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This is Corydalus cornutus — the Eastern dobsonfly
And it looks like it crawled out of mythology
Those massive mandibles? They’re not weapons
At least, not against prey
Males use them in courtship and combat, grappling with rivals like antlered beetles in midair
But it’s not the adult you should fear
It’s what it was before
The larval form, known as a hellgrammite, lives underwater for years
It bites hard
It breathes through gills
And it devours anything it can overpower — from insects to small fish
Then, one day, it climbs out
Sheds its skin
Unfolds wings the size of your palm
And becomes this
It only lives a few days after that
Just long enough to mate
Just long enough to haunt your nightmares
@Rdp77 said:
They make great fish bait too. You can find the hellgrammites in about any creek around here. The Dobsonflys disappear pretty fast when they come out.
I was thinking about that...... NO! Just **** kill it with fire!!!!
Tonka bean trees, dipteryx oleifera, which are often used in pipe tobacco like 1792 for their vanilla-like flavorings, tend to survive and thrive lightning strikes in the rainforest as the lightning follows the path of least resistance outside the tree and down into the roots killing off vines and neighboring, competing trees.
In a revealing Genomic Press Interview published today in Brain Medicine, Sara Poletti, PhD, senior researcher at IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele Milan, illuminates the profound connections between childhood adversity and lifelong vulnerability to psychiatric disorders through persistent neuroinflammation pathways and alterations in brain structure.
Check out the April , 9, 2034 studies. pretty much the same but has an abstract that made it easier for me to read. Then again , it is me and this is not an easy read for me.
As harvest workers become harder to find, farmers are turning to robots
Harvest work is hard and monotonous. This adds weight to arguments that robots could replace humans in the fields. It is already happening on a small scale in the Netherlands, but researchers have bigger plans.
Ruppell's Vulture, gyps rueppelli, Adult in Flight, Masai Mara Park, Kenya
Ruppell's griffon, the highest-flying bird ever recorded, shown in flight.
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This African vulture holds the record for the highest known bird flight. In fact, a Ruppell’s griffon collided with a commercial aircraft over western Africa at an altitude of 37,000 feet, higher than the cruising height of most airliners. The species is uniquely adapted to extreme altitudes, with hemoglobin that binds oxygen more effectively than that of almost any other bird. These vultures rely on powerful soaring techniques and can cover vast distances in search of carrion, making use of rising thermal currents to stay aloft with minimal energy expenditure.
Cortical Labs offers cloud access to neuron-powered computing for just $300 a week
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Photography has always been a mirror of its time, but the digital age has transformed it from a tool of documentation into a weapon of self-delusion. The camera, once used to capture reality, now serves primarily to manufacture it. What we photograph, how we photograph it, and why we photograph it reveals a society that has lost touch with authentic experience, commodified human connection, and replaced genuine accomplishment with the performance of success.
@silvermouse said:
Cortical Labs offers cloud access to neuron-powered computing for just $300 a week
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How long before the super-rich start transplanting their brains into robotic bodies in an effort to live forever? Seems the obvious projection. Or, my paranoia. Or both.
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@silvermouse said:
Cortical Labs offers cloud access to neuron-powered computing for just $300 a week
CL1 fuses human brain cells and silicon and can run real code
System enables real-time neural processing for research in AI and neuroscience
How long before the super-rich start transplanting their brains into robotic bodies in an effort to live forever? Seems the obvious projection. Or, my paranoia. Or both.
I think emotions and feelings are an interpretation by the brain of the body and environment, life itself. i don't see that transferring to a mechanical/cybernetic existence. Seems it would be sterile.
@silvermouse said:
Cortical Labs offers cloud access to neuron-powered computing for just $300 a week
CL1 fuses human brain cells and silicon and can run real code
System enables real-time neural processing for research in AI and neuroscience
How long before the super-rich start transplanting their brains into robotic bodies in an effort to live forever? Seems the obvious projection. Or, my paranoia. Or both.
I think emotions and feelings are an interpretation by the brain of the body and environment, life itself. i don't see that transferring to a mechanical/cybernetic existence. Seems it would be sterile.
I agree, but I'm not sure that would stop them.
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^^^ C'mon, man. When have we ever had unintended circumstances?
An interesting look behind the scenes of the guy that provides all the cars for some shows and/or movies.
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Iconic US Tourist Attraction Yellowstone National Park Explosion Triggers Full Summer Closure, Biscuit Basin Off-Limits as Thermal Pool Threat Looms Over Tourism Season, What You Need To Know
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But don’t they have to track you to see if you’re being tracked??
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Thought to be a mythological creature, the 'Giant Woolly Rat' was just photographed for the first time ever
The proud discoverer František Vejmělka with the Giant Woolly Rat (Mallomys istapantap ) in its natural habitat at 3,700 meters above sea level.
https://www.earth.com/news/giant-woolly-rat-mallomys-istapantap-was-just-photographed-for-the-first-time-ever/
Not known to science for 30yrs…but needs “saving”. I wonder how many they killed to get their stomach samples. Jackasses. I hate people.
If it don’t bother me, it don’t bother me. Just leave me alone.
Maybe they just stuck their finger down the rat's throats.
Trapped in the People's Communist Republic of Massachusetts.
