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@OpposingThumb

aka Thiago Carvalho: Immunologist (failed), exhibitionist (ret.), grad school sub teacher, serial blogger.Tweets are my own http://t.co/7TrBZnjqG2

Joined May 2014
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"stand frozen in the universal discomfort of teens whose dads are trying to be cool" There is no try- Yoda. qz.com/375975/photos-jumping…
Atenção Lusofona: "mail-order college degrees for Pet Rocks ($3 for a bachelor’s, $10 for a Ph.D.) " nytimes.com/2015/04/01/us/ga…
Gary Dahl, Inventor of the Pet Rock, Dies at 78 (Published 2015)

Gary Dahl, Inventor of the Pet Rock, Dies at 78 (Published 2015)

The 1975 fad made Mr. Dahl, a down-at-the-heels advertising copywriter when he hit on the idea, a millionaire practically overnight, but he came to regret the brainstorm that gave rise to it in the...

nytimes.com
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Where else? "Mr. Dahl’s brainstorm began, as many do, in a bar." nytimes.com/2015/04/01/us/ga…
Gary Dahl, Inventor of the Pet Rock, Dies at 78 (Published 2015)

Gary Dahl, Inventor of the Pet Rock, Dies at 78 (Published 2015)

The 1975 fad made Mr. Dahl, a down-at-the-heels advertising copywriter when he hit on the idea, a millionaire practically overnight, but he came to regret the brainstorm that gave rise to it in the...

nytimes.com
"the decision to offer low wages is a choice, not an economic necessity" theatlantic.com/business/arc…
The Trader Joe's Lesson: How to Pay a Living Wage and Still Make Money in Retail

The Trader Joe's Lesson: How to Pay a Living Wage and Still Make Money in Retail

Companies that invest in higher salaries for low-level employees find success in a competitive market

theatlantic.com
New York!
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Novelist vs Journo “I made that up. I’m allowed!You get fired, I get paid.” Richard Price & David Simon @GuernicaMag bit.ly/1Cg8d2s
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Replying to @britishmuseum
@britishmuseum A relative of Giacomo's?
Ireland's “short-sighted drive for commercialisable research in a very limited set of prescribed areas” HT @aoifemcl irishtimes.com/opinion/scien…
In Heaven, tupperwares are reunited with their beloved lids. Forever. – at Lisbon, Portugal
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I'd like to be supportive, but just how does one #boycottIndiana ? I've stopped watching 'Hoosiers' reruns, but what else is there? – at Lisbon, Portugal
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O grande especialista em ter os comboios a cumprirem os horarios era o Eichmann. @ruitavares no Publico de hoje: publico.pt/politica/noticia/… – at Lisbon, Portugal
The man who defused the malthusian bomb: there can never be enough praise for Norman Borlaug, by @IHStreet thequietbranches.com/2015/03… – at Lisbon, Portugal
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Wira et al on "sex hormones in immune protection of the female reproductive tract" @NatRevImmunol nature.com/nri/journal/v15/n… – at Lisbon, Portugal
A "high-efficiency site-specific insertion of genetic material into the mosquito genome" in Aedes aegypti @PNASNews pnas.org/content/112/13/4038 – at Lisbon, Portugal
.@intheOR what do perverted androids dream of doing to electric sheep? – at Lisbon, Portugal
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An "absolute requirement for IgE glycosylation in allergic reactions" @JExpMed jem.rupress.org/content/earl… – at Lisbon, Portugal
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Climate change & germination/flowering times @elife elifesciences.org/content/4/… – at Lisbon, Portugal
3D printing lab equipment @PLOSBiology journals.plos.org/plosbiolog… – at Lisbon, Portugal
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@LunaCentifanti who do you think the brain is facilitating? – at Lisbon, Portugal
The Vandal Horde takes Emerita Augusta: w @jrodleon & Little Barbarian- could be a good poster for same-sex adoption – at Lisbon, Portugal
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