🌵 Young trees may be adapting to less-abundant rainfall, researchers suggest
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#trees #climatechange #water #rain #drought
What does the future hold for forests in a warmer, drier world? Over the past 25 years, trees have been dying due to effects of climate change around the world.Alana Chin (Phys.org)
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Ancient City of Polonnaruwa in Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka
This site was once the religious, cultural, and trade center of Sri Lanka.#buddhism #archaeology #history&culture #ruins #section-Atlas
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Royal Sunangel
Impressive hummingbird found in stunted cloud forest along the east slope of the Andes in southeastern Ecuador and northern Peru. Adult male is entirely dark blue and has a moderately long tail. Immature male has some green mixed into the blue plumage, and may have a buffy collar. Female is mostly green with a buffy or whitish collar, belly, and throat. Her tail is blue and shorter than male’s. This species is very localized, and prefers shorter forest and scrub near ridgelines.
Link: ebird.org/species/roysun1
Photo Location: Peru
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Roman Ruins Underneath a Starbucks in Varna, Bulgaria
A chain coffee shop in Bulgaria that takes its Italian roots very seriously.#walls #ancientrome #ruins #cafe #section-Atlas
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#ClimateDiary #ClimateChangeGardening #gardening #rewilding #NativePlants #FoodSecurity #plants
Elymus canadensis, wild rye
The seeds I sowed in the fall have already sprouted. It’s probably ok. It’s a very tall native grass that has landscaping potential and can grow in a wide range of environments/soils. Seeds and roots are edible.
Seed heads need to be singed to remove plant fibers. Roots are cleaned, dried and ground to use as a flour. 🌱
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You can customise what appears on your timeline using Mastodon's Filters feature. It lets you automatically hide posts containing certain words, phrases, hashtags, links or emoji. This guide explains how to use Mastodon filters and answers lots of common questions:
➡️ fedi.tips/filtering-your-timel…
Filtered posts can be either hidden completely, or hidden behind a warning that can be clicked open.
Filters give you the ability to hide whatever you don't want to see, from NSFW to Wordle.
An unofficial guide to using Mastodon and the Fediversefedi.tips
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The warming Arctic is now a carbon source, report finds.
The changes have affected the region’s wildlife, with migratory tundra caribou populations declining by 65% over the past two to three decades. #ClimateChange
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The Arctic region has shifted from storing carbon dioxide to releasing it into the atmosphere, according to the 2024 Arctic Report Card released by the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.lizkimbrough (Conservation news)
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Less than two weeks left to get your vote in for Giant Springtails in the Bug of the Year contest!
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It only takes a moment to vote, and you can learn about some amazing critters while doing so. Consider it a nice momentary distraction from everything else that's going on.
#TeamGiantSpringtail #BugoftheYear #Entomology #MemeGiantSpringtail #Collembola #Invertebrate
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A smiling two legged dog named Dixie whose paralyzed legs had to be amputated, prefers to run free rather than use her wheelchair.Lori Dorn (Laughing Squid)
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Benjamin Britten composed his monumental "War Requiem" for the (re-)dedication of Coventry Cathedral. It calls for large orchestra, chamber orchestra, large choir, boys' choir, organ, and three soloists. Britten's original plan was to have the soloists be Peter Pears representing Britain, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau representing Germany, and Galina Vishnevskaya representing the USSR, but the Soviet authorities did not allow Vishnevskaya to travel to Coventry for the event, so another soprano, Heather Harper, stepped in.
The War Requiem blends and contrasts the traditional Latin requiem mass with the anti-war poetry of Wilfred Owen. The chorus exclusively sings the Latin text, while the tenor and baritone soloists sing the Owen texts.
I have had the privilege of singing in the chorus for two performances of this piece, in Duke University chapel. It was one of the musical highlights of my entire life.
Yellowstone supervolcano study sparks eruption timeline debate – Earth.com…
#Yellowstone National Park boasts some of the most iconic geothermal features in the #UnitedStates. Beneath those colorful hot springs and spewing geysers sits a volcanic system that has captured the attention of geologists for decades... #volcanology #geology #geography
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#Yellowstone National Park boasts some of the most iconic geothermal features in the #UnitedStates. Beneath those colorful hot springs and spewing geysers sits a volcanic system that has captured t…for much deliberation
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KLR Productions compiled a humorous collection of they considered to be the best animal voiceover videos of 2024.Lori Dorn (Laughing Squid)
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A View from Alcock Tarn: Grasmere and Helm Crag
Another view from our recent trip to the Lakes. This surprisingly hibernal scene of the Grasmere valley, with Helm Crag taking centre stage, was captured from Alcock Tarn below Heron Pike. The green pasture fields in the valley provide a pleasant contrast to the lifeless, bracken-covered, rock-strewn hillsides.
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Another view from our recent trip to the Lakes. This surprisingly hibernal scene of the Grasmere valley, with Helm Crag taking centre stage, was captured from Alcock Tarn below Heron Pike. The gree…Out & About ...
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Daily gram of essential fatty acid leads to ‘three to four months rejuvenation of biological age’ over three yearsIan Sample (The Guardian)
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Crevasses increasing in size and depth in response to climate breakdown, Durham University researchers findOlivia Lee (The Guardian)
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How Robert Frost Wrote One of His Most Famous Poems, “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening”
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Several generations of American students have now had the experience of being told by an English teacher that they'd been reading Robert Frost all wrong, even if they'd never read him at all.Colin Marshall (Openculture.com)
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#QuizOfTheDay: The World #Trade Organization (#WTO) is an intergovernmental organization that regulates and facilitates international trade.
Which of these below international #Agreements led to establishment of WTO.
