The FDA restricts a psychoactive mushroom used in some edibles
The Food and Drug Administration has told food manufacturers the psychoactive mushroom Amanita muscaria isn't authorized for food, including edibles, because it doesn't meet safety standards.#news #npr #publicradio #usa
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A pair of satellites will create artificial solar eclipses to study the sun
Astronomers hope the Proba-3 mission will help them get a better view of the corona, the sun's outer atmosphere, which is even hotter than the sun's surface.#news #npr #publicradio #usa
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A Sombrero ground lizard. The species is endemic to Sombrero island, a tiny isle (just over a mile long) near Anguilla in the Caribbean. Its population has increased from fewer than 100 individuals in 2018 to more than 1,600 today, a new survey has revealed, thanks to conservation efforts.
Photograph: Farah Mukhida/Anguilla National Trust
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A sassy mixed-breed dog named Luna has the face, coat, and voice of a husky with the little legs and stubborn intelligence of a corgi.Lori Dorn (Laughing Squid)
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While users (at least on friendica.world) don't have advanced filtering options, I was able to solve myproblem. I went back to the Friendica site, and then to contacts. I clicked on each one, and in most cases, I changed the channel setting so that I would see all posts. for the ones that I really don't want to miss anything from, I changed the notification so that will be notified for each post the contact makes. On TweeseCake, this gives me three options. I could either read the Home timeline as always, switch to notifications, or switch to Mentions. I don't know why new posts are appearing in Mentions without anyone tagging me, but ah well. The last wo options will focus on the contacts whose posts I want to see the most. In all cases, but especially the second and third, I have eliminated the types of posts I don't wish to see from anyone. It took a long time, but my timeline is now clean and pleasant.
#Friendica #friends #posting #timeline #Tweesecake #TweeseCake
I hope you find a congenial community here! For the most part it’s a lovely place. I guess you’ve learned the follow-hashtags trick? [#]mosstodon is worth a peek, as is [#]bloomscrolling
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Do you use the "Please Caption" bot to remind you to add descriptions? A couple of updates about this:
1) It has just changed servers, its new address is:
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2) There was a problem transferring the bot's follows list. Even if you're following it at the new address, you should unfollow it and re-follow it in order to trigger the bot's follow back. Follow backs are needed for reminders to work.
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Yes, #NapoleonBonaparte had a #Math #Theorem! : Medium
Fat #Cells have a ‘#Memory’ of #Obesity — hinting at why it’s hard to keep weight off : Nature
#Historians Say They’ve Solved the #Mystery of a Curious 100-Year-Old #Contraption Discovered in Storage : Misc
Check our latest #KnowledgeLinks
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#Napoleon's #Theorem is a fascinating result in #Geometry that states - If #Equilateral #Triangles are constructed on each side of any triangle (either all outwards or all inwards), the centers of those equilateral triangles themselves form an equilateral triangle.
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Napoleon's theorem is a fascinating result in geometry that states - If equilateral triangles are constructed on each side of any triangle (either all outwards or all inwards), the centers of those equilateral triangles themselves form an equilateral…Knowledge Zone
“Nothing is worth more than this day. You cannot relive yesterday. Tomorrow is still beyond your reach.”
– Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
#quote #mindfulness #thisday #vongoethe
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We’re in the fight of our lives to save the planet.Corporate giants are burning, slashing, and poisoning precious forests from Brazil to Indonesia, for coffee, cocoa, palm oil and more.We HAVE to stopEkō
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#NewSpecies!
New carnivorous snail from #laos just bit us:
Sinoennea houaphanica
Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/F1237A1…
Publication: doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2024.…
#tandfonline #SinoenneaHouaphanica
#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #malacology #snails #carnivore #carnivoroussnails
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#NewSpecies!
New isopod from #brazil just came in:
Xangoniscus antiquus
Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/1457552…
Publication: doi.org/10.3897/subtbiol.50.13…
#subtbiol #XangoniscusAntiquus
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#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #invertebrates #arthropods #crustacea #isopods
Three new troglobitic amphibious species of Xangoniscus (Styloniscidae) have been described from limestone caves of the Bambui Group semiarid ecosystems (Chacoan subregion) in the state of Bahia: Xangoniscus antiquus sp. nov., X. chaimowiczi sp. nov.Carlos Mario López-Orozco (Pensoft Publishers)
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#NewSpecies!
