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Karl Magnacca

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Entomologist, naturalist, all-around bug nerd. https://www.hawaiianinsects.com

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?? They've had two albums in the last five years, over the past 14 they've had four plus a bunch of extra releases.

12.03.2026 01:46 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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WBAL in Baltimore helping viewers understand the difference between watches and warnings

12.03.2026 00:29 πŸ‘ 4348 πŸ” 932 πŸ’¬ 76 πŸ“Œ 135

A big part of the reason an inappropriate, low quality review was received is that AI was used. If the reviewer had tried to do it themselves without good knowledge of the subject, they likely would not have been able to come up with as many stupid issues that would have to be addressed.

11.03.2026 21:51 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
The Missile Knows Where It Is...
The Missile Knows Where It Is... YouTube video by Jeff7181

The guidance is actually fairly simple in theory

11.03.2026 19:02 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

0.0029. Pretty good, saturated colors were noticeably harder for me.

11.03.2026 18:42 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Ron Cobb, near-forgotten genius political cartoonist.

He also did visual design of technology for the first Alien film and countless other scifi movies in the 70s/80s. Including the Weyland-Yutani Semiotic Standard - a visual language used for Nostromo signage.

11.03.2026 07:50 πŸ‘ 1450 πŸ” 412 πŸ’¬ 13 πŸ“Œ 9

Yeah I saw it used in a paper and went β€œoh I never thought about them, I’ll check it out.” The very first wasp I looked at had both different numbers and spacing on each side.

11.03.2026 18:09 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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11.03.2026 13:19 πŸ‘ 27 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1

Not just the past year, a lot were pushed out during his first term and never replaced. The whole foreign service system was gutted so there isn’t even anyone coming up to replace those who are left.

11.03.2026 17:14 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It felt like being a kid took forever. Now it feels like my time as an adult is way too short.

11.03.2026 06:18 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Walter Cronkite announcing the death of JFK

Walter Cronkite announcing the death of JFK

From Miami, the flash, apparently official: Miami forward Bam Adebayo scored 83 points

11.03.2026 04:28 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
11.03.2026 03:08 πŸ‘ 870 πŸ” 206 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 1

Yeah I don't count that sort of thing. That's just creating publishing opportunities for future scientists. Want to do detailed genetic and ecological studies on these bugs I stared at for six years and couldn't tell if they were the same or different? Please do, I'd be happy if you prove me wrong!

11.03.2026 02:00 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

But seriously, this is a great idea. There needs to be less stigma about admitting you got something wrong. I've had a good run so far, but you never know...

11.03.2026 01:46 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Unfortunately, I don't qualify for this because all my papers are perfect

11.03.2026 01:46 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Huh, I think I missed that one too.

10.03.2026 17:31 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Probably the clearest sign of the end of US science dominance yet

10.03.2026 17:30 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I’ve just been doing some genealogy work, and it’s striking how in the 16-1700s, no matter what age they were, almost everyone died between December and February.

10.03.2026 17:24 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

JFC. I’d heard people saying they’re glad it’s gone because it only existed as a CIA op, which at least had a grain of logic, but that’s a whole new level of derangement.

10.03.2026 17:08 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

And also that if you read it normally from front to back, you are somehow serving the book? Like it just tricked you into doing its bidding and now has power over you?

10.03.2026 16:58 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I feel like this is laser-targeted towards SEVERAL of my close personal friends

10.03.2026 16:05 πŸ‘ 29 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1

It wasn’t until Obama that that was fixed for real (and of course they are trying to take it all away).

10.03.2026 16:46 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It was a step I guess, but that only defined pregnancy as not a pre-existing condition, and said they couldn’t deny enrollment over PECs. They could still charge insane prices, which was my experience when I tried to get insurance in 2002 and was quoted $3000/mo (which would not cover the PEC).

10.03.2026 16:46 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

As a pretentious white straight guy, I just want to make it clear that I was reading that kind of thing long before I turned 50.

10.03.2026 04:29 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

They're on the Burke-class destroyers too.

10.03.2026 00:42 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

All I want from AI is for it to arrange my photos perfectly cropped, the same size, and evenly spaced, not trying to align each one to a different margin or other object.

09.03.2026 21:53 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Ok that might be one thing you’re misremembering, and where we’re better off now.

09.03.2026 20:09 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

It’s very much the point, it’s not the app it’s your own phone. The menu you showed is the phone’s translate function. Probably an update uninstalled it.

09.03.2026 18:59 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

If you’re selecting the text, that’s based on the languages installed on your phone, not Bsky. At the bottom it says β€œmanage languages” and takes you to your phone settings.

09.03.2026 18:33 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Google translate

Google translate

Are you using something other than the regular app? Because both the dot item and the β€œtranslate” link just go to Google Translate for me.

09.03.2026 18:31 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0