Posts by Infrapink@mastodon.ie
(DIR) Post #AxqDhjC6BXmQni36iu by Infrapink@mastodon.ie
2025-09-03T21:08:14Z
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https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09425-wSo apparently it's just A Thing that some ant queens only make males and princesses when they mate with males of their own species. They get around this by mating with males of ENTIRE DIFFERENT SPECIES to make their workers.Messor ibericus has to mate with Messor structor to do this. Problem: M. ibericus and M. structor live in different places.1/3#Science #Entomology #Ant #Ants
(DIR) Post #AxqDhkdmo5WPHs0jWC by Infrapink@mastodon.ie
2025-09-03T21:11:12Z
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Solution: Mate with M. ibericus males.And also keep some M. structor sperm handy. Do a bit of internal endoymbiosis - the ibericus queen sticks structor nuclei into her own cells, which then divide to make eggs with only structor nuclei.M. ibericus queens thus lay eggs for TWO DIFFERENT SPECIES of male ant, while her workers are all hyrbids and her princesses are pure diploid M. ibericus.2/3
(DIR) Post #AxqDhlJcIYyxNba8ie by Infrapink@mastodon.ie
2025-09-03T21:14:01Z
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When the princesses leave to make their own nests, they mate with both species of male from other colonies. Like their mothers, the new queens clone M. structor while laying M. ibericus eggs the normal way.As the authors of the paper note, this requires a massive rethink of the whole concept of species, because nature cares not what boxes we put things in.I assume @futurebird is aware of all this? ↑3/3#Science #Ant #Ants #Entomology
(DIR) Post #Axs4SEUhXAy1yICs6q by Infrapink@mastodon.ie
2025-09-04T18:41:02Z
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@Computer Are mutants considered humans?
(DIR) Post #AyPTyXzhcYHr1DkAO8 by Infrapink@mastodon.ie
2025-09-20T21:32:24Z
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@futurebird Glory be to PicaAnd to the catAnd to the Felis catusAs she as in the beginningAs she is nowAnd ever shall beMistress eternalAmen
(DIR) Post #AyUmoPvcQqMtRM8yR6 by Infrapink@mastodon.ie
2025-09-23T10:57:01Z
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@futurebird Electricity.But of the options available, the Internet. Smartphones are also significant, but only because of the Internet.(Even some dumbphones had web access, but WAP didn't make a spash because it just wasn't very good).
(DIR) Post #AyaeadWNSoPKrJ0yOm by Infrapink@mastodon.ie
2025-09-26T01:23:19Z
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@dshan @Computer An open mind is like a fortress with its gates unbarred and unguarded. Blessed is the mind too small for doubt.
(DIR) Post #Az504lqL0wuH8UMKkS by Infrapink@mastodon.ie
2025-10-10T22:15:15Z
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@Computer The phrase "illegal mutants" implies the existence of legal mutants.
(DIR) Post #Az51OjRDlYS1QFh29o by Infrapink@mastodon.ie
2025-10-10T22:30:07Z
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@Computer Goodness, mutants are so lucky to have those special badges! It sure would be nice if we normies could have our own badges. Or maybe some sort of red armband, just so nobody can confuse us with mutants. I bet such a thing would really improve morale and social cohesion!
(DIR) Post #AzUAKFUmuEdRwFISkC by Infrapink@mastodon.ie
2025-10-23T01:37:44Z
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@futurebird Back then, artists came up with a wacky cover that people would buy to figure out what the feck was going on, and then the writer would come up with a story which the cover would fit.
(DIR) Post #AzkTluGsVyNV0dCmzg by Infrapink@mastodon.ie
2025-10-30T22:31:07Z
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@stux Commander Keen.
(DIR) Post #B0DCHqpwnWEDTCPAHY by Infrapink@mastodon.ie
2025-11-13T19:01:51Z
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@futurebird My 6th class¹ teacher actually showed us a few sneaky ways to count on our fingers without other people seeing.¹ final year of primary school, kids are 11—13
(DIR) Post #B0cqNVzI0mRqytlX6G by Infrapink@mastodon.ie
2025-11-09T09:55:22Z
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I love how far good programmers will go for the sake of a joke.https://tabloid.vercel.app/
(DIR) Post #B0e8URSNFScVHymYyG by Infrapink@mastodon.ie
2025-11-26T18:56:32Z
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@futurebird O Mistress Who is Knowledgeable of Ants and Many Other Things, how can I deliver the truth to more people?
(DIR) Post #B0iI12cYHiFa2Q0Bvc by Infrapink@mastodon.ie
2025-11-28T19:02:07Z
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@futurebird The only one I subscribe to is Scientific American. Yeah, I'm basic that way.(I started buying it in college; dad noticed and, for several years, fot me a subscription for my birthday. I keep subscribed).If comics count, I took out a subscription to 2000AD and Judge Dredd Megazine during COVID lockdowns. I ended it because it was more expensive than just getting them at the newsagent, and issues were never less than six days late.
(DIR) Post #B0nZ4w8D1Y2o553IuG by Infrapink@mastodon.ie
2025-12-01T08:00:40Z
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• Sees you when you're sleeping• Knows if you're awake• Knows if you've been bad or good, so b good for goodness' sake! You'd better not pout. You'd better not cry. You'd better not shout.Is Santa Claus secretly Friend @Computer ? Has anybody seen them in the same place at the same time?
(DIR) Post #B0rDlAzijUttyteqgK by Infrapink@mastodon.ie
2025-12-03T02:26:46Z
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@futurebird Narcoterrorists have no links to drugs or organised crime.
(DIR) Post #B1MNIsQFDEqBiKxyUa by Infrapink@mastodon.ie
2025-12-18T03:09:18Z
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@davidrevoy J'adore ce série!Je ferai une présentation sur IA en janvier. Mes supérieurs ne savent pas je dirai qu'il est non-sens. Et j'aimerais utiliser des BD avec la sorcière gothique pour illustrer les problèmes.
(DIR) Post #B23MyaGMJsq6v70vDc by Infrapink@mastodon.ie
2026-01-07T20:58:39Z
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@futurebird @louisffourie 🤝 I officially become middle-aged next month and so far I've never needed to own a car. (I tried taking lessons, but cars don't get along with me). I've always been able to find places to live close to where I work, and now I'm in a situation where I can decline job offers. It costs several hundred euros just to be allowed to buy a car, then a used car is at leat €5000 before even getting into weekly expenses...
(DIR) Post #B289itRUunl09qDAEy by Infrapink@mastodon.ie
2026-01-10T04:23:49Z
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@Computer There's a cognitohazard in Sector 16. A Blue-level Troubleshooter told me to [DATA EXPUNGED]. Was that the right call?