A. Paris Agreement
B. Marrakesh Agreement
C. General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
D. Kyoto Protocol
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Elizabeth Blackwell was born #OTD in 1821.
Her inaugural thesis on typhoid fever, published in 1849 in the Buffalo Medical Journal and Monthly Review was the first medical article published by a female student from the United States. She founded the New York Infirmary for Women and Children with her sister Emily Blackwell in 1857, and began giving lectures to female audiences on the importance of educating girls.
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Tooth-billed Wren
Slender, inconspicuous wren with a long tail, recalling a gnatcatcher. Has rather dull plumage: gray above, very pale grayish below, with a brownish crown. Note the dark bars on the tail. Forages high in the canopy of humid forests and almost invariably accompanies mixed-species flocks. Sings a loud series of “tsee” notes repeated continually.
Link: ebird.org/species/tobwre1
Photo Location: Brazil
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James Wade of MedievalMadness narrated an amusing compilation of rather forthright and fairly bawdy Medieval jokes from the Middle Ages.Lori Dorn (Laughing Squid)
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A tiny toddler sat with his black cat in front of their apartment's floor-to-ceiling windows, fascinated by watching window washers at work.Lori Dorn (Laughing Squid)
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#WonderOfNature: Attacus atlas, the #Atlas #Moth, is a large saturniid moth endemic to the forests of Asia. It is one of the largest lepidopterans, with a wingspan measuring up to 24 cm.
Both forewings have a prominent extension at the tip, with markings that resemble the head of a snake, a resemblance which is exaggerated by movements of the wings when the moth is confronted by potential predators.
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This repository contains 5 years of NIH project data from NIH RePORTER and some sample #rstats code to parse and plot it.
Pls. boost so this can be seen by folks who might have a use for it 🙏
github.com/lisawilliams/NIH_Da…
A repository with pointers to NIH project data from NIH RePorter from 2019-2021 - lisawilliams/NIH_DataGitHub
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Thanks for this! I made a mirror of the repo and the data. I have more data sets forthcoming there as well.
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#KnowledgeByte: NASA, the European Space Agency, and the research collective behind the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) have been working tirelessly to find out if we are alone, once and for all.
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What Is the Diamond Sutra? The Oldest Printed Book in the World
We explore the fascinating story behind the Diamond Sutra, thought to be the oldest printed book in the world.
By Maysara Kamal
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What Are the 5 Most Influential English Ghost Stories?
Ghost stories are an ancient tradition, often carrying moral or religious messages. Over time, writers realized the power of crafting uniquely unsettling tales, and this list examines 5 of the most influential.
By Lauren Jones
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All these ghost stories are available at PG:
gutenberg.org/ebooks/768
gutenberg.org/ebooks/1289
gutenberg.org/ebooks/14522
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Please pass this on to anyone who writes websites, and/or read it if you are one and are unaware of how to make your site more accessible to screen readers. This is an excellent place to start.
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#accessibility #AccessibilityTesting #blind #html #inclusion #ScreenReaders #websites
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Access Information News for Monday, February 3, 2025 - Volume 1000 ♿️
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#OTD in 1813.
Leigh Hunt is imprisoned for a libel of the Prince Regent in The Examiner (1812). He continues his literary work in prison and will be visited there by Lord Byron, Thomas Moore, Charles and Mary Lamb, Charles Cowden Clarke, Maria Edgeworth, William Hazlitt, Jeremy Bentham, Lord Brougham and Benjamin Haydon.
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#OTD in 1863.
Samuel Langhorne Clemens, in signing a humorous letter to the Territorial Enterprise newspaper in Virginia City, Nevada, first uses the pen name Mark Twain.
Twain first used his pen name, when he wrote a humorous travel account titled "Letter From Carson – re: Joe Goodman; party at Gov. Johnson's; music" and signed it "Mark Twain".
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#OTD in 1869.
Booth's Theatre opens on Manhattan with the owner, Edwin Booth, playing the male lead in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.
Some reports said it was one of the most elaborate productions of Romeo and Juliet ever seen in America; it was certainly the most popular, running for over six weeks and earning over $60,000 (equivalent to $1,000,000 in 2023).
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Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by volunteers.Project Gutenberg
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#MosaicMonday some weekdays are rougher than others and arguably Monday might be the roughest! This Amazon warrior seems to be having a bit of a rough time as well, trying to fend off a well-armoured enemy.
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#ClimateChange on the #Tibetan #Plateau : Medium
Can #Cold #Weather make you #Sick? : Live Sci
This dog-like #Predator is the #Oldest known #Mammal #Ancestor : Pop Sci
Check our latest #KnowledgeLinks
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Researcher at Swansea University says tiny plant spores mixed into bitumen can extend surface lifespan by 30%Ian Sample (The Guardian)
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Kashmir Nutcracker
A jay-like bird with a long pointed bill, a black cap, and white spots all over. Very similar to Eurasian Nutcracker, but the Kashmir Nutcracker appears whiter overall with more white on the back, underparts, undertail, and tail tips. Forages in conifers for nuts and seeds, occasionally descending to the ground. Calls include loud, harsh “kraaa” notes.
Link: ebird.org/species/sponut1
Photo Location: India
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The Harlem Jazz Singer Who Inspired Betty Boop: Meet the Original Boop-Oop-a-Doop, “Baby Esther”
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Jazz Age cartoon flapper, Betty Boop, inhabits that rare pantheon of stars whose fame has not dimmed with time. While she was never alive per se, her ten year span of active film work places her somewhere between James Dean and Marilyn Monroe.Ayun Halliday (Openculture.com)
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in reply to Michael Carley • • •@mikecarley no, this is the first year growing it myself. ❤️
I grew Elymus virginicus last year but the rabbits ate it down. 😆 Not sure if it even got a chance to reseed itself.
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