Anyone have a good Tai Chi DVD or program to recommend?

#taiChi


Amy Tabb 🇺🇦

Researcher in Computer Vision and Robotics for Agriculture, more bio: http://bit.ly/32bYNuY;

Posts/typos are personal views;
https://amytabb.com/ for notes and TILs;

https://justmytoots.com/@at@sigmoid.social

Other interests: plants, agriculture, photography, especially wildlife photography. And birds!  Expect bird photos. I'm a newbie photographer.
📷 scheduled sometimes Monday-Friday 7:25am EDT (UTC-4).

#ComputerVision #Robotics #Agriculture #wildlifePhotography  #BirdPhotography


I've done some bird stalking in the backyard, and then got to see the Brown Swiss cows at a neighbors' farm. So far, it has been a good way to spend a federal holiday.


nostr:npub16zp6vr4ewkf28484e2f60j98v55pyqfahafxx7hy45sqrvf3rlhshhkkjc 🤣 We had problems that people worked on for PhD theses as test questions in an AI class back in 2004. Predictably, everyone bombed it.

Did the prof. change approach? No.


nostr:npub139mtqs0xq559r6hnym4f5nawdk9w8n86sj0cvc9qpzst7na6fjuswg6cf9 This photo is gorgeous, Jim!


nostr:npub1xdqnk8eytmpr0hjj65n7wkwnyss5egz3le323wvq2tjp669mjw6skfjteq this is the way !


The eternal  puppy had to go to the vet this week -- I dropped her off in the morning and picked her up in the afternoon.  She was a star! The staff said I could bring her back whenever I wanted, and that the pup had gotten lots of belly rubs and pets during the day. Here, she is grazing on the lawn as usual.
#DogsOfMastodon

https://cdn.masto.host/sigmoidsocial/media_attachments/files/111/190/845/269/481/288/original/536f0162d9d2e39e.jpeg


Toad Lily (Tricyrtis) in the garden at home. Tiny, tiny flowers and details!
#bloomScrolling

https://cdn.masto.host/sigmoidsocial/media_attachments/files/111/190/598/283/214/164/original/3120d8c3edd4962b.jpeg


(I messed up the threading, reposting in right spot).

Treescope cont.

... Provides semantic segmentation labels of scans for tree stems, ground, and misc. Provides ground truth diameter at breast height (DBH) measurements. Baseline semantic segmentation methods are RangeNet++, SqueezeSegV2, and SqueezeSegV3. Baseline diameter estimation methods are DBCRE and SLOAM. 2/2

bibtex & details:
https://amytabb.com/today-i-read/2023/10/06/tir/


Treescope cont.

... Provides semantic segmentation labels of scans for tree stems, ground, and misc. Provides ground truth diameter at breast height (DBH) measurements. Baseline semantic segmentation methods are RangeNet++, SqueezeSegV2, and SqueezeSegV3. Baseline diameter estimation methods are DBCRE and SLOAM.

bibtex & details:
https://amytabb.com/today-i-read/2023/10/06/tir/


Today:
TreeScope: An Agricultural Robotics Dataset for LiDAR-Based Mapping of Trees in Forests and Orchards .
Derek Cheng et al.

Dataset paper. Acquired LiDAR scans of forestry and large orchard trees (almond, pistachio) from under the canopy, using small UAVs or a mobile unit in a backpack or cart. (cont. 1/2)

arXiv: 10.48550/arXiv.2310.02162
pdf: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2310.02162.pdf
code: https://github.com/KumarRobotics/treescope
web: https://treescope.org/

#AgriculturalRobotics #robotics #lidar #AmyPostsPapers #arXiv


nostr:npub13z6yn3tllpnqz243sun29thxn6f49fawy6n33azvn7zxdzf2q86q7xp8ce I liked this photo b/c the first time I saw it, the tall building in the distance seemed like a road, just 90 degrees from the road the vehicles are on.

