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relet @relet.flipping.rocks.ap.brid.gy · 21/03/2026

[insect, magnified] This is why I love #focusstacking. Look at the wrinkles on the neck of that gnat. The hairy compound eyes. The little ..erm... grey...thingy next to it. Anyone good with gnat anatomy? #setzkasten I think I fixed the focus runoff issues on […] [Original post on flipping.rocks]

A circular, vignetted high resolution image of a fungus gnat or similar species. You can make out the neck portion where the head attaches to their distinct hunchback. There are small wrinkles below the neck. Bristles everywhere, including between the ommatidia of the compound eyes. And a grey round structure next to the eye, which does not look like an occellus to me, but who am I to judge.

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myrmepropagandist @futurebird.sauropods.win.ap.brid.gy · 22/03/2026

Who is 4.5 years old, has 600 daughters and 500 eggs ready to go for spring? This queen carpenter ant. I’ve known this bug longer than some people— and I like her better.

A large black queen ant in a wooden nest surrounded by her smaller daughters.

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Colin @colinrbeas.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 30/10/2024

I joined Mastodon to get rapid access to insights from scientists on #climate, #water, #biodiversity, #conservation, #openscience, #openaccess, the publishing process, and other topics, for discussion in my classes. I was on #diaspora* but my pod (diasporabr.com.br) suddenly disappeared. I […]

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Paco Hope @paco.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 17/03/2026

RE: flipboard.com/@itvnews/itv-news-im7… I only just realised how weird this phrase is, using the word chair as a verb. “He plans to chair the cabinet.” “Oh yeah? I plan to loveseat the refrigerator.”

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Cezary Jan Strusiewicz @ostrichson.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

NO lightsaber duel or space dogfight in Star Wars will ever go as hard as Stellan Skarsgård going: "I’ve made my mind a sunless space ... I’m condemned to use the tools of my enemy to defeat them ... I burn my life to make a sunrise that I know I’ll never see ... So what do I sacrifice? Everything!”

Stellan Skarsgård as Luthen Rael in "Andor."

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Ryan Aw @ryanaw.photos · 15/03/2026

Hi I’m Ryan and I spent a month pooping in holes at -50c just to take a picture of a cat Here’s the cat: #mongolia #sonyalpha #wildlifephotography #conservation #pallascat #photography #travel

A Pallas cat

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Sony A1 ii, Sony 400mm f/2.& GM + 2x TC

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myrmepropagandist @futurebird.sauropods.win.ap.brid.gy · 16/03/2026

[grim thoughts on military recruiting and predators] I've heard it said the American culture is obsessed with youth. But is it good to be a young American? Predators don't seek young girls because they are more beautiful or more "fertile" (shudder) it's the same as with armies, which do not […]

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Prof. Sam Lawler @sundogplanets.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/03/2026

Just had an excellent interview for the New Zealand Young Farmers podcast about farming careers, non-farming careers, why farmers are so important for dark sky access, why farmers are more reliant on Starlink than most people and how to change that, why farmers are the ones most impacted […]

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Teach Honest History @cliftographer.mindly.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/03/2026

How about another angle on that red-headed woodpecker? This one is good for studying the undercarriage. Alexandria, Virginia, USA 9-MAR-2026. #birds #birdphotography #naturephotography

A red-headed woodpecker in flight, seen from almost directly underneath. One side of the face and the eye are visible and illuminated in bright sunshine. One can see the birds feet and claws prominently in this shot.

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Chuckling Duck @friesen5000.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 15/03/2026

"Bob, the shrug is a useful tool, and seductive in its way; but it is only one arrow in the quiver and we mustn't overuse it lest we give the false impression of vacancy of mind, do you see my point?" The Librarianist Patrick DeWitt #SundaySentence #bookstodon #PatrickDeWitt

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 05/03/2026

From FT comments

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

Happy Mothering Sunday!

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myrmepropagandist @futurebird.sauropods.win.ap.brid.gy · 14/03/2026

The human brain is 2 percent of body weight but the ANT BRAIN is 15 percent of total body-weight (in the smaller ants) checkmate primates

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Heidi Li Feldman @heidilifeldman.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/03/2026

The Onion is one of the things keeping me alive.

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myrmepropagandist @futurebird.sauropods.win.ap.brid.gy · 14/03/2026

Church of the One True Protocol Monoprotocalism Advertising and Spam are sin.

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Eco Youths Network Uganda @econetwork.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 14/03/2026

Yesterday we held a colorful tree-planting program in the Lunnya the small town Together with pupils from Lwamata Primary School in Lunnya, we walked through the the community carrying tree seedlings to the planting site. Along the way, many people joined and learned […] [Original post on mas.to]

Students and youth volunteers carrying tree seedlings on their heads and shoulders while heading to plant trees for environmental conservation.

Community members and youth leaders walking together with young trees to plant, promoting climate action and a greener future.

Pupils seriously and actively participating in a community tree-planting program, carrying and planting young seedlings together to help protect the environment and support a greener future.

