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By Chris Grinter, on December 16th, 2012% A few months ago many of you probably stumbled across this meme – the famous Poodle Moth! And indeed for the most part the reporting was half decent. Yes, it’s real. Yes, it’s a moth. Yes, it’s probably a species in the Lasiocampidae (possibly the genus Artace) as correctly pointed out by Dr. John Rawlins. → Read More: The Poodle Moth and the Problem of Cryptozoology Like this: Like Loading... By Chris Grinter, on March 15th, 2012% Back from hiatus and back to the Genius of the Press insect-news-failure series! Fresh off the presses from last year, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs in the UK was shut down for a massive infestation of clothes moths. The picture shown here from “The Nation” story is a far cry from a . → Read More: Genius of the Press XXII Like this: Like Loading... By Chris Grinter, on September 13th, 2011% This is a pretty epic fail. I guess the “young adult” publishing guidelines are less strict with “facts”. Thanks to Richard Lee Brown for first posting this on Facebook. Like this:Like Loading… Like this: Like Loading... By Chris Grinter, on August 19th, 2011% This GOP is less of a challenge and more of a simple roundup of miserable stock photography. Alex Wild and others have long ago pointed out the massive failings of many stock photo sites – but here is a brief and painful lep roundup using Google. Step 1: Image search “moth on flower”. Step 2: . → Read More: Genius of the Press XX Like this: Like Loading... By Chris Grinter, on August 10th, 2011% Fresh off the presses, the Miami Blue Butterfly (MBB) is now listed as federally endangered by act of an emergency provision. Huzzah! (right?) Miami Blue Butterfly from Butterflies of America My first thought was “wait, wasn’t this already endangered?”. Yes, turns out the MBB has been state-endangered since 2002 after a previous emergency petition . → Read More: NABA Turns Fish and Wildlife into Brainless Zombies Like this: Like Loading... By Chris Grinter, on April 19th, 2011% Source: Wikipedia It turns out that Richard Branson has a new idea; to save the ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta) by importing them to his private British Virgin Island. As the article points out Branson spent millions of pounds and years of effort to turn the island into “the most ecologically friendly . → Read More: Richard Branson is an Idiot Like this: Like Loading... By Chris Grinter, on October 18th, 2010% I came across this interesting device and had an instant gut reaction.. “Of course a stupid water bulb doesn’t repel flies, this is a scam!”… deep breath… OK that is terrible skepticism. Actually, it’s cynical and it’s just what skeptics hate being called. It’s also something that happens much too easily – . → Read More: Call me skeptical… Like this: Like Loading... By Chris Grinter, on October 12th, 2010% On my daily commute back to Berkeley, I have spotted this (apologies for the cruddy image). Actually, I’ve seen a handful of these pop up around San Francisco and it makes me want to tear my hair out every time. For those who are new to my blog, this goes back to my Genius of . → Read More: It just won’t leave me alone Like this: Like Loading... By Chris Grinter, on June 2nd, 2010% If there is one thing that I learned in college, it was how to easily distract myself. I tend to keep my TV on in the background while I’m working on my computer, especially late at night when I am usually fighting a winning war against sleep. The other night something did catch my . → Read More: An Uphill Battle Like this: Like Loading... By Chris Grinter, on April 6th, 2010% Another installment of Genius of the Press, and perhaps a bit of a softball. (Yikes these are easy to find) Who can tell me whats wrong with this article? Like this:Like Loading… Like this: Like Loading...
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Ag Chris Grinter, 21 Deireadh Fómhair, 2010% Tosaíonn will céim 1 obair allamuigh / tiomána dÚsachtach agus laethanta saoire am. Beidh mé a bheith dírithe ar bhailiú don chéim seo den turas, bualadh theas Texas díreach in am don deireadh eireaball na leamhain titim ag eitilt sa Schinia ghéineas. Ach tá microleps mo spéis bunscoile, agus tá mé cinnte go mbainfidh mé ag teacht ar ais leis na céadta . . . → Read More: Ar ais i Réimse Cosúil le seo: Cosúil Ag luchtú ... Ag Chris Grinter, 19 Deireadh Fómhair, 2010% Na seachtaine seo (amhail is dá mba mé a choinneáil ar bun leis an seachtainiúil) Cuireadh GOP a seoladh chugam ag commenter “Subverted“. Go raibh maith agat as an méid a chuireann! Déan nós a lán iomlán níos éasca, agus mé a spreagadh go láidir aighneachtaí sa todhchaí ó léitheoirí eile. Dóibh siúd nua chun mo bhlag – Is é an Genius an tsraith Preas comórtas a . . . → Read More: Genius de XIII Preas Cosúil le seo: Cosúil Ag luchtú ... Ag Chris Grinter, 19 Deireadh Fómhair, 2010% An chathair Tá mé ag obair i a tharlaíonn a bheith ar cheann de na cathracha is mó sa domhan – mar sin in iúl dom rub sé i go hachomair. Seo físeán néal a chur ar an San Francisco Bay a gabhadh ag ealaíontóir áitiúil. Bí cinnte chun féachaint i HD, tá sé néal a chur ar. An Mhuir Unseen ó Simon Christen ar . . . → Read More: Ceann sna Scamaill Cosúil le seo: Cosúil Ag luchtú ... Ag Chris Grinter, ar 18 Deireadh Fómhair, 2010% Tháinig mé trasna ar an ngléas seo spéisiúil agus bhí imoibriú gut an toirt.. “Ar ndóigh, nach bhfuil bolgán uisce dúr cuileoga repel, Is é seo a scam!”… anáil domhain… OK is é sin amhras uafásach. I ndáiríre, tá sé ciniciúil agus tá sé ach cad a fuath skeptics bheith ar a dtugtar. Tá sé freisin rud a tharlaíonn i bhfad ró-éasca – . . . → Read More: Cuir glaoch orm skeptical… Cosúil le seo: Cosúil Ag luchtú ... Ag Chris Grinter, 12 Deireadh Fómhair, 2010% Ar mo taisteal go laethúil ar ais go dtí Berkeley, Tá mé chonaic seo (leithscéal a ghabháil le haghaidh an íomhá cruddy). I ndáiríre, Mé le feiceáil dornán de na pop suas ar fud San Francisco agus déanann sé dom iarraidh a cuimilt mo chuid gruaige amach gach uair. Dóibh siúd atá nua chun mo bhlag, Téann sé seo ar ais go dtí mo Genius de . . . → Read More: Ní bheidh ach saoire dom féin Cosúil le seo: Cosúil Ag luchtú ... Ag Chris Grinter, ar 5 Deireadh Fómhair, 2010% Wow tá sé curtha ar feadh cúpla seachtain ó shin mo last post, agus mé beagán náire tar éis ligean dó dul chomh fada. Cad a bhí mé suas go dtí? Ní nach iomláine. Uimh turais a bhailiú go hiontach, aon speiceas nua nó fionnachtana. I ndáiríre tá mé ag suí ag an micreascóp dissecting baill ghiniúna nó databasing cuileoga seadánacha. Feicfidh mé a bheith . . . → Read More: Am Tá eitlíodh iontu Cosúil le seo: Cosúil Ag luchtú ...