Very neat. Illustrates your underlying message -- there buildings and roads everywhere you look.


nostr:npub13z6yn3tllpnqz243sun29thxn6f49fawy6n33azvn7zxdzf2q86q7xp8ce lol. Yeah, some of these descriptions were not translated well.


Happy Friday! Our blackberry, 'Prime-Ark 45'.  It is in its second year, there are still blooms and berries on it. An everbearing type. We love it. I saw this N. Mockingbird try to get some of the fruit and it was unsuccessful.  We put up bird netting in the early season and since the birds haven't taken off with most of the harvest, did not net the parts that grew this summer.
#gardening #bloomScrolling

https://cdn.masto.host/sigmoidsocial/media_attachments/files/111/187/820/711/825/274/original/56c6a02c0518ae3f.jpeg


While shopping for an overbed table,

"...This also makes it convenient for you to use this overbed desk for *oil painting* while in bed, not just using your laptop or Kindle. "

Some of these descriptions are quite hilarious.


I saw lots and lots of Viburnum x pragense at a church! These seem to have been hedged at one point. Like Leatherleaf viburnum (Viburnum rhytidophyllum, my morning post todat), this is a broadleaf evergreen shrub in my region.

It is both fun and sometimes distracting to know more about shrubberies.
#gardening

https://cdn.masto.host/sigmoidsocial/media_attachments/files/111/185/120/109/870/194/original/f6a00bcc6b229afb.jpg


The 4th medical appt. of the week is done! Feeling more free w/o a time I have to be somewhere.


Modelling wine grapevines for autonomous robotic cane pruning.
Henry Williams et al.

Publisher & free pdf (open access): http://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2023.09.006

tl;dr: Systems paper concerning the 3D modeling of grape vines, for cane pruning. Uses learned methods for panoptic segmentation and stereo inference. (Detectron 2 for panoptic segmentation, HSMnet for stereo inference.) Uses an over-the-row unit with two UR5 arms to acquire camera data.

#AmyPostsPapers #Robotics #AgriculturalRobotics #CV


nostr:npub1vzn93gtmszkhazv8nlcpj43fzd0ljkpnsn94u7ggzcctzk7s5n8ql5mv6x I'm happy you liked it! Yes cows are the best.


Leatherleaf Viburnum, 'Allegheny'. I am a super fan of this shrub -- I learned after planting that it is mostly evergreen in my region.
#BloomScrolling

https://cdn.masto.host/sigmoidsocial/media_attachments/files/111/182/158/321/806/007/original/cd5bf0829e8a5204.jpeg


Spunky (R) licks Rita (L) in the pasture.  Rita looks like she's LOVING it ... which she probably is!  Article below on why bovines lick each other. Both critters are Ayrshire dairy animals.

#FarmPhotography #CowsOfMastodon
Nikon D600, f/6.3, 1/400s, ISO 1600, 110mm.

Atlantic gift link, "Cows Need Friends to Be Happy",  Rebecca Giggs.
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/11/bovine-friends-forever/598417/?utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share

https://cdn.masto.host/sigmoidsocial/media_attachments/files/111/179/162/939/204/113/original/5623336499ce057c.jpeg


nostr:npub1xfhcjsnu930jqfz3xqmrvmp2prqcg4z4ry54wmjg32kxc5pqa92se2awf9 This is good info, thanks.  I'm 24 hours in, let's see.


nostr:npub13z6yn3tllpnqz243sun29thxn6f49fawy6n33azvn7zxdzf2q86q7xp8ce Thank you!


nostr:npub1jwvn8djul9w9qzk486c74ts7j0rzg5mkrdp3naj8th7d4sa06txsdhu2rt yes. I could not connect from 6:30-8:30 am USA east coast time.


A Northern Mockingbird at home.

Nikon z6ii, 500mm, f/5.6, ISO 2500, 1/500s, handheld
#BackyardBirding #BirdPhotography

https://cdn.masto.host/sigmoidsocial/media_attachments/files/111/177/081/354/799/577/original/d7d62b67f61d20a0.jpeg


I got my ?th covid booster yesterday and MERCY SAKES I feel like my body has been stretched past normal limits.

