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mzedp

@mzedp@mas.to

Animal.
Venezuelan migrant.
Solar energy engineer.
Climate evangelist.
#EndFossilFuels

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mzedp, to random
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The US government publishes a yearly list of online and physical marketplaces specialized in trading pirated and counterfeit goods, which is... convenient, so you can avoid them.

This list includes Sci-Hub, Cuevana and Greenhills Shopping Center in Manila, which is pretty eclectic.

https://ustr.gov/sites/default/files/2023_Review_of_Notorious_Markets_for_Counterfeiting_and_Piracy_Notorious_Markets_List_final.pdf

mzedp, to random
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Imagine being a pre-Inuit wandering into the north-american wilderness, the first human to ever do so.

Behind you are the blood feuds of the tribes of the old country, and before you virgin forests, lakes and prairies, teeming with game, fish, water, flint, food plants and medicinal herbs - anything you could need, with no other human around for hundreds of thousands of miles.

Paradise must have been real for some brief moments in time.

mzedp, to Houston
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Holy shit, the damage in Houston from last nights storm is far worse than I imagined.

"4 dead as destructive thunderstorm blasts Houston

Meteorologists compared the wind damage to a hurricane."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2024/05/16/houston-texas-tornado-storm-power-outage/

A photo of downed power lines in Cypress, Texas.

mzedp, to random
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I just found this channel called Ancient Americas that does long documentaries on the history and archaeology of the Americas.

It's great.

This one discusses some recent discoveries concerning the settlement of the Americas.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltH3hYsvVq0

mzedp, to random
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Why isn't @ufwupdates more popular? This seems like the kind of thing that should go viral in the fedi.

mzedp, to photography
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This microscope lens for my camera is one of the coolest things I've ever made.

Anytime I find a tiny bug in my place I get my mind blown.

Case in point: Can someone help me identify what it is that I found? I don't think I've ever seen anything like it.

Found in Raleigh, NC.

#Photography #Entomology #Insects

A top-down view of the same insect showing the spikes. There are two rows of four yellow spikes, while all the rest is dark gray or black.

A gif showing various individual photos of the same insect taken from the front, with different parts of the insect in focus.

mzedp, to cargobike
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There's a guy called Pedro Neves who is designing and building a Tadpole cargo trike with tilting front wheels (for better ride quality).

He's sharing his design for free, because, as he says in his comments:

"I love the learning process and the sharing of knowledge. And because making stuff makes me happy, I try to incentivize others to do that too."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UylIv7d50uQ

mzedp, to Houston
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Houston is a city with an excess of highways and a deficit of greenspaces.

So, why is the current mayor trying to sell one of the few green spaces available to the citizens of Downtown to make room for a highway expansion?

Same image, but including a marker near the top of the greenspace showing the rough angle of view of a panorama photo taken from that spot, with the text Panorama view next to it. The view covers some 170 degrees
A panorama showing the view of this greenspace during a sunny day. The view is dominated by the I10 I45 highway interchange/overlap or whatever you call that. The skyline of downtown Houston is visible behind it.

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My nervous Formica subsericea colony. These are black field ants. When I turn on the light they panic. A newly emerged worker (called a callow) cowers as her sisters stampede over her. She is newly emerged and not strong enough to run and freak out.

One of her sisters picks her up and she tucks her legs in like a pupae so she is easy to carry. In a few days she will be a lovely black like her older sisters.

The light gray ant picked up by a sister.
Side view of callow and fully hardened exoskeleton.

mzedp,
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@futurebird Could it just be confusion about the sudden light change making them think its daytime?

Like how animals will behave strangely during eclipses because of the sudden darkness making them think it's nighttime.

mzedp, to macrophotography
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400mm focal length / 40 mm focal length

#Entomology #MacroPhotography #Caterpillar

An extremely close up macro of the same black caterpillar, showing details of its face, which appears to be covered in an orange transparent bubble, along with it's tiny legs. One leg is extended, taking a step forward. The body is seen to be black, covered in tiny white spots and a couple of bright yellow lines.

mzedp, to Mexico
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La ola de calor que esta afectando a Mexico no es ni excepcional ni inesperada. Es tan poco excepcional e inesperada, que sin duda se repetira con mayor intensidad en los proximos años - no solo en Mexico, sino en todo el mundo.

Estas ahora comunes olas de calor son producto directo de la polucion emitida por los combustibles fosiles. Mientras sigamos contaminando nuestra atmosfera, las olas de calor seguiran incrementando en frecuencia e intensidad.

https://apnews.com/world-news/general-news-b677a9df8402df0b9737f9dd45699bac

mzedp, to random
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Before color calibration, after color calibration.

I'm really surprised by this result.

Same photo, but after applying an illumination correction filter, the plant appears bright green.

StillIRise1963, to random
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The guy got into office COMMITTING CRIMES and has NEVER STOPPED COMMITTING THEM and he somehow HAS PAID NO PRICE.

mzedp,
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@StillIRise1963 Not only paid no price but literally has the supreme court debating if he should be above the law. Insane.

mzedp, to photography
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North Carolina State Capitol

A 360 panorama view of the area around the North Carolina State Capitol. The capitol building occupies the center, with the streets and park near the viewer largely distorted.

mzedp, to Raleigh Spanish
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This is my kind of biker bar.

mzedp, to random
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I've been avoiding the Kendrick/Drake diss thing because it sounded a bit lame, but "Not Like Us" is a bop and like.. who could expect otherwise.

mzedp,
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Kendrick is unmatched at his craft.

mzedp, to random
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living in an apartment always has the challenge of contending with loud neighbors.

the solution i've found is to just become the loudest of the lot so the rest don't bother me.

mzedp,
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It's really just local DJing as a public service.

mzedp, to random
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Ciudad de Mexico is a massive city.

At 20 some million inhabitants in its metro area, it's by far the most populous city I've ever been to.

As I was landing, looking down into the winding streets of the city, I got the feeling that this was a place one could get lost in and never found again.

That intimidated me a bit.

So, getting blackout drunk on mezcal during a business dinner and wandering out in the streets was probably not a good idea.

mzedp,
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Anyways - I just found out I'll have to go to Shanghai next month for a work event and it turns out it's twice as populous as CDMX, so that should be an interesting experience.

On a related note - anyone got recommendations for what to do when visiting Shanghai for the first time?

mzedp, to Raleigh Spanish
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Ran into these two standing outside of the Raleigh Central Prison. They told me they do this every monday.

A photo of some bushes with various anti death penalty signs attached. Execute Justice Not People. End the NC desth penalty. No More Death Row. I oppose the death penalty dont kill for me.
A large banner that says "Stop Excecutions" "Execution is not the solution" "No More Death Row" "Some Day We Shall Live Under A Government That Refuses to Kill its citizens"

mzedp, to random Spanish
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I don't know who needs to hear this but posting about doing Illegal Things from your account is likely a Bad Idea.

appassionato, to palestine
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Minouche Shafik, the president of Columbia University has asked New York police Tuesday to remain on campus until May 17 to “ensure encampments are not reestablished”, the AFP news agency is reporting.

@palestine

mzedp,
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@appassionato @palestine Doesn't the police have, idunno, crimes to work on?

mzedp, to Houston Spanish
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I liked this decoration at a bloc party in Houston.

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