Digital Naturalism Laboratories
@dinalab.bsky.social
A jungle makerspace for field biology in Gamboa, Panamá. www.dinalab.net
We also organize the Digital Naturalism Conference: http://2025.dinacon.org
We also organize the Digital Naturalism Conference: http://2025.dinacon.org
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The Mothbox is a low cost DIY insect monitor
digital-naturalism-laboratories.github.io
Hiya folks! For new people here's the big project we have been working on in Panamá!
The Mothbox!
It's a fully #opensource insect camera trap with loads of documentation to build the whole thing yourself from off the shelf parts!
digital-naturalism-laboratories.github.io/Mothbox/
The Mothbox!
It's a fully #opensource insect camera trap with loads of documentation to build the whole thing yourself from off the shelf parts!
digital-naturalism-laboratories.github.io/Mothbox/
I made an #opensource* model of some rubbery zip ties that have been coming in handy!
*not fully opensource because I said in the post that Josef Prusa isn't allowed to use them.
www.printables.com/model/153072...
*not fully opensource because I said in the post that Josef Prusa isn't allowed to use them.
www.printables.com/model/153072...
Reusable Rubber Cable Tie by Dinalab | Download free STL model | Printables.com
www.printables.com
December 27, 2025 at 7:11 PM
I made an #opensource* model of some rubbery zip ties that have been coming in handy!
*not fully opensource because I said in the post that Josef Prusa isn't allowed to use them.
www.printables.com/model/153072...
*not fully opensource because I said in the post that Josef Prusa isn't allowed to use them.
www.printables.com/model/153072...
It's (Moth)boxing day!
Testing out newest versions and running them through their paces!
Testing out newest versions and running them through their paces!
December 26, 2025 at 5:23 PM
It's (Moth)boxing day!
Testing out newest versions and running them through their paces!
Testing out newest versions and running them through their paces!
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my nephew made me & the @mediaarchaeology.bsky.social in LEGO for my christmas gift
December 25, 2025 at 11:13 PM
my nephew made me & the @mediaarchaeology.bsky.social in LEGO for my christmas gift
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This micromoth from Ecuador (Struthoscelis semiotarsa) is the epitome of 'kawaii'. Large head with emerald green eyes, long antennae, short forelimbs, fancy hindlimbs, and fluff. It also moved in a very cute way. It cannot use the hindlegs for walking, so it drags them behind like a dragon's tail.
December 25, 2025 at 5:21 PM
This micromoth from Ecuador (Struthoscelis semiotarsa) is the epitome of 'kawaii'. Large head with emerald green eyes, long antennae, short forelimbs, fancy hindlimbs, and fluff. It also moved in a very cute way. It cannot use the hindlegs for walking, so it drags them behind like a dragon's tail.
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Reminder that we are a year into aggressive ICE raids and concentration camps, and there’s not a single example of local cops protecting people against this violence, kidnapping, or death.
December 23, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Reminder that we are a year into aggressive ICE raids and concentration camps, and there’s not a single example of local cops protecting people against this violence, kidnapping, or death.
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You will get a sentimental feeling
December 24, 2025 at 10:19 PM
You will get a sentimental feeling
Jlcpcb's support is wildly responsive and very helpful. I'm kinda blown away how useful just pinging their support has been.
December 23, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Jlcpcb's support is wildly responsive and very helpful. I'm kinda blown away how useful just pinging their support has been.
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New Ant Lab video today about pincer wasps and a new research project. This one has some really cool, newly-filmed insect behavior in it! youtu.be/9osTBzQ0zbk
Spring-Loaded Claws on a Wasp – Parasitoid Pincer Wasps
YouTube video by Ant Lab
youtu.be
December 22, 2025 at 3:19 PM
New Ant Lab video today about pincer wasps and a new research project. This one has some really cool, newly-filmed insect behavior in it! youtu.be/9osTBzQ0zbk
The electronics of the new Mothbox are so wonderfully easy to put together!
December 23, 2025 at 6:37 AM
The electronics of the new Mothbox are so wonderfully easy to put together!
Hhahahah yeah @thea.codes nails it, there's not really anything there that automatic copyright doesn't just do
Inspired by Prusa's new license "for the maker community", OCL, I'm introducing it's long-awaited sequel, SOCL!
Like Hollow Knight Silksong, it promises to be an improvement over its prequel in every way.
Looking forward to community adoption and feedback!
github.com/theacodes/socl
Like Hollow Knight Silksong, it promises to be an improvement over its prequel in every way.