Joint pain, which I have anyway, seems to be a consistent side effect for me.


nostr:npub1wj0akw70kldcl8xlm0grwz3wg5l75gzdnnzcggq58z4hnkauag7qz8s69p hmm, thank you, I will think on these things!


nostr:npub12xrjlfc7uulr7fwkghdt03w2twhqtgsqaauhgjdqty9gj7e7lqkse6lct8 nostr:npub1483h40pvj99aglh96zmn888qx9pj03ra64ce6dc3j362w8z4qmhq7llv2w

This is also my fear -- that we're going to have a for-real shutdown in 45 days. The mess in the House is so bad I'm trying not to look.


nostr:npub1adx2ccvqlxetq3ykk2gzwpjuqkgln5cf0zprrv6k5jxl9yn4czqsn6tfdt I'm so sorry to hear about Drake.


White-crowned sparrows are back !

Nikon z6ii, 500mm, f/5.6, ISO 2500, 1/500s.
#BackyardBirding #BirdPhotography

https://cdn.masto.host/sigmoidsocial/media_attachments/files/111/173/924/481/465/722/original/df5d7c0d8f607795.jpeg


nostr:npub1eu3j9pzlwy9yrxpdwhgkmg688fnfmvp2xfw4r72kef8n6gzueagq48d529 Thanks for the info!


I'm looking to get a KVM (keyboard-video-mouse) switch, and need to it play well with Linux and Windows, support 2 monitors, & 2 mice + 1 keyboard.

Anyone using a switch they would also recommend?

I've been doing some reading and given the price on some of these things, want to get it right from the start.


nostr:npub1xfhcjsnu930jqfz3xqmrvmp2prqcg4z4ry54wmjg32kxc5pqa92se2awf9 I fully endorse!


nostr:npub1wfm6d0nvcsrx9cc93yk9wkv2r6unnazkj8ajqaj54wejtjzf0qfsva7z8c I put everything on arXiv and say heck with this kind of  ***. But some fields are quite intense about it.


nostr:npub1l7pdch3zzkycxyw47kzw0ey5nqzqacllm2z8na4mh65ffje325hq46ehn0 So ... were you bare-handed leaping on alpacas today?  Sounds ... interesting.

One of my many horse farm jobs was at a pony farm. 200 ponies. Getting a halter on the little Dartmoor foals without getting kicked in the knee - had to sort of grab the critter length-wise and hold it against a wall, and hope the mare didn't go after you. Sigh. Those were the days!


nostr:npub1eqm8c7cldvgny9nt8qt93gl6djk3gar9cwzz4pzdftw92cvhqs9svkn4w8 Ah, thank you!  I knew about Karikó's backstory, but had not heard of the Gino person.


The Beauty of Roots.
John C. Baez, J. Daniel Christensen, and Sam Derbyshire.

Considers Littlewood polynomials (each coefficient is +/-1), & patterns that arise from plotting the set of all roots for a particular degree. Figures are plots on the complex plane, the pixel intensity ∝ the # of roots at that point. Plots resemble a unit circle w/ fractal patterns at the circle’s boundary.

Publisher: http://doi.org/10.1090/noti2789
pdf: https://www.ams.org/journals/notices/202309/rnoti-p1495.pdf
web: https://johncarlosbaez.wordpress.com/2011/12/11/the-beauty-of-roots/

#AmyPostsPapers


nostr:npub1eqm8c7cldvgny9nt8qt93gl6djk3gar9cwzz4pzdftw92cvhqs9svkn4w8 what's the current scuttlebutt? I didn't quite understand these 2 as "shot, chaser," but also am quite out of the loop.


nostr:npub1zdp33shl69xr0uq3x8n5gsjykq9upycwh6nqm02c3f6x0frrn0dq42vqv8
Yes.  I post less because I ask myself -- "do I really want to type in the alt text for that photo of a book page?" and usually the answer is no.


