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Hello! Entomologist and crustacean biologist from Florida, USA! Also art and game development. AuDHD. has anyone seen my phone
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But I’m sure it’ll be fine having it be the front end for iDigBio
Highly amused by the stories of companies using agentic AI chatbots to run their internal company stores, only for their employees to immediately Bugs Bunny the chatbot into giving them free stuff www.aiweirdness.com/when-a-chatb...
When a chatbot runs your store
You may have heard of "agentic AI", which is basically the idea that you can hook up a large language model to controls that do real things. The controls might run internet searches, run commands to o...
www.aiweirdness.com
December 22, 2025 at 6:24 PM
But I’m sure it’ll be fine having it be the front end for iDigBio
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In the past year I made this clay pendant with the impression of a berry branch. All berries are painted red, except for two that are golden. The impression is lacquered with glossy finish, while the pendant itself is matte white.
#artadventcalendar #bsnm #handmade #handmadejewelry #tradart
#artadventcalendar #bsnm #handmade #handmadejewelry #tradart
December 20, 2025 at 4:29 PM
In the past year I made this clay pendant with the impression of a berry branch. All berries are painted red, except for two that are golden. The impression is lacquered with glossy finish, while the pendant itself is matte white.
#artadventcalendar #bsnm #handmade #handmadejewelry #tradart
#artadventcalendar #bsnm #handmade #handmadejewelry #tradart
I promise I'll talk about something else soon but I'm so deeply deeply furious to see scientists playing around with genAI like it's no big deal, as if they do not know better than anyone else in the world how dire the climate situation is. I wish them a lifetime of shame.
December 29, 2025 at 6:17 AM
I promise I'll talk about something else soon but I'm so deeply deeply furious to see scientists playing around with genAI like it's no big deal, as if they do not know better than anyone else in the world how dire the climate situation is. I wish them a lifetime of shame.
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I'm this guy
December 17, 2025 at 4:28 AM
I'm this guy
I know so little about dinoflagellates dude. what even are these
December 29, 2025 at 2:35 AM
I know so little about dinoflagellates dude. what even are these
does this look like a wasp??? can't tell anymore. Eustenancistocerus
December 29, 2025 at 1:59 AM
does this look like a wasp??? can't tell anymore. Eustenancistocerus
writing down the names of these birds before I forget. That's golden spotted ground dove on the ground, the brown and black medium ones are band tailed seed eaters, and the little ones are dark face ground tyrant. might add some more
December 28, 2025 at 7:40 PM
writing down the names of these birds before I forget. That's golden spotted ground dove on the ground, the brown and black medium ones are band tailed seed eaters, and the little ones are dark face ground tyrant. might add some more
I keep hearing from colleagues "this person/organization/institution is into genAI, so you're putting yourself at professional risk by coming out against it". That sucks for those people and orgs. GBIF has a chatbot now? That's embarrassing and too bad for them. I just collect shrimp.
December 28, 2025 at 5:48 PM
I keep hearing from colleagues "this person/organization/institution is into genAI, so you're putting yourself at professional risk by coming out against it". That sucks for those people and orgs. GBIF has a chatbot now? That's embarrassing and too bad for them. I just collect shrimp.
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This is just going to always be my go-to response to this kind of thing anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...
December 28, 2025 at 4:39 PM
This is just going to always be my go-to response to this kind of thing anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...
people implying I'm averse to all new technology because I think it's gross to use the plagiarism machine. yeah you got me, I'm posting this from the electricity machine from princess bride
December 28, 2025 at 2:56 PM
people implying I'm averse to all new technology because I think it's gross to use the plagiarism machine. yeah you got me, I'm posting this from the electricity machine from princess bride
I'm never going to be okay with the idea that I'm supposed to sit politely while people talk about using ChatGPT to do their research! I actually do this science stuff because I enjoy it, and I think if you hate writing your own papers or parsing your own data THAT much you should do something else!
