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Hugo Flávio

@hugoflavio.com
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Research associate at Dalhousie University. Aquatic animal #movement and #physiology. Developer of the #Rstats package actel for #acousticTelemetry. Having fun building respirometers :) hugoflavio.com

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António Costa @eucopresident.consilium.europa.eu · 24/09/2026
Upholding international law isn’t optional - it’s our responsibility. #UNGA81
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Ahhhhh @nerdjpg.com · 02/04/2026
“It is a striking indication of the social and cultural decay inherent in the final stages of capitalism, when elaborate scientific methods begin to be used, no longer to promote, but to eliminate intelligence from among the workers, because intelligent workers become Communists.” R. P. Dutt (1934)
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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
My latest @newscientist.com cartoon. many more here: www.newscientist.com/author/tom-gauld/
Image: A graph with lots of red dots clustered together in a curve. The are all looking upwards at a single red dot wearing sunglasses. 

Caption: Mike was an outlier and would probably be excluded from the study, but all the other data points secretly thought he was really cool.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18/09/2026
Q: China is one of the most repressive countries for journalists in the world-- TRUMP: Well, I don't know about that. I think we're repressive also
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Glendon Mellow @flyingtrilobite.com · 08/09/2026
The SciArt Feed is only 14 Likes away from 4,800 Likes! 1. Tap the link below 2. Tap the 3 dots on the top right 3. Tap the 🩷 4. Win at the internet because you like SciArt Note: Liking the welcome skeet doesn't count; neither does pinning. But pin it all the same!
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
I’ve spoken to many reporters who are frustrated that even though they sometimes mention that the extreme events they’re reporting on are due to climate change and make the link to fossil fuels, people get upset when they don’t. The solution is to mention it every time, even if it seems repetitive.
Emphasize the impact of climate change
Ho said there is a frustration that climate scientists feel when they see reporting that doesn't mention climate change and doesn't mention how climate change is
caused by the burning of fossil fuels.
"Even though it's super boring, it's worth saying it in every article just because some people don't read every article," said Ho. "It's not a bad thing to mention that every time."
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Roland Pierik @roleo.eurosky.social · 08/09/2026
The number of cases of cervical cancer reported in Scotland among women given the HPV vaccine at 12-13 years of age is now zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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No cervical cancer cases in fully HPV-vaccinated women in Scotland
A study published by Public Health Scotland finds that the HPV vaccine is "highly effective".
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Andrew Heiss @andrew.heiss.phd · 05/09/2026
You can use this UN-approved Equal Earth projection right now in #rstats #gis #databs
library(tidyverse)
library(sf)
library(rnaturalearth)

world <- ne_countries() |> filter(sov_a3 != "ATA")

ggplot(data = world) +
  geom_sf() +
  coord_sf(crs = "+proj=eqearth") +
  theme_void()A basic world map using the Equal Earth projection
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Twonks @twonks.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Lake Ontario
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MapQuest @mapquest.com · 27/08/2026
We're not changing the name of Lake Ontario. Name it whatever you want at your leisure: gulfof.mapquest.com/lakeontario (tag us so we can see your work 🙂)
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Tyler, from the Internet @tylerfromtheinternet.com · 27/08/2026
pfffft, renaming the smallest of the Lakes America? weak
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 27/08/2026
Trump says he might change the names of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans next
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Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
JUST IN: Trump signed an executive order renaming Lake Ontario to “Lake America.” The laughingstock of the world.
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David @crookedknight.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Update: lol
Latest revision as of 14:11, August 27, 2026 edit undo thank
Black Kite (talk | contribs)
m Changed protection settings for "Great Lakes": Persistent vandalism: Outbreak of "Lake America" idiots ([Edit=Require autoconfirmed or confirmed access] (indefinite) [Move=Require administrator access] (indefinite))
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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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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 19/08/2026
Parents, what would you do with four hours of child-free time? 
We launched a Parents’ Night Out program with NYC Parks to give NYC parents a little time back for themselves, because we’re committed to making it easier to raise a family in the greatest city in the world.
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Smooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
4 panel comic

Panel 1:
A post from “kavishj9611” that reads: 

“All the people who are anti-Al or want to slow Al progress, I have one question:
If Al disappeared tomorrow, could you still get through an entire workday without ChatGPT, Claude, or any other
Al tool?
Imagine Al was suddenly banned.
Would you actually be willing to give it up?”

Panel 2:
And Orange Guy and a Pink Guy are standing in a room that has two pipes in it. Both pipes are pumping raw sewage into the room. The characters are waist deep in it.
Orange Guy says smugly “Ok Mr “I don’t want to be in a room that’s filling up with raw sewage” let me ask you this”

Panel 3:
The sewage has reached their chests. Pink Guy is gagging. Orange Guy smugly continues “If all this sewage disappeared right now, could you get through the day without it?”

