Myelochroa metarevoluta is a fun lichen that I don't see often at all. It has many big stalked balls growing from it. This picture is from Thursday in Clear Creek Metropark, Columbus.

#inaturalist https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/150701000
#LichenSubscribe

I've been with @notjustbikes since day one, and I have to say that despite all of his amazing work thus far, this video is one of my absolute favorites.

Such a crucial topic presented with logic, entertainment, education and humor. 🤌

https://youtu.be/jN7mSXMruEo

A female carpenter bee, asleep in the lilacs, covered with dew.

#bee #bees #hymenoptera #insects #arthropods #nature #photography #macrophotography #spring #dew
#dewdrops

The guy whose company was ordered to pay $137 million because workers kept getting called the n-word, and who thinks the pro-segregation Dilbert guy has some good ideas, now says actually it's the media who's racist

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/02/26/elon-musk-scott-adams-dilbert-racist/

Mastodon: a move to publicly owned scholarly knowledge
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-00486-3

Nice letter by @brembs et al

NEW: In new suburbs, this Australian study showed that local bus services would only need to carry 8-9 passengers an hour for its societal benefits to outweigh the financial cost of running the bus.

Too often we say that running a bus service “costs too much,” when in fact it costs too much to NOT run it.

#cities #PublicTransit

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/feb/03/more-buses-in-underprivileged-areas-better-bang-for-buck-than-new-transport-projects-australian-research-finds