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Melbourne. Artwork on stone by BokBok and Iya. Born at 314.3 ppm CO2 in the atmosphere. Currently at 421.55 ppm. Sorry, now it’s 424.6.

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How about this! Jeremy carries a UV torch because so many of our native #mushrooms glow in its beam. Look at this truffle thing. The #fungus is a delicate mauve in daylight and a funky disco blue under UV. No, I don’t remember its name (and I don’t really care). @lukelukeluke.bsky.social

The little fan on the left is something called Cat's Tongue, because, well, as you can see it has these tiny protuberances that look like… And the gorgeous ones on the right can be used for dying stuff. #Kinglake3763 #mushrooms #fungi

The little fan on the left is something called Cat's Tongue, because, well, as you can see it has these tiny protuberances that look like… And the gorgeous ones on the right can be used for dying stuff. #Kinglake3763 #mushrooms #fungi

Ready to post just a few photos from my mushroom walk at #Kinglake3763 with Jeremy from Partial Veil (look him up). These black fingers are a parasitic mushroom that grows from the head of hibernating caterpillars! Faaaaark!

Ready to post just a few photos from my mushroom walk at #Kinglake3763 with Jeremy from Partial Veil (look him up). These black fingers are a parasitic mushroom that grows from the head of hibernating caterpillars! Faaaaark!

Shades of Greta Thunberg and that idiot “man”.

An instagram influencer posted images of her life in Dubai but in doing so, inadvertently revealed details about the whereabouts of her husband, an alleged Bosnian cartel member. Our latest guide explains how we located them. www.bellingcat.com/resources/20...

Exploring the Skyline: How we Located an Alleged Cartel Member in Dubai - bellingcatwww.bellingcat.com How we used features of the skyline to narrow down the whereabouts of an alleged cartel member in the UAE.

My Gorgeous Sun asked me to keep my eyes peeled for a VCR recorder. I found one at the op shop in #Epping3076 2 hours later. Sold “as is” so I hope it works for him.

A game I’ve been playing for about 6 months has frozen on me. By my calculations I’m about 11 days from the end but I can’t get in. I’ve tried turning off and on, logging out and in, searching for solutions and now wonder if it’s a design element. 😡

“Without gravity, bodily fluids are not drawn towards the feet but instead shift towards the head, leading to a sensation like having a blocked nose.” I love shit like this. #ISS #food #InternationalSpaceStation

Astronauts don’t eat enough because food tastes bland in space. We’re trying to work out whytheconversation.com Think plane food tastes bland? It’s even worse 100km up – and hungry astronauts need a solution

Live stream of a den of rattle snakes somewhere in Colorado. (Way more creepy than that cartoon paints it. 😮)

Project Rattlecam | Explore the Secret LIves of Rattlesnakes | Rattlesnake Camrattlecam.org Join the collaboration between Project Rattlecam, Cal Poly, and Central Coast Snake Services to study and raise awareness about the importance of rattlesnakes in the ecosystem. Discover our mission...

Further “Australian singers” confession: Casey Donovan and Kasey Chambers. 🤦🏻‍♀️

Confession: in my mind there was only one Donovan singer, not Emma AND Casey.

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Happy b'day to this Queen, whom I recently had the absolutely joyful experience of meeting for the first time! 👩‍🔬

Happy birthday to #astrophysicist Jocelyn Bell Burnell! In 1967, she was a grad student when she discovered the 1st radio pulsar, a highly magnetized, rotating neutron star that emits a beam of EM radiation. This radiation can only be observed when the star is pointed towards us; 🧵1/n 🧪🐡👩🏻‍🔬 #histsci

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You're never late to a book. Books don't have a use by date, they're always brand new the first time you read them.

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Mountains between New York and Newfoundland were formed during the Acadian orogeny roughly 375 million years ago. This is very approximately as old as the earliest fossil evidence of copulation in animals, meaning that some of the Appalachian mountains are quite literally old as fuck.

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The US has returned to 2015/16, learned nothing. Next year we have a federal election in Australia. Let’s not go backwards. Let’s vote for candidates who will represent us and our electorates well and serve the country well. Don’t vote on old party loyalty, vote for a better future. #AusPol

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IDK who the first person to express this sentiment was, but: "When people talk about traveling to the past, they worry about radically changing the present by doing something small, but barely anyone in the present really thinks that they can radically change the future by doing something small."

What are people doing w/neighbors & friends to create & nurture networks of collective care & mutual aid? What small but significant (or super size me and spectacular, and everything in between) actions & practices are people talking about, preparing for, or taking?

Wordle 1,124 2/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Woo-hoo!

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These clouds are called Undulatus asperatus and were spotted in Gorham, New Hampshire Sunday July 14th Credit- Crystal Lee

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Congratulations to Bluesky on reaching 6 million accounts and 26 active users!

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Undo the shackles of conformity my friends, and take a chance on yourself. No one becomes a daring blimp pirate or notorious bog witch by playing it safe.

TLDR: Boeing is letting the whole team down. #ISS #InternationalSpaceStation

Astronauts are stuck on the International Space Station after yet more problems with Boeing’s beleaguered Starlinertheconversation.com The spacecraft’s return has been delayed while experts study helium leaks and thruster problems.

A COVID Action Map. Different sorts of groups helping in various ways: events, clean air, masks, etc. #AusPol #COVID19 #PublicHealth

COVID Action Map - Google My Mapswww.google.com Mapping COVID action groups worldwide. Groups are not pinned to exact addresses. On Instagram and Twitter as @covidactionmap.

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timeline cleanse hat tip @penryu.bsky.social

Doc cut into my sebaceous cyst today and probably squeezed out a bunch of infected “material”. The antibiotics weren’t working. Damn! I took them unnecessarily, as it transpires. I’m feeling a little better and I don’t know if it’s physical or psychological.

Confession: in my mind there was only one Donovan singer, not Emma AND Casey.

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If you want access to free books, please get a library card. In the US, the more people there are with library cards, the more funding libraries have access to. Libraries provide more than books. They are a community resource. As an author and reader, I support libraries! #books #libraries

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i love the phrase "something or other." the idea of "something" being too specific. i cant commit to it being something

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This summer I will be supporting the Mongolian Olympic team because this is their uniform and it is a thousand times better than anything Nike has ever made.

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Astrophysicist Jocelyn Bell Burnell was born #OTD in 1943. As a Cambridge grad student in 1967, she discovered an entirely new type of celestial object: Pulsars! In 1974 the Nobel was given to her advisor; she was left off. 🧪 👩‍🔬 🔭 Photo: National Science & Media Museum

“…with extra pepperoni.” But no pineapple. 😂

Artistic illustrations play an important role in #science communication by helping the public conceptualise complex ideas through visual media. But sometimes artists just ctrl-c/ctrl-v a bunch of elements and we end up with what looks like a galaxy with extra pepperoni

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Things are weird and unpleasant in the news! I like to counterprogram my brain and looking at / processing photos does that for me, so hey, here are four photos of mine from my trip to Portugal. Please to enjoy. Or don't. I'm not your boss. I was, but they fired me for stealing office supplies.