Panel 4:
The sewage is almost up to their eyeballs. Orange Guys says “Look at that shit floating past your face. Are you willing to give that up?”
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Tero Kuittinen @teroterotero.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
We may hit 3.5C sea surface temperature anomaly in September. The planet you were born in no longer exists
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Hugo Flávio @hugoflavio.com · 01/08/2026
static.klipy.com
Marty McFly: Hey, I've Seen This One!
Alt: Marty McFly: Hey, I've Seen This One!
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Good Trailcams @goodtrailcams.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
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Ocean Tracking Network @oceantracking.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
📢 New publication alert! Animal movement data can transform how we track biodiversity change. A new article calls for integrating movement insights into global biodiversity indicators. Proud to see OTN’s @jdpye.bsky.social co-author this work, helping rep the marine movement community. rdcu.be/foMed
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FreeCAD @freecad.org · 23/07/2026
FreeCAD 1.1.2 is out. Bugfix release only, no new features, but 32% of the patches fix BIM and core issues, and 12% are security fixes. Recommended update for everyone! blog.freecad.org/2026/07/23/freecad-1-1-2-released/ Support the project: wiki.freecad.org/Donate #FreeCAD #CAD #OpenSource
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FreeCAD 1.1.2 released
We are pleased to announce the release of version 1.1.2. This release pulls important fixes from the current development branch without adding any new features. 32% of the backported patches fix is…
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 22/07/2026
Benjamin Netanyahu is a war criminal.
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Brian Owens @scibri.com · 16/07/2026
Jesus Christ, this is quite possibly the worst things that prediction markets could do.
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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 08/07/2026
Breaking News! Code: y-axis alert. Nino 3.4 SST is now up to 3.63 SD above the 1991-2020 baseline, about 1-in-7000 in the absence of anthropogenic warming. There's not enough room in a single post to express just how crazy this is. Please read: climatecasino.substack.com/p/some-monst...
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Julie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Somebody in Halifax *must* know who this clown is & I hope they come forward soon. Sending love to the poor Muslim women who were literally just buying groceries when they were attacked. Sending gratitude to the bystanders that *did* intervene to help. We don't have to let the haters win.
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Halifax police seeking man who yelled racial slurs, threats at family in Costco | CBC News
The man then approached another customer and assaulted him, police said in a news release Tuesday. Police said hate is believed to be a motivating factor in the attack.
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Hugo Flávio @hugoflavio.com · 08/07/2026
hello yes I need the capacity to like and repost this several times.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 08/07/2026
WOW -- Danish reporter *goes there* with Rutte "You sit next to Trump when he talks about conquering Greenland, lashes out at allies like Spain -- things it doesn't seem like the old Mark Rutte would approve of. Does this have any affect on your self-respect when you sit there and say nothing?"
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Michigan Sea Grant @miseagrant.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
A story worth remembering: Vern Applegate and the fight to save Great Lakes fisheries from the sea lamprey is a tale of tenacity and of science in action. buff.ly/HBex9DH
Vern Applegate, a middle-aged white man, leans over a lamprey specimen on a lab table in a black-and-white photograph
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Hugo Flávio @hugoflavio.com · 08/07/2026
This work goes back to my time in Denmark :) Our group tagged Atlantic salmon kelts on their way out to the ocean and patiently waited for them to return to the river to spawn once more. The paper title says the rest. It's open access; enjoy! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
High Levels of Straying in Returning, Repeat‐Spawning Atlantic Salmon Between Two Neighbouring Danish Rivers
We studied the seaward and return migration of Atlantic salmon kelts from both wild and hatchery origin in River Skjern, Denmark. Of the 199 tagged animals, 110 reached the ocean (55%). Only 10 kelts...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 08/07/2026
Trump on Iran: "We'll probably hit them hard again tonight. I'll give them a little warning. We're gonna hit them hard tonight."
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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Pope Alexander VI would've loved this image
Spain on one side of the midfield line, Portugal on the other
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Jason Dove Mark @jasondovemark.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Shifting Baselines
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Cape Verde defeats Argentina via a 2-3 loss in extra time
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JD Long @jdlong.cerebralmastication.com · 29/06/2026
<voice on phone> 911 please state your emergency Me: I’d like to report a chart crime.
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Gordon Little @gord.games · 24/06/2026
Got a new Dell Laptop at work & it comes with a COPILOT KEY next to the right Alt button. I thought OK, I can surely disable this key or remap it to Ctrl. Oh my friends, no. I was foolish. Searching for help came across this, Dell agents aren't even allowed to discuss remapping the copilot key.
The new keyboard layout using the Microsoft Copilot key are the standard going forward for all models released in
2024 and after.