Looking forward to community adoption and feedback!
github.com/theacodes/socl
December 23, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Hhahahah yeah @thea.codes nails it, there's not really anything there that automatic copyright doesn't just do
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"Coral Sonic Resilience" by @marcobarotti.bsky.social combines art and bioacoustics.
By utilizing the @openacousticdevices.info HydroMoth, the installations are restoring damaged coral reefs.
The art installation will be exhibited at ZKM Karlsruhe in 2026.
www.marcobarotti.com/Coral-Sonic-...
By utilizing the @openacousticdevices.info HydroMoth, the installations are restoring damaged coral reefs.
The art installation will be exhibited at ZKM Karlsruhe in 2026.
www.marcobarotti.com/Coral-Sonic-...
Coral Sonic Resilience — marcobarotti.com
CORAL SONIC RESILIENCE For the best experience, click FULL SCREEN before starting the video CORAL SONIC RESILIENCE is an...
www.marcobarotti.com
December 21, 2025 at 12:10 AM
"Coral Sonic Resilience" by @marcobarotti.bsky.social combines art and bioacoustics.
By utilizing the @openacousticdevices.info HydroMoth, the installations are restoring damaged coral reefs.
The art installation will be exhibited at ZKM Karlsruhe in 2026.
www.marcobarotti.com/Coral-Sonic-...
By utilizing the @openacousticdevices.info HydroMoth, the installations are restoring damaged coral reefs.
The art installation will be exhibited at ZKM Karlsruhe in 2026.
www.marcobarotti.com/Coral-Sonic-...
Long Night hike on the Longest night of the year. Saw many olingos, coati, spiny rat, bioluminescent fungi, and more!
December 21, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Long Night hike on the Longest night of the year. Saw many olingos, coati, spiny rat, bioluminescent fungi, and more!
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So reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) can't fly, but they are VERY MAGICAL.
For example, their EYES CHANGE COLOR during the year & they're one of the few large mammals that can see UV. Golden brown in summer, deep blue in winter.
Let's talk about the unique visual adaptations of Rudolph and company.
For example, their EYES CHANGE COLOR during the year & they're one of the few large mammals that can see UV. Golden brown in summer, deep blue in winter.
Let's talk about the unique visual adaptations of Rudolph and company.
December 20, 2025 at 11:36 PM
So reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) can't fly, but they are VERY MAGICAL.
For example, their EYES CHANGE COLOR during the year & they're one of the few large mammals that can see UV. Golden brown in summer, deep blue in winter.
Let's talk about the unique visual adaptations of Rudolph and company.
For example, their EYES CHANGE COLOR during the year & they're one of the few large mammals that can see UV. Golden brown in summer, deep blue in winter.
Let's talk about the unique visual adaptations of Rudolph and company.
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There is not a single successful, proprietary product that doesn't have clones. Closed source barely slows down the machine, if there's money to be made, it will be made.
December 21, 2025 at 12:06 AM
There is not a single successful, proprietary product that doesn't have clones. Closed source barely slows down the machine, if there's money to be made, it will be made.
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In the Mario Party series, an item's name was changed from "Cursed Dice Block" to "Creepy Dice Block". While it may appear to be an unnecessary change to make it more "family-friendly", it is actually an effective localization of the original Japanese name's double meaning.
December 20, 2025 at 5:31 PM
In the Mario Party series, an item's name was changed from "Cursed Dice Block" to "Creepy Dice Block". While it may appear to be an unnecessary change to make it more "family-friendly", it is actually an effective localization of the original Japanese name's double meaning.
Prototype One-Handed Mega Bubbler working quite well!
December 20, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Prototype One-Handed Mega Bubbler working quite well!
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The area being proposed for deep sea mining in the Marianas is more than 10x the size of the Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary and larger than the state of New York
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
December 20, 2025 at 12:41 PM
The area being proposed for deep sea mining in the Marianas is more than 10x the size of the Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary and larger than the state of New York
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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⚠️ FACT CHECKING : A licence with a non-commercial aspect cannot be considered as open source. Prusa is NOT open-sourcing the Core One. Prusa is misleading us once again.
- OSI rule #1: opensource.org/osd
- OSHWA rule #5: oshwa.org/resources/op...
- Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_so...
- OSI rule #1: opensource.org/osd
- OSHWA rule #5: oshwa.org/resources/op...
- Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_so...
December 19, 2025 at 2:50 PM
⚠️ FACT CHECKING : A licence with a non-commercial aspect cannot be considered as open source. Prusa is NOT open-sourcing the Core One. Prusa is misleading us once again.
- OSI rule #1: opensource.org/osd
- OSHWA rule #5: oshwa.org/resources/op...
- Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_so...
- OSI rule #1: opensource.org/osd
- OSHWA rule #5: oshwa.org/resources/op...
- Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_so...
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Scientist Spotted 💧 Akito Kawahara (@dr-akito.bsky.social), director of our McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity, spoke to Scientific American about this rare sighting of lachryphagy - tear drinking - this time involving moths and a moose:
www.scientificamerican.com/article/phot...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/phot...
Moths Seen Drinking Moose Tears for the First Time Ever
Moths sometimes drink the tears of other animals, but the behavior has mostly been observed in the tropics. New photographs show only the second observation outside of that area
www.scientificamerican.com
December 19, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Scientist Spotted 💧 Akito Kawahara (@dr-akito.bsky.social), director of our McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity, spoke to Scientific American about this rare sighting of lachryphagy - tear drinking - this time involving moths and a moose:
www.scientificamerican.com/article/phot...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/phot...
Today @prusa3d.com released their cool new Open Community License (OCL)!
To celebrate, I remixed their innovative CORE one printer shapes that they licensed under their OCL. I even remixed the OCL! Check it out makers!
www.printables.com/model/152192...
To celebrate, I remixed their innovative CORE one printer shapes that they licensed under their OCL. I even remixed the OCL! Check it out makers!
www.printables.com/model/152192...
Prusa CORE One for Some Folks! OCL Remix! by Dinalab | Download free STL model | Printables.com
www.printables.com
December 19, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Today @prusa3d.com released their cool new Open Community License (OCL)!
To celebrate, I remixed their innovative CORE one printer shapes that they licensed under their OCL. I even remixed the OCL! Check it out makers!
www.printables.com/model/152192...
To celebrate, I remixed their innovative CORE one printer shapes that they licensed under their OCL. I even remixed the OCL! Check it out makers!
www.printables.com/model/152192...
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White men are 30% of the US and if they look around the room and see it’s less than 90% white men they think it’s affirmative action.
85% of CEOs are white men.
All but one US President has been a white man.
65% of all elected offices are held by white men.
Roughly 30% of the population is white men.
WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS TOPIC EVEN???
All but one US President has been a white man.
65% of all elected offices are held by white men.
Roughly 30% of the population is white men.
WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS TOPIC EVEN???
December 19, 2025 at 2:55 PM
White men are 30% of the US and if they look around the room and see it’s less than 90% white men they think it’s affirmative action.
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This is not an open source licence. oshwa.org/resources/op...
December 19, 2025 at 4:38 PM
This is not an open source licence. oshwa.org/resources/op...
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I really wish Prusa had tried to work with OSI, CC, and/or OSHWA instead of greenfielding a new license.
Even if the principle behind this license wasn't misguided, I don't think it's precise enough to legally accomplish any of the goals Prusa stated.
Please don't use this.
Even if the principle behind this license wasn't misguided, I don't think it's precise enough to legally accomplish any of the goals Prusa stated.
Please don't use this.
We're open-sourcing the full CAD files of the CORE One and CORE One L, released under a new license we built for the maker community. Read more about it in Josef's new article: blog.prusa3d.com/core-one-cad...
December 19, 2025 at 4:19 PM
I really wish Prusa had tried to work with OSI, CC, and/or OSHWA instead of greenfielding a new license.
Even if the principle behind this license wasn't misguided, I don't think it's precise enough to legally accomplish any of the goals Prusa stated.
Please don't use this.
Even if the principle behind this license wasn't misguided, I don't think it's precise enough to legally accomplish any of the goals Prusa stated.
Please don't use this.
Hilarious to be so scared of open sourcing things (yet still desperate to openwash) that you have to make up your own imaginary license to pretend you are still open sourcing things.
Bahahah @prusa3d.com is releasing some files for their printers saying they are "open sourcing" them while explicitly stating that they are not, in fact, #opensource.
instead use their bespoke "we are now scared of people replicating open hardware" license:
blog.prusa3d.com/core-one-cad...
instead use their bespoke "we are now scared of people replicating open hardware" license:
blog.prusa3d.com/core-one-cad...
Open-sourcing CORE One CAD Files Under the New Open Community License (OCL) - Original Prusa 3D Printers
Today, we are releasing the full CAD files for the CORE One and CORE One L frames. You can download them right now, load them into your CAD software and use them to create mods and accessories, import...
blog.prusa3d.com
December 19, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Hilarious to be so scared of open sourcing things (yet still desperate to openwash) that you have to make up your own imaginary license to pretend you are still open sourcing things.