Two new species of tardigrades, Mesobiotus diegoi and Mesobiotus maklowiczi, were discovered by Daniel Stec, a biologist from Kraków, Poland. Anyone who discovers a new species gets to name it. M. diegoi was named after Daniel's collaborator, Diego Fontaneti. M. maklowiczi was named after a guy he often sees doing shopping in Stary Kleparz, Kraków's most famous street market. Robert Makłowicz is a historian and a food celebrity, and a very nice person. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/366325143_An_integrative_description_of_two_new_Mesobiotus_species_Tardigrada_Eutardigrada_Macrobiotidae_with_updated_genus_phylogeny
I’m sitting in ‘Salisbury House’ a #winnipeg institution. An old school diner. Behind me on the other side of the room is a coffee clutch of locals, all my age, whining about the demise of plastic straws and the horrors of paper straws. I look at them and realize that they, like me, didn’t see a plastic straw until after high school. At least they’re entertaining.
Ontario judge dismisses 'puzzling' $1M libel action by anti-vaxx nurses
She ruled that a million-dollar libel lawsuit launched by three nurses was an attempt to use the courts to silence critics of their anti-science and anti-vaccine views.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/anti-vaxx-nurse-libel-suit-ontario-1.6698686?cmp=rss
The Department of Homeland Security is systemically failing to revoke tens of thousands of “personal identity verification” cards that allow staff to enter sensitive, secure facilities and access internal data networks, despite being warned about the problem for 15 years.
https://theintercept.com/2022/12/29/dhs-buildings-security-employees/
Cool soundbites about #genetics typically confuse more than they clarify. Consider this often-quoted pearl of wisdom: “You share 98.8% of your #genes with a #chimpanzee!” Is this true? What does it actually mean? Here's another statement you may have heard: “Identical #twins share 100% of their genes, but non-identical twins share 50%, just like regular siblings.” So, I share more genes with a chimpanzee than with my own sister? Let's solve this conundrum in a #thread all about sharing...1/6
My three chosen pictures from #SeeingAuschwitzLondon - we are all humans but at the same time capable of systematic atrocities which are hard to comprehend. ‘Please don’t ever forget’. @auschwitzmuseum
This is an excellent 4-lane to 2-lane road diet in Kendall Square #massachusetts.
This street is 1,000 times more pleasant to walk across than the 4-lane speedway that was here previously.
4-lane roads with no medians (or anything else that results in a crossing distance of >45 feet) should be illegal in #cities. Pedestrian fatalities map closely to crossing distance. 4-lane roads divide neighborhoods, induce driving, and reduce #walkability.
#publichealth #CambMA #urbanism (Photo: Me, 2021)
I'm trying to figure out what I mean here -- though I'm pretty sure it's right -- about living around memories literally set in stone. Especially when it's about it be a new year. https://www.lastwordonnothing.com/2022/12/28/walking-into-the-new-year-2/
Living in the #wetlands of #Polesia (also spelled #Polesie) in #EasternPoland. Surrounded by #bogs and #forests, trying not to fuck up surrounding nature too much.
Taking care of a small pack of #dogs – #IdąPsięta.
Luddite working with hi-tech.
#RuralBroadband provider by accident. Starting a small LoRaWAN project to monitor our wetlands. Coding in #Python. Dealing with dirty data, cleaning them when time allows.
#Atheist. I don't *believe* in #science – science is the *only* thing that protects us from belief.
Fuck nazis.
My account on Twitter is still up, for good reasons. https://twitter.com/szescstopni
I check facts before I toot.
I sometimes toot in Polish.
Zdolny, ale leniwy.