Neighbors are starting on their third straight hour of recreational shooting.

The oak pollen is wildly powerful out there today

#FreelanceGig

An image from Google Maps. It shows a Prague street. in the centre is what looks like a floating ball of hair.

An image from Google Maps. It shows a Prague park. in the centre is what looks like a floating ball of hair. A woman is walking by on the right, oblivious.

An image from Google Maps. It shows a branching path in a Prague park. in the centre is what looks like a floating ball of hair.

An image from Google Maps. It shows a Prague street. in the centre is what looks like a floating ball of hair.

I've been doing some research into locations in Prague using Google Maps, and either the guy who was tasked to take the photos got the camera position wrong, or there's a small hairy ghost haunting large swathes of the city.

Picture of an audio editing session. Text reads: AUDIO SNAPSHOTS TAUGHT BY: ELIZABETH FRIEND AND MARC MAXIMOV Inspired by Jay Alison's Sonic IDs, this two-day workshop guides participants in recording, editing, and workshopping sound-rich audio snapshots around Durham, culminating in at least one polished short "audio postcard," with optional additional edits, and is open to all skill levels with some prior recording experience and access to basic audio equipment 2-DAY WORKSHOP: 5/30 & 5/31 SATURDAY & SUNDAY, 10 AM - 4 PM ET Duke Center for Documentary Studies

I'm excited to be co-teaching an audio workshop with the clever & capable Marc Maximov on May 30 & 31 at the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke.

We'll be collecting stories of the #BullCity and crafting short, sound-rich audio snapshots. Join us!

Details here:
rsvp.duke.edu/event/95a9c6...

#FreelanceGig

Picture of an audio editing session. Text reads: AUDIO SNAPSHOTS TAUGHT BY: ELIZABETH FRIEND AND MARC MAXIMOV Inspired by Jay Alison's Sonic IDs, this two-day workshop guides participants in recording, editing, and workshopping sound-rich audio snapshots around Durham, culminating in at least one polished short "audio postcard," with optional additional edits, and is open to all skill levels with some prior recording experience and access to basic audio equipment 2-DAY WORKSHOP: 5/30 & 5/31 SATURDAY & SUNDAY, 10 AM - 4 PM ET Duke Center for Documentary Studies

I'm excited to be co-teaching an audio workshop with the clever & capable Marc Maximov on May 30 & 31 at the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke.

We'll be collecting stories of the #BullCity and crafting short, sound-rich audio snapshots. Join us!

Details here:
rsvp.duke.edu/event/95a9c6...

I saw a matte black cybertruck today and I guess the main benefit of that paint job is it already looks like the charred husk it's destined to become.

Plus, by mid-June you could fry an egg on it.

Science Comics: Plagues

Also this one:
us.macmillan.com/books/978162...

Unseen Jungle: The Microbes That Secretly Control Our World by Eleanor Spicer Rice: 9781536232868 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books This lively peek into the amazing world of microbes, replete with a kid-pleasing “ick” factor, is chock-full of facts, humor, and fun illustrations. Microbes are everywhere: outside, indoors,...

Possibly related:
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/724363...

Not pictured: the snake that escaped (but was caught not long after).

A fennec fox standing on hind legs looking cute.

Three-banded armadillo running around in sawdust.

Ostriches looking suspicious with rheas in the background.

Large sulcata tortoise enjoying the sunshine in a grassy field.

Took advantage of NC’S lax laws on exotic animals to go see some critters

Gathering all my oily rags

Do we think Bathroom Spiders learn to expect the shower every day, or are they surprised each time?

Kinda surprised I haven't seen more reporting on how the new postmark delays will impact income tax mailing. Seems like the kind of thing local news outlets would be all over

In these stunning chromolithographs from 1851, Jean Baptiste Vérany realizes his ambition — to accurately render “the suppleness of the flesh, the grace of the contours, the transparency and the coloring” of cephalopods: publicdomainreview.org/collection/verany-cephal...

Image of a common vampire bat. The bat is facing the camera with its mouth open and its teeth exposed. 📷: Peter E / Flickr cc

🦇 Vampire bats in Mexico may feed on CWD-positive deer 🦌, spreading disease and posing species-jump threat.

The bats' range is expanding northward, while CWD is creeping southward, creating a worrisome overlap.

Read more: ow.ly/nOtI50YGMLo

📷: Peter E / Flickr cc

Yep, Bluesky Feed Creator is having a time of it right now:
bsky.app/profile/blue...

Shot of a crowd at dusk stretched out on a lawn under trees draped with party lights. A white building and some speakers are visible at the far left. The sky glows purplish blue in the background.

Looking through Discover Durham's gallery for possible photos to promo an upcoming event and I was delighted to find this shot of Audio Under the Stars from our Aug 2019 show. I think this was our last show at CDS. Love the purple and green vibe in this pic.

We're on strike! Don't visit propublica.org on April 8

We’re on strike today! Support our fight for a fair contract by NOT visiting the @propublica.org website or engaging with ProPublica stories today.

Tell ProPublica’s management you won’t cross the picket line: actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...

Total Eclipse of the Sun, 1882. Chromolithograph after a pastel drawing by astronomer, artist, and amateur entomologist Étienne Léopold Trouvelot.

Learn more about his life and see a collection of his stunning astronomical art here: https://buff.ly/2ENtY5g #eclipse #solareclipse

Big gray and white dog looking happy standing in a clearing.

Big gray and white dog wrapped in plush blankets napping.

Small gray and white dog looking calm sitting in the grass.

Small gray and white dog curled up on a pillow napping.

Here ya go, have some peaceful dog pics for these troubled times.

Big gray and white dog looking happy standing in a clearing.

Big gray and white dog wrapped in plush blankets napping.

Small gray and white dog looking calm sitting in the grass.

Small gray and white dog curled up on a pillow napping.

Here ya go, have some peaceful dog pics for these troubled times.

"It is a lamp... but it's a Major Award!"

It's a timely reminder that every kind of work we do can be for the good of humanity. You might not be a politician or an activist, but innovation, solidarity, and hope are also born from science, art, storytelling, and a deep commitment to helping humans do audacious, beautiful, impossible things.

Jack jumper ant - Wikipedia

The wikipedia entry for Myrmecia pilosula starts well enough. But, this is an Australian ant, so the article ends with a photograph of a hospital and an extensive discussion of medical interventions.

Easter is a great time to teach your kids about science for example I won a huge chocolate bunny in a first grade Easter egg hunt and the next day the ears were gone and my dad taught me about evaporation

A jewel-toned lobster faces the camera, with long horns and spiky bits all over the exoskeleton. It's on a wooden board. The coloration is ornate and very multi-colored, from purple to yellow to blue to orange. There are five species of rock lobster found in tropical Australian waters, but by far the most abundant is the Ornate Rock Lobster, Panulirus ornatus. This species forms the basis of dive fishery in both the Torres Straits and in the Gulf of Papua. CSIRO scientists have traced the movements of these lobsters to reveal a remarkable picture of animal migration. The lobsters undertake a journey that takes them hundreds of kilometres across the Torres Strait to their breeding grounds in the Gulf of Papua. After breeding, they seem to disappear. November 1985. Photo credit: Robert Kerton

I'd like to introduce you to Panulirus ornatus, the ornate rock lobster.

They're native to the Indo-Pacific, with a large range centered on New Guinea & the Great Barrier Reef near Australia.

They're a member of family Palinuridae, the spiny or rock lobsters.

So why so colorful?

The vast clouds of pollen are giving the real world the sickly yellow haze of AI imagery.