When there's a DOI and yet that DOI is too new / cannot be found, grrr


nostr:npub1gppqkp98vykvw3zayycrnvwcw38rswx7ayszcnqvsrnxgmkhvp2s3gx5vh Well, we didn't start the week with a shutdown, so this Monday  could be a lot more frantic than it is currently.


nostr:npub1gppqkp98vykvw3zayycrnvwcw38rswx7ayszcnqvsrnxgmkhvp2s3gx5vh ummm ... thanks?!


nostr:npub1ulmk7rglm7y8cykt7h40zhwnhv9c37qxq5tnna3jqz4wjx52wd8q2whweg Thanks for the recommendations!  b/c my feed was the equivalent of crickets chirping on this issue.


A CR passed! No gov't shutdown this week.

https://federalnewsnetwork.com/government-shutdown/2023/09/on-the-brink-of-a-government-shutdown-the-senate-tries-to-approve-funding-but-its-almost-too-late/


nostr:npub19uptyc9dmm0uxur4sgg0hnm5netp54ht78k2pcru0e5r8esa8uws64ckeg Thank you!


nostr:npub13z6yn3tllpnqz243sun29thxn6f49fawy6n33azvn7zxdzf2q86q7xp8ce Thanks, John! Some tea is on my agenda, let's see.


lol, this title:
"Changing old viticulture for all the right rieslings" 🍇
Rachel Nuwer

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02974-y


nostr:npub179u4wqw93h7sdnet3qanek0kje6dvahxrkevl5mg2j4sjcvllccqj6tqsy How much does it cost in tolls to get from KY to ME?  I have to go to NJ occasionally and the TOLLS .

And then get a passive aggressive letter from the PA Turnpike, '3rd notice!' when it is the first notice.


nostr:npub1zjrj32ej84dawz92mvq3sezq00xgwgpvwsq5zq60xxp4f97dlcfs6f945s ha ha, I will show this to the kids as inspiration!

We also thought of a unicorn pumpkin today. That might be easier to keep together.


[education] TIL about Bloom's 2 Sigma problem courtesy of nostr:npub14ukaj9jxt92unn28r7z42n475c7u6typ2cu8wyur4eqrk67tyz9sxs2erc

This tracks w/ what we've observed with our kids .... when they started in virtual school 3 years ago, we were surprised at what they did not know. Virtual school was student working w/ parent checking & teaching study skills, etc. Now the kids are in physical school ... & we still need to check, study skills, review, comms, etc. The TIME.

Mekka's thread: https://hachyderm.io/@mekkaokereke/111143265065240342
Bloom's 2 sigma: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloom%27s_2_sigma_problem


"Every organization by definition has “leaders.” Leadership then, the topic of 10,000 mostly bad new books a year, is a fairly cheap commodity."

🤣 from Federal News Network,
Tom Temin
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/federal-report/2023/09/with-shutdown-looming-dont-overestimate-your-chances-of-success-in-the-private-sector/


Last fall I tried cover crops, & my favorites are tillage radish (below) and Austrian winter peas. This year the radishes are big. 1 lb. 10 Oz. w/o the tops.

This shape reminds me of a tusk, and I may use it for a carved pumpkin creation. Warthog?
#gardening

https://cdn.masto.host/sigmoidsocial/media_attachments/files/111/143/319/167/451/703/original/aa4fb29e808d0a4a.jpg


A flycatcher returns to its perch, part of a dead tree, at the farm.
#BirdPhotography #FarmPhotography

https://cdn.masto.host/sigmoidsocial/media_attachments/files/111/136/859/881/073/853/original/1c345e978607c808.jpeg


nostr:npub1rykjmn2h9vcw4d90tux3rxpv3vqamy0dnh3dc57z9wmuh727pyjsf6dfrp I planted a London Planetree as a Sycamore stand in... and it is not thr same. I love Sycamores.


