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Day 1255 of #IansDailyPhotoChallenge and spotted this lovely quavers fungi today and grown specially by Walkers Crisps 🤣🤣🍄 #inspiringnature #wildlife #naturephotography #MentalHealthMatters
#365DaysWild

A Cladonia lichen that looks like a cup with many fingers reaching upward.

A favourite Cladonia #lichen.
#fungi #fungifriends.

Some great fossil finds coming in today! Clearly the rough weather has done some good to the beaches with plenty of fool's gold ammonites about and even a beautiful set of 3 articulated ichthyosaur vertebra!

Photo of a developing slime mold that’s lime green in colour and comprised of hundreds of tiny green spheres.

A developing a Lamproderma slime mold.
Northwest Territories, Canada. Photo covers about 6” of width. Pic from a few years ago in August. A day later this had matured into a several iridescent colours.
#myxo #slime #fungifriends

The Conservative Grievance Business Is Always Hiring | Defector Given his age when he first came to the world’s attention and assuming continued good health in the intervening decade and change, Marine Todd would be in his late 30s today. That would be if he was a...

I read an interesting article about the outrage industry.

defector.com/the-conserva...

An anthropologist moves to L.A. and discovers a group of people who constantly roam the city. His investigations hint that they might not be human.

The image is of a comic. Panel one depicts Santa Claus. He says, "Have you been naughty or nice?" Panel two depicts a happy dog. He says, "I am ALWAYS a good boy." Santa responds "Very nice!" Panel three depicts Santa again. He says "...And you?" Panel four depicts an orange cat climbing a Christmas tree, turning his head to look back at Santa.

Datacenters in space are a terrible, horrible, no good idea. There is a rush for AI companies to team up with space launch/satellite companies to build datacenters in space. TL;DR: It's not going to work.

an important read for at least 2 reasons:

1. shows how big tech operates on intuitions and vibes and not rigorous research

2. this is a masterpiece in how to breakdown complex scientific concepts in simple language and elegant pros that captivate the lay reader

taranis.ie/datacenters-...

Picture of a book with wording: I wish I had more middle fingers.

Saw this earlier, and grabbed a copy. Seems like it will come in handy for how ever many days are left…

Fuel to run the machines that harvest the trees. Fuel to supply electricity to a facility that turns wood into pellets. Fuel to run the ships that haul it across the ocean. Fuel for trucks that move all this from place to place. And finally the power plant that burns it. Lots of carbon emissions.

Gift of Allan Roos, M. D., and B. Mathieu Roos

My Grandparents, My Parents, and I (Family Tree), 1936

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Under a dark sky, the Milky Way looks like a bright band interrupted by black rivers.

Those rivers are not empty space; they are curtains of tiny dust grains that swallow nearly all the starlight trying to reach us.

➡️ apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap25111...

🔭 🧪 #galactic #science #MilkyWay

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X’s algorithm hates me so I’m here to see if Bluesky likes me :’)

A calico cat laying on her back

How is she so perfect

that’s Pete

ChatGPT ads are coming, OpenAI leak suggests CEO Sam Altman once described ads as a ‘last resort’

Enshittification of AI is on the way already. They are desperately trying to find a way to make it profitable before the bubble pops.

www.the-independent.com/tech/chatgpt...

Dating back to the magnificent era of 600 to 300 BCE, this exquisite bronze sculpture brings to life Bastet, the revered Egyptian goddess, elegantly embellished with shimmering gold earrings. Hailing from the historic Delta city of Bubastis, the influence of Bastet's cult traversed far and wide. 1/

A six-legged lizard watches as a sci-fi vehicle zooms across a desert, hovering a foot above the sand.

Marco Patrito, 1986

She doesn't look very happy to be there. Standing up there defending blatant war crimes must be a little too far even for her.

I don't know how he can be comfortable like this, but he does it all the time. He prefers hard surfaces to soft stuff like blankets or cushions. Cats are weird.

I love Mary Fedden (British | 1915 - 2012). Sheep in the Snow (1984, watercolour and gouache on paper).