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@phaedral @AnarchoNinaWrites

They didn't expect that many counterprotestors. Which is why it's good to protest when they show up and try to start.

@llewelly

I was just reading this paper, it's really interesting.

And the illustrations and models are amazing.

@louisa_

I wear short sleeve button down dress shirts and dark blue seersucker jacket

I also like western pearl button shirts and properly hemmed and fitted gray bluejeans.

But I'm excited to see the replies because I hate most summer clothes options.

When you watch pop science documentaries keep an eye out for if they ever mention evolution, the age of the earth, or climate change.

These topics are woven into science and I've noticed some ... avoidance.

I think being a real polymath ought to make you feel clueless and foolish because you are confronted with HOW MANY things you know only a little bit about.

@mina

It would be very silly and frustrating if the community fell apart over this issue that I don't even really understand.

What is going on? Is Mastodon scared someone will sue them? Should I be scared of Gargon? I'm so confused.

@Waxingtonknee

Well I just did a bunch of written reports for my students and it's the most exhausting thing ever and I don't know why. Reports are always draining. Because they have to be accurate and good, and it's like condensed socialization.

@Waxingtonknee

Are you a teacher or?

@darnell

We're gonna get brain drained because of this BS. ugh. My US students are looking at colleges not in the US more which is wild since we have so many "good" ones. But do you really want to be here when we are this foolish?

Heck maybe I should go too.

Spotting ants in nature videos makes me so happy.

Every documentary is about ants if you just look hard enough.

There's an ANT cameo in this episode of "deep look" as the young acorn weevil emerges you can see a small black ant scouting the area, possibly looking for empty acorns to live in.

I can't tell if it's an actual acorn ant, but it is about the right size.

The narrator doesn't mention it. (so I did.)

@ExponentialGPs

Oh, and YES they are eating those caterpillars. They love soft little ones like that. When I find them outside I bring them in as a treat for my pet colonies.

@ExponentialGPs

Basically they have a whole host of strategies to get back home, and if they don't work they will wander in a search pattern until they pick up a trail or a landmark or scent that gets them back in the right direction.

Her antennae can still reach the ground and her eyes are on top of her head, so having something in her mandibles isn't really making it that much harder.

@ExponentialGPs

A few ways she might know.

First is she can smell her nest and just go towards the smell, if it's not too far. She made have made a path of pheromones on her way out. Or perhaps another ant did if it's an area with a lot of food.

Lastly some ants use landmarks and the sunlight to navigate. Though this is more of a desert ant thing.

She is aware of the texture and profile of every surface and this can be a source of clues too.

She may, for example follow that crack.

They want to be in a pile. Unless they are very old or sick. Then they will avoid their sisters.

There are very few natural ant behaviors one could observe in a solitary ant. Possibly locomotion, maybe eating, possibly foraging ... until she realizes she can't get home.

Ants panic when cut off from the colony and just try to get home.

I have criticisms of an ant study. (the behavior observation parts) But I need to read it again so that I'm certain I'm understanding what they did.

I think they isolated ants and observed them. And when you do that you get to see only one thing (except in very small ants) you see an ant trying to find her way back to her colony.

But this seems like such an obvious objection I'm going to read the thing again.

omg why are there so many people?
I’m never commuting at 8:30 again

7:30 is still crowded but it’s not … absurd

"dumb" can also mean unable to speak we should stop and think about WHY being able to run your mouth is conflated with intelligence

I think it might explain the problems that LLMs are causing. We are confusing talking with thinking.

I will be devastated if Cuomo wins. To me that would say that Democrats can't meet the moment we face or be relevant.

Please do not rank him in your choices at all. He's a sex pest, corrupt, cynical, and has no sense of urgency or respect for the real dangers we're facing. He can't keep this city safe and independent from outside Republican influences.

He'll roll over for "deals" talk to crypto bros and sell us for a quarter.