nostr:npub1j99xkl0k7w2m9q2uqcnynmvujyr856x2c6s80zdr4l5lchhdnrdqqaxtd7 this is a good idea but I haven't seen any rootstocks for Sycamore. If you leads, let me know!


nostr:npub1xdqnk8eytmpr0hjj65n7wkwnyss5egz3le323wvq2tjp669mjw6skfjteq I need to reread the bonsai stuff then. Hmmm


I really really want to have an American Sycamore but I don't have the space for it. Is there a way to grow a huge tree, small, but not bonsai small? thinking about
- large container,
- root pruning,
- plant growth regulators.
#gardening


[rant] Latex author templates without the .cls or .bst files ... I know things are tight, but really??


Eastern Redcedar (Juniperus virginiana) foliage and berries. Some trees are covered with the light-blue berries -- it may have always been this way, but I am noticed the berries and their beauty this year.

https://cdn.masto.host/sigmoidsocial/media_attachments/files/111/131/197/551/069/391/original/f41ef8bceb29e58b.jpeg


nostr:npub1yf8gcfhtctnnn5z9ttzelrv6wv5nnhee3n8mgnfas0zfcaql5xcsnfffmg I have a similar response ... last fall I got the flu and covid-19 vaccine at the same time ... that was really not a good idea.  So I will break them up this year.


I tried to edit a .ply file. It ... did not go as expected; on the other hand, I have a comb shape with partial april tags at the top, because, why not?

https://cdn.masto.host/sigmoidsocial/media_attachments/files/111/127/801/098/429/700/original/dc54a5ac737e9c5f.png


nostr:npub14qyt3edyhmc6kvm0m0hxv4tumpqgjq0rppdu4arsm8wsqp4dj8xqjk4gdu she's very weird about it -- like soft things are suspicious and she doesn't want to walk on them.

Your dog likes like they are having a very nice time, utterly relaxed.


nostr:npub1j9e9laqhjp3d2e22l9u0qskqljwg2zwcsutakdscxw7v4ma29hvqsgkveh your dog looks very proud of itself


It has been a while since I've used my DSLR -- been using the mirrorless z6ii lately. It was fun to use it again, and a light rain gives the perfect light for large critters -- minimized ear and head shadows!


Buttercream (BC) the Brown Swiss at Mom's. She was very friendly, Mom changed the feed schedule to enable catching Buttercream. Buttercream will get shots to bring her into season, and then Mom will arrange for an AI tech to come breed BC, again. This is round 4. Buttercream -- "I'll be a 3-year-old unfreshened heifer! ha ha jokes on you humans."

Nikon D600, f/5, 1/400s, ISO 1250, 120mm, handheld.
#CowsOfMastodon #FarmPhotography

https://cdn.masto.host/sigmoidsocial/media_attachments/files/111/083/363/243/937/528/original/9d102a3c6a84a4c2.jpeg


This question about setting up a personal blog has some really good answers in the replies.

https://mastodon.social/@mimsical/111076833556967665

https://cdn.masto.host/sigmoidsocial/media_attachments/files/111/077/967/789/936/284/original/54c381c7a099a4c6.png


nostr:npub16jp3cncj4ddqgj6luh4pcdmvv7v6ke0njc63869vqssyxam7qcfstjmvvf
Really this is a major accomplishment.


I spelled 'Grackle' as 'Crackle' and thought, hmm it sort of fits!  And this reminded me of the
Loren Language Model™ (LLM)
nostr:npub166zupum33et7flngxp4yta30wf03jgjqs4ulsc9nk363c8x9a08qdynsd7

https://flipping.rocks/@loren/111077595460525635


Michael Dirr on White Pine, cultivar 'Pendula':

"'Pendula' is s flailing, arching, pendulous, irregular form that is often staked to provide a semblance of a central leader. Use as an accent plant; one is acceptable, two represent bad taste, and three disgrace."

No one talks trash about plants quite the way this guy does 😅

#gardening


tfw: I'm reading one of my oft-rejected papers, and I'm thinking, "hey this paper is pretty good! I would like to read this even if I didn't write it!"

