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Pablo Arantes

@pabloarantes.bsky.social
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#compchem Research Scientist at Vita Nova Institute- Work interests mostly related to the simulation of biomolecular systems - Lead developer of the Making It Rain, Cloud-Bind and ParametrizANI projects. pablo-arantes.github.io

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Pablo Arantes @pabloarantes.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
🚀 ParametrizANI is now a Python package! From SMILES to AMBER/GROMACS/OpenMM force field parameters in one script, powered by neural network potentials (TorchANI, MACE-OFF, AIMNet2, xTB). DFT-level accuracy, CPU-only. 📦 github.com/pablo-arantes/ParametrizANI 📚 parametrizani.readthedocs.io 🧵1/4
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GitHub - pablo-arantes/ParametrizANI: Free Parametrization for Small Molecules
Free Parametrization for Small Molecules. Contribute to pablo-arantes/ParametrizANI development by creating an account on GitHub.
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jproney @jproney.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
I'm super excited to announce the first preprint of my PhD, together with Chenxi Ou and @sokrypton.org! ML has revolutionized protein modeling, but crucial challenges remain. For example, we can't reliably predict complicated protein structures without MSAs, which limits what we can design.
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Pablo Arantes @pabloarantes.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
🎉 New publication in JCIM at @pubs.acs.org! We present eRMSF, a Python package for ensemble-based RMSF analysis of biomolecular systems, supporting MD, PDB, and ML ensembles. Proud to collaborate with Rodrigo Ligabue-Braun and @conradopedebos.bsky.social pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
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eRMSF: A Python Package for Ensemble-Based RMSF Analysis of Biomolecular Systems
Understanding molecular flexibility and dynamics across different structural ensembles is essential for interpreting the behavior of complex biological systems. Here, we introduce eRMSF, a fast and user-friendly Python package built with MDAKit from MDAnalysis, designed to perform ensemble-based root mean square fluctuation (RMSF) analyses. Unlike traditional approaches limited to molecular dynamics trajectories, eRMSF extends flexibility analysis to ensembles generated by different methods, such as MD simulations, BioEmu (a deep learning tool for equilibrium ensemble prediction), subsampled AlphaFold2 (AlphaFold ensemble generation), and other computational or experimental sources. By enabling RMSF calculations across heterogeneous ensembles, eRMSF provides a unified framework to evaluate residue or atomic fluctuations in both simulated and predicted structures. Users can easily customize atom, residue, or region selections, tailoring analyses to specific research questions. This approach delivers high-resolution insights into localized motions, complements global stability assessments, and reveals dynamic regions often overlooked by single-method analyses. The repository for eRMSF is available at https://github.com/pablo-arantes/ermsfkit.
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Pablo Arantes @pabloarantes.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
🧠💥 ParametrizANI found a home! Our paper is now published in JCIM! Making ML-based force field parametrization open and easy for everyone. With TorchANI, @rdkit.bsky.social & @openmm.org 🔗 pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1... @acs.org @giuliapalermo.bsky.social
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Pablo Arantes @pabloarantes.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Your protein moves, but when exactly? ⏱️ Meet eRMSF, our new Python tool that tracks fluctuations over time! Traditional RMSF shows “how much.” eRMSF shows “when.” 🔥 Preprint 🔗 doi.org/10.26434/che... GitHub github.com/pablo-arante... Try it on Colab → colab.research.google.com/github/pablo...
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Martin Pacesa @martinpacesa.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
Exciting to see our protein binder design pipeline BindCraft published in its final form in @Nature ! This has been an amazing collaborative effort with Lennart, Christian, @sokrypton.org, Bruno and many other amazing lab members and collaborators. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Marcelo D. Polêto @mdpoleto.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
When Pablo told me about this idea, I could see an immediate impact on drug discovery endeavors. People can easily refine parameters of multiple dihedral torsion for hundreds of molecules and employ those in FEP simulations. 10/10 recommend 👍
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Giulia Palermo @giuliapalermo.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
New from our lab! 🚀 ParametrizANI - a #NeuralNetworks tool for molecular parametrization. Predicts potential energy surfaces with near-DFT/CC accuracy, at a fraction of the computational cost! #AI #QuantumChemistry #CompChem #ML 🤖 chemrxiv.org/engage/chemr... Try it: github.com/palermolab/P...
