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Ricardo Azevedo

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Joelle Lafond, PhD @joellelafond.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
📣 Shout out to everyone on our team who contributed to making this manuscript happen! 🔥 @varshusaravana.bsky.social @maurineneiman.bsky.social @rebeccazufall.bsky.social @stepheniwright.bsky.social @ricardoazevedo.bsky.social
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Joelle Lafond, PhD @joellelafond.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
🚨Our new preprint is out! 🤩 🌟 Mutation rates vary widely across taxa, and decades of research have sought to explain why. ♀️♂️ Reproductive modes, and evolutionary shifts between them, could help explain some of this variation. ❓ So what does the evidence tell us? 👀 Read our preprint to find out!
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Reproductive mode and the evolution of mutation rate
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Ricardo Azevedo @ricardoazevedo.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
"He also intended to leave $5 million to Martin Nowak, a Harvard University math professor Mr. Epstein was friendly with for years. Mr. Nowak, whose name was misspelled in the document, did not return an email request seeking comment." www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/b...
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Epstein’s Trust Reveals Who Would Inherit His Fortune
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Ricardo Azevedo @ricardoazevedo.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
UH Biology & Biochemistry out in force...
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Ricardo Azevedo @ricardoazevedo.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
Houston
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Ricardo Azevedo @ricardoazevedo.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
French 75. Happy new year!
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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 01/12/2025
Every year since 1988, the United States has recognized World AIDS Day — until now. Why not? Maybe because the Trump administration doesn’t want to acknowledge that its foreign aid cuts led to nearly 150,000 deaths from AIDS, according to Boston University researchers. Shameful.
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Trump Administration Will No Longer Commemorate World AIDS Day
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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
If Joe Biden had claimed that he redesigned the hulls of Coast Guard cutters, we'd be way over in 25th amendment territory. With Trump, it's so common that most Americans don't even notice it now.
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Ricardo Azevedo @ricardoazevedo.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
Closed Canyon, Big Bend Ranch State Park, Texas.
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Ricardo Azevedo @ricardoazevedo.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
A new scam. (For me…)
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Ricardo Azevedo @ricardoazevedo.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
Turn of phrase of the day: truffling thuggishly www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
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‘Dictator-for-life vibes’: our architecture critic on Trump’s bulletproof ballroom bling
He has already turned the Oval Office into a wrestler’s changing room. Now the president is building a place so gilded Nero would feel at home. Why did he pick an architect whose speciality is Catholi...
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Zach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Full comic here: www.smbc-comics.com/comic/signal-4 #smbc
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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
HOLD UP. George Santos is the lead story on the @nytimes.com website on Saturday night? Not the millions of Americans protesting Donald Trump today at 2,700 events in all 50 states? Come on. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/n...
Social Media, Pleas From Allies and Prison Essays: How Santos Won His Freedom

On Friday evening, President Trump commuted the sentence of former Representative George Santos. “Good luck George, have a great life!” the president said.
Santos’s Release Frustrates His Former Colleagues and Constituents

George Santos, the disgraced former Republican congressman, was freed from prison on Friday after President Trump commuted his sentence. On Long Island, in his former district, some people called the decision an outrage.
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ella-ca.bsky.social @ella-ca.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
Some of my favorite signs of the day. No Kings!
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The Lawrence Times @lawrencekstimes.com · 19/10/2025
About 1,000 people lined the edges of Watson Park and spilled throughout the surrounding sidewalks of downtown Lawrence today to protest what they argue is an overreach of power by the Trump administration. lawrenceks.news/4ovnfAM
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Hundreds push back against authoritarianism at second No Kings protest in Lawrence
About 1,000 people lined the edges of Watson Park and spilled throughout the surrounding sidewalks of downtown Lawrence on Saturday to protest what they argue is an overreach of power by the Trump adm...
