statistician, wikimedian and wikidata enthusiast. Linking, linking, linking (on wikis - not yet on twitter.)
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Today we're celebrating the end of our "Larger Micro Moth" digitisation project, which we wrapped up earlier this month. What makes a Larger Micro Moth? Well, the definition is a little bit fuzzy (just like the moths themselves).
ALT Dorsal view of Adscita statices, a brilliant green moth with shimmering antennae. Background is "digitisation grey" and the specimen's labels are lined up next to the moth, and a scale bar is included. The moth is hardly 2 centimeters wide.
ALT Image of a living Adscita statices perched on a purple flower. This individual has a teal shift, and some individual scales are visible.
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BHL Australia is thrilled & honoured to be one of four recipients of Wikimedia Australia's 2024 Partner Project grants. Thank you @wm_au! wikimedia.org.au/wiki/2024_P… cc @BioDivLibrary @atlaslivingaust
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Some #HistoricSciArt to brighten your day: Fairy Wrens from vol. 2 (1902) of "The Emu: official organ of the Australasian Ornithologists' Union": biodiversitylibrary.org/page… via @BioDivLibrary, digitised by @AMNH cc @BirdlifeOz
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A satisfying treasure hunt: I found 67 new type specimens of Asian and American #Meliaceae last week. They were "hiding" amongst the 1.1 million specimens of @CUHerb. They will soon be digitised and shared online, to facilitate the work of #taxonomists. @plantsci @CamGLAMresearch – at Cambridge, England
ALT Two piles of herbarium specimens on a work bench.
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#FindsFriday
From the Bronze Age, the magnificent Rhos Rydd shield.
Expertly made c. 3,000 years ago from a single disc of bronze. 20 concentric circles are decorated with 3,700 singly punched bosses. Mesmerising!
Found in a bog near Blaenplwyf, Wales, in 1804.
#Archaeology
Read more: coflein.gov.uk/en/site/42027…
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I’ve just spotted this map on the wall of a tiny rural coffee shop in Utah.
Anyone know what projection this is?
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Modifications to the nomenclatural rules governing the naming of #fungi would allow giving formal names to at least the most well-documented species and groups of #darkfungi. Here's why that matters. eurekalert.org/news-releases…
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One of the pleasures of watching #ChineseTV is discovering new ways of saying things. "only he who tied the knot, can untie the knot" 解铃还须系铃人)|解铃还须系铃人 chinaconnectu.com/2012/03/15… Numerous English translations yet sadly no English equivalent for so profound a phrase.
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I've never been able to improve on the management theorist Frederick Herzberg's timeless 10-word maxim: "Idleness, indifference, and irresponsibility are healthy responses to absurd work."
(Teachers/parents: Feel free to substitute "worksheets" for "absurd work.")
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New records of mealybug (#Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) parasitoids belonging to the family Encyrtidae (#Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) from #Turkey.
mapress.com/zt/article/view/…
#Taxonomy
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It's Wikimedia Australia's 15th anniversary! Back on 4 March 2008 we gained approval as a Wikimedia affiliate and have been going strong ever since.
ALT Pavlova cake from Wikimedia Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pavlova_dessert.JPG
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#Wikipedia was on @ABCthedrum last night (4/11), from 50 mins in on this recording. I spoke about writing women's bios to narrow #GenderGap. Disappointing views of Wikipedians held by some panelists. We write what we can reference, we don't make stuff up! iview.abc.net.au/video/NC220…
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I've long been meaning to write about the super clever way @emilynz and colleagues have used Flutracking data to tease out hidden Covid-19 incidence in NZ. Their new study offered a nice hook nzherald.co.nz/nz/covid-19-w…
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The Singapore Botanic Gardens is looking for Director/Research & Conservation & Keeper of Herbarium!!
Please retweet and do spread the word😊
careers.hrp.gov.sg/sap/bc/ui… – at Central Region, Singapore
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Are you looking for opportunities in #NaturePhotography? 📷🐰🕸️🍄🐚
#CapturingEcology 2022 is still open until 17:00 (BST), tomorrow Monday 15 August! We want your photos of species, ecosystems, landscapes, and ecologists at work!
Submit now: britishecologicalsociety.org…
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Love the perspective here which brings home that the Pacific really is quite literally half the planet. Also, a map with New Zealand, eh?
Courtesy of reddit u/garfwog in r/mapswithnewzealand
ALT Satellite view of Earth, all blue with almost no land visible at all. Labelled "What planet is this?" then at the bottom "It's Earth viewed from 15 degrees to 145 degrees the center of the Pacific Ocena."
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It's happening! Wikimedians from across Asia and the Pacific to reconnect in Sydney this November: diff.wikimedia.org/2022/07/2…