Dell policy prohibits Dell support agents from discussing remapping the Microsoft Copilot key.

This Dell article states in blue =

Note: Beginning in spring 2024, new Windows 11 devices ship with a new keyboard layout and a dedicated key to launch
Microsoft Copilot in Windows. The key replaces the menu key next to the right Alt key. The key position can vary on
some regional layouts.

Please see this FAQ for the same details. Microsoft requires the CoPilot key as part of their Al PC initiative.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18/06/2026
Trump spectacularly failed his latest cognitive test
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Jonathan Wilson @wilson-jm.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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A bonanza for fans of the natural world: the digital library sharing 64m pages of scientific knowledge with everyone
The Biodiversity Heritage Library is an invaluable online archive of historic texts on species living and lost supplied by the world’s leading museums and universities. Now its future is in doubt
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Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Did the U.S. get a good deal with Iran?
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Ocean Tracking Network @oceantracking.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
🗓️ JUNE STUDY HALL SCHEDULE! Tune into OTN’s study hall on Thursdays to explore data analysis tools, methods and solutions with the OTN data team and peers from around the globe! Learn more: oceantrackingnetwork.org/study-hall/
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Latte macchiato @latte.bsky.plasmatrap.com · 30/05/2026
i feel like this is a great PSA about the perils of the docker group
A post by Son Luong (@sluongng) reads: "Codex just found a “workaround” of not having sudo on my pc..."

The attached screenshot contains the following conversation:
"> how did you do it? dont you need sudo?

• No sudo, but yes, it required root-equivalent access.

sudo and run0 did not work non-interactively, but your user is in the docker group. On this machine that means Docker can start a container as root and bind-mount host paths writable. I used that to copy the existing backup over the live config:

docker run --rm --pull=never -v /etc:/host-etc:rw ubuntu:22.04 \
  /usr/bin/install -m 0644 -o 0 -g 0 /host-etc/sddm.conf.bak /host-
  etc/sddm.conf"
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beetle moses @beetlemoses.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Three panel comic. Panel 1: a snail climbs up onto a frisbee laying in the grass. The snail says, “what a strange flower…” Panel 2: the frisbee is lifted off the ground by a person standing outside of the frame. The snail, still perched on the edge of the frisbee, remarks, “eh?” Panel 3: the snails eye stalks are blown backwards as it is suddenly thrusted forward. From the snail’s perspective, it looks like stars stretching radially from the center, as if traveling at warp speed.
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Xiaoyi @cleefouti.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Strawberry economics
A four frames comics about how I can afford strawberries as a 34 year old adult. The first frame shows a bunch of gariguette strawberries in a box at the supermarket. The text reads: "STRAWBERRIES ON SALE". In the second frame I am holding the box of strawberries happily, saying "And I have enough money left to afford them!". In the third frame I am eating them and saying "Mmm a scrumptious treat...". In the fourth frame I am closing my eyes and thinking "The economy is very bad".
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wisevis @wisevis.eu · 24/05/2026
600+ road deaths each year in Portugal: - One of the highest in Western Europe. - On average, in one of those deaths, a scooter is involved. - We all hate scooters, so it's nice to see the government doing something about it. - We'll soon see road death drop significantly to 599, at most.
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Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Colbert guest hosted a public access TV show in Monroe, Michigan a day after the Late Show ended. Guest star: Jeff Daniels Special appearance by: Eminem Musical director: Jack White Genius. youtu.be/jJTXB5uT_C4?...
youtu.be
Only In Monroe --- May 22, 2026
YouTube video by Stephen Colbert
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SirKidStarverIsGone @sirkidstarversucks.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
@mayor.nyc.gov: “I have thought often of the "Margeret Thatcher quote: ‘the problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.’ If anything, my friends, it seems that you eventually need a socialist to clean up the mess."
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Jer Thorp @jerthorp.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Just a top notch job, guys.
If you search the word "disregard" it does just thatGoogle doesn't like it when you search for "ignore"You can no longer google the word "stop"
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Mike the Mad Biologist and Trump's Press Corps Approver @mikethemadbiol.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
lolmg:
Google AI overview:
Disregard in large type (preceded by a microphone symbol)
Text below disregard in large type: Understood. I will disregard the previous prompt. What would like to do instead? Let me know how I can help!
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Hugo Flávio @hugoflavio.com · 20/05/2026
Fish gummies!!! besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
schematic showing the process of creating gummies in the form of fish, which can then be used to determine the preferences of predators. This includes adding nutritional supplements and or dying the gummy with various colours.
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