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Art and engineering. Random hobbyist Livre photo "Corneilles, pas corbeaux" : https://ko-fi.com/aweusmeuh

Sculpture sur noyau d'avocat. En quelques minutes après sculpture ça brunit déjà Et au bout de quelques semaines le noyau se rabougrit et se divise naturellement en deux

Noyau d'avocat et outils de sculpture Champignon sculpté dans un noyau d'avocat Champignon sculpté dans un noyau d'avocat

Après plusieurs semaines le noyau se divise en deux

Take a break from being depressed that everything you love is being destroyed by slop for a moment and let me tell you about the beautiful symbiotic relationship between graffiti writers, train yard workers, and model train enthusiasts.

A hand holding a model train with a replica of the same graffiti on the full scale train car behind it.A model train with two graffiti pieces on opposite sides.

Randomizer : Redécouvrir son jeu du cœur Je découvre le monde des randomizers avec The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, une nouvelle façon de redécouvrir un jeu que je pensais pourtant connaître par cœur. blog.coukaratcha.fr/randomizer-r...

Randomizer : Redécouvrir son jeu du cœur

Je découvre le monde des randomizers avec The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, une nouvelle façon de redécouvrir un jeu que je pensais pourtant connaître par cœur.

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My coauthor Jay Falk's postdoctoral fellowship was terminated by the Trump administration for documenting the hummingbird example in this paper.

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Operational biological sex definitions applied to hummingbirds (Bleiweiss 1992; Bleiweiss 1999; Bleiweiss 2001; Diamant et al. 2021; Falk et al. 2022; Falk et al. 2021) where sex is operationally defined by binary plumage phenotypes in the field. Each row depicts a wild individual hummingbird with morphological traits (beak length, plumage coloration), behavioural traits (territoriality) and their unobserved gamete type. This example illustrates how the same individual can be operationally defined as one sex in the field (based on external phenotypes) but classified as a different sex based on their gametes (which cannot be easily observed in the field), highlighting how definitional choices shape scientific reporting of sex.
Andy Lee, PhD@andylee.bsky.social · 3mo ago

In our Viewpoint (onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...) we synthesize the gametic definition (outlined by Janicke et al below) and other definitions of sex (e.g., multivariate definition). We contend that is NO consensus on “biological sex” (maybe a consensus isn’t actually necessary…)

- Northern Pygmy Owl (Glaucidium californicum) in British Columbia, Canada About 6" tall Has 'false eyes' on its back, white rings... confusing other birds - Photo courtesy of Anthony Bucci‎.

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Huge props to Lord and Miller for stepping up and doing what directors like Nolan are too cowardly to do: be up front and give loud and generous credit to their VFX team. Great directors don’t need to lie about how their movies are made; the work speaks for itself.

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Black-breasted Tit-tyrant. The Black-crested Tit-Tyrant is a small, active flycatcher found in the high Andes of southern Ecuador and northern Peru. Known for its prominent, spike-like black crest. 📸: @bartleys_photo_workshops

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