She thoroughly approved of such sentiments so long as there was, of course, no suggestion that they applied to her. The Wyrd Sisters Terry Pratchett #SundaySentence #TerryPratchett #bookstodon #discworld

She thoroughly approved of such sentiments so long as there was, of course, no suggestion that they applied to her. The Wyrd Sisters Terry Pratchett #SundaySentence #TerryPratchett #bookstodon #discworld

During a big storm NYC is represented by two separate but equally important groups. The city officials who try to calm everyone down, and the media who freak everyone out. These are their stories.

A group of roaches are suing "moltbook" for defamation. "Molting isn't gross, and we are dismayed that this important life milestone that means so much to so many young nymphs is being sullied by this project."

New Canadian national dance move just dropped: the Double Touch. #canada #curling #olympics

THE NEW OLYMPIC GAMES! An "Olympic" dog broke into the qualifiers of the women's team sprint in the freestyle He ran so confidently, as if he was actually competing for a medal. The athletes were initially frightened, thinking that a wild animal was chasing […] [Original post on mstdn.social]

New Canadian national dance move just dropped: the Double Touch. #canada #curling #olympics

Same, hence I've radically reduced my social media presence and use, and become more intentional about the quantity and source of my news ingestion. "More and more, it seems, I pull to refresh a feed or open up a new browser tab and encounter something that makes me feel as if I’ve sustained a […]

Oh, and here's the most elegant moth that flew into our moth lights this week. It's the appropriately named Exquisite Olearia Owlet (*Meterana exquisita*) and we saw just one of them and it looks to be the first record of the species from North Canterbury. Just […] [Original post on mastodon.nz]

This evening I've been continuing to upload my week's home moth light photos to #iNaturalist. I'm up to 64 moth species this week, so far, 8 of which are new species for our garden. This one is not new but I only saw one of them, once, this week, and every […] [Original post on mastodon.nz]

I'm up to 12 new moth species for our garden this year, thanks to the NZ moth identifiers on iNaturalist and the handy Compare tool on iNat. The Compare tool shows me what species are different between this year and my past years' mothing in my garden. It's handy […] [Original post on mastodon.nz]

Male Hooded Mergansers in breeding plumage on a rainy morning, San Jose, California, Feb 2026 #inaturalist #SanJose #California #sfba #nature #wildlife #birds #bird #birdsofmastodon #ducks #alt4you

I've been working through my moth light photos from up in the mountains of North Canterbury, NZ, last month, and getting them uploaded to #iNaturalist. Here's one of my favourites, the NZ endemic noctuid moth, *Ipana junctilinea*. It’s like some World of […] [Original post on mastodon.nz]

Introducing *Austramathes coelacantha*! I uploaded this moth to iNaturalist from my moth lighting last month in the NZ mountains. It's now the first iNat record of this NZ endemic moth, which was first described as a species in 2017. This adds to the five […] [Original post on mastodon.nz]

*Bascantis sirenica* is back!! Last week Wellington-based naturalist Christopher Stephens found and photographed this small, dark purple moth with two pale spots. Christopher found it in the Tararua Ranges. The species has not been seen since 1944! NZ's […] [Original post on mastodon.nz]

For the third in my hat-trick of exciting NZ Lepidoptera news stories, here is an observation over Christmas of a Mokarakare · Rauparaha's Copper (Lycaena rauparaha). It's likely the first seen anywhere in or between Lincoln and Christchurch in over a century […] [Original post on mastodon.nz]

Spamlet #discountmoviesorplays #hashtaggames

The Avengers: Civil Pretrial Settlement #discountmoviesorplays #hashtaggames

Finally we dragged ourselves on to the ice-foot at Cape Neumeyer and inside of an hour had four hare, and very delicious they were, even though unassisted by such frills as salt or fire. From the journal of Robert Edwin Peary, on an expedition in the Arctic. 1907. #sundaysentence

If you don't know what to do, be insane. That way nothing you say or do has to be justified. --Catherine O'Hara, paraphrased #rip #catherineohara #sctv #canada

I'm proud to welcome the wonderful Daniele Turturici to the #storyseedlibrary ! :D She's an Italian illustrator and comic artist drawing #solarpunk ! https://storyseedlibrary.org/authors/daniele-turturici/ #art #illustration #climate #climatechange #futurism #italy #hopepunk

RE: https://toot.cafe/@codepo8/116024590333676443 Showing a map like this to people not from Europe is so mean. Because you know someone is deeply broken but not exactly how broken. I have always dreamed of living in a suburb of Berlin and keeping my sail boat in a dry dock for the few […]

Check out this big gum emperor moth that visited my moth light at home last night, in Ōtautahi-Christchurch, NZ. I first thought there was a bird flapping in the bushes, before it appeared. This one was pinker than most I've seen, and it happily clambered about […] [Original post on mastodon.nz]

I just had to explain IYKYK to someone which felt like a betrayal.

