cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/14733630

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Regular_icosahedron&oldid=1347333202#Construction

Artist -> ShepGoesBlep

The price of a gallon of regular gasoline climbed 31 cents in the past week, spiking to an average of $4.48 per gallon Tuesday, according to AAA, hitting the wallets of drivers after rising 50% since the war with Iran began.

The main reason drivers are paying more at the pump is because of the global energy crisis caused by the Iran war. The price of crude oil, which is the main ingredient in gasoline, has been climbing for most of the past two months because the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow passage of the Persian Gulf through which a fifth of the world’s crude oil normally passes, has effectively been shut, and oil tankers have been stranded there unable to deliver crude.

Implied previous transformation since capable of human speech.

by Nhim_Art

Most U.S. adults say the United States is no longer a great place for immigrants, according to a new AP-NORC poll, as about one-third of Americans report knowing someone impacted by the Trump administration’s aggressive immigration enforcement.

A new survey from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research of more than 2,500 U.S. adults finds about 6 in 10 say the country used to be a great place for immigrants but is not anymore.

About one-third of U.S. adults — and more than half of Hispanic adults — say that over the last year they, or someone they know, have started carrying proof of their immigration status or U.S. citizenship, been detained or deported, changed travel plans, or significantly changed routines, such as avoiding work, school or leaving the house, because of their immigration status.

Chrome version 147 silently downloads Gemini Nano's weights.bin file to local storage, sparking major privacy, data, and legal concerns.

I have no cat. But want month cat.

Nominate Broccoli Cheddar.

Great Lakes region, USA. April 2026.

Every time I hear a killdeer I track it down to see if I can get the infamous riding shot. I thought it might happen here, but no. This was a group of three killdeer roaming this open field for food.

St. George must shell out big bucks to the Southern Utah Drag Stars.

Whenever I play a game with someone new, we quickly realize we have to clarify the rules we're using beforehand, since so many people have their own varieties. What are some non-standard game rules that you/your family/friends follow?

I'll start. My family has a rule where we're not allowed to win on a Wild card. It adds a bit of challenge, and keeps someone from being unbeatable if they play by hoarding wild cards.

theguardian.com Single dose of magic mushroom psychedelic can cause anatomical brain changes, study finds Ian Sample 4–5 minutes

A single dose of psilocybin, the active ingredient in magic mushrooms, can induce anatomical changes in the brain, according to research among people who took the psychedelic compound for the first time.

Scientists spotted apparent changes in the brain’s structure which were still apparent a month after healthy volunteers took the drug. If confirmed, they may help explain the therapeutic effects that psychedelics can have on anxiety, depression and addiction, researchers said.

Evidence for the changes came from specialised scans that measured the diffusion of water along nerve bundles in the brain. They suggested that some nerve tracts had become denser and more robust after the drug was taken. While the findings are preliminary, the scientists said the opposite was seen in ageing and dementia.

“It’s remarkable to see potential anatomical brain changes one month after a single dose of any drug,” said Prof Robin Carhart-Harris, a neurologist at the University of California, San Francisco, and senior author on the study. “We don’t yet know what these changes mean, but we do note that overall, people showed positive psychological changes in this study, including improved wellbeing and mental flexibility.”

Scientists have long sought to understand how psychedelics affect the brain and the work has gained fresh impetus in the wake of trials and studies that suggest the compounds could be used to treat a range of mental health disorders. The drugs are thought to help by boosting flexible thinking and allowing people to escape destructive cognitive ruts.

In the latest study, Carhart-Harris and colleagues at Imperial College London explored the “entropic brain effect”, in which neural activity becomes more varied on psychedelics; the impact of the drug on people’s wellbeing alongside any functional or anatomical changes in the brain.

To start, 28 healthy volunteers who had never taken a psychedelic were given 1mg of psilocybin, a small enough dose to be considered a placebo. The scientists then used electroencephalography (EEG) to measure their brain activity via electrodes on the scalp.

The volunteers completed a raft of tests over the next few weeks to measure their wellbeing, depth of psychological insight and the flexibility of their thinking. Meanwhile, functional MRI scans and a technique called diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) monitored their brains.

A month after the placebo, participants took a single 25mg dose of psilocybin, enough to elicit a powerful psychedelic experience. During the trip and for weeks after, the scientists ran the same tests and brain monitoring to see what happened.

Within an hour of taking the drug, EEG revealed a surge in brain entropy, suggesting the brain was processing a greater diversity of information. A month later, DTI scans revealed a drop in diffusion along nerve tracts running from the front to the middle of the brain. That could be caused by pruning of some nerve fibres, or the growth of nerves that are not yet covered with insulating sheaths, though more work is needed to confirm the finding.

Writing in Nature Communications, the researchers describe another key finding. Those who had the largest spike in brain entropy after psilocybin were most likely to report deeper psychological insight and better wellbeing a month later, underlining the link between flexible thinking and improved mental health. “It suggests a psychobiological therapeutic action for psilocybin,” said Carhart-Harris.

Prof Alex Kwan, a neuroscientist at Cornell University in New York, said studies in mice had shown that psychedelics can rewire connections between nerves, a form of “plasticity” that could underlie their therapeutic effects. The big question is whether the same occurs in humans. “This study comes closer than most to addressing that question, by giving evidence of lasting changes in brain structure after psychedelic use,” he said. But while the results were “exciting”, the study involved a small number of people and DTI provides an indirect and limited view of brain connections, he said.

From Meaghan Quinlan-Krueger

Eastern Screech Owl

Southern Illinois

Perhaps the least showy duck in the world - that's two males, believe it or not. The females are plainer!?!

Fobney Meadows, nr. Reading, UK

Canon R5MkII + RF200-800

From Ojai Raptor Center

Some young Great Horned Owls choose tree branches. Others choose... heavy machinery.

This Great Horned Owl fledgling was found perched on the seat of a digger, looking very much like it had important work to do. Thankfully, the finder contacted us for assessment, and we were able to determine this was a healthy fledgling, and the owl was left to continue on with it's important owl work.

This is the time of year when fledglings are leaving the nest, exploring their surroundings, and sometimes showing up in the oddest places. In many cases, young birds like this one are healthy and doing exactly what they are supposed to do.

If you find a young bird or other wildlife that appears to be in distress, please contact a licensed wildlife rehabilitator before intervening. What looks like an emergency is not always one, and sometimes the best outcome is to leave the animal right where it is. Photos and videos help us assess the situation, determine whether the animal truly needs rescue, and decide when it is safer and better to let parents continue doing their job.

“I reached out to my good friend Andy Park, who was the genius behind creating the original Wasp super-suit and concept drawings, and I said, ‘Is this true? Is this really what’s happening?'” Lilly said in a video post reacting to reports of Marvel layoffs amid a larger Disney pivot to AI. “He said, ‘Yeah, it’s true.’ I can’t quite believe that… that Disney has let go of the artists who brought the Marvel Universe to life through their genius and that the people who invented these characters and who designed them are being replaced by AI. AI that will take their designs and take what they created and use it to create iterations of that. I am so sorry, Andy. I am so sorry to every one of the artists who were let go.”