🌸🌹2ck 🌱🐇 @2ck@qoto.org

I kinda think redwing blackbirds are actually trying to get photographed. everytime I take out my camera in the park, at least one always comes near enough for a great close up shot
#birds #birding #birdphotography #birdwatching

I have a two publications to my name, mostly for being *attached* to the group that actually wrote and edited the papers. (I did write software based on some of the ideas in the paper, but they weren't originally my ideas.)

OK. Whatever. What I'm curious about is, I'm on #ResearchGate and, lately, I get pretty regular notifications of new #citations on one of these papers, about once a month. It's a total of 80 since September 2018. Is this typical?

It's not a bad paper: I think it's actually quite good. Still, it's not "groundbreaking"? It's about an approach to #SystemsBiology where we use computer simulation that integrates multiple models to validate our overall understanding of an organism. Is that what folks are into these days?

Anyway, I just want a hint, because I'm not likely to actually read all these papers that cite us, if this is, like, paper mill output or are other folks legitimately taking on the ideas and building on them.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qskm9MTz2V4

i died💀
#music #piano

(I know it's four years old. I don't care)

What do people, especially people who are opposed to surveillance-based capitalism, think about UTM codes? I usually remove them except sometimes when they indicate a "mastodon" "campaign" and I actually want some of these sites (e.g., news sites) to recognize traffic is being driven from the Fediverse so they'll engage more here.

On the one hand, I generally appreciate that they're typically more transparent than some trackers that follow you from site to site. On the other hand, I think, "It's none of your business where I'm coming from." There could still be tracking on the back-end that I can't see and can only avoid with a VPN or something, but I'm always in favor of "not making it easy".

My neighbor informed me that the swallows have been nesting at my house for about 15 years. I know it wasn't continuous since they were new to me last year, but it's pretty cool all the same.

Chicks are still looking OK. Two on the end nearest my door were more active this time (opening and closing their beaks), but the other two showed a little movement as well.
#birds #swallows #birdwatching

All four are looking pretty good today. Heads poking over the edge of the nest. Seemingly responsive to sounds or smells (they perked up when I came near). A couple open mouths.

It's so fascinating how they stay gawping, expecting food to just appear there.