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Diversity: bio-, language, everything. Keeper of the Seeds. Fighting fascists since kindergarten.

#AbolishBillionaires #FixTheGlitch

portioid @ iNaturalist . developing #DuoNat, the biodiversity explorer.
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cassandroid אַנטיפֿאַ @cassandroid.substack.com · May 4
I quit my day job and travel the world, doing nature photography and developing the #DuoNat app.

Bearing witness to Earth's beauty.

Showing people what is.

So we don't have to show the future what was.

Follow me on an amazing journey into #biodiversity.

DuoNat account: @duonat.bsky.social
Aglaiocercus kingii (Long-tailed Sylph) from Colombia. DuoNat: https://duo-nat.web.app/?pairId=3611&level=all&phylogenyId=5562 iNaturalist: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/258605683 Pseudosphex (Tiger Moths, Arctiini, Erebidae) from Colombia DuoNat: https://duo-nat.web.app/?pairId=3616&level=all&phylogenyId=47157 iNaturalist: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/258512097 Glossodoris acosti (Chromodorididae, Nudibranchia) from Borneo. DuoNat: https://duo-nat.web.app/?pairId=3620&level=all&phylogenyId=47113 iNaturalist: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?verifiable=any&taxon_id=847499&user_id=portioid Orang Utan (Pongo pygmaeus) mother with child. Borneo. DuoNat: https://duo-nat.web.app/?pairId=62&level=all&phylogenyId=43367 iNaturalist: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/156589713
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TIL that Tommy Lee Jones was roommate with Al Gore at Harvard 1965
November 3, 2026 at 3:20 PM
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This is fascinating. Very large models can read the weights of small models and intuit what those models were trained to do, and make direct weight changes to improve them. rikiyat.github.io/blog/weight-...
Sparks of Weight-Space Programming: LLMs can natively read & write neural network weights
We find that frontier LLMs are surprisingly good at natively reading and writing neural network weights, well past what we’d expect from humans or conventional algorithms.
rikiyat.github.io
November 3, 2026 at 1:26 PM
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Fig. 267 from C. L. Koch, Die Arachniden (1837): Gasteracantha hasseltii, today Macracantha hasselti (Araneidae). Locality as printed: "Java".

https://inaturalist.org/taxa/1235708
All figures: koch.kimbaro.com

#spiders #SciArt #NaturalHistory
Hand-colored engraving of Gasteracantha hasseltii. Figure 267 from C. L. Koch, Die Arachniden, volume 4 (1837), plate 117.
November 3, 2026 at 1:00 PM
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If you havent voted yet, I urge you to 1) vote using a ballot drop box for the best election security and
2) vote yes on 40, no on 41 and 42
paleofuture.bsky.social Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 22h
California’s proposed billionaire tax was polling at 52% approval back in May.

Tech oligarchs have spent at least $148 million to fight it. Now it polls at 42%.
California Billionaire Pass Not Expected to Pass
On the eve of the 2026 midterms, polling showed that support for a ballot measure taxing the ultra-wealthy had shed significant support.
gizmodo.com
November 3, 2026 at 4:56 AM
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Fig. 66 from C. W. Hahn, Die Arachniden (1833): Theridion thoracicum, today Enoplognatha thoracica (Theridiidae). Female. Locality as printed: "Hiesige Nürnberger Gegend".

https://inaturalist.org/taxa/219196
All figures: koch.kimbaro.com

#spiders #SciArt #NaturalHistory
Hand-colored engraving of Theridion thoracicum, female. Figure 66 from C. W. Hahn, Die Arachniden, volume 1 (1833), plate 21.
November 3, 2026 at 1:00 AM
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@anthony.parts Sorry, but I had to laugh :D
November 2, 2026 at 5:12 PM
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Fig. 194 from C. L. Koch, Die Arachniden (1836): Cteniza graja, today Cyrtocarenum grajum (Ctenizidae). Locality as printed: "Griechenland".

https://inaturalist.org/taxa/789810
All figures: koch.kimbaro.com

#spiders #SciArt #NaturalHistory
Hand-colored engraving of Cteniza graja. Figure 194 from C. L. Koch, Die Arachniden, volume 3 (1836), plate 86.
November 2, 2026 at 1:00 PM
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Fig. 603 from C. L. Koch, Die Arachniden (1840): Ischyropsalis helwigii, today Ischyropsalis hellwigii (Ischyropsalididae). Locality as printed: "Bayern, Unterfränkischer Kreis".

https://inaturalist.org/taxa/1248956
All figures: koch.kimbaro.com

#harvestmen #SciArt #NaturalHistory
Hand-colored engraving of Ischyropsalis helwigii. Figure 603 from C. L. Koch, Die Arachniden, volume 8 (1840), plate 258.
November 2, 2026 at 1:11 AM
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TIL that the Black Sea is salty because the Mediterrean used it as an overflow about 8-9k years ago.
November 1, 2026 at 4:42 PM
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Fig. 631 from C. L. Koch, Die Arachniden (1841): Philoica notata, today Liocranum rupicola (Liocranidae). Male. Locality as printed: "Ueberall in Deutschland, auch tiefer im Norden von Europa".

https://inaturalist.org/taxa/468117
All figures: koch.kimbaro.com

#spiders #SciArt #NaturalHistory
Hand-colored engraving of Philoica notata, male. Figure 631 from C. L. Koch, Die Arachniden, volume 8 (1841), plate 268.
November 1, 2026 at 1:00 PM
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Nobody is "black".

