Phil Garnock-Jones
@theobrominated.bsky.social
Retired botanist, focusing on flower biology. 🐸🎸
My book "He Puāwai, a natural history of New Zealand flowers" (Auckland University Press, 2025) illustrated with >500 stereo pair photographs.
Whakatū, Aotearoa. orcid.org/0000-0002-2539-4152
My book "He Puāwai, a natural history of New Zealand flowers" (Auckland University Press, 2025) illustrated with >500 stereo pair photographs.
Whakatū, Aotearoa. orcid.org/0000-0002-2539-4152
Reposted by Phil Garnock-Jones
That argument was thin anyway.
"Why should I bother doing good things when other people are doing bad things?"
"Why should I bother doing good things when other people are doing bad things?"
November 11, 2025 at 8:52 AM
That argument was thin anyway.
"Why should I bother doing good things when other people are doing bad things?"
"Why should I bother doing good things when other people are doing bad things?"
Nectarine will have a wrinkly endocarp (the hard bit around the seed); cherry or plum will be smooth.
November 11, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Nectarine will have a wrinkly endocarp (the hard bit around the seed); cherry or plum will be smooth.
Hmm, you're right that it's a Prunus. Only one way to find out what the fruit are like. If the fruit are too big for a bird to swallow then it's most likely deliberately planted.
November 11, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Hmm, you're right that it's a Prunus. Only one way to find out what the fruit are like. If the fruit are too big for a bird to swallow then it's most likely deliberately planted.
That seems ... absurd. Perhaps an image will work?
November 11, 2025 at 2:10 AM
That seems ... absurd. Perhaps an image will work?
It’s because airports need to sell you food at grossly inflated prices to be profitable. If everyone brought sandwiches the whole system would collapse.
November 10, 2025 at 9:06 PM
It’s because airports need to sell you food at grossly inflated prices to be profitable. If everyone brought sandwiches the whole system would collapse.
If Chippy isn’t going with TPM then Winston has spotted an opportunity for 2026.
November 10, 2025 at 7:42 PM
If Chippy isn’t going with TPM then Winston has spotted an opportunity for 2026.
Does poking something through the hole in the stopper help? Like a 6” nail or a bolt. I used to use my toothbrush handle when I was little, but that was with the old style metal stopper. Once broke the toothbrush.
November 10, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Does poking something through the hole in the stopper help? Like a 6” nail or a bolt. I used to use my toothbrush handle when I was little, but that was with the old style metal stopper. Once broke the toothbrush.
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The mental gymnastics necessary to suggests that an imported (and invasive) species can be good for “maintaining and improving natural biodiversity and forest health” must be astonishing and not achievable to most mortals
November 10, 2025 at 6:04 AM
The mental gymnastics necessary to suggests that an imported (and invasive) species can be good for “maintaining and improving natural biodiversity and forest health” must be astonishing and not achievable to most mortals
More green shoots on the landlords’ money tree.
November 9, 2025 at 4:33 AM
More green shoots on the landlords’ money tree.
Only 1, #9.
The missing #19 could be "opened a car window by winding a handle that worked when the engine was turned off", one of my pet peeves about modern cars.
The missing #19 could be "opened a car window by winding a handle that worked when the engine was turned off", one of my pet peeves about modern cars.
November 8, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Only 1, #9.
The missing #19 could be "opened a car window by winding a handle that worked when the engine was turned off", one of my pet peeves about modern cars.
The missing #19 could be "opened a car window by winding a handle that worked when the engine was turned off", one of my pet peeves about modern cars.