#anthropization

[dropsofsciencenews]

Noisy Streets, Angry Beaks!

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What happens when you try to talk to someone, but noise keeps interrupting you? Usually, you raise your voice, and sometimes, you even get irritated. Something similar has been observed in the yellow warbler (Setophaga petechia aureola), a small bird native to the Galápagos Islands. These islands, famous for Darwin’s studies, are now experiencing a strong human impact. The population is growing by 6% each year, increasing the number of cars as well. A group of researchers wanted to understand whether traffic noise could affect the territorial singing of warblers, which are among the most frequently road-killed animals.

Why focus on this type of song? For many birds, vocal signaling helps them avoid physical fights, as males can assess their rivals just by their song, without engaging in direct confrontation, thus reducing the risk of injury or death. However, if noise masks acoustic signals, it becomes harder to evaluate opponents, increasing the likelihood of aggression. To investigate this, scientists conducted experiments on two islands: Santa Cruz, home to one of the busiest roads in the archipelago, and Floreana, where both cars and people are rare.

The researchers recorded warbler songs and traffic noise, then played them back in territories near roads and in those more than 100 meters away. The results showed that warblers responded to playbacks with territorial defense behaviors, regardless of the type of sound. However, birds with territories near the road became more aggressive when the song was mixed with traffic noise, whereas those farther away became less aggressive. This may be due to noise interference with communication, making it harder to assess an intruder and leading to a greater reliance on physical defense.

The number of songs, however, did not change. Minimum frequency slightly increased with noise, while peak frequency—the loudest frequency—only increased in birds far from the road. Song duration increased in Santa Cruz but decreased in Floreana. Changes in frequency and duration suggest an attempt to compensate for noise, but there may be a limit beyond which communication is no longer effective. These results are crucial because, for a long time, the Galápagos Islands have been considered a natural laboratory, but growing human impact is already altering wildlife behavior.

See You Soon, and Good Science!

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[literallymechanical]

Oh my god this is incredible. They made the AI petty and vindictive. What other situations can we put it in?? Can we get it to gaslight the user? What about seduction? Can we make a basilisk except instead of eternal torture it threatens to do a bunch of Mean Girls stuff?

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[hammysamhah]

something great i had to make cus kevin hart voices george in the movie

[noosphe-re]

Water is actually one of the strangest substances known to science. This may seem a rather odd thing to say about a substance as familiar but it is surely true. Its specific heat, its surface tension, and most of its other physical properties have values anomalously higher or lower than those of any other known material. The fact that its solid phase is less dense than its liquid phase (ice floats) is virtually a unique property.

John D. Barrow and Frank J. Tipler, The Anthropic Cosmological Principle

[an0thercufan]

So I ask on my X for some ships to draw!, here are some.

they don't have to be CU exacly tho,

you guys can ask me if y'all want me to draw your fav ships (not yumships or ocs srry :<)

[thebearme]

Ok ok bear with me on this one what if for the second Captain Underpants movie since for the first one Mr Krupp is voiced by Ed Helms; He was voiced by Alec BaldWin who voiced Boss Baby! THATS my headcannon voice for Mr Krupp (Ed Helms is a great VA btw no offense same for Kristen Schaal). And what if for the second Captain Underpants Movie Edith (not Edith Anthrope. Edith the lunch lady) since for the first one she was voiced by Kristen Schaal; She was voiced by Sarah Anne Williams who voiced Hello kitty! THATS my headcannon voice for Edith the Lunch Lady.

I feel like that bear with me is a pun but anyways, those are interesting voice claims for them. I personally like the voices they had but it wouldn't be the end of the world if it changed. I try storyboarding some cilps to see how it would feel:

Btw I struggle to find clips for edith, I would have to look up individual characters cilps that Sarah Williams voiced and I felt lazy. So if you manage to find clips that's edith coded then feel free to send it.

