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Soh Kam Yung
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Exploring one universe at a time.

Interested in #Nature, #Photography, #NaturePhotography, #Science, #ScienceFiction, #Physics, #Engineering.
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Moth Advent 3. Back to Surrey mid-May for another evening on the heath, but on the way I stopped in Berkshire to scratch a long-time itch – Geoff! And he didn’t disappoint. Alabonia geoffrella isn’t just one of Britain’s most beautiful moths, it’s one of our most beautiful animals. #TeamMoth
December 3, 2025 at 10:52 AM
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A Chinese Blackbird (Turdus mandarinus) spotted at Century Park, Shanghai, China on 3 Nov 2025. This one was perched inside the canopy, and I needed to twist and turn to get shots.

On iNaturalist [ www.inaturalist.org/observations... ].

#iNaturalist #Nature #China #Shanghai #Birds #Aves
A medium-sized bird with black feathers. Its beak is yellow, and it has a yellow ring around the eyes. Here, the bird is perched on a branch, facing to the left. The same bird, now seen from an angle almost directly below it. The underside of the bird can be seen.
December 3, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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palaeoplushies.com
I've made some smaller beanie versions of the Devonian jawless fish - Zenaspis!

At 25cm long, these are lifesize! www.palaeoplushies.com/shop/zenaspis

I ship worldwide from the UK, US tariffs collected and pre-paid for easy delivery!
A collection of 3 realistic plushie jawless fish, Zenaspis. They have horseshoe shaped heads with pointy tails emerging from the back of them. Their beady eyes shine grey or gold. They are patterned cryptically and come in shades of brown and blue.
December 3, 2025 at 10:08 AM
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tetzoo.bsky.social
Very nearly done on a long review of this spectacular book, King Tyrant by @markwitton.bsky.social, published by @princetonupress.bsky.social Cannot recommend it enough, buy it now! #dinosaurs #books
Cover of book King Tyrant. Pages within the book, showing text, diagrams, photos. Pages within the book, showing text, diagrams. Pages within the book, showing text, diagrams.
December 3, 2025 at 11:26 AM
sohkamyung.bsky.social
"[T]he black feathers of the magnificent riflebird (Ptiloris magnificus), native to the rainforests of New Guinea and northern Australia, naturally absorb an astounding 99.95 percent of light."

#Ultrablack #Nature #Biology #Materials
How This Colorful Bird Inspired the Darkest Fabric
How This Colorful Bird Inspired the Darkest Fabric: Although the plume boom is over, bird feathers still push fashion’s cutting edge.
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December 3, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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greenwingstours.bsky.social
For today's #AdventCalendar to celebrate the 20+ tours that have helped us generate funds for our friends at @europebutterfly.bsky.social here is a Western Red Charaxes (Charaxes cynthia) on one of our Ghana butterfly tours.
Western Red Charaxes (Charaxes cynthia) photographed by Adrian Hoskins on a Greenwings butterfly tour in Ghana.
December 2, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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rachelhollisart.bsky.social
Double-barred Finches are sometimes referred to as Owl Finches, I love the beautiful black & white markings on their wings! rachelhollis.com/product/doub... #drawing #art #birds #birdart #wildlife
December 3, 2025 at 6:23 AM
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matthewberry.bsky.social
2nd day of December so I think 2 pics are justified!

'The Orchid of Light' - Ophrys lucis / Ophrys argolica subsp. lucis.

#Orchids #OrchidsOfRhodes #AdventCalender
December 2, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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reactorsff.bsky.social
Today we're talking about history and myth-making in Ada Palmer's "Inventing the Renaissance"–what rethinking the past can tell us about the present, as well as the fascinating speculative questions we find there.
Infernal Gravity and the Logic of Death Scenes: Ada Palmer’s Inventing the Renaissance - Reactor
A fascinating look at how societies manufacture the myth of a Golden Age
reactormag.com
December 2, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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xkcd.com
Can you power your computer by typing?