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/sebastiao-salgados-view-of-humanity
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This is Corydalus cornutus — the Eastern dobsonfly
And it looks like it crawled out of mythology
Those massive mandibles? They’re not weapons
At least, not against prey
Males use them in courtship and combat, grappling with rivals like antlered beetles in midair
But it’s not the adult you should fear
It’s what it was before
The larval form, known as a hellgrammite, lives underwater for years
It bites hard
It breathes through gills
And it devours anything it can overpower — from insects to small fish
Then, one day, it climbs out
Sheds its skin
Unfolds wings the size of your palm
And becomes this
It only lives a few days after that
Just long enough to mate
Just long enough to haunt your nightmares
Hellgrammites
https://a-z-animals.com/animals/eastern-dobsonfly/
They make great fish bait too. You can find the hellgrammites in about any creek around here. The Dobsonflys disappear pretty fast when they come out.
If it don’t bother me, it don’t bother me. Just leave me alone.
I was thinking about that...... NO! Just **** kill it with fire!!!!
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/03/rijksmuseum-condom-exhibition
Hellgramites are part of my Introduction to Stream Biology course for my grandkids. Also known as fishing.
Don't let the wife know what you spend on guns, ammo or cigars.
https://www.livescience.com/animals/fish/pacific-spiny-lumpsucker-the-fun-size-fish-that-evolved-a-suction-cup-so-it-could-stay-put-for-a-minute
Liocranchia reinhardti. All images © Ryo Minemuzo, shared with permission
https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/06/ryo-minemizu-black-water-dives/
The Gibberfish and larval spiderfish are very fascinating.
Trapped in the People's Communist Republic of Massachusetts.
Tonka bean trees, dipteryx oleifera, which are often used in pipe tobacco like 1792 for their vanilla-like flavorings, tend to survive and thrive lightning strikes in the rainforest as the lightning follows the path of least resistance outside the tree and down into the roots killing off vines and neighboring, competing trees.
https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/nph.70062
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DI3LPDniuq5/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=emg3eXJmODdlNmY0
In a revealing Genomic Press Interview published today in Brain Medicine, Sara Poletti, PhD, senior researcher at IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele Milan, illuminates the profound connections between childhood adversity and lifelong vulnerability to psychiatric disorders through persistent neuroinflammation pathways and alterations in brain structure.
https://neurosciencenews.com/childhood-trauma-brain-inflammation-29260/
Check out the April , 9, 2034 studies. pretty much the same but has an abstract that made it easier for me to read. Then again , it is me and this is not an easy read for me.
As harvest workers become harder to find, farmers are turning to robots
Harvest work is hard and monotonous. This adds weight to arguments that robots could replace humans in the fields. It is already happening on a small scale in the Netherlands, but researchers have bigger plans.
https://www.nzz.ch/english/farmers-look-to-robots-to-replace-harvest-workers-ld.1888445
How three pizza restaurants predicted Israel’s attack on Iran
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/06/13/pizza-restaurant-israel-attack-iran-pentagon-white-house/
Ruppell’s Griffon (37,000+ ft.)
Ruppell's Vulture, gyps rueppelli, Adult in Flight, Masai Mara Park, Kenya
Ruppell's griffon, the highest-flying bird ever recorded, shown in flight.
getty
This African vulture holds the record for the highest known bird flight. In fact, a Ruppell’s griffon collided with a commercial aircraft over western Africa at an altitude of 37,000 feet, higher than the cruising height of most airliners. The species is uniquely adapted to extreme altitudes, with hemoglobin that binds oxygen more effectively than that of almost any other bird. These vultures rely on powerful soaring techniques and can cover vast distances in search of carrion, making use of rising thermal currents to stay aloft with minimal energy expenditure.
Cortical Labs offers cloud access to neuron-powered computing for just $300 a week
CL1 fuses human brain cells and silicon and can run real code
System enables real-time neural processing for research in AI and neuroscience
https://www.techradar.com/pro/what-a-deal-you-can-now-rent-human-brain-cells-on-a-silicon-chip-for-7-days-for-less-than-a-nintendo-switch-2
Photography has always been a mirror of its time, but the digital age has transformed it from a tool of documentation into a weapon of self-delusion. The camera, once used to capture reality, now serves primarily to manufacture it. What we photograph, how we photograph it, and why we photograph it reveals a society that has lost touch with authentic experience, commodified human connection, and replaced genuine accomplishment with the performance of success.
https://fstoppers.com/opinion/photography-trends-reveal-everything-wrong-modern-society-703268#comment-thread
How long before the super-rich start transplanting their brains into robotic bodies in an effort to live forever? Seems the obvious projection. Or, my paranoia. Or both.
"If you do not read the newspapers you're uninformed. If you do read the newspapers, you're misinformed." -- Mark Twain
I think emotions and feelings are an interpretation by the brain of the body and environment, life itself. i don't see that transferring to a mechanical/cybernetic existence. Seems it would be sterile.
Would you never get the urge to scratch or would you constantly have it? Something to ponder.
Trapped in the People's Communist Republic of Massachusetts.
I agree, but I'm not sure that would stop them.
"If you do not read the newspapers you're uninformed. If you do read the newspapers, you're misinformed." -- Mark Twain