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GitHub - palermolab/ParametrizANI: ParametrizANI - Fast, Accurate and Free Dihedral Parametrization in the Cloud with TorchANI
ParametrizANI - Fast, Accurate and Free Dihedral Parametrization in the Cloud with TorchANI - palermolab/ParametrizANI
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Pablo Arantes @pabloarantes.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
Exciting news for molecular research! Introducing ParametrizANI: a fast, accurate, & free tool for small molecule parametrization! We're democratizing research, enabling teams of all sizes to perform dihedral parametrization with DFT-level accuracy. 1/8 doi.org/10.26434/che...
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ParametrizANI: Fast, Accurate, and Free Parametrization for Small Molecules
In molecular studies, the accurate parametrization of small molecules stands as an essential yet growing demand. Addressing this, we introduce ParametrizANI, a tool crafted explicitly for establishing...
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Martin Pacesa @martinpacesa.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
We have written up a tutorial on how to run BindCraft, how to prepare your input PDB, how to select hotspots, and various other tips and tricks to get the most out of binder design! github.com/martinpacesa...
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 09/06/2025
🚨BREAKING: 300+ NIH employees call out the harm of censorship & politicized science in scathing email to Bhattacharya, demanding an end to political interference, a lift on funding freezes, & rehiring of fired staff whose work saves lives. This is historic - insiders are blowing the whistle. 🧵(1/5)
Front-page-style graphic titled “BREAKING NEWS” with photos of RFK Jr. and Dr. Bhattacharya in front of a government hearing chamber. Text reads: “NIH Scientists Sound the Alarm as Health Research Faces Historic Threat” and “NIH Employees Send Trump Cronies Scathing Wake-Up Call.”
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Yehlin Cho @yehlincho.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
🚀 Excited to release BoltzDesign1! ✨ Now with LogMD-based trajectory visualization. 🔗 Demo: rcsb.ai/ff9c2b1ee8 Feedback & collabs welcome! 🙌 🔗: GitHub: github.com/yehlincho/Bo... 🔗: Colab: colab.research.google.com/github/yehli... @sokrypton.org @martinpacesa.bsky.social
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Pablo Arantes @pabloarantes.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
This is the kind of message that makes it all worth it. When someone takes a moment to say thank you, it reminds me why we keep pushing forward—sharing tools, writing posts, and trying to make science more open and accessible. Grateful for the kind words!
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Pablo Arantes @pabloarantes.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Our latest paper just dropped in PNAS! 🎉 Turns out, CRISPR-associated transposons don’t just jump—they dance their way through DNA! 🕺🔬 Exciting times for genome engineering! 🧬 Read more in PNAS: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... #CRISPR #GeneEditing #PNAS #MDsimulations #CompChem
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Pablo Arantes @pabloarantes.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
I have included side-chain reconstruction using HPacker in the BioEmu Notebook. Thank you to @martinsteinegger.bsky.social whose notebook provided inspiration for incorporating the cell to add side-chain reconstruction. 🔗 Try it on Google Colab: colab.research.google.com/github/pablo...
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Pablo Arantes @pabloarantes.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
I’ve just updated the BioEmu notebook to include the powerful LogMD. Now, you can generate equilibrium ensembles and explore the full ensemble directly in the notebook. A huge thanks to Alexander Mathiasen for the support! 🙌 🔗 Try it on Google Colab: lnkd.in/gcuqd-fT
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Pablo Arantes @pabloarantes.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
🚀 Making it Rain ☁️💦 just got an AI-powered upgrade! 🚀 First, we made MD simulations rain down from the cloud. Now, we’re bringing deep learning into the mix! 🌩️🤖
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Pablo Arantes @pabloarantes.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Just a small lesson for our dear American friends…😉
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Prof. Anthea Butler @antheabutler.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
How completely jealous am I of Brazil right now
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Brazil Charges Bolsonaro With Attempting a Coup (Gift Article)
Brazil’s attorney general charged the former president Jair Bolsonaro with trying to overturn the 2022 elections.
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Rafael C. Bernardi @rcbernardi.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
🚀 First Bluesky Post! 🎉 VMD 2.0 Alpha is here! Released today at BPS 2025, this is the biggest update in 30 years—new UI, real-time ray tracing, fast surfaces, UHD & touchscreen support. Monthly updates coming in 2025! Try it now! #VMD #BPS2025 #MolecularVisualization www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd...
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Roland Dunbrack 🏳️‍🌈 @rolanddunbrack.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
The d0 is key to eliminating the dependence of the TM score on alignment/structure length. It's easier for two short proteins to be randomly similar than it is for two very large proteins. A bit Bayesian: short proteins require better evidence for similarity than large ones. Better p(data | model)
Figure from Zhang and Skolnigk paper on how d0 makes TM score length-independent for random unrelated protein pairs of same length.The value of d0 as a function of length. It's a cube root.
