@kendrickorion
Nature, canoe, and camera enthusiast studying parasitoid wasps in the Hudson Valley 🔬 Mostly (re)skeeting on insects, science, and current events (not necessarily in that order) 🐝 Still trying to stay in the control group 😷 He/him 🧍♂️ Views my own
There are a lot of scientific illustrators and graphic designers who are building their portfolios and will take on work for less than you might imagine. It's not out of reach.
“the fouling of an entire region in an act of mass ecological terrorism”
- Statement by White House Press Secretary, Nov. 6 1991, describing the burning of oil fields in Kuwait
Otis the black cat looks moody among a frame of flowers
Sarah, how's the writing going?
Wellll I started taking pictures of my cat as if she was getting married, so, yeah. I mean, great.
This is an excellent rule for storytelling but also implies that Philip Pullman witnessed the death of God as a boy.
Genuinely every time someone says they use AI for things like research it boggles my mind. You aren't comprehending the sources you're supposed to look through if you just generate your "research". The whole point of the process is digesting the information available so you can find what you need
hello i am drunk and wondering, what if i do the 40 cloves of garlic chicken but with 40 bulbs of garlic
END/ 2 wars in 4 years. This war will accelerate Solar +Batteries + EVs as real Energy Security
"rest of the world will learn an important lesson from China. Build out your renewables so you aren't as dependent on imported fossil fuels & the whims of idiots"
Be like Spain.
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We have the data. My longest columns have more readers, who read longer, and who share them the most.
For twenty years I've heard the same reframe and for the same twenty years I've had a fairly popular ocean science blog that tracks how long readers spend on each page and the long wonky pieces have the best retention and are still read years later.
I think this is a great argument, beautifully constructed
Have anxiety about the apocalypse?
Remember that you don't have to be a crazy prepper to have a shelter in place box with basic supplies + a bug out bag + some emergency plans in place!
It's good practice in a world with a changing climate and *gestures at the geopolitical situation*
Read this thread ⤵️
Evolution is weird, evidence # 53928477
Sorry I'm not more open-minded about LLMs, it's just some fucking maniacs shoveled out a bunch of useless bloatware featuring that technology, did not give me any chance to opt out, reorganized the entire economy around it, zeroed out gains made by green energy, and made it impossible to buy RAM
If you ever want to read a paper for free and can't find it otherwise, email the lead author and politely ask for a copy. You will not be bothering the person. You will in fact make their whole entire day. I have had scientists get so excited I asked they sent me everything they ever published.
that they have kept their relationship intensely private to the point that this is how we find out is probably the best sign they might actually make it
anyway, rules are rules, here is the exact moment she fell in love
A photograph of a velvet worm: a segmented, soft-bodied animal, with beautiful patterning which looks like it has been rolled in orange and blue sequins.
A photograph of a giant springtail: an invertebrate with a soft blue body covered in long yellow soft spines.
Some exciting life news... I am now a lecturer in Entomology and Ecology at Lincoln University in NZ!
We took the Entomology students on a fieldtrip over the weekend, and saw some of my favourite invertebrates: Velvet worms and giant springtails! Always a treat to see these!
#SoilBiodiversity 🧪
I know that I sound like a broken record but I think once this society was ok with accepting mass covid deaths just to be able to eat at Applebees then all bets were off.
T-Rex: A "holotype" is the single individual used when a species is formally described. It's just one individual! T-Rex: It's just a single guy! T-Rex: And if you're the holotype, you get to represent the ENTIRE SPECIES!!
T-Rex: Isn't that AMAZING? When people wonder "hey, hold up, what DOES this species look like anyway??" they will look at YOU and say "oh, okay"! Dromiceiomimus: Should we become holotypes, T-Rex? T-Rex: Dromiceiomimus, I'm a little surprised we're not ALREADY holotypes??
Utahraptor: You can't just CHOOSE to be a holotype! T-Rex: Sure you can! Just did! T-Rex: Now we're gonna walk into a SCIENCE LAB and "grease some palms" - literally or figuratively, whatever it takes - and GET IT DONE. Utahraptor: Well frig, I'd assumed it was impossible, but that sounds REAL POSSIBLE. Dude, let's ALL go become holotypes!!
Narrator: BUT THEN: T-Rex: The scientists REJECTED me! They said I shouldn't be walking around with my spine upright and my tail almost dragging on the ground!! Off panel: Rude! T-Rex: SO rude!! T-Rex: I keep it raised to neck level like 5/6ths of the day!
all bodies are beautiful but mine is like scientifically EXTRA hott
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Macro photo in side view of a black and yellow striped wasp standing on a pure white background with its orange, black-tipped antennae held out in front. The wasp is fairly stubby, with short legs and a rather cylindrical shape.
The emergence of spring bees here in Austin also means the emergence of somewhat rarer bee parasites. I caught this Sapyga nevadica wasp yesterday; it lays eggs in solitary bee nests.
“The picture that emerged was of a slow shift playing out beneath the surface of entire populations: a rise in cognitive problems, subtle declines in functional capacity, and lost independence”
An incredible and puzzling case of mimicry, a healthy spider mimicking one infected by a pathogenic fungus! I worked some with the first author David during my sabbatical, and I know he has some other spider surprises in the pipleline.
The WHO reviews COVID’s origins and reiterates the higher likelihood of a zoonotic origin than a lab leak.
black-and-white photgraph of the hybosorid scarab Cryptogenius. Simply googling this genus name will yield a rancid pit of greed and scams, but very little actual beetle information.
yet another beetle genus whose SEO has been utterly destroyed by the whims of capitalism
My personal organizing approach since the Trump re-election has been deep time investment in local community, largely because I can't do too much high risk stuff and I'm still mostly in feminine labor Babyland. I can't go to endless meetings, I have little kids to watch.
Oh this is a very fun thread!
We saw the promised land, and a whole lot of people said “no way, I’m not going there, and I’m going to make sure you can’t either.”
I don't know if she's on here, but Michelle Tsai's legendary pigeon sweater pattern was released on Ravelry today! Exciting times for knitters 🧶, bird enthusiasts 🦆, and Jeopardy fans ❕- aka 95% of Bluesky
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1. Outstanding article from Tess Finch Lees:
'Meanwhile, when asked why she’s masking during chemo, Meg now says, “I’m training for the Olympics” '.
Please click on the paywalled link first, archived link in next post. Also consider sharing.
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