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This is a much bigger deal than anything that happened at that hotel tonight.
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mastodon 4.7.3Evolutionary Ecologist studying cooperation between bacteria and plants (and how phages might disrupt that cooperation). Sea kayaker passionate about protecting the terrestrial and marine environment. She/her/they/them. 315ppm
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kpfa.org
reading::
The Guardian
watching::
local birds
website:
simmslab.org
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@MaryAustinBooks@mstdn.social This is a better link: https://www.leagle.com/decision/infdco20260909806
Amazing day on Mt Diablo.
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@dbattistella@mstdn.ca This is great, but it’s not a long-term solution to the defunding of science by the US federal government.
A beautiful day at Chimney Rock, Point Reyes National Seashore.
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@DziadekMick @stux It’s because they’re captive that they need that “human” need. These animals are captive because they were rescued and are now habituated to people so that if they were released, they would cozy up to people, which is very dangerous for a wild animal and, often, for the unsuspecting people to whom they cozy up.
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@NilaJones @MartinEscardo Remember when you opened your 25k MSWord files and they suddenly expanded to 250k? That was the beginning of the end.
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@whbboyd@infosec.exchange @ifixcoinops@retro.social I preferred wordstar, myself. Switching to wysiwyg slowed my typing speed traumatically.
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@wtrmt@mastodon.social @oheso@ieji.de @ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org @W6KME@mastodon.radio The absolute worst is automobiles with black interiors. Right now, we have a used car that was cheap and easy to purchase (from a neighbor). It has a black interior. I will never buy another car with a black interior.
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@stux Giving them a reason for their existence. It’s utterly essential for everyone, humans and otters, alike.
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@ronanmcd Nothing new. Live uberish drives do this all the time. The only solution is enforcement. In the case of google and other corporations, the enforcement needs to act in the C-suite.
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@infobeautiful@vis.social @ourworldindata@vis.social Wow. Almost a perfect negative correlation. Imagine that.
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@eniatitova@sfba.social Not a tulip! A mariposa lily. Mariposa is Spanish for butterfly. The genus is Calochortus: a huge and diverse plant genus.
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@hagaesthetic@mastodon.social Wow! It looks like a bonfire! Congratulations on such a great photo!
Another reason to dislike MAGA. They hate public transit.
https://usa.streetsblog.org/2026/05/07/trump-is-holding-affordable-transportation-projects-hostage-and-congress-could-call-his-bluff
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@NorcalGma2 When I do the math, I prefer “the 25th for the 47th.” It’s more explicit and perfectly appropriate.
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@freakboy3742@cloudisland.nz Our strategy was to type your text in pica on a 3” x 5” index card and photograph the card. The goal was large font, but also less text. Ensure that any text is useful for the audience, not just to cue you. Don’t use your image text to cue yourself.
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@Star12Mt@masto.nyc Kind of like the bar in a college town called the English Department. Run by a former prof who didn’t get tenure.
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@moonrabbit@sunny.garden In my town, potato bug = jerusalem cricket = Stenopelmatidae. Common names can differ and be correct when used in the right locale. Hence the need for scientific names.
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@eugeneparnell Awesome1 And, not only did you see it, you got a photo of it. I’m so jealous!
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@PapyrusBrigade Check out local sources for info on asbestos, which often accompanies mica.
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@PapyrusBrigade @AskPippa I always thought that isinglass was thin, transparent sheets of mica. Mainly used as windows in early (think Model T) automobiles. It was news to me that the word is also used to indicate fish glue.
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@stevenray@sfba.social Rose campion is a nice plant, but in my experience it needs a lot of water and dislikes full sun.
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@kfitz@hcommons.social Fine. But don’t forget to follow the money to ensure it gets to where it was allocated. You’ll probably find that it won’t.
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@samlitzinger They certainly don’t want you to know that Shigrix vaccine against shingles decreases your chance of exhibiting dementia.
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@Nonilex Doesn’t this action render Shelby County vs. Holder (2013) obsolete? Can we use this argument to retrieve this provision (preclearance) of the VRA?
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@Bronwyn@sfba.social It seems to me that the real problem is with the wide chest opening. Maybe add a contrasting placket (not sure that’s the right word) that pulls the sides closer together.
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@DavidGallagher@sfba.social I’ve got a bunch of old slides from family history. What tech do you recommend these days for scanning?
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@kfitz@hcommons.social That’s what has happened to US federal science funding. The courts spoke and the MAGAt heads of the agencies prevaricated.
https://fundinglandscape.com/answers/nsf-grants-guide-2026
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@DavidGallagher@sfba.social Thanks! I was thinking flat-bed, but I also know that those stacker things exist, but not if they are as high resolution. I do have a flatbed, so that’s probably what I’ll use. Fortunately, my mom was compulsive about labeling the backs of photos, so at least those are identifiable.
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@internetarchive@mastodon.archive.org @brewsterkahle@mastodon.archive.org My friend from China said that she did not grow up with libraries and thinks them quite remarkable. She is fluent in English, but prefers audio books because she gets impatient with how slowly she reads English.
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@theplaguedoc@glitterkitten.co.uk Will “-ai” work on Duckduckgo? I’ve been trying to eliminate those “summaries.”
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@courtcan@mastodon.social @imminentdeathsyndrome@mastodon.social @peterbrown@mastodon.scot Tell me about this comparison with building an electric rapid transit bus traveling in its own lane down San Pablo Avenue.