Spent some time in Iowa and went long on Iowa State’s Audi Crooks. Despite her dominance, she deals with a lot of negativity, especially about her body. But no matter what is said about her, Audi Crooks wears a smile. www.espn.com/womens-colle...
When assessing #kakapo chicks we weigh them, check their respiration rate and hydration. We usually do this twice in the first four days (this chick is less than a day old), and then every 5-7 days. The frequency of checks depends on their genetic priority. #kakapo2026 #conservation #parrots
A small kākāpō chick and a hatching egg in a nest. Credit: Andrew Digby
Checking on #kakapo Waa's nest on Anchor Island a couple of nights ago: a day-old chick (Waa-A3-2026), and an externally-pipped egg, which hatched a few hours' later. #conservation #parrots #birds
Make fascism socially unacceptable again. Leave X.
Make fascism socially unacceptable again. Leave X.
#LeaveX #JohnOliver #fascim #FarRight #Disinformation #HateSpeech #Democracy
Did you know you can see highlights from our #kakapo nestcam: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...? In the last 24 hours we've seen a chick hatch and a rare short-tailed bat flying - and walking - around the nest. Exciting to see things never seen before! #conservation #kakapo2026
This one hits hard.
We have a #customer-compliments channel at work where we repost nice messages from our users, and as far as I can tell, the world is actually full of gratitude if you look
(We also maintain a #customer-complaints channel, but for different reasons :))
It is hard to admit ignorance, so when one of the new recruits to the Pangalactic Bureaucracy raised a tentacle with a question, Xtrrt let them ask.
"What is 'fafo quotient'?"
"A Human term. Fuckaroundment over Findoutability. We stay over 2.718. Humans..." Xtrrt paused. "... hope for over 1."
A female kākāpō on a nest with one egg. Credit: Andrew Digby
Female #kakapo Dusky on her nest on Te Kākahu/Chalky Island. We've just spent a few days on the island ensuring all 10 nests have at least one fertile egg. This is part of our trial to assess how well they can raise chicks without our help. #kakapo2026 #conservation #birds #parrots
A white board showing totals of the 2026 kākāpō breeding season. Credit: Lydia Uddstrom
#kakapo breeding "fridge" update.
Good news: 9 chicks hatched, and 123 fertile eggs in total - including all three 4 year old females having fertile clutches!
Bad news: a few egg deaths in the last couple of days.
Kākāpō breeding seasons are a roller-coaster! #kakapo2026 📸: Lydia Uddstrom
Lines of academy cadets, one in command red seated but at attention while in a wheelchair.
I have a friend who said, of Starfleet Academy, that this took them out of it - that seeing a person in a wheelchair in the 32nd century seemed unrealistic, since medicine in Star Trek "should be able to cure whatever was wrong with them."
That's not the case, for any number of possible reasons.
No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
A kākāpō egg being candled, showing development. Credit: Andrew Digby
A female kākāpō on a nest with two eggs. Credit: Andrew Digby
We found a 4th egg in #kakapo Waikawa's nest yesterday and found it was fertile. Waikawa has maintained her incredible 100% fertility record: 5 clutches of 4 fertile eggs in 4 breeding seasons. That's unmatched by any other kākāpō. #kakapo2026 #conservation #birds
Two more #kākāpō matings last night, both on Anchor:
- Boomer 💚 Horton
- Konini 💚 Quill
Here's Boomer during the last breeding season.
#kakapo2026 #conservation #birds #parrots
github.com/sidequery/ya... implements "measures" in duckdb: aggregates which group at different levels than the actual group by, so you can implement like "sum(revenue) / total_revenue" without subquery / WITH as sum(revenue) / sum(revenue) AT (all)".
Now I want that in postgresql
CC: @winand.at
A female kākāpō on a nest, with one egg visible. Credit: Andrew Digby
Three #kakapo nests found on Anchor Island today! Here’s Waikawa, on two eggs. #conservation #birds #parrots
A close-up photo of a male kākāpō being held. Credit; Andrew Digby
Two more #kakapo matings on Anchor:
JEM 💚 Awhero
Kohengi 💚 Tuterangi
Currently at least 12 females have mated on Anchor, 10 on Whenua Hou, and probably 2 on Te Kahahu/Chalky.
