Missingwasatch🧚‍♀️📚

Science, dogs, basketball.

[🍂 @Lovandfear]

the intimacy of never speaking again

[Give A Shit About Nature @giveashitnature]

Researchers have discovered 5.6 million ground-nesting native bees living under a single 1.5-acre cemetery.

Rachel Fordyce was parking at a plaza near East Lawn Cemetery in Ithaca to save on parking fees, walking through the cemetery on her way to a Cornell entomology lab. In spring 2022, she noticed bees nesting in the ground.

The bees turned out to be Andrena regularis, a native solitary species called the "regular mining bee."

The team estimated 853 mining bees nesting per square meter at the site, scaling to roughly 5.6 million bees in the 1.5-acre cemetery. That's more than 200 honeybee hives worth of bees, in a plot smaller than a strip mall parking lot.

Older cemeteries are accidentally some of the best-preserved native pollinator habitat in eastern North America. The same conditions chosen for grave digging (sandy, well-drained soil) are exactly what ground-nesting bees need. No tilling. No pesticides. No development.

East Lawn Cemetery, founded in 1878, has hosted these bees since at least 1935.

About 70% of native bee species in the US nest in the ground. They're the actual pollinators of New York's apple crop. The 5.6 million bees Rachel found walking to work are some of the most important agricultural laborers in the state, and no one knew they were there.

The next time you walk past an old cemetery, consider what else might be under the ground.

[ArtButMakeItSports @ArtButSports]

@UnderdogNBA De Vaartkapoen, by Tom Frantzen, 1985

[ArtButMakeItSports @ArtButSports]

The Vision of Saint Anthony the Abbot, artist unknown, 19th c, 📸 by Gregory Shamus

[Barney Schreiber, CPA @luxurytrash_]

The bodega set up a flat screen outside so folks could watch the Knicks game on the street. I love my city.

[StatMuse @statmuse]

KAT this Finals:

21 PTS | 13 REB | 4 AST
18 PTS | 12 REB | 4 AST

on 56/43/100% shooting.

[Ian Begley @IanBegley]

Knicks are the third team in NBA Finals history to win first two games of series on road. The 1993 Bulls and 1995 Rockets also did it. Both of those teams won the championship.

[WeRateDogs @dog_rates]

Here are the top 5 dogs of the week!

[Slime🐍 @ItsKingSlime]

Richard Jefferson & Iman Shumpert reminisce about their legendary 2016 championship with the Cavs and reveal the speech Lebron used to motivate them to come back from down 3-1 against the Warriors 🔥

Shumpert also couldn’t stop VIOLATING Draymond Green for getting suspended in game 5 of the series and wasting his amazing game 7 performance 💀🤣

“He starts explaining, I was like ‘I don’t think I wanna be the guys on the other side with the pressure…’ We start dialing it up. Draymond suspended himself… That was dumb.”

[WeRateDogs @dog_rates]

This is Ramsey. He is a mail delivery dog. Shipping is free, and while packages might not be handled with care, they are handled with enthusiasm. 14/10

[WeRateDogs @dog_rates]

This is Baby. She is celebrating her first ever International Corgi Day today. Personally thinks she should be celebrated every day, but this is a good start. 14/10

[Give A Shit About Nature @giveashitnature]

"Dead" wood isn't dead, it's one of the most productive habitats you can leave in your yard.

Woodpeckers, chickadees, bluebirds, owls, and bats nest in tree cavities. Insects move in to break down the wood and become food for birds, lizards, toads, and small mammals. Loose bark and hollows shelter salamanders, flying squirrels, and overwintering butterflies.

A single snag or a small log pile in a corner of the yard supports more life than a perfectly "clean" yard ever will. If it isn't a hazard, try to leave it.

[Omar Jimenez @OmarJimenez]

I tried to report in the Knicks crowd after the game 1 win, I never stood a chance 😂

[ArtButMakeItSports @ArtButSports]

Dawn at the Alamo, by Henry Arthur McArdle, late 19th c, 📸 by @gwephoto

[Roy Wood Jr- Ex Jedi @roywoodjr]

Theres somebody right now in the garage dusting off that Charlie Ward Knicks jersey that was solely for yard work. Today is your day. Bask in it,

[NBACentel @TheNBACentel]

FAN RAN ON THE COURT TO TAKE A SELFIE WITH WEMBY 😭😭

[Rob Perez @WorldWideWob]

We have multiple police chases while the Knicks play in the Finals.

Just like old times.

[New Heights @newheightshow]

If Aaron Donald unretires to join Myles Garrett in LA we might have to send a petition to the commissioner to stop it @HomeDepot

[Oh No He Didn't @ohnohedidnt24]

Inside showed a montage of Chuck making fun of San Antonio, then bring in the mayor lmao