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Andrew White 🐦‍⬛ @andrew.diffuse.one · 14/02/2025
Molecular dynamics requires a lot of expert knowledge to set-up and analyze simulations. We set out to automate it with LLM agents: MDCrow!
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Giulia Palermo @giuliapalermo.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Do you want to know why #ABE 8e is the most efficient adenine base editor? Read our paper with the amazing Audrey Lapinaite! @narjournal.bsky.social The dimerization of TadA8e and its exclusive interactions with #CRISPR Cas9 boost #BaseEditing efficiency! academic.oup.com/nar/article/...
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Dimerization of the deaminase domain and locking interactions with Cas9 boost base editing efficiency in ABE8e
Abstract. CRISPR-based DNA adenine base editors (ABEs) hold remarkable promises to address human genetic diseases caused by point mutations. ABEs were deve
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Flavia Ward 🌼🌱 @flaviaward.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Bom dia! “Tú no puedes comprar al viento Tú no puedes comprar al sol Tú no puedes comprar la lluvia Tú no puedes comprar el calor”
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Alex Huffman @alexhuffman.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Have any academic researchers started hearing about cuts/holds on federal grants from other federal agencies outside of NIH? I got a concerning message today about a grant hold, and it seems to be the same politics. Not surprising, but further worrying ... 😨
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 21/01/2025
Nazis: "that's a nazi salute" Historians: "that's a nazi salute" Average person: "that's a nazi salute" The Media: "Elon Musk makes odd gesture throwing his heart to the crowd."
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Pablo Arantes @pabloarantes.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
It’s Nazi gestures, Nazi aesthetics, Nazi rhetoric, Nazi symbols. But they’re not Nazis, okay?
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Syma Khalid @sykhalid.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
So seems like the group is on a roll this month! Here’s our latest work on parametrising coarse-grained models of sugars (disaccharides) by Astrid Brandner & in collaboration with Iain Smith, @pauloctsouza.bsky.social and @cg-martini.bsky.social pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/... #glycotime
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Systematic Approach to Parametrization of Disaccharides for the Martini 3 Coarse-Grained Force Field
Sugars are ubiquitous in biology; they occur in all kingdoms of life. Despite their prevalence, they have often been somewhat neglected in studies of structure–dynamics–function relationships of macro...
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Microsoft Research @msftresearch.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
Microsoft researchers introduce MatterGen, a model that can discover new materials tailored to specific needs—like efficient solar cells or CO2 recycling—advancing progress beyond trial-and-error experiments. www.microsoft.com/en-us/resear...
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Martin Pacesa @martinpacesa.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
Thank you to everyone for the support and @sokrypton.org for developing the code base which makes these updates much easier to do! Expect BindCraft v2 mid 2025! github.com/martinpacesa...
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GitHub - martinpacesa/BindCraft: User friendly and accurate binder design pipeline
User friendly and accurate binder design pipeline. Contribute to martinpacesa/BindCraft development by creating an account on GitHub.
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Pablo Arantes @pabloarantes.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
New season of The Handmaid's Tale starts on Monday, 20 January 2025.
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Pablo Arantes @pabloarantes.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Nailed it! 🎯
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Frank Noe @franknoe.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Super excited to preprint our work on developing a Biomolecular Emulator (BioEmu): Scalable emulation of protein equilibrium ensembles with generative deep learning from @msftresearch.bsky.social ch AI for Science. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Dominique Beaini @dom-beaini.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Hey 👋 I'm new here and I did my best to compile some starter packs to help other new people in the same community! I probably missed some people so please help me update my lists :) 1/6 Machine learning for drug discovery go.bsky.app/2PpxWLc More in the thread! 🧵
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Acellera @acellera.com · 04/12/2024
ACEMD 4.0.0 is here! Now featuring seamless integration of Neural Network Potentials (NNP) with Molecular Mechanics (MM) for advanced hybrid simulations. Key features: 🔹 Simplified NNP/MM simulations 🔹 Python API & backward compatibility Explore more: www.acellera.com/blog/release...
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Release of ACEMD 4.0.0: Advancing Machine Learning for Molecular Dynamics Simulations - Acellera Blog
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Polaris @polarishub.io · 03/12/2024
🦠 We’re excited to announce our first competition in partnership with @asapdiscovery.bsky.social and @omsf.io! Test your skills across three sub-challenges revolving around SARS-CoV-2 and MERS-CoV Mpro🧵 Full details: polarishub.io/competitions Blog: polarishub.io/blog/antivir...
