Naomi
@enting.bsky.social
Science and yarn geek; posts likely to include gardening, cat pics, and cooking. Photos mine unless otherwise noted.
If anyone I know here is interested in moving to/joining Mastodon, I’m also @enting on wandering.shop and am happy to DM an invite code or discuss other server options.
The Wandering Shop
Wandering.Shop aims to have the vibe of a quality coffee shop at a busy SF&F Convention. Think tables of writers, fans and interested passers-by sharing drinks and conversation on a variety of topics.
wandering.shop
October 7, 2025 at 11:51 AM
If anyone I know here is interested in moving to/joining Mastodon, I’m also @enting on wandering.shop and am happy to DM an invite code or discuss other server options.
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As an advocate for dark skies …. This is not the right way to do it. There should be no facilities and no lights. 🔭🧪
‘DarkSky International said in its statement that theconstruction of the detention facility "demands the most rigorous application of dark-sky friendly lighting principles."’
‘DarkSky International said in its statement that theconstruction of the detention facility "demands the most rigorous application of dark-sky friendly lighting principles."’
Darkness is crucial to Everglades habitat. Could Alligator Alcatraz threaten it?
Surrounded by the low hum of swamp bugs, Anthony Sleiman pointed his camera to the west. The conserv...
www.miamiherald.com
July 21, 2025 at 3:14 AM
As an advocate for dark skies …. This is not the right way to do it. There should be no facilities and no lights. 🔭🧪
‘DarkSky International said in its statement that theconstruction of the detention facility "demands the most rigorous application of dark-sky friendly lighting principles."’
‘DarkSky International said in its statement that theconstruction of the detention facility "demands the most rigorous application of dark-sky friendly lighting principles."’
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19% of peer reviewers in a Wiley (🥴) survey “said they have used LLMs to ‘increase the speed + ease’ of their reviews.” Meanwhile, some authors are using “indirect prompt injection, which involves inserting hidden white text or other manipulated fonts that tell AI tools to give a… paper 👍 reviews…”
AI-Enabled Cheating Points to ‘Untenable’ Peer Review System
It’s not clear how widespread the new cheating strategy is, but it’s highlighting longstanding drivers of the peer review crisis some reviewers are now trying to alleviate with AI.
www.insidehighered.com
July 21, 2025 at 8:19 AM
19% of peer reviewers in a Wiley (🥴) survey “said they have used LLMs to ‘increase the speed + ease’ of their reviews.” Meanwhile, some authors are using “indirect prompt injection, which involves inserting hidden white text or other manipulated fonts that tell AI tools to give a… paper 👍 reviews…”
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The bass player of TMBG, Danny Weinkauf, is wearing a shirt with a trans flag and says Gender Affirming Care Saves Lives.
I didn’t think it was possible to love TMBG any more than I already do, but here we are.
I didn’t think it was possible to love TMBG any more than I already do, but here we are.
June 15, 2025 at 3:42 AM
The bass player of TMBG, Danny Weinkauf, is wearing a shirt with a trans flag and says Gender Affirming Care Saves Lives.
I didn’t think it was possible to love TMBG any more than I already do, but here we are.
I didn’t think it was possible to love TMBG any more than I already do, but here we are.
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Say it after me: Chat GPT is not a search engine. It does not scan the web for information, it just generates statistically likely sentences. You cannot use it a search engine, or as a substitute for searching.
Now. Please never use an LLM for information searches ever again.
Now. Please never use an LLM for information searches ever again.
April 30, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Say it after me: Chat GPT is not a search engine. It does not scan the web for information, it just generates statistically likely sentences. You cannot use it a search engine, or as a substitute for searching.
Now. Please never use an LLM for information searches ever again.
Now. Please never use an LLM for information searches ever again.
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The most important thing you can do is visibly do things that make sense for you and who you are and where your skills and capabilities lie.
If someone sees you, they will think "oh, it's okay, I'm not alone."
If someone sees you, they will think "oh, it's okay, I'm not alone."
April 21, 2025 at 12:12 AM
The most important thing you can do is visibly do things that make sense for you and who you are and where your skills and capabilities lie.
If someone sees you, they will think "oh, it's okay, I'm not alone."
If someone sees you, they will think "oh, it's okay, I'm not alone."
