#OTD in 1839.

The French Academy of Sciences announces the Daguerreotype photography process.

The image below - Intérieur d'un cabinet de curiosité - states that this whole-plate daguerreotype was acquired in 1897, came from the collection of de Cailleux, bears the dedication "Epreuve ayant servi à constater la découverte du Daguerréotype, offerte à Monsieur de Cailleux par son [très] dévoué serviteur" [signed "Daguerre"].

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daguerre…

#photography

💪 Team sports score big points for your child's brain, study finds

medicalxpress.com/news/2024-12…

#sports #children #development

Have your bookmarks been mysteriously disappearing? Have older posts and replies from other servers vanished? If so, it may mean your Mastodon server has an incorrect admin setting.

If this has happened to you, ask your server admin to make sure that they have blanked their “remote content retention period” / “content cache retention period” setting.

There's more info for admins about this setting in the guide at:

➡️ fedi.tips/mastodon-admins-leav…

#FediTips #Mastodon #FediAdmin

American botanist, bryologist, and educator Elizabeth Gertrude Britton was born #OTD in 1858.

She was a co-founder of the precursor body to the American Bryological and Lichenological Society. She was an activist for the protection of wildflowers, inspiring local chapter activities and the passage of legislation. Elizabeth Britton made major contributions to the literature of mosses, publishing 170 papers in that field.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabet…

#science #botany #bryology #womeninStem

Fedi.Garden doesn't just list Mastodon servers, it also lists servers from other kinds of Fediverse platforms.

If you run a Fediverse server and it is compatible with the requirements (fedi.garden/about-this-site/), please message me if you would like to be listed.

At the moment people sign up via the list on JoinMastodon so they tend to only see Mastodon servers. I'm trying to create a platform-neutral alternative while still having some curation and listing requirements.

#Fediverse

Here's just a taste of South West Wales' positive news stories this month! 📣

Each month, 4theRegion collect all the positive news, and pull them all together into their regional roundup

Read the January roundup here 👉 lnkd.in/erz-WKh4

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#4theRegion #InTheKnow #SouthWestWales

#FrescoFriday in ancient Pompeii means it’s time to whip out your dancing shoes or figure out who’s hosting the dinner party. Could it be an all lady affair? This fresco certainly suggests so as there’s no gentlemen in sight.

#AncientRome #History

Episode 151A - Take Me Out to the Ball Game
For our annual #NewYear special, we’re headed to the #Mayan empire for a high stakes game against the Lords of Death. Then in #Gods and #Monsters, we’ll meet a #trickster spirit who can ruin your construction project.

#podcast #podcasting #myth #mythology #maya

Finch-billed Myna

A distinctive ashy-gray starling with a conspicuous, bulbous pale bill and fine red flecks on the rump. Juvenile browner, with orange coloring to rump and paler bill. Highly gregarious and vocal, often observed in flocks of dozens, frequenting the canopy. A species of lowlands and hills, preferring open woodlands and forest edge, particularly favoring tall dead trees, where they nest communally in cavities. Restricted to Sulawesi and nearby islands. Vociferous, regularly uttering “chirup” calls, typically as a large, noisy group.

Link: ebird.org/species/fibmyn2
Photo Location: Indonesia

Townsend's Storm-Petrel

Endangered seabird found in the Pacific Ocean well off the coast of Mexico and southern California. It breeds in summer on small islets near Guadalupe Island, located 160 miles from Baja California, and disperses northward and southward at other times of the year. Plumage is dark gray with a notched tail and pale stripes on the upperwing; rump may be either dark or white. Flies erratically and often patters the ocean with its feet. Very similar to Leach’s Storm-Petrel, which also has white- and dark-rumped forms, but it is smaller and darker with more rounded wings and less contrasting wing stripe. Also very similar to Ainley's Storm-Petrel, but keep in mind that Ainley’s has not yet been recorded in US waters.

