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cassi @cassi.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

ahh cool! it looks like she doesn't do tailoring/alterations but now I wanna take a class

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cassi @cassi.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

does anyone have a rec for a Chicago mender and tailor of everyday women's clothes? esp visible mending/embroidery??

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cassi @cassi.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Was curious how much city workers doing natural areas maintenance in New York City get paid compared to Chicago (it's a few bucks less per hour there) and saw they also have to pay for their own $68 application processing fee and $105 background check?????

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cassi @cassi.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Hi Katherine, this is a baby elm.

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cassi @cassi.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

ahh west side where they did that erosion control project? I've been curious about it, have never walked over there

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cassi @cassi.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

which spot? 🐍 🐍 🐍

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cassi @cassi.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

merry Aldi cheese advent calendar to you

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cassi @cassi.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

so cute I wanna bunt it

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cassi @cassi.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

curly slurper they call me

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cassi @cassi.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

go look at Shayne Taylor's murals on the kayak storage boxes at River Park oh my god

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cassi @cassi.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

other double dog set doing pretty well too

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cassi @cassi.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

it works really well and they kind of pull each other along but the likelihood Bernie pees on Cinder has significantly increased lol

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cassi @cassi.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

I don't know the full details of the specific mowed spot but yeah monocultures of smooth brome and tall goldenrod have been an issue at the site for a long time. There's some good stuff too but relatively low diversity & the ironweed grows like 10' tall.. not compatible w/ growing new baby natives 🌱

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cassi @cassi.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

finally testing a leash splitter for the first time

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cassi @cassi.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

it was seeded this spring

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cassi @cassi.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

my mom 🏍️ biked 🏍️ here from Duluth

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cassi @cassi.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

I don't know what gives you that impression but it doesn't seem like you're assuming good faith and these are amazing people on the iNat team so I'm done here

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cassi @cassi.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

I don't think they've said that new text would be generated every time? They really haven't said much at all because it's so early in the project. A few tips could for example be generated for each taxon in the computer vision model (only 100k spp) and then only updated occasionally or on demand.

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cassi @cassi.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

What is it that you are expecting more than this? Keeping in mind it's a demo project that doesn't even exist yet?

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cassi @cassi.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

that's why I said "for what it's worth"

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cassi @cassi.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

their grant doesn't require them to even work wth Google infrastructure

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cassi @cassi.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

From the blog post update: "we have no obligation to use Google’s infrastructure as part of this grant"

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cassi @cassi.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

fwiw their current CV training machines are run on renewable energy

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cassi @cassi.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

The point is - we don't know what or who they will work with. e.g. last year Microsoft provided "generous support" and they (with university partners) built a demo vision language model based off hugging face architecture.

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cassi @cassi.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

ya when it's ticky I put my clothes tick quarantine rubbermaid w/ permethrin (no 🐈) that drive home though ☠️

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cassi @cassi.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

They have not said anything about using existing external models. And their blog post calls out that all their existing work on computer vision is done in-house.

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cassi @cassi.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

You can use the accuracy circle: manually move the map pinpoint a bit and still include the true location within the circle. Some people do that instead of obscuration, especially home addresses.

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cassi @cassi.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Also as someone with tens of thousands of edits on Wikipedia pages about plants and animals, it's interesting how many people are commenting asking for a wiki. That platform exists, come help edit. I'll help if you have questions about how species identification info can be best incorporated.

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cassi @cassi.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

I'll probably end up deleting this because I don't really want to get yelled at on the internet, but negative comments are always far out of proportion of actual user base sentiment, so felt the need to say something.

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cassi @cassi.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

I know not everyone realizes it's a labor of love & the deep respect for nature/ conservation that iNat staff have, many of which have been there since the beginning (including the creator). But it's disappointing to see the misconceptions, fearmongering, & shortsightedness by deleting accounts.

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cassi @cassi.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Re: iNaturalist AI backlash. I have high trust and confidence in the iNaturalist staff to review community feedback and move forward with a path that makes sense.

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cassi @cassi.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Google is giving iNat money to explore a tool to help surface useful comments about species identification. Google and anyone else can already access all comments, so nothing is new there.

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cassi @cassi.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

literally insane that it's not

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cassi @cassi.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

wrangling poop with 3 is hard

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cassi @cassi.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

La Placita Logan Square

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cassi @cassi.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

tho actually, I went Wednesday on free tickets, not super familiar with either and the opener was sick, both bands were great

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cassi @cassi.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

Two part-time interns (24 hrs/wk, 26 wks) will support the Rethinking Lawns project, investigating the ecological benefits of native, short-statured lawn alternatives. Fieldwork will include vegetation and pollinator surveys, water infiltration measurements, and collecting soil samples.

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cassi @cassi.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

The full-time intern (40 hrs/wk, 900 hrs) will regularly assess Natural Areas to ID issues, including native/non-native plants, floristic quality, condition of trails and other infrastructure. Intern will also do vegetation/other monitoring and assessment projects throughout the season.

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