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2024-01-01 @ 16.22.32 ∈ In English
2024-01-01 @ 16.17.53 ∈ In English
Only one observation from Finland currently (AFAICS), an Oxypoda spectabilis.
First Known Photographs of Living Specimens
This project is designed to showcase the first known photographs of living specimens of any species. Note that by ‘first known’ I’m referring to the first known photographs of a species anywhere, not just the first photographs to be submitted to iNaturalist.
2023-12-31 @ 13.51.58 ∈ In English
2023-12-30 @ 8.17.10 ∈ In English
2023-12-21 @ 13.55.48 ∈ In English
Mickey, Disney, and the Public Domain: a 95-year Love Triangle | Duke University School of Law
Many sources claim that even though Mickey is copyright-free in 2024, you still cannot use the character because it is trademarked by Disney. But this is not what the law actually says. Trademark law only prohibits the use of a trademarked character if doing so “is likely to cause confusion, or to cause mistake, or to deceive” consumers about the source or sponsorship of the new product.
2023-12-21 @ 13.24.32 ∈ In English
At what point does the Santa myth become a harmful deception? | Psyche Ideas
The adults who remembered feeling the worst were at an older age when they learned about Santa, they tended to have found out abruptly, and from another person, rather than figuring it out on their own. Yet a similar number of children, and around 13 per cent of adults, recalled experiencing positive emotions upon learning Santa wasn’t real.
2023-12-20 @ 18.04.55 ∈ In English
2023-12-19 @ 19.51.35 ∈ In English
Is it OK to let my kids watch the same show over and over again?
On subsequent viewings they may pick up more details about the characters, the songs, the context or even the subtle twists and turns of the plot. So this offers children insights into different characters, stories and ideas. […] Repeat watching also enables immersion into a make-believe world that provides comfort.
