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Going thru an old photo stash at the museum, anyone recognize this be-fannypacked goofball?
December 3, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Going thru an old photo stash at the museum, anyone recognize this be-fannypacked goofball?
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RE-DISCOVERY #2
Our trip to Okefenokee NWR has resulted in another re-discovery of a long-lost species. Ceratinopsis sutoris Bishop & Crosby 1930 was last seen in 1927 (98 years ago!) and we collected several males and females. The species has a orange-red carapace with black around the eyes.
Our trip to Okefenokee NWR has resulted in another re-discovery of a long-lost species. Ceratinopsis sutoris Bishop & Crosby 1930 was last seen in 1927 (98 years ago!) and we collected several males and females. The species has a orange-red carapace with black around the eyes.
November 22, 2025 at 7:18 PM
RE-DISCOVERY #2
Our trip to Okefenokee NWR has resulted in another re-discovery of a long-lost species. Ceratinopsis sutoris Bishop & Crosby 1930 was last seen in 1927 (98 years ago!) and we collected several males and females. The species has a orange-red carapace with black around the eyes.
Our trip to Okefenokee NWR has resulted in another re-discovery of a long-lost species. Ceratinopsis sutoris Bishop & Crosby 1930 was last seen in 1927 (98 years ago!) and we collected several males and females. The species has a orange-red carapace with black around the eyes.
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RE-DISCOVERY #1!
Our trip to Okefenokee NWR has already resulted in a re-discovery of a long-lost species. Ceratinopsis bona Chamberlin & Ivie, 1944 was last seen in 1943, 82 years ago. In addition to possessing genitalia that match the descriptions, their black tibia IVs are also diagnostic.
Our trip to Okefenokee NWR has already resulted in a re-discovery of a long-lost species. Ceratinopsis bona Chamberlin & Ivie, 1944 was last seen in 1943, 82 years ago. In addition to possessing genitalia that match the descriptions, their black tibia IVs are also diagnostic.
November 18, 2025 at 5:24 PM
RE-DISCOVERY #1!
Our trip to Okefenokee NWR has already resulted in a re-discovery of a long-lost species. Ceratinopsis bona Chamberlin & Ivie, 1944 was last seen in 1943, 82 years ago. In addition to possessing genitalia that match the descriptions, their black tibia IVs are also diagnostic.
Our trip to Okefenokee NWR has already resulted in a re-discovery of a long-lost species. Ceratinopsis bona Chamberlin & Ivie, 1944 was last seen in 1943, 82 years ago. In addition to possessing genitalia that match the descriptions, their black tibia IVs are also diagnostic.
Temps in the 50s and raining steadily, this means I should go turn some rocks tomorrow.
November 22, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Temps in the 50s and raining steadily, this means I should go turn some rocks tomorrow.
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With Gemini, Google delivers yet another insult to Gmail users.
Also: get off Gmail. Lots of alternatives, like Fastmail.com or proton.me/mail.
Also: get off Gmail. Lots of alternatives, like Fastmail.com or proton.me/mail.
If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
November 20, 2025 at 11:16 PM
With Gemini, Google delivers yet another insult to Gmail users.
Also: get off Gmail. Lots of alternatives, like Fastmail.com or proton.me/mail.
Also: get off Gmail. Lots of alternatives, like Fastmail.com or proton.me/mail.
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1/2 #speceisaday no. 671 is Abax parallelepipedus. A large & common carabid typically found under logs in woodland. I just sent off all my 8,200 carabid records to Mark Telfer for him to include in the status review he is doing. Surprised there are not more (as I make 10,000 spider records A YEAR).
November 17, 2025 at 10:43 AM
1/2 #speceisaday no. 671 is Abax parallelepipedus. A large & common carabid typically found under logs in woodland. I just sent off all my 8,200 carabid records to Mark Telfer for him to include in the status review he is doing. Surprised there are not more (as I make 10,000 spider records A YEAR).
