@donelias@mastodon.cr2026-10-30 03:17:53
¿Sabían que la palabra mastodonte la acuñó un señor francés porque le parecía que unas muelas de unos fósiles parecían pechos de mujer?
Según etimologias.dechile.net este señor «...descubrió unos fósiles a los cuales clasificó Mastodon giganteum. Formó
Mastodon de las palabras griegas μαστός (mastos = pecho o pezón) y ὀδών (odon = diente). Giganteum
significa gigante, por supuesto.
Lo llamó así pues sus grandes muelas parecían pechos de mujer. Los mastodontes, aparte de…
@brian_gettler@mas.to2026-10-31 21:34:24
@… I'm sure all the cheese is made with raw milk.
@ncoca@social.coop2026-09-30 00:39:00
Great piece - interestingly written from a critical, mostly Chinese-focused perspective, which is rare. Doesn't include a single quote from any Indonesian workers
https://grist.org/labor/indonesia-nickel-chinese-workers-energy-transition/
@cosmos4u@scicomm.xyz2026-10-30 23:49:44
Discovery of the Distant, Ultra-faint Milky Way Satellite #AquariusIV with the Vera C. #Rubin Observatory Early Data Preview 2: #MilkyWay: https://news.yale.edu/2026/10/28/historic-new-observatory-reveals-two-hidden-companions-milky-way
@gse@norden.social2026-10-30 11:51:47
Warum wird nicht mehr in den Medien über den MailHack der AfD gesprochen ? Na ist doch logisch, die AfD sonst die Medien mundtot machen, wenn sie an die Macht kommen. Und wenn es so weiter geht in Deutschland, das keiner auf die Strasse geht um gegen diesen Braune Scheisse zu demostrieren, dann wird es auch so kommen.
Man sieht doch schon, das die JungeUnion, eigentlich sich unbenennen müsste in JungeNazis .. weil mit der Propaganda, was sie da abziehen, das ist nicht mehr feierlich ..…
@jensilber@mastodon.social2026-10-31 22:02:59
I am, as ever, baffled by the way companies create their variety-pack boxes for Costco. The Mars box is 8 Snickers, 7 Twix, 6 peanut M&Ms, 5 plain M&Ms, and 4 Milky Way.
The Hershey's box is even worse: 10 Reese's, 7 milk chocolate bars, 7 milk chocolate bars with almonds, and 6 Kit-Kats.
Would it really cut into their profits so much to create boxes that are more evenly split among the flavors?
@tiotasram@kolektiva.social2026-09-30 07:16:19
Looking up hermaphroditic tendencies in frogs, as one does, and I found this fascinating paper via Wikipedia:
https://opus.bibliothek.uni-wuerzburg.de/opus4-wuerzburg/frontdoor/deliver/index/docId/3146/file/Linsenmair_Protogynous.pdf
The most interesting part to me is just speculation, but one idea for why females might change into males after laying some eggs is that although males enjoy more reproductive success overall, because they defend territories and attract females using vocal calls, they're potentially more vulnerable to predation by animals that hunt based on sound.
So basically, first ensure you have *some* offspring by being female and laying eggs, then once you've done that try to have *many* offspring by changing into a male, vocalizing to attract females, and fertilizing their eggs (unless the vocalizing gets you killed or other males out-compete you).
Sadly this is pure conjecture and the sex changes were only observed in the laboratory, not the wild.
@macandi@social.heise.de2026-10-26 08:03:03
Tipp: Was tun, wenn Apple Mail fremde E-Mail-Adressen vorschlägt?
Es kommt vor, dass Apples Mail-App merkwürdige Adressen für neue E-Mails anzeigt. Das steckt dahinter.
https://www.
@curiouscat@fosstodon.org2026-09-28 18:29:04
RE: https://mastodon.online/@jchyip/117348615578077036
"After 271 million driverless miles, Waymo says its cars were involved in 82% fewer injury-causing crashes than humans."
I believe reducing injuries is a greater value to society than wo…
@sncf_ligne_r@lepoulsdumonde.com2026-10-29 12:27:54
Le train suivant voit son départ différé de 10 minutes environ : - Train POMA départ Montargis 14h02, arrivée Paris Gare de Lyon 15h46 Pour plus d'informations sur cette perturbation, consultez le fil X de la ligne.
Motif : malaise voyageur(mission précédente).
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