This must stop! We cannot allow these companies to do this to children
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@ronaldomenezes.bsky.social
Professor of Data and Network Science. University of Exeter. UK. Cycling enthusiast. Proud father. Concerned human being. Progressive! Atheist! Humanist! Brazilian-American-British. Supporter of Fortaleza Esporte Clube!
This must stop! We cannot allow these companies to do this to children
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
After a long hiatus, I've decided that I should again have a website. Here is the current state... still some parts to implement
rpmenezes.github.io
I continue think @plosone.org is trying to make authors go crazy! I've been waiting 2+ months since the acceptance. I received a confirmation saying everything was verified. A person called Ryan McMurray. Then I received a request from Erica Tomas asking for more modifications.
19.02.2026 12:06 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0After the Reform Party in the UK, there is now the Restore Party. I see a trend. Shall we have more parties with Re.? Maybe Labour needs a rebrand into ReLabour. Who is starting the new Revamp, Remodel, Rebuild, Remake parties... names still available! #ukpolitics #politics
18.02.2026 16:19 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0When I lived in the USA I was a fan of @democracynow.org. I think Amy Goodman and her team are outstanding. But I wonder how she's handling Chomsky name being on the Epstein files since he is often a guest. Anyone know? Chomsky was a hero to me but no longer! Certain things are unforgivable!
10.02.2026 18:55 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Competition to @overleaf.com? Open AI released a latex editor with AI features embedded. And all free. I'm thinking of giving it a try.
openai.com/index/introd...
NEW: Liam Conejo Ramos, the 5-year-old who ICE agents in Minneapolis nabbed last week and shipped off to a Texas detention facility with his dad, is now in poor health, his school superintendent told me today www.huffpost.com/entry/liam-c...
28.01.2026 21:59 — 👍 5644 🔁 3308 💬 203 📌 516Well, I'm not even at the stage of paying the APC! They have been looking at the "funding information" since December 17 and I don't know why @plosone.org is taking so long! Never had this experience before with them and it is disappointing as it affects young researchers!
28.01.2026 22:39 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0She admits‽ Was this a secret to anyone?
28.01.2026 18:58 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0We often are given 15-20 days to review and @plosone.org wants us to accept/reject to handle (as associated editors) papers in 24 hours! It seems strange to me that they take that long. I know we had Xmas, etc. But January is almost over. I wonder if people had a similar experience.
28.01.2026 18:57 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0What has been your recent experience with @plosone.org? We had a paper accepted on 17/12/25 and as of today, 28/1/26 they still have not given as a date for the paper to appear? I have written to them 4 times and I get the same answer that says "our colleague is looking into the funding information"
28.01.2026 18:57 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0
Just found out that Ralph Towner has died! What a loss for the world music! Amazing musician!
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I have just joined the @greenparty.org.uk We have to think differently in this country. Enough of the same old stories and excuses. However, I was disappointed to see that the southwest is not even listed as a region on the site. This needs to change. A national movement has to be indeed national!
26.01.2026 16:10 — 👍 9 🔁 2 💬 2 📌 0A derrota do João Fonseca no Australian open é um alerta que demora muito até alguém ser considerado um jogador que disputará os grandes torneios. O Brasil adora criar heróis antes da hora.
20.01.2026 12:04 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Awful!
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@g1portal.bsky.social fez um infográfico!! Olhem a vergonha! O Trump não vai gostar que eles não sabem nem onde é os EUA! Da mesma forma que os americanos não sabem onde é a Venezuela, o G1 não sabe onde é os EUA!
Vai aqui a figura antes que mudem!
g1.globo.com/mundo/notici...
I’m wondering what she’s saying now about Trump. After kidnapping Maduro he told she is not capable of running the country! Is she still thanking Trump for his support?
06.01.2026 09:34 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Minha brincadeira no violão tocando Fagner. Conflito que é uma linda composição de Petrúcio Maia e Climério Ferreira. #MPB #Fagner #Violão #Guitar
youtu.be/SyH_h4HZF8s
Seria maravilhoso se não passasse. O Brasil agradeceria! Que tal um do Chico, Caetano, Gil, Paulinho da Viola, entre outros? SBT pega o dinheiro de volta!
15.12.2025 13:09 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Seria um bem para sociedade não passar a porcaria desse cidadão. Alô SBT, que tal passa um espacial do Chico Buarque!
15.12.2025 13:05 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0O @cifraclub.bsky.social costumava ser melhor. Eu tinha uma assinatura pro e venceu. Nunca recebi a nova cobrança. Já tentei falar com o suporte e demora semanas pra responde e quando respondem não dizem nada útil. Falaram pra eu refazer a assinatura mas quanto tento diz que eu já tenho assinatura
12.12.2025 23:55 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Hoje em dia a Câmera dos Deputados e o Senado Brasileiro me fazem ter de ter vergonha de ser brasileiro. Essa é a verdade! São criminosos que não condenam criminosos! Fica a dica pra brasileiros: quer ser criminoso e não ser preso? Se eleja! #CongressoInimigoDoPovo
g1.globo.com/politica/not...
I've recently binged watching the Anthology documentary from the #beatles at @filmandseries.bsky.social. So decided to try to record some songs as part of my journey to learn to play the guitar. There is This Boy. #guitar.
youtu.be/ljrPqOl2bZE
Happy to be hosting @baronca.bsky.social and Johan Bollen here this week at the @exeter.ac.uk @exetercompsci.bsky.social. After a work day, we had a chance to go for a drink and dinner with them (w/ @diogofpacheco.bsky.social)
04.12.2025 15:23 — 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Appl. Netw. Sci.: Generic multimodal spatially graph network for spatially embedded network representation learning
https://appliednetsci.springeropen.com/articles/10.1007/s41109-025-00751-6
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Cities are often seen as hotbeds of violence, with the assumption that bigger cities are more dangerous. New research by @rafaelprietocuriel.bsky.social ( @csh.ac.at ) and @ronaldomenezes.bsky.social ( @exeter.ac.uk ), published in #NatComms, highlights that 𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬.
shorturl.at/ii3jm
Large cities are often assumed to be more violent, but our review shows there’s nothing universal about urban violence.
In our new study, @ronaldomenezes.bsky.social and I show that isolated cities tend to experience higher rates of violence against civilians.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Our new study challenges assumptions about urban violence in Africa.
Surprising finding: isolated cities face 4x higher violence risk than large, connected cities. Size matters less than connectivity.
Amazing work with @rafaelprietocuriel.bsky.social
nature.com/articles/s41467-025-65728-6
Perdemos Jards Macalé. Sua contribuição para a música brasileira fica com todos. Minha pequena simples homenagem tocando VaporBarato. #RIP #jardsmacale
youtu.be/MTCu7rvRulQ