Ricardo Azevedo
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A new scam. (For me…)
October 28, 2025 at 1:45 PM
A new scam. (For me…)
Turn of phrase of the day: truffling thuggishly www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
‘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...
www.theguardian.com
October 24, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Turn of phrase of the day: truffling thuggishly www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
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Full comic here: www.smbc-comics.com/comic/signal-4 #smbc
October 20, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Full comic here: www.smbc-comics.com/comic/signal-4 #smbc
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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...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/n...
October 19, 2025 at 2:42 AM
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...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/n...
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Some of my favorite signs of the day. No Kings!
October 19, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Some of my favorite signs of the day. No Kings!
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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
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...
lawrenceks.news
October 19, 2025 at 12:41 AM
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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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.
October 19, 2025 at 2:01 AM
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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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
October 18, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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
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October 18, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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No Kings protest, Houston, TX 10/18/25. Pretty good turnout I'd say 🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲
This is what democracy looks like!
This is what democracy looks like!
October 18, 2025 at 6:33 PM
No Kings protest, Houston, TX 10/18/25. Pretty good turnout I'd say 🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲
This is what democracy looks like!
This is what democracy looks like!
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Houston ..crowd building at Discovery Green ..then 12.30 heads to City Hall for the 2 pm protest , and another march
October 18, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Houston ..crowd building at Discovery Green ..then 12.30 heads to City Hall for the 2 pm protest , and another march
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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
October 15, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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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“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.”
Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Pewter Howitt share economics prize for work that underlines the importance of investing in research and development.
go.nature.com/4hj9NNV
go.nature.com/4hj9NNV
Economics Nobel prize won by researchers who showed how science boosts growth
Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Pewter Howitt share economics prize for work that underlines the importance of investing in research and development.
go.nature.com
October 14, 2025 at 12:04 AM
“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.”
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
October 12, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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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I’m sorry but the fact that this is not everywhere is kind of malpractice
Trump on pardoning Ghislaine Maxwell: Haven't heard the name in so long. I’ll take a look at it. I’ll speak to the DOJ. A lot of people have asked me for pardons.
Reporter: But she’s convicted of sex trafficking
Trump: I’ll have to take a look at it.
Reporter: But she’s convicted of sex trafficking
Trump: I’ll have to take a look at it.
October 7, 2025 at 11:46 AM
I’m sorry but the fact that this is not everywhere is kind of malpractice
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Hard work pays off in the end. Laziness pays off now.
September 28, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Hard work pays off in the end. Laziness pays off now.
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RFK Jr. is objectively pro-disease, pro-illness and pro-child death.
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.
www.wsj.com
September 18, 2025 at 10:54 PM
RFK Jr. is objectively pro-disease, pro-illness and pro-child death.
Terrifying. Like an episode of "Black Mirror" come to life. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/p...
Trapped in a ChatGPT Spiral
www.nytimes.com
September 17, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Terrifying. Like an episode of "Black Mirror" come to life. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/p...
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Figure 5 in some genomics papers
August 29, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Figure 5 in some genomics papers
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Someone please make this a real thing...
August 27, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Someone please make this a real thing...