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Parody botanist
Plant-related blog: http://pattheplants.blogspot.com
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December 4, 2025 at 10:31 PM
The Terry Pratchett Estate have announced:

The Roundworld year for 2026 shall be known as [FX Drum Roll]: The Year of the Curious Squid.

Artwork by Discworld artist Paul Kidby.

www.tumblr.com/terrypratche...
December 1, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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Ai slop got me like:
October 14, 2025 at 10:51 PM
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Hell of a thing to put next to a statue of Joan of Arc. (h/t David Pilling)
October 6, 2025 at 1:19 AM
The BBC have libelled Guillermo del Toro with the allegation that his previous film credits included Prometheus. They have edited out the heinous lie but given no apology.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Frankenstein: Guillermo del Toro's Netflix adaptation debuts in Venice
Saltburn star Jacob Elordi is unrecognisable as Frankenstein's creation in the new Netflix adaptation.
www.bbc.co.uk
August 31, 2025 at 12:35 AM
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February 28, 2025 at 2:27 AM
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#Dionysia odora subsp. odora
#Primulaceae
Kermanshah, Iran
April 2025 | Elevation: 1850 m
This species looks like a natural bonsai.
June 29, 2025 at 8:58 AM
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The Met Office is currently looking for people to suggest up to 5 names for storms...

It would be great if thousands all suggested the same 5 names (in alphabetical order as that's how storm names appear):
BigOil, BP, Equinor, Exxon, Shell.

www.metoffice.gov.uk/forms/name-o...
Name our Storms
www.metoffice.gov.uk
June 25, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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eBay have changed their terms of service and you're automatically opted-in for your personal data to be used for AI development and training.
To turn this off, sign into your account click on the Hi (your name)! > My eBay > Account > AI training preferences and you can toggle off the permission.
March 19, 2025 at 5:48 PM
May 13, 2025 at 11:33 PM
The usual forensic comedy from John Oliver. Lost among the massive promotion of anti-trans dogwhistling from the new fascists. www.youtube.com/watch?v=flSS...
Trans Athletes: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
YouTube video by LastWeekTonight
www.youtube.com
May 8, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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ネコ飛出し注意 (neko tobidashi chūi) Means “watch for cats darting out” and I love this sign.
April 7, 2025 at 3:17 AM
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Everyone in the past was neurotypical, which is how we got things like this single-author, eight-volume encyclopedia of ferns
May 6, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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If you use the Biodivisity Heritage Library (I use it almost daily), you'll be saddened (and maybe angered😡) to learn that DOGE+Musk+Trump have eliminated its funding. BHL is looking for a new home. #ILoveBHL

So much f***ing winning.🤬

blog.biodiversitylibrary.org/2025/04/new-...
A New Future for the Biodiversity Heritage Library
The Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL) is the world’s largest open access digital library for biodiversity literature and archives. A global consortium of over 660 contributors, BHL has made more …
blog.biodiversitylibrary.org
April 28, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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April 12, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Seen on Tumblr.
April 8, 2025 at 1:57 AM
I don't normally share petitions but I have bought plants from this place and love their ridiculous range of unusual useful plants.

chng.it/46C2bWtq6y
Sign the Petition
Stop the Destruction of the World-Renowned Dartington Forest Garden
chng.it
March 20, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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February 2, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Gulf of Cuba
January 23, 2025 at 6:09 PM
@rebeccawatson.bsky.social Have you seen this hilarious/sad story of a French mayor and a fortune-teller who is good at impressions? It is worth embezzling public funds for a really good necromancer, I suppose.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
French town reels from scandal involving mayor and fortune teller
The mayor and fortune teller are both being kept in prison under judicial investigation.
www.bbc.co.uk
May 27, 2024 at 2:45 PM