Butt Breathing, real science that won a 2024 Ig Nobel Prize. Reminds me of the Uhnyrchal in Iain M. Banks' The Player of Games: d**k breathing. https://www.sciencenews.org/article/butt-breathing-gut-oxygen-bloodstream #science #medicine #butt

#today Finished a batch of coconut almond granola for seasonal gifts. Baking tip: whole almonds are much easier to chop when warmed in a toaster oven at 200° F (93° C) for a few minutes. And, on a frigid day like this one, it just feels good to scoop up a […] [Original post on mindly.social]

This is how you do it people. I feel like I could have written this article, as it is extremely detailed as to all of the valid reasons why they would want to ban such content from being associated with Nature. Every journalistic & creative outlet you follow should be publishing something like […]

Reminder, boycott in effect for those who celebrate. Support your local community based businesses and establishments as much as possible if you must spend. Remember the goal is to make them know that without us 99%, the 1% go broke. www.weaintbuyingit.com #economicblackout #nokings

Speech mechanisms same in humans and parrots. Advanced machine learning (AI without LLM) may one day translate budgie. Bringing human exceptionalism into question. https://www.sciencenews.org/article/parrots-humans-brain-speech-birds Appropriate AI use solves problems in scientific research […]

A 35-day deep-sea expedition in the Southern Ocean has uncovered 30 new species: from a carnivorous “death-ball” sponge to iridescent armoured worms, black corals and even the first-ever live footage of a colossal squid in its natural habitat. Scientists collected 2,000 specimens across 14 […]

#wordweavers Nov 24: What’s the strangest animal product your MCs eat? Peepsicles, those savory frozen treats made from little people. Everybody wants one. Have you had a Peepsicle today?

Have you ever been burned by credit card fees when using a debit card? Some banks make it almost impossible to use debit cards to debit a bank account. And since many businesses now charge fees to use credit cards, a debit card becomes even more important for […] [Original post on mindly.social]

Euonymus alatus (burning bush) still holding onto a few of the leaves that forged its name. They also bear the badges of honor awarded by spring's leafcutter bees. The history of three seasons written in a few leaves. #today #fall #color

NPR is reporting this morning that the Israeli government counts every truck that enters Gaza as an aid truck. The US State department reveals that 90% of those trucks are commercial vehicles carrying purchased imports, mostly from Israel. A classic example of Words ≠ Actions. BTW, send money […]

Wikipedia is losing visitors & seeing increased costs, due to AI scraping. Licensing partnerships with tech companies are helping, but the transition is not complete. https://www.techreviewer.com/tech-news/2025-10-17-wikipedia-faces-traffic-drop-as-ai-reshapes-knowledge-access/ #Wikipedia […]

Remember that declaring yourself a Nazi is literally declaring your desire _and specific intent_ to murder millions of people. You’re saying it’s your goal and you will do it if you can. It’s a clear, intentional, and specific threat to the lives of millions of people. This is what _should_ […]

Why pay taxes to Trump’s fascist oligarchy? Consider tax resistance. The National War Tax Resistance Coordinating Committee is a wealth of information about ways to resist and possible consequences. https://nwtrcc.org/resist/war-tax-resistance/motivations/ […] [Original post on mindly.social]

The ONE THING You Can Do to Fight Fascism RIGHT NOW From The Ripple Effect Institute, featuring The Gaia Leadership Project https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFIL5xrIjHg #action

You may have seen recent posts that suggest deleting your account at Academia.org because of their outrageous Terms of Service, which allow them to use your information in any way. One example is this link […] [Original post on mindly.social]

#scribesandmakers day 18: If you write novels, do you strive to have your chapters a consistent length? No way. My target is 3k. My range is 300 to 5k+. So far, my average hovers around 3k, which means the statistical center of my plasma cannon blast is on target. #iamwritingsf #spaceopera #horror

My plum tree needed some attention. 10 minutes of picking yielded almost 6 lbs (2.5 kg) of fruit. Plums are easy to pit. Slice around the meridian, a pale line from stem to flower end, twist, and pluck out the pit. 1 hour pitting produced 5.5 lbs (2 kg) of […] [Original post on mindly.social]

MAGA, UK style: MG, Make Great MGA, Make Great Again MGB, Make Great Britain Apologies. I'm a yank with fond memories of an MG. #uk #badjokes

Monsanto and BASF are at it again. In 2020 and again in 2024, lawsuits successfully blocked EPA registration of the dangerous herbicide Dicamba. The latest proposes approving it for use on Dicamba-tolerant cotton and soybeans. It still damages other crops by drift and causes liver cancer and […]

You: That's a clever way to lace your boots. Me: I call it deferential lacing. You: Oh, you mean differential. Me: If you say so. #dadjokes #badjokes #amwriting

Me: Are web-trained large language model artificial intelligences legal? They: IANAL, blah blah, blah blah blah... Me: I'm glad you're anal; so am I. No need to apologize for being nerdy. They: IANAL = I Am Not A Lawyer !!! Me: PSUI They: ??? Me: Please Stop Using Initialisms #dadjokes […]

THANKS, BIDEN (No, really. Thanks Biden for your cancer moonshot.) ufhealth.org/news/2025/su...

