Damn. “We have our own mass murder problem, and we can ill afford to indulge in wistful or lurid looks back to a time when senseless mass killing was so rare that we could remember the names of the killers.”
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Literally confusing hawks and doves.
Usually #iNaturalist’s AI is pretty good at narrowing down to a genus, but sometimes it can get confused. Like this #pigeon sitting on a silk floss tree branch. It was “pretty sure” it was a *hawk*.
Um, nope!
I can sort of see that with the first image, but the second one makes it blindingly obvious!
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/30408488
@KelsonV I just realized it’s literally confusing hawks and doves.
Blaming mental illness for *any* problem won’t solve it if all you’re going to do is further stigmatize the mentally ill instead of 1. Actually helping people deal with mental health issues. 2. Looking at other factors influencing how the problem tends to unfold.
Blaming mental illness for *any* problem won’t solve it if all you’re going to do is further stigmatize the mentally ill instead of
1. Actually helping people deal with mental health issues.
2. Looking at other factors influencing how the problem tends to unfold.
Interesting perspective on the difference between retweet and copy-and-paste, and how reducing friction can encourage people to be more awful to each other. The Man Who Built The Retweet: “We Handed A Loaded Weapon To 4-Year-Olds”
Interesting perspective on the difference between retweet and copy-and-paste, and how reducing friction can encourage people to be more awful to each other.
The Man Who Built The Retweet: “We Handed A Loaded Weapon To 4-Year-Olds”
California Condor Comeback
Link: Fintan O’Toole: Trial runs for fascism are in full flow
Selling environmentally-friendly reusable products to “own the libs” is kind of a weird take.
Selling environmentally-friendly reusable products to “own the libs” is kind of a weird take.
Because anxiety without hope turns into despair. We all need something to convince us it’s worth getting out of bed in the morning. And we need to, as Sam Gamgee puts it, hang onto the idea that there’s some good in the world, and it’s worth fighting for.
Because anxiety without hope turns into despair. We all need something to convince us it’s worth getting out of bed in the morning. And we need to, as Sam Gamgee puts it, hang onto the idea that there’s some good in the world, and it’s worth fighting for.
https://www.cracked.com/podcast/17-exciting-happy-news-stories-more-people-should-hear/
Cognitive Dissonance in Trump Supporters
Link: The psychological phenomenon that blinds Trump supporters to his racism
Plus, of course, the ones who know full well he’s a racist and support him *because* of it. They don’t have any cognitive dissonance to resolve. But they know the optics are bad, so they won’t admit to the label. Even though they’re totally fine with the content.
Honestly, though, at this point you’d *have* to be wilfully refusing to see it. The guy literally launched his political career on birtherism and his campaign on an anti-immigrant platform, and has just kept doubling down.
Since I’ve been posting observations to iNaturalist I’ve *definitely* noticed more differences among plants…
Since I’ve been posting observations to iNaturalist I’ve *definitely* noticed more differences among plants, whether walking around town or hiking through nature. Even just differences between types of weeds.
Link: BBC on “Plant blindness”
Why ‘plant blindness’ matters — and what you can do about it
Of course, I’ve also started noticing differences among local birds more, too. I used to basically classify them as:
– pigeon
– seagull
– crow
– um, small bird?
Plus occasional ducks and geese near the water.
Now I can at least tell pigeons from doves, sparrows from finches (most of the time), ducks from coots, and pick out mockingbirds and starlings. And most of the cranes I’ve seen turn out to have been egrets.
@cs jokes that you know you’re getting old when you start paying attention to birds, and links to What’s the Difference Between Pigeons and Doves? on Mental Floss.
Heh. Fair enough. Though there are particular species found in Southern California that are named doves (such as the white-and-gray mourning doves that perch alone on telephone wires calling “Oo! Oo! Oo!” for what seems like hours on end) or pigeons (such as the gray-and-blue-green common pigeons that tend to flock in groups, perch on ledges and try to steal dropped french fries).
Link: How the biggest decentralized social network is dealing with its Nazi problem
A spotless lady beetle, um, spotted on a weed growing by the sidewalk
A spotless lady #beetle, um, spotted on a weed growing by the sidewalk.
Link: Should we resurrect the American chestnut tree with genetic engineering?
We’ve all seen it: A long-established business changes hands & the new guy “knows business” so he doesn’t study WHY the old owner/management did certain things, just figures he knows better. Then he tosses things that turn out to have been important & runs it into the ground.
We’ve all seen it: A long-established business changes hands & the new guy “knows business” so he doesn’t study WHY the old owner/management did certain things, just figures he knows better. Then he tosses things that turn out to have been important & runs it into the ground.
As usual, people who claim that social justice values are new to comics (in this case Vertigo) and therefore the cause of their decline show that they have no clue about comics’ history. Crack open some early Vertigo, and you’ll find plenty of examples:
As usual, people who claim that social justice values are new to comics (in this case Vertigo) and therefore the cause of their decline show that they have no clue about comics’ history. Crack open some early Vertigo, and you’ll find plenty of examples:
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/vertigo-comic-book-line-sjw-values/
Can Migrating Birds Adapt To Climate Change?
Misinformation is everywhere. These scientists can teach you to fight BS.
LA climate: what causes May Grays and June Gloom.
LA climate: what causes May Grays and June Gloom.
Going to miss Vertigo
Going to miss #Vertigo, but IMO it’s less the name than the editorial independence that matters. Not sure if DC Black Label will have that. #DCComics
https://www.comicsbeat.com/dc-consolidates-publishing/ @comicsbeat
As for consolidating DC Ink and Zoom into DC Kids…I’ve got to agree with the commenter who points out that it’s likely to turn kids in the 8-12 target audience away from it. Kids that age don’t like feeling talked down to.
Link: Experiment with ‘lost’ wallets reveals that people are surprisingly honest
Link: Experiment with ‘lost’ wallets reveals that people are surprisingly honest https://www.latimes.com/science/la-sci-people-are-honest-lost-wallets-experiment-20190620-story.html