fletchpj @fletchpj@qoto.org
Biologist working in science publishing for 20+ years. Favourite reads: weird fiction; favourite walks: fern-clad lanes in Cornwall; favourite bands: currently King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard. Interested in terrariums, park runs, natural world and fiction writing.
Joined Nov 2022
@picard @carriejonesenstein Thanks for the comments. Now I’m really eager to get started. Just need to finish 2666 by Bolano first.
Some photos from this morning’s walk. I think there are some #liverworts on the twig with the droplet of water. The one with a knot and lateral twig extending from the main trunk looks like an ancient, rheumy eyed salamander with #fungi growing along it’s body. Also, an above and below shot of a cluster of fungi.
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Amber Jelly, Exidia recisa. A Winter fungi and a new find for me, grows on willow and takes on this almost translucent amber colour when wet. Jewels on a twig #MushroomMonday #mushrooms #fungi #cumbria Location, Bowness-on-Solway NNR
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Nudge theory in action. £20 Waterstones Christmas gift card burning a hole in my pocket no longer. #mosstodon and #sporespondence definitely had an influence with these two ‘impulse’ buys today.
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Jelly tooth fungus, Pseudohydnum gelatinosum. Many teeny tiny teeth #fungus #mushrooms
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Discovered this amazing virtual exhibition about thousands of 17th century letters in the Dutch postal system that were never delivered!
New technology enables them to be read without being opened. Learn more here:
http://brienne.org/unlockedbriennearchive
#history #Dutch #DutchHistory #17thcentury #EarlyModern #Europe #EuropeanHistory #letters #Brienne #BrienneCollection #SignedSealedUndelivered
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/dec/26/winter-nature-fungi-moulds-darkness
Flagging this piece from the Guardian. Still plenty to watch out for during winter. Cemeteries are also may favourite haunts for an urban nature walk this time of year.
#mosstodon #sporespondence #SlimeMould
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For this year's gingerbread I made... Curiosity!
#space #gingerbread #nasa #mars #curiosity #baking #astronomy
After countless mince pies and glasses of sherry, it’s those all too rare households that leave out portaloos on Christmas Eve that Santa really appreciates. #merrychristmas
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Holloways - from the Anglo-Saxon ‘hola weg’, or sunken road - are ancient green lanes carved over centuries by livestock, wagon wheels and human feet.
Locals call this one Hunt’s Lane but you won’t find that name on a map. Shivers down your spine are guaranteed as you follow in the footsteps of countless others and wonder: what errands were all those folk doing, what was on their mind?
#holloway #archaeology #medieval #history #environment #Somerset #Quantocks
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I made a tiny sewing machine! It’s a Christmas present for my grandma, who loves sewing and quilting. The model is roughly 1/6th scale and mostly made of basswood, finished with acrylic paint and various metal bits. I based my design on a real vintage Singer model from the 1920s.
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Ghost story for Christmas klaxon. The excellent "Schalcken the Painter" is on BBC4 tonight at 10.30pm, and then on iPlayer. Really not to be missed. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001gc8r
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#ghosts #ghostStoryFor Christmas #haunting #horror
Last day of work before breaking off for Christmas. I concede it may have been a mistake to have the album #NonagonInfinity playing in the background — I’m racing to get everything tied up to a concept album based on the theme of an infinite loop. By all means put the mulled wine on, but I may be some time…
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Howdy! I'm Hazel/Hannah, and I'm an educator who also loves doing fossil illustration! I'm also super into DnD and entomology!
#introduction #paleoart #paleontology #dinosaur
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#DYK that COFFIN COLLARS like this were invented to thwart bodysnatchers in the early 19th century? The collar was fixed around the neck of a corpse and bolted to the bottom of a coffin, making it nearly impossible to remove the body from its grave. Bodysnatchers (or "Ressurectionists") stole bodies to sell to anatomists and medical schools during this period.
Follow me for more medical history!
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What are ephemeral resource patches? How do they shape the evolution of organisms and the structure of ecosystems? We discuss this in our new review!
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/brv.12926
Biologist working in science publishing for 20+ years. Favourite reads: weird fiction; favourite walks: fern-clad lanes in Cornwall; favourite bands: currently King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard. Interested in terrariums, park runs, natural world and fiction writing.
Joined Nov 2022