#today 22 Asclepias tuberosa, Butterfly weed. #bloomscrolling

When primrose blossoms proliferated, so did these green-headed bees, and they love to spend the night at The Best Exotic Primrose Bee Hotel. But there's always one that overstays checkout time. 🐝😁 https://youtube.com/shorts/u9Tv5HGIKQc #nativebees #colorado #bloomscrolling

Unique robotic eye design uses camera + custom AI and consumes only 10% of power used by traditional computer vision systems. https://www.sciencenews.org/article/robot-eye-artificial-intelligence-ai #science #robotics #navigation

NIST researchers synthesize novel material inspired by mantis shrimp exoskeleton. https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2025/06/bioinspired-materials-can-take-punch Peacock mantis shrimp punch is lethal https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8enojiJCD00&t=20s #science #materials #mantisshrimp

#scribesandmakers Jul 1: Alt: Bread? There is no alternative. From an essene sprouted grains loaf held together by the individual stickiness of each grain to the crackling experience of a warm baguette fresh from the oven, only bread is bread. Everything else is not-bread, a most perfect […]

NIST report on Champlain Towers collapse in Surfside, FL. Initiating failure is down to several high-likelihood hypotheses out of 24+. Summary article is easy to read. 1.5-hour video requires patience. 🤔 […]

We had a wet spring in Fort Collins, CO. Most of my xeriscape plants grew fast and lanky. The weight of all that water, and sometimes wind, laid some stems on the ground. Now summer heat has arrived. Highs of 90°F (32°C) and cloudless skies at high altitude […] [Original post on mindly.social]

#Today 11: Prairie Lode sundrops, Oenothera serrulata 'Prairie Lode' This small woody plant has bright yellow wrinkled petals. Kannah Creek® buckwheat, Eriogonum umbellatum var. aureum 'Psdowns' also has bright yellow blooms. Some varieties of buckwheat have […] [Original post on mindly.social]

Man swallows nose! 😱😜 Today I laughed. If you haven't visited the Gurning Gallery, you're missing out on the world's funniest folks. https://www.ebaumsworld.com/pictures/gurning/84287144/ #funny #faces #today

Go, Jena! Running for Attorney General of Colorado. https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/jena-griswold-colorado-trump-death-threats #colorado #politics #jenagriswold

Mentzelia decapetala, Ten-petal Blazingstar, seeds sprouted April 2025. I planted these seeds in early April, without stratification. In these six pots, nine seeds sprouted. In two other identical pots, a total of five seeds sprouted. I separated all five and […] [Original post on mindly.social]

Need emotional support? Try talking to a friend, not one of these AI 'characters' created by users to mimic psychotherapists. https://sfstandard.com/2025/05/11/ai-chatbots-fake-therapists/ #psychotherapy #ai #Fake

Nature Conservancy: The Green Heart Louisville Project is the first longitudinal clinical trial to test urban greening in the same way a new pharmaceutical intervention would be tested. 5 years after tree planting started (and stopped for the pandemic), results show a 13-20% drop in C-reactive […]

#rfk Junior requires HHS to add placebo testing to new vaccines. Placebo-controlled clinical trials have been part of vaccine testing since the 1940s. Adding more will only delay vaccine approval. https://www.sciencenews.org/article/hhs-cdc-fda-vaccine-test-placebo-safety #science #vaccines […]

Plasma cannons are no longer SciFi... A real Lorentz Plasma Cannon exists, and the narrator has been working toward this goal for sixty+ years. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lix-vr_AF38&ab_channel=LightningOnDemand #Plasma #lightning #SciFi

#wordweavers 20. If someone gave you a million dollars (or equivalent) to never write again, would you take it? I'd stop, gaze upward for a bit, then go make five million selling fraudulent vaporware products to criminals on Dark Web marketplaces by accepting payment only in untraceable Monera […]

Please support Internet Archive. The recording industry is trying to kill them. https://chng.it/BgL7vjF72s #internetarchive #history

#today 4: The proto-metal, psychedelic, occult rock band Coven had one hit song in 1971. Somehow, it seems shockingly prophetic of American life today. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djKjeWg5-vk #music #politics #America

#today 29: Deep sea pressure drives new desalination process with 30% to 40% less energy than traditional process. https://www.marketplace.org/2025/03/25/drinkable-seawater-one-company-in-drought-plagued-socal-is-trying-a-new-approach/ Video of OceanWell's vision at […]

#today How to reduce the micro-plastics in your drinking water. 1) Boil the water 2) Filter it https://e360.yale.edu/digest/microplastics-tap-water-boiling A good home distiller performs both steps and produces pure water. #science #water #plastic

If you know a kid who likes science and goofy jokes, give that young astronomer Galaxy Astronomy today! Available at Amazon https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DSTDBHLH @bookstodon #science #astronomy

#today 14: Friday the 13th came on a Thursday yesterday. :mastodance: I've known about micro-plastics in soil, water, air, and all living things for several years. Today I learned the active phrase for one modality is "plastic rain." Heard that on Science Friday today. The plastic bits are […]

Texas HB 3817 makes it a felony to be trans. Click link to say "NO!" to the Texas legislature. :transheart: https://chng.it/Gkyj8pMP47 #uspol #trans #transrights

The Internet Archive is preserving old and obsolete 78RPM recordings for posterity, but major labels are claiming copyright infringement. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/03/music-labels-will-regret-coming-for-the-internet-archive-sound-historian-says/ #history #ia #internetarchive #78RPM

A presidential decree can't change actual biology. 😛 https://www.sciencenews.org/article/biological-sex-male-female-intersex #biology #genetics #science #uspol

#today 10: Good morning authors! Have you heard of LibraryThing? I'm trying out their Early Reviewers program, a kind of ARC reader opportunity. The program also accepts books published in the past 6 months (read rules with care). You choose how many copies of your book to offer, from 5 to 30 […]

@bookstodon #Today 6: Galaxy Astronomy is an astronomy book for kids. It uses 48 full-color, large images of galaxies from the Hubble Space Telescope to illustrate galaxy evolution. During the month of March, it's featured in the Early Readers program at […] [Original post on mindly.social]