#FotoVorschlag 'Bewegungsunschärfe'

Any server recs for my mom? She's a 70-something knitter and progressive living in New England, and she just quit Facebook for good. She's into fiber art, yoga, science, progressive politics, and dachshunds. (yeah, I know. I have a cool mom.) Where […] [Original post on io.waxandleather.com]

If the old order is not coming back, our elections cannot stay stuck in it. First-past-the-post no longer reflects how Canada votes. Proportional representation is how we build something better and stronger.

When I was in middle schools this girl, Cricket was always talking about her "boyfriend from Canada" "He's named Kyle and plays hockey. We met on the postcard exchange. He sent me this valentines day card." We made fun of her. Kyle was obviously fake. Well. She just married Kyle. KYLE WAS […]

If you're a PostgreSQL db admin that wants to volunteer a few hours - please DM me. I really want to make sure we do this migration right so we don't lose any data. I'm a linux admin in my own right but PostgreSQL is another beast. I know when I need to ask for some help. I'll send you a […]

He would build sentences around the rooms where burnt and broken things squatted, and I would never be able to see the damage for the bars. The Ministry of Time Kaliane Bradley #sundaysentence #bookstodon #amreading

He would build sentences around the rooms where burnt and broken things squatted, and I would never be able to see the damage for the bars. The Ministry of Time Kaliane Bradley #sundaysentence #bookstodon #amreading

conversation I had today: - is it a nonprofit? - …not on purpose, no

Tired: velociraptors Wired: velocicraptors

"I guess the point I'm trying to make is that as a species we're just no good at writing obituaries. We don't know how a man or his achievements will be perceived three generations from now, any more than we know what his great-great-grandchildren will be having for breakfast on a Tuesday in […]

"I guess the point I'm trying to make is that as a species we're just no good at writing obituaries. We don't know how a man or his achievements will be perceived three generations from now, any more than we know what his great-great-grandchildren will be having for breakfast on a Tuesday in […]

My students aren't lazy, but they *can* be a little perfectionist: scared to take risks or sit with not having the answer right away. They are really upset when their code won't run... but staying calm and *systematically* looking for the cause of the problem, knowing that if you just work […]

In my ongoing effort to make our apartment nicer I bought a green couch cover. It was hard to put on but really makes the room feel fresh. As soon as I was done #pica the cat entered. Sat down two inches from the cover looking up at the couch and started... mourning? She's so upset. She HATES […]

I wrestled with my own resolution: I wanted to be weak that I might avoid the awful passage of further suffering I saw laid out for me; and Conscience, turned tyrant, held Passion by the throat, told her tauntingly, she had yet but dipped her dainty feet in the slough, and swore that with that […]

Today I learned that when iceberg debris - clear bits of ice diamond - reach the shore of the glacier lake, the waves playing with them make a lovely trickling sound, almost like music, while the ice glitters in sunlight, sequin-like.

I wrestled with my own resolution: I wanted to be weak that I might avoid the awful passage of further suffering I saw laid out for me; and Conscience, turned tyrant, held Passion by the throat, told her tauntingly, she had yet but dipped her dainty feet in the slough, and swore that with that […]

I know I know we live in colorful times, but here - enjoy a bit of a color for a break #jigsaw #puzzle #jigsawpuzzle

the North Pole is actually an honorific which refers to a particular individual in Poland; the one who is, at this very moment, furthest north on the globe, out of every Polish inhabitant. this individual is The North Pole.

Because then I have a best friend who keeps saying things like "chatGPT said that he didn't think ..." There is no "he" There is no "think" There probably isn't even a "said" I feel like I'm fighting a multi-front war. This new tech has not been explained to "the general public" well. This […]