GlennMagusHarvey

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How decline of Indian vultures led to 500,000 human deaths in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

It's unfortunate that there are negative stereotypes of vultures as creepy just because they eat carrion, as they're the janitors who take care of the messes that others don't want to deal with.

The joy of *not* eking-out games in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Thanks for the encouragement to just jump in and do stuff, gaming and otherwise.

I've found myself having a hard time finding dedicated time to play games (i.e. without worrying about something else "over my shoulder") and I've also found myself seemingly unable to "learn" new genres of games despite my wanting to get into them (so I often end up playing genres I'm already familiar with). I suspect these are related, and I also suspect that just jumping in and doing stuff more spontaneously will probably help improve things.

HORSESHOE CRAB UPDATE! in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

Congratulations!

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"Chemistree" (mastodon.social)
 

Found this on Mastodon. A "Christmas tree" of flasks with differently colored liquids.

September: NRPA Parks for Pollinators BioBlitz in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Update: the city of Plantation has just added an event!

Project: City of Plantation note: only covers Plantation Preserve Linear Trail and Golf Course special event: September 9, 9am ~ 11am

Again, note that the project covers the whole month, even though the special event is on a particular day.

September: NRPA Parks for Pollinators BioBlitz in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Update: the city of Plantation has just added an event!

Project: City of Plantation note: only covers Plantation Preserve Linear Trail and Golf Course special event: September 9, 9am ~ 11am

Again, note that the project covers the whole month, even though the special event is on a particular day.

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September: NRPA Parks for Pollinators BioBlitz (www.inaturalist.org)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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cross-posted from: https://mander.xyz/post/2859577

Edit: Added the city of Plantation.

A "BioBlitz" is an event where you go around and make observations of wildlife all around you using the citizen science app/website iNaturalist. The National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA) runs the "Parks for Pollinators" BioBlitz every September, across the United States, lasting the whole month, and focusing mainly on plants and the animals that pollinate them (mainly insects and birds) in local parks. But you can record observations of any sort of living thing you want, anywhere, as much as you want, anytime.

Here's their homepage for it: https://www.nrpa.org/BioBlitz/ ...but probbaly more relevant is the iNaturalist project for it (click here, or the link at the top). You can use the map to see the various BioBlitzes going on all over the country as part of NRPA's umbrella event. Hopefully, there's one near you!

If there is, be sure to check your local events calendars, because there might be special events on specific days. For example, here in Florida, there are the following BioBlitz events (and some have special events on specific days - I'm not sure about the last three, but you can check yourself):

But, of course, you can go to these places anytime in September to participate -- you don't need a special event.

If you want to participate, you'll need an iNaturalist account, and any relevant observations you make in participating locations will automatically be counted in applicable projects. If you join the project, you'll also get the project's badge displayed on your observation!

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September: NRPA Parks for Pollinators BioBlitz (www.inaturalist.org)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
1 comments fedilink
 

Edit: Added the city of Plantation.

A "BioBlitz" is an event where you go around and make observations of wildlife all around you using the citizen science app/website iNaturalist. The National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA) runs the "Parks for Pollinators" BioBlitz every September, across the United States, lasting the whole month, and focusing mainly on plants and the animals that pollinate them (mainly insects and birds) in local parks. But you can record observations of any sort of living thing you want, anywhere, as much as you want, anytime.

Here's their homepage for it: https://www.nrpa.org/BioBlitz/ ...but probbaly more relevant is the iNaturalist project for it (click here, or the link at the top). You can use the map to see the various BioBlitzes going on all over the country as part of NRPA's umbrella event. Hopefully, there's one near you!

If there is, be sure to check your local events calendars, because there might be special events on specific days. For example, here in Florida, there are the following BioBlitz events (and some have special events on specific days - I'm not sure about the last three, but you can check yourself):

But, of course, you can go to these places anytime in September to participate -- you don't need a special event.

If you want to participate, you'll need an iNaturalist account, and any relevant observations you make in participating locations will automatically be counted in applicable projects. If you join the project, you'll also get the project's badge displayed on your observation!

Getting Water Out of Your Ear in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Ahh, the good ol' cotton swab, that they always say not to insert into ear canals yet people do so anyway because that's what they use it for.

Crows and magpies using anti-bird spikes to build nests, researchers find in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Maybe humans should invest in some ecosystems to handle the poop, rather than trying to keep birds off and getting pwned.

Anyone else playing on a 5-20 year lag? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I'm usually playing older games of some sort. There's retro games, like those from the 32-bit era and before, but I also play...old-ish games, ones that were released within the last decade or two. Just last year I began playing Tokyo Xanadu eX+, which was released in 2017 (albeit as the definitive version of a 2015 game).

I think a number of the indie games I play are generally newer. Though, given my tastes, many of them tend to be games designed to evoke some sort of similarity to those older styles of games. So I guess it's an interesting question whether they count as "retro" or not.

That said, given that I pretty much only use store-bought laptops (and not of the "gaming" variety), my hardware means that I'm much better off playing older games anyway. "Newer old" games can probably still run, depending on the game, but some may be choppy and I can probably wait on those.