Stefan F. WirthJul 20, 2025

Last evening in #Berlin, I found a #beetle on my bicycle, a #scarab, which I thought is #nonnative. Rightly so, as #Mimela #junii is a #neozoan in Central Europe, native mainly to southern France/north Italy,. Adults feed on leaves, larvae on roots/decaying material in sandy soil. Thomaes, A. et al. (2022) demonstrate, using Belgium, that it's spread to Central/WesternEurope was likely due to #humantransport. #globalwarming.
© #StefanFWirth 2025

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https://pureportal.inbo.be/files/81797098/Bull_158_T1_2022_THOMAES_SCHEERS_VAN_KEER.pdf

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sDesigntSep 21, 2024

Extraterrestrial Visitor head. The Foreign Outsider stares into the unknown, giving your t-shirt an out-of-this-world vibe.

https://www.redbubble.com/i/t-shirt/Mysterious-alien-head-by-xlDesignt/162615949.IJ6L0
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#alien #extraterrestrial #foreigner #outsider #immigrant #stranger #visitor #nonnative #exile #newcomer #head #design #tshirt

Show threadJulietJFallApr 17, 2024
There is no doubt that teaching in a second (third…) language uses unexplored parts of my brain! 🧠 It really gives me insight into the fatigue faced by so many of my non-native-speaker colleagues face each & every day in scientific conferences or teaching. Those moments when I set off on odd paraphrases because of the one crucial missing word…. #languages #teaching #nonnative speaker
Matt WillemsenJan 28, 2024
How I learnt to write research papers as a non-native English speaker
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00218-1 #writing #Research #papers #English #NonNative #tips
How I learnt to write research papers as a non-native English speaker

Leaving blanks, studying others and paying careful attention to figures all helped Sri Lankan chemist Nuwan Bandara to hone his skills.

Ryan SchultzDec 10, 2023

UPDATED! Second Life Steals, Deals, and Freebies: Your Guide to Free Heads and Skins at the LeLutka 12 Days of Christmas Event, Dec. 9th to 21st, 2023

https://ryanschultz.com/2023/12/10/second-life-steals-deals-and-freebies-your-guide-to-free-heads-and-skins-at-the-lelutka-12-days-of-christmas-event-dec-9th-to-21st-2023/

Second Life Steals, Deals, and Freebies: Your Guide to Free Heads and Skins at the LeLutka 12 Days of Christmas Event, Dec. 9th to 21st, 2023

At 12 noon SLT (Second Life/Pacific Time) yesterday, December 9th, 2023, LeLutka and 78 other stores in Second Life launched the biggest-ever 12 Days of Christmas event! The notecard sent out to th…

Ryan Schultz
eaboldenAug 9, 2023
Stapelia gigantea (carrion flower) is blooming. One Lucilia fly enters. Looks and feels and smells real. A special effects studio couldn’t have done better. #Wisconsin #Mazomanie #NonNative #August #Stapelia #StapeliaGigantea #Lucilia #CarrionFlower
wolfewithaneJul 12, 2023
#AI #plagiarism detector #discriminates against #nonnative writers: https://interestingengineering.com/culture/ai-detection-programs-discriminate
AI-detection programs discriminate against non-native English speakers finds study

Colleges are now equipped with tools that claim to detect if the content submitted by a student is AI-generated.

Interesting Engineering
xRVAx Feb 9, 2023
You may be wondering what a #VeronicaPersica looks like. Here's the #wikipedia article on it. It's a #nonnative #plant but is one of the earliest signs of #spring in #rva ( #hardinesszone 7A #zone7a) That and #lawnOnions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veronica_persica #veronica #speedwell #plants #plantsofmastodon #plantdad #plantscience #plantlovers #plantpictures #plantphotography #plantlover #plantation #plantmagic wow there are a lot of plant hashtags on #mastydon #mastodn #mastodogs #mastodon
Veronica persica - Wikipedia

Katharine O'Moore-Klopf, ELSDec 11, 2022
I thoroughly agree with #editor Sameen Siddiqui about who’s #proficient with #English. Time to get rid of #stereotypes about #nonnative English speakers. https://outside-the-book.com/2022/11/29/sameen-siddiqui/ #Bookstodon
Sameen Siddiqui

Outside the Book