Invertebrate keeper, rock flipper, fungi fanatic, native plant enthusiast, and general nature lover.
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Invertebrate keeper, rock flipper, fungi fanatic, native plant enthusiast, and general nature lover.
This profile is from a federated server and may be incomplete. Browse more on the original instance.
How's your week going, Beeple? (beehaw.org)
@alyaza is MIA currently, but this weekly thread has been so awesome to see and keep going; so I am making what would be her typical post for this week. Alyaza; stay safe friend, I hope everything is okay....
Probably Graphocephala coccinea? Super cute leafhopper! (assets.pxlmo.com)
It was chilling on a Paulownia tree in Southeast Pennsylvania, U.S. I post more critters on my Pixelfed if anyone’s interested.
Don't worry. Be happy. 🙃 (lemmy.world)
How's your garden doing? What did you learn this year?
This was only my second year gardening, and first year with my own yard 😤 Everything is in containers. I struggled a lot with figuring out a good place to put containers that got enough sunlight. I was trying to avoid the front yard because I was worried about car exhaust and grossness getting onto veggies, but when I finally...
Humans underestimate how much our hands weigh (www.science.org)
Jelly Ears on Elder tree in Lancashire, UK (feddit.uk)
Interesting fungus. Sadly full of maggots as you can see in the photo, so nothing for the dehydrator today.
Keep Getting Logged Off
For some reason, if I try to reply to a comment or post, I get logged off. The system just kicks me off. This has been happening more frequently over the past week or two. Is this common? Are people here aware of a solution?
Advice requested: Advisor was transferring universities and taking me with them, but has now backed out
Sorry if this isn’t exactly the right community, I’m just going nuts and need to ask somewhere....
Bugs - A place to talk about & share pictures of arthropods.
LINKS: bugs & lemmy.world/c/bugs & !bugs...
Android lemmians (vlemmy.net)
Ridiculously Photogenic Dog (i.imgur.com)
What the heck -- my popcorn is sprouting???
At the suggestion of another member I tried expanding my spawn on popcorn kernels. This involved boiling for about 20 minutes, drying, then pressure-canning for 90 minutes at 15psi. After cooling my spawn was divided between the jars, which were allowed to grow for a little over two weeks. On Monday I transferred the contents of...
7 people have acquired malaria in the US. They’re the first in 20 years. (www.vox.com)
There are different types of showers…
Normal...
Bird's nest fungi (slrpnk.net)
https://slrpnk.net/pictrs/image/d7fb28ea-1507-4dcf-a5b6-ccb0c2befc1a.webp
Weird cricket-like insects by the river while fishing. Any idea what these might be? (sh.itjust.works)
THIS is what the fediverse was missing! (mander.xyz)
Request for identification: found in my compost bin, Albuquerque, NM. (lemmy.fmhy.ml)
Last week I was checking on one of my compost bins and noticed that there was a group of these mushrooms growing on a clump of composting leaves. Given the heat, I’m surprised to see them growing in the bin. Any help identifying them is most appreciated....
Bullying in academia: why it happens and how to stop it (www.nature.com)
The Kensington Rune Stone Hoax - Archaeology Review (ahotcupofjoe.net)
The Kensington Rune Stone is one of America’s best-known archaeological hoaxes. This article gives a good overview.
This website holy shit
This site feels extremely broken, almost unusable. I take it they wanted to release something in time to catch all the Reddit refugees
Backyard Chickens - A community for people who keep chickens...in their back yards.
Do you have a back yard? Are there chickens in it? Then this community is for you!...
My home office. I couldn’t do it without my plant friends. (i.imgur.com)
Working from home was a difficult transition for me, but adding plants (and having good light) make all the difference. I thought you folks would approve.
Come have some nerd talk!
Hey folks,...
Bikes and beer, name a better combo (rimgo.pussthecat.org)
Bike on a beer can on a bike....