Plus 2 new nests: Marian on Anchor and Tohu on Whenua Hou.
#conservation #parrots #kakapo2026
Here's Awhero.
We all loved MinIO for building neat demos locally that need S3…and then they went and shuttered the project. I took a look at some of the alternatives, including S3Proxy, RustFS, Garage, CloudServer, and more.
👉 rmoff.net/2026/01/14/a...
(💾 code repo: github.com/rmoff/minio-...)
brutal bag of charts by @ashendruk.com www.not-ship.com/america-isnt...
Liebe Medien, ich kann die Schlagzeile "Keine Einigung zwischen USA und Dänemark" nicht mehr sehen. Wenn ein Bewaffneter eine Bank stürmt, titelt ihr doch auch nicht: "Räuber und Kassiererin finden keinen Konsens über Geldübergabe." Hört auf, imperiale Aggression als normale Diplomatie zu framen.
Most managers think that AI coding agents can help junior engineers be more like senior ones.
The reality I've experienced is that it's more like giving a junior engineer a mediocre mentor.
And it gives senior engineers a junior engineer companion... who will never develop into a senior engineer.
A male kākāpō looking at the camera in a close-up photo. The kākāpō is under astelia grasses in daylight. Credit: Andrew Digby
The #disease cloacitis has affected at least 47 #kakapo over the last 20 yrs, so finding a cause is a high priority. A new study led by @rebeccakfrench.bsky.social & @jemmageoghegan.bsky.social has found that a strain of E. coli might be responsible. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Forest and hills reflected in a lake on Anchor Island, New Zealand. Credit: Andrew Digby
Great to be back on Anchor Island in Fiordland for a brief visit. The rimu is looking good: with record fruit counts we’re gearing up for a big 2026 for #kakapo! #conservation #parrots
CNN working for Stephen Miller, and fueling WW3 in Europe. 😆😆😆😆
»'Unsere Gesellschaft verliert ihre Vernunft.' Ermöglicht wurde dies durch einen vollkommenen Verlust der Orientierung an Fakten, vermittelt durch Kandidaten in demokratischen Wahlen, die nach Gefälligkeit argumentieren und in ihren Argumenten so weit entfernt sind von jeglichem Realitätsbezug, dass man weder sagen kann, ob sie recht haben, noch, ob sie lügen. Was postfaktische Politiker von sich geben, ist noch nicht einmal falsch, aber dennoch keineswegs richtig. Es erreicht gar nicht die Schwelle eines harten Realitätsabgleichs in der nahen Zukunft, ihre Argumente lassen sich immer weiter entlang der Tagesnachrichten formen – wie ein biegsamer Werkstoff.« Christian Drosten https://www.diw.de/de/diw_01.c.932545.de/100_jahre_diw/wissenschaft_ist_freiheit_und_pflicht.html
#PostfaktischePolitiker @cdrosten.bsky.social
Im Rentenpaket fällt mir wieder auf, wie sehr Berichterstattung darauf fokussiert, was das für Koalitionsstabilität und Kontrolle der Parteichefs über ihre Partei bedeutet, und wie wenig darauf, was es für das Leben der Menschen bedeutet.
To whom it may concern: Das ist das Netzwerk der "Stiftung Familienunternehmen", als Google-Sheet, auf Basis der Recherchen von Greenpeace. Enjoy! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
A bathymetric map of the North Sea today which shows how deep the sea is at any given point. The map reveals a large area between England and the Dutch, Belgian, and German coast just 20-50 meters deep.
When you look beyond the surface, you can see traces of the past.
Doggerland once linked Europe and England, an area now beneath the North Sea.
#30DayMapChallenge Day 20: Water #rstats #ggplot2
Map showing Germany divided into 9 zones based on distance to neighboring country borders.
Ever wonder which international border is closest? This map divides Germany into 9 zones, showing the nearest neighbor for any given point. Germany borders more European countries than any other nation.*
#30DayMapChallenge Day 22: Natural Earth #rstats #ggplot2
