Salpa fusiformis

From (Spanish) Las salpas, las extrañas criaturas que llenan las playas de Málaga

estos invertebrados no tienen nada que ver con las medusas, por lo que no son urticantes, (…)

“Son el paso intermedio entre los invertebrados y los vertebrados, puesto que tienen una primitiva columna, y forman parte del plancton, la sopa marina que es la base de la cadena alimenticia en el mar”, ha manifestado.

These invertebrates have nothing to do with jellyfish, so they are not stinging, (…)

“They are the intermediate step between invertebrates and vertebrates, since they have a primitive column, and they are part of plankton, the marine soup that is the base of the food chain in the sea,” he said.

Also on Webtoons:
https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/system32comics/list?title_no=235074

Which has RSS feed:
https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/system32comics/rss?title_no=235074

I thought you were Melvyn Yeo… then I looked at the picture :)

returning to the old magic of RSS feeds

I love to read that, RSS-powah!

I’ve been missing this

You probably already saw it, but just in case, the WEBTOON page of The Weekly Roll has RSS feed (lnked above):
https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/the-weekly-roll/rss?title_no=358889

such a hard time getting RSS feeds added to Feedly

I cannot help with Feedly, I use www.commafeed.com (2000 feeds limit on the public instance).

You may find help here:

• !rss@lemmy.ml
• !rssfeeds@lemmy.world

From the description:

Taken at night in Singapore forest.

Quote from https://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jumping_spider Jumping spiders are among the easiest to distinguish from similar spider families because of the shape of the cephalothorax and their eye patterns. The families closest to Salticidae in general appearance are the Corinnidae (distinguished also by prominent spines on the back four legs), the Oxyopidae (the lynx spiders, distinguished by very prominent spines on all legs), and the Thomisidae (the crab spiders, distinguished by their front four legs, which are very long and powerful). None of these families however, has eyes that resemble those of the Salticidae. Conversely, the legs of jumping spiders are not covered with any very prominent spines. Their front four legs generally are larger than the hind four, but not as dramatically so as those of the crab spiders, nor are they held in the outstretched-arms attitude characteristic of the Thomisidae.[3] In spite of the length of their front legs, Salticidae depend on their rear legs for jumping. The generally larger front legs are used partly to assist in grasping prey,[4] and in some species, the front legs and pedipalps are used in species-recognition signalling.

The jumping spiders, unlike the other families, have faces that are roughly rectangular surfaces perpendicular to their direction of motion. In effect this means that their forward-looking, anterior eyes are on “flat faces”, as shown in the photographs. Their eye pattern is the clearest single identifying characteristic. They have eight eyes, as illustrated.[3][4] Most diagnostic are the front row of four eyes, in which the anterior median pair are more dramatically prominent than any other spider eyes apart from the posterior median eyes of the Deinopidae. There is, however, a radical functional difference between the major (AME) eyes of Salticidae and the major (PME) eyes of the Deinopidae; the large posterior eyes of Deinopidae are adapted mainly to vision in dim light, whereas the large anterior eyes of Salticidae are adapted to detailed, three-dimensional vision for purposes of estimating the range, direction, and nature of potential prey, permitting the spider to direct its attacking leaps with great precision. The anterior lateral eyes, though large, are smaller than the AME and provide a wider forward field of vision.

The rear row of four eyes may be described as strongly bent, or as being rearranged into two rows, with two large posterior lateral eyes furthest back. They serve for lateral vision. The posterior median eyes also have been shifted out laterally, almost as far as the posterior lateral eyes. They are usually much smaller than the posterior lateral eyes and there is doubt about whether they are at all functional in many species.

The body length of jumping spiders generally range from 1 to 25 mm (0.04–0.98 in).[3][5] The largest is Hyllus giganteus,[5] while other genera with relatively large species include Phidippus, Philaeus and Plexippus.[6]

In addition to using their silk for safety lines while jumping, they also build silken “pup tents”, where they shelter from bad weather and sleep at night. They molt within these shelters, build and store egg cases within them, and also spend the winter in them.[7]

AFAIK that would be ok, a lot of subreddits don’t even require the posts to be approved, so that would be the same as setting your sub to not require approving and posting to it with a different account.

I was never downvoted on Reddit as hastily as I am on Lemmy.

Note that, unlike reddit, lemmy shows negative vote values. So it may seem a bit more dramatic compared to reddit.

Sadly, that also hides all your own posts, even from your profile page. Which is invonvenient if you also want to keep an eye on them.

