Notices by Bill, organizer of stuff (wcbdata@vis.social)

@evan what, no "never?"

I just crushed several carpenter ants in the kitchen (it's the time of year when they come exploring), and they leaked concentrated bright blue ink/dye! It cleaned up like food coloring does. I've never seen anything like it. Are they eating something blue? Has anyone seen this with #ants before?

@DebErupts EdX courses here:
https://pll.harvard.edu/subject/social-sciences

@annika @skykiss Is it? I was having a hard time figuring that out...

@skykiss Original-ish image without the watermark that obscured the artist's signature

https://www.reddit.com/r/NYStateOfMind/comments/1kf9ne9/the_richest_1_captured_approximately_63_of_all/?rdt=46239

@Taweret @apLundell Just remember: it's doing the same thing when you ask it a medical question.

@munin @ra6bit malicious compliance is incredibly effective

@jasonkoebler This and the Google product manager for the Pixel image manipulation tools saying you have to "clean up" your photos (remove people, erase incidental objects, change lighting) so that the image records the "true memory" of the moment (meaning, of course, the false memory of it).

(Source: On Point interview today)

@Mer__edith It's like saying photocopiers in libraries are threats to national security. 🙄

@pluralistic horror, though?

@rwklose @TheGuardian Plz don't use link shorteners on Masto. The tracking is a bit invasive, and Masto shortens links internally already.

Three Sisters plantings in the ground and rain on the way this AM. Good timing! Think we'll make it to "knee high by the fourth of July?"

#gardening

@futurebird Those are some messed UP fingers.

Fascinating statistical analysis of United States demography in the WaPo's Department of Data column, with some super-clear (and sometimes surprising) #DataViz.

Gift link:
https://wapo.st/3QJBdAC

Finally got corn started using the @richrollgardener method!

I've deployed the ST beetles to our huge eastern hemlocks!

This is the second season we've put them out to devour the hemlock woolly adelgid pest that has been destroying native hemlocks all over New England (and other places, too.) 100 of these little (smaller than a pinhead) buggers will clear two or three 80-foot hemlocks of adelgid, and with luck, we'll develop a resident colony!

#gardening #trees
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemlock_woolly_adelgid

If it looks like I've repeated someone else's reply or ignored a discussion already going on in your replies, please accept my apologies. The instance I'm on (vis.social) is _extremely_ carefully moderated, and we're defederated from a number of instances with known bad actors or poor moderation/administration - it's likely I couldn't see the activity. If you're inundated with crap replies, consider looking at a smaller instance that keeps the nazis & trollls out!

@christophertrottier Since about half my feed is already recycled Tumblr posts from a decade ago, I think it'll be alright. 🤪

@florin @kristinHenry I absolutely love these! I have a framed copy of the scotch pine one at my desk...

The research project that generated them ran for decades, and was run by a couple of interesting folks:
https://images.wur.nl/digital/collection/coll13

Pretty clear dip in #solar generation yesterday! Simple #DataViz, but it's really satisfying...