New freshwater goby from #vietnam just swam in:
Rhinogobius phuocbinhensis
Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/03FD87E…
Publication: doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5550.…
#Zootaxa #RhinogobiusPhuocbinhensis
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#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #fish #TeamFish #fishofmastodon #fishfriday #ichthyology #goby #freshwater
A new species of freshwater gobiid fish of genus Rhinogobius Gill, 1859, was collected from the Cai Phan Rang River basin, South Central Vietnam. Rhinogobius phuocbinhensis n. sp.doi.org
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The alter stone, which we now know is from Scotland, may have been a gift or marker of political allianceEsther Addley (The Guardian)
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#NewSpecies!
New moth from #china just landed:
Anorthoa wangi
Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/B9BC013…
Publication: doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.12.e139425
#BioDataJournal #AnorthoaWangi
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#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #invertebrates #entomology #insects #lepidoptera #moths #mothsmatter
Anorthoa Berio, 1980 is a genus within the subfamily Hadeninae . This genus has a close relationship with the rama species complex of the genus Harutaeographa.Rui Xie (Pensoft Publishers)
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#NewSpecies
New skink from #australia just snuck in:
Liopholis purnululu
Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/EC6387B…
Publication: doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5551.…
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#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #herpetology #herps #reptiles #skink
Molecular genetic and morphological assessments were undertaken on the Liopholis inornata species group of skinks that occur on sandy soils in both mesic and arid regions of Australia.doi.org
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#PhotoOfTheDay: Orange #Lava, Blue #Lagoon
#Landsat 9 captured this image of lava coming from an eruptive fissure near Stóra Skógfell peak on Iceland's Reykjanes peninsula.
Lava from the eruption flowed across major roads and closed in on the Blue Lagoon, a popular tourist destination. This natural color scene is overlaid with an infrared signal to help distinguish the lava’s heat signature.
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Landsat 9 captured this image of lava coming from an eruptive fissure near Stóra Skógfell peak on Iceland's Reykjanes peninsula. Lava from the eruption flowed across major roads and closed in on the Blue Lagoon, a popular tourist destination.NASA
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Study shows climate change is hindering aspen tree maturity
Aspen #forests face complex challenges from #climatechange , not just rising temperatures but interactions with drought, fire, and browsing. A 42% aspen mortality rate highlights vulnerabilities, especially for young trees in dry, low-elevation areas. Adaptive management and collaborative strategies are vital to support regeneration and maintain biodiversity in these essential #ecosystems
globalplantcouncil.org/study-s… #Climate #Science
Aspen forests face complex challenges from climate change, not just rising temperatures but interactions with drought, fire, and browsing. A 42% aspen mortality rate highlights vulnerabilities, especially for young trees in dry, low-elevation areas.Isabel (The Global Plant Council)
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Empower Inclusive Giving: Support Disability-Owned Businesses This Holiday Season With The Disability: IN Annual Holiday Gift Guide | DrKirkAdams.com
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Here, Dr. Adams highlights the importance of inclusive holiday shopping as a means to empower Disability-Owned Business Enterprises (DOBEs) and foster a culture of diversity and innovation.
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NPR's most-read stories of 2024 include a scam-fighter and zombie second mortgages
How can you outsmart scammers? What would you do if your friend was attacked by a wild cougar? NPR readers wanted to know the answers to those questions and more in 2024.#news #npr #publicradio #usa
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Hey Mastodon, I need to check something... you all know about Catford right??
It's a neighborhood in South London where they've leaned hard into the name.
They have the best shopping centre entrance ever.
Went through Catford the other day and even the town Christmas tree has a cat on the top in place of a star.
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Big Lots says it is having going-out-of-business sales as it seeks a new buyer
The national discount retailer says that a previously announced deal to sell itself to a private-equity group fell through.#news #npr #publicradio #usa
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20 Maps That Changed the World
How we illustrate the world affects how we experience it.