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the takeaway from the Musk era shouldn't really be that executives being "outspoken partisans" is bad, it should be that Musk is an extremist white supremacist whose ignorance actually killed a bunch of people in several different ways
November 14, 2025 at 3:53 PM
the takeaway from the Musk era shouldn't really be that executives being "outspoken partisans" is bad, it should be that Musk is an extremist white supremacist whose ignorance actually killed a bunch of people in several different ways
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Today on WFMU: On Techtonic w/Mark Hurst: Big Tech is building giant data centers in places where water is already scarce. Residents are being told to drink recycled sewage. Paul Mozur, global tech correspondent for the New York Times, describes what's happening (6 p.m. ET). www.wfmu.org/upcoming
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November 10, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Today on WFMU: On Techtonic w/Mark Hurst: Big Tech is building giant data centers in places where water is already scarce. Residents are being told to drink recycled sewage. Paul Mozur, global tech correspondent for the New York Times, describes what's happening (6 p.m. ET). www.wfmu.org/upcoming
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Yes really — the “we asked this guy. He doesn’t actually know jack shit but he’s rich” model of reportage really needs to go
theres a whole category of newstertainment thats gotta go. and its "ask a really rich freak who is also evil and directly stealing from you what hes seen on the computer lately that has made him feel bad." the only -- ONLY -- story about this guy worth exploring is: he is getting rich spying on you
November 9, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Yes really — the “we asked this guy. He doesn’t actually know jack shit but he’s rich” model of reportage really needs to go
Some nice staphylinid gems from the unsorted drawers - Xenodusa, Lissobiops, Megalopinus, Trichophya.
November 8, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Some nice staphylinid gems from the unsorted drawers - Xenodusa, Lissobiops, Megalopinus, Trichophya.
Finally sat down and figured out how to use the 25-year-old imaging system at work this afternoon. There's a dance in the old dame yet!
November 3, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Finally sat down and figured out how to use the 25-year-old imaging system at work this afternoon. There's a dance in the old dame yet!
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A walk in the forgotten wetland under the overpass, a father-daughter outing to an active shooter event, plus rain lilies, film photos, and a kitchen counter moth promising a Roger Dean dream, in this week's Halloween x Todos Santos Field Notes: fieldnotes.christopherbrown.com/p/an-ofrenda...
An Ofrenda for the Killdeer
No. 187
fieldnotes.christopherbrown.com
November 2, 2025 at 12:39 PM
A walk in the forgotten wetland under the overpass, a father-daughter outing to an active shooter event, plus rain lilies, film photos, and a kitchen counter moth promising a Roger Dean dream, in this week's Halloween x Todos Santos Field Notes: fieldnotes.christopherbrown.com/p/an-ofrenda...
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Drop In Presents
Happy Birthday Uncle Bob #2! with Frank In Queens
Saturday 6PM ET
It's time for the 2nd annual Robert Pollard birthday edition of Drop In! 🎂
@wfmu.bsky.social #guidedbyvoices #dropinonrocknsoulradio #robertpollard
Happy Birthday Uncle Bob #2! with Frank In Queens
Saturday 6PM ET
It's time for the 2nd annual Robert Pollard birthday edition of Drop In! 🎂
@wfmu.bsky.social #guidedbyvoices #dropinonrocknsoulradio #robertpollard
November 1, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Drop In Presents
Happy Birthday Uncle Bob #2! with Frank In Queens
Saturday 6PM ET
It's time for the 2nd annual Robert Pollard birthday edition of Drop In! 🎂
@wfmu.bsky.social #guidedbyvoices #dropinonrocknsoulradio #robertpollard
Happy Birthday Uncle Bob #2! with Frank In Queens
Saturday 6PM ET
It's time for the 2nd annual Robert Pollard birthday edition of Drop In! 🎂
@wfmu.bsky.social #guidedbyvoices #dropinonrocknsoulradio #robertpollard
I had been to this site 7 or 8 times before since moving here a couple months ago and never found anything. That's how it goes, usually. If a spot looks good, keep going back under different conditions and seasons.
