Budsofstone @budsofstone@computerfairi.es

#NewSpecies!
New deep-sea coral from the #pacific just came in:

Granulogorgia amoebosquama

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F8C305-2859-FFD2-FF45-FB2C1DC3FC22
Publication: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5636.2.3
#Zootaxa #GranulogorgiaAmoebosquama

#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #ecology #taxonomy #nature #biodiversity #conservation #corals #deepsea

https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/primary/most-primary-teachers-report-declining-fine-motor-skills-pupils "Three-quarters of primary school teachers are concerned that children’s ability to hold a pencil, draw or use scissors has worsened over the past five years."
Huh weird, what started five years ago?

Heh. Spotted at the #autism center in Amsterdam.

Being "smart" isn't adequate compensation for being treated like shit by society, especially when society is too stupid to appreciate "smart."

moments in anarchist baking history

lierre keith has a bad day at the bookfair

You talkin bout the USSR? The anarchist Labor Bund did the actual heavy lifting of bringing down the tsar with a mass movement… the Tankies just committed a coup later. The Revolution in Russia happened in February 1917, what happened in October 1917 was a Bolshevik-led counter-revolution.

If US press wrote about the US the way they do the rest of the world

Linux: “We are abandoning support for 486 CPUs, 18 years after the last one was produced”
BSD: “We will run on punch cards”

#fishlinux

#unix_surrealism #openbsd #linux #art

This week's comic: A dangerous invasion of warblers, orioles, and hummingbirds

#immigration #birds #cartoon #uspol #comic

a recent trend that I really enjoy is manufacturers offering tools in “non-traditional-colours”. Be it Rigol with their black cases, camera and lens case-mods (this is a huge thing in Asia!), or microscopes in very enjoyable colours! I also have seen blue and mint ones

A badge of great honour and pride.

#NoAI #LLMsBegone

#NewSpecies!
New deep sea shrimp from the northwest #pacific just surfaced:

Segonzackomaius sursus

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0381067B-FFE8-D90F-FF19-899DFE56DD3B
Publication: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5627.2.8
#Zootaxa #SegonzackomaiusSursus

#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #invertebrates #arthropods #crustacea #shrimps #deepsea

In the African-American folk traditions of the American South, a "conjure man" or "conjure woman" was a professional sorcerer. They would live outside the community, often in the swamp. Though feared, conjure folk would be consulted for various magical services.

#SwampSunday #31DaysofHaunting #31DaysofHaunting #Mythology #AmericanMythology #AfricanAmericanMythology #Folklore #AmericanFolklore #AfricanAmericanFolklore #AfricanAmerican #FolkMagic #WiseWoman #Sorcerer #Witch #Occult #Swamp