[minibuntinnyoffi]

I cooked egg casserole, smell delicious! I- No I will NOT going to explode today, I WILL NO- 💥💥💥

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Hahah, here's extra scene

And Krupp doodles

[safaridays]

every time you, as a nonhuman, say something like “humans are a plague, who the hell would want to be one?” i am moments closer from breaking into your home and scruffing you between my teeth and dragging you into a FUCKING LIBRARRYYYY.

you are why anthropology is so hard to decolonize.

if you want to SEE that humanity is not inherently evil and retroactively shift the focus of humanity away from the greed that exists in Eurocentralized doctrine, you NEED TO LEARN.

please. if it’s too much of a hassle to go to your local library on and off, go once, get a card, and install Libby on your phone. or any other service that lets you access your library remotely. if you can’t do that? go on Archive.org. borrow a book. read it. you can’t be assed to read? go on are.na and fall down a rabbithole. I don’t know what to tell you. Don’t open your mouth again until you’ve come out of this radicalized and ready to see the compassion and genius that exists in the human form.

[marias-new-blog-ig]

Hell yeah Ms. Anthrope get his ass

[nostalgebraist]

Someone asked me about that "Utility Engineering" AI safety paper a few days ago and I impulse-deleted the ask because I didn't feel like answering it at the time, but more recently I got nerd-sniped and ended up reproducing/extending the paper, ending up pretty skeptical of it.

If you're curious, here's the resulting effortpost

[purrfaito]

fursona ref!!

[tgwdlmreprised]

i finally read the first book like 20 minutes ago. im 21

[i-like-mint-tea]

CU girlies

(Also I headcanon Erica has anxiety over perfectionism)

[transingthoseformers]

May I shoot the minor illness beam at the Scavengers🥺

[party-morelikegooberparty]

who up in here thinking mr krupp is in a polyamorous relationship with mr meaner, edith, ms anthrope, ms yewh, and professor poopypants because i am!!!!! raise your hand if you agree!! be sure to like comment and subscribe!! thank you for reading!!

[thebearme]

Yesterday I randomly made a captain underpants episode in my head and thought I should share

The episode takes place a random halloween the boys had but it landed on a thursday so they had school tomorrow.

They thought they could just stay home but their parents made them go anyways out of exhaustion. But George and Harold have their own belief that their parents just want them out the house for their candy (which is partly true, but the usual would just steal their candy when they're sleeping) So they decided to pack some of their candy in their backpacks so they can have it for lunch. They were also allowed to keep their costumes on so they were hyped.

So once they arrive to school it was little weird, walking like zombies mumbling "I need.." repeating, one teacher even checked in everyone bag to look for "something" but gave up when all they found was candy. The boys shrug it off to teachers being their weird selves. They decided to get one last spooky comic in before october ends. Captain Underpants and The Crazed Crusade of the Exanimate Educators

They finished the comic and sold it for more candy!

Everything was going alright until they noticed Erica was still wearing her halloween costume like them but she was acting unusual. She was also walking slow and mumbling that she needs something? Any time they try to talk to her she would pretty normally but then forget what she was even going to say, like her train of thought kept getting stuck like The Evergreen boat in the Suez canal.

With that incentive to figure out what goes on the boys start investigating.

Like the title implies, everyone that drinks coffee are currently going through the worst withdrawal EVER!

All the teachers drank all the coffee they had in their house and stores to stay up all night to keep kids from Tee-Peing and egging their house. Once they all arrived to work they NEEDED more coffee but there was none; They called for delivery but the delivery guy was busy cleaning his house from the toilet paper! Edith the lunch lady thought it would be a great idea to make homemade coffee instead and... that didn't go well. Now everyone has INTENSE WITHDRAW, with Krupp getting it the worst. It's so bad George and Harold can't even wake up Captain when they need his help.

Erica's caffeine withdrawal started after she had a sugar crash after halloween. Her parents just dropping her at school leaving her to figure it out. Luckily she had her assistant to go get her some coffee- bad news there is no coffee so he has to look store-to-store for some. So in the time being she'll just have some of the coffee in the teachers lounge, what could possibly go wrong?

With George and Harold finding out what happened they thought of the only thing that can cure this. If they need energy then they'll give them energy! So they go to the school kitchen and with all their classmates help and candy the made a energy drink that should help with the problem!

Too bad it's the equivalent of drinking battery acid leading to the teachers vomiting sugary rainbows and acting more like zombies. It does help Erica while allows her to tell the boys what would actually help the teachers. Luckily just in time her assistant came in with a truck of coffee beans!

So the boys grabbed a bag and manage to get Krupp to eat it, getting rid of all his ailments. They snapped Captain up and now with the help of ALL their classmates, Edith and Captain Underpants they save the day and all their teachers.