Another undescribed species of Arianops, and only the second sp. known from West Virginia!
#Pselaphinae
#Pselaphinae
November 1, 2025 at 2:48 AM
I had been to this site 7 or 8 times before since moving here a couple months ago and never found anything. That's how it goes, usually. If a spot looks good, keep going back under different conditions and seasons.
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Day 4 of our Okefenokee NWF collecting trip took us to Mixons Hammock east of Stephen C Foster State Park. We canoed the two miles and then sampled mossy patches and magnolia litter in cypress swamps. Not the most productive, but we found many linyphiids for study.
October 31, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Day 4 of our Okefenokee NWF collecting trip took us to Mixons Hammock east of Stephen C Foster State Park. We canoed the two miles and then sampled mossy patches and magnolia litter in cypress swamps. Not the most productive, but we found many linyphiids for study.
Another undescribed species of Arianops, and only the second sp. known from West Virginia!
#Pselaphinae
#Pselaphinae
October 31, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Another undescribed species of Arianops, and only the second sp. known from West Virginia!
#Pselaphinae
#Pselaphinae
headless horseman tachyine
October 29, 2025 at 1:20 PM
headless horseman tachyine
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Day 1 of our Okefenokee NWF trip completed. We canoed to Billy's Island (~2mi.), collected spiders all day via litter sift and vacuum, and canoed back to camp. Very productive and hopefully we collected some lost species.
October 28, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Day 1 of our Okefenokee NWF trip completed. We canoed to Billy's Island (~2mi.), collected spiders all day via litter sift and vacuum, and canoed back to camp. Very productive and hopefully we collected some lost species.
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“'I think we should have principles as business owners and stand up for what’s right,' [owner William McCormick] said. The actual shirt, he explained, isn’t really new. 'It used to just say Fuck Nazis. We just clarified who the Nazis were.'"
McCormack’s Irish Pub Sparks National Debate in Richmond
Richmond’s McCormack’s Irish Pub is at the center of a national firestorm after owner William “Mac” McCormick released a t-shirt reading “Fuck ICE, Fuck Nazis, Fuck Trump.” The message sparked viral d...
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October 27, 2025 at 6:54 PM
“'I think we should have principles as business owners and stand up for what’s right,' [owner William McCormick] said. The actual shirt, he explained, isn’t really new. 'It used to just say Fuck Nazis. We just clarified who the Nazis were.'"
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I hate to be a doomer but the pandemic broke me in this regard I think. After watching like a third of the country proudly say they wouldn't inconvenience themselves even if it cost other people their lives, where do you go from there
October 19, 2025 at 9:08 PM
I hate to be a doomer but the pandemic broke me in this regard I think. After watching like a third of the country proudly say they wouldn't inconvenience themselves even if it cost other people their lives, where do you go from there
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rushing to integrate undercooked, misrepresented, and misunderstood technology into every corner of our lives just so a handful of terrible people could make more money might have been a bad idea
“An artificial intelligence system apparently mistook a high school student’s bag of Doritos for a firearm and called local police to tell them the pupil was armed.”
US student handcuffed after AI system apparently mistook bag of chips for firearm
Baltimore county high schools have gun detection system that alerts police if it sees what it deems suspicious
www.theguardian.com
October 24, 2025 at 1:32 PM
rushing to integrate undercooked, misrepresented, and misunderstood technology into every corner of our lives just so a handful of terrible people could make more money might have been a bad idea
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it's never occurred to them. they have zero idea that in the lawless, anti science, brutal world they seek to usher in, defective weirdos like them would have been used for food and firewood
October 23, 2025 at 3:16 PM
it's never occurred to them. they have zero idea that in the lawless, anti science, brutal world they seek to usher in, defective weirdos like them would have been used for food and firewood
A well-timed emergence from a day spent in a windowless building.
October 23, 2025 at 12:15 AM
A well-timed emergence from a day spent in a windowless building.