By Lorna Wallace
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The Mercator Projection, Ptolemy’s ‘Geographia’, the Fra Mauro Map, and even Google Maps have all shaped how we experience the world around us.Kerry Wolfe (Mental Floss)
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CO2 emissions from new North Sea drilling sites would match 30 years’ worth from UK households | Environment | The Guardian…
Potential new North Sea oil and gas fields with early stage licences from the UK would emit as much carbon dioxide as British households produce in three decades. #climatechange #northsea #oilandgas #carbondioxide #environment
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Potential new North Sea oil and gas fields with early stage licences from the UK would emit as much carbon dioxide as British households produce in three decades.#climatechange #northsea #oilandgas…for much deliberation
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Jackson Galaxy recounts the long history of domestic cats, noting that felines around the world originate from a single specia - the Near Eastern Wildcat.Lori Dorn (Laughing Squid)
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Sakhalin Leaf Warbler
Small songbird, virtually identical in plumage to Pale-legged Leaf Warbler, of which it was formerly considered a subspecies. Vertical tail pumping distinguishes this species from most others in its range except Pale-legged. Forages through the different layers of forest and like Pale-legged (and unlike most other leaf warblers) sometimes forages on the ground. Call note is a hard metallic “pit,” similar to Pale-legged, but marginally lower in frequency (visible on spectrogram); song a series of rhythmic whistles with clear distinctions between each note, very unlike the high, rapid trill of Pale-legged. Breeds in forest edges and clearings; can be found in a range of wooded habitats in migration and on wintering grounds.
Link: ebird.org/species/salwar1
Photo Location: China
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Technology Networks: Caltech Scientists Have Quantified the Speed of Human Thought…
Caltech researchers have quantified the speed of human thought: a rate of 10 bits per second. However, our bodies' sensory systems gather data about our environments at a rate of a billion bits per second, which is 100 million times faster than our thought processes... #brain #neuroscience #research #science
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Caltech researchers have quantified the speed of human thought: a rate of 10 bits per second. However, our bodies’ sensory systems gather data about our environments at a rate of a billion bi…for much deliberation
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Chris Notap shared simple but helpful hacks that keep shoelaces tightly tied no matter how much one's feet are put into use.Lori Dorn (Laughing Squid)
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#NewSpecies!
New dung beetle from #india just came in:
Sinodrepanus schoenfeldi
Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/F84587F…
Publication: doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5537.…
#Zootaxa #SinodrepanusSchoenfeldi
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#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #invertebrates #entomology #insects #coleoptera #beetles #dungbeetle
The taxonomy and distribution of seven species of Sinodrepanus Simonis, 1985 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Oniticellini) is studied. Sinodrepanus schoenfeldi Montanaro, new species from India and Laos is described and illustrated.doi.org
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Dog wants another Santa visit, lion cub triplets born, doggie nativity play, and fireside felines.
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The world's biggest and oldest iceberg is on the move once again
About the size of Rhode Island, the iceberg known as A23a got stuck in an ocean vortex this summer, spinning in place for months. Now, it's free, and heading back into open Antarctic waters.#news #npr #publicradio #usa
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The invention of the printing press in the 15th century was a pivotal moment in human history, transforming how information was shared, preserved, andTimeWarpTales (TimeWarp Tales)
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Climate-warming gas leaks must be fixed by utilities in a new proposed rule
Natural gas utilities likely will face stricter federal regulations for their climate-warming methane emissions. Among the biggest sources of leaks is the meter outside a gas customer's home.#news #npr #publicradio #usa
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Scientists surprised to find so many animals unknown to science in Alto Mayo, a well-populated regionGraeme Green (The Guardian)
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I just learned that Friendica, itself, has at least three different types of filters. These are content, advanced content, and language. The first two would allow me to block certain words, topics, etc. from my home timeline, while the third would allow me to collapse or delete things that aren't in languages that I understand. Unfortunately, it seems that Friendica.world has not implemented these, so I've been forced to block many people so that I don't see these things. I do undersatnd that only one or two people run this instance, but would it be possible to give users these abilities? I would rather not switch instances. Alternatively, I don't see such options available in TweeseCake. Maybe, sinceI just heard they're rewriting it, they will include such features in the new version.
#Fediverse #filters #Friendica #friendica.world #posting #Tweesecake #TweeseCake
Is there any way I can stop an entire conversation from appearing in my timeline? I see several in which I have no interest, and they are taking up time and space. Remember, screen reader users can't simply scan things quickly, see a word and move on, as sighted people can.
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From understanding cat body language to providing opportunities for play, these science-backed tips will help keep your pet safe and healthyGuardian staff reporter (The Guardian)
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How Cats Play wayofcats.com/blog/how-cats-pl…
Cat play is part reflex, and part imagination.
#CatsOfMastodon #CatsOfTheFediverse #Catstodon #CatLovers #CatAppreciators #Humane #Rescue #BudBudtheSpud
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Bytebro 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 🌈
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This seems to be a very niche usage.
It seems the point of the story is to use outliers (people with proxy connections using free VPN) to scare people away from using *all* free VPN's, without explaining how one knows that *paid* VPN's don't do the same thing.
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