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myrmepropagandist @futurebird.sauropods.win.ap.brid.gy · 14/03/2026

[cis perspectives on trans people] And if you don't like slightly sheltered nerds who wince when we hear swear words there are people who are more outgoing and bodacious: some of them are trans. It's very normal and boring. No one cares. Whatever cultural daily norms you find ... normal could […]

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myrmepropagandist @futurebird.sauropods.win.ap.brid.gy · 14/03/2026

[cis perspectives on trans people] All these nerds are so normal. And we are all robbed of feeling normal by the bigotry. I'm glad that I'm not exceptional among the cis people I know in these communities, who are like me frustrated and angry that people we care about are being used as […]

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myrmepropagandist @futurebird.sauropods.win.ap.brid.gy · 14/03/2026

[cis perspectives on trans people] In decades of knowing trans people in being in places that are more accepting of trans and LGBTQ people I've never once had someone say "how dare you misgender me" though if someone had I don't know if that would matter, it's just nothing like what people […]

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myrmepropagandist @futurebird.sauropods.win.ap.brid.gy · 14/03/2026

[cis perspectives on trans people] I sometimes want to just explain to the bigots, this could all be very normal if you'd stop huffing bigoted media and get to know someone who was trans. It's just like ... a hormone imbalance that can be treated. It's like being mad at people for having red […]

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myrmepropagandist @futurebird.sauropods.win.ap.brid.gy · 14/03/2026

[cis perspectives on trans people] I know 8 trans people well and many more as acquaintances. The 8 people I know well range from being an old childhood friend, to coworkers, to students, to neighbors. I'm mostly aware that they are trans at all due to the increase in anti-trans laws and […]

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Jon Sullivan @joncounts.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 13/03/2026

"x" marks the moth! Usually moths have sweeping curves and circles in their markings. Not so *Eudonia asterisca*, an aptly named NZ-endemic moth. It has a distinctive "x" mark on each forewing. I photographed this moth at a moth light in the North Canterbury […] [Original post on mastodon.nz]

A photo of a tan brown moth. It looks like someone's written an "x" in black on each of its wings, but these are its natural markings.

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Jon Sullivan @joncounts.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 12/03/2026

I can get lost in moths. They're one of nature's art galleries. Here's a close-up of the wings of NZ's Greater Alpine Grey (Ichneutica virescens). You can zoom into the full-resolution version on Flickr at […] [Original post on mastodon.nz]

A close-up photo of a moth wing. It is a grey-green with circular blotches of yellow.

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Teach Honest History @cliftographer.mindly.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/03/2026

Red-headed woodpeckers are among the least common types of woodpeckers in my area. Beautiful bold colors, but they are quick and hard to capture in flight. Finally succeeded yesterday! Huntley Meadows Park, Alexandria, Virginia, USA. 9MAR2026. #birds #birdphotography #naturephotography

A red-headed woodpecker in flight seen from underneath. The bright red head is illuminated in direct sun The sun is also shining through the inner wing feathers and contrasting sharply against the black outer feathers, all against a bright blue clear sky.

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myrmepropagandist @futurebird.sauropods.win.ap.brid.gy · 08/03/2026

My disgust for war, for the military, is not the result of being sheltered. I hate your wars because I know exactly what they are and how when violence occurs it reverberates for generations. Someone has lost a daughter and with her many of their reasons for living. What grim task will they […]

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Klaus Stein @lapizistik.social.tchncs.de.ap.brid.gy · 06/07/2025

“Sin, young man, is when you treat people like things. Including yourself. That’s what sin is.” – Granny Weatherwax

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Vee @veroniqueb99.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/03/2026

I lived long enough surrounded by people to know I DO NOT need to surround myself with people. 🤣

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myrmepropagandist @futurebird.sauropods.win.ap.brid.gy · 06/03/2026

I need a name for this moment, this emotion. Christina: "Hey, Brent I was triple charge for my subscription can you help me?" Brent: "Hi, Christina, I'm Brent, how can I help you today." It's all those little moments were you think "no, this is bad. This is […] [Original post on sauropods.win]

Still from the cartoon linked above of a lady looking tired and disappointed.

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myrmepropagandist @futurebird.sauropods.win.ap.brid.gy · 04/03/2026

The average fire ant queen lives 6 to 8 years. This pretty typical for ant queens. Carpenter ant queens live from 10 to 15 years. The little black ants? Lasius niger and neoniger (these are small black ants found in the US, UK, Europe and more) have queens that live for two to three decades […]

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Deborah Rose ❌👑 @deberupts.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/03/2026

They built tools to track the movements of not just the leaders, but their drivers. Face recognition, licence plates, all the tricks. Social network analysis. They got to learn the patterns of all the drivers, who they were likely to drive, what it meant when this person went there. The stuff […]

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Deborah Rose ❌👑 @deberupts.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/03/2026

Israel used the Iranian police state's own surveillance cameras to kill Khamenei. Here's a stunning example of why you don't want massive surveillance apparatus in your homeland. Iran, police state that it is, has cameras everywhere. Israel pawned them. 1/3

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Deborah Rose ❌👑 @deberupts.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/03/2026

So here's the lesson for all those wanting to build large networks of surveillance gears and cameras, who like how these can be used to monitor and control a population. Some day, no matter how good you think you are at securing them, somebody will be better. And they will use your police state […]

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tomate 🍅 @jascha.ohai.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/03/2026

When someone says „Scientists do not want you to know“ you can dismiss everything from there on. Scientists want you to know. They are desperate that you know. They can’t shut up about what they found out and want you to know.

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Chad :mstdn: @chad.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 02/03/2026

So now the Oilers have Connor McDavid, Connor Ingram, Connor Ungar, and Connor Murphy. If we can get one more Connor, that would give us five Connors, which means we can then redeem for a free Connor! #HNOM #LetsGoOilers

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