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A cubed flat top for this southern Alabama boy.
December 16, 2025 at 2:50 PM
A cubed flat top for this southern Alabama boy.
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I wrote a new piece for @pghcitypaper.com about loving analog media in a digital world. If you’re someone who’s into vinyl, film photography, print media, and invaluable local businesses, you should check it out! I also coin the phrase “techno-bummerism” lol
In a digital world, Pittsburgh is an analog paradise
At places like Galaxie Electronics and Bernie's Photo Center, young people are relearning the joys of vinyl, film, and slowing down.
www.pghcitypaper.com
December 11, 2025 at 9:16 PM
I wrote a new piece for @pghcitypaper.com about loving analog media in a digital world. If you’re someone who’s into vinyl, film photography, print media, and invaluable local businesses, you should check it out! I also coin the phrase “techno-bummerism” lol
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RE-DISCOVERY #4
Emblyna suwanea (Gertsch, 1946) (Dictynidae) was last collected by the great V. Wilton Ivie in 1943 near Sylvania, GA and hasn't been seen or collected since (82 years). We found a single male by vacuuming in the Okefenokee Swamp NWR along the Chesser Island boardwalk trail.
Emblyna suwanea (Gertsch, 1946) (Dictynidae) was last collected by the great V. Wilton Ivie in 1943 near Sylvania, GA and hasn't been seen or collected since (82 years). We found a single male by vacuuming in the Okefenokee Swamp NWR along the Chesser Island boardwalk trail.
December 9, 2025 at 9:16 PM
RE-DISCOVERY #4
Emblyna suwanea (Gertsch, 1946) (Dictynidae) was last collected by the great V. Wilton Ivie in 1943 near Sylvania, GA and hasn't been seen or collected since (82 years). We found a single male by vacuuming in the Okefenokee Swamp NWR along the Chesser Island boardwalk trail.
Emblyna suwanea (Gertsch, 1946) (Dictynidae) was last collected by the great V. Wilton Ivie in 1943 near Sylvania, GA and hasn't been seen or collected since (82 years). We found a single male by vacuuming in the Okefenokee Swamp NWR along the Chesser Island boardwalk trail.
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Two smallish rove beetles from the bank of the River Severn last Wednesday: Stenus bimaculatus and Paederus riparius.
December 8, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Two smallish rove beetles from the bank of the River Severn last Wednesday: Stenus bimaculatus and Paederus riparius.
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Going thru an old photo stash at the museum, anyone recognize this be-fannypacked goofball?
December 3, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Going thru an old photo stash at the museum, anyone recognize this be-fannypacked goofball?
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RE-DISCOVERY #2
Our trip to Okefenokee NWR has resulted in another re-discovery of a long-lost species. Ceratinopsis sutoris Bishop & Crosby 1930 was last seen in 1927 (98 years ago!) and we collected several males and females. The species has a orange-red carapace with black around the eyes.
Our trip to Okefenokee NWR has resulted in another re-discovery of a long-lost species. Ceratinopsis sutoris Bishop & Crosby 1930 was last seen in 1927 (98 years ago!) and we collected several males and females. The species has a orange-red carapace with black around the eyes.
November 22, 2025 at 7:18 PM
RE-DISCOVERY #2
Our trip to Okefenokee NWR has resulted in another re-discovery of a long-lost species. Ceratinopsis sutoris Bishop & Crosby 1930 was last seen in 1927 (98 years ago!) and we collected several males and females. The species has a orange-red carapace with black around the eyes.
Our trip to Okefenokee NWR has resulted in another re-discovery of a long-lost species. Ceratinopsis sutoris Bishop & Crosby 1930 was last seen in 1927 (98 years ago!) and we collected several males and females. The species has a orange-red carapace with black around the eyes.
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RE-DISCOVERY #1!
Our trip to Okefenokee NWR has already resulted in a re-discovery of a long-lost species. Ceratinopsis bona Chamberlin & Ivie, 1944 was last seen in 1943, 82 years ago. In addition to possessing genitalia that match the descriptions, their black tibia IVs are also diagnostic.
Our trip to Okefenokee NWR has already resulted in a re-discovery of a long-lost species. Ceratinopsis bona Chamberlin & Ivie, 1944 was last seen in 1943, 82 years ago. In addition to possessing genitalia that match the descriptions, their black tibia IVs are also diagnostic.
November 18, 2025 at 5:24 PM
RE-DISCOVERY #1!
Our trip to Okefenokee NWR has already resulted in a re-discovery of a long-lost species. Ceratinopsis bona Chamberlin & Ivie, 1944 was last seen in 1943, 82 years ago. In addition to possessing genitalia that match the descriptions, their black tibia IVs are also diagnostic.
Our trip to Okefenokee NWR has already resulted in a re-discovery of a long-lost species. Ceratinopsis bona Chamberlin & Ivie, 1944 was last seen in 1943, 82 years ago. In addition to possessing genitalia that match the descriptions, their black tibia IVs are also diagnostic.
Temps in the 50s and raining steadily, this means I should go turn some rocks tomorrow.
November 22, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Temps in the 50s and raining steadily, this means I should go turn some rocks tomorrow.
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With Gemini, Google delivers yet another insult to Gmail users.
Also: get off Gmail. Lots of alternatives, like Fastmail.com or proton.me/mail.
Also: get off Gmail. Lots of alternatives, like Fastmail.com or proton.me/mail.
If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
November 20, 2025 at 11:16 PM
With Gemini, Google delivers yet another insult to Gmail users.
Also: get off Gmail. Lots of alternatives, like Fastmail.com or proton.me/mail.
Also: get off Gmail. Lots of alternatives, like Fastmail.com or proton.me/mail.