So let's see what happens with resubmission.


nostr:npub1uhpdq940eqwr77hn7u98pvatferfpm2gvy5ld288waplx84lptvq6x368e I like it for substack posts ... which I usually print off in a desire to get away from a screen.


A new Firefox discovery for me -- 'reader view', I love it

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-reader-view-clutter-free-web-pages


The Today in Tabs newsletter was fun -- theme 'only good tabs':

https://www.todayintabs.com/p/only-good-things


nostr:npub19wfkrry8tj9gmrq4pxkqqxyzgyqfu3xunpseghv6d4gz50g4pv0sdzufh6 We have male cardinals, in particular, get aggressive in the spring and throw themselves against windows. I too thought my dog had secret skills for bird catching ... until I went out first in the morning and there are birds on the deck from window strikes.


nostr:npub1nnhce86esjk5e74jyqwtwmd2r9wmzffdpxf2j7lxuvu9jkgvrrjqxjv3dt 🤣 I have (idly) watched from the sidelines, there's a lot going on there.


Common Grackle at the bird bath, gripping the edge.

Nikon z6ii, 700mm, ISO 4000, 1/500s, f/8, handheld.
#BirdPhotography #BackyardBirding

https://cdn.masto.host/sigmoidsocial/media_attachments/files/111/063/249/825/071/992/original/913126d7e7f5c931.jpeg


People who plant maple trees under power lines, bless their hearts


nostr:npub1xfhcjsnu930jqfz3xqmrvmp2prqcg4z4ry54wmjg32kxc5pqa92se2awf9 😭 I'm in the "prepare collaborators and notify that invited talk in early Oct. that the US Federal gov't may shut down" season.


There's things I can do outside for work ... and I'm on time for bird o'clock. Yeeessss
The weather has changed enough that I am seeking out the sun instead of setting up under a tree.

https://cdn.masto.host/sigmoidsocial/media_attachments/files/111/057/740/151/579/505/original/c319d34f4709ddf8.jpeg


nostr:npub1a4ts8fpjnt5czv6lugjvvf74l33hhg8j4jw9w396z382n3nm8les8deauf Very cool.  Best wishes, seems like a neat project.


A day in the life of an insect test subject --

"Insects were temporarily housed in field cages (1.8 × 1.8 × 1.8 m3
) to enable test subjects to continue to experience natural environmental conditions. The cages were provisioned with food resources, including a potted peach trees, potted mullein plants, potted soybean plants, Ailanthus tree branches,  aulownia tree branches, and apples."

https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/B2EE6DFD494C40260D3C02FB6684074D/S0007485315000462a.pdf/div-class-title-flight-behavior-of-foraging-and-overwintering-brown-marmorated-stink-bug-span-class-italic-halyomorpha-halys-span-hemiptera-pentatomidae-div.pdf


Gardening intensity = high, I've created a scale map of a new flower bed.

I know enough to know that the shrubs will not fill these spaces for a couple years ... I plan to fill in with perennials from seed.
#gardening

https://cdn.masto.host/sigmoidsocial/media_attachments/files/111/048/825/578/863/361/original/dd66850e11fa1d36.jpeg


nostr:npub1chthdk2gwjc72te9knh3jer0sg9xuxww0d33mgqx5auavdtg6j9sp64kcp A disclaimer, I did not like this paper. I have some other normalization papers lined up to read next week!


nostr:npub1wfm6d0nvcsrx9cc93yk9wkv2r6unnazkj8ajqaj54wejtjzf0qfsva7z8c Lovebirds (on Netflix) was so funny. Sort of short too, 1.5 hours.


nostr:npub1rrqkt3xr56z5yxcuc84fejcfclnxdayt835r9jy0rcu7t09earmsgvsfeu My kids use physical keyboards.

Do you mean an external keyboard to a laptop, or something else ...?


