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Former historian, current stay at home dad. just a clod of the common earth Posting RVA-area plant pics on Insta @ctznbotany, for now
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Asclepias variegata | red-ring milkweed, one of our rarest milkweeds in these parts. milkweeds have an odd reproductive strategy where the sperm (pollen) is contained in a little packet that sticks to pollinator legs and gets slotted in the side of the flower, the stigmatic slit. #nativeplants

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i observe Prairial all year long

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the guy who invented ricotta salata:

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The burnings will continue until morels improve.

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Asclepias variegata | red-ring milkweed, one of our rarest milkweeds in these parts. milkweeds have an odd reproductive strategy where the sperm (pollen) is contained in a little packet that sticks to pollinator legs and gets slotted in the side of the flower, the stigmatic slit. #nativeplants

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i observe Prairial all year long

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The 12th century Ghaznavid minaret of Masud III in Ghazni, modern southeastern Afghanistan.

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ANDOR CHARACTERS AS DRIL TWEETS: Vel Sartha

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neurospicy but the spice is asafoetida. stinky brain

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speck is lowkey goated when obscure pizza meats is the vibe

submitted 78 days ago • 1 comment

why does kash patel always look like he’s doing reaction shots for the office

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working a double at the consent factory

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I saw it again today. I had no idea how isolated this population is!

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the most half-assed flower in the world, from a scrophularia species.

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In the Pines is definitely a song that feels to me on the edge of an entirely different cultural world. It's cultural uncanny valley to me, close enough for me to see the contours, yet obviously set against background expectations that are unfamiliar and lost to me.

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heath hens are an extinct eastern subspecies of prairie chicken, btw. They ranged from NOVAfrom New Hampshire and were one of the animals that were initially so numerous we hunted them to death. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heath_hen

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American chestnut (might happen in my lifetime) heath hen (an east coast prairie chicken. look ‘em up) Thismia americana (a parasitic plant from Chicago and environs) Steller’s sea cow Ivory-billed woodpecker Carolina parakeet Great auk

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the only true nottoway is in virginia. I’m glad that abomination burned down.

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best unicode character is "ꙮ" without a doubt. used one time in a single 15th century manuscript to emphasise "many-eyed seraphim" and unicode thought it was really important that we can type that whenever we want

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shunting all of my previous opinions and takes into the "LEGENDS" continuity where I can selectively choose to bring them back into current canon, but otherwise you can't get mad at me for them

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Any bug-knowers know this loooong damselfly?

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the most half-assed flower in the world, from a scrophularia species.

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I saw it again today. I had no idea how isolated this population is!

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Grocery Smut Eye, AL

submitted 4 days ago • 9 comments

how is the south real?

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IT'S HIM @hellabarnes.bsky.social

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A little tattered from the weather, but the arnica was really going off today

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Grevillea wilsonii - Wilson’s grevillea A common shrub in the Perth Hills which flowers from May through to December. Flowers cluster at the end of branches, initially red but turning black as they age. #ozflora #wildoz #nativeplants #bloomscrolling 🌿

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how is the south real?

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without prompting, i read this to the tune of “deep in the heart of texas” and now you can too

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I have been thinking about this skeet for 24 days now i felt compelled to make this. it was a satisfying exercise. may ever iota of pain RFK causes be revisited upon him tenfold

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without prompting, i read this to the tune of “deep in the heart of texas” and now you can too

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