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Yesterday’s benefit from my Vitamin D infusion. Lorquin's admiral (Limenitis lorquini) 🌿

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A fledgling red-shouldered hawk and their parent caught in a bit of a Lady and the Tramp situation 🍝 #birds #raptors

Among the more ubiquitous of the world's feathered folk, the humble house sparrow (Passer domesticus indicus) adds a dash of life to the mundanity of the life urbane, with it's cacophony of chirps and cheeps, no matter which part of the world one may find it in. #birds #urbanwildlife #nature

#InsectThursday #Bee #Insects 🐝💛🌿 #CosmosChallenge2025 #EastCoastKin #Garden #Bloomscrolling #Flowers #NaturePhotography

I've never had such luck with dragonflies! #insects #nature #photography

Give us a share and come join the chat! The show is LIVE! www.twitch.tv/somegadgetguy SGGQA 401: Xbox and AMD, Apple iCloud Lawsuit, Fairphone 6 Leaks, Google Trains AI on Youtube Content Let's get our tech week started right! #tech #technology #technews #podcast

REPLAY CREW! We went deep on all the AI news this week, but still had some fun chatting about Xbox, AMD, and Quest gaming partnerships! somegadgetguy.com/2025/06/23/s... SGGQA 401: Xbox and AMD, Apple iCloud Lawsuit, Fairphone 6 Leaks, Google Trains AI on Youtube Content

The most comprehensive taxonomic account to date of philodromid spiders from China's Guizhou and Hubei provinces, with the desscription of one new species: doi.org/10.3897/zook... #biodiversity #DNAbarcoding #fauna

I personally will not use any kind of generative AI for any reason on the grounds that the whole project is unethical, but I get that there are some sensible use cases in principle. Using it for species identification is definitely not one of them.

👇🏼 Instead of using AI tools to help (incorrectly) identify wildlife, use a field guide (online, or otherwise), and hone your observation and identification skills in the process.

Because I can never advocate for them enough, have a peaceful San Joaquin kit fox kind of morning. #kitfox #sjkf #mammals

A.I. can’t pick blueberries shirtless in the morning sun and comprehend that an alien left behind its husk amidst the leaves.

Pollinator garden and native bee house at the Edinburgh airport 🐝🌺🌿

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Available for all Patrons (free and paid)! www.patreon.com/posts/i-wish... I wish I were more excited about the Desktop Mode in Android 16 Beta 4, but I'm just so tired... #android #tech #technews #geek #google

I love seeing these topics in the media, people looking to simplify or streamline their daily tech use, but maybe DONT buy an expensive phone JUST because it does less than a normal smartphone? www.youtube.com/watch?v=SczS... #tech #technology #android #gadgets #smartphone #geek

Is "thin" a feature you would pay more for on your next phone? If it meant less battery life and slower charging speeds? www.notebookcheck.net/The-Galaxy-S...

It's fun. I've been on NBC on TV and now on the Internet 😁

mobilesyrup.com/2025/02/15/b... About two months old, but I think we could expect some really cool tactile keyboard wielding communicator style devices from the likes of Unihertz, going forward! @somegadgetguy.com

Timeline cleanse. The teeniest patch of purple hepatica survived Calgary’s weird winter. Huzzah! #yyc #garden #flowers #nature #photography #Alberta

A quite large Johnson's Red Jumping spider living in one of my salvias scored what looks like a crab spider for breakfast this morning. #insects #jumpingspiders

In case anyone was wondering what the dangling crow was up to. Well big news! First of all, they’re still at the crowbatics - pic is from today. And! They have a nest in the big cedar! So I’ve been seeing them fly from the nest to the aerial for some dangling then back up to the nest 😍 #Corvids 🦉

The Crab Museum in Margate, UK is awesome. Their statement is awesome. It’s a fun museum, combining science, information, politics and humour. Go visit them

A couple of black and red bugs today - Cinnamon Bug (Corizus hyoscyami) and the red form of Brassica Bug (Eurydema oleracea). In #Bath #Somerset #UK. #Nature #Wildlife #UKWildlife #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #Insect #Insects #Bugs #TrueBugs #Hemiptera

@somegadgetguy.com New Titan incoming! 😱 www.youtube.com/watch?v=urMp...

I know it's Fri-yay, ya'll but Peeper's all ready for Caturday. Oh, and that's Sir Peeper to you landless serfs.

Just a male house sparrow from my balcony window.

I get this lovely view of our yard out the passenger window when I leave for work. Low water yards can look great!

Protect him at all costs.

TMNT Shredder's Revenge is available for everyone now. Not stuck behind a Netflix login. play.google.com/store/apps/d... Fantastic old school arcade-y brawler. You can demo the first couple levels for free!

I WANTED this to be a simple comparison. Two phones using this crazy awesome new camera sensor. That SHOULD be a fun easy video, right? somegadgetguy.com/2025/04/17/x... There are enough differences between the two, I have a few thoughts on how we compare phones...

Hi everyone. Today in "One day, one paper", crop diversification reduces the impact of herbivorous insects on yield, so diverse farming systems can support both biodiversity conservation and food production. 🌍 besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

If we're supposed to take true wireless earbuds seriously as replacements for premium cabled earbuds, then true wireless needs to have ALL the options we can get with wired earbuds. somegadgetguy.com/2025/04/09/e... Edifier NeoBuds Planar Review: Sound Quality Stands Apart

As the night fell and the moon rose, the ice turned to black and white, glow and shadow, as if I were looking at an X-ray toward a hidden world within.

My latest in Gripped Climbing Magazine. At a time of climate crisis and rising fascism, I've been on an ongoing journey to think about alternate ways of approaching mountains, mountaineering, and mountain literature--ones that seek not conquest or self-fulfillment, but harmony and resistance.

@phewtus.bsky.social Good Morning Lady of the Trees🌳🌱 Last day in Split - Sun splitting an amazing blue sky but cold Bora still blowing the cobwebs away! Hope you’re getting some ‘dry’ miles in🤞 #TreeOfTheDay is one of many pollarded mulberry trees dotted around the old city. ☘️🤗☘️

Edited another book. This book explores solutions, exposes effects, and describes biological and geological coastline features in understudied regions of the world.Available at: www.intechopen.com/books/1003709 🦑🌏🌿

Did u know? If you have Pond Skaters in your pond,it means you have a healthy ecosystem.They're predatory insects that feed on dead,dying or weak insects that fall into the water,so they help keep yr pond clean.They're also such time wasters-I love to watch them flit along the water's surface.🌱🌿🪲🌍

Near and far the views astounded at Red Rock Coulee this weekend. A gorgeous day, signs of spring and marvels of geology.

So I found this on one of my Daffodils today - I am making the guess that it is the larvae of some kind of moth - but no idea which one. Found in Warwickshire, England. ID help would be appreciated.

Had to grab a quick shot with the phone this morning - I believe it is Pieris rapae (Small White) - my 3rd UK butterfly species so far this year. @bcwarwickshire.bsky.social #Butterfly #Lepidoptera #Insects #Invertebrates #Spring

The Trochosa Wolf Spider was out and about tonight. My little garden is turning into a very biodiverse plot. #Invertebrates #Spiders #Arachnids #Spoods #Insects

Cross orbweaver spider (Araneus diadematus) Back porch neighbor September in Chicago #spiders #arachnids #nature #macro #photography #orbweavers #spiderSaturday

Reaching back in my archives for this one. A mentor was showing me how to use live view on my new Nikon D750. I used a new Nikkor 105mm macro lens to photograph this green linx spider. #photography #spiders #wildlife #macro #EastCoastKin

Bit of Sunday reading: super paper by @jeffollerton.bsky.social & co showing effectiveness of butterflies as pollinators of Field Scabious onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... (📷Mark Searle) 🌍🦋

A flower fly on a wild iris (Iris setosa) on the edge of a marsh in Anchorage in late June #wildflowers #nativeplants #flowers #flowerfly #insects #pollinators #alaskasky #marsh #bog