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Blowfly - Chrysomya megacephala

Chrysomya megacephala, more commonly known as the oriental latrine fly or oriental blue fly, is a member of the family Calliphoridae (blowflies). It is a warm-weather fly with a greenish-blue metallic box-like body. The fly infests corpses soon after death, making it important to forensic science. This fly is implicated in some public health issues; it can be the cause of myiasis, and also infects fish and livestock. (Text Source: Animalia.bio)

My passion is wildlife photography and every day I will showcase one animal in my feed. I hope I can bring the beauty of nature into your home and show how amazing nature is.
Every single animal needs our protection, as they all play an important part in our survival.

Unfortunately, humans have wiped out on average 60% of mammals, birds, fish and reptiles since 1970 a recent study finds. With my wildlife photo a …

Macro photo of a blowfly sitting on a branch.

A ‘thoroughly white’ novel of national mythmaking: Peter Carey’s True History of the Kelly Gang at 25

"Published at the dawn of the new millennium, True History of the Kelly Gang could be read as reinstating a victimised and innocent white settler subjectivity that was well past its use-by date. It is a thoroughly white story. The almost complete absence of Indigenous characters – except as feared, shadowy figures on the periphery – and the boldness with which Carey’s Kelly claims stolen land as his own through recourse to Irish history and myth obfuscates the fact that the country Carey claims for Kelly was already deeply storied."
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https://theconversation.com/a-thoroughly-white-novel-of-national-mythmaking-peter-careys-true-history-of-the-kelly-gang-at-25-252924

An example of enshittification and how badly Google has broken its core reason for existence, search: Google is using an LLM to "hallucinate" postcodes.

I dunno about other countries, but in Australia, if you get someone's postcode correct and a detail as simple as the recipient's name or nickname, a street name without the number, or the name of a home, then our postal service has a miraculously high success-rate for delivering a letter of parcel to the correct destination. You can write the wrong suburb or state in the address, but if you use the right the postcode, Australia Post delivers. But, without the correct postcode, you're up the creek without a paddle. The wrong postcode lead to delayed delivery or can result in your mail getting the "Return to sender" treatment.

Google Search results _could_ index the database from Australia Post or pay a moderate commercial licensing fee …

Screenshot of a Google Search results page. The search term is "Frankston North postcode". Located above the search results so as to appear to be the most highly ranked search result is the "AI Overview". It says: "The postcode for Frankston North, Victoria, is 3199. You can verify this information on Australia Post's postcode checker." This is an act of Deceptive Design by Google. On the right side of the "AI Overview" is a rectangle highlighted blue that says "3199 Postcode - Australia Post", and has the Australia Post logo, and a link to the Australia Post website with information about postcode 3199. This is also Deceptive Design: it gives the impression of verifying the LLM-generated fiction in the AI Summary, and it adds the weight of authority of Australia Post by appropriating their logo. Underneath the "AI Overview" there's usually a "Show more" button, and in the screenshot we can see that this button has been clicked to reveal a line of small, grey text. It reads: "AI responses may include mistakes." Underneath the "AI Overview" is the genuine list of ranked search results. The top position in the search results is a link and summary of an Australia Post webpage. It states: "Your search for "Frankston North" returned 1 result(s). Please select an item from the list below to view details. Postcode, Suburb, Category. 3200" The correct answer is indeed "3200". Google's "AI Overview" is presenting fiction as fact.