Critters_PNW

Avid naturalist, prospective entomologist, & insect collection assistant. Ardent antifascist. Proud member of the Woke Mob. English/Italiano/日本語

[Critters_PNW @critters_pnw]

@leadsled1977 @nvolpewild Cicadellidae are leafhoppers, not cicadas (Cicadidae). They don’t scream, or make much noise at all for that matter.

[GO GREEN @ECOWARRIORSS]

BLM Announces Plan to Fell Oregon's Last Great Forests
One billion board feet per year... 20 days to make your voice heard.
They filter drinking water for downstream communities. They hold soil on steep slopes above salmon streams that are already in crisis. They’re home to the northern spotted owl, the marbled murrelet, coho salmon, steelhead, and hundreds of species that evolved over millennia in conditions you can’t replicate by planting seedlings in rows.
https://t.co/BpNE0aMlbx

[Critters_PNW @critters_pnw]

@smellyratgaming @S4d__0N3_7 @Chryssykrl227 There are at least a dozen species of mosquitoes native to North America and they play an enormous role in our food webs, especially in boreal forests.

[Critters_PNW @critters_pnw]

@gracecamille_ I should try this. Great way to collect stream invertebrates.

[mothman @grantisdumb]

Coworkers talking about how much they love chatgpt

[Rick @rickmalad]

When the rain gives you an opportunity to photograph a cuckoo wasp (Chrysididae), you had best seize it, because as soon as she’s dry she’ll be zipping around feeding on nectar and looking for something to parasitize. Boy are they pretty

[Critters_PNW @critters_pnw]

@fincastlure @ShadooCreature Pseudophyllus titan

[Michelle_BYoung @michelle_byoung]

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[Critters_PNW @critters_pnw]

@brett02e @IJustTweet_ @FullMeasureFill @CostOfNukes @rachelmillman @smoothmelanin I’ll concede that it probably did little to help me learn specific concepts, but the most important thing that show taught me is that there are so many things that I can learn and want to learn. I think that’s vital to any student even if some want to blow it off as infotainment.

[Critters_PNW @critters_pnw]

@brett02e @IJustTweet_ @FullMeasureFill @CostOfNukes @rachelmillman @smoothmelanin In other words, you can’t get perpetual motion with an EV by charging it with wheel motion so you need to charge it at rest eventually, but many can and do boost their range significantly by turning some of their excess kinetic energy back into chemical potential energy.

[Critters_PNW @critters_pnw]

@brett02e @IJustTweet_ @FullMeasureFill @CostOfNukes @rachelmillman @smoothmelanin 1. You would fall directly towards Earth because you would have no angular velocity relative to the planet.

2. I’m not certain what you’re asking here. The first and second laws of thermodynamics mean you’re going to lose usable energy, but many EVs recover some during braking.

[Critters_PNW @critters_pnw]

@brett02e @IJustTweet_ @FullMeasureFill @CostOfNukes @rachelmillman @smoothmelanin Hi I’m on track to become a scientist because I saw an episode of Bill Nye the Science Guy
Sucks that he’s mean though :(

[Critters_PNW @critters_pnw]

@devdoee I need to know how he does his hair

[404 Media @404mediaco]

Microsoft study finds AI makes human cognition “atrophied and unprepared”

🔗 https://t.co/pVuVky5yeV

[PVT @propvstruth]

🚨BREAKING: IDF CONFESSES TO GASSING NUMEROUS HOSTAGES TO DEATH IN GAZA.

https://t.co/0p7wun7bLC

[Kelly @broadwaybabyto]

Had my first healthcare worker refuse to mask

My chart says I’m immune compromised & require staff to mask. The facility had a policy that if asked, staff will wear

I was told “no I need to breathe to do my job”.

I stood firm & said I’m high risk and masks are required 🧵

[Critters_PNW @critters_pnw]

Oh my god this is awful I just threw up in my mouth

[Cairo Smith @cairoasmith]

Here are some giveaway ChatGPT responses in research papers I collected, because I woke up too early this morning and thought it would be funny.

[Darby Saxbe @darbysaxbe]

🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.

[Dr. Angela Rasmussen @angie_rasmussen]

On Data Purge Eve, many people stayed up late to save the CDC website. @charles_gaba downloaded the whole thing. 👑

A group of us are working to make these preserved data an accessible & publicly available resource. More to come, but get started here 👇🏻

https://t.co/cljgv1U9lP