Carl T. BergstromJun 21, 2023

Ah yes, of course. I've been trying to figure out who the fuck to blame.

https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/4057045-catch-22-scientific-communication-failures-linked-to-faster-rising-seas/

Catch-22: Scientific communication failures linked to faster-rising seas

Scientists failed for decades to communicate the coming risks of rapid sea-level rise to policymakers and the public, a new study has found. That has created a climate catch-22 in which scientists have soft-pedaled the kinds of catastrophic risks most easily headed off by cutting emissions. While scientific communication has improved in the 2020s, this…

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Show threadCarl T. BergstromJun 21, 2023

Unclear signage led to crocodile attacks, study finds.

(photo: Parks Australia)

Show threadEquiphileJun 21, 2023
@ct_bergstrom I see the problem. People are warned by the red lines in three of the four squares not to engage in those activities, yet no red line warns the crocs not to eat the people in the first square.
Show threadEmma Byrne PhD

@onagirl @ct_bergstrom

It still wouldn't have worked. Crocs are colourblind...

https://academic.oup.com/mbe/article/34/3/776/2996351

This is why you need good accessibility engineers. Unfortunately, all usability tests tend to end the same way. Nothing left but a fat crocodile, a pair of empty boots, and a clipboard.

How Turtles and Crocodiles Lost the Parietal “Third” Eye and Their Differing Color Vision Adaptations

The vertebrate eye is a remarkable evolutionary invention, displaying an incredible repertoire, from a soaring falcon’s keen distance vision to the special nigh

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