Digital Naturalism Laboratories
@dinalab.bsky.social
A jungle makerspace for field biology in Gamboa, Panamá. www.dinalab.net
We also organize the Digital Naturalism Conference: http://2025.dinacon.org
We also organize the Digital Naturalism Conference: http://2025.dinacon.org
Entomology conferences + Human-Computer Interaction conferences are the only ones i know where it's just taken as normal that while 75% of the researchers love their subjects (bugs/humans), a solid 25% of the people's work is in exterminating them as efficiently as possible (pest control, military).
November 10, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Entomology conferences + Human-Computer Interaction conferences are the only ones i know where it's just taken as normal that while 75% of the researchers love their subjects (bugs/humans), a solid 25% of the people's work is in exterminating them as efficiently as possible (pest control, military).
If you are curious about the Mothbox, I'm around #entsoc2025 talking about #openscience hardware!
November 9, 2025 at 9:00 PM
If you are curious about the Mothbox, I'm around #entsoc2025 talking about #openscience hardware!
@wellreadpanda.bsky.social put together our new version of the Mothbox today for the Smithsonian bat lab.
November 6, 2025 at 2:00 AM
@wellreadpanda.bsky.social put together our new version of the Mothbox today for the Smithsonian bat lab.
We are making the mothbox to support different types of closures for different materials folks may have access to. Everything can be done with 1/4 in or m6 bolts, but you can also use reusable zip ties, but my fav is this new use of silicone pearls on a string technology.
November 5, 2025 at 5:48 AM
We are making the mothbox to support different types of closures for different materials folks may have access to. Everything can be done with 1/4 in or m6 bolts, but you can also use reusable zip ties, but my fav is this new use of silicone pearls on a string technology.
Ñeque Phantasm awaits jungle children with his haunted familiar.
October 31, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Ñeque Phantasm awaits jungle children with his haunted familiar.
Omg, went to the doctor today in Panama, and in the waiting room I noticed they had an Arduino on tv hooked up to a weird gizmo that kinda seemed familiar.
I kept watching and then suddenly I was ON the TV, and, oh dear, what a weird life
I kept watching and then suddenly I was ON the TV, and, oh dear, what a weird life
October 31, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Omg, went to the doctor today in Panama, and in the waiting room I noticed they had an Arduino on tv hooked up to a weird gizmo that kinda seemed familiar.
I kept watching and then suddenly I was ON the TV, and, oh dear, what a weird life
I kept watching and then suddenly I was ON the TV, and, oh dear, what a weird life
Our meeting with the Open Science Shop's group of manufacturers went even better when @wellreadpanda.bsky.social shows up with sloth friends.
October 30, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Our meeting with the Open Science Shop's group of manufacturers went even better when @wellreadpanda.bsky.social shows up with sloth friends.
We now have full documentation up for if you just want to make your self a super duper inexpensive Moth Light!
Build your own #opensource Mothbeam!
digital-naturalism-laboratories.github.io/Mothbox/docs...
Build your own #opensource Mothbeam!
digital-naturalism-laboratories.github.io/Mothbox/docs...
October 30, 2025 at 1:08 PM
We now have full documentation up for if you just want to make your self a super duper inexpensive Moth Light!
Build your own #opensource Mothbeam!
digital-naturalism-laboratories.github.io/Mothbox/docs...
Build your own #opensource Mothbeam!
digital-naturalism-laboratories.github.io/Mothbox/docs...
If you want a deep look into the abyss, my phone often sends me to strandsgame.net
And I'll be like, hell yeah, fuck NYT, ill play some knockoff.
But fuckkkkkkkk it's so bad
Here's an image of a finished game:
And I'll be like, hell yeah, fuck NYT, ill play some knockoff.
But fuckkkkkkkk it's so bad
Here's an image of a finished game:
October 28, 2025 at 3:04 AM
If you want a deep look into the abyss, my phone often sends me to strandsgame.net
And I'll be like, hell yeah, fuck NYT, ill play some knockoff.
But fuckkkkkkkk it's so bad
Here's an image of a finished game:
And I'll be like, hell yeah, fuck NYT, ill play some knockoff.
But fuckkkkkkkk it's so bad
Here's an image of a finished game:
Got fancy Mothbox stickers finally!
October 24, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Got fancy Mothbox stickers finally!
People will dismiss all open source stuff as clunky, but many locked up shit like Fusion is so dang buggy.