What the latest What If? video in collaboration with
@minuteearth.bsky.social!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=0L44...
Can you power your computer by typing?
YouTube video by xkcd's What If?
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December 2, 2025 at 9:06 PM
sohkamyung.bsky.social
A lovely Daurian Redstart (Phoenicurus auroreus) spotted at Pujiang Countryside Park, Shanghai, China on 2 Nov 2025. It perched nearby and started calling, giving us time to get shots.

On iNaturalist [ www.inaturalist.org/observations... ].

#iNaturalist #Nature #China #Shanghai #Birds #Aves
A small bird with an orange underbelly, tail and lower back. It has a black face with a silvery crest. The wings are black with a patch of white. In this image, the bird is perched on a branch facing diagonally away from the camera to the left. In this shot, the bird in now perched facing diagonally towards the camera, facing right. The orange underbelly is prominent. In this shot, the bird is perched facing the camera and diagonally to the right. The head is turned more towards the right, showing off the silvery crest. In this shot, the bird is perched facing away from the camera and turned slightly to the right. The black back and wings can be seen with white patches in the middle of the wings. The top of the tail is black, while the underside of the tail is orange.
December 2, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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merisi-vienna.bsky.social
A shelf - or two? - of unread books? Seems we have good company:
"... literary texts that refer to books never read, including Robert Musil, Graham Greene, Paul Valéry, Anatole France, and David Lodge."

#Books #UnreadBooks #UmbertoEco
On Unread Books by Umberto Eco
November 2, 2017 – I recall, though my recollection may be faulty, a magnificent article by Giorgio Manganelli explaining how a sophisticated reader can know whether a book
www.theparisreview.org
December 2, 2025 at 6:31 AM
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alxnelson.bsky.social
As I've done the past couple years, I'll be posting my favorite images from 2025 throughout December, one a day. Here's a close image of a little blue heron with a green tree frog who's fighting for dear life, trying to pry open its beak. #birds
December 1, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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greenwingstours.bsky.social
Following on from our last post about donating to @europebutterfly.bsky.social we're going to share some images from the tours where those funds have been generated from.

Beginning with this, a gorgeous Bhutan Glory (Bhutanitis lidderdali) in Bhutan, by guest Allan F.

#AdventCalendar
December 1, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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mikemelton.bsky.social
This male Resplendent Quetzal was a nice surprise at our cabin when we arrived at San Gerardo de Dota this afternoon.

#CostaRica #birds
A vibrant green bird with a red belly perches on a mossy tree branch in a forest, its long iridescent tail feathers hanging gracefully below it.
December 2, 2025 at 1:23 AM
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rosemarymosco.com
Wildlife tracking! I'm reposting things I made this past year. If you look closely at the deer tracks you'll see I added the hint that they're double registering (hind foot is stepping into the same spot as front foot).
A six-panel comic titled "Wildlife Tracking Tips". In panel 1, the text says "A white-tailed deer traveled through here," and there are white-tailed deer prints in fresh snow. In panel 2, the text says "An American Red Squirrel came by," and the leap marks of a red squirrel are in the snow. In panel 3, the text says "A Snowshoe Hare passed through," and there are the distinctive fluffy-footed marks from a snowshoe hare jumping across the snow. n panel 4, the text says "The Snowshoe Hare found a sword," and one of the front paw marks in the track has been replaced with a long thin line running alongside the track. In panel 5, the text says "The Snowshoe Hare is dual wielding," and both front paw marks have been replaced with long thin lines. In panel 6, the text says "The Snowshoe Hare tamed a mount, vastly increasing its jumping distance. You should run," and the Snowshoe Hare trail runs into a deer track and disappears.
December 1, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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wizentrop.bsky.social
A *teensy* baby Tityus scorpion (less than 2cm) enjoying a hard earned meal - a small cricket. Photographed in the Ecuadorian Amazon. These arboreal scorpions sit on bushes and trees and you can easily get stung by them simply when you brush against them without noticing. Ask me how I know.
December 2, 2025 at 2:59 AM
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compoundchem.com
A bit late kicking off #ChemAdvent day 1, but here we are!

