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Michael Helfrich
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Opinions are my own. Likes are not an endorsement. (he/him/his).

Plant stuff at www.mikescarnivores.com
Meanwhile — our tuxedo cat always sits with his LEGO clone.
October 20, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Unfortunately one of the ones listed is led by an anti-abortion group in my area (Operation Overpass). Really wish some of these efforts had a bit more vetting about who is hosting them.
October 10, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Just missing the retro vibes of MS DOS and then they’ve really come full circle with this rebranding.

Really feel like this is somehow still a joke and yet it’s not.
August 18, 2025 at 2:50 PM
The wildest part is we now know he used his mother’s gun.

She’s a retired Leon County Sheriff’s Deputy and this was her service weapon.

His instagram also has some aggressive religious quotes like Jeremiah 51:20, 1776 references (showing Trump support openly), etc that I saw in the archives prior.
April 17, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Same for me.

I graduated the semester of the shooting that happened on campus at Strozier in 2014. It’s sad that just a little over 10 years later, FSU has experienced yet another awful incident regarding gun violence.
April 17, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Suspect has been captured. They are not dead based on any sources.

Just a heads up.

apnews.com/live/florida...
Florida State University shooting live updates: A suspect is in custody and multiple victims reported
Florida State University reported an active shooter Thursday on its Tallahassee campus. Police are on campus and those affected are being treated at Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare.
apnews.com
April 17, 2025 at 5:49 PM
No it isn’t. This is misinformation.

The picture says “Androscoggin County” which is in Maine.

The image shown is from a gunman in Lewiston, Maine.
April 17, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Oddly enough, the vendor I got this specific one from still has a few from their recent lowland import if you're still itching for one haha.

https://wickedplantco.com/product/nepenthes-bicalcarata-6/

I've been a big fan of this nursery and their imports.
June 11, 2023 at 2:30 PM
It really is. The fangs just mesmerize me haha.
June 11, 2023 at 1:44 PM
Thanks for the kind words! I'm at around 70 Nepenthes species inside and outside right now. Humidity is probably the biggest challenge for these plants. FWIW we're in zone 9b and mostly do lowland and intermediate Nepenthes outside. I grow a variety and some highland species indoors.
June 11, 2023 at 1:43 PM