Digital Naturalism Laboratories
@dinalab.bsky.social
A jungle makerspace for field biology in Gamboa, Panamá. www.dinalab.net We also organize the Digital Naturalism Conference: http://2025.dinacon.org
Are we just blowing past the illegal part which is the part that’s happening in the present
Elizabeth Warren@elizabeth-warren.bsky.social · 7h agoHere's what I think about Trump's pledge to give everyone $5,000 if he wins the midterms: It's as real as Trump's promise to lower costs on Day 1. Check the receipts from Groundwork for the 15 times Trump promised Americans $$$. Remember the DOGE dividend?
the ensemble was “inspired by the discipline and functionality of the Starship Trooper uniform.” Oh man, what do you think the Starship Trooper uniform was inspired by!??! deadline.com/2026/09/spac...
Space Force Uniform Inspired By Quasi-Satirical Film 'Starship Troopers'
The president shared photos on Truth Social of the uniforms, which include in their color palette "space gray" and "midnight black" as well as knee-high leather boots
deadline.com
applying "Make ___ Great Again" to Germany really does kinda give the game away
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2d agoTrump: “Wow! The Populist Party in Germany just had a really big night. They finally got tired of the absolutely horrible Immigration rules and regulations which have hurt Germany so badly. THEY ARE ON THE RISE, and not going to take it anymore! MGGA!!! President DJT”
I continue to maintain my deeply unpopular position that this man’s time & our democracy would be better served by fewer glib speeches & jokes about “faculty lounges” & more direct denunciation of the lawless authoritarianism & blunt calls for Trump’s immediate impeachment, removal, or resignation.
Brandy@3dogz.bsky.social · 3d agoSomeone else said it for him. Love him. Miss him.
What I get from AI-pushers as they discuss this new machine "intelligence", they are going to make sure their robot servants have rights before they allow women and black people to have rights. It comes across so clearly I worry that is part of the point of drowning everyone in AI.
pretty pumped i managed to make a break-away part that works on the first try!
Digital Naturalism Laboratories@dinalab.bsky.social · 3d agoNew Mothbox PCBs came in, with lots of tweaks from the past half-year of on-the-ground workshops! My fav lil feature: I used a part of the PCB that normally gets cut away to help make a tiny integrated tool that some folks asked for to help with flipping some of the tiny settings switches:
New Mothbox PCBs came in, with lots of tweaks from the past half-year of on-the-ground workshops! My fav lil feature: I used a part of the PCB that normally gets cut away to help make a tiny integrated tool that some folks asked for to help with flipping some of the tiny settings switches:
POV: You’re a perfect pile of browse and Baku the tapir shows up. 🌿👀 📹: Animal care staff Skylar
We're going to need a better generic term for climate change-driven range shifts than "invasive".
ICE got permission to cut open a Cuban hunger striker’s stomach and insert a gastric tube to make him easier to forcefeed Nuremberg trials are too merciful for these monsters www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
ICE given permission to force-feed Cuban hunger striker with gastric tube
Exclusive: court orders seen by Guardian show agency given approval to fit Texas detainee with tube without his consent
theguardian.com
Weirdly there are millions of adults out there still being like, "Uhgg, I know all these racecar shaped beds go to support Nazis, but it's just so fun to feel like I'm zooming around when I go to sleep!"
It takes you 20 paragraphs to get to the part of the article where they admit that Mamdani isn't paying the influencers and the reason they are posting videos of the stuff Mamdani is doing is because people are interested in watching it.
Justin Hendrix@justinhendrix.bsky.social · 7d ago"Mr. Mamdani is a master of new media... But as mayor, he has also been able to use taxpayer funds to create a sprawling network of hundreds of friendly influencers to boost his priorities, provide positive depictions of his administration and enhance his popularity."
New Mothbox Box! Been cranking away on more design tweaks from our last half year of travel and use and workshop feedback. Today I just about finished up the latest concept! It is still mostly compatible with previous designs, but a couple key new features that I am excited for!
Fun time to remind everyone that all the Mothbox's software runs entirely on local computer vision models! So you can process and do whatever you want with your data even if giant servers and evil AI thingys are down!
I do think “every rich person went insane during covid because it was the first time they’ve been inconvenienced in decades” felt a little reductive at first but damn if isn’t more and more compelling as the years drag on
I just don't think anybody should be making over a million dollars a year working for a nonprofit/university/museum. I don't think there is any justification for it. This is even more true when those making 2.5mil a YEAR say they don't have enough money to continue public services.
They can quit.
Oliver Darcy@oliverdarcy.bsky.social · last wk.“Everyone considers it fucking nuts.” Inside Apple, I'm told "not a soul" supports Donald Trump's Lake Ontario rebrand to "Lake America," but the company is also resigned to making such concessions to avoid the White House's rage. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/apple-maps...
There are endless studies showing this and also the financial and societal benefits of universal basic income and or housing-first policies but the U.S. never goes for any of it because it would require allowing the poor to receive benefits that the rich consider “undeserved”
Jen Taub@jentaub.bsky.social · 4w ago“A single-payer universal health care system could cover every American, save more than 100,000 lives a year, and still cost $1 trillion less than the system it would replace, according to a new preprint study led by researchers at the Yale School of Public Health.” ysph.yale.edu/news-article...
Papillons, a portfolio of butterfly studies and designs, plate 7. Pochoir print by E.A. Séguy, 1925. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. #SciArtSeptember #Malachite 🌿
No fucking shit buddy. This is what we were trying to tell you.
Inside Of Light Fixture Everything Moth Dreamed And More https://theonion.com/inside-of-light-fixture-everything-moth-dreamed-and-more/
I am programming cron stuff and listening to "Mile End" A lyric says: "The fifth floor landing smells of fish Not just on Friday, every single other day" When does it smell like fish? -Everyday? -Everyday but friday? -Fri, Sun, Tues, thurs?
It's Moth Monday! *headbutts you* squeak *headbutts you* squeak *headbutts you* squeak *headbutts you* squeak *headbutts you* squeak
Sunrise in Lochiel, Ariz. on day 33 of the border wall tree sit. Land defenders continue to block wall construction. Border Patrol continues threats and intimidation. More people needed on the ground. Come join us at camp! ❤️🔥
The regime that openly murders Americans in the streets and tortures children in concentration camps would like you to know that people who support trans rights pose a risk of violence.
Scoiattolo@scoiattolo.mountainherder.xyz · 2w agoNOT GREAT
Alright everybody, time to text the teachers in your life. The fall semester is open at SkypeAScientist and we are ready to match classrooms, scout troops, library groups, and more with scientists! Tell the educators in your life, and send them to SkypeAScientist.com
It can be super hard to talk to americans in the US about how I don't feel safe at all being there (and I am a large white cis-guy).
💚🦋 Moth of the day: Burnished Brass🦋💚 (18/100) #MothEmbroidery #Diachrysiachrysitis #Noctuidae #MothsMatter #MothsofAsturias
