I love how the French flag is a backdrop here

It’s unfortunate that there are negative stereotypes of vultures as creepy just because they eat carrion, as they’re the janitors who take care of the messes that others don’t want to deal with.

I encourage everyone who sees this comment to check out the article, including the giant list of related stories at the bottom, and see if there’s anything going on near you. There’s a ton of stuff from many different states mentioned – Wisconsin, Idaho, Florida, Maryland, Massachusetts, Texas, California, Missouri, Arizona, Michigan, Virginia, Arkansas, South Carolina… Even if there’s nothing in your local area, you should be vigilant about what’s going on in your local area, and be active in local government.

If you’re an elections geek (like me) or have friends in the St. Petersburg, Florida area, you might want to know about that one crazy candidate, Danielle Marolf, for Pinellas County school board (Florida, basically St. Petersburg) who’s lying about the availability of a book that’s already been banned, and campaigning on this lie. Marolf is running against incumbent school board chair Laura Hine in this year’s school board elections.

Maybe this is why they named a Super Mario RPG boss after this genus

It’s the lack of lignin (bamboo uses silica as a strengthener)

Oh I see

Excellent!

Um

The second wrong.

Or…only one

Dimension

https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/loss

I don’t mind having an excuse to get ourselves a new calendar system :P

then write the year before the month before the day 😈

A local park ranger I know likes to remark that our state tree is a grass. (I’m in Florida.)

But I’d say that’s also inaccurate. IMO, grasses are in the family Poaceae, and palms are in the family Arecaceae. I guess one could remark that our state tree is a commelinid…but I don’t think tourists would get as much of a kick out of that.

🎵 Ya ya ya ya ya 🎵

How many social credit points do I lose if I refer to bamboo products as “wood” outside of botany nerd circles?

Talk about invasive species!

“Frickin’ beautiful.”

Time to post one of my favorite songs:

https://youtu.be/PKQPey6L42M

(“Da Coconut Nut”, by Ryan Cayabyab. This version is probably the one performed by his group, Smokey Mountain.)

This song reminds us that the coconut is not a nut; it is the fruit of the cocopalm.

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Maybe humans should invest in some ecosystems to handle the poop, rather than trying to keep birds off and getting pwned.