Lara Durgavich
@ldurgavich.bsky.social
Still tinkering. Still a primate.
Biological anthropologist. Mom. #SciComm enthusiast. I ❤️ animals & pop culture.
Biological anthropologist. Mom. #SciComm enthusiast. I ❤️ animals & pop culture.
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Lara Durgavich
@ldurgavich.bsky.social
· Nov 12
Lara Durgavich: An evolutionary perspective on human health and disease
How does your genetic inheritance, culture and history influence your health? Biological anthropologist Lara Durgavich discusses the field of evolutionary medicine as a gateway to understanding the qu...
www.ted.com
One time I did a TED talk:
www.ted.com/talks/lara_d...
www.ted.com/talks/lara_d...
#ProudParent moment: we found out 14yo has been selected to be our town's 2026 representative in Project 351!
project351.org
project351.org
Project 351
project351.org
November 10, 2025 at 7:01 PM
#ProudParent moment: we found out 14yo has been selected to be our town's 2026 representative in Project 351!
project351.org
project351.org
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I just want everyone to have the experience of living in dignity with access to sufficient food, safe housing, needed medical care, high quality education, and time to engage with what sparks their curiosity and spirit
this should not be controversial 🫠
this should not be controversial 🫠
November 10, 2025 at 3:16 AM
I just want everyone to have the experience of living in dignity with access to sufficient food, safe housing, needed medical care, high quality education, and time to engage with what sparks their curiosity and spirit
this should not be controversial 🫠
this should not be controversial 🫠
I love this so much. Worth watching the whole thing.
cc @bjking.bsky.social @sarahmackattack.bsky.social
cc @bjking.bsky.social @sarahmackattack.bsky.social
have you seen the video about teaching an octopus to play piano yet
it contains the breadth of human/cephalopod experience
youtu.be/PcWnQ7fYzwI?...
it contains the breadth of human/cephalopod experience
youtu.be/PcWnQ7fYzwI?...
November 10, 2025 at 4:32 PM
I love this so much. Worth watching the whole thing.
cc @bjking.bsky.social @sarahmackattack.bsky.social
cc @bjking.bsky.social @sarahmackattack.bsky.social
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In a normal democracy, a total collapse of party leadership would result in an no-confidence vote and immediate snap elections to find leaders who can lead
November 10, 2025 at 3:18 AM
In a normal democracy, a total collapse of party leadership would result in an no-confidence vote and immediate snap elections to find leaders who can lead
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DO NOT look away.
'Mega detention centers': ICE considers buying large warehouses to hold immigrants
The Trump administration is exploring a plan to buy warehouses designed for companies like Amazon, sources said, which would drastically increase the Trump administration’s capacity for detaining immi...
www.nbcnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:09 AM
DO NOT look away.
This is more people than live in New York City.
In case you're not aware, Tehran is a city of ~10 MILLION people. "Rivers and reservoirs are running dry, while groundwater sources have been overexploited to sustain agriculture and urban growth."
www.newsweek.com/evacuation-w...
www.newsweek.com/evacuation-w...
Evacuation warning for Iran's capital city
President Masoud Pezeshkian warns Tehran faces a historic water crisis with shortages and possible evacuations.
www.newsweek.com
November 9, 2025 at 6:18 PM
This is more people than live in New York City.
Excellent theatrical weekend in midtown! Took 14yo to visit the Museum of Broadway & to see Chicago and Six (both 👍👍). Ate at Sardi’s & Ellen’s Stardust Diner. Got offered a hug from Times Square Elmo (declined).
November 9, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Excellent theatrical weekend in midtown! Took 14yo to visit the Museum of Broadway & to see Chicago and Six (both 👍👍). Ate at Sardi’s & Ellen’s Stardust Diner. Got offered a hug from Times Square Elmo (declined).
