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I like when Pheidole ants do the thing with the head

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mySCOOBERT.mp4

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TikTok has successfully convinced me that all heterosexual people are deeply maladjusted and mentally unhealthy.

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the thing with large language models and other "AI" technologies is that I think they're mostly overhyped, kind of disappointing, and generally a solution in search of a problem. unfortunately the most vocal of its critics seem to base their arguments on pure thought-free vibes, naive views of intellectual property, and the sort of interactionist dualism i usually associate with sunday school teachers

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hello ! what are some of the most beautiful mostly-brown birds you know of ? bright colors are fun and all, but brown can be just as beautiful. ^_^

Brown Birds

Oh, that's an easy one! Here, have a look...

Limpkin (Aramus guarauna), family Aramidae, order Gruiformes, Florida, USA

Limpkins specialize in eating large aquatic snails, like apple snails.

photos: Thomas Conroy, VJAnderson, pedro lastra

Scaly-breasted Cupwing or Scaly-breasted Wren-Babbler  (Pnoepyga albiventer), family Pnoepygidae, order Passeriformes, Mandal, Uttarakhand, India

photograph by Sachin Pawar

White-eared Jacamar (Galbalcyrhynchus leucotis), family Galbulidae, order Piciformes, Reserva Biológica Limoncocha, Sucumbíos, Ecuador

photograph by Jorge Vera

Scaly-breasted Woodpecker (Celeus undatus grammicus), female, family Picidae, Manacapuru, Amazonas state, Brazil

This is a subspecies of the Scale-breasted Woodpecker.

photograph by Hector Bottai

Equatorial Antpitta (Grallaria saturata), family Grallariidae, order Passeriformes, Ecuador

Was considered to be a subspecies of the Rufous Antpitta, Grallaria rufula, but was split off in 2020. The Rufous Antpitta has now been separated into 13 different species.

photograph via: Sam, Tropical Birding Tours

Hamerkop (Scopus umbretta), family Scopidae, order Pelicaniformes, Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda

The taxonomic affinities of this bird have been greatly debated over the year, and now is believed to be in the Pelecaniformes.

This is the only bird in this family.

photograph by Charles J. Sharp 

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I'm hacking into your dick and uninstalling your balls

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i assumed the 'what sin do you relish most' image set was just your typical dadaist "its funny when a long diatribe about something stupid/broadly-disagreed-with is imposed on an image set of unrelated characters" type of joke image but op of that post IS an actual tradcath and DID post it unironically. which im not sure if it makes the whole situation funnier, stupider, worse, or all 3

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"i hope they both lose" or whatever parks and rec meme phrase you use to express that sentiment is not a good analysis of the disney-universal midjourney lawsuit because it is a legal case, not a football match -- the stakes are not abstract, nebulous "wins" or "losses" for the (all certainly very loathsome) parties involved but a specific legal precedent that if set will vastly expand the scope of u.s. copyright law (which because of its position as global hegemon, affects the whole world). it is not about if disney or midjourney Win, it is about whether or not the legal basis for transformative work is comprehensively eroded to an unprecedented degree!

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You're all aware that ordinary fan art drawn by humans falls under the same "this is identical to our copyrighted characters" claim that Disney is using to sue midjourney, right? You know that in the eyes of the Mouse the only difference between you and midjourney is a matter of scale, right?

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A short while ago you shared a frog that reminded me of ice cream - do you know of any other beasties that look like they are For Eating?

Pastels always look cand-like to me.

Have you seen this dude...

White-browed Tit-warbler (Leptopoecile sophiae), male, family Aegithalidae, order Passeriformes, Qinghai, China

photograph by David Irving

Ladakh, India - photograph by Kamlesh Mirkale

photograph by Pradeep Purushothaman

Gansu, China - photograph by Lin hillside

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New bunny just dropped (prairie chicken)