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Some very heavy variegation in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The only things I know that look like this are in genus Heptapleurum (formerly Schefflera), specifically H. actinophyllum and H. arboricola. That genus is in the family you mentioned so that'd be my first guess.

Height Distribution of 5,148 Olympians Across 12 Disciplines by Gender, Paris 2024 in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

I love how the French flag is a backdrop here

How decline of Indian vultures led to 500,000 human deaths in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

It's unfortunate that there are negative stereotypes of vultures as creepy just because they eat carrion, as they're the janitors who take care of the messes that others don't want to deal with.

The Ongoing Censorship of High School AP Courses in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I encourage everyone who sees this comment to check out the article, including the giant list of related stories at the bottom, and see if there's anything going on near you. There's a ton of stuff from many different states mentioned -- Wisconsin, Idaho, Florida, Maryland, Massachusetts, Texas, California, Missouri, Arizona, Michigan, Virginia, Arkansas, South Carolina... Even if there's nothing in your local area, you should be vigilant about what's going on in your local area, and be active in local government.

If you're an elections geek (like me) or have friends in the St. Petersburg, Florida area, you might want to know about that one crazy candidate, Danielle Marolf, for Pinellas County school board (Florida, basically St. Petersburg) who's lying about the availability of a book that's already been banned, and campaigning on this lie. Marolf is running against incumbent school board chair Laura Hine in this year's school board elections.

Smilax spp. in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 weeks ago

Maybe this is why they named a Super Mario RPG boss after this genus

You think you just fell out of a coconut tree? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 weeks ago

It’s the lack of lignin (bamboo uses silica as a strengthener)

Oh I see

Pi Day in c/[email protected]
Pi Day in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

The funny thing is that both "July twenty-third" and "the twenty-third of July" are common in the US.

Pi Day in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

as if my Florida Man posting didn't already give it away :P

that said I have learned to prefer YYYY-MM-DD for all my cataloguing needs on computer because it sorts far more easily

Nearby Village [OC] in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Your mentioning using stuff from tlieset packs (which I presume you made) actually made me wonder about something -- I'm definitely not a skilled visual artist myself, but I do have various very well-made asset packs that I've picked up over the years (mainly due to the giant bundles on itch.io), so maybe I could actually try stitching a scene together from them sometime. Could be a fun way to spend an hour or two when bored, and I could do something with these purchases while also being able to show off the work of a variety of pixel artists to friends.

Donkey Kong Country ROM Hack Swaps DK For Mario in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

The way Mario seems to teleport when turning around in the water seems to say something about the way hitboxes worked in the original DKC1.

Donkey Kong Country ROM Hack Swaps DK For Mario in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Super Kong World

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How to make LibreWolf keep history indefinitely? (mander.xyz)
 

Is there a setting that can allow me to keep browsing history on LibreWolf "forever", i.e. without it expiring and getting dumped after some time?

It's not in the settings, but I'm willing to dive into about:config to do it.

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Putting Mander on Canvas! (canvas.fediverse.events)
 

I'm working on re-creating a logo we had last year onto this year's #Canvas. The site, complete with template, is linked above!

#Canvas2024

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Florida Fisherman Fishes Man (www.local10.com)
 

Okay, technically, woman.

In short, someone found a dead body while fishing. So, content warning, the story is about that. Though the article doesn't actually have any nasty imagery or verbal details, just a picture of the water with a sunken streetlight pole in it.

(...Yes, I'll admit I posted this because of the pun.)

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"Chemistree" (mastodon.social)
 

Found this on Mastodon. A "Christmas tree" of flasks with differently colored liquids.

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Florida Woman Lives In Treehouse; Is Fined For Code Violations (youtu.be)
 

cross-posted from: https://mander.xyz/post/3314637

...yeah. This is a thing. Both of these are things.

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Florida Woman Lives In Treehouse; Is Fined For Code Violations (youtu.be)
submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
1 comments fedilink
 

...yeah. This is a thing. Both of these are things.

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Some gas stations in Florida may have gas contaminated with diesel (see list) (www.tampabay.com)
 

In short: due to mishandling at the Port of Tampa Bay, some gasoline has been contaminated with diesel, and this gas was distributed to various gas stations -- mainly along the Gulf Coast of Florida (particularly unfortunate due to Idalia) but also elsewhere.

Story: https://www.tampabay.com/hurricane/2023/08/27/florida-gas-contamination-idalia/

updated list: https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida/2023/08/29/citgo-fuel-contamination-list-gas-stations-updated/ (linked above)

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September: NRPA Parks for Pollinators BioBlitz (www.inaturalist.org)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
1 comments fedilink
 

cross-posted from: https://mander.xyz/post/2859577

Edit: Added the city of Plantation.

A "BioBlitz" is an event where you go around and make observations of wildlife all around you using the citizen science app/website iNaturalist. The National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA) runs the "Parks for Pollinators" BioBlitz every September, across the United States, lasting the whole month, and focusing mainly on plants and the animals that pollinate them (mainly insects and birds) in local parks. But you can record observations of any sort of living thing you want, anywhere, as much as you want, anytime.

Here's their homepage for it: https://www.nrpa.org/BioBlitz/ ...but probbaly more relevant is the iNaturalist project for it (click here, or the link at the top). You can use the map to see the various BioBlitzes going on all over the country as part of NRPA's umbrella event. Hopefully, there's one near you!

If there is, be sure to check your local events calendars, because there might be special events on specific days. For example, here in Florida, there are the following BioBlitz events (and some have special events on specific days - I'm not sure about the last three, but you can check yourself):

But, of course, you can go to these places anytime in September to participate -- you don't need a special event.

