szescstopni @szescstopni@qoto.org

Keeping my tradition of painting octopuses on the bottoms of tables in hotel rooms alive 😀

This is their royalty, the primary queen and king of a 9Yr-old Coptotermes gestroi colony, a subterranean #termite species. Note the queen physogastry, when compared to the king. Some termite species have the longest monogamous relationship in Insects owing to their remarkable longevity as functional reproductive adults.

This species is my primary biological model to study the #evolution of insect societies.

I'm gonna keep posting this until one of you fucking boosts it

I suppose it's time for an #introduction as well!

We're Xasin, Neira and Mesh, a bunch of furry nerds, enjoying their OpenSource shenanigans on side projects such as a DIY Smart Home, while working on sensor and monitoring equipment for science!

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In regards to our scientific career, we are finishing up an M.Sc. in Energy Technology, with the intent to delve deeper into topics related to #nuclear powerplant design.

Currently, we are pursuing an internship at the #wendelstein #fusion experiment, where we are developing a fast power loss detection system of the ECRH-Heating of the plasma!
Attached below is a screenshot of one of the #grafana panels for the sensor system :>

After that, we have a Technical Studentship at #cern planned, where we will get the chance to work on the Magnetic Protection system for the #HighLuminosity upgrade.

On this account, we'll be posting science-related updates about work and other topics, so currently about the Wendelstein.

There's another account that will feature more of the personal tinkering at @xaseiresh@fosstodon.org :>

It is lovely to meet you all!

Seriously though, fedi was *built* by furries, trans and queer folk, disabled neurodivergent people.

This is *the reason* the culture here is what it is. Why CWs are a thing. Why image descriptions are a thing. Why privacy matters here. Why moderation tools not only exist, but are usable — and used.

If you had joined and asked yourself "wow, how come this place is so chill and kinda… nice?" — that's thanks to all the nice people from communities some people call "weird".

So #KeepFediWeird.

Because I haven't invested time in following people yet, but I do follow @entospace, my whole feed is of bees & wasps of Ireland. Honestly considering leaving it like this 🐝

Not sure if there are any #TB folk here yet but if so "hi"👋 Looking for #TB, #Globalhealth accounts to follow/like or whatever the term is here! Please share recommendations

RT by @LukaszKaczmarcz: How plasmas can be used to make aircraft invisible to radars http://nitter.it/fermatslibrary/status/1589642903843966982#m

I guess it's time for an #introduction: Hi, I am an #illustrator primarily doing #sciArt, mostly for #neuroscience. www.somedonkey.work
If you don’t like #mice probably don’t follow me :-)
I am interested in #neuroscience, #contemporaryArt and #literature. Happy to discuss #graphic design and how to improve #scientificFigures.
Unafraid of #stableDiffusion

Interesting read - pretty compelling evidence of a mechanistic link between fractures and bone mets in cancer patients

https://www.the-scientist.com/news-opinion/cancer-cells-in-mice-may-hitch-a-ride-with-bone-healing-stem-cells-70732

Just testing if it's still slow to upload photos. No - seems a lot better today. Here's a #perovskite just for the sake of it #nhmlondon #mineralogy #minerals

Saw a barn owl earlier.
Today had been beyond grim but this made it significantly better.

My drawing from The Wild Remedy: