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🌿M.T.Botany

@mtbotany.bsky.social

Botanizer. I'm not mad, just irresponsible. Also not a person made of plants or a killer robot pretending to be human, honest. Wikipedia editor that writes about plants. Normally I post lots about plants, but also expect travel insanity thru September.

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🌿M.T.Botany@mtbotany.bsky.social · 6d ago

*standing up on a plane* You don't need to know every plant in the world, but your life will be so much better if the plants that grow where you live are more than just background set dressing. First up are the oaks, now...

Claire Willett@clairewillett.bsky.social · 6d ago

*standing up on the plane* healthy participation in fandom demands the ability to engage with a text from two different directions simultaneously, in which it is BOTH a piece of media in the real world of which you are obligated to permit public critique, AND an imaginary landscape where you are God

🌿M.T.Botany@mtbotany.bsky.social · 7d ago

And this looks like fun. Cafe Savoy, which looks fairly queer, has a brunch on the first Sunday of the month. Buffet for €25 cafe-savoy.at/en/

The coffee house with history and Viennese flair - Café Savoy

Since 1897. The coffee House with History and Viennese Flair. Austrian Cuisine at the Naschmarkt.

cafe-savoy.at

🌿M.T.Botany@mtbotany.bsky.social · last wk.

Next restaurant Elvira's Restaurant, a Ukrainian place southeast of the center of the city in Vienna. Maybe go twice. www.elvirasrestaurant.at

🌿M.T.Botany@mtbotany.bsky.social · last wk.

Next restaurant Elvira's Restaurant, a Ukrainian place southeast of the center of the city in Vienna. Maybe go twice. www.elvirasrestaurant.at

Elvira's Restaurant – Hausgemachte ukrainische Küche in Wien, 3. Bezirk, Essen zum Mitnehmen bestellen, Mittagsmenü

Wir sind ein Restaurant mit traditioneller ukrainischer Küche. Wir lieben unsere authentische Küche und die Art der Gastronomie, die wesentlich ursprünglicher wirkt und weniger auf Effekthascherei set...

elvirasrestaurant.at

🌿M.T.Botany@mtbotany.bsky.social · 3w ago

I think I found the place where I will go for a full on splurge Wienner Schnitzel Huth in the southeast of the inner city. www.openstreetmap.org/node/901058081

Andrew Warren@andybugguy.bsky.social · 2w ago

This anglewing butterfly is very rarely seen because it basically never visits flowers or damp ground- it is a sap feeder. Endemic to Colorado’s Front Range: Polygonia oreas nigrozephyrus Douglas County, Colorado

🌿M.T.Botany@mtbotany.bsky.social · 2w ago

Something is wrong with the air conditioning here at The Secret Archive. 25°C (80 in cookieland units) and 50% humidity. Bah. If it gets to 27°C I am going to use my vast, vast authority to close down the archive for the rest of the day and going for ice cream.

Dean Nicolle@deannicolle1.bsky.social · 2w ago

A 505 mm x 170 mm leaf from a Eucalyptus ptychocarpa tree planted in Malanda, FNQ. Some of the buds on this tree appeared engorged by insect larvae. I'm wondering if they are fig wasp larvae that erroneously picked a euc instead of a fig - Can any entomologists out there provide any insight?

A leaf and a flower bud from the tree.An engorged flower bud from the tree.An engorged flower bud from the tree, cut open to reveal tiny insect larvae.Close-up of an engorged flower bud from the tree, cut open to reveal tiny insect larvae.
🌿M.T.Botany@mtbotany.bsky.social · 2w ago

Loot drop after defeating me: – random botanical text – silver coin – headphones and music player – umbrella (black) – fascinating, valuable? stone* – cast iron skillet, +3 damage – bag of nuts (hehehehe) – unbreakable tea cup – black leather coat, +1 sexy

Kingfisher & Wombat@tkingfisher.com · 2w ago

Loot drop after defeating me: - bird guide - 1 pair masterwork binoculars - Hat of Magnificence (+1 to Intimidate and Performance, -2 to Stealth) - Wondrous Item: Author Copies* - Book Contract (cursed) - random cheese - cat hair (also cursed)

🌿M.T.Botany@mtbotany.bsky.social · 2w ago

Took the survey this morning. Short and to the point. BHL is probably my third most visited site for research after POWO and archive.org

Biodiversity Heritage Library@biodivlibrary.bsky.social · 3w ago

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🌿M.T.Botany@mtbotany.bsky.social · 3w ago

Five living authors I have read five or more books by. T. Kingfisher Martha Wells Lois McMaster Bujold Robin McKinley David Attenborough But I think it really unfair that Susanna Clarke has only ever published three books.

Michael Roberts is categorically not building machetebots@vivtek.com · 4w ago

Definitely easier when you can steal two, but still - a lot of my buy-always authors have died. Lois McMaster Bujold Charlie Stross Daniel Keys Moran Becky Chambers Robert Jackson Bennett

🌿M.T.Botany@mtbotany.bsky.social · 4w ago

I think I might need to change my nearly all plants guarantee for my BlueSky. Because I'm working on a top secret project (shh, don't tell anyone) where I go to visit Habsburg gardens.

Don Yee@mosquitolab.bsky.social · last mo.

Coming to this post late but this is absolutely true. Zappers are one of the largest on-going gimmicks to reduce mosquito numbers. It's more likely to wipe out pollinators and beneficial insects. There is definitely a strong placebo effect due to the "zap" we hear and then associate with a + effect.

Colin Purrington@colinpurrington.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The nearly 2 million bug zappers sold in the United States each year cause the needless deaths of billions of innocent insects. We need to get the word out that they don't control mosquitoes. Please share this list with your neighbors. #mosquitoes #insects colinpurrington.com/2026/06/10-r...