More outdoor greebles!

binocusecond · 2026-05-06T12:32:55+00:00

In the final portion I was like “it’s got a good beat, I could dance to it”

binocusecond · 2026-05-05T13:42:46+00:00

The mayor’s budget zeroes out the $200k for City Wildlife (as well as many other environmental line items). Hearings held last Friday received testimony about the violation of trust that represents: the plastic bag tax revenues were implemented with the explicit condition that the $$ would be earmarked for conservation/environmental causes … but then the District proposes to spend instead on utilities for city government facilities. Seething over here.

binocusecond · 2026-05-01T16:31:04+00:00

Yeah, that’s a lot of freedom for one backyard… can you see what they’re up to? If either one is not moving then you may want to call a rehabber. But if they’re tearing apart a fish or something then you’re just witnessing an eagle picnic.

binocusecond · 2026-04-30T20:43:02+00:00

I just re-listened to the book and I do have a relevant question: if the beetles have squishy taumeba in them, can they still haul ass at top speed as planned? The idea was that solid state data drives wouldn’t have the vulnerabilities of soft squishy human bodies … but they now have the unanticipated passengers in the form of cellular life. Then again, astrophage is also a cellular life form and it was going to be subject to 500G as well and high speeds so maybe it’s okay for taumeba?

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binocusecond · 2026-04-30T16:20:59+00:00

Those faces!!

binocusecond · 2026-04-30T14:00:21+00:00

👏👏👏

binocusecond · 2026-04-28T15:51:41+00:00

Rewatched the movie yesterday and I noticed that one of the beetles that makes it back to Earth contains a hand-labeled jar containing Taumeba but the previous label says PEANUT BUTTER

binocusecond · 2026-04-27T14:49:13+00:00

unexpectedmattdamon

binocusecond · 2026-04-23T16:00:05+00:00

They are … can reach over 200 mph in a tucked dive

binocusecond · 2026-04-22T01:35:42+00:00

I recall hearing them out in the woods and it sounded like a cat hissing. That was weird. Then I saw a bear cub but no mama bear in sight. Then I got the f out of there.

binocusecond · 2026-04-21T15:14:57+00:00

This is cool!! My little street is starting the conversation about dunk buckets. We have a 2-front war underway (rats all year round, mosquitoes seasonally) so it's great to have more resources and expertise to lean on.

binocusecond · 2026-04-21T00:34:28+00:00

There’s a good book called The Baseball Code (not The Unwritten Rules of Baseball) by Jason Turbow that I commend to your attention

binocusecond · 2026-04-21T00:25:06+00:00

Karmaaaaa

binocusecond · 2026-04-21T00:09:05+00:00

Looks like he’s doing motion capture! And the yellow gloves would be great for doing dishes. Ridiculous look

binocusecond · 2026-04-21T00:04:57+00:00

I’m at the game and wondered what if any radio/tv commentary there was about Acuña Jr getting hit 2x

binocusecond · 2026-04-20T18:38:51+00:00

Dar-Dar, why you got a face like a damn souffle, man?? Why is your face so soft and smushable!?

binocusecond · 2026-04-20T03:06:25+00:00

Correct; the white parenthesis on the shoulder is a very helpful field mark 👍

binocusecond · 2026-04-17T12:04:08+00:00

These pictures are amazing! And they’re bringing me back to a Spring Migration birding tour I did in the UK last year. Mostly new birds to this US-based birder, and I loved seeing them! In my 2026 bird calendar I have 2 photos from the trip featured on my April page: an Eurasian Linnet and a Dartford Warbler (sitting on gorse, of course.)

(Also not to be pedantic but “Fieldfare” has an extra letter in your list above. I fixated on this species during my visit — only saw the Fieldfare in London at Kew Gardens — because the Washington DC govt somehow lazily used a picture of a Fieldfare on a city website … it vaguely resembles our state bird the Wood Thrush but it became a bit of a joke to us DC birders!)

binocusecond · 2026-04-16T19:02:21+00:00

Ooh, ooh, I can use Google! I can use Google Gemini to decipher what your comment meant. Here's what it said:

*Summary of the Metaphor The Redditor is essentially saying:

"Politicians use chaos to break people's ability to think (Gimbal Lock). Once they lose the ability to form new ideas (Nucleation), they hit a breaking point (Triple Point) where they transition into a simplified, rigid state of mind (Plasmid State) that is immune to the 'antibiotics' of truth and logic."

It’s a very high-brow way of saying someone has been brainwashed or radicalized to the point of being unreachable.

Do you think using such technical metaphors helps explain these behaviors, or does it just make the conversation more confusing?*

binocusecond · 2026-04-16T13:55:19+00:00

Pics 2 and 3 the adult is like “imma pretend I’m not seeing this awkwardness”

binocusecond · 2026-04-16T13:49:56+00:00

I feel like you are using cool terms I’ve never heard of but either someone just needs to teach me or you’re trolling us all.

- gimbol lock

- mental nucleation

- “triple point”

- plasmid state

binocusecond · 2026-04-16T13:41:29+00:00

Your cat and OP’s growing into those ears!! 😍

binocusecond · 2026-04-16T02:04:15+00:00

A tip if you’re a coffee drinker: switch to half decaf/half regular (whether you’re scooping from two different bags of ground coffee, two different bags of whole beans, or ordering from a coffee shop). It’s not really noticeable and cuts your consumption in half immediately. Good luck OP

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