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This is one of the most beautiful space images I have ever seen
Did you know Jupiter has rings?
You can see them, faintly, in this infrared image from #JWST.
The giant planet's aurorae (at both poles) are also clearly visible, as are a few of its irregular, inner moons (the largest of which, Amalthea, is at the far left).
You can see them, faintly, in this infrared image from #JWST.
The giant planet's aurorae (at both poles) are also clearly visible, as are a few of its irregular, inner moons (the largest of which, Amalthea, is at the far left).
April 21, 2025 at 12:58 AM
This is one of the most beautiful space images I have ever seen
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so they're mycoblogging
April 21, 2025 at 12:15 AM
so they're mycoblogging
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i often see things that make me say "this is the most Boston thing I have ever seen in my life" but i think this one might have swept them all
April 20, 2025 at 4:37 PM
i often see things that make me say "this is the most Boston thing I have ever seen in my life" but i think this one might have swept them all
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This is the time of year to see the trout lilies sending their stark white rhizomes out into the world, arching over the forest floor. They'll be gone in a month or so. Maple Grove this morning.
April 20, 2025 at 3:10 PM
This is the time of year to see the trout lilies sending their stark white rhizomes out into the world, arching over the forest floor. They'll be gone in a month or so. Maple Grove this morning.
Bloodroot is just so great.
April 20, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Bloodroot is just so great.
Small good things: spring is progressing in the woods around here.
April 20, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Small good things: spring is progressing in the woods around here.
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Major good news for my transmasculine readers.
The Washington State Democrats have informed me that the bill will cover 6-month supply stockpiles of testosterone as well.
They were unable to get 12-month supply stockpiles due to its controlled status, but it WAS upgraded from 3 to 6 months.
The Washington State Democrats have informed me that the bill will cover 6-month supply stockpiles of testosterone as well.
They were unable to get 12-month supply stockpiles due to its controlled status, but it WAS upgraded from 3 to 6 months.
1. A major bill protecting trans people just passed in Washington.
It makes insurers cover 12-month supplies of HRT which can be obtained at pharmacies, allowing trans people to stockpile medication to outlast supply disruptions.
The latest from S. Baum.
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It makes insurers cover 12-month supplies of HRT which can be obtained at pharmacies, allowing trans people to stockpile medication to outlast supply disruptions.
The latest from S. Baum.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
Washington State Passes Bill To Cover 12-Month Hormone Therapy Stockpiles
“The bill will alleviate a lot of suffering,” one Republican lawmaker said.
www.erininthemorning.com
April 19, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Major good news for my transmasculine readers.
The Washington State Democrats have informed me that the bill will cover 6-month supply stockpiles of testosterone as well.
They were unable to get 12-month supply stockpiles due to its controlled status, but it WAS upgraded from 3 to 6 months.
The Washington State Democrats have informed me that the bill will cover 6-month supply stockpiles of testosterone as well.
They were unable to get 12-month supply stockpiles due to its controlled status, but it WAS upgraded from 3 to 6 months.
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I saw advice to buy extra cans of food when you’re at the grocery store to donate to the food bank.
I want to politely nudge you to give the money directly to food banks (or to mutual aid groups if you know of any).
We can usually stretch a dollar farther than a dollar’s worth of canned goods
I want to politely nudge you to give the money directly to food banks (or to mutual aid groups if you know of any).
We can usually stretch a dollar farther than a dollar’s worth of canned goods
April 19, 2025 at 2:32 AM
I saw advice to buy extra cans of food when you’re at the grocery store to donate to the food bank.
I want to politely nudge you to give the money directly to food banks (or to mutual aid groups if you know of any).
We can usually stretch a dollar farther than a dollar’s worth of canned goods
I want to politely nudge you to give the money directly to food banks (or to mutual aid groups if you know of any).
We can usually stretch a dollar farther than a dollar’s worth of canned goods
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I’ve been getting together sets of stitch markers for the market on May 10th and for my trunk show at Knitty City in NYC on May 31st!
Which of these sets would you most like to take home?
Which of these sets would you most like to take home?
April 19, 2025 at 11:31 PM
I’ve been getting together sets of stitch markers for the market on May 10th and for my trunk show at Knitty City in NYC on May 31st!
