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Here’s a little present for those of you on the Nice list. This is Asarum speciosum, native to Alabama. Isn’t it fantastic? #Aristolochiaceae #Botany 🌾🧪🌱
Close-up of a ground-level cluster of flowers. Each flower is dark purple with white edges and white strips that focus attention to the center of the flower, which is bright green.
December 25, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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There are new pieces of original art available on the Haus of Decline store!
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Additionally, past unsold pieces have been marked down!

Here are some examples of the new work that is available!
A trans woman says "I don't know what it is, but there's something trans as hell about this cactus." She makes a post on social media kissing the cactus with the caption "I Love My Trans Cactus". Comments range from "Cute, OMG, to "Gorgeous Gorgeous Girls love cacti." Two other trans women see the post and one says "yo, that cactus is Trans as hell." A group of trans women are buying cacti in droves. The clerk at the counter says "thank you ladies, you have saved the cactus store!" One blonde Phillie Phanatic lady says "I don't know if we should be doing this..." A dark-haired Phillie Phanatic draws the blonde one's face close. The blonde on continues "your husband is my boss." They kiss forbiddenly. At the Toxic Yuri Writer's Group: Philadelphia Chapter, a woman reading this fiction says sweats hornily and says "yeah, this is some good shit right here..." A man in a tie asks "why are you looking at my feet, Lawrence?" Lawrence knees down and sees the first man's shoes are exactly the make of Sora's from Kingdom Hears. He asks "are those... are those Sora's shoes from Kingdom Hearts?" The first man asks "what's Kingdom Hearts?" causing Lawrence to spirtal. Lawrence frips the side of his head and says "the mystery deepens further..." The first man, angry, points to his feet and says "these are medical orthotics, Lawrence."
December 12, 2025 at 9:47 PM
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My prompt list for October daily drawings--moss and lichen fairies!

#octoberpromptlist #bryophytes
October 1, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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Here’s a monocarpic rainforest legume tree. This is Tachigali versicolor, which has a spectacular buttressed trunk. After reproducing (& producing wind-dispersed fruits), the whole tree dies. Both photos by Reinaldo Aguilar CCBYNCSA2 #Fabaceae #monocarpy #Botany 🌾🧪🌱
Photo of the base of a rainforest tree and its massive buttress roots. Aerial photo of a single, dead, leafless tree surrounded by green, living trees.
July 26, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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🆕 The new issue of Annals of Botany is now online!

🌡️ Climate change & phenology
🔥 Fire & seed dormancy
🌱 Parasitic plant strategies
🧬 Citrus & bryophyte genomics
🌳 Forest vs. savanna expansion
🧩 Evolutionary insights & knowledge gaps

New issue👉 botany.fyi/U92lSy
The cover image shows Nothoceros endiviifolius, a member of the hornworts - a group of land plants characterized by the presence of pyrenoids, which is a key evolutionary trait. In this issue of Annals of Botany, Peñza-Bojacá et al. explore incomplete lineage sorting and ancient reticulation in hornworts as potential scenarios for pyrenoid evolution, based on phylogenetic discordance in the pyrenoid-free Leiosporoceros, thereby providing insight into hornwort diversification and evolution. [See Peñza-Bojacá et al., pp. 1199–1214. Photo Credit: Juan B. Larraí]
July 16, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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Paronychia kurdica Boiss.
Caryophyllaceae
West Azerbaijan, Iran
June 2025
Elevation 2000m
June 25, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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🎉🆕📰🎉: Comparative pericarp biomechanics and germination physiology of Raphanus raphanistrum and Raphanus pugioniformis indehiscent fruits
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June 4, 2025 at 6:11 AM
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Pterocactus (10 spp) means “winged cactus.” These S. American species have dry fruits that break open at maturity to release large, winged seeds. This is a wind-dispersed #cactus! #Opuntoideae #Cactaceae #Tephrocacteae #dispesal. P. tuberosus by Silvina Velez CCBYNC4. #Botany #PlantScience 🌾🧪
Photo of a cactus growing on barren soil. The stems are cylindrical and spiny. The tips of the stems bear old, dried fruits that have split open to reveal stacks of dry, papery, winged seeds.
December 28, 2023 at 12:04 PM
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Soy wax, much used for candles, is not a wax at all! It’s soybean oil (a lipid) hydrogenated sufficiently to become solid at room temperature. It is sometimes blended with beeswax (a wax ester) & essential oils (for fragrance). 📷: Printerval CCBYNC4 #Fabaceae #wax #Botany 🌾🧪🌱
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Photo of a commercially produced lit white candle in a jar (the screw-top lid resting alongside). The words “soy wax” are circled on the label of the candle.
May 24, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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Jojoba oil is not an oil! It’s a wax that is liquid at room temperature. It is extracted from the seeds of Simmondsia chinensis, which, despite the name, is native to the desert Southwest & adjacent Mexico. #Simmondsiaceae #wax #Botany 🌾🧪🌱
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Close-up photo of a leafy shoot bearing brown, shriveled fruits with pale brown, spreading calyces. These are the fruits of jojoba. The leaves are gray-green and stiff. Photo by Scott Zona CC BY-NC 2.0. Photo of a bottle isolated on a white background of jojoba oil. The label says the golden oil is “100% pure.” Photo by Scott Zona CC BY-NC 2.0.
May 24, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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Indie creators and devs! Mike (and I) want to work with you! 😁

If you hold open auditions, where do you usually post them? Social media? Casting sites? A roster or casting director? Do you reach out to actors directly? Do actors reach out to you?
kinglowtier.bsky.social Mike Smith - Voice Actor @kinglowtier.bsky.social · May 20
Hey Voice Actors (and creatives/devs/artists)

I want to start getting into more indie projects like games and animations and the like. Where is the best place on here to find them or who would be someone good to follow? The old castingRT account hasn't been active in a few months unfortunately😞
a man in a suit and tie is saying help a brotha out
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May 21, 2025 at 4:06 AM
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Dionysia mallos Mehregan, Weststr. & Lidén.
This species was discovered and introduced in 2023.

