Happy independence day Zimbabwe🇿🇼

Victory for the opposition is victory for the opposition and the people who elected them. It's not gonna matter to Africa who's in charge of Hungary.

A McDonald’s where the sign has been reduced to McDo.

There is no McTry.

"No to war... and free Palestine"
Javier Bardem

Iran’s Khamenei Vows Revenge For School Bombing—Wants Strait Of Hormuz To Stay Closed Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei also called on Gulf Arab states to “shut down” U.S. bases.

Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei also called on Gulf Arab states to “shut down” U.S. bases.

Idiot

If you must declare your war then declare it and let civs evacuate long before the first bombs drop. What the actual fuck is this bullshit. You're telling me Israel couldsend a missle into the side of an apartment building and only hit its target, but we somehow precision-bombed a school full o kids

The U.S.A. are terrorists

The USA is disgusting!!!!!!

Nice

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Might have to fully divest from Agrobacterium soon. Everything is pointing to biolistics and, if unlocked, carbide whisker tech. This is gonna be fun...

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A very hands-on course on dynamic GLMs/GAMs for ecological time series using {mvgam} & {brms}. Bayesian models, nonlinear effects, forecasting & live coding in R.

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Picture horsechestnut - bright green hand-shaped leaves, dark brown smooth bark.

🌱🌾🌲🌍🌿🍄🌺🌳🌴🌷🪳🐝🧬🥦Another question to test your botanical knowledge. What plant family does this tree belong to? Five options - which would you pick? #BUC2026

A comedian once said the Grand Canyon is America's vagina. If that is the case then Donald Trump is America's dick because, pardon my French, that thug is being a dick.

Donald Trump is a thug. He kidnapped a legitimate foreign premiere without hiding his true intentions.

It is summer in Zimbabwe. This often means battling houseflies during the day and mosquitoes during the night. It's hot.

I want to try something:

Post what makes you proud when working as an academic. Why do you keep at your question(s) even when things get rough and/or dataless?

Would love to hear of valiant science in spite of and despite of the current everything. Even if WIP or failed attempts; lore must be told

At least 7 explosions and low-flying aircraft are heard in Venezuela's Caracas At least seven explosions and low-flying aircraft are heard around 2 a.m. local time Saturday in Venezuela’s capital, Caracas.

BREAKING: FAA bans U.S. commercial flights in Venezuelan airspace over "ongoing military activity" ahead of explosions in the capital, Caracus.
The Pentagon and White House did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

GitHub - MichelNivard/gptstudio: GPT RStudio addins that enable GPT assisted coding, writing & analysis GPT RStudio addins that enable GPT assisted coding, writing & analysis - MichelNivard/gptstudio

gptstudio is an R package that integrates ChatGPT directly into RStudio via a user-friendly add-in. It helps generate and explain R code using natural language, supports GPT-3.5 and GPT-4, and boosts productivity for both beginners and experts—all without leaving your IDE.
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There are many things I would have wanted to tell you, but I have chosen to say: peace.

Robert Mugabe

AFIM, by Zé Ibarra 8 track album

🇧🇷 My 4️⃣ favorite Brazilian albums of 2025

Zé Ibarra’s “AFIM”

2nd solo album of the sweetest MPB, from a musician who has toured with Milton Nascimento & Seu Jorge and is also in the supergroup Bala Desejo

1/4

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God jul

People who are better than me are not those who make me feel inferior or insecure around them. Those who are better than me are the ones who lift up my spirits and strengthen me when I am weak. Those around whom I feel most like a human being.

Pilostyles blanchetii with scale in Brazil by Joey Santore / iNaturalist CC-BY-NC

Botanists track where a plant thief hides

🌱 Now in @botany.one 🌿
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Scientists Discover Neural Basis of Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder Using lab-grown brain tissue, researchers uncovered complex patterns of neural signaling that differ subtly between healthy brains and those linked to severe psychiatric disorders. For the first time,...

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9 killed, 10 wounded in South African pub shooting Authorities report that nine people have died and at least 10 others are injured after a shooting at a South African pub.

BREAKING: Nine people have died and at least 10 others were wounded after a group of gunmen carried out a shooting at a South African pub, authorities said.

Trump Signs Executive Order to Reclassify Marijuana, Easing Restrictions on the Drug

I support this move to ‘reschedule’ marijuana. Michiganders voted on this issue in 2018 and now the federal government is catching up. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...

Warner Bros. Urges Shareholders To Reject Paramount’s Hostile Takeover Bid—Netflix Shares Up In Premarket Warner Bros. Discovery told shareholders Netflix’s deal was better than Paramount’s offer, urging them to reject the latter.

Warner Bros. Discovery told shareholders Netflix’s deal was better than Paramount’s offer, urging them to reject the latter.