Michael Palmer
@cosmopterix.bsky.social
Retired botanist but doing #entomology on a wildfire impacted landscape in Oregon.
INaturalist Ambassador.
INaturalist handle @cosmopterix
INaturalist Ambassador.
INaturalist handle @cosmopterix
Five years ago: www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/20...
Therapy llama ‘Caesar the No Drama Llama’ calms tensions at protests
Caesar, also called a “llamactivist,” offers emotional-support hugs, which people will line up to give him.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Five years ago: www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/20...
If that’s Ceasar the No Drama Llama, he’s been a Portland celebrity for several years.
November 11, 2025 at 6:33 AM
If that’s Ceasar the No Drama Llama, he’s been a Portland celebrity for several years.
Thank you! Perhaps it’s time to remove Schumer as leader?
November 10, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Thank you! Perhaps it’s time to remove Schumer as leader?
I just reposted this to the Bug Lab discord server
November 9, 2025 at 4:48 PM
I just reposted this to the Bug Lab discord server
I will put in a plug for Eugene’s toolbox project! It has fixit events (including clothes mending) plus ultra low cost tool rental
November 4, 2025 at 7:49 PM
I will put in a plug for Eugene’s toolbox project! It has fixit events (including clothes mending) plus ultra low cost tool rental
I quartered and cired them, boiled them in 1:1 sugar water until syrup tasted good, drained off syrup, cut into ~1cm cubes, and dehydrated them on fruit leather sheets.
November 3, 2025 at 7:57 PM
I quartered and cired them, boiled them in 1:1 sugar water until syrup tasted good, drained off syrup, cut into ~1cm cubes, and dehydrated them on fruit leather sheets.
The other half is coming out of the wall in the adjoining room
November 3, 2025 at 4:57 PM
The other half is coming out of the wall in the adjoining room
Thanks! We are always trying to find a use for ours, beyond quince syrup. This year we are lightly candying and dehydrating some in hopes they can be a citron substitute for fruit cake
November 3, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Thanks! We are always trying to find a use for ours, beyond quince syrup. This year we are lightly candying and dehydrating some in hopes they can be a citron substitute for fruit cake
Do you wait until the quince turns fully yellow?
November 3, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Do you wait until the quince turns fully yellow?
I have been really finding Discord useful for niche science stuff.
November 2, 2025 at 1:35 PM
I have been really finding Discord useful for niche science stuff.
6-7 days is peak, to my taste
November 1, 2025 at 3:51 PM
6-7 days is peak, to my taste
Or, “we hire ecologists so that they can teach intro courses”
October 30, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Or, “we hire ecologists so that they can teach intro courses”
I have quite a few semi double fuchsias. They don’t look like the single fuchsias though.
October 28, 2025 at 3:06 PM
I have quite a few semi double fuchsias. They don’t look like the single fuchsias though.
Diptera: hold my beer
October 28, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Diptera: hold my beer
With no complaints from the rest of us
October 25, 2025 at 3:14 AM
With no complaints from the rest of us
Ok, thanks! We just picked the last of our jalapeños and am eager to get started.
October 20, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Ok, thanks! We just picked the last of our jalapeños and am eager to get started.
How long do you ferment prior to making salsa?
October 20, 2025 at 4:37 PM
How long do you ferment prior to making salsa?