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Dr. Lisa Corrigan @drlisacorrigan.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
And from image events, we get POLYSEMIC images that carry multiple forms of ideology into the present. Here, we have the convergence of Shepard Fairey's iconic HOPE poster for the Obama campaign with the frog icon from #NoKings. The is how you visually dismantle fascist iconography.
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Molly Schumer @mollyschumer.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
We planned a trip to Point Reyes 6 months ago but didn't want to miss the protests today. Luckily we were able to join the #NoKings protest in Point Reyes Station! The turnout of 500+ was approximately the size of the town
Person holding a No Kings protest sign
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Liz Ahern 🌈🇲🇽🏳️‍⚧️☮️ @austinmermaid.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
“Stand up. Fight back!” #NoKings #Houston
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Andrew @andrewfromchoir.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
No Kings protest, Houston, TX 10/18/25. Pretty good turnout I'd say 🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲 This is what democracy looks like!
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MRKD26 @mrkd26.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
Houston ..crowd building at Discovery Green ..then 12.30 heads to City Hall for the 2 pm protest , and another march
No kings, Houston NoKings, houstonNoKings, houstonNews outlet, no kings houston
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Blue Texas @turntexasblue.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
No Kings-Houston, TX
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Marc Channick @marcchannick.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
Some of the best signs from Downtown San Diego #NoKings
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Ricardo Azevedo @ricardoazevedo.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
Houston #NoKings
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Graham Coop @gcbias.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
We're excited to be recruiting an NIH funded postdoc to work in the Coop lab at UC Davis. We're specifically interested in candidates who are want to work at the intersection of human genetics, GWAS, and population genetics modeling. Please RT
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Prasad Jallepalli, MD, PhD @prasad.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
“This year’s award comes at a time when funding for scientific research is under threat in the US…. “It’s a very timely message when we’re seeing the US undermining so much of its science base,” says Coyle. Aghion said, “Openness is a driver of growth. I see dark clouds accumulating.”
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Ricardo Azevedo @ricardoazevedo.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
Good news: early results in the Portugal local elections show a major decline in the far-right Chega party (from 22.8% in a general election earlier this year to 9.2% now). #Democracy
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
I’m sorry but the fact that this is not everywhere is kind of malpractice
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Ricardo Azevedo @ricardoazevedo.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
Sticker on the back of a car saying: "Have I found Jesus? Don't tell me he's lost. AGAIN!"
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History Scientist @historyscientist.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
Hard work pays off in the end. Laziness pays off now.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 18/09/2025
RFK Jr. is objectively pro-disease, pro-illness and pro-child death.
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RFK Jr.-Backed Vaccine Panel Advises Against MMRV Vaccine for Young Children
New members of a key committee tweak routine childhood vaccine guidance as some states and insurers go their own way.
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Ricardo Azevedo @ricardoazevedo.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Terrifying. Like an episode of "Black Mirror" come to life. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/p...
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Trapped in a ChatGPT Spiral
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
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Alejandro Montenegro @aemonten.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
Figure 5 in some genomics papers
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Order Rodentia @orodentia.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
Someone please make this a real thing...
The "Cracker Barrel" logo which substitutes capybaras for the man in the chair. One capybara is in the barrel, the other is standing in front of it. The logo says "Cappy Barrel" and the caption says "Half restaurant. All Hup."
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
"Tao is one of the most prominent mathematicians and academics to publicly oppose the administration’s actions, calling them an “existential threat” to his field, and academic science, more broadly. He said public advocacy is a priority over his research, for now." www.nbcnews.com/science/scie...
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The 'Mozart of Math' rarely speaks about politics. The wide-ranging cuts to science funding made him change that.
UCLA's Terence Tao called the Trump administration's actions an "existential threat" to academic research in the U.S.
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Very British Problems @soverybritish.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
The most passive-aggressive phrases: 1 Polite notice 2 Gentle/friendly reminder 3 As per my last email 4 Thanks in advance 5 For the avoidance of doubt 6 With all due respect 7 I may have missed it, but 8 Maybe I didn’t explain it clearly enough 9 Not sure if you read my email 10 Hope this helps!