Nobody is "white".

Everybody is coffee color.
November 1, 2026 at 9:38 AM
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lol

molbio.kimbaro.com/builder#mol=...

#biochemistry #biology
building cholesterol from atoms
November 1, 2026 at 8:46 AM
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October 31, 2026 at 6:51 AM
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Fig. 873 from C. L. Koch, Die Arachniden (1844): Tityus infamatus, today Centruroides infamatus (Buthidae). Locality as printed: "unbekannt".

https://inaturalist.org/taxa/262096
All figures: koch.kimbaro.com

#scorpions #SciArt #NaturalHistory
Hand-colored engraving of Tityus infamatus. Figure 873 from C. L. Koch, Die Arachniden, volume 11 (1844), plate 372.
November 1, 2026 at 1:00 AM
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My new favorite #puzzle game :D

molbio.kimbaro.com/builder?x=2#...

#biochemistry #life #biology
October 31, 2026 at 1:13 PM
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Fig. 607 from C. L. Koch, Die Arachniden (1840): Tegenaria domestica, today Tegenaria ferruginea (Agelenidae). Male. Locality as printed: "Schweden und Deutschland".

https://inaturalist.org/taxa/154445
All figures: koch.kimbaro.com

#spiders #SciArt #NaturalHistory
Hand-colored engraving of Tegenaria domestica, male. Figure 607 from C. L. Koch, Die Arachniden, volume 8 (1840), plate 260.
October 31, 2026 at 1:00 PM
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Fig. 270 from C. L. Koch, Die Arachniden (1837): Gasteracantha arcuata, today Macracantha arcuata (Araneidae). Locality as printed: "Java".

https://inaturalist.org/taxa/338297
All figures: koch.kimbaro.com

#spiders #SciArt #NaturalHistory
Hand-colored engraving of Gasteracantha arcuata. Figure 270 from C. L. Koch, Die Arachniden, volume 4 (1837), plate 118.
October 31, 2026 at 1:00 AM
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sciencex.bsky.social
Marine fossils in Colombia suggest a major evolutionary transition without mass extinction: surviving Jurassic groups coexisted with emerging Cretaceous lineages.
Marine fossils in Colombia reveal possible evolutionary transition without mass extinction
A remarkably diverse fossil ecosystem in central Colombia that preserves an unusual overlap between survivors of older Jurassic groups and newer Cretaceous lineages has led researchers at McGill University and the Centro de Investigaciones Paleontológicas (CIP) to recognize a new pattern of large-scale evolutionary transition, one that does not include mass extinctions.
phys.org
October 30, 2026 at 2:00 PM
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Fig. 547 from C. L. Koch, Die Arachniden (1839): Pristocnemus pustulatus (Gonyleptidae). Female. Locality as printed: "Brasilien".

https://inaturalist.org/taxa/1164258
All figures: koch.kimbaro.com

#harvestmen #SciArt #NaturalHistory
Hand-colored engraving of Pristocnemus pustulatus, female. Figure 547 from C. L. Koch, Die Arachniden, volume 7 (1839), plate 220.
October 30, 2026 at 1:00 PM
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esqueer.net
Polymarket has been pwned. A million customers have had their crypto drained.
October 29, 2026 at 8:35 PM
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hab TNG nie gesehen, aber ich weiß dass er gern schwarzen Kaffee getrunken hat
Sinnlos im Weltraum: Schwarzer Kaffee, Junge! :: HD REMASTER ::
YouTube video by Kalle Max
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October 30, 2026 at 11:41 AM
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did anyone put money on polymarket getting hacked
osintradar.bsky.social OSINTRadar @osintradar.bsky.social · 5d
⚡ Polymarket has been hacked.
October 29, 2026 at 10:01 PM
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Fig. 1364 from C. L. Koch, Die Arachniden (1847): Arctosa lynx, today Arctosa perita (Lycosidae). Locality as printed: "Deutschland, Bayern".

https://inaturalist.org/taxa/130387
All figures: koch.kimbaro.com

#spiders #SciArt #NaturalHistory
Hand-colored engraving of Arctosa lynx. Figure 1364 from C. L. Koch, Die Arachniden, volume 14 (1847), plate 489.
October 30, 2026 at 2:00 AM
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Finally watching Larry David's "Pursuit of Unhappiness".

Some of the best the country produced, one with English/Kenyan ancestry, the other Ashkenaz, shitting on a German-Scottish scumbag ruining it for everybody. Happy 250th.
October 29, 2026 at 4:47 PM
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Fig. 32 from C. W. Hahn, Die Arachniden (1832): Thomisus citreus, today Misumena vatia (Thomisidae). Locality as printed: "Fast überall in Europa".

https://inaturalist.org/taxa/55746
All figures: koch.kimbaro.com

#spiders #SciArt #NaturalHistory
Hand-colored engraving of Thomisus citreus. Figure 32 from C. W. Hahn, Die Arachniden, volume 1 (1832), plate 11.
October 29, 2026 at 1:00 PM