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saprophilous

Zal, oc commission for lilithium_major on twitter⭐️

mattpresents

How do you know you're not Asexual? Maybe you just haven't met the right nobody.

snersona

lady whos life sucks

mossworm

Today, May 22, is International Biodiversity Day. I feel that I need to bring attention to something very niche but troubling. TaxonWorks, a developer workbench for taxonomists, now uses generative AI for its branding as well as for at least some of its features.

TaxonWorks is a web-based developer workbench created by University of Illinois’ Species File Group, ostensibly designed to help out the taxonomists racing to document Earth's biodiversity before it's gone (gee, I wonder why). They receive at least some of their funding from NSF.

Taxonomy and art are deeply connected fields, and this new logo business really feels like a slap in the face to both. As recently as a few weeks ago, their Bluesky also stated that they use Claude to vibe-code new site features. I don't know anyone in the field who would ask them for this kind of thing. I can tell you I would not use them, and I don't know who would.

They talk a lot on their webpage about supporting the community as a “digital companion” and about how you can “spend more time researching, and less time with the mundane”. That “mundane” stuff is usually called science. It takes a long time to do it right, but that’s how people trust the results.

Hopefully the TaxonWorks team reconsiders this path. As it stands now, I would certainly not give them money or use their tools.

lord-squark

I hate it when they're mean to detective gumshoe

passionpeachy

my new moon snail plushie 🌙

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rllysleepyy

if you’re a fat person not looking to lose weight, i love you. the weight loss industry is going bonkers right now and i’m proud of you for continuing to take up space. kisses u on the forehead

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