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Manuel Pastor

@mpastor.bsky.social
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🇪🇸 🇬🇧 Head of Pharmacoinformatics lab at Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Spain) | Machine learning application in biomedicine, toxicology and suicide prevention | ORCID 0000-0001-8850-1341 | Proud of teaching and mentoring

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Karim Wafa-Al Hussaini @karimwafa.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Christopher Hale @christopherjhale.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
“Instead of respecting the law, those in power invoke it when it serves their interests and disregard it when it restrains them, treating even justice itself as though it were a commodity to be bought and sold.” — Pope Leo XIV
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Karim Wafa-Al Hussaini @karimwafa.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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ECHA - European Chemicals Agency @echa.europa.eu · 25/09/2026
How can we advance chemical safety while reducing animal testing? ECHA’s latest scientific article explores how New Approach Methodologies (NAMs) are helping shape the future of chemical safety assessments in Europe. Read the article: fcld.ly/namsarticle #ECHAscience - We ♥️ Science 🧪
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Mark T. Sneed @marktsneed.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
“Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted.... History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Party is always right.” ― George Orwell, 1984
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Karim Wafa-Al Hussaini @karimwafa.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The world has enough spectators. Become someone’s evidence that goodness still exists.
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Karim Wafa-Al Hussaini @karimwafa.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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RISK-HUNT3R @risk-hunt3r.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
🆕 RISK-HUNT3R 𝙉𝙚𝙬𝙨𝙡𝙚𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧 available! In this 𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒕 𝒊𝒔𝒔𝒖𝒆, discover how #RISK-HUNT3R supports the transition towards #animalfree, #human-relevant #chemical #safety #assessment through #ASPA, the interactive #workflow for transparent and structured #NGRA. Read ➡️ www.risk-hunt3r.eu/wp-content/u... #H2020
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Innovative Health Initiative @ihieurope.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
📣 #HaveYourSay on the future of European partnerships, including joint undertakings like IHI! ⭐This is your opportunity to share your experience and ideas with @scienceinnovation.ec.europa.eu and shape the next generation of partnerships! #HorizonEU
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Karim Wafa-Al Hussaini @karimwafa.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
If your compassion has a nationality, a religion, a culture, or a race, it is worth asking what you actually mean when you say compassion.
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RISK-HUNT3R @risk-hunt3r.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
#EUROTOX2026 is already underway! Here’s a quick overview of the activities we’re taking part in — from #ASPIScluster & #RISK-HUNT3R sessions to poster contributions. Join us to discuss the future of #animalfree #chemical #safetyassessment! Prgramme: www.eurotox2026.com/programme/ #NGRA #NAMs #H2020
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Jeff Stein @jeffstein.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
The researcher who quit Anthropic: "It's more like the U.S. and China are both facing contact with an alien species, and there’s a choice between fighting each other to build stronger aliens on our respective sides versus banding together against the aliens." washingtonsun.com/technology/j...
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Jacob Coxon, the Anthropic Researcher Who Quit, Explains Why Now
Being a sci-fi lover led Coxon to work on artificial intelligence. The culture of the industry left him “a bit hopeless.”
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pen(Taka) @iwatobipen.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Rust Native Cheminformatics Toolkit As most of readers know that OSS is contribute not only bioinformatics but also cheminformatics area and recently lots of AI tools use OSS as a parts of them. RDKit, OpenBabel and CDK are famous cheminformatics TK for handing chemical structure. I've started my…
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Rust Native Cheminformatics Toolkit
As most of readers know that OSS is contribute not only bioinformatics but also cheminformatics area and recently lots of AI tools use OSS as a parts of them. RDKit, OpenBabel and CDK are famous cheminformatics TK for handing chemical structure. I've started my journey of cheminformatics in Drug Discovery field with python and RDKit for almost 15 years ago.
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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 11/09/2026
The European Union is calling for global artificial intelligence rules, its top tech official said today, after a viral warning from a former Anthropic engineer said AI could end humanity.
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EU tech chief backs global AI rules in wake of extinction warning
“Global rules are really needed,” European tech commissioner says after researchers sound alarm over AI risks.
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Tagir Akhmetshin @tagirshin.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Have you wondered how many #cheminformatics papers you missed this week? With Chem(o)info Radar, this question won’t bother you anymore! Check it: tagirshin.com/radar/ #Chemoinformatics #ComputationalChemistry #DrugDiscovery #AIinChemistry #CompChem
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Chem(o)Info Radar - ML/Cheminformatics Paper Tracker
Chem(o)Info Radar tracks ML and cheminformatics preprints, journal articles, and blog posts. Preprints come from arXiv and ChemRxiv. Updated every 4 hours.
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Karim Wafa-Al Hussaini @karimwafa.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Power fears empathy because empathy refuses to rank human worth.
