∇∇ Public Announcement ∇∇ I'm using the Neo 2 keyboard layout (w/ six layers), which I just remembered has the EM DASH — (as a simple shift + -). I noticed the EM DASH has gained in popularity dramatically in the public sphere recently. Hence I'll be using the EM DASH more often in future.

Ted Bundy terrorized the U.S. in the 1970s. He was a master of manipulation who used a facade of "all-American" looks and fake injuries to kidnap and murder dozens of young women. Ultimately confessed to 30 murders before his execution in 1989.

possession (1981)

Wasp vs Wasp duo-nat.web.app #Lepidoptera #biodiversity #mimicry #iNaturalist

love the optimism :D

probably best to cultivate trusted sources. eg I'd generally trust The Atlantic, Guardian etc. to not fall for fakes. Also independent researchers such as @sarahkendzior.bsky.social @olgalautman.bsky.social etc. After all we're leaving a brief window in time where photo evidence was (mostly) valid.

these two share a common ancestor c. 5mya. I'm learning to not see species as 'fixed'. both may be wandering through color variants on their own. it's just that these two (probably) are going separate paths now. so many analogies to language change. #duonat #inaturalist #biodiversity #evolution

how are these > 100 million years apart!! i can't reliably figure out what distinguishes these two bug families... #iNaturalist #biodiversity #DuoNat

can't stop using the gamified version of #DuoNat :P #iNaturalist #biodiversity

ha #biodiversity #duonat #fishes

took me 30 years to understand the pun in the name :P and only recently realized he was in back to the future 2

Not that anyone cares, but I'm improving #DuoNat at the moment :) App is now pretty stable and neat. And new batch of amazing harvestmen has landed! duo-nat.web.app #iNaturalist #biodiversity

Exceptionally beautifully diverse tribe I didn't know existed: Ariolicini (Nolidae) www.inaturalist.org/observations...

great illusion :) www.inaturalist.org/taxa/574612-... (Eutelliidae)

and then there is this. what even is this :D Caligatus angasii: www.inaturalist.org/observations... photos: www.inaturalist.org/observations... www.inaturalist.org/observations... www.inaturalist.org/observations...

My favorite moth of today, brought to you by 4 billion years of #evolution :) www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1305792... Photo: www.inaturalist.org/observations...

btw only very recently learned that the Cronenbergian stuff in Total Recall is due to Cronenberg having developed the film for a while :D

btw virtually all shots of "Emily Blunt fighting" on google are this one, while Tom Cruise gets these.

Pondering the similarities between "Edge of Tomorrow" and mosquito evolution. Mosquito F flies to my leg, touches a hair. I sense + kill it. Reset. Mosquito G flies to my leg, …

That's the look when some ape species names you "morepork" en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morepork photo: www.inaturalist.org/observations...

I believe you, splintered piece of wood that sometimes flies around. Gelechoidea (Lepidoptera) from Bengal www.inaturalist.org/observations...

going through headlines, this is the first reporting what's actually the game here. there were about 30 above that.

wow, what a beauty! Macrohastina gemmifera (a carpet moth, Geometridae, India to Thailand) www.inaturalist.org/observations...

hugh jackman vs huge ackman. I'll see myself out. #aiart (and I tried hard to make it look less sloppy, nanobanana refused to change the style :P )

an 'excursion' #iranwar

Hmm, seems too many people using Duolingo's new video calls for beginners, crashing the AI server :P