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Depsilor Zepp 🦇

@depsilorzepp.bsky.social

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Father of a scientist. Living vicariously. One degree of separation from the things I really love and should have pursued: Science, AI, Music, History, Writing. Surrounded by the things I really hate: Politicians, Organized Religion, Grifters.

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Depsilor Zepp 🦇 @depsilorzepp.bsky.social · 8d

Been away from social media for a while. My mental state is not getting better. More and more, I struggle with trying to see silver linings. The worst part is watching others support the opposite of goodness. My kind of discomfort is their rai·son d'ê·tre. Humans. So disappointing.

Depsilor Zepp 🦇 @depsilorzepp.bsky.social · 14d

Would the suggestion of relatedness to a natural flavor be enough to alter the perception in our brains in favor of “yeah, it’s strawberries”?

Depsilor Zepp 🦇 @depsilorzepp.bsky.social · 14d

A world without humans.

Depsilor Zepp 🦇 @depsilorzepp.bsky.social · Sep 27

My son just got turned down for a postdoct position at the Smithsonian. He is in Madrid right now. He has a PhD in behavioral ecology. He has dual citizenship US and Spain. He’s not on Bluesky. Can he reach out to you for advice? Here’s his Wordpress page: alephrocco.com

ALEPHROCCO

A natural history blog by Christian Alessandro Perez-Martinez

alephrocco.com

Depsilor Zepp 🦇 @depsilorzepp.bsky.social · Sep 22

The second sentence might be the best last words I would want to say

Depsilor Zepp 🦇 @depsilorzepp.bsky.social · Sep 19

Charles Sanders Peirce. An audiobook narrator pronounced the last name as “peeearce” instead of as in “purse.”

Depsilor Zepp 🦇 @depsilorzepp.bsky.social · Sep 19

Ethan Allen and Thomas Young inoculated against smallpox when it was illegal in CT. But T Jefferson traveled to PA to be inoculated. Legally. Allen and Young were arrested.

Depsilor Zepp 🦇 @depsilorzepp.bsky.social · Sep 18

You know how we add “in bed” to every sentence as a joke? Can YOU add “except for the rich kids” to the end of every sentence?

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Depsilor Zepp 🦇 @depsilorzepp.bsky.social · Sep 17

Yummy!

Depsilor Zepp 🦇 @depsilorzepp.bsky.social · Sep 17

I would welcome a food replicator that saves me from having to make my own kefir.

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Depsilor Zepp 🦇 @depsilorzepp.bsky.social · Sep 14

Not an eon too soon!

Depsilor Zepp 🦇 @depsilorzepp.bsky.social · Sep 14

Are those the ones that drum in unison?

Depsilor Zepp 🦇 @depsilorzepp.bsky.social · Sep 7

Sarcasm in case some didn’t get it

Depsilor Zepp 🦇 @depsilorzepp.bsky.social · Sep 6

Currently reading this book! It’s made me more aware of how my brain neural circuitry works, why I sometimes connect unrelated frames, why I mix my metaphors, have faulty analogies, and why I should have started to learn new things earlier. Also reading M Johnson’s “The Meaning of the Body.”

Depsilor Zepp 🦇 @depsilorzepp.bsky.social · Sep 6

Yes, but do you realize how much the old paraphernalia will be worth in the open market?

Depsilor Zepp 🦇 @depsilorzepp.bsky.social · Sep 6

I love DakhaBrakha since the first time I heard Vespa

Depsilor Zepp 🦇 @depsilorzepp.bsky.social · Sep 6

[obligatory 1984 citation here]

Depsilor Zepp 🦇 @depsilorzepp.bsky.social · Sep 6

But the employment rate would improve as those vacancies are filled, right? In addition, immigrants are lazy, don’t have jobs, and are on welfare.

I know. There must be at least one neuron in a racist’s brain that puts up its dendrites in desperation, and is summarily exterminated by its host.

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Depsilor Zepp 🦇 @depsilorzepp.bsky.social · Sep 6

I layman terms please. It is possible to predict which way the mice will turn by detecting signals in their brains BEFORE they make the choice?

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Depsilor Zepp 🦇 @depsilorzepp.bsky.social · Aug 23

Whose idea, as the article opens with, was it that the mapping in the brain reorganizes itself after losing a limb?

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Depsilor Zepp 🦇 @depsilorzepp.bsky.social · Aug 17

Yes. But I meant that one pollinator would target another pollinator in the act of pollinating to have more nectar available for themselves.

Depsilor Zepp 🦇 @depsilorzepp.bsky.social · Aug 17

Seems that the competition is for flowers to attract all pollinators, but there’s no competition amongst pollinators? Bees don’t kill mosquitoes right?

Depsilor Zepp 🦇 @depsilorzepp.bsky.social · Jul 30

I’m ok with falling. It’s the sudden stop that scares me.

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Depsilor Zepp 🦇 @depsilorzepp.bsky.social · Jul 30

Looking forward to the hidden moral lessons to be learned from Larry’s curly hair and Curly’s lack thereof.

Depsilor Zepp 🦇 @depsilorzepp.bsky.social · Jul 26

It seems like I can, but it might just be a “feeling” and is not really a physical response.