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Maynard MA | conservationist & gardener | one polite goblin
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It is simply a real mistake to let the evil heartless people in the world cause you to become more evil and heartless

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UK artist Jane Perkins creates artworks by #recycling found and waste materials such as plastic toys, beads, buttons and shells #WomensArt

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Toby, the Learned Pig

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Ruth Miller, artist who creates hand-embroidered portraits from her studio on the Mississippi Gulf Coast #womensart

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Look at that face. St. Lawrence was an early treasurer of the Church, and when the Roman emperor Valerian demanded he hand over the riches, he gathered a bunch of poor people, disabled people, widows etc, and said, "this is our true wealth," and now he's the patron saint of COMEDIANS

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This whole thread is A+.

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you're gonna wanna see this

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Without saying your age who was your animated crush

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wondering if it's worth doing a psychological deep-dive on a character who has reached higher echelons of a secret society and also reads his young daughter's diary and then gloats to her about it

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Signs of spring, ranked.

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Arundhati Roy, "Another world is not only possible, she is on her way. On a quiet day, I can hear her breathing."

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One time I found a magic pen and this happened

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every time Elon suffers my health replenishes like Link in a fairy fountain

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"How can the new world come?"

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This video is funnier without context, but it is worth noting that Myra is vibing here despite a scary thunderstorm outside. (Song is "Smile Jamaica" by Chronixx.) #dogs #reggae

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Weird: on either side of this mural there is a child with water (?) gathered in its skirts, being pulled away from the naked man by its hair

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Urban trees, even small ones, can reduce water run off by 25%!

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The raised hand is reportedly meant to indicate blessing, but this sure does look like world-spanking.

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.... Sciatica?

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What services do insects provide, and what would the world be like without them? 🪲 Watch the interview on pesticides and #InsectDecline with @paneurope.bsky.social and @davegoulson.bsky.social 🔽 www.pan-europe.info/blog/pestici... #Entomology #SaveOurInsects #InsectScience

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Happy 97th birthday to this diary entry and #LifeGoals moment from Virginia Woolf

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You have to wonder if anybody in the 40s read this and was like ugh, virtue-signalling, can't I just read about a guy punching airplanes in peace

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"we stand for the rule of law."

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This is true. We don’t know the lifespan of Yellow Birch because they are commonly hollow. Despite this, we have documented one at 363 years and another one that is 406 years. Although dead, we have documented 4 of 10 Paper Birch 210-223 yrs

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Venus fly-trap (Dionaea muscipula) flowering at work today :)

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The face I make when I finally admit my tech start-up can't cover its expenses and I must return to the home of my human, whom I loathe.

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this is another thing I'm going to start saying

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gonna start saying this to myself

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Honey bees are domesticated animals introduced from Europe — and aren't endangered, unlike many of North America's over 3600 species of native bees. Honey bees crowd out native bees from food & spread diseases to them. Instead of adding another hive, plant native flowers! xerces.org/blog/want-to...

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