Can we please put this kid in the next Knives Out movie as Benoit Blanc’s protégée? @rianjohnson.bsky.social
Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo
Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.
apnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Can we please put this kid in the next Knives Out movie as Benoit Blanc’s protégée? @rianjohnson.bsky.social
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"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 1:33 AM
"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk
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I don't think people realize how much a trillion dollars is.
Let's say you get paid a million dollars per day. That's a lot, right?
If you spend none of it and pay no taxes, you'll have a trillion dollars in approximately two thousand seven hundred (2700) YEARS.
No one should have that much.
Let's say you get paid a million dollars per day. That's a lot, right?
If you spend none of it and pay no taxes, you'll have a trillion dollars in approximately two thousand seven hundred (2700) YEARS.
No one should have that much.
November 7, 2025 at 2:25 AM
I don't think people realize how much a trillion dollars is.
Let's say you get paid a million dollars per day. That's a lot, right?
If you spend none of it and pay no taxes, you'll have a trillion dollars in approximately two thousand seven hundred (2700) YEARS.
No one should have that much.
Let's say you get paid a million dollars per day. That's a lot, right?
If you spend none of it and pay no taxes, you'll have a trillion dollars in approximately two thousand seven hundred (2700) YEARS.
No one should have that much.
I can haz some good vibes pleez?
November 6, 2025 at 8:10 PM
I can haz some good vibes pleez?
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I was at the library today & *twice* I picked up a book, started reading the description and thought “this sounds interesting” & then realized I’d already read it but had very little memory of it. Does this happen to other people?
November 5, 2025 at 11:08 PM
I was at the library today & *twice* I picked up a book, started reading the description and thought “this sounds interesting” & then realized I’d already read it but had very little memory of it. Does this happen to other people?
This is so metal. #spoods
World's biggest spiderweb discovered inside 'Sulfur Cave' with 111,000 arachnids living in pitch black
www.livescience.com/animals/spid...
www.livescience.com/animals/spid...
World's biggest spiderweb discovered inside 'Sulfur Cave' with 111,000 arachnids living in pitch black
A giant colonial spiderweb in a sulfuric cave on the border between Greece and Albania may be the largest ever found — and it was built by spiders we didn't know liked the company of others.
www.livescience.com
November 5, 2025 at 5:58 AM
This is so metal. #spoods
Just caught up on the past 3 weeks of Seth Meyers doing A Closer Look & I gotta say, they are still setting a high bar for honest political reporting. 👏@salgentile
November 5, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Just caught up on the past 3 weeks of Seth Meyers doing A Closer Look & I gotta say, they are still setting a high bar for honest political reporting. 👏@salgentile
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Absolute malpractice by the sandwich jury if they do not demand reenactments, varying the sandwich trajectory, bread, meats and condiments.
November 4, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Absolute malpractice by the sandwich jury if they do not demand reenactments, varying the sandwich trajectory, bread, meats and condiments.
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The lesson here is have good principles and stand on them. Stand for something that isn't power!
Zohran at the rally for trans youth on february 8 ❣️ he was polling single digits.
November 5, 2025 at 2:59 AM
The lesson here is have good principles and stand on them. Stand for something that isn't power!
Husband: Are you doomscrolling?
Me: No! The Democrats are all winning & Dick Cheney died! Social media is great tonight!!
Me: No! The Democrats are all winning & Dick Cheney died! Social media is great tonight!!
November 5, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Husband: Are you doomscrolling?
Me: No! The Democrats are all winning & Dick Cheney died! Social media is great tonight!!
Me: No! The Democrats are all winning & Dick Cheney died! Social media is great tonight!!
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can we talk about the women ages 18-29 though??? how is that not the story here
A moment of silence, please, for the "young men are all MAGA now" narrative.
(Source: www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...)
(Source: www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...)
November 5, 2025 at 2:16 AM
can we talk about the women ages 18-29 though??? how is that not the story here
GOOD WORK #NYC!!!!
