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Retr0on RNA editing is common in behaviorally sophisticated coleoid cephalopods (2017)

Here RNA editing refers to more discrete changes at specific sequences like A-to-I (Adenosine-to-inosine) substitution. Splicing, capping, tailing, are common but would not be considered editing.

Retr0on Apple removes Python 2.7 in macOS 12.3 beta

M1 MacOS 12.2, never installed any dev tools / homebrew

python --version

Python 2.7.18

python3 --version

xcode-select: note: no developer tools were found at '/Applications/Xcode.app', requesting install. Choose an option in the dialog to download the command line developer tools.

Retr0on Strange DNA structures linked to cancer

Yeah TET here is ten-eleven translocation (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TET_enzymes), not tetracycline (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetracycline-controlled_transc...).

Retr0on [dead]

Seems down in Japan area. Twitter is full of Japanese tweets about it if you search github and click latest. Related to this aws error "AWS Direct Connect (Tokyo)" https://status.aws.amazon.com/ if you click Asia Pacific?

Works fine for me if I vpn to the US.

Retr0on The emergence of heat and humidity too severe for human tolerance (2020)

Jacobabad - Pakistan, Ras al Khaimah - United Arab Emirates, and Jeddah - Saudi Arabia are the only cities with multiple TW>=35 recordings according to their table S2 in page 24 of this pdf https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/suppl/2020/05/04/6.1...

Retr0on Bolivia's socialists claim victory as unofficial count shows big win

>Bolivia’s economy has undergone structural economic transformation during Evo Morales’s presidency. Real (inflation-adjusted) per capita GDP grew by more than 50 percent over these past 13 years. This was twice the rate of growth for the Latin American and Caribbean region. Even as the Latin American regional economy slowed over the past five years, Bolivia had the highest growth of per capita GDP in South America.

https://cepr.net/images/stories/reports/bolivia-macro-2019-1...

Retr0on Apple tells Telegram to take down protestor channels in Belarus

https://t.me/durov/136

>Apple released a statement saying they didn't want us to take down the 3 channels run by the Belarusian protestors, but just specific posts "disclosing personal information."

>This sly wording ignores the fact that channels like @karatelibelarusi and @belarusassholes consist entirely of personal information of violent oppressors and those who helped rig the elections – because that is why those channels exist.

Retr0on Are you an anarchist? The answer may surprise you (2000)

Well he was fired by Yale for his political actions (Although of course they didn't say that). https://www.theguardian.com/world/2005/oct/25/usa.internatio...