What's the point of taking time to parameterize designs if it means that adjusting one thing by 1mm means absolutely everything falls apart in the design
What's the point of taking time to parameterize designs if it means that adjusting one thing by 1mm means absolutely everything falls apart in the design
October 24, 2025 at 3:28 AM
People will dismiss all open source stuff as clunky, but many locked up shit like Fusion is so dang buggy.
What's the point of taking time to parameterize designs if it means that adjusting one thing by 1mm means absolutely everything falls apart in the design
What's the point of taking time to parameterize designs if it means that adjusting one thing by 1mm means absolutely everything falls apart in the design
It's absolutely incredible to pick up your PCBs from the mail, plug them in, and they just work?
This is literally the first time I've ever gotten one made that didn't do at least a little fire or explosion st the beginning! Progress!
This is literally the first time I've ever gotten one made that didn't do at least a little fire or explosion st the beginning! Progress!
October 23, 2025 at 4:52 AM
It's absolutely incredible to pick up your PCBs from the mail, plug them in, and they just work?
This is literally the first time I've ever gotten one made that didn't do at least a little fire or explosion st the beginning! Progress!
This is literally the first time I've ever gotten one made that didn't do at least a little fire or explosion st the beginning! Progress!
October is Open Hardware Month! While the serviceberries will have finished their yearly offerings, you can still have fun making and sharing with those around you!
October 20, 2025 at 9:33 PM
October is Open Hardware Month! While the serviceberries will have finished their yearly offerings, you can still have fun making and sharing with those around you!
In between many discussions of engineering, pricing, and manufacturability of tools, the scientist gave me the response to my work I had always been looking for.
October 20, 2025 at 9:33 PM
In between many discussions of engineering, pricing, and manufacturability of tools, the scientist gave me the response to my work I had always been looking for.
At a recent symposium with biologists and engineers, a nice scientist finally made the connection for me between my open source work and sharing serviceberries.
October 20, 2025 at 9:29 PM
At a recent symposium with biologists and engineers, a nice scientist finally made the connection for me between my open source work and sharing serviceberries.
In a gift economy, however, sharing encourages more sharing, activates communities, and new forms of "wealth" blossom at each step of the network.
October 20, 2025 at 9:29 PM
In a gift economy, however, sharing encourages more sharing, activates communities, and new forms of "wealth" blossom at each step of the network.
Kimmerer shares that, when we commodify the gifts of the earth, their value is cut short as soon as it hits the consumer. The only way to add more value is by trying to consume more.
October 20, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Kimmerer shares that, when we commodify the gifts of the earth, their value is cut short as soon as it hits the consumer. The only way to add more value is by trying to consume more.
Coincidentally, the book, The Serviceberry, points out that cooperation and generosity are inherently human traits, while scarcity mindsets are pushed onto society by a few greedy sociopaths.
October 20, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Coincidentally, the book, The Serviceberry, points out that cooperation and generosity are inherently human traits, while scarcity mindsets are pushed onto society by a few greedy sociopaths.
Occasionally, you would still get the wary, capitalist passers-by for whom our gifts seemed infuriating, but such negative reactions were the minority, by far.
October 20, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Occasionally, you would still get the wary, capitalist passers-by for whom our gifts seemed infuriating, but such negative reactions were the minority, by far.
Sharing our harvests excited people, spawned new understandings of the world, and motivated them to help too! These types of responses to hard work felt great!
October 20, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Sharing our harvests excited people, spawned new understandings of the world, and motivated them to help too! These types of responses to hard work felt great!
In Atlanta, my buddy Craig and his friends introduced me to foraging serviceberries planted decoratively on public lands. They'd gather fruit to give to foodbanks and friends as part of their "Concrete Jungle" collective.
October 20, 2025 at 9:15 PM
In Atlanta, my buddy Craig and his friends introduced me to foraging serviceberries planted decoratively on public lands. They'd gather fruit to give to foodbanks and friends as part of their "Concrete Jungle" collective.
There was one type of project, however, where I noticed people having a very different response: serviceberry picking.
October 20, 2025 at 9:04 PM
There was one type of project, however, where I noticed people having a very different response: serviceberry picking.
I feel weird because this was never my goal. I wasn't interested in selling things, but in a capitalist society, we are taught that monetary value is the highest value something can have.
October 20, 2025 at 9:04 PM
I feel weird because this was never my goal. I wasn't interested in selling things, but in a capitalist society, we are taught that monetary value is the highest value something can have.
Enthusiastic people, typically those who grew up in very capitalist places, compliment the maker about an item´s profitability.
October 20, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Enthusiastic people, typically those who grew up in very capitalist places, compliment the maker about an item´s profitability.