I tend to write everything in Obsidian, but I've built my own CRUD CMS so I'll post from anywhere. When I do post from my phone it's more often status updates or noting a concert while I'm at the venue.
🕷️ A new spider species discovered in the Ecuadorian Amazon disguises itself as a zombie fungus — the first known case of a spider mimicking a deadly parasite.
When herpetologist Alexander Bentley poked what looked like a Gibellula fungus-covered spider corpse in the rainforest, the "corpse" moved. It turned out to be Taczanowskia waska, a spider that deliberately grows tendril-like tubercles from its abdomen to look like it has already been killed by the fungus. It even sits motionless on leaf undersides, exactly where infected spiders are found.
The disguise likely serves two purposes: predators avoid what seems like a fungus-ridden corpse, and prey do not recognize the spider as a threat. Taczanowskia spiders are webless — they use enlarged claws to ambush victims, hiding in plain sight behind a fungal costume.
The discovery was published in Zootaxa in February 2026 and started with a cell phone photo uploaded to iNaturalist.
I’ve been working on cross-platform mobile apps so much recently, had a funny moment while improving some things in Sunlit where I thought, “But how is this going to look on Android…” It’s not! iOS-only Swift app.
What the hell, I just looked up who’s making Waymo’s cars now that the Jaguar is discontinued, and it’s Geely. Polestar’s fully Chinese parent company!
Why is Trump banning my Polestars when they seem perfectly fine with literally everyone else, including Geely and Volvo? 😭
@matuzo @Thain @knowler rad! I'm trying to place the singer's vocal style haha -- it tracks with some grind bands I listen to in parts. Kinda like the higher end of Arif's range https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MH_iNnj_IfU