If you want to participate, you'll need an iNaturalist account, and any relevant observations you make in participating locations will automatically be counted in applicable projects. If you join the project, you'll also get the project's badge displayed on your observation!

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BioBlitzes in Broward this September (www.inaturalist.org)
 

cross-posted from: https://mander.xyz/post/2859577

BioBlitz events will be held in the following places in Broward County this September: (links are to their iNaturalist project pages)

Note: BioBlitz events last the whole month so you can still participate anytime even if you can't go on these specific days!

If you're not sure what this is all about...

A "BioBlitz" is an event where you go around and make observations of wildlife all around you using the citizen science app/website iNaturalist. Every September, the National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA) runs the "Parks for Pollinators" BioBlitz, which consists of a bunch of such events across the US, lasting the whole month, and focusing mainly on plants and the animals that pollinate them (mainly insects and birds) in local parks. But, with an iNaturalist account, you can record observations of any sort of living thing you want, anywhere, as much as you want, anytime. The umbrella project page on iNaturalist for NRPA's BioBlitz events is linked at the top.

The BioBlitz events happening in Broward specifically are the ones I listed at the top. (Markham Park is located within Sunrise, so any observations you make there count for both projects.)

They all last the whole month, but some of them have special events on specific days. But you can go to these places anytime in September to participate. (Or just make observations on iNat anytime, anywhere, even if they're not part of a project.)

If you want to participate, you'll need an iNaturalist account, and any relevant observations you make in participating locations will automatically be counted in applicable projects. If you join the project, its badge will also appear on your observations that are part of the project! Feel free to post questions about how to join/use iNaturalist.

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NRPA Parks for Pollinators BioBlitzes in September (www.inaturalist.org)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
1 comments fedilink
 

(cross-posted from: https://mander.xyz/post/2859577)

Edit: Added the city of Plantation.

There's the following BioBlitz events in state of Florida next month: (links go to their iNaturalist projects)

I don't know when the last three are having their special events (if any); check with their parks or local government calendars. But the BioBlitz events last the whole month so you can still participate even if there aren't special events!

Not sure what this is all about?

A "BioBlitz" is an event where you go around and make observations of wildlife all around you using the citizen science app/website iNaturalist.

Every September, the National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA) runs the "Parks for Pollinators" BioBlitz, which involves a bunch of such events across the US, lasting the whole month, and focusing mainly on plants and the animals that pollinate them (mainly insects and birds) in local parks. But, with an iNaturalist account, you can record observations of any sort of living thing you want, anywhere, as much as you want, anytime.

The umbrella project page on iNaturalist for NRPA's BioBlitz events is linked at the top. I looked on its map and found all the projects for BioBlitz events in Florida. Hopefully, there's one near you!

They all last the whole month, but some of them have special events on specific days. I've listed the ones I know of. But, of course, you can go to these places anytime in September to participate. (Or just make observations on iNat anytime, anywhere.)

If you want to participate, you'll need an iNaturalist account, and any relevant observations you make in participating locations will automatically be counted in applicable projects. If you join the project, its badge will also appear on your observations that are part of the project! (Feel free to ask questions about how to join/use iNaturalist.)

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FediFollows - paleontology accounts on Mastodon (social.growyourown.services)
 

cross-posted from: https://mander.xyz/post/2712447 (I meant to post here first but the alternate spellings of "pal(a)eontology" got me mixed up lol)

Just forwarding along a two-toot thread from @[email protected] post with some Mastodon accounts related to paleontology. Copy-pasted and edited the relevant text here for y'all's convenience:

➡️ https://scicomm.xyz/@[email protected] - Featuring lots of well-preserved fossils, run by Kansas Geological Survey
➡️ https://scicomm.xyz/@[email protected] (main) & https://scicomm.xyz/@[email protected] (museum) - Exec Director at Western Science Center, Calif. Expert on #mastodons
➡️ https://scicomm.xyz/@[email protected] - Evolutionary #palaeobiologist, senior lecturer in #zoology at Univ. of Lincoln, UK
➡️ https://scicomm.xyz/@[email protected] - Archaeologist & criminologist at Maastricht Univ, studying #fossil smuggling
➡️ https://scicomm.xyz/@[email protected] - #Palaeontologist & #plesiosaur expert, curator at Nottingham Natural History Museum in UK
➡️ https://scicomm.xyz/@[email protected] - Fossil illustrator & science educator
➡️ https://scicomm.xyz/@[email protected] - In #palaeobiology dept at Univ. of Toronto, researching cat fossils
➡️ https://scicomm.xyz/@[email protected] - Palaeontology student & makes Lego dinos
➡️ https://scicomm.xyz/@[email protected] - Comics set in Earth's distant past
➡️ https://scicomm.xyz/@[email protected] - Works with fossils & x-rays at Univ. of Manchester

If you have a Mastodon account, you can just plop these links in the search bar on your own instance and find them!

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Pixel Worlds sale on GOG (www.gog.com)
 

GOG is having a "Pixel Worlds" sale, with deals on games (DRM-free as usual, of course) that use pixel graphics. It will continue for two more days and change.

https://www.gog.com/en/promo/2023_pixel_worlds

My personal highlights include the following three metroidvania titles:
Chasm -75%
Phoenotopia Awakening -60%
Timespinner -50%

There are several pages of games on sale; others famous ones include Stardew Valley, the Contra Anniversary Collection, two of the Shantae games, and One Step From Eden (i'm gonna pick up that last one).

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