bio again? Perhaps. But for now, Crick(et) content is still incoming. Here he is, napping all morning after waking me up at 6:50AM. An angel.

Longboi Crickettoni (AKA Cricket, AKA Grillo, AKA Crick, AKA Our Love is God), a tricolour smooth collie taking a much deserved nap on the floor.

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Helena Pérez Valle @helenapvalle.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

At the movies. About to watch a film I know nothing about (I know the name) for the first time in a very long time. The internet and social media have ruined a lot of my random “what’s showing” and going to the cinema for the sake of going to the cinema. This should be fun.

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Helena Pérez Valle @helenapvalle.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

Crick(et) is pretending to be the perfect coworker, as tho he doesn’t turn into a menace that refuses more work after 3PM.

Crick(et), a tricolour smoothie (smooth collie), lying on his bone and paw print patterned pillow, pretending to sleep. In the top left of the picture you can see some underlay he reclaimed yesterday when he decided the workday was over.

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Helena Pérez Valle @helenapvalle.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

This is such a how did we get here picture. We left a chair pulled out. That’s how.

Crick(et), a black, white and brown collie, standing on a living room table sniffing at a red bag, in his red harness. Several chairs around the table point to possible access points.

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Helena Pérez Valle @helenapvalle.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

Of the last 5 train journeys I’ve made, all involving going into or coming out of London, all 5 have been delayed or disrupted in some way. It’s exhausting. It’s a good thing that I have a Crick(et) at home to make up for it.

A tricolour smooth collie called Crick(et) looking handsome as always, standing 🧍‍♂️ outside on the grass and looking at the camera. He’s wearing a red harness and a yellow collar and smiles at the camera.

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Helena Pérez Valle @helenapvalle.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

Will we get a full Live From Paris album now?

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Helena Pérez Valle @helenapvalle.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

Well, no better day to have Rep as a soundtrack.

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John Wallingford @jbwallingford.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

A woman studies embryos for decades, struggles for funding and respect. She publishes under her husband’s name, until they divorce. A single mother, she moves across an ocean to continue her studies. It all sounds quite modern, until you learn that she also worried she’d be burned as a witch. 🧵 1/15

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Helena Pérez Valle @helenapvalle.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

The other day I found myself thinking “Crick(et), you’re so lucky, you don’t have to do math”. Of course, Crick(et) is a dog, and can’t do math, but what’s interesting is that this isn’t the first time I’d had this thought. My first dog, Trotski, also couldn’t do math. He used to help me with my ->

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Helena Pérez Valle @helenapvalle.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

What is the gay version of The Tortured Poets Department? The Slaying Lyricists Club? It sounds like a musical so it must be right.

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Helena Pérez Valle @helenapvalle.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Apparently my hatred of fans has not translated to Crick(et). Men.

Crick(et), a four month old tricolour smooth collie, lying feet up, on his bed smiling like a madman next to a fan, clearly enjoying life.

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Helena Pérez Valle @helenapvalle.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

Cricket came for coffee today. Lots of people is still overwhelming, so now he’s chilling inside.

Cricket (a four month old collie) sitting outside the train station, staring intently at my coffee (not pictured).

Cricket (a four month old black brown and white smooth collie) sleeping in his bed with Broccoli (a broccoli plushie) next to him.

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Helena Pérez Valle @helenapvalle.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

Crick(et) got a new dog bed, so he can curl up in it and not sit in our chairs. Of course this is how he’s using it:

Crick(et) a four month old tricolour collie lying with his feet up half out of his dog bed.

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Helena Pérez Valle @helenapvalle.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

Every time I listen to TTPD I get a little sad that this album won’t get its own tour.

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Helena Pérez Valle @helenapvalle.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

Should my partner become a puppy photographer?

A really good photo of Crick(et) (a three month old collie puppy) on the stairs looking down (credit to my partner).

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Helena Pérez Valle @helenapvalle.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Maybe he hasn’t figured out chairs if this is how he climbs them?

Crick(et), a tric collie puppy, pulls himself up onto a Poang chair by pulling his body up between the chair seat and the armrest. He won’t fit that hole for long.

Crick(et), a tric collie puppy, rests his head against the backrest of a Poang Ikea chair, after the superdogly effort of pulling himself up on it.

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Helena Pérez Valle @helenapvalle.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Crick(et) (non)-update: he’s definitely figured chairs out.

Crick(et) - a black, white and brown smooth collie puppy - curled up in an Ikea rocking chair.

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Helena Pérez Valle @helenapvalle.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

I’m currently in China for a conference (hello Suzhou!), and I miss my dog. Thankfully technology means I get regular updates on Crick(et). Including him watching his favourite show (people blowing on bottles).

Tricolour smooth collie puppy (circa 3 months old) sitting up to watch people on TV blowing on bottle tops to make sounds.

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Helena Pérez Valle @helenapvalle.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Dog or chicken? (Yes, this is a hard launch)

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Helena Pérez Valle @helenapvalle.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

But the real question is, did they leak the K9 training manuals?

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Helena Pérez Valle @helenapvalle.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Watching Twin Peaks and getting the house insulated. What a life.

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Helena Pérez Valle @helenapvalle.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

@ass.golf We’re getting a smooth collie, partly because we adore Ollie, and we’ve been trying to think of a good name: This has got me wondering, is Ollie called Ollie cos he’s Ollie the collie?

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