@iucounu

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iucounuMar 7, 2023
BirdwriterMar 7, 2023
Madagascar songbird, Dusky Tetraka, rediscovered after eluding scientists for 24 Years: https://bit.ly/3kV28MU #conservation #birding #birds #birdwatching #UKbirding #birdphotography #ornithology #birdsofMastodon #ABC #BirdLife
Mysterious Songbird Rediscovered in Madagascar After Eluding Scientists for 24 Years

The Dusky Tetraka, a small olive-colored and yellow-throated bird that hops around on the ground and has eluded ornithologists for 24 years, was rediscovered by an expedition team searching the tropical forests of northeastern Madagascar. The expedition team, led by The Peregrine Fund's Madagascar Program, found the species in two different remote sites: one on … Read More>>

American Bird Conservancy
iucounuFeb 23, 2023
@davidgerard some great lines in this but I really liked 'Some of the firm’s assets and its name appear to have been sold to a new company run by an individual called “Dan”, who has told investors it has no obligation towards them' https://t.co/ZEJtHcRATB
Crypto firm with links to parliamentary groups appears to have vanished

Apparent disappearance of Phoenix Community Capital leaves some investors fearing they have lost large sums of money

The Guardian
iucounuFeb 23, 2023
Jack JewersFeb 23, 2023
Has there been a more coy looking monster than the Goat of Mendes from The Devil Rides Out? It's like he's looking out across some vile blood rite and saying 'Oh you! You shouldn't have.'
iucounuFeb 7, 2023
Boley Law LibraryFeb 6, 2023
Missing your favorite Twitter bot of red pandas, Riker Googling, and random lines from Moby Dick? Check out this quickly expanding list of bots now available here on Mastodon, via @charlesarthur and @tchambers https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1SOmgXL3fRHAsxiVufw73VmzYmyLGat5koC7sf045Cic/edit#gid=1724839402
Twitter Bots to Mastodon Migration (Responses)

Form Responses 1 Timestamp,What is your Twitter Account name for your Bot/App? Use @username,What is the Mastodon Address for your Bot/App? Use full address @[email protected] preferred (but the format <a href="http://instancename.com/accountname">http://ServerName.com/AccountName</a> is O...

Google Docs
iucounuFeb 7, 2023
OpenAI really doesn't understand things Part 94; note how completely it fails to explain COLUMBO
iucounuFeb 1, 2023
myrmepropagandistFeb 1, 2023

Signs you have carpenter #ants

* keep finding tiny tools
* city sends a very tiny permit to affix to baseboard
* when you try to move a book you are told to “keep this entrance clear, ma’am” because of the “cement delivery coming later”
* Your dish rack is dismantled “because it’ll be cheaper to rebuild from scratch”
* no room on the dresser due to like 85 tiny pickups illegally parked there
* husband keeps hearing high pitched wolf whistles when exiting shower

iucounuJan 31, 2023
iucounuJan 30, 2023
Can you imagine stealing two monkeys though. One monkey would be hard enough. With two every moment is fraught with slapstick
iucounuJan 30, 2023
do you think (or think that most people think) that co-authored novels might not in general be as good as single-authored ones? Like, is there prejudice against it? Thinking less of books that are basically ghosted by a 'co-author' and more of genuine collaborations. #books
yes but I think most don't
28.6%
no but I think most do
14.3%
yes and most do
14.3%
no and most don't
42.9%
Poll ended at .
iucounuJan 30, 2023
‘It was lovely but I was glad it was quite short,’ my colleague said as we passed the reception desk, referring to a Mozart recital he’d attended at St Martin in the Fields, adding ‘I don’t know if my arse could have taken much more.’ Bloke on reception does a double take