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Spacenerd19

@spacenerd19.bsky.social

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Space, plants, plants in space, history, social sciences etc etc. #lifelonglearner super married to @megcooper.com he/him/y’all

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Spacenerd19 @spacenerd19.bsky.social · 11h

Aging suckkkss. I threw mine out standing up from the couch. Wishing you a quick recovery.

Spacenerd19 @spacenerd19.bsky.social · 13h

Happy birthday!

Spacenerd19 @spacenerd19.bsky.social · 13h

Plants acquired! I got 1 or 2 of each.

Spacenerd19 @spacenerd19.bsky.social · 16h

The best kind of morning texts. Free plants please come 🌱🌿

Text messages reads:

Good morning. Do you want to. One get the witch hazel today and rescue a beauty berry, climbing aster and a coral honeysuckle that needs love!

Spacenerd19 @spacenerd19.bsky.social · 16h

Orchid is readying a show.

Closeup of orchid flowering branch with half a dozen buds forming

Spacenerd19 @spacenerd19.bsky.social · 16h

The best kind of morning texts. Free plants please come 🌱🌿

Spacenerd19 @spacenerd19.bsky.social · 18h

Love that color!

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Spacenerd19 @spacenