Renato Santos
@dracontes.bsky.social
Portuguese. Atheist. Queer. Furry. Bachelor's in Biology, minor in Earth Sciences. Amateur at paleontology. Amateur at art. Palaeos.com custodian.
DA gallery: https://www.deviantart.com/dracontes
(He/Him; 41; Algarve, Portugal | 🏳️🌈 🇵🇹 )
DA gallery: https://www.deviantart.com/dracontes
(He/Him; 41; Algarve, Portugal | 🏳️🌈 🇵🇹 )
The branch looked a bit too much like an antenna for a tracking device so I had a look. Checks out 😉
Earth Notes: Tracking Burrowing Owls
In the western United States, a little owl is at the center of a big project. Researchers have outfitted burrowing owls with backpacks containing…
www.knau.org
February 10, 2025 at 1:14 AM
The branch looked a bit too much like an antenna for a tracking device so I had a look. Checks out 😉
Small blessing in a way: my first name seems to be rare enough the happenstance hasn't come up in a way I've noticed or remembered.
(Idly searched Google's news feed just now and it's mostly soccer players.)
(Idly searched Google's news feed just now and it's mostly soccer players.)
February 7, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Small blessing in a way: my first name seems to be rare enough the happenstance hasn't come up in a way I've noticed or remembered.
(Idly searched Google's news feed just now and it's mostly soccer players.)
(Idly searched Google's news feed just now and it's mostly soccer players.)
I do think that's the lead that's somewhat buried under complaints that CGI has gotten worse: working conditions for VFX artists have gotten worse.
‘Like being in the military’: embattled VFX artists push to unionize
Visual effects workers enduring long hours and low pay look to secure the same protections as film industry colleagues
www.theguardian.com
February 5, 2025 at 11:52 PM
I do think that's the lead that's somewhat buried under complaints that CGI has gotten worse: working conditions for VFX artists have gotten worse.
An interesting variation: Mongooses (including meerkats) have horizontal pupils as well.
I suppose the small size of these predators allowed larger predators to be an important selective pressure.
I suppose the small size of these predators allowed larger predators to be an important selective pressure.
February 5, 2025 at 2:48 PM
An interesting variation: Mongooses (including meerkats) have horizontal pupils as well.
I suppose the small size of these predators allowed larger predators to be an important selective pressure.
I suppose the small size of these predators allowed larger predators to be an important selective pressure.
That was the one I came here to mention: around 15 years ago, I had to take my time wrapping my head around the fact something so weird existed.
In any case, here's a video from way back then by @mbarinews.bsky.social .
In any case, here's a video from way back then by @mbarinews.bsky.social .
Macropinna microstoma: A deep-sea fish with a transparent head and tubular eyes
YouTube video by MBARI (Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute)
www.youtube.com
February 4, 2025 at 7:00 AM
That was the one I came here to mention: around 15 years ago, I had to take my time wrapping my head around the fact something so weird existed.
In any case, here's a video from way back then by @mbarinews.bsky.social .
In any case, here's a video from way back then by @mbarinews.bsky.social .
Might as well have a look...
Yeah, I've fairly consistent with it, carrying the habit over from my last posts on Twitter. It's very convenient for sourcing images, beyond all the other useful aspects 🙂
Yeah, I've fairly consistent with it, carrying the habit over from my last posts on Twitter. It's very convenient for sourcing images, beyond all the other useful aspects 🙂
January 24, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Might as well have a look...
Yeah, I've fairly consistent with it, carrying the habit over from my last posts on Twitter. It's very convenient for sourcing images, beyond all the other useful aspects 🙂
Yeah, I've fairly consistent with it, carrying the habit over from my last posts on Twitter. It's very convenient for sourcing images, beyond all the other useful aspects 🙂
Described in some detail in The Amber Spyglass, part of Phillip Pullman's "His Dark Materials" trllogy, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/His_Dar...
The books certainly have my recommendation as a good read 🙂
The books certainly have my recommendation as a good read 🙂
His Dark Materials - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
January 21, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Described in some detail in The Amber Spyglass, part of Phillip Pullman's "His Dark Materials" trllogy, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/His_Dar...
The books certainly have my recommendation as a good read 🙂
The books certainly have my recommendation as a good read 🙂
IIRC, "vertebrates" in the mulefa world have a lozenge layout to their body: a limb at each corner. So just the middle limb you see above has a counterpart on the other side.
A chaser: the swans someone mentioned below have wings at either end of the body and use those as sails.
A chaser: the swans someone mentioned below have wings at either end of the body and use those as sails.
January 21, 2025 at 11:35 PM
IIRC, "vertebrates" in the mulefa world have a lozenge layout to their body: a limb at each corner. So just the middle limb you see above has a counterpart on the other side.
A chaser: the swans someone mentioned below have wings at either end of the body and use those as sails.
A chaser: the swans someone mentioned below have wings at either end of the body and use those as sails.
Oh, I wasn't too late to the party on the layer count then. Though, fortunately, it seems I missed it so far regarding genAI. (Likely localization to Portugal holding things up.)
January 14, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Oh, I wasn't too late to the party on the layer count then. Though, fortunately, it seems I missed it so far regarding genAI. (Likely localization to Portugal holding things up.)
The rub is MS Paint may now have layers to ease workflow but AFAIK it can't save them so it's not like I can tarry for long in laying things out being at the mercy of, among other things, power outages.
January 12, 2025 at 8:20 PM
The rub is MS Paint may now have layers to ease workflow but AFAIK it can't save them so it's not like I can tarry for long in laying things out being at the mercy of, among other things, power outages.
Considering Portugal & Spain's territorial history as once part of Arabic-speaking states, it'd be difficult not use loan words, borrowing inshallah as "oxalá"/"ojalá" or names of places like the Algarve, where I live.
Then again, US-centric surveys do routinely put into question whether I'm white.
Then again, US-centric surveys do routinely put into question whether I'm white.
January 6, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Considering Portugal & Spain's territorial history as once part of Arabic-speaking states, it'd be difficult not use loan words, borrowing inshallah as "oxalá"/"ojalá" or names of places like the Algarve, where I live.
Then again, US-centric surveys do routinely put into question whether I'm white.
Then again, US-centric surveys do routinely put into question whether I'm white.