Deer rubs and scrapes aren't just scent marking, they're also photoluminescent visual signals. Makes me wish I had deer-vision goggles: deerassociation.com/new-science-... #trackinglife #wildlifetracking #immenseworld
New Science: Rubs and Scrapes Glow Like Highway Reflectors to a Deer's Eyes
New research just revealed that whitetail rubs and scrapes emit a photoluminescent glow in ultraviolet light, and the wavelength matches a deer's best vision.
deerassociation.com
Vision: Reading Yong’s #ImmenseWorld and learned about #tetrachromacy where 1 in 8 women can see colors the rest of us can’t. It is a 4th eye cone receptor. In birds, fish & reptiles it lets them see ultraviolet colors to aid in finding food or in attracting mates with color coded feathers/scales 🌈👀
Tacky Trump is installing a huge concrete helipad on the White House front lawn because he wants to use helicopters that would otherwise burn the grass. Supposedly being paid for by #LockheedMartin www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/u...
🧵. Meaningful innovations from Japan! Not yet in production..I love to see it! Scroll through See what the US focus is...keep in mind yesterday's post on control.. #Blues #Proudblue #GTS Scientists in Japan develop plastic that dissolves in seawater within hours - www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
Scientists in Japan develop plastic that dissolves in seawater within hours
Researchers in Japan have developed a plastic that dissolves in seawater within hours, offering up a potential solution for a modern-day scourge polluting oceans and harming wildlife.
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Miss the days of roaming your local #BlockBuster before an evening of movie watching? Now you can relive judging a movie by its cover. Takes a few seconds to load. bingebuster.net
Bingebuster — your streaming services, restocked as a video store
Choose your subscriptions, enter the store and browse what you can stream like it is Friday night again.
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The Great Dust Bowls of years past are set to return. When top soil has less than 15% moisture and winds are stronger than 25mph the dirt starts to fly. insideclimatenews.org/news/2105202... #ClimateChange
El Paso Hasn’t Seen This Many Dust Storms Since the Dust Bowl - Inside Climate News
Scientists say drought and climate change are driving the severe dust storms pummeling the border region of Chihuahua, New Mexico and Texas.
insideclimatenews.org
SM@jami85in.bsky.social · 3d agoWhy Dust Bowls Form in Summer Heat: Shocking Science Dust bowl conditions form when extreme summer heat reduces soil moisture below 15%, causing topsoil particles to lose cohesion and become airborne at wind speeds exceeding 40 km... #ClimateScience #EarthScience #ExtremeWeather #Nature #Science
Name and shame. CEO abuse reaches new heights. SF AI startup #LemonLime 's CEO Jordan Zeitz asked folks wanting an interview to get tattooed with the company name. Seven folks did it. sfstandard.com/2026/07/30/l... #AIstartup lemonlime.ai
YC founder asks desperate job seekers to tattoo themselves for an interview
LemonLime’s Jordan Zietz said he’s really, really sorry about the whole thing.
sfstandard.com
Sad to see #Honda throw in the EV towel. China has over 150 EV manufacturers struggling to be profitable. Seeing Honda write off $11 billion and scrap their EVs breaks my heart because they make good cars. apple.news/A75CGanDLQRS...
Honda killing its EV program is the most staggering car news I’ve ever heard… here’s why — BBC Top Gear Magazine
In October 2024, I took Honda up on an invitation to visit the future. The future of Honda, of electric cars… heck, the future of the entire car world. The epicentre was naturally Japan, which to a We...
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If you love learning about coffee, you’ll love this book! Reading the World Atlas of Coffee. www.goodreads.com/book/show/22... #Coffee
Here is to hoping POS Potus passes by August 3rd. www.foxnews.com/media/wiscon... 💀🍺🥳
Wisconsin brewery that offered 'free beer' when Trump dies says alcohol permit revoked
Kirk Bangstad says he will fight the Wisconsin Department of Revenue's revocation of Minocqua Brewing Company's alcohol permit set to take effect Aug. 4.
foxnews.com
Here is a tip: Businesses should be required to match dollar for dollar tips and donations.
