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studying Canadian shark fisheries at . Marine conservation biologist and science writer. Blogger at

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    Nov 5

    Inserting an animal silhouette into an R plot? No problem. Get the image from and use this code: library(png) ima <- readPNG("Mystery.png") plot(1:3,1:3) rasterImage(image=ima, xleft=1.4,ybottom=1.8, xright=2.7,ytop=2.7) H/T M. Pons

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  2. 1 hour ago

    3rd time in 9 years on twitter I’ve included f word in a tweet

    "I’m so fucking proud of you guys": Watch Beto O’Rourke’s emotional concession speech
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    1 hour ago

    California Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff vowed Tuesday to ensure that the House Intelligence Committee reclaims its duty to conduct oversight of the Trump administration — a job he said the GOP “completely abdicated"

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    Kim Davis, the Kentucky clerk who went to jail in 2015 for refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, loses bid for a second term.

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    Winning massively more votes than the other guy means less in the US than in any other democracy - but it doesn't (yet) mean nothing.

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    Duke destroyed Kentucky 118-84 in what officially goes down as the worst loss for Kentucky ever under John Calipari. Immediate reaction on the Blue Devils' beatdown of Big Blue.

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    2 hours ago

    My takeaway from : Democrats had a good night. However, defeating Trumpism is going to be a marathon, not a sprint. I'm ready to keep on running over the next to years all the way to 2020. Who's with me?

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    2 hours ago
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    Ouch.

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    2 hours ago
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    Mine did too with our former university president! Which was a bit of a surprise, honestly, given the polls.

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  10. 2 hours ago

    Remember when we had manatees? Those were ok I guess.

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    3 hours ago

    !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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    3 hours ago

    GILLUM CONCEDES: “We could not be prouder of the way we ran this race...We recognize that we didn’t win this tonight.”

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    3 hours ago

    Republican Rep. Kevin Cramer has been elected to the Senate in North Dakota, ousting Democratic incumbent Heidi Heitkamp. Follow our complete coverage:

    BREAKING: Republican Kevin Cramer wins election to U.S. Senate from North Dakota. at 9:40 p.m. CST. election coverage:
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  14. 3 hours ago

    BETO FOR SOME UNIMPORTANT CABINET POSITION 2020

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    3 hours ago

    HISTORY MADE: An unprecedented number of women have been elected to Congress!

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    4 hours ago

    Lena Esptein, sponsor of the fake rabbi, loses, per CNN.

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  17. Retweeted
    Nov 5

    For those applying for academic scientific research positions, set up a Google Scholar account, makes it easy for potential hirers to see what your most cited papers are, etc. Takes about 5 min to do.

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    20 hours ago

    A reminder that long lines at the polls are a sign not of a healthy democracy, but of insufficient funding for polling locations that makes it harder to vote, especially if your job isn’t flexible.

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  19. 4 hours ago

    MY DISTRICT FLIPPED

    Republican Rep. Carlos Curbelo of Miami, a moderate who co-founded the House climate change caucus, is trailing Democrat Debbie Mucarsel-Powell in FL-26, with almost all the votes in. Background:
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  20. 5 hours ago

    Rick Santorum is on my TV in Canada. His pork barrel politics got me my first job.

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