Citation and bibtex here.

https://amytabb.com/today-i-read/2023/09/08/tir/


Citation & bibtex here.

https://amytabb.com/today-i-read/2023/09/08/tir/


Today's reading:

Optimal Whitening and Decorrelation.
Agnan Kessy, Alex Lewin, and Korbinian Strimmer.

tl;dr: Covers ‘whitening’, linear transforms that convert random vectors to another random vector, where the new random vector has covariance equal to the identity matrix. ZCA whitening is used in paper ‘CamP: Camera Preconditioning for Neural Radiance Fields’, Park et al. 2023.

arXiv: https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.1512.00809
Publisher: http://doi.org/10.1080/00031305.2016.1277159
#arXiv #AmyPostsPapers


Happy Friday! Buttercream in the pasture at Mom's, with a little blep in the first photo, and some nose wrinkles in irritation at the insects in the second.

#FarmPhotography #CowsOfMastodon

https://cdn.masto.host/sigmoidsocial/media_attachments/files/111/029/276/070/001/434/original/2690b4327a371c25.jpeg

https://cdn.masto.host/sigmoidsocial/media_attachments/files/111/029/276/055/022/462/original/2a42977dd461742c.jpeg


nostr:npub1dvdcupztwzszz8u0ld9ptuf78jaqd43mhsfwf2d8ezwhz6tz2z0shxh0ph I'm almost afraid to ask, but what dumb thing has DHH done now?


nostr:npub12lxtr540euchz3wpu4l745spze9fesue5lcentzceegq04ftzzxsajjvjy I read the whole letter!  It is a wonder!

But around page 2 I felt deflated -- that she (and/or office) have to spend time on this guy.


nostr:npub177s0l99asa9sqd7lec70yn3s0hfuk5p0e7nnep655uy0xncd0lrsjgvjzw Sigh, yes, I have found some decaf black teas, but they are . not. the. same.


nostr:npub1qcy6q69mkqagnyaz8xqjjgdyxzgfpm7u9nle4p25a95z9tp0wcusc7sd9c Have you seen the #lichenSubscribe hashtag?
1 -- it took me a LONG time to get the joke
and
2 -- I feel like your photos fit with that hashtag.


Current status: resisting the pull of caffeinated tea.

Tea -- want,
Sleep -- also want.


nostr:npub19wfkrry8tj9gmrq4pxkqqxyzgyqfu3xunpseghv6d4gz50g4pv0sdzufh6 Wwwhhhhaattt?  I have never seen so many birds on a suet feeder.  So cool.


Two nurses were here to administer my medication* and one nurse says, "I need some Wite-out™" and the other nurse says, "oh, I have some here". And she had 3 wite-out pens. Amazing, I haven't used that stuff in 20 years (or more), but it seems to be part of the toolkit in nursing.

*through a home health service instead of the hospital. This has been awesome.


nostr:npub1cnnp4hwv8ygaujxr2jwyk85xt9e2j8xal6zk05apr2w4wqhr6mssfscj8q 👀 I have been obsessed with preconditioning for a couple years, I'll have a look at your thesis!

(There's a sketch of a paper there.)

Good info or what is At the top of mind for me,I'm considering a blog post.


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Similarly, what the bees are fed makes a difference. Feeding the bees sugar water? You get what you put in.


I've been reading about preconditioning for a while, and recently, whitening (related, sphering, these names ??!).

There seems to be general confusion about these terms. Also --standardization and normalization. Sort of a mess.


A Common Grackle at home, with new, iridescent feathers. The bird's pose hides some of its missing neck feathers -- it is fall molt time.
#BackyardBirding #BirdPhotography

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nostr:npub19wfkrry8tj9gmrq4pxkqqxyzgyqfu3xunpseghv6d4gz50g4pv0sdzufh6 Are you following a course, or did you decide on what you would draw and went for it?


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I've had this for 13 years and just now felt I could do this w/o getting overwhelmed.

Also, my specialist is a research guy, which has really helped to get a sense of the known, unknown, 🤷♀ topics.