@ObsidianUrbex What kind of trees are they?

@saraislet Perhaps you just need to present your project in more plausible terms.

@pthime @astronomerritt But the "most American" name to people outside the USA is a matter of familiarity and social perception, not statistics (or at least, that's what I was thinking in my original question). I wouldn't assume a "Michael" was from the USA, but "Chuck" sure sounds that way to me too. (Maybe because of Chuck Norris, I don't know.)

@harrysintonen Petty and unsurprising, and… a timely demonstration of exactly the whole point.

@futurebird (I didn't even know there were such gloves, but… ) when you pull the strap across the top and fasten?

@dillyd Wait, is that connecting line made by their tail?!

@moiety Lovely! The upright alert posture reminds me of our Green-backed Tit in the Himalayas (we do not have Blue Tit here). The pink lichen is also very striking.

What's the glyph before the "Z" in your signature?

@liw @bagder "I am Spartac^W@bagder!"

@aamurusko79 Something that *really* annoys me is that India now has a "Central KYC registry" shared between financial institutions (banks, mutual fund companies, brokerage companies, etc.), and the KYC record contains ONE email address. So various companies that I have any dealings with (all of whom can update the record) keep updating my email address. So in effect I can use only one.

@aamurusko79 Random aside: I was using such provider-specific addresses long ago, long enough that sometimes people from the provider thought I actually worked for them. And once, that even included my bank.

@aamurusko79 Heck, I use vodafone@ here and even in the absence of any pay-less-for-spam deal, I regularly receive spam to that address, including from other mobile carriers.

@AnAutieAtUni @ShaulaEvans Oh, and this is a jumping spider too. It might not exactly be a "fun fact", but still…

https://mastodon.social/@amenonsen/115699005033414203

@AnAutieAtUni @ShaulaEvans As it happens, I was pointing to a tiny, delicate green-and-white jumping spider (most likely Epeus sp.) on a wooden railing just a few hours ago, and before I finished saying "look at this spider", it had hopped up on my finger, cool as you like. And after several seconds, I tapped lightly on the railing, and it hopped off again. Lovely.