Don't you love anticipation? Of good things I mean -- birthday, vacation, dinner out, special event. Generally it's something we know of in advance, so there is opportunity for a jolt of joy every time we think of what is to come.

Why not enjoy these moments? God knows we spend enough time worrying about things that may or may not happen; why not dwell pleasurably on good things?

The Evening Ahead canvas print -- 2-steve-henderson.pixels.com/f…

#beauty #art #mastoart #fediart #buyintoart #flowers

A White-breasted Nuthatch clings to an oak trunk after this weekend's snow.

#photography #birds #wildlife #birdphotography #nature #masswildlife #massachusetts #wildmassachusetts #naturalmassachusetts #massachusettswildlife

#OnThisDay #Apollo 5 lifts off carrying the first Lunar module into space (1968).

Birth Anniversary of Francis Bacon (1561) - English #Philosopher and statesman; and #British #Poet Lord Byron (1788).

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In 2024, Brazil was responsible for more than a third of global coffee production

A poor harvest in the Latin American giant significantly impacts international prices

Arabica coffee, the most popular variety, in December reached its highest price since 1977, listed at $3.48 per pound on the New York Stock Exchange

menafn.com/1109115456/Climate-…

#Coffee #Brazil #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #IrreversibleOverheating #GlobalBurning #ClimateDestruction #MassExtinction #pollution #environment #climate

#GoodNews #2024 #shorts #sustainableliving #pollution #wildlife #conservation #sustainability

Some of the best good news stories from 2024

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Moving Image Archive in Glasgow City, Scotland

Here you can see more than 100 years of Scotland’s history captured by amateur and professional filmmakers.#archive #cinema #film #section-Atlas

A log decays along the North Fork of Kanaka Creek giving life to the next generation of trees and shrubs. Photographed at Kanaka Creek Regional Park in Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada. One of my top 10 images of 2024.

#Rainforest #BritishColumbia #Canada #Forest #Creek #Nature #NaturePhotography

#postdoc #jobs opportunity at Arizona State University, home of Social Insect Research Group, one of the largest centers of social-insect research in the world. Likely closes January 27!

"Postdoctoral Research Scholar: Function and Evolution of Insect Societies"
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Richard Turere invented a solar-powered light system to scare away lions from livestock, and it worked. 🦁

It is so successful that he now travels around, installing them to protect the herds of other farmers. In doing so, he also protects the lions from becoming targets.

📺 youtube.com/watch?v=3bPlu0StTU…
📰 bbc.com/news/business-44398952

#solarpunk #wildlife #lions #happynews

Blue-naped Chlorophonia

Small, plump bird with stout bill. Male mostly lime green with contrasting yellow belly and thin blue collar on nape and blue rump; some populations entirely blue above. Female similar but duller, with greener belly. Usually seen in pairs or small flocks, often in association with a fruiting tree. Forages at all levels, most frequently in the canopy. Listen for its plaintive whistles, usually one or two notes.

Link: ebird.org/species/blnchl1
Photo Location: Colombia

It’s a pupperfly!

cutetropolis.com/2025/01/21/do…

#Dogs #GoldenRetrievers #Pups

Making a single glass wine bottle releases <Edit> .49 kg of CO2. Melting glass creates a lot of CO2.

We can avoid about 80% of that by reusing the bottle.
In the greater Portland area we have this option now: tinyurl.com/3wnawxnw

#pdx #wine #carbonfootprint

Internet Archive's founder, @brewsterkahle, spoke with
WBUR's Megna Chakrabarti about the lawsuits against the Internet Archive, the importance of archiving the web, and the "constantly renewed mythological goal" of the Library of Alexandria.

🎧 Listen now: wbur.org/onpoint/2025/01/07/in…

We've opened registration for our annual BugShot insect photography workshop! This summer we'll be in Portal, Arizona for the start of the monsoon.

We're also very pleased to announce our newest instructor, Adrian Smith, whose exquisite high speed insect flight videos you may know from the AntLab Youtube channel.

#Insects #Photography #Bugshot

bugshot.net/bugshot-portal-ari…

However nasty the weather is where you are, it's worse on WASP-127b. This planet has howling winds blowing at 9 km/sec (20,000 mph). Temperatures drop 175° C (315° F) across its night side.

WASP-127b is also a weird puffball, less dense than balsa wood! What a world.

eso.org/public/news/eso2502/ #science #nature #astronomy #weather

These thrasher workshops strengthened & developed our partnerships, and now our partners in Sonora have taken the helm of #thrasher surveys in #Mexico. Their work has vastly expanded current knowledge on the Bendire’s Thrasher there, critical to their #conservation.

#desertthrashers #birds

Family raises rescued squirrel!

cutetropolis.com/2025/01/09/re…

#Squirrels

Terracotta Warriors - the thousands of clay soldiers guarding Qin Shi Huang’s tomb are enduring representations of the ruler’s legacy :

Mausoleum of First Qin Emperor is home to one of history’s greatest armies, though it’s one built entirely of clay.

The massive host of terra-cotta warriors charged with guarding the emperor’s tomb for eternity was discovered in 1974, when farmers near Xi’an, China, dug a well and found a clay head—the first of perhaps 7,000 unique figures.

#archaeohistories

IMDb’s CEO, who founded the site 35 years ago, is stepping down

Col Needham will become the company’s executive chair. IMDb’s chief operating officer, Nikki Santoro, will take over as CEO.

Marine iguanas are the only lizards on Earth that spends time in ocean. They live only on Galapagos Islands (Ecuador 🇪🇨) and like many Galapagos species, they have adapted to an island lifestyle.

In water, they swim with a snake-like motion and hold themselves against the bottom with their long claws in order to graze. They also known for their very efficient salt glands, where they “sneeze” out salt. Because they feed underwater, they ingest a large amount of saltwater.

#archaeohistories

The free open source forum software NodeBB is now part of the Fediverse. You can now follow and interact with members of NodeBB-powered forums from other Fediverse servers.

For example, their co-founder's account on NodeBB is @julian and you can interact with them from Mastodon etc.

You can follow the latest news about NodeBB at:

➡️ @nodebb

Their official website is at:

➡️ nodebb.org

If you want technical details see the documentation at:

➡️ docs.nodebb.org/activitypub

#Fediverse