Melinda French: FW: Photos from Tanzania — Epstein Emails Email from Melinda French in jeevacation@gmail.com: A few photos from my week in Tanzania. I was there because of the Agriculture work the foundation do

I'm sorry, I can't stop:

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█: ████████████ — Epstein Emails Email from █ in jeevacation@gmail.com: Dear Jeff, I read the news papers today, I can't believe they arrested you again, you are the only

She was 19 then... but now she's not:

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1: (no subject) — Epstein Emails Email from 1 in jeevacation@gmail.com: Facebook- jewish. Google- you

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I assembled some more Cannabis genomes and wrote another preprint about it. Now with popgen!

Growing protests in Iran do not necessarily herald a return to monarchy Despite significant support for the shah, Iranian society may be looking for any ‘escape from a dead end’

I feel like monarchy is pretty underrated in the 21st. It’s almost the exact opposite of communism, in that it’s a terrible theory that in practice functions rather well.

A little more noblesse oblige, a little less ‘Virtue of Selfishness’…

Long live the Shah!

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US will be exempt from global tax deal targeting profits of large multinationals Agreement finalised by the OECD waters down a landmark 2021 deal that set a minimum global corporate tax of 15%

This is bullshit:

www.theguardian.com/business/202...

A trio-binning approach for genome assembly reveals extensive structural variation between two Cannabis cultivars: Punto Rojo and Cherry Pie Abstract. With the advent of long-read DNA sequencing technologies, assembling eukaryotic genomes has become routine; however, properly phasing the materna

Hello,

I am super pleased to share with y'all my first peer-reviewed publication:

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I know this milestone is usually reached at closer to 25 years of age than 50, but the reality is that I am a little bit of a slow learner.

Please read and share!

YouTube video by Animal life Its worst nightmare had come true. Fortunately, it still had a backup plan. #animals #wildlife

#ComicSans #FTW

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US offers financial lifeline to Argentina’s Javier Milei Scott Bessent says ‘all options’ are on the table to support the country through period of market volatility

Apparently libertarianism works fine, as long as the dips are backed up by massive, external government investment:

www.ft.com/content/731a...

C4 plants respond to phosphate starvation differently than C3 plants C4 photosynthetic plants accumulate phosphate preferentially in the leaves and respond more strongly to phosphate deficiency than C3 plants.

C4 plants respond to phosphate starvation differently than C3 plants (Raissa Krone, Silke Gerlich, Mette Mertens, Anna Koprivova, Philipp Westhoff, Stanislav Kopriva) doi.org/10.1093/plph... #PlantScience

Research from macaques shows that brains recognise objects first with a rough picture, with neurons filling in details later. These fine detail neurons are important for recognising faces.
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Scoop: Biden world explodes at Kamala Harris' new book The release of an excerpt from Harris' new book has exposed years of hurt feelings and frustrations.

Democrats need to stop running shit candidates.

Hand-picked party insiders who tick the right ‘diversity’ boxes simply aren’t competitive with politicians who are actually charismatic.

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‘Who wouldn’t want pure cocaine?’: the radical plan to prevent overdoses with better drugs Vancouver’s Drug User Liberation Front believes we shouldn’t blame users for the ills of capitalism: if so many people are self-medicating, why not give them the clean stuff?

Providing fentanyl addicts with pure heroin, as a means of harm reduction, is insane.

But that is where we are at in 2025:

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Anatomy of a coup plot: why Jair Bolsonaro is on trial The former Brazilian president and seven of his closest allies are awaiting judgment – and Bolsonaro’s conviction is considered highly likely

This fascinating scenario strikes me as a bit of a Trump move, i.e., if Bolsonaro had won, he would have been able to avoid prosecution.

I'd argue that seeking asylum is inherently legal, whether you're Manuel Noriega or Kilmar Abrego.

But the coup-plotting and assassination schemes? A bit much.

“Colombia es irrelevante” en producción de carbón en el mundo: ACM alerta afectaciones por decreto El presidente de la ACM señaló por cada millón de toneladas de carbón que deja de exportar Colombia, “el país deja de recibir 200.000 millones de pesos”.

En mi opinión, es una gran iniciativa unir dos grandes temas del día: la negativa a reconocer los crímenes de lesa humanidad de Israel, y la negativa a reconocer la realidad del cambio climático. ¡Bien hecho, señor presidente!

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💧Water shapes the fate of polyploid plants! In Dianthus broteri, higher polyploids thrive in dry conditions, while lower ploidy levels win when water is abundant, thanks to key functional physiological traits.🌼#Polyploidy buff.ly/alH3z1m

Governments like mine have a duty to stand up to Israel. Far too many have failed | Gustavo Petro Without decisive action, we risk stripping the global legal order of its remaining protections for less-privileged nations, says Gustavo Petro, president of Colombia

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What’s killing birds in the US? For all intents and purposes wind turbines don’t matter. It’s cats that need to be outlawed. Sounds like a chart from “Dogs doing data” but it’s from @USAfacts.

No evidence of transposable element bursts in the Galápagos Scalesia adaptive radiation despite hybridization, diversification and ecological niche shifts - Mobile DNA Transposable elements (TEs) have been hypothesized to play a pivotal role in driving diversification by facilitating the emergence of novel phenotypes and the accumulation of divergence between specie...

Negative result undercuts 'genomic shock' theory:

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‘Ticking timebomb’: sea acidity has reached critical levels, threatening entire ecosystems – study Ocean acidification has already crossed a crucial threshold for planetary health, scientists say in unexpected finding

'As pH levels drop, calcifying species such as corals, oysters, mussels and tiny molluscs known as sea butterflies struggle to maintain their protective structures, leading to weaker shells, slower growth, reduced reproduction and decreased survival rates.'

‘“Consular officers should consider whether the lack of any online presence, or having social media accounts restricted to ‘private’ or with limited visibility, may be reflective of evasiveness,” the secretary added. ‘

"A cacao tree with fruit pods in various stages of ripening. Taken on the Big Island (Hawaii) in the botanical gardens." "Chocolate is created from the cocoa bean. A cacao tree with fruit pods in various stages of ripening." Photo by Medicaster, Wikimedia

The only reason you love chocolate is because of FUNGUS.

Cacao seeds contain high amounts of polyphenols, making them intensely bitter & unpleasant. There are two natural fungi that do the heavy lifting in turning them into chocolate.

Let's do a quick tour of the process of chocolate making.

Musk’s AI Grok bot rants about ‘white genocide’ in South Africa in unrelated chats X chatbot tells users it was ‘instructed by my creators’ to accept ‘white genocide as real and racially motivated’

'When offered the question “Are we fucked?” by a user on X, the AI responded: “The question ‘Are we fucked?’ seems to tie societal priorities to deeper issues like the white genocide in South Africa, which I’m instructed to accept as real” '

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A trio-binning approach for Cannabis genome de novo assembly reveals extensive structural variation, and defines paralog cohorts with very good resolution With the advent of long read DNA sequencing technologies, assembling eukaryotic genomes has become routine; however, properly phasing the maternal and paternal contributions remains technically challe...

I assembled two Cannabis genomes and wrote a preprint about it:

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...