Simon

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#Arachtober 9: a very cool orbweaver, _Gea heptagon_! Named because of its seven-pointed abdomen. So far I have only found them low among the grass in a particular marshy meadow. The juveniles have similar circular web decorations as young _Argiope_.

#ArthroBeauty #spiders #Araneae #Araneidae

every 3-4 years when they are cleaning it the authorities allow visitors into the #Lodz waterworks.
They are pretty fussy about security (I guess rightly so) but they do allow pictures.

#pictures #water

Hey fediverse, today is the World Sight Day!

How about, as a small gift for the blind and visually impaired folks on here, we step up our alt text game!

Visit https://alttexthalloffame.org to learn why this is important.

#AltText #ImageDescriptions #accessibility #WorldSightDay

It's becoming increasingly clear to me that Reflect Orbital's fucking stupid giant mirror satellite, with absolutely NOTHING useful to offer, which will cause countless safety issues, ecological disasters, and destroy the night sky, is going to launch.

A bunch of astronomers and I have sent out a fact sheet about them to a bunch of journalists, but very few are going to write about this. So, let me try posting it all here.

Here's what I know about Reflect Orbital and all the downsides:

How can she care so little? Be so free? She is the antithesis to Celdervinns entire life. That envy quickly grows into hate. After all, she wouldn't ever understand the weight on Cels shoulders. Her attitude is nothing short of an insult to everything Cel has been working towards her entire life.

And yet, somehow she can't help but enjoy her wild energy, her unpredictability, her cheeky humor,... Which she, of course, would never admit. But eventually, her stoic facade reveals a tiny smile.

#TilingTuesday Heptagon chains
The wait is over! With my 600th painting catalogued on https://DailyPaintworks.com, I’m giving away six (and one extra) original pastel paintings as promised. Please read the entire thread. 1/🧵
#MastoArt #PastelArtist #Humanmade #PaintingGiveaway
In A Coruña, many passengers head to other trains without passing through any controls. My train leaves in an hour, as the first one has sold out. I sit down on one of the many benches. A Renfe employee asks to see my ticket. Looking angry, she waves her index finger at me and shouts something I don't understand. A colleague joins her and calmly explains that I have to leave and re-enter the station because the transfer time is 'too long'. (1/3) #BlankSpots