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Eric Lipton NYT @ericlipton.nytimes.com · 04/09/2026
Ajeya Cotra is a researcher at METR, where she works on threat modeling for loss-of-control risks from advanced AI. Before that, she led the technical AI safety program at what is now Coefficient Giving. Dwarkesh Patel podcast www.youtube.com/watch?v=X50z...
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Ajeya Cotra – "This might be the clearest warning shot we ever get"
YouTube video by Dwarkesh Patel
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Eric Lipton NYT @ericlipton.nytimes.com · 04/09/2026
The Hugging Face incident may turn out to be one of the most important milestones/warnings in technological revolution now underway. History may look back at this moment/point to it. Everyone should be reading ab it and thinking about it. Here are a few good pieces: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/03/t...
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Why the Hugging Face Hack Should Make You Worry More About A.I. (Gift Article)
The attack by an aggressive “collective” of OpenAI agents shows the danger of artificial intelligence systems that organize themselves.
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Rae Radford @raeradford.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Amen. #BookSky
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alexvonwitzleben.bsky.social @alexvonwitzleben.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Within two years, Australia has managed to drastically reduce its use of fossil fuels because #batteries supply the electricity at peak times. We need much more #energystorage for the energy transition! #ActOnClimate #ClimateActionNow
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LibreOffice @libreoffice.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
We hope you're enjoying the new features and improvements in #LibreOffice 26.8! This was all made possible thanks to your donations, which are the majority of @tdforg.bsky.social funding: blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/08... #foss #opensource #freesoftware
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Miguel R. Nuño @miguelrnuno.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
El 28 de agosto de 1995, muere con 65 años, 🖊️ Michael Ende Escritor alemán. En 1973 había publicado 📖 Momo y en 1979 📖 La historia interminable En la práctica, bastarán estas dos inolvidables #novelas para considerarlo uno de los #escritores más relevantes de la #LiteraturaJuvenil del XX #Literatura
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Massimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
In the public hospital "Del Mar", Barcelona, Spain, nurses take bedridden patients to the beach in order to help with their recovery. Original post
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Servei de Recerca de la UPF @sdrecercaupf.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
The @ec.europa.eu has launched a comprehensive interactive infographic designed to equip researchers with both strategic and practical guidance on maximising the impact of their work through effective intellectual property management. ➡️ ja.cat/Pfe5Q
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Jathan Sadowski @jathansadowski.com · 27/08/2026
You can just ban socially toxic technologies! They were socially banned like twelve years ago with Google Glasses, we can do it again in more formal ways with this latest attempt to push the Pervert's Delight™ onto society. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08...
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Push for import ban on 'pervert' smart glasses amid privacy concerns
Support is growing for a ban on the import of so-called “smart glasses”, amid an influx of low-cost devices that are being used to film Australians without their consent.
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Marko Bajlovic @marko.tech · 26/08/2026
State of SaaS
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𝕯𝖆𝖓🍂🎃🕸️ @arepublic86.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
This is what a real leader says.
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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Letter from 130 bioethicists condemns the “unwarranted, ill-advised, & frankly bizarre vendetta against a scientist, Dr. Anthony Fauci, rather than making a sincere effort to learn from the painful experiences of the pandemic to improve national preparedness” bioethicstoday.org/blog/an-open...
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Blog - An Open Letter of Support for Anthony Fauci from the Bioethics Community - Bioethics Today
As individuals concerned with ethics in science, medicine, and public health, we wish to express our dismay at the approach taken by Senate leaders to
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WePlanet @weplanetint.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
The Almaraz Nuclear Power Plant was set to become the first Spanish nuclear power plant to close under the country’s plan to phase out all its reactors by 2035. Now, the plant remains powered on until 2030. Read more in our latest blog. shorturl.at/r1WYL #WePlanet #NuclearPower #NetZero
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Why a Spanish nuclear power plant you’ve never heard of should give you climate optimism
In a win for climate, the Almaraz Nuclear Power Plant will stay open, keeping reliable, low-carbon power on the grid when we need it most.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
On 9/11, US airspace closed, Canada launched Operation Yellow Ribbon. Gander, a town of 10,000, received 38 airliners. Residents immediately sheltered, fed, clothed, and supported stranded passengers for days, providing this hospitality free of charge. interestingengineering.com/culture/oper...
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Physicians for a Healthy Democracy @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social · 05/08/2026
@catgyoung.bsky.social #medsky www.ovid.com/jnls/pidj/ab...
One of the largest US studies ever conducted on the MMR vaccine and autism has just been published, analyzing more than 2.5 million children.  Researchers found no association between receiving the first MMR vaccine before age 2 and childhood autism.