Which of these sets would you most like to take home?
Which of these sets would you most like to take home?
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morality aside: it turns out, as a purely sociological matter, that a politics premised on empowering people who loudly and performatively don't care if discriminated-against Others suffer and die results in surprisingly indiscriminate suffering and death. this needs to be explained to people
February 27, 2025 at 2:01 PM
morality aside: it turns out, as a purely sociological matter, that a politics premised on empowering people who loudly and performatively don't care if discriminated-against Others suffer and die results in surprisingly indiscriminate suffering and death. this needs to be explained to people
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A group of state and local elected officials slammed Penn for its response to President Donald Trump’s attacks on diversity initiatives in recent weeks.
The university has pulled down DEI websites at several colleges and plans to dissolve DEI committees at its medical school.
The university has pulled down DEI websites at several colleges and plans to dissolve DEI committees at its medical school.
Philly elected officials say Penn’s removal of DEI websites ceded ground to Trump
Penn President Larry Jameson has said that the school must “embrace diversity in all its forms” while following the law. Philadelphia Democratic officials are skeptical of the school's commitment.
inquirer.com
February 26, 2025 at 2:22 PM
A group of state and local elected officials slammed Penn for its response to President Donald Trump’s attacks on diversity initiatives in recent weeks.
The university has pulled down DEI websites at several colleges and plans to dissolve DEI committees at its medical school.
The university has pulled down DEI websites at several colleges and plans to dissolve DEI committees at its medical school.
Phoebe really wanted the comfy chair to herself again. (I ceded it because it’s almost bedtime.)
February 27, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Phoebe really wanted the comfy chair to herself again. (I ceded it because it’s almost bedtime.)
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This is terrifying.
Breaking: FDA's March meeting to select flu shot strains for 2025-2026 season has been canceled per email sent to committee members, a VRBPAC member told me. drug companies need about 6 months leeway to make shots in time for fall vax campaigns. #healthpolicy
February 26, 2025 at 11:47 PM
This is terrifying.
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How to tell a raven from a crow. An older guide I made with Dr Kaeli Swift. And yes that's an aileron roll, not a barrel roll, but only us nerds know that :)
February 26, 2025 at 2:17 PM
How to tell a raven from a crow. An older guide I made with Dr Kaeli Swift. And yes that's an aileron roll, not a barrel roll, but only us nerds know that :)
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Ooh, I just found a fabulous slide show that shows the evolution of the male American Goldfinch plumage through all the months of the year. I wanted to confirm that the bird I saw was a male in winter plumage (it is), and David Sibley, of course, had all the info! So useful. I love my Sibley.
The annual plumage cycle of a male American Goldfinch – Sibley Guides
www.sibleyguides.com
February 8, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Ooh, I just found a fabulous slide show that shows the evolution of the male American Goldfinch plumage through all the months of the year. I wanted to confirm that the bird I saw was a male in winter plumage (it is), and David Sibley, of course, had all the info! So useful. I love my Sibley.
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For anyone else in this position, Please never underestimate the usefulness of annoying the shit out of govt officials, organizing meal trains, being the support person who stays home to be jail support during protests etc etc. I know Gwen knows. Lot of y'all still can learn to help.
There are a lot of us who are not well-positioned for street activism (in my case, I can't risk detainment because my youngest still mostly depends on breast milk for calories), and discounting work that can be done on digital space isn't just inaccurate, it's shaming of vulnerable people
I have a client stewing in shame about not doing enough to counter anti-trans and fascist actions, paralyzing himself by saying that no action is good enough except for the one he is too socially anxious to do.
For some, sending words might be a small risk that builds momentum for further action.
For some, sending words might be a small risk that builds momentum for further action.
February 6, 2025 at 5:35 PM
For anyone else in this position, Please never underestimate the usefulness of annoying the shit out of govt officials, organizing meal trains, being the support person who stays home to be jail support during protests etc etc. I know Gwen knows. Lot of y'all still can learn to help.
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I’m feeling impatient for spring this morning, so for #SaturdayPoem we’re anticipating the season a bit.
February 8, 2025 at 3:44 PM
I’m feeling impatient for spring this morning, so for #SaturdayPoem we’re anticipating the season a bit.