@colinpurrington@flipping.rocks2026-07-20 16:13:43
If a bat that weighs 7 g eats half its body mass in insects every night (typical), I think that works out to 1400 mosquitoes needed based on a 2.5 mg mosquito. So more than 2 mosquitoes every minute if hunting for 10 hours. [Please check my math.] Doable, perhaps, in a room packed with thousands of mosquitoes but in the real world that bat would starve to death. Because it takes more energy to find and hunt down a tiny fly than it gets from the fly. Small bats DO eat mosquitoes but never enough to be important in control. My 2 cents.
@shaun@mastodon.xyz2026-05-21 02:05:45
Rest area on I-55 had this ridiculously blatant #MountainDew knockoff. They even lifted the color scheme. My brain registered it as the real thing, until I looked again. I don’t think I’ve ever come closer to actually confusing one brand for another; wonder how many tired travelers have bought this thinking it was the real thing.
@andres4ny@social.ridetrans.it2026-05-20 21:29:32
Much to no one's surprise, the NYT remains complete garbage.
https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:a5fwvpvub5e7mxaebuxn3tuu/post/3mmctjlxg2jws
@selea@social.linux.pizza2026-07-19 10:11:52
I did a test in Romania, #meshtastic vs #meshcore and here is the quick summary:
Over 250 Meshtastic nodes found, compared to 70 Meshcore nodes.
BUT
Meshtastic was basically dead, no one talked, or answered anything. I only got one message with the following - "test&…
@tokensane@mastodon.me.uk2026-06-19 07:25:26
#freefall Sam has a dream of wealth.
http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff4400/fc04388.htm
@jon@henshaw.social2026-07-21 04:27:17
Oh, I know this one. Don’t 💩 in the pool.
@@arXiv_physicsatomph_bot@mastoxiv.page@mastoxiv.page2026-07-20 07:51:19
Three-dimensional three-photon Stark spectroscopy of a single Rb Rydberg atom in an ultrahigh-vacuum glass cell with eight electrodes
S. A. Spirin, E. A. Yakshina, A. K. Sologub, G. Suliman, A. M. Minnigaliev, V. V. Gromyko, P. I. Betleni, D. B. Tretyakov, V. M. Entin, N. N. Bezuglov, I. I. Beterov, I. I. Ryabtsev
https://arxiv.org/abs/260…
@cdarwin@c.im2026-07-21 01:43:41
The most stunning exchange of Todd Blanche’s confirmation hearing to serve as attorney general came in response to an amiable question.
Senator John Kennedy from Louisiana, a Republican who appears favorably inclined toward Blanche, asked the nominee whether he considered himself to be the president’s friend.
Blanche, who is currently leading the Justice Department in an interim role, responded:
“I’m his lawyer.”
Then, perhaps, realizing his mistake, he corrected himse…
@hex@kolektiva.social2026-06-20 10:20:15
Listening to the Revolutions podcast and there are so many things that happened based on some mistake or misinterpretation then cascade faster than anyone expects. Honestly, after all the evil shit the oligarchs are doing, I really think it'll end up being some obscure parody or just misinformation that kicks off the insurrection in the US.
@metacurity@infosec.exchange2026-06-18 13:59:01
Accenture is acquiring a majority stake in Dragos at a $3.25 billion valuation, and all of runZero and NetRise, bringing the combined enterprise value of $4.175B.
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/robmichaell
