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Lemmy.world status update 2023-07-05
Amazing work, thank you so much!
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Lemmy.world status update 2023-07-05
Amazing work, thank you so much!
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Purple Heron hiding in the trees
Never heard of this species before, very cool looking bird. Great photo!
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I get why all the sites are getting shittier (interest rates etc etc) -- but why are they all getting shittier in the same shitty dumb way?
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Here's a link to the original essay on Doctorow's own site (no paywall): https://pluralistic.net/2023/01/21/potemkin-ai/#hey-guys
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Homemade several layer dip
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Refried beans, sour cream (mixed with seasonings), guacamole, diced tomatoes, cheese, and red onions and jalepenos on top.
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Homemade several layer dip
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Smaller dice on the tomatoes, perhaps. Flavor was good, but it's hard to go wrong with simple ingredients. I know some folks prefer sliced olives instead of, or in addition to, jalepenos, but I didn't have any on hand at the time.
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Going to be a really hot weekend inland and valleys, plan accordingly.
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Buy in El Monte, your ancestors will have waterfront land for the new port. https://brilliantmaps.com/los-angeles-under-water/
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Osprey Northern Virginia
Those claws mean business. Pity the fish.
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A foraging Rook (North-Western Germany, June 2023)
The crows and crow-adjacent corvids are so impressive. Good photo!
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Found this one at a park - female Anhinga
Captured it really nicely! Any idea what species of bird?
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We’re getting tons more birds now!
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I've found a few, but always looking for more:
Species specific: https://lemmy.world/c/cockatiel
Not exclusively birds, but many of them: https://lemmy.world/c/wildlifephotography
Glad to see this made the migration: https://lemmy.world/c/superbowl
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LA Metro Fantasy Map in 2050 by Josh Vredevoogd
The creator has a webpage with more stuff, including a short video giving some history of freeway construction and advocating for an end to expansions.
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If you like movies, the Academy Museum has a few great exhibitions right now.
Not sure why the first image isn't loading. Still getting the hang of posting here. This is what's supposed to be there:
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Lemmy.world updated to 0.18.1-rc
Thank you so much!
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Great Blue Heron Northern Virginia
Quite a pose you captured! Good light too really showing the color.
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Going to be a really hot weekend inland and valleys, plan accordingly.
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If you haven't found them already, here's two communities on maps: https://lemmy.world/c/mapporn https://lemmy.world/c/[email protected]
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Going to be a really hot weekend inland and valleys, plan accordingly.
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It's going to take time to rebuild communities to the activity level we're used to. Lemmy's had lots of growth but it's still a tiny fraction of the size of what reddit was. Most people here are still getting their bearings on how to do basics like subscribe, let alone contribute.
I think making comments and having person-to-person engagement is the most critical at this stage. Comments and votes will rise posts up and onto the main page for visibility. That's how a lot of people will find things. A lot of the "active" conversations are dominated by technical Q&A and complaining/schadenfreude about reddit. If we can get on-topic threads going in communities, that will help diversify conversations and seed more discussions.
I'm working to get over my natural lurker inclination because Lemmy needs the human conversations that make threaded platforms useful and engaging.
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A superb northern saw-whet owl - one of the smallest owl species found in North America. (Image - Tom Mortenson).
That is an adorable little predator.
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Homemade several layer dip
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Thanks! It was!
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This place had better be about owls or else this whole transition will never work.
I was so glad to find this community had the correct topic.
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Homemade Deep Fried Cheese
That looks amazing, thanks for posting. Do you have a dedicated deep fryer, or just use a dutch oven or something like that?