Notices by neville park (nev@social.coop), page 26

today's earworm: Simmy, "Umahlalela" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9h1-TgYur4g

#NowPlaying #TootRadio #PouetRadio 🐘

(it is rare that researchers actually describe how they are defining "male" and "female". less of a big deal with spiders but one of my pet peeves when it comes to humans. often, i think, the researchers themselves don't even know. so this displays remarkable self-awareness)

going through my screenshots folder and came across this graceful definition of sexes, from a paper in August's #Arachnews

https://sci-hub.se/10.1098/rspb.2019.1450

Wasabi enjoys putting all her weight on the very squishiest part of my stomach

#DailyCatPic #CatsOfMastodon #MastoCats #cats

#Arachtober day 24: this is from about a month ago, at the height of Zygiella mating season. Males hang at the periphery of females' webs, patiently plucking out courtship songs. Returning home one night, I saw one single-minded suitor had fallen prey to a young male yellow sac spider! Look at his face in the last pic, like, "...What??"

#DailySpiderPic

@snowdusk_ @vfrmedia I can't speak for the accuracy but there's a fucking novel in the Wikipedia page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic_schools_in_Canada#Ontario_Catholic_schools

@redoak I'm sorry too. I hope I will be back soon.

Handed in my library card, told them why, lots of "sorry"s all round. I know well the TERF Chief Librarian doesn't speak for many library staff but it's - it just gives me a sick feeling even to see the logo, you know?

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@squeakypancakes quietly growing, changing colour, coming to life, hundreds of times, and then some asshole comes up and starts punching you

@em can you grab some updog

@interneteh i need to mock this up

@snowdusk_ Back in the olden days of anti-Catholicism I'm sure it made sense, but now it just seems redundant

While like everyone I will miss Matt Galloway's soothing voice and thoughtful interviews, I am happy that he will get to experience evenings for once

🎶 cheerful steel drum music 🎶

Matt Galloway, longtime host of Toronto morning show Metro Morning, will be leaving to host The Current.

> "I've been getting out of bed at 3:00 in the morning to hop on my bike and greet Toronto listeners on the airwaves for the last decade…I'm looking forward to being part of the big stories in Canada today, and diving into the international topics that I'm always curious about."

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent/matt-galloway-the-current-host-1.5333490

#news #toronto #radio #CanCon #CBC 🐘

@chosafine well it's a good thing most people don't use Windows where virtually every download site is malware - oh wait

@wohali from what I understand, the decision was not about rights or even legal cases but on who was more likely to sue.

it would also set a precedent that could easily be turned against marginalized communities - e.g. see the current use of hate laws weaponized against Palestinians. Like, not "this could backfire at some unspecified point in the future" but "this *will* backfire in the next year".

Arguably that doesn't matter as such people will disregard the rules when they like.

Today's to-do list:

- laundry
- hand in library card
- buy snacks for work
- work