I happen to be taking 14yo to New York City this weekend to see her first show on Broadway & I’m looking forward to the post-Mamdani-victory vibes.
a group of people are dancing in front of a rainbow and the sun
Alt: a group of people are dancing in front of a rainbow and the sun
media.tenor.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:31 AM
GOOD WORK #NYC!!!!
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For children and teens, heart and blood vessel complications of Covid overshadow the very rare and short-term risk of vaccinations, a new report from nearly 14 million kids
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
November 5, 2025 at 12:48 AM
For children and teens, heart and blood vessel complications of Covid overshadow the very rare and short-term risk of vaccinations, a new report from nearly 14 million kids
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Post-edible thoughts while listening to my kids:
“I wonder if there’s a consistent age at which people mature to the point where instead of defaulting to saying “Mine!” in times of scarcity, they choose to offer limited resources to someone else.”
“Wait…there’s something there…”
1/2
“I wonder if there’s a consistent age at which people mature to the point where instead of defaulting to saying “Mine!” in times of scarcity, they choose to offer limited resources to someone else.”
“Wait…there’s something there…”
1/2
November 5, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Post-edible thoughts while listening to my kids:
“I wonder if there’s a consistent age at which people mature to the point where instead of defaulting to saying “Mine!” in times of scarcity, they choose to offer limited resources to someone else.”
“Wait…there’s something there…”
1/2
“I wonder if there’s a consistent age at which people mature to the point where instead of defaulting to saying “Mine!” in times of scarcity, they choose to offer limited resources to someone else.”
“Wait…there’s something there…”
1/2
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Schumer had a chance to repudiate the gutter racism and Islamophobia of Cuomo's campaign and he just fucking didn't. And that is disqualifying. He should be ashamed and we the voters should make sure he feels that shame.
Reporter: Today is election day in New York City. Did you vote for Mamdani or Cuomo?
Schumer: Look, I voted. And I look forward to working with the next mayor to help New York City.
Schumer: Look, I voted. And I look forward to working with the next mayor to help New York City.
November 4, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Schumer had a chance to repudiate the gutter racism and Islamophobia of Cuomo's campaign and he just fucking didn't. And that is disqualifying. He should be ashamed and we the voters should make sure he feels that shame.
Hubs and 10yo trick or treated at a house where a guy in a full axlotl costume answered the door. Apparently he was disappointed that everyone immediately knew what he was — I guess he was hoping for a teaching moment, but the axlotl gospel has already reached the masses!
Axolotls are so interesting!
Today's SciFri podcast is "Inside The Race To Save Wild Axolotls" with Dr. Alejandro Maeda-Obregón, University College London, and Dr. Luis Zambrano (@zambranol.bsky.social), Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
www.sciencefriday.com/segments/sav...
Today's SciFri podcast is "Inside The Race To Save Wild Axolotls" with Dr. Alejandro Maeda-Obregón, University College London, and Dr. Luis Zambrano (@zambranol.bsky.social), Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
www.sciencefriday.com/segments/sav...
Inside The Race To Save Wild Axolotls
Lake Xochimilco in Mexico City is the only place where axolotls live in the wild, and they face growing threats.
www.sciencefriday.com
November 4, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Hubs and 10yo trick or treated at a house where a guy in a full axlotl costume answered the door. Apparently he was disappointed that everyone immediately knew what he was — I guess he was hoping for a teaching moment, but the axlotl gospel has already reached the masses!
CO-SIGN
“the techno-fascist assault on universities increasingly comes from within. (…) Far from offering genuine solutions, these technologies exacerbate social injustices and corrode the ecosystem of human knowledge.”
www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/a...
Open access link: archive.ph/ZHGCm
www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/a...
Open access link: archive.ph/ZHGCm
AI Is Hollowing Out Higher Education
Olivia Guest & Iris van Rooij urge teachers and scholars to reject tools that commodify learning, deskill students, and promote illiteracy.
www.project-syndicate.org
November 4, 2025 at 4:51 PM
CO-SIGN