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(DIR) Post #Av6vmwIZfEvevX5C2C by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-06-14T05:08:14Z
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This is a graphic from a paper on ants but it looks like something I drew in a boring meeting. (The point it's making is an interesting one, all ants can do all jobs, and you don't need to inject them to make it happen, they will just switch if the job isn't being done.)I will not comment on the "ant muscles"Is everyone interested in ants just... weird?https://www.cell.com/cell/abstract/S0092-8674(25)00573-2
(DIR) Post #Av6vsQnVhHhGxwAhSS by noondlyt@hellions.cloud
2025-06-14T05:09:12Z
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@futurebird I love the ant muscles
(DIR) Post #Av6vuYW1yM9BTx0bXU by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-06-14T05:09:39Z
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Is "Cell" a good journal?
(DIR) Post #Av6wNUusQvz8iWQmKu by dlakelan@mastodon.sdf.org
2025-06-14T05:14:40Z
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@futurebirdCell is an extremely prestigious journal. I dont want to say "good". In many ways I think of the entire journal system as evil.
(DIR) Post #Av6wOZM7PgzYm7gSxc by TerryHancock@realsocial.life
2025-06-14T05:14:54Z
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@futurebird Well,it's a "real" journal. IDK how it rates among scientific journals.But of course, science journals are more interested in communication of the science than in the quality of the art.First I've heard of a "graphical abstract", though -- that's new. I wonder if that's part of the article proper, or just something for the website?
(DIR) Post #Av6wYxOss3rEFBvlgG by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-06-14T05:16:55Z
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@secretsloth That is her gaster! LMAO
(DIR) Post #Av6wu5tKUqaeeyFa0e by KanaMauna@sauropods.win
2025-06-14T05:20:45Z
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@futurebird Pah. Wake me up when they reprogram the Majors to Minims.
(DIR) Post #Av6xIZIcoHCOoikhY8 by benroyce@mastodon.social
2025-06-14T05:25:08Z
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@futurebird Ant-hropomorphization
(DIR) Post #Av6xcHUEkMZvMbaEIy by ohmu@social.seattle.wa.us
2025-06-14T05:28:42Z
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@futurebird The short answer is yes. It was right with "Nature".Or at least it used to be.
(DIR) Post #Av6xu4YzXAlUUlI6Lo by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-06-14T05:31:57Z
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@ohmu It's just a few ant muscles! Jeeez
(DIR) Post #Av6y7rmLraTgtn7LNY by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-06-14T05:34:27Z
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@ohmu And a "💘MOM" tattoo... but that is something an ant *would* have if she could have a tattoo... on her huge muscles...
(DIR) Post #Av6z54C7LVjoUTOk40 by kevinriggle@ioc.exchange
2025-06-14T05:45:05Z
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@futurebird They’re one of the few that I recognize by name from outside the field.
(DIR) Post #Av6zcroVsqGNwETUGm by hanktank61@NerdJoy.social
2025-06-14T05:51:11Z
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@futurebird Ants were not my interest to be honest. But ants make a nice change , when learning more about them.I remember reading " The Once and Future King " by T. H. White a long time ago.King Arthur becoming a temporary member of several animal-worlds. Also as an ant.Living as a laborer, serving the Queen like everybody else.Did not understand most of it, I did not understand anything at all at that time. The Blessing of Youth :)But now: Ants rule !
(DIR) Post #Av70cMePqWnvF64lPM by ohmu@social.seattle.wa.us
2025-06-14T06:02:20Z
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@futurebird Looks like it's still quality science to me.
(DIR) Post #Av70zwP35RCsmo88Qq by cinebox@masto.hackers.town
2025-06-14T06:06:35Z
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@futurebird its over for you I have already portrayed myself as the swole defense ant and you as the weak fungal care ant
(DIR) Post #Av7HaBoUroI8GxL8SG by llewelly@sauropods.win
2025-06-14T08:58:24Z
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@TerryHancock @futurebird I think I've been seeing graphical abstracts much more during the last 10 years or so? Before, graphical abstracts seemed rare. Wikipedia claims they go back to the 1970s! Of course it's no wonder that they couldn't catch on back when printing of readable graphical figures was so hard. Now I'm sure they'll become the norm as soon as scientists have the time and funding to add a graphical design degree to all their usual schooling.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphical_abstract
(DIR) Post #Av7HbxO3TWV66noZVo by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-06-14T09:12:47Z
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@llewelly @TerryHancock "Now I'm sure they'll become the norm as soon as scientists have the time and funding to add a graphical design degree to all their usual schooling."Perfect.
(DIR) Post #Av7JAWmsSoj7hWTQuG by theantlady@arthropod.social
2025-06-14T09:25:03Z
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@futurebird I haven't seen all that many instances of this extreme of a drawing style among ant biology colleagues.Cell is typically a well-regarded journal, although not one that is regularly read by many ant biologists.
