This afternoon I'm playing around with a paper computer learning tool from the 60s. My (iterative) Fibonacci program works!

Ants are very attractive! Here is a fashion show I made: https://sauropods.win/@futurebird/109542256435778823

*hoards phone with more intensity*

@futurebird Somebody patented this, almost 60 years ago: https://patents.google.com/patent/US3397757A/en

@futurebird You were searching for a pen plotter? https://mastodon.social/@paulrickards/115622100190023847

Do you subscribe to any physical print magazines? Which ones? Any recommendations for interesting or *niche* ones? I really love: "Wings: Essays on Invertebrate Conservation" from the xerces society. The articles and photos are interesting and I like that it's a small format as it's perfect […]

I have one for #fensterfreitag too #WindowFriday #austria #klosterneuburg #library

Mammals have two nostrils but they aren't really far enough apart for our sense of smell to have much stereo or sense of direction. Why aren't nostrils on the side of the head so we could map smell in space more? Ants do this with their antennae. Like sound, ants sense chemicals as coming from […]

Sometimes I just get an idea and it won't go away

@futurebird you probably know the science better than I do, but as I understand brassica is not relying on arbuscular mycorrhizae (~healthy soil) and likes a lot of nitrogen. This makes it easy to grow in containers, and that is also my experience. Fed them the worm compost pure and they […]

Today's wake up video is Gerald who will show you his 15 pound cabbage. This is my favorite kind of short "content" just seeing someone proud of their work who wants to share it with the world. I wonder if I could grow a cabbage in a pot in our roof garden? I've never tried anything with a […]

I've read a lot of interior design advice about how to display framed art. How to hang it at the right height, size, how it fits in the room. Good stuff. The popular advice even suggests "get art that you care about, avoid mass produced generic prints" but *none* of that advice says anything […]

"But, these creatures didn't just sit around looking weird" ... True, true. However, we should recognize that, "sitting around looking weird" was a pretty popular activity in the ediacaran. I think it is what makes animals of that time feel so relatable. What a time to be alive!

If you have a lot of art: paintings, drawings etc. HOW do you enjoy them? For a long time I couldn't afford much art. So I always framed it right away and hung it up. But, the walls are a little crowded now. Considering a system where I rotate the art every half year? Seasonally? I would also […]

May your naps be as good as this dude’s was #catsofmastodon #orangecat

It seems like the fire was caused by bamboo scaffolding for renovations on the old apartments. 86 people died including a firefighter named Ho Wai-ho. Death toll is not final. Horrible tragedy. Many elderly people lived in these apartments. I expect HK to make changes to their building codes […]

@futurebird sorry to say but it seems like you’ve been led into an alternate dimension by some sort of magical creature

I’m doing a good job socializing (with the cat) she is my sister in law’s cat and leading me somewhere in this huge suburban house.. she keeps stopping to wait for me to catch up with a little “mew” she is much more demure and shy than #picathecat where could we be going???

There is a furniture shop in the Bronx that has always baffled me. But, recently? I had a revelation. I was baffled because the stuff in their window is so showy and colorful. It’s just not what I’ve been taught to think of as “good design.” But m, then, I […] [Original post on sauropods.win]

[More Interior Design Philosophy] Crystalizing some principles: * Durable is more impressive than expensive. There can be a lot of overlap but they aren't the same. * Durable items with evidence of their durability (nicely aged) are the most impressive. * Trends don't matter but innovation […]

Every day:

:nkoWave: Hello and good meowing everyone! :blobcathearts: :blobcatsnuggle: Have a most wonderful day and stay safe ♥️😸

@futurebird gray: the color of a soft gray cat. grey: the colour of a cloudy sky, overcast for months on end.

"I might need to get away from AI. I was a ghost video. Decided to look at the comments to see what people thought. They were all agreeing it was a real ghost. But, I couldn't tell if any of the comments were real." -Friend who doesn't get why I don't like AI. Why do we "look at the comments" […]

Oh come on. Is there really a "z" in the word "cozy"? it looks incorrect to me. "cosy?" They feel like two different words. cosy: safe warm, snug-fitting, the comforts of home, traditional, muted and soft cozy: informal, calm, yet playful, whimsical and nonthreatening. (Normally, spellcheck […]

@fritzoids I don't think I have the skill to paint anything complex that is that large. Maybe get one of those wall papers of space from the 90s? We had a wall in our house that was a view of the earth from the surface of the moon (my dad thought it was funny since I was a "space cadet") but I […]

Do any of you have interesting ceilings? Have you painted the ceiling in a room with a cool color or pattern? Our flat has curved walls: such a cool architectural detail but you don't really notice it. I think painting the ceiling a contrasting color would make the curve stand out against the […]

Hey language people are there Latin academics and fans on here? I'm bringing on my friend who is a filmmaker and expert Latin teacher.

