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ben j
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trying out socials media for the n-th time, but this time it's fediverse style.
So is "become unmonetizable" the new "become ungovernable"?
Frank AshwoodI bring you some exciting news...
I'VE DISCOVERED THE FIRST EVER GIANT SPRINGTAILS IN CHRISTCHURCH CITY!
The closest known populations before this were at Arthur's Pass, but now we can add the Port Hills to their distribution map.
Definitely my proudest observation from last week's iNaturalist City Nature Challenge.
#Entomology #Collembola #SoilBiodiversity #SoilEcology #SoilFauna #Nature #Macrophotography
@jbcrawford I enjoyed your history of iBeacons. To share a surprising use case, I worked at a start-up which used them to localise the wearer of a noise-monitoring device by recording the "nearest" (highest RSSI) beacon ID with each sample of sound pressure level recorded. So you could build up a "map" of noise level across an area as the wearer walked around.
This being for construction sites, with little-to-no fixed infrastructure to put the beacons on caused some issues. But a neat idea.
*VELVET WORM CHECKPOINT*
You have reached a scrolling checkpoint. I give you permission to stop what you are doing, breathe, and simply enjoy how wonderful velvet worms are.
Forget about life's problems for a moment, and just look at those tiny little feet! There's still beauty in the world, and much of it is Peripatus-shaped.
Okay, off you go.
Vegan French Toast for breakfast! Made with Grodzinski's water challah and custard powder.
The Faltering Fullback looking pretty spectacular on a cold Friday night!
Lukas VFN 🇪🇺Australian #mosquito species found to target #frogs' noses https://phys.org/news/2023-11-australian-mosquito-species-frogs-noses.html
A little on the nose: A mosquito targets the nostrils of tree frogs for a blood meal https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/eth.13424
"It was upon returning to their lab and laying out the photographs that they noticed something unique—any mosquito feeding on a #frog's blood was always atop its nose. This spot, they noted, seemed precarious, as #mosquitos are part of the frog diet."
Australian mosquito species found to target frogs' noses
A pair of environmental and life scientists, one with the University of Newcastle, in Australia, the other the German Center for Integrative Biodiversity Research, has found that one species of mosquito native to Australia targets only the noses of frogs for feeding. In their paper published in the journal Ethology, John Gould and Jose Valdez describe their three-year study of frogs and Mimomyia elegans, a species of mosquito native to Australia.
@dachary hype machine does not understand quality. people take "chatgpt" can do X" to mean "chatgpt can do X well". which it often can't!!!