(DIR) Post #Av7KQlKaG5TROXXpnE by dank@jorts.horse
2025-06-14T09:44:14Z
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@futurebird this might actually be brilliAnt, not only because the image rules, but also because it's definitely not ai generated, probably setting the paper apart nowadays
(DIR) Post #Av7MWcxGVtB93wYuLQ by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-06-14T10:07:50Z
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@dlakelan I'm just asking because there are some "journals" that have websites that look like they are a real journal and they publish ... anything. No standards. I think people just pay them to publish things. And the only way to tell is to look at a lot of papers on the site and check their citations, and that only works if you know the field a little. The other option is to simply ask some people if the site is any good or not. Ideally people who might know.
(DIR) Post #Av7MYlQvxfLJwBSSum by Knef@livellosegreto.it
2025-06-14T10:07:57Z
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@futurebird "Nice argument, however I have already drawn you as a minim fungal caretaker ant, and myself as a jacked maxim ant".
(DIR) Post #Av7Mf2psAnQdeB7NIG by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-06-14T10:09:22Z
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@dlakelan What makes the fake sites even more annoying is sometimes the papers there ARE good papers. They are just mixed in with bad ones and total junk. Which is what the point of having a journal is supposed to be "look here is some good research worth reading and we think they did a good job"*sigh*
(DIR) Post #Av7NlYLG2x1j3NSuLQ by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-06-14T10:21:42Z
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@ohmu Honestly the more I look at it the more I like it. The way their heads are drawn is very realistic.But, I wish they'd shown that minims do "defense" work too. Older minims will ride on the leaves the majors carry and help protect the major's big juicy head from parasites (and also help clean and prep the leaf in transit.)I wonder what triggers THAT behavior. I need to get the pdf of this paper badly now!
(DIR) Post #Av7O6SyPCaOyU5kTIG by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-06-14T10:25:31Z
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@MyrmecolNews @xris @alexwild Just in case any of you missed this gem. I think everyone should see this drawing.
(DIR) Post #Av7QUWn8rBzHBX56Ey by Hellybootwader@mastodon.scot
2025-06-14T10:52:15Z
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@futurebird do you know about contacting the paper 1st author directly to ask for a copy? People are usually delighted someone wants to read their paper.
(DIR) Post #Av7R0DXTyO1ujzrq8u by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-06-14T10:57:58Z
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@Hellybootwader I have a lot of luck doing this when it's not a big popular journal. In this case I will wait and the pdf will probably show up in time. Or go to the library. I need to go for a bunch of other things anyways. But this is great if the authors aren't getting spammed because they published in something popular.
(DIR) Post #Av7RKyMfaP5rl9hsTA by nihilistic_capybara@layer8.space
2025-06-14T11:01:49Z
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@futurebird #scienceDiegramsThatLookLikeShitposts
(DIR) Post #Av7RNhmjgXMRCwCa3s by Hellybootwader@mastodon.scot
2025-06-14T11:02:14Z
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@futurebird honestly, if they are that into ants they should be in contact with you.
(DIR) Post #Av7UNfjXc1jIhvNpqa by lffontenelle@mastodon.social
2025-06-14T11:35:48Z
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@futurebird Not just ants, apparently!@warandpeas https://mastodon.social/@warandpeas/113322939764039094
(DIR) Post #Av7XYbGIsTJJt3btRo by xris@ecoevo.social
2025-06-14T12:11:21Z
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@futurebird @MyrmecolNews @alexwild "Graphical Abstract"!
(DIR) Post #Av7YYysdAKfl5kHbYu by IngaLovinde@embracing.space
2025-06-14T12:22:39Z
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@futurebird > I will not comment on the "ant muscles"But will you comment on the ant tattoos?
(DIR) Post #Av7eiE7STYE0gc0hoO by glc@mastodon.online
2025-06-14T13:31:35Z
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@futurebird @dlakelan Cell has made 9 retractions since 2020 according tothe searchable database atl https://retractionwatch.comRetraction Watch has some interesting tales. https://retractionwatch.com/2016/09/28/cell-press-wont-retract-papers-despite-one-author-confessing-to-fraud/Going further back: http://thecostofknowledge.com
(DIR) Post #Av8DANk3goE551f7tg by stevegis_ssg@mas.to
2025-06-14T19:57:38Z
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@futurebird @dlakelan No this is a fair point. Cell is absolutely a real journal. They have VERY high standards. (Just about the highest in the biz, really.) Because their standards often prioritize sizzle over substance, people took the question as a rant-prompt, which fair. But they are pretty strict about substance as a prereq.
(DIR) Post #Av8LbEcSVwlGEsQI9w by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-06-14T21:32:10Z
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@glc @dlakelan Some retractions are a good sign IMO. Zero? Kinda sus.