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Today's bug thing is this pair of horseshoe crab earrings from Bamboo Jewelry!

Here's a link to an article about the study from the Stanford Report: link.

Myra Cheng et al. "Sycophantic AI decreases prosocial intentions and promotes dependence." Science 391, eaec8352 (2026).

there is so much to unpack in this clip

This woodblock print by the Shin-hanga (New Print) virtuoso Shiro Kasamatsu (1898–1991), is titled "Shinshu Shirahone Onsen" (Shirahone Hot Spring in Shinshū)., 1935, Japan. The artwork captures the historic, hidden mountain onsen (hot spring) of Shirahone, nestled deep in the Japanese Alps of Nagano Prefecture (historically Shinshū). Famed for its opaque, milky-white thermal waters rich in calcium and magnesium, the spring is presented here as an idyllic, secret sanctuary.

Flag-footed Bug (genus Anisocelis), a member of the leaf-footed bug family (Coreidae). The “flags” are tibial expansions. They serve several purposes: attract mates, a warning they might be toxic and as a diversion, hoping predators will attack the flags and not the insect.

lets look threatening with papa vs. lets look pretty with mamma

Based Hemulen

'The Hours'. Edwin Austin Abbey. C. 1904.

Technically they're using it for bandages. For now.

The resulting “nanopasta” can then be spun into a tiny mat about 2 centimetres across. While it isn’t intended as food, Clancy says that it should be safe to eat, but is reticent to talk about having tried it. “It’s an ethical quandary to talk about scientific self-experimentation,” he says. “But, hypothetically, one might expect it to be chewier than you’d expect.”

how it feels to message a friend who's having Problems that you can't do anything to help with.

"Miles to go before I sleep"

Sometimes i save little gems and forget about them

For those who want the pic

i spent longer than i care to admit on this