Brent @myrmecia101@qoto.org
Work in progress
A few weeks ago, I saw perfect ripples forming in the clear warm waters of the Red Sea. Last week I saw their geological equivalent at the @LapworthMuseum.
I touched the rock just to feel the warmth of the sun again, to feel the water lapping against my skin.
Happy #FossilFriday 😊
#earthscience #geology #tracefossil #womeninstem #womeninscience #museum #naturalhistory #WhispersofRock
renewables win!
Good news!
AGL to close South Australia’s main gas power station, citing new grid link & cheaper renewables: closure of the Torrens B 600MW gas-fired plant will happen by mid-2026, instead of 2035 as previously planned
Nicholas Gonzalez (@NicoSGonzalez on the bird app, Audubon communicator) tweeted his wish for an Apple/Google Map eBird add-on— plug in a destination but get alerts of the rare/cool birds you could stop and see along the way
“How cool would that be??” I thought
In swoops Jer Thorp, a professor who writes programs and likes birding (@blprnt there)— turns out there is a little program that does that already!! Find it here: https://birdtrip.glitch.me/
Add addresses and see the birds between them!!
Vegetable proteins have low carbon footprints, while dairy and meat tend to be more carbon heavy
Wielding a massive goth shield crafted from its own feces, this young tortoise beetle is truly an animal for our times.
(Cassidinae, Peru)
I could stare at this Brahmin moth for hours. Specimen in the UT insect collection.
Climate denialism ending at CSIRO #auspol
Closet denialist Larry Marshall finally leaving CSIRO. Good riddance! https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/nov/20/csiro-chiefs-exit-offers-labor-rare-opportunity-to-alter-direction-of-australias-science-agency
My most well known photo from the field, and well timed being very nearly the anniversary of the 2016 Kaikoura Earthquake sequence. This is the "Wall of Waiau" on the Leader fault. This scarp is actually a bit of a quirk of nature, no prior rupture here and effective localised normal movement due to topography on an oblique thrust and right lateral fault.
#geology #fault #earthquake #photography #EarthScience #nz
Who can see your toots? Whose toots can you see? Found this clarifying graphic at https://axbom.com/mastodon-tips/
The best way to increase everyone's feed diversity is to go follow interesting accounts on other instances :)
If you download your Twitter archive it arrives wrapped as a static HTML page, which is not very useful for doing anything with, and worse: it requires the original account to be still active to do useful things like enlarge the images since they use t.co links.
So here's a Python script to convert a Twitter archive to markdown or other formats: https://github.com/timhutton/twitter-archive-parser
Now you can archive your tweets in any way you want.
Extraordinarily confusing animal
North America’s Wasp Mantisfly, Climaciella brunnea, is not a wasp, nor a mantis, nor a fly, but a species of lacewing.
Getting off Twitter, part 2:
Building your Mastodon network by regularly using tools like
• Debirdify
https://pruvisto.org/debirdify/
• Fedifinder
https://fedifinder.glitch.me/
• Twitodon
https://twitodon.com/
to find your #Twitter friends on Mastodon.
#Debirdify and #Fedifinder work by looking for Mastodon information in your Twitter friends account information. #Twitodon looks for previous use of the Twitodon tool itself among your Twitter friends.
This one is for all the new people on #Mastodon: did you know that the #fediverse has more than just a microblogging replacement? And that they can all interoperate with your Mastodon account?
Check them out!
Facebook replacement: Friendica
Instagram replacement: Pixelfed
YouTube replacement: PeerTube
Spotify replacement: Funkwhale
MeetUp replacement: Mobilizon
Reddit replacement: Lemmy
Podcasting replacement: Castopod
GoodReads replacement: BookWyrm
Work in progress
