Jay @Blue_Jay@qoto.org

On a positive note, today I submitted my draft post-doctoral proposal, which builds on my Ph.D. dissertation. In addition, my dissertation is now about 90% complete and I have the body written, now just need to get the conclusion and defense going. Things are moving! #WxMastodon #SciComm #severeweather #phdlife #academicmastodon

Have you used `subplot_mosaic()` in #Python's #Matplotlib yet?

Or are you a dinosaur like me and still use older functions? After all, `subplot_mosaic()` was only introduced in 2020 in version 3.3

Recently, I decided to finally explore `subplot_mosaic()` and I know I'll never go back to whatever I did before to plot these types of figures!

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#coding #programming #Visualisation #LearnPython #LearnToCode

Trying to figure this site out and find a chemistry teacher network here. Hello world? #edutooter

One of the most underrated #Python modules?

**`turtle`**

We know it's used for teaching & not in the "real-world"

But it's usually used only for basic drawings & simple animations for kids–a very limited scope

_We can teach more advanced topics, too…_

Here are some examples…

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# 1. Data structures: lists, tuples, dictionaries, and sets

Here's an animation that uses all four of these structures:

_[Practise Using Lists, Tuples, Dictionaries, and Sets in Python With the Chaotic Balls Animation](https://thepythoncodingbook.com/2021/10/31/using-lists-tuples-dictionaries-and-sets-in-python/)_

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# 2. Named Tuples

And a bit further down the line, here's an example of a `turtle` animation of a sunrise that introduces Named Tuples:

_[Sunrise: A Python Turtle Animation using Named Tuples](https://thepythoncodingbook.com/2022/06/12/python-turtle-animation-using-named-tuples-sunrise/)_

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# 3. Demonstrating real-world processes

Maybe we want to use it model real-world processes in a quick-and-simple way.

Here is a demonstration of "simulating" bouncing balls

There's the single ball version:
_[The Real World in Python: Coding A Bouncing Ball](https://thepythoncodingbook.com/2021/08/19/simulating-a-bouncing-ball-in-python/)_

and the many balls one which deals with **object-oriented programming**:
_[Bouncing Balls Using Object-Oriented Programming in Python](https://thepythoncodingbook.com/2021/09/09/using-object-oriented-programming-in-python-bouncing-balls/)

And, one of my favourites, a simulations of planets orbiting one or more stars. The `turtle` version is in 2D:
_[Simulating Orbiting Planets in a Solar System Using Python](https://thepythoncodingbook.com/2021/09/29/simulating-orbiting-planets-in-a-solar-system-using-python-orbiting-planets-series-1/)_

_There's also a 3D version which uses Matplotlib instead of turtle, but that's off-topic here so I'll post another time_

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Here are some more ideas from projects I've written up recently

https://thepythoncodingbook.com/category/turtle/

I have loads and loads more which I'll try to write up and publish in the coming months

#animations #python #turtle #coding #programming #LearnToCode #LearnPython

Whoa! I know bats are important, but this is insane. An exclusion experiment by Beilke et al shows that forests without bats are *three to five times* as insect-eaten as forests with bats.

#ecology #bats #science

https://phys.org/news/2022-11-young-trees-insect-bugs.amp

Trying out this place. Very confused so far.

Hello! Introducing myself including proper hashtags. I am Paula Marques Figueiredo, #Geologist working in #Paleoseimology, #ActiveTectonics, #Geomorphology, #Soils and #Geochronology (#OSL and #Cosmogenics). I work with #Earthquakes, #NaturalHazards, frequently #Trenching evidence of them. I am a native of #Portugal, living in the USA. My favorite earthquake is the #1755LisbonEarthquake (obviously)!

A Fall View

Huh. I could just run my own instance. That would be really fun to put on my completely unrelated medical resume.

I wonder how much processing power it would take and if you could squeeze it in on a free host.

I couldn't resist trying this after (like half they planet) seeing so much about it on Twitter. But honestly I already see it as a vast improvement. When you compare how Twitter started to where it is today seems to be the trajectory for most advert supported platforms. You just do not get to see as much of the content you are actually interested in. YouTube is another culprit for that.

Removing the limits looks like it will really help develop some longer form communication - which in my field will definitely help. We cannot always summarise compress ideas into a few characters 😂

Looking forward to seeing how this goes!

Aphid eater hoverfly, Eupeodes sp., looking stunning on a rosemary flower just yesterday, November 4th. Pembroke college, Cambridge, UK.

As in most flies, the eyes seem bigger than the head itself, and often touch each other dorsally. Large eyes alongside tiny antennae is a great distinguishing feature to tell flies apart from wasps. Often, as is the case here, flies present a color pattern similar to that of a wasp: Batesian mimicry which offers protection against predation.

Amusingly, a cook passed by to collect a bunch for “formal hall”, that is, dinner.
#entomology #inaturalist #iphonephotography
http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/141144819