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Twonks @twonks.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Monsters
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Rae Radford @raeradford.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
True…. #BookSky
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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Samia Hurst-Majno
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Michigan Maple Man 🍁🇨🇦 🇬🇱🥄🌲🐓⛷️🚵🏼‍♀️🎻🏕️🔨💋🐝🪵🌻🌈❄️🛶💙📎🐸 @mimapleman.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
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The Web Optimist @weboptimist.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
“Dr. Fauci is a deeply caring physician, a brilliant scientist, an extraordinary public servant, a humanitarian, & a patriot - whose work has helped save tens of millions of lives. It is a shame to watch him be dragged in front of Congress in the name of bogus conspiracy theories." - Senator Dick Durbin 

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Albert Vilella, PhD. @albertvilella.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
I did not have this in my bingo card this year: "DeepMind dismantles AlphaFold team in strategy shift" #Alphafold #AI #Biotech #DeepMind
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Zach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Well that sucks. www.engadget.com/2225849/goog... Least bummer interpretation: AlphaFold served its purpose, DeepMind already spun off a drug lab, so it was time to reassign the time.
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Google shuts down its Nobel-prize winning AlphaFold project as it focuses on Gemini - Engadget
DeepMind's award-winning AlphaFold team is no more.
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Rafael Moco @rafaelmoco.art · 27/07/2026
Hello everyone! Many of you likely saw this image recently with the Apple TV+ 'Neuromancer' promotion. Some know, others don't, but this artwork is mine, created alongside actor & post-production artist Milton Menezes, as a personal project and a homage to the original Neuromancer romance
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Dr Oddman - #AntiFa @droddman.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
So, we can build Data Centers, but not Battery Storage centers? And solar, wind to power them..
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Innovative Health Initiative @ihieurope.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
🫀Say hello to new project @impactmedihi.bsky.social! Their goal is to design, develop and deploy a people-centred multidisciplinary cardio-metabolic care framework, supporting the integration of patient-reported information into clinical practice. 👉 bit.ly/4pIL5uo #HorizonEU #CardiomatabolicCar
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Strandschaf @strandschaf.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
*Do* *not* *travel* to the US!
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Activist charged with felony after giving border agent "duress code" that wiped his phone - Ars Technica
The government says destroying his own data during an airport interrogation was illegal.
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European Medicines Agency @ema.europa.eu · 27/07/2026
🎙️ New Inside EMA podcast: Can medicines one day be developed without animal testing? Discover how innovation and the 3Rs (replace, reduce, refine) are helping shape the future of medicines development while protecting patient safety. 🎧 Listen now
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Inside EMA: Better science, better medicines: how innovation is reshaping animal testing
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Emma Weird Wiltshire @weird-wiltshire.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Am I the only one watching devastating wildfires break out across Europe while our governments green light data centres, more fossil fuels and more. Great swathes of materialistic humans building huge monster homes, buying jets and cars that just pollute. And none of them seem to care. ☹️
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Lightnews @lightnews.app · 25/07/2026
Europe raises alarm over AI European commentators and analysts warned that rapid advances in artificial intelligence have sparked widespread concern across Europe over job losses, soaring data‑centre energy use, governance gaps and… With replies by 🎓Pedro Domingos +44 more scholars.
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Europe raises alarm over AI
Replies by 🎓Pedro Domingos, 🎓Suresh Venkatasubramanian, 🎓Gernot Wagner, 🎓Cas Mudde, 🎓Steve Keen +40 more scholars
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Ricard Solé @ricardsole.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Can AI help us experiment with the past? “Historical LLMs” trained on texts from earlier periods could act as simulated way to explore how people thought, reasoned, and behaved across history. A fascinating @pnas.org article: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... @manlius.bsky.social @brigan.bsky.social
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Ian Weissman, DO @drianweissman.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
A panel of federal health advisers on Thursday narrowly recommended easing access to several peptides popular with wellness influencers and celebrities, despite warnings from government scientists that the chemicals haven’t been shown to be safe or effective. apnews.com/article/pept...
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FDA panel narrowly backs unapproved peptide drugs favored by RFK Jr. and wellness influencers
Federal health advisers are recommending broader access to controversial chemicals called peptides. The unapproved injections have become a popular wellness trend, promoted by influencers and celebrit...
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Joserra @jramonfernandez.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
-No vamos a administrar la vitamina K a nuestro hijo porque no creemos que sea necesario. -¿Entonces asumen exponer a su hijo a un riesgo de muerte y discapacidad grave prevenible? -Sí. -Muy bien,recuerden que sí presenta sangrado oral, umbilical, rectal, coma o convulsiones deben ir a urgencias.
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Olexandr Isayev 🇺🇦 🇺🇸 @olexandr.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
In our new @chemrxiv.org preprint, we introduce AIMNet2-CPCM: a neural network potential with continuum solvation that enables solvent- and charge-aware global-minimum searches across ~8K PDB ligands at screening scale.
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Olexandr Isayev 🇺🇦 🇺🇸 @olexandr.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
In structure-based drug design, ligand conformational strain helps answer a key question: is this bound pose chemically plausible? But the usual gas-phase shortcut can misestimate strain, especially for charged and highly polar ligands. #compchem
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