A watercolor study from this spring of a Blue-bead lily, surrounded by a carpet of bunchberry plants. This trip was memorable because I hiked through the woods to a wetland stream to fish and caught a brook trout. While doing that I saw a mother and baby deer crossing nearby. 💚

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Jiayi Sun (jys-sun.github.io/website/) and Shurui Zhou (www.eecg.utoronto.ca/%7Eshuruiz/) sit down with host @richlitt.bsky.social to explore how Codes of Conduct shape open source communities, contributor activity, and community health. Listen at 🎙️ podcast.sustainoss.org/295

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today I hired a graphic designer to do some scientific illustrations, and — guess what! — that's exactly how easy it is to not use generative AI to replace human artistry

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Sure, let's monitor product safety using a system that is explicitly not designed for information retrieval. Why the actual fuck would anyone do this?

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I should be en route to Auckland, but my physiology conspired against me and I am grounded for the foreseeable future. My plenary talk will at least be on video, but gutted that I cannot attend in person. #ornithology #SAPE2026 #neuroethology

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