Tootfinder

What's been interesting about watching Cloudflare do what it is doing against AI scraping is that, in an attempt to protect sites from crawlers, we are centralizing internet traffic through a single vendor bottleneck.
It's a real struggle between ideal and pragmatic solutions, and I don't know how to feel about it.
Cloud providers might need to acknowledge this issue sooner rather than later, but they are incentivized to charge customers for *any* traffic, including f…

One of the most shocking movie scenes that burnt into my mind was in the opening credits of the 2009 Watchmen movie, directed by Zack Snyder. 50,000 protesters took part in the March on the Pentagon in 1967. A row of military police was pointing their rifles at the protesters. A flower power protester puts a flower into the barrel of one of the rifles. In the movie, Bob Dylan's The Times They are A-Changing is playing over the scene, recreating an iconic photograph from 1967. (link in c…

Flower Power (photograph) - Wikipedia

Finally watching Project Hail Mary and it’s really good.
Probably better than the book. I do like my hard sci-fi but the first-person narrator perspective in the book is tainted by how unlikable the protagonist is.

I saw this and I instantly thought of @… because somehow he had become the most salient reference node for revolting arthropods and we all know why.
https://www.instagram…

Pelfs Pets on Instagram: "To answer some questions from the first reel! No, she will not eat these babies and she will not be eaten by them. Only a very few South American species practice matriphagy and she is not one of them. Yes, she will spend every last second from the time she lays eggs until they molt and leave her standing gaurd protecting and constantly cleaning them. At this stage mold growth can take them out very easily and thats why you see her constantly licking them clean. We have about 20 more days before their first molt and then theyll start wonder away from her. Thats when I'll separate them all and give them their first meal!!! Thanks for watching please feel free to ask questions and LIKE SHARE AND FOLLOW for more amazing centipede content!!!"
18K likes, 277 comments - wvcentipedeguy on May 31, 2026: "To answer some questions from the first reel! No, she will not eat these babies and she will not be eaten by them. Only a very few South American species practice matriphagy and she is not one of them. Yes, she will spend every last second from the time she lays eggs until they molt and leave her standing gaurd protecting and constantly cleaning them. At this stage mold growth can take them out very easily and thats why you see her cons…

A uniformed member of the United States Air Force was arrested on the steps of the U.S. Capitol building on Wednesday
after demonstrating against President Donald Trump and urging Congress to impeach and remove him from office.
U.S. Air Force Major Jason Watson was detained by Capitol Police for protesting in front of the Capitol in violation of rules that forbid demonstrations there unless protesters are accompanied by a member of Congress.
Rep. Al Green (D-Texas) was pres…

Capitol Police Arrest Air Force Major During His Pro-Impeachment Protest Against Trump
US Air Force Major Jason Watson cited “an unconstitutional usurpation of Congress’s authority” to justify his protest.

"People…suffering while…people w/…power to change it argue…Children…falling asleep to…bombs. Parents…wondering whether they can keep…people they love alive. People w/disabilities…watching…hard-won protections…dismantled piece by piece. Older adults…wondering whether dignity has become too expensive to protect. Families…carrying burdens that grow heavier while those w/…power…keep finding new excuses…Communities are paying…price while power protects itself."

What the Fuck Are We Doing?
What the fuck are we doing?

Weekend #Plankton Factoid 🦠🦐
Recent news has documented warming in polar regions reducing upwelling of cold nutrient rich water and thus algae production. Researchers investigated the change in carbon to chlorophyll ratio to determine nutrient stress.
The genus is Prochlorococcus, a cyanobacteria found across the world's oceans. Because it is so tiny (0.6 micron) it passes through…

Going through and watching a bunch of the SGDQ runs I missed. Sanabi was predictably excellent, but the funniest so far has been Cyberia (all unique deaths).
#GDQ #SGDQ

I've finally watched #SoylentGreen, and oh my. I mean, I've seen it coming, it was kinda predictable, but still, shit, that is one heavy movie. Probably not a good time to be watching movies like that.

Two strains, in particular, stood out.
The Watkins Star Line B, or WSB, strain developed hallmarks of age-related macular degeneration and retinitis pigmentosa,
while the New Zealand Obese, or NZO strain, known for its metabolic dysfunction, developed diabetic retinopathy.
In both cases, molecular changes accurately predicted functional degeneration in retinal cells.
These models offer a new, genetically informed way to study how eye diseases develop and progress.

More than meets the eye
What if a routine eye scan could tell a doctor if you were at risk of Alzheimer’s disease? Gareth Howell is exploring how genetics shape the way our eyes—and brains—age.