Here is a moth on my deck from a few days ago: a Clymene Moth,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haploa_clymene
#Virginiamoths #northamericanmoths #moths
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@Brentguernsey@infosec.exchange
mastodon 4.8.0-alpha.3+glitchRetired Navy, DoD fed, and contractor.
I am having fun exploring art, so I may post pix of my creations. I've decided to call my (home) studio "Artrocity."
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Tonight's first find on my deck: a Dimorphic Macalla Moth.
https://www.butterflyidentification.org/information.php?primary_name=dimorphic-macalla-moth
#virginiamoths #northamericanmoths #moths
I've had my (used, 2024) Kia EV6 Wind all-wheel drive car for a little over a month, and I bought it with the understanding that its range was 282 miles.
Well.
The first thing I discovered was that an 80% charge gave me an estimated 315 mile range. Last night I charged the EV6 to 100%, and I had an "eco" (rear-wheel drive) estimated range of 407 miles and a "regular" (all wheel drive) estimated range of 395 miles!
My "Emporia" brand home level 2 charger can provide up to 48 amps of charging at 16 cents a kilowatt-hour. My EV6 has a 77.5 KW battery pack, so a zero-to-100% charge costs $12.40. I suspect an internal combustion engine car with a 400 mile range would cost $50-60 to fill these days.
I am very happy with my Earth Day purchase.
#ev #ev6 #homecharging
Just spotted on my deck: a Fall Webworm Moth
https://www.mothidentification.com/fall-webworm.htm
#virginiamoths #northamericanmoths #moths
Just spotted on our deck: a Hebrew Moth. One picture was taken with a flash; the other with lighting from a light bulb.
https://www.butterflyidentification.org/information.php?primary_name=the-hebrew-moth
#virginiamoths #northamericanmoths #moth
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@MicroSFF
🎵 "...Pocket-m-a-a-a-n, Pocketman."
Out on my deck just now: aTulip Tree Beauty Moth.
https://www.butterflyidentification.org/information.php?primary_name=tulip-tree-beauty-moth
#virginiamoths #northamericanmoths #moths
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@QasimRashid@mastodon.social
My suggestion for a new Medicare for All ad line: " Over Mitches' Dead Body."
This Cherry Scallop Shell Moth was hanging out on my sister's kitchen windows last night. Beautiful!
https://www.carolinanature.com/moths/cherryscallopshell.html
#michiganmoths #northamericanmoths #moths
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@BurrLand01@mastodon.world
First words of the AI podcast: "I am Mecha Hitler..."
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@tayfonay
Attach to any stray doggo that passes by -- or even better, a cat.
Spotted on my deck tonight: a Grape Leaffolder Moth.
https://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species/Desmia-funeralis
#virginiamoths #northamericanmoths #moths
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@jencmars@mastodon.art
The bug is the feature.
Spotted on our deck last night: a Banded Tussock Moth.
https://www.insectidentification.org/insect-description.php?identification=Banded-Tussock-Moth
#virginiamoths #northamericanmoths #moths
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@ProPublica
*Someone* has to pay for the Arc de Trump and other urgent national security art.
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@prahou@merveilles.town
Subtle "The Big Lebowsky" reference. Nicely done.
Found on my deck tonight: an Ipsilon Dart Moth.
https://www.insectidentification.org/insect-description.php?identification=Ipsilon-Dart-Moth
#Virginiamoths #northamericanmoths #moths
Our priest is recovering from cancer, so I made her a pinata. I've never made a pinata before, so the design and execution are less-than-perfect. The "keyboard" is filled with Hersheys Kisses, but they slide all over the place, making the pinata more unstable than a newly-minted teenager. Hopefully, she'll take one look at the silly "emails" on the "screen" and promptly smash the laptop, releasing the Kisses.
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@jencmars@mastodon.art
Reminds me of Dr. Cockroach from "Monsters Versus Aliens."
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@mtechman@mastodon.ie
Whelp, at least this time the Very! Happy! people don't have two thumbs on the same hand or weird, bendy arms. Or extra arms. So there's that.
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@steelrider65@mastodon.social
...I'm just saying there is a teenie, tiny resemblance...
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@DocAtCDI
"Doctors HATE this light bulb trick!"
"Change one burned out light bulb a day, and see how your spleen..."
"New light bulb law in [your state] saves [improbably precise number of dollars]"
"Obey this weird light bulb trick, and..."
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@SoftwareTheron @rorystarr
"We, ah...we figured things would sort themselves out..."
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@Trilobyter@mastodon.world
Beats doomsquirreling.
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@JuliusGoat@mastodon.social
Stop saying mean things about John Crow!
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@jencmars
🎵 Ooo, dream weevil, I believe you can take me through the night...
(Apologies to the late Gary Wright)
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@jerry@infosec.exchange
"Another Bonkers sour, Sir?"
"Yeah...better make it a double."
For Earth Day, I bought a used 2024 Kia EV6, a completely electric car with a 282 mile range.
I cannot imagine buying another internal combustion engine (ICE) car in my lifetime.
I eagerly await the Promised Land: solid state batteries. When consumers can choose between a $40,000 ICE car with a 300 mile range or a $40,000 electric car with a 700 mile range, it will signal an extinction event for ICE cars. I firmly believe that event is coming very soon, as in 3-4 years.
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@glc@mastodon.online @Alice@beige.party
The same David Brooks who dumped his wife of 3 decades while banging his 2-decades-younger research assistant -- while writing a book on personal morality and virtue?
That David Brooks?
Pass.
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@sundogplanets@mastodon.social
Looks like a solid nominee for an Ignobel Prize.
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@Alice@beige.party
I earned an A+ in Modesty from the Humility Institute of Los Burritos, California.
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@jerry
"Red sun at night; sailors delight."
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@JuliusGoat
It was rejected by my publisher, so I called it "A New Nope."
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@heidilifeldman@mastodon.social
Gosh! After all the breathless coverage of the first-ever FIFA Peace Prize being awarded to trump, I totally lost track who the winner of China's Confucius Peace Prize was. Any idea?
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@heidilifeldman@mastodon.social
Sounds like Russia's OMON paramilitary police that Gorbachev sent to kill people in the breakaway Baltic states.
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@grickle@mstdn.social
So: the opposite of a dust devil.
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@molly0xfff@hachyderm.io
Every 60 seconds...
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@grickle@mstdn.social
After the corporate shake-up, they were the sole survivors.
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@vmaderna@mastodon.art
Is this inspired by "The Wind in the Willows"?
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@birdsaredinosaurs.bsky.social
Same vibe as "The Little Mermaid MUST be a red-headed white girl with blue eyes!"
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@petergleick@fediscience.org
[Insert horribke joke about an AI summary of your book's main points using up the last of the water HERE]
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@QasimRashid
Racist is as racist does.
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@prahou@merveilles.town
I mean, there is the homage to the "Lady with an Ermine," which is also groovy...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_with_an_Ermine
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@Natasha_Jay@tech.lgbt
Any trilobites?
My daughter decided to see if she liked rug-making, so she made a mini-loom using a piece of cereal box cardboard, long bamboo sticks, and medical tape.
Naturally it worked, because she is quite clever. I am very proud of her creativity and ingenuity.
She does, indeed, like rug-making, and she will likely invest in a larger, sturdier loom.
#loom #rugmaking #fiberart
This evening, I opened a screen door in my sister's house, and this lovely Lesser Maple Spanworm Moth flew in. I never did catch it. 😐
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speranza_pustularia
#michiganmoths #northamericanmoths #moths
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@heidilifeldman@mastodon.social
And not one Sackler will spend a single day in jail where they belong. Not one. Contemptible