By Lambert Strether of Corrente. Bird Song of the Day Madagascar Lark, Ifaty – Salt Flats By Hotel, Madagascar. “Marine, Mudflat, Pond.” I think the birders downrate for background noise, but I like it. * * * Politics...

By Lambert Strether of Corrente. Bird Song of the Day Magpie-lark. Piesse Park (Katanning), Katanning, Western Australia, Australia. “Pair duet. Female woo-loop call in flight @ 0.17. 2nd duet- male lead. Near end- Male few out no call....

Inside A Billionaire Bee Colony Forbes Neural mechanisms of parasite-induced summiting behavior in ‘zombie’ Drosophila (accepted manuscript). From the Abstract: “For at least two centuries, scientists have been enthralled by the ‘zombie’ behaviors induced by mind-controlling parasites.” Indeed!...

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By Lambert Strether of Corrente. Bird Song of the Day Red-headed Bunting, Barbanda Pond and Surroundings, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India. * * * Politics “So many of the social reactions that strike us as psychological are in fact a...

By Lambert Strether of Corrente. Bird Song of the Day Madagascar Nightjar, Jardin Botanique A, Ampijoroa Forestry Station, Mahajanga, Madagascar. * * * Politics “So many of the social reactions that strike us as psychological are in fact...

By Lambert Strether of Corrente. Bird Song of the Day Little Nightjar, Santa Rosa de la Roca, Santa Cruz, Bolivia. Night sounds, too. * * * Politics “So many of the social reactions that strike us as psychological...

By Lambert Strether of Corrente. Patient readers, I got a late start today. This should be enough to get you going; more soon. –lambert Bird Song of the Day Fiery-necked Nightjar, De Hoop Nature Reserve, Western Cape, South...

By Lambert Strether of Corrente. Let’s get the engineering stuff out of the way first, because masking is too important to be left to the medical community. Covid is airborne (a.k.a. aerosol transmission); people infect each other with...

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