TIL: Bleach & Sunscreen can turn plastic and fabric pink! If your chemical #sunscreen contains UV filters, such as avobenzone, it can react with #Bleach, which is a strong oxidizer, to form a color reaction. Use physical sunblock mineral sunscreen instead of chemical. www.reddit.com/r/whatisit/c...
Ukraine targets Iranian vessels in the Caspian Sea caught transporting military supplies to Russia. www.cnbc.com/2026/07/26/u...
Ukraine strikes Iranian vessels in Caspian Sea, Tehran accuses Kyiv of 'hostile and criminal act'
The latest attacks by Ukraine, combined with Saudi military strikes on Iran-backed Houthi targets in Yemen, represent a widening of the Middle East conflict.
cnbc.com
Why the lies? Pentagon removes 4 Americans killed in the Iran War after Doctor Jesus Trump brings them back from the dead. /s apnews.com/article/iran...
Be Prepared: All this buzz about #Cyclospora triggering explosive diarrhea has me asking why anti-diarrheal medications are packaged in panic-inducing, hard-to-open blister packs. Turns out #loperamide is #fentanyl for the bowels. Be smart & preopen some. www.pharmacytimes.com/view/fda-aim... #IBS
TIL: There is a $300 sixty proof #beer that is made fully thru fermentation and not distillation using super yeasts and is banned in 15 states. www.foodandwine.com/strongest-be... #UtopiaBeer #SamuelAdams #Yeast
At 30% ABV, This Cult Brew Is the Strongest Beer in the World — and It’s Illegal in 15 States
Samuel Adams has unveiled its latest Utopias — a 30% ABV beer that pushes brewing boundaries, a record-breaking feat achieved entirely through fermentation. The blend includes beer aged up to thirty y...
foodandwine.com
Astronomy is hard. Especially doing the geometry when they thought the universe revolved around the Earth! starwalk.space/en/infograph... #PlanetPinball #NightSky
Carl Sagan said we might only read a few thousand books in our lifetime (if we’re lucky), a small fraction of a percent of the books one the world’s greatest libraries. The trick is to know which books to read. 2/2
The Pacific NW is on fire. Over 10k firefighters are battling close to 100 major fires. centraloregonfire.org
Todders@todders707.bsky.social · 2w agoThis is amazing nonprofit organization App that tracks wildfires and floods across the USA. It can send you a push notification within the parameters you set. Interactive and reliable
Science: Combining an electron microscope with a laser results in cool dissections. www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwhV... #FemtosecondLaser #AppliedScience #ElectronMicroscope 🔬🎇
See inside insects with an electron microscope and a femtosecond laser
YouTube video by Applied Science
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The Voyager probes have always had a special place in my heart 🛰️✨ They've been falling away from the Sun for almost as many years as I've been travelling around it.. 😉 And now Voyager 1 is about to reach one light day from Earth🌍 .. A place no machine has ever been, so I started the countdown⏱️👇👇
Voyager 1 Live Countdown: One Light Day From Earth
Watch Voyager 1 reach one light day from Earth on 18 November 2026. A live countdown, real-time distance and signal delay, and the full mission story.
seriouslyscientific.com
AI Bubble: $1.65 Trillion in hidden AI data center lease backs to big tech means taxpayers could be facing big bank bailouts. archive.ph/2026.07.20-1... #AI, #DataCenter, #Alphabet, #Microsoft, #Amazon, #Meta, #Oracle
Just fixed my Bluesky following count - removed 132 inaccurate accounts using blueskytracker.app
Bsky Tracker - The must-have Bluesky Followers Analytics & Network Manager
Track followers, analyze engagement, and manage your Bluesky network with real-time insights. Free app with advanced filtering and bulk actions for iOS & Android.
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Another Earth has been discovered! Named #LHS1140b, and it is just 48 light-years from Earth orbiting a red star much smaller and cooler than our Sun. www.bbc.com/news/article...