This year I'm finding chemical connections between some previous ChemAdvent editions 🧪

First up, earthy pyrazines are the connection between the smells of chocolate and green bean casserole 🍫
Infographics on the chemistry of chocolate smell and the flavour chemistry of green bean casserole. The two are linked by the presence of earthy pyrazines. Infographics on the chemistry of chocolate smell and the flavour chemistry of green bean casserole. The two are linked by the presence of earthy pyrazines.
December 1, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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China's huge JUNO neutrino detector turned on three months ago, and has already achieved new levels of sensitivity in studying these mysterious particles.

The detector weighs 20,000 tons & contains 45,000 sensors watching for rare neutrino interactions. 🧪🔭

www.prisma.uni-mainz.de/outreach/pre...
JUNO's central detector (at the top of the picture) is filled with scintillation fluid and surrounded by photomultiplier tubes The JUNO detector seen from outside (Image/©: Yuexiang Liu/JUNO Collaboration)
December 1, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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markwitton.bsky.social
New at #Patreon: an illustrated review of what we know, and some of what we don't, about the colours and patterns of ancient marine invertebrates (ft. trilobites, orthoceratoids, ammonites and Cambrian critters). Check it out at www.patreon.com/c/markwitton #paleoart #fossils #paleontology #sciart
The orthoceratoid Michelinoceras anguliferum, sporting a natty set of zigzags along its shelll, is probably better dressed than most of us today. Here, it's inflicting a fashion attack on a buried worm. Cambrian polychaete Canadia spinosa is shiny, thanks to structural colouration. A minor pile up between three migrating trilobites, Eldredgeops rana. The red dots on these animals are strange translucent lenses that might, it's speculated, be windows for pigmentation through their carapaces. Two Dieneroceras subquadratum conversing about life as drifters in Triassic plankton. The banding pattern on their shells is fossil accurate, although the exact colours are unknown.
December 1, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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somuchpingle.bsky.social
Rabbit rabbit! December 1st came early, thanks insomnia! Here's a White-spotted Salamander (Plethodon cylindraecus) from central North Carolina this fall. #herps #salamanders #NaturePhotography 🌿
Angled-down image of a salamander posed on greenish-yellow moss, facing right with its tail curled in a near circle back to the right. The salamander's ground color is black, and covered with white spots of variable size on all visible surfaces. Most of the larger spots are on the flanks. The end of the tail has few spots and gradually turns to a brownish-black.
December 1, 2025 at 12:08 PM
sohkamyung.bsky.social
A Little Egret (Egretta garzetta) spotted at Pujiang Countryside Park, Shanghai, China on 2 Nov 2025. It was fishing in a lake. Locally, it can be seen fishing in storm drains.

On iNaturalist [ www.inaturalist.org/observations... ].

#iNaturalist #Nature #Photography #Shanghai #China #Birds #Aves
A white egret looking for food in a lake. It has white feather, black lower legs and a long dark upper beak.
December 1, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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wrenandbee.bsky.social
Moving location for the next few entries of #BestOfNature2025

Here is the wonderfully spiky Spanish Festoon larva ❤️ 🛡️

(May, Algarve Portugal 🇵🇹)

#NatureWithin #TeamMoth
December 1, 2025 at 7:29 AM
sohkamyung.bsky.social
"Today, for most people, watching a movie has gone from being a shared experience to a siloed and personalised act of private, if not solitary, consumption"

#History #Singapore #Cinemas
A Century of Singapore’s Cinemas
biblioasia.nlb.gov.sg
December 1, 2025 at 12:14 PM
sohkamyung.bsky.social
"[T]he Stock Exchange of Singapore (SES) announced that all trading on the stock market would be suspended from Thursday, 2 December 1985 [for three days], until further notice.
[...]
What caused the shutdown was the collapse of Pan-Electric Industries"

#History #Singapore #Companies
Fridge Maker Freezes Stock Market
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December 1, 2025 at 12:07 PM