Agree! that’s what I’ve been doing: Trying to build critical mass for small communities : fediverse

Sorry for the confussion, I did not create any of those communities. I’m just trying to help them grow. I will edit the post to make it clearer.

Just in case there is any doubt, I added [Not OC] in the title.

From the post description:

Heather crab spider (Thomisus onustus) for #thomisodthursday
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This spider was at the top of my wish list on the macro trip with @macrochambers @macro_by_rory @bug_ninja @mc_macro_photography @weemadbeasties @pauls_natural_world
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I truly believe without Luke’s knowledge, locations and fieldcraft, the trip wouldn’t have been anywhere near as successful, so thank you Luke. I’ve barely had time to process any of my photos from the trip yet, so I know I’m very late to the party. Go and check out the amazing images that the rest of the group have already posted!
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Taken with Canon R7, Canon MP-E 65mm f2.8 1-5x Macro, Canon Speedlite 430EX III-RT with custom diffuser.
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#crabspider #orbweaver #arachnid #spider #beautiful_insects_japan #macro_freaks #raw_insects #raw_community_member #nuts_about_macro #ip_insects #your_macro #wholelottabugs #insectguru #galeri_makro #insectogramme #macro_alit #animals_illife #cupoty #macrothopy #universal_macro_ #kings_macro #passion_in_macro #bbcwildlife #canonuk #thebritishwildlife #BBCWildlifePOTD @bbcearth #nottinghamwildlifetrust
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Please respect the health and well-being of all the creatures you photograph.

The two I see on a quick search are empty:

• !calligraphy@lemmy.ml
• !chinesehandwriting@lemmy.ml

You can ask on !findacommunity@lemmy.ml

What I found is a few related to fountain pens:

• fountainpens@wayfarershaven.eu (moved from fountainpens@sopuli.xyz)
• fountain_pens@lemmy.ml
• fountainpens@lemmy.world

I’m subscribed to specialized_instances, I think it’s a great idea for a community, although I expect it to be more relevant on the long term.

Thanks!

Then I will include them on my watchlist and will try to post at least from time to time.

As I said in other comments, thanks to all of you who create and moderate communities. For now, I’m just trying to generate content, which I know is the easier part.

Note that I said: “you look a bit more organized than small subs”, and that’s not a very high bar, hehe :P.

More seriously, I thought you were related to reddit’s Imaginary Network, which is huge and with some big power-users.

If that’s not the case, then more props to you!

posting so much content can sometimes be a bit tiring.

Agree. What I’m doing (in case it helps) is, instead of going for quantity, go for quality and try to focus the efforts on a few communities that interest me. That way I am posting about things I really like in just a few places and it doesn’t become a chore.

I’m trying to get other people on my community to do it too but it’s not that easy.

Indeed, it’s HARD. This is one of the reasons I haven’t created a community yet, it seems too much effort-VS-results-ratio. I know I’m taking the easy path because I’m not so invested in any specific community. So thanks to all of you who create and moderate all the communities.

:facepalm: (Fixed)

I need to focus more when typing :)

Some very good answers in this post: I’m aware of kbin, mastodon, and lemmy. Are there any other federated applications out there? : nostupidquestions, some random copy&paste:

Here’s a list of 130: https://the-federation.info/#projects

this diagram

From What other kinds of servers are on the Fediverse? | Fedi.Tips – An Unofficial Guide to Mastodon and the Fediverse:

As well as Mastodon, there are lots of other server types on the Fediverse, for example:

• BookWyrm – A social reading platform, an alternative to Amazon’s GoodReads

• Friendica – A general social network with no character limits, sort of like Facebook used to be on its older interface

• Funkwhale – Music and podcast storage and sharing

• Kbin – Link aggregation and discussion, sort of like Reddit

• Mobilizon – Event organisation, the Fedi’s alternative to Facebook Events

• OwnCast – Video livestreaming with a chat window at the side, very much in the style of Twitch

• PeerTube – YouTube-style video sharing site which uses P2P technology to allow even small servers to have videos go viral, as the more people view a video the more bandwidth it gets

• PixelFed – Photo sharing site, similar in style to Instagram and Tumblr

• WordPress – Independently hosted WordPress blogs can be turned into Fediverse servers using a special plugin

• WriteFreely – Minimalist blog where focus is on the text, like a calmer version of Medium

…and that’s just some of them! If you’re a techy person, you can see more comprehensive lists of server types at FediDB and delightful fediverse apps.

Posted one on each community, good luck!