December 28, 2025 at 5:58 AM
I'm never going to be okay with the idea that I'm supposed to sit politely while people talk about using ChatGPT to do their research! I actually do this science stuff because I enjoy it, and I think if you hate writing your own papers or parsing your own data THAT much you should do something else!
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I’m sorry, but it is disgraceful to be an academic who uses this technology to conduct research. It should be prohibited in all of our scholarly institutions, including universities and journals.
December 20, 2025 at 12:35 PM
I’m sorry, but it is disgraceful to be an academic who uses this technology to conduct research. It should be prohibited in all of our scholarly institutions, including universities and journals.
if anyone has any favorite birds from the high altitude deserts of Arequipa Peru, now is your time to shout them out. I have to pick out some birds to draw on top of a cactus
December 28, 2025 at 3:51 AM
if anyone has any favorite birds from the high altitude deserts of Arequipa Peru, now is your time to shout them out. I have to pick out some birds to draw on top of a cactus
new and exciting lichen illustration
December 28, 2025 at 3:07 AM
new and exciting lichen illustration
oh no, book illustrations are such a good way to force people to look at all my favorite types of small goo goo animal. putting in a caprellid right now
December 28, 2025 at 1:18 AM
oh no, book illustrations are such a good way to force people to look at all my favorite types of small goo goo animal. putting in a caprellid right now
oh god there are like three photos of Dichotomosiphon on the internet, it's like a vague green fuzz
December 27, 2025 at 9:55 PM
oh god there are like three photos of Dichotomosiphon on the internet, it's like a vague green fuzz
trying to make one of those toddler alphabet books like "A is for apple" but with all of the most obnoxiously long genus names I can possibly find, spread as evenly as I can between plants, animals, fungi, and other thingies. K is for Kimmeridgebrachypteraeschnidium
December 27, 2025 at 7:03 AM
trying to make one of those toddler alphabet books like "A is for apple" but with all of the most obnoxiously long genus names I can possibly find, spread as evenly as I can between plants, animals, fungi, and other thingies. K is for Kimmeridgebrachypteraeschnidium
look at this kind and friendly face and big silly nose
December 27, 2025 at 6:19 AM
look at this kind and friendly face and big silly nose
do other people clap in restaurants when the staff drop or break something or is this another weird thing my family has cursed me with
December 27, 2025 at 4:43 AM
do other people clap in restaurants when the staff drop or break something or is this another weird thing my family has cursed me with
oh god what have I done. how do I draw bryozoa
I'm going to try to illustrate a taxonomy-themed kid's book so I have something to work on while I'm unemployed! yay!
December 27, 2025 at 4:21 AM
oh god what have I done. how do I draw bryozoa
watching recording of a talk where someone used chatgpt to parse a bunch of data into a spreadsheet. "how long would this have taken me to parse manually?!" like, maybe five minutes
December 26, 2025 at 6:24 PM
watching recording of a talk where someone used chatgpt to parse a bunch of data into a spreadsheet. "how long would this have taken me to parse manually?!" like, maybe five minutes
I don't know very much about indie publishing, but I know you use a thingy called IngramSpark and that if you spend too many turns in total darkness you get eaten by an MLM book fair
December 26, 2025 at 4:05 PM
I don't know very much about indie publishing, but I know you use a thingy called IngramSpark and that if you spend too many turns in total darkness you get eaten by an MLM book fair
December 26, 2025 at 5:46 AM
looking at an alphabetical list of genera, found a mammal called Ornithorhynchus
"what the heck mammal could possibly need to be called bird-snout?"
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ok yeah. that one could
"what the heck mammal could possibly need to be called bird-snout?"
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ok yeah. that one could
December 26, 2025 at 12:27 AM
looking at an alphabetical list of genera, found a mammal called Ornithorhynchus
"what the heck mammal could possibly need to be called bird-snout?"
...
ok yeah. that one could
"what the heck mammal could possibly need to be called bird-snout?"
...
ok yeah. that one could