"I'm not a small kid" --my small kid #toddlers

This video about NYC accents is amazing. But a few observations: 1. Tyriq has a gay black men's Brooklyn accent. Jones didn't mention the gay part, but it's a thing. 2. People in the comments are calling Tyriq's accent "new" ugh NO. It's at least 30 years old. 3. As a person from Ohio the kids […]

On the other hand? People used to love to go to the oracle at Delphi and as her all kinds of things she'd have no way of knowing. And she'd say some cryptic stuff, hope it landed well probably. When she was wrong they changed the future, when she was right? well she's always right. People […]

People (left leaning media figures) stop calling "grok" responding to something on X "fact checking" just because the LLM happened to be right one time *challenge* Difficulty? Impossible?? Even if it's funny. eg. "Elon go FACT CHECKED by his own bot" yes that's funny but no facts were checked […]

I love the flooring tile in the hallway of my building. Since 1954 it’s been buffed every Sunday: giving it the luster of deep time. I love that when they patched it near the elevator (where it was used most often) they could only find black tiles that didn’t […] [Original post on sauropods.win]

Every single day there are all these offers to go into debt flying at my face. I don't even notice them anymore. And I can see easily how they could take over your life. The "offers" have a tone that makes it seem like a normal thing to do. I think we should cancel all of these debits for those […]

If you have a shared "office" space with your roommate or partner how do you set it up? Do you sit next to each other? Most of the time when I'm relaxing at home I'm at the computer. (I kind of don't even agree with calling a space an "office" just because […] [Original post on sauropods.win]

Buying some perfume online. "Would you like an installment plan?" For a $26 purchase. If I wanted I could set up the installment plan for the $26 purchase and have it charge my credit card. Call it "micro leverage on leverage." Some puritanical grumpy voice deep in me that came from my dad […]

I've saved up a little and I can finally replace my work vehicle. Looking for: > 400km range 6-7 seats 2m long cargo area (ok to remove seats for that) full electric AWD All fine, found multiple options, BUT I also don't want the 'DIE PEASANT' look at the front end. Is better pedestrian […]

The windows are tinted, or at least shaded, the car is so tall and high you can hardly see. The car is sound insulated and there is even noise canceling so nothing from the outside world can read you in there. And maybe the computer will drive for you sometimes too. It's like you never left […]

sawflies are the gen X of the hymenoptera

Here is a great video to start your day from tumblr: (A video showing various hymenopterans: bees, wasps, ants, collecting pollen, eating and climbing on plants cheerful inspirational text matches the lyrics of the classic song from The Killers "All These Things That I've Done") […]

When writing about various spiders, beetles and other arthropods that mimic ants there is this subtext "of course you'd pretend to be an ant, no one wants to mess with, eat, or get involved with them." Sometimes it feels a little mean, but if you think about it all of the ant mimics just prove […]

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[holidays, isolation] Heyhey! Anybody else facing #thanksgiving alone? I always found family holidays difficult. Friendsgiving was nice But Everything Changed When The COVID Nation Attacked. Got movie recs? How are you handling this week? #lonelinesscorp

I love how far good programmers will go for the sake of a joke. https://tabloid.vercel.app/

please please buy a new phone . my economy is dying

Anyone else kind of hate days off if only because it ruins the schedule? I want days off. I need days off. But I also get so stressed out when school goes on break. I tried to explain this to another teacher and I think they reported me to HR for being unwell.

RE: https://oldfriends.live/@hashtaggames/115613518097191258 Today's #roadtripcomplaints #hashtaggames is inspired by my day. I traveled 180 miles round trip to the doctor and was there for 15 minutes. The trip going and coming was in rain downpours, and at times, dense fog. Slow going out of […]

@futurebird it was definitely not suburban—very tiny, very efficient, good for small apartments. I was in a reproduction one in a museum once. You can basically reach anywhere just stretching out your arm but somehow there's room to do real prep. Like a WV beetle, I guess. If only the Germans […]

@futurebird Top engineers and park rangers have yet to design a trash can that keeps out the smartest bears but can still be operated by the dumbest humans.

@llewelly I legit do not know what "super duty" is supposed to mean at all? What are they trying to say?