Butterfly Blues
@choving.bsky.social
Wildlife ecologist, adaptation scientist, complex adaptive systems modeler, Cassandra-type prophet (apparently), avid gardener and hiker. Personal account; views are my own.
One species using the feces of another species to meet its own caloric needs?! Weird. Humans would never do that. 🙃
Edible Landscaping - The Scoop on Poop
garden.org
November 11, 2025 at 12:11 PM
One species using the feces of another species to meet its own caloric needs?! Weird. Humans would never do that. 🙃
"I was a drab little crab once..."
a crab is surrounded by sparkles and the word shiny is on the bottom
ALT: a crab is surrounded by sparkles and the word shiny is on the bottom
media.tenor.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:06 PM
"I was a drab little crab once..."
South central Michigan. Our first snow of the season.
November 9, 2025 at 5:52 PM
South central Michigan. Our first snow of the season.
I looked at the radar. Impressive pull of precipitation along the entire curve of your long axis, with a bit of help from Lakes Huron and Superior.
November 9, 2025 at 4:48 PM
I looked at the radar. Impressive pull of precipitation along the entire curve of your long axis, with a bit of help from Lakes Huron and Superior.
For some us, we carried paper books everywhere to avoid boredom and avoid social interaction. Same role as phones, but with one app of editor-vetted, single author (usually) very long form writing. Main frustration was that unlike phones, books were slightly but consistently oversized for pockets.
November 9, 2025 at 4:09 PM
For some us, we carried paper books everywhere to avoid boredom and avoid social interaction. Same role as phones, but with one app of editor-vetted, single author (usually) very long form writing. Main frustration was that unlike phones, books were slightly but consistently oversized for pockets.
I had no idea that "possible" and "flagrant" were synonyms
November 8, 2025 at 10:15 PM
I had no idea that "possible" and "flagrant" were synonyms
Making your own weather?! Nice!!
November 8, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Making your own weather?! Nice!!
Enshitification by Cory Doctorow and Scale by Geoffrey West
November 8, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Enshitification by Cory Doctorow and Scale by Geoffrey West
Reposted by Butterfly Blues
I had dinner with a colleague from @inaturalist.bsky.social yesterday and Jeanne shared that their users are discovering an average of one brand-new-previously-unknown-to-science species EACH MONTH!
Citizen Scientists Are Accelerating Ecology Research, Study Suggests
www.nytimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:23 PM
I had dinner with a colleague from @inaturalist.bsky.social yesterday and Jeanne shared that their users are discovering an average of one brand-new-previously-unknown-to-science species EACH MONTH!
A4. Schoodic Peninsula at Acadia National Park. There are all sorts of cool hidden spots for those adventurous enough to leave thier car.
November 6, 2025 at 2:38 AM
A4. Schoodic Peninsula at Acadia National Park. There are all sorts of cool hidden spots for those adventurous enough to leave thier car.
That brings me back. A friend of my grandpa built a plane in my grandpa's old quanset barn. It came together slowly over many years as I was growing up.
November 2, 2025 at 5:54 PM
That brings me back. A friend of my grandpa built a plane in my grandpa's old quanset barn. It came together slowly over many years as I was growing up.
Hyperbolic geometry crochet, you ask? youtu.be/soxS8VtMi9E?...
The beautiful math of coral - Margaret Wertheim
YouTube video by TED-Ed
youtu.be
November 2, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Hyperbolic geometry crochet, you ask? youtu.be/soxS8VtMi9E?...
This is my first ever creation using crochet. Taught myself this week while recovering from minor surgery. Tied it off this morning. It is a coral aka hyperbolic geometric surface.
November 2, 2025 at 5:26 PM
This is my first ever creation using crochet. Taught myself this week while recovering from minor surgery. Tied it off this morning. It is a coral aka hyperbolic geometric surface.
Full Speed to a Crash Landing by Beth Nevis for fiction. Enshitification by Cory Doctorow for nonfiction.
November 2, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Full Speed to a Crash Landing by Beth Nevis for fiction. Enshitification by Cory Doctorow for nonfiction.
Yes. 100%. The sci-fi time travel book To Say Nothing of the Dog (Connie Willis) is also a fun book, inspired by The Men in a Boat
November 2, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Yes. 100%. The sci-fi time travel book To Say Nothing of the Dog (Connie Willis) is also a fun book, inspired by The Men in a Boat