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Scott Cave
@hellabarnes.bsky.social
Once and future historian of colonial Latin America, current stay at home dad. just a clod of the common earth

Posting RVA-area plant pics on Insta @powerlinebotany, for now
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RTO is a plot by Big Sandwich
February 9, 2026 at 10:04 PM
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I just don’t think a freakout about reggaeton is gonna play in Florida.
the moment I realized that florida was different than the rest of the south was when “despacito” came on in an asheville brewery and the sorority girls there did not lose their mind
February 9, 2026 at 1:36 PM
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February 9, 2026 at 1:42 PM
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I love to share a country with a bunch of Grendels that hate our merriment
February 9, 2026 at 2:56 PM
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I’ve finally reached a level of comfort with deep frying to there it no longer terrifies me.
February 9, 2026 at 6:30 PM
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When describing a new species, we often hear about the size, shape, and color of its leaves, flowers, and fruits. But what about its smell?
February 9, 2026 at 5:06 PM
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The Book of Acts: The Tabletop RPG
December 1, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Jake Saul, Logan Paul
Logan Paul, resident of Puerto Rico, realizes what Jake Paul, also resident of Puerto Rico, seemingly does not: calling your neighbors fake Americans unlikely to win you a lot of local love
The social media influencer called out his boxing star sibling over claims that Sunday night's Super Bowl halftime show was un-American.
February 9, 2026 at 8:00 PM
I’ve finally reached a level of comfort with deep frying to there it no longer terrifies me.
February 9, 2026 at 6:30 PM
I love to share a country with a bunch of Grendels that hate our merriment
February 9, 2026 at 2:56 PM
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Los geólogos dan por perdida la batalla con el mar y piden trasladar la línea de tren R1 del Maresme (Cataluña).

Los efectos del cambio climático (episodios climáticos extremos cada vez más frecuentes e intensos), no solo son ambientales, también económicos.
www.lavanguardia.com/local/barcel...
Los geólogos dan por perdida la batalla con el mar y piden trasladar la línea de tren R1 del Maresme
Los ingenieros piden un plan urgente de protección de esta línea frente a las acometidas del mar para evitar las alteraciones del servicio
www.lavanguardia.com
February 9, 2026 at 12:51 PM
February 9, 2026 at 1:42 PM
I just don’t think a freakout about reggaeton is gonna play in Florida.
the moment I realized that florida was different than the rest of the south was when “despacito” came on in an asheville brewery and the sorority girls there did not lose their mind
February 9, 2026 at 1:36 PM
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Ojalá we will all get to spray the servers with a hose in Woke 2
February 9, 2026 at 12:32 AM
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I am not watching the game, but I support y’all in your Carry Nation attitudes towards sports betting
February 9, 2026 at 12:30 AM
I am not watching the game, but I support y’all in your Carry Nation attitudes towards sports betting
February 9, 2026 at 12:30 AM
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getting on that grindset
February 7, 2026 at 7:56 PM
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the thing no one ever mentions about these guys is that this shit is incredibly lame. it’s like imposing gluten intolerance on yourself for kicks.
RFK Jr on what he'll eat during the Super Bowl: "I am on a carnivore diet so I just eat meat and ferments, and I'm very happy with that. So I'm probably going to have yogurt."
February 8, 2026 at 6:44 PM
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Sanxingdui: remarkable bronze sculptures with a fascinating, slightly haunting style

Also Sanxingdui:
February 8, 2026 at 6:56 PM
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these eggs are good as hell

youtu.be/ONYflj0I2QI?...
Cantonese style Scrambled Eggs (黄埔炒蛋)
YouTube video by Chinese Cooking Demystified
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February 8, 2026 at 9:01 PM
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winter textures 🌿

Andropogon gyrans | Elliot’s bluestem

the characteristic little spoons of former seed pods on Scutellaria spp. | skullcap

Chasmanthium laxum, a common grass in sandy areas

the little vase-shaped seed vessels of Rhexia spp. | meadow beauty
January 4, 2024 at 10:27 PM
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🌿 flowers of the day

Ceanothus americanus | new jersey tea
Oenothera fruticosa | narrow-leaves sundrops
Scutellaria integrifolia | skullcap
the bluest Lobela spicata | pale spike lobelia I have ever seen

#nativeplants
May 29, 2024 at 2:54 AM
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🌿 big shout out to the north shore of lakes, which have a combo of not-many-trees and good sun exposure that keep grassland plants happy even as full canopy forest encroaches elsewhere.

Coreopsis verticillata

Scutellaria elliptica

Scutellaria integrifolia

#nativeplants
June 4, 2024 at 1:20 AM
between this morning and tuesday afternoon it is supposed to get 47 degrees warmer
February 8, 2026 at 10:39 PM
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the one good Andrew Tate tweet
February 8, 2026 at 6:51 PM