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1/2 #speceisaday no. 671 is Abax parallelepipedus. A large & common carabid typically found under logs in woodland. I just sent off all my 8,200 carabid records to Mark Telfer for him to include in the status review he is doing. Surprised there are not more (as I make 10,000 spider records A YEAR).
November 17, 2025 at 10:43 AM
1/2 #speceisaday no. 671 is Abax parallelepipedus. A large & common carabid typically found under logs in woodland. I just sent off all my 8,200 carabid records to Mark Telfer for him to include in the status review he is doing. Surprised there are not more (as I make 10,000 spider records A YEAR).
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the takeaway from the Musk era shouldn't really be that executives being "outspoken partisans" is bad, it should be that Musk is an extremist white supremacist whose ignorance actually killed a bunch of people in several different ways
November 14, 2025 at 3:53 PM
the takeaway from the Musk era shouldn't really be that executives being "outspoken partisans" is bad, it should be that Musk is an extremist white supremacist whose ignorance actually killed a bunch of people in several different ways
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Today on WFMU: On Techtonic w/Mark Hurst: Big Tech is building giant data centers in places where water is already scarce. Residents are being told to drink recycled sewage. Paul Mozur, global tech correspondent for the New York Times, describes what's happening (6 p.m. ET). www.wfmu.org/upcoming
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November 10, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Today on WFMU: On Techtonic w/Mark Hurst: Big Tech is building giant data centers in places where water is already scarce. Residents are being told to drink recycled sewage. Paul Mozur, global tech correspondent for the New York Times, describes what's happening (6 p.m. ET). www.wfmu.org/upcoming
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Yes really — the “we asked this guy. He doesn’t actually know jack shit but he’s rich” model of reportage really needs to go
theres a whole category of newstertainment thats gotta go. and its "ask a really rich freak who is also evil and directly stealing from you what hes seen on the computer lately that has made him feel bad." the only -- ONLY -- story about this guy worth exploring is: he is getting rich spying on you
November 9, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Yes really — the “we asked this guy. He doesn’t actually know jack shit but he’s rich” model of reportage really needs to go
Some nice staphylinid gems from the unsorted drawers - Xenodusa, Lissobiops, Megalopinus, Trichophya.
November 8, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Some nice staphylinid gems from the unsorted drawers - Xenodusa, Lissobiops, Megalopinus, Trichophya.
Finally sat down and figured out how to use the 25-year-old imaging system at work this afternoon. There's a dance in the old dame yet!
November 3, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Finally sat down and figured out how to use the 25-year-old imaging system at work this afternoon. There's a dance in the old dame yet!
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A walk in the forgotten wetland under the overpass, a father-daughter outing to an active shooter event, plus rain lilies, film photos, and a kitchen counter moth promising a Roger Dean dream, in this week's Halloween x Todos Santos Field Notes: fieldnotes.christopherbrown.com/p/an-ofrenda...
An Ofrenda for the Killdeer
No. 187
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November 2, 2025 at 12:39 PM
A walk in the forgotten wetland under the overpass, a father-daughter outing to an active shooter event, plus rain lilies, film photos, and a kitchen counter moth promising a Roger Dean dream, in this week's Halloween x Todos Santos Field Notes: fieldnotes.christopherbrown.com/p/an-ofrenda...
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Drop In Presents
Happy Birthday Uncle Bob #2! with Frank In Queens
Saturday 6PM ET
It's time for the 2nd annual Robert Pollard birthday edition of Drop In! 🎂
@wfmu.bsky.social #guidedbyvoices #dropinonrocknsoulradio #robertpollard
Happy Birthday Uncle Bob #2! with Frank In Queens
Saturday 6PM ET
It's time for the 2nd annual Robert Pollard birthday edition of Drop In! 🎂
@wfmu.bsky.social #guidedbyvoices #dropinonrocknsoulradio #robertpollard
November 1, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Drop In Presents
Happy Birthday Uncle Bob #2! with Frank In Queens
Saturday 6PM ET
It's time for the 2nd annual Robert Pollard birthday edition of Drop In! 🎂
@wfmu.bsky.social #guidedbyvoices #dropinonrocknsoulradio #robertpollard
Happy Birthday Uncle Bob #2! with Frank In Queens
Saturday 6PM ET
It's time for the 2nd annual Robert Pollard birthday edition of Drop In! 🎂
@wfmu.bsky.social #guidedbyvoices #dropinonrocknsoulradio #robertpollard
I had been to this site 7 or 8 times before since moving here a couple months ago and never found anything. That's how it goes, usually. If a spot looks good, keep going back under different conditions and seasons.
Another undescribed species of Arianops, and only the second sp. known from West Virginia!
#Pselaphinae
#Pselaphinae
November 1, 2025 at 2:48 AM
I had been to this site 7 or 8 times before since moving here a couple months ago and never found anything. That's how it goes, usually. If a spot looks good, keep going back under different conditions and seasons.
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Day 4 of our Okefenokee NWF collecting trip took us to Mixons Hammock east of Stephen C Foster State Park. We canoed the two miles and then sampled mossy patches and magnolia litter in cypress swamps. Not the most productive, but we found many linyphiids for study.
October 31, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Day 4 of our Okefenokee NWF collecting trip took us to Mixons Hammock east of Stephen C Foster State Park. We canoed the two miles and then sampled mossy patches and magnolia litter in cypress swamps. Not the most productive, but we found many linyphiids for study.
Another undescribed species of Arianops, and only the second sp. known from West Virginia!
#Pselaphinae
#Pselaphinae
October 31, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Another undescribed species of Arianops, and only the second sp. known from West Virginia!
#Pselaphinae
#Pselaphinae
headless horseman tachyine
October 29, 2025 at 1:20 PM
headless horseman tachyine