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Bat Fact: Bat pregnancies are kind of a big deal
  • Fun fact: once a year a 100‘ x 100‘ cave in Mason Texas becomes one of the most populated bat caves (bat nursery), holding anywhere from 2 million to 7 million. In the spring, pregnant bats come to this cave for some reason (they don’t know why) and hang out here until they give birth. Once they do, they spend the next couple of months rearing their young, eventually taking them on flights, and 1-2 months after giving birth the babies are now the same size as their mom, and they all go back to whichever cave they originally came from.

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    cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/15931203

    > nothing like pushy maniacs to make my day complete

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    iPad Pro 2022 13" vs iPad Air 2024 13"?

    I am looking at these two, trying to find a deal on the Pro 2022 that makes it close to the price of the 13" 2024 Air. Right now the "deals" are still in the $999 range for it, as opposed to $800 for the Air. Which sucks - seems like the 2022 is still better, but $200 is $200. I have a pro 10.5" now, but the lure of bigger has finally won out, years later. Trying to see if I'm missing anything - on paper the 2022 is still better, even if older.

    Advantages of the Pro 2022:

    • FaceID, not TouchID
    • Promotion display (120hz vs the Air's 60hz)
    • can run external display

    Advantages of the Air 2024:

    • Cheaper
    • Newer - supported longer?
    • ? Anything else?
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    "Programming Sucks"

    Don’t know how I’ve never come across this, but this made me laugh and cry and nod appreciatively.

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    Warm Gaze (RP from Traditional Art)

    cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/13494897

    > Warm Gaze - by C.M. Duffy (Acrylic on panel)(2024)

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    Found this on a best-of-2023 list. Love the symphonic bits! Spurv

    More on the crescendo-core end of the spectrum, but really good. The symphonic bits are a delight.

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    Art Nouveau @lemmy.world Mbourgon everywhere @lemmy.world
    a neat door pull in Salamanca, Spain
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    Eckert James River Bat Cave emergence (OC)

    Every summer, outside Mason Texas, approximately 4 million pregnant female Mexican Free -tailed bats come to give birth. Over the next couple of months, the babies grow, start flying with their moms, and eventually fly home. Not quite the size of Bracken, but at that time of year it’s one of the largest bat colonies in the world. https://www.nature.org/en-us/get-involved/how-to-help/places-we-protect/eckert-james-river-bat-cave-preserve/

    It’s an interesting place to get to. If you’re in a normal car, you need to pay attention to rain, as part of the directions are “turn off the paved road, drive 8 miles, ford a small river, then drive another mile or so”. The road is… not great, especially the last few hundred yards. But the bat flight is amazing. Seating is close you can get brushed by them. It’s a fantastic couple of hours.

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    Sentinel - max number of times it can proc in a turn?

    I'm looking at feats for my Monk. Last night we were fighting the phase spiders and the spiderlings came in. Because we hadn't spread out enough, all of them came towards our group, so they were within melee range of me. I'm wondering if I would've gotten a reaction attack against each one (so... 6?), or if it's a once-per-turn thing. Thanks.

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    any way to mark ALL old posts read?

    I have “mark read when scrolled past” turned on. And now I have (1) posts within the past day or two, and (2) posts older than a month (since I joined about a month ago).

    Is there any way to mark ALL older posts read? It’s weird because I’ll be reading a post from a few hours ago, and then suddenly be reading news from a while ago, and I’m sick of hearing about the old news.

    Thanks!

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    Tarxien temple, Malta

    A set of several “megalithic” structures that make up 4 temples. Built approximately 3000bc, or 500 years before the pyramids.

    https://artsandculture.google.com/story/astonishing-megalithic-temples-the-tarxien-complex-tarxien-temples/jgWRkqFC07LdKA

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    EarthPorn @lemmy.ml Mbourgon everywhere @lemmy.world
    The volcano Mount Etna (Sicily) blowing a smoke ring

    Was lucky enough to see this!

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    InitialsDiceBearhttps://github.com/dicebear/dicebearhttps://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/„Initials” (https://github.com/dicebear/dicebear) by „DiceBear”, licensed under „CC0 1.0” (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)MB
    Mbourgon everywhere @lemmy.world

    Instead of a “renaissance man”, I’m a “renaissance nerd”. Pinball? Sure. Sci-fi? Of course. video games? Natch. 70’s Italian Prog-rock? A raison d’etre.

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