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2025-07-31 @ 18.44.17 ∈ In English

There’s a New Record for the Longest Lightning Flash - Eos
[829 kilometers is now] the longest lightning bolt ever recorded. […] A new analysis of satellite data has revealed that a 22 October 2017 storm over the U.S. Midwest created a lightning bolt that reached [̣̣̣…] from eastern Texas to nearly Kansas City. The record-setting bolt lasted about 7 seconds.
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2024-09-14 @ 13.22.30 ∈ In English

(From 2023; Medium.com, eww)

AI and the American Smile
Why do you smile the way you do? A silly question, of course, since it’s only “natural” to smile the way you do, isn’t it? It’s common sense. How else would someone smile? As a person who was not born in the U.S., who immigrated here from the former Soviet Union, as I did, this question is not so simple.
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2024-07-05 @ 10.15.23 ∈ In English

Identifier Profile: @k8thegr8 · iNaturalist
If you’re photographing a caterpillar, Kate recommends getting at least three photos: one the top of the caterpillar, one of the side showing all the sets of legs, and a photo of the face (aka head capsule). It’s also really important to note the host plant (or make an observation of the host plant and get it identified on iNat). Even then, she reminds us that not all caterpillars (or adults) can be identified to the species level from photos alone.