Dena mountains, Iran
April 2025
#Dionysia #Primulaceae #Iran
May 13, 2025 at 8:09 AM
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In honor of Shakespeare’s birthday, I am very excited to announce a new podcast coming soon: The Pod’s the Thing! Produced by me and featuring many amazing (soon to be announced) co-conspirators.

It’s a Shakespeare podcast by actors, for actors, and everyone else.

@podsthething.bsky.social
April 23, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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Sadly there won’t be any Cavalier Chronicles this week, but tomorrow we will have some (scheduled) Unscheduled Mayhem with @thegreatdilemma.bsky.social as she streams JEFF’S GATE (ie, a Jeff the Cool Elf run of Baldur’s Gate 3). Join her at 2pm EDT!

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April 22, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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I’m finally doing as I’ve threatened to do, and am going to stream a Jeff run of BG3 on the 20 to Midnight twitch! Tomorrow at 2pm EDT.

Let’s check out how Patch 8 is with the coolest Elf around.

Baldur who? This is Jeff’s town! 😎
20tomidnight.bsky.social 20 to Midnight @20tomidnight.bsky.social · Apr 22
Sadly there won’t be any Cavalier Chronicles this week, but tomorrow we will have some (scheduled) Unscheduled Mayhem with @thegreatdilemma.bsky.social as she streams JEFF’S GATE (ie, a Jeff the Cool Elf run of Baldur’s Gate 3). Join her at 2pm EDT!

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April 22, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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Now that I live in NC, I have fallen in love with Oxydendrum arboreum. It is a small tree with delicate, little, urn-shaped flowers and fiery fall foliage. 📷: Wendy Cutler CCBY4. #Ericaceae #Botany 🌾🧪🌱
Photo of the inflorescence bearing small, pendulous, white, urn-shaped flowers.
April 14, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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We are playing 20 to Midnight again today, but starting just a bit later than normal, around 2:30 EDT.

The end times have come, but we need to make a couple pit stops before saving the world.

Join us!

Twitch.tv/20toMidnight
April 9, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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This week’s topic is the aroid Amorphophallus (“misshapen penis”). I’ve run into a few over the years. They have the most amazing spathes (the surrounding bract) & spadices (the spikes that bear the flowers). This is A. haematospadix. The visible spadix is sterile. #Araceae #aroid #Botany 🌾🧪🌱
Photo of a single erect peduncle bearing a white spathe surrounding a purple spadix. Photo by Scott Zona CC BY-NC 2.0.
March 24, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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Anacardiaceae are not known for showy flowers. Anacardium braziliense (syn. A. spruceanum) brings the bling with showy bracts subtending the inflorescence (=pseudanthium). 📷1 by esa_bt CCBYNC4. 📷2 by mapoflife_rapidassessments CCBYNC4. #Anacardiaceae #tropicalbotany #Botany 🌾🧪🌱
Photo of leafy shoots. The tips of the shoots bear red, branched panicles of tiny flowers (or flower buds). Large white leaf-shaped bracts subtend the inflorescences like wreaths. Close-up photo of a single inflorescence with its red branches and white or very pale pink bracts.
March 6, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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Wanna watch me @betheyre.bsky.social @schub.es and @gabrielurbina.bsky.social play some DnD?

Tune into our stream 20 to Midnight today at 2:30pm EST! We’re getting close to the end of our campaign, and I personally am hoping to defeat a nemesis today. See you there!

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A new Dungeons and Dragons 5E stream, in which heroes must race against the clock if they want to save the world! Our first campaign, the Cavalier Chronicles, begins October 12th at 2:00 PM Eastern Ti...
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February 13, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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My favourite wildflower, Prickly Saxifrage. Pic 1 shows the normal 5-petal form of this crazy-beautiful little flower. The other pic shows a rare (I’ve only seen one) 20-petal form. Pics from a few years ago at Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada. #wildflower #flower #botany
Photo of a tiny white, 5-petal flower that is covered in pink and yellow polkadots. Photo of a tiny white 20-petal flower that is covered in pink and yellow polkadots.
February 6, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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Listen to my sexy, Lesbian rap music. It is sexy and lesbian.
January 10, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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Live now!
thegreatdilemma.bsky.social Emma Sherr-Ziarko @thegreatdilemma.bsky.social · Jan 8
20 to Midnight is back today! Tune into our Twitch to see us start the year with a splash. 🌊 🐙

We’re starting a little later than normal- at 2:15 EST. We’ll see you there come hell or high water!

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January 8, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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In the nest. Cladonia #lichens and Polytrichum #moss. Northwest Territories, Canada. #fungifriends #bryophytes
A Cladonia lichen that looks like a nest with several baby Cladonia lichens inside.
December 27, 2024 at 4:38 AM
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Back in August I was mesmerised by the gorgeous Marsh Saxifrage Saxifraga hirculus in NE Scotland. Slowly walking along an upland flush counting flowering plants was a privilege indeed. @bsbibotany.bsky.social @bsbiscotland.bsky.social #botany
December 24, 2024 at 5:46 PM