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2023-10-09 @ 18.31.56 ∈ Lorem ipsum

Fake Metro Trains (@fakemetrotrains@aus.social)
Here’s a short video from Latvia showing why you shouldn’t treat railway lines as a playground. #MetroTrains
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2023-10-08 @ 20.11.11 ∈ In English

‘Like butter for bears’: the grizzlies who dine on 40,000 moths a day
Full of fat – some biologists call them “bear butter” – they’ve proved to be an important source of food for the region’s grizzlies. Biologists estimate about 200 bears each year feast on moths in the eastern portion of the carnivores’ range. Each gram of moth offers bears about eight calories, which means some bears will eat up to 40,000 a day.
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2023-10-07 @ 11.24.19 ∈ In English

(From August)

Red Admiral butterflies: Climate change sees migratory species stay in UK, says charity
The Big Butterfly Count found between 14 July and 2 August this year there was a 400% increase in sightings of red admirals.
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2023-10-07 @ 11.20.39 ∈ In English

Why NASA Chose WordPress for Revamping Its Flagship Website
NASA has removed the beta label from the new nasa.gov website, which was launched on WordPress, replacing Drupal as the CMS. […] NASA will be open sourcing some of its custom blocks and other pieces of the project to give back to the WordPress community as part of the roadmap.
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2023-10-06 @ 17.28.26 ∈ Suomeksi

Elon Muskin Starlink-satelliittien nettiyhteyksiä testattiin Pohjois-Suomessa: ”Jos netti on pakko saada, niin onhan tämä toimiva peli”
[Siirtonopeus oli 65—200 megatavua sekunnissa.] Metsä heikensi yhteyksiä, vaikka testejä ei aivan tiheimmässä metsikössä tehtykään. [Uplink-nopeus] vaihteli paikasta riippuen noin 15 ja 40 megabitin välillä.
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2023-10-05 @ 18.58.33 ∈ In English

Tiny Language Models Thrive With GPT-4 as a Teacher | Quanta Magazine
To better understand how neural networks learn to simulate writing, researchers trained simpler versions on synthetic children’s stories.
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2023-10-05 @ 17.10.33 ∈ Suomeksi

Yksinäinen citymajava teki pesän asuinalueen keskelle – luontokuvaaja: ”Nimesin majavan Eetvartiksi, vaikka en tiedä sen sukupuolta”
Eetvartin pesä sijaitsee Kaijonlahdessa asutusalueen ja vilkkaan ulkoilureitin kupeessa. Majava on nyt kiireinen, kun se kerää ruokavarastoa talveksi.
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2023-10-05 @ 15.06.49 ∈ In English

(The paper has video.)

Bumble bees drop to shake off Asian hornets
Bumble bees have a remarkably successful method for fighting off Asian hornets, new research shows. When attacked, buff-tailed bumble bees drop to the ground—taking the hornets down with them. This either causes the hornet to lose its grip, or the bee raises its sting and tussles until the hornet gives up.
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2023-10-05 @ 15.01.04 ∈ In English

Meadow spittlebug’s record-breaking diet also makes it a top disease carrier for plants
New research fueled in part by citizen scientists reveals that the meadow spittlebug—known for the foamy, spit-like urine released by its nymphs—can feed on at least 1,300 species of host plants, more than twice the number of any other insect.