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Marwin Segler @marwinsegler.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
go.bsky.app/Qc4frbt Made a starter pack for computational chemists, let me know who I missed please @jchodera.bsky.social @olexandr.bsky.social @jelfschem.bsky.social
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Pablo Arantes @pabloarantes.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
ABE8e: the Beyoncé of base editing—flawless dimerization, exclusive interactions, and unparalleled efficiency! 🎤 Check out our latest work: doi.org/10.1093/nar/... #CRISPR #BaseEditing #ChemComp #MDsimulations
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 19/11/2024
Brazilian police arrest five over plot to assassinate Lula after 2022 election win
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Brazilian police arrest five over plot to assassinate Lula after 2022 election win
Four military personnel and a police agent held on suspicion of plan to prevent inauguration of president Brazil’s federal police have arrested four special forces military personnel and one of their own agents on suspicion of planning the assassination…
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Pablo Arantes @pabloarantes.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Just hit 1,000 citations on Google Scholar! That’s one small step for science, one giant leap for my imposter syndrome. 🚀📚😜
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Rommie Amaro @rommieamaro.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
🚨Announcing NetSci: a super fast tool to compute correlated motion in biomolecules pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/... @pabloarantes.bsky.social & team also made it into a Colab notebook: colab.research.google.com/drive/1GGJKr... Give it a try & send feedback!
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NetSci: A Library for High Performance Biomolecular Simulation Network Analysis Computation
We present the NetSci program–an open-source scientific software package designed for estimating mutual information (MI) between data sets using GPU acceleration and a k-nearest-neighbor algorithm. This approach significantly enhances calculation speed, achieving improvements of several orders of magnitude over traditional CPU-based methods, with data set size limits dictated only by available hardware. To validate NetSci, we accurately compute MI for an analytically verifiable two-dimensional Gaussian distribution and replicate the generalized correlation (GC) analysis previously conducted on the B1 domain of protein G. We also apply NetSci to molecular dynamics simulations of the Sarcoendoplasmic Reticulum Calcium-ATPase (SERCA) pump, exploring the allosteric mechanisms and pathways influenced by ATP and 2′-deoxy-ATP (dATP) binding. Our analysis reveals distinct allosteric effects induced by ATP compared to dATP, with predicted information pathways from the bound nucleotide to the calcium-binding domain differing based on the nucleotide involved. NetSci proves to be a valuable tool for estimating MI and GC in various data sets and is particularly effective for analyzing intraprotein communication and information transfer.
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Pablo Arantes @pabloarantes.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Accessing GPU clusters or high-performance computers can be a challenge in Brazil, so I created a Colab notebook for NetSci to perform GC analysis. It works seamlessly, even with Colab’s free tier! Check it out here: colab.research.google.com/drive/1GGJKr... Paper: t.co/evNxaX2omW
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Pablo Arantes @pabloarantes.bsky.social · 21/09/2024
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #678,389!
A virtual certificate with text "Celebrating 10M users on Bluesky, #678,389, Pablo Arantes ‪@pabloarantes.bsky.social‬, joined on Aug 22, 2023"
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Ben Scott @bcscott36.bsky.social · 17/09/2024
Did you know PowerPoint has some stock 3d images. Insert --> 3d models --> stock images--> search chemistry These can be rotated at your leisure and great to help pupils manipulate 3d models #GWITT #ChatChemistry (There are also some bio examples #ChatBiology)
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Botato @lapapaespop.bsky.social · 16/09/2024
1 minuto de Pablo Marçal apanhando ao som de Sweet Dreams
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Bluesky Brasil 🇧🇷 (Não Oficial) @bluesky-brasil.bsky.social · 10/04/2024
A liberdade de expressão termina quando você fere o direito do outro, quando você fere os direitos humanos, praticando crimes que são reconhecidos pela constituição brasileira; Misoginia, Racismo, Homofobia, Fake News e diversos outros crimes.
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Pamella Carneiro @pamellachem.bsky.social · 04/09/2024
Ajudinha no repost pra acharmos a comunidade aqui, pessoal? Se você conhece alguém pra ser adicionado, só marcar nos comentários 👇😃 go.bsky.app/C1gPmyM
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Bluesky @bsky.app · 31/08/2024
wow... welcome to the ONE MILLION new users in the last three days!!! 🎉 uau... bem-vindos ao UM MILHÃO de novos usuários nos últimos três dias!!! 🎉
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Jeff Nascimento @jnascim.info · 30/08/2024
"Gostava do Twitter para acompanhar notícias. Será que consigo fazer o mesmo aqui no Bluesky?" Aqui um Starter Pack com jornalismos e jornalistas do Brasil → go.bsky.app/Ru8gQt
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