Link: ebird.org/species/leastp5
Photo Location: United States

Kappabuchi Pool in Tōno City, Japan

Visitors are encouraged to fish for water goblins at this haunted pool.#mythology #pools #legends #section-Atlas

☕️ NEW BLOG 🎨

Unlock the Perfect Cup: Why Spritzing Your Coffee Beans Matters

#CoffeeForTheArts #Coffee #CoffeeBreak #CoffeeLovers #Art

coffeeforthearts.com/blogs/new…

Open letter: There are more than just trees and forests to be conserved and restored

nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/do…

#COP16 #PlantsPeoplePlanet @ecology @plants @botany @nature @biodiversity @conservation @management

Fun Fact: Gorillas can play the harmonica.

cutetropolis.com/2025/01/16/go…

#Gorillas

The Largest Walmart in America in Albany, New York

The largest Walmart Supercenter in the United States, referred to affectionately as “Mallmart,” has served the residents of Albany, New York, since 1994.#retail #grocery #stores #section-Atlas

Bridgehouse Gardens community group in South London has been on an incredible journey.

Together, they have transformed a disused, vacant tarmac site into a thriving forest garden and built by hand a new community learning space, The Winslade Barn. Along the way, participants have learnt amazing practical skills, built community and created space for wildlife.

Read their story: transitiontogether.org.uk/vaca…

#transitiontown #CommunityAction #ClimateAction #forestgarden

Brown Illadopsis

A chunky, medium-sized, remarkably drab babbler. Has a white throat in some parts of the range and uniformly brown underparts elsewhere. Found in the understory and at middle levels of rainforest at low and middle elevations, usually in small groups. Shy and skulking; rarely seen unless searched for. Very similar to Pale-breasted Illadopsis; note slight vocal differences, with a more pure whistled song. Brown Illadopsis is also slightly darker below, less richly colored above, and not as cleanly white-throated. Most often detected by voice. The highly variable song consists of single-note pure whistles separated by short pauses; sometimes the same note is repeated and sometimes consecutive notes differ, but listen for a haunting clear monotone whistle. Also gives scolding calls, sometimes accompanying the whistled song.

Link: ebird.org/species/broill1
Photo Location: Cameroon

New Scientist: Ancient society may have carved ‘sun stones’ to end volcanic winter…

Hundreds of mysterious engraved “sun stones” unearthed in #Denmark may have been ceremonially buried because a volcanic eruption in about 2900 BC made the sun disappear... #archaeology

formuchdeliberation.wordpress.…

More than one-third of all animals on Earth, from beetles to cows to elephants, depend on plant-based diets. Plants are a low-calorie food source, so it can be challenging for animals to consume enough energy to meet their needs. Now climate change is reducing the nutritional value of some foods that plant eaters rely on. #ClimateChange

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#OnThisDay Ernest Shackleton's #Expedition found the magnetic #SouthPole (1909).

The League of Nations holds its first council meeting in Paris, France (1920) after first World War.

knowledgezone.co.in/news

The medieval toilet or latrine, then called a privy or garderobe, was a primitive affair, but in a castle, one might find a little more comfort and certainly a great deal more design effort than had been invested elsewhere. Practicality, privacy, and efficient waste disposal were all considered and, even today, one of the most prominent and easily identifiable features of ruined medieval castles is the latrines which protrude from their exterior walls.

#archaeohistories

Ethiopian Bible - considered as the oldest and most complete 'Bible' on earth :

The world’s earliest illustrated Christian book has been saved by a British charity which located it at a remote Ethiopian monastery.

The Garima Gospels are named after a monk who arrived in African country in 5th Century AD, (Abba Garima arrived from Constantinople in 494 AD). The beautifully illustrated, colours are still vivid and thanks to Ethiopian Heritage Fund have been conserved.

#archaeohistories

One of the most beautiful and evocative parts of the Vatican Museums is certainly the long corridor of 120 meters in length and six in width that leads to the Sistine Chapel adorned with geographical maps.

The Gallery of geographic maps, commissioned by Pope Gregory XIII, was built between 1580 and 1585. The frescoes were made by Italian and Flemish artists under the direction of Ignazio Danti, mathematician, astronomer and cosmographer.

#archaeohistories