ubi

@ubi@ecoevo.social
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Did you know arthropods shed their exoskeletons as they grow? It's a process called ecdysis, but most of us just call it moulting. It's also how characters level up, pass time, evolve, or mutate in #ttrpg Bug & Claw!
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#CowAppreciationDay 🐮🐄:
Shiro Kasamatsu 笠松 紫浪 (Japan, 1898-1991)
Pasturing of #Cattle, 1979
color woodblock print
https://ukiyo-e.org/image/artelino/49656g1
#JapaneseArt
Kasamatsu Shiro: Pasturing of Cattle - Artelino

Kasamatsu Shiro: Pasturing of Cattle - Artelino

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This is the hardest message I have ever written.

Does anyone in have a lead on a company that would be willing to sponsor a web development technical lead?

I am open to most Euro, Japan, and Oceania.

My German is bad. My Japanese is a bit better. I would love to get better.

It seems like things are going to be no longer safe for my family.

Help me.

Please boost. 🙇

#fedihired

The Handbook of Social Psychology, 6th edition (2025), is available online and for free: https://openpublishing.princeton.edu/projects/the-handbook-of-social-psychology
Me, pontificating at #CSEE2025. I think what I said (or close enough) is "If there's any coherent thread through my research career (and there really isn't), it's wondering why there are so darned many species of insects in the world".

Some of the fine illustrations by Edward Julius Detmold featured in Fabre’s Book of Insects (1921).

More on the book here: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/fabres-book-of-insects-1921

I hope this email finds you in the forest.
Do trailer companies have like a perpetual license for 5 songs and are contractually used them in every other trailer?
For #CowAppreciationDay 🐮🐄:
Isaac L. Williams (USA, 1817-1895)
Pastoral Landscape, n.d.
Oil on canvas
27 x 45 in. (68.6 x 114.3 cm)
On display at Biggs Museum of American Art 2004.449

i have compiled my pride artwork of real life insects wearing various flag colors into an e-zine! 28 pages, with the name &scientific name of each bug.  download it for free (or pay if you like) via itchio!! https://hekshano.itch.io/anyone-cool-adores-bugs-2025

#pride #lgbtqia #lgbt #queer #bugs #insects #bug #insect #zine #ebook #sketchbook

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Subterranean life in the groundwaters of northern Australia https://www.csiro.au/en/news/All/Articles/2025/June/Stygofauna

"#Stygofauna are creatures specifically adapted to life in underground aquatic habitats... Often dwelling in darkness, many have lost their eyes and have developed a range of unique features to thrive in these environments, frequently low in nutrients and oxygen... They contribute water purification and nutrient cycling within aquifers, which directly impact the quality and availability of our resources."

@animalculum

As I was scrolling I got to "H" before I realized it wasn't a caricature of Trump

@animalculum

Groundwater ecology was one of the topics I was strongly considering to specialize in...

It is just *so* awesome what happens in these dark and completely overlooked ecosystems below our feet!

And thanks for pointing out the functions of these creatures!  

Here, a nice introductory book, for if someone wants to nerd deeper:

"Groundwater ecology and evolution: an introduction" by Florian Malard, Christian Griebler and Sylvie Rétaux

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780128191194000263?pes=vor&utm_source=wiley&getft_integrator=wiley

#Groundwater #Freshwater #Ecology #Aquifer