[image] Is the iNat directorship taking iNat in the right direction and paying enough attention to the user base? here’s a video that may be of interest to some: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRVFYKkBwrc . it’s a podcast where loarie talks about iNaturalist. i don’t know if there’s anything new …

[image] AdamWargon: At 8:58 “Birders are so insane!” At 9:11 “Birds are 0.5% of the tree of life, but 80% of what we know Both are true… But hey, I’m probably pretty insane for going out on wet, cold days, lugging around some camera gear, a plastic lid, and a bag of vials. All for the sake o…

It was around 600 cities, not 1000 cities. When I have time I’ll watch the talk.

This is really good, for at least two reasons. One, it’s good to see Loarie doing what a nonprofit ED should do, which is communicate the vision for the nonprofit. Two, this is perhaps the best summary I’ve yet seen of what iNat is about. I’m already thinking about how to use this as an iNat Ambass…

Thanks for posting this @AdamWargon , my personal favorite part so far was his description @ 20:04 of trying to re-catalyze an environmental movement from the bottom up, rather than top-down since people often see “the environment” as a government problem that’s not being solved; as opposed to someth…

Moth discovered during GSB21. Not seen since 1875

I completely agree, everyone can start somewhere with conservation, even if the steps are small. Those small changes can add up. One example I often think about is mowing: mowing every week significantly reduces arthropod abundance, limits flowering, and even decreases bird foraging. But when you ex…

Scott Loarie interview with Eva Cornman (Museum of Science, Boston)

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Scott Loarie interview with Eva Cornman (Museum of Science, Boston)

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