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Ezra Klein @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
Today’s episode of The Ezra Klein Show. When Is It Genocide? Philippe Sands discusses how to think about the tragedies in Gaza through the lens of international law. open.spotify.com/episode/0ZBm... youtu.be/RrhBypHFYPY?...
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Israel, Gaza and the Debate Over Genocide | The Ezra Klein Show
YouTube video by The Ezra Klein Show
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Biggie @biggienotsmalls.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
Speak Truth.....to ICE propaganda....
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Greg Folkers @gregfolkers.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
Nature: Cancelling mRNA studies is the highest irresponsibility go.nature.com/3HDx4wD cc Jay Bhattacharya
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Hannah Shelley, MLIS (Maggots, Lycanthropes & Ice Skeletons) @hannahshelley.site · 13/08/2025
Since search is dead, how soon do you think Google Scholar is headed for the Google Graveyard? I'm betting it's soon, and academia is NOT prepared
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Google Scholar Is Doomed
Academia built entire careers on a free Google service with zero guarantees. What could go wrong?
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Ricardo Azevedo @ricardoazevedo.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
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Man develops rare condition after ChatGPT query over stopping eating salt
US medical journal article about 60-year-old with bromism warns against using AI app for health information
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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
2020-2024: Jay Bhattacharya says mRNA vaccines are inferior to “natural immunity,” encourages everyone to get Covid, and cashes in by implying vaccines are dangerous & don’t work 2025: Jay Bhattacharya says the public doesn’t trust mRNA vaccines because of all the lies he told them
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Robert Francis @birdhistory.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
When she was just 26 Florence Merriam wrote the first guide to birding with binoculars in 1889. And she slipped in this incredible feminist gem:
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 18/07/2025
Breaking news: “The Late Show” with Stephen Colbert will end in May 2026, CBS said in a statement. The announcement came days after Colbert spoke out against the $16 million paid earlier this month by Paramount, the parent company of CBS News.
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Stephen Colbert’s ‘Late Show’ canceled by CBS, to end in May 2026
CBS said in a statement that it was “purely a financial decision.” The show launched with Colbert as host, executive producer and writer a decade ago.
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profarn.bsky.social @profarn.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
Towards the end of the war, FDR wrote a letter to V. Bush that was of great consequence, instructing him to provide recommendations on four points
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Sarah Longwell @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
I’ve been thinking a lot about Murkowski’s vote. It contains, in one action, so much that defines our pathetic political moment: Selfishness: I’m taking care of me and mine, the rest of you can pound sand; Lack of accountability: I know the bill is bad, hopefully someone else will fix it;
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Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
The me so sorry forgive me please and buy my EVs tour begins: www.thedailybeast.com//elon-musk-a...
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Elon Musk Admits Waving Chainsaw Overhead Was Bad Idea
Musk sad that the stunt, which he pulled at CPAC in February, “lacked empathy.”
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
2/ It was bad enough they cut all the tax incentives for wind and solar energy - they added a NEW TAX on these projects to make sure America never builds any new renewables. Remember, Trump promised the oil industry provisions like this in exchange for a $1B campaign donation.
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
4/ A new tax break for coal companies! So the tax incentives for wind and solar are GONE, and the coal industry is getting NEW tax incentives. It's official policy now to to not just deny global warming exists - but to actively make it WORSE.
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Hari Kunzru @harikunzru.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Musk, who think he’s humanity’s savior, will likely be remembered as the man who caused the deaths of 15 million people www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Evaluating the impact of two decades of USAID interventions and projecting the effects of defunding on mortality up to 2030: a retrospective impact evaluation and forecasting analysis
USAID funding has significantly contributed to the reduction in adult and child mortality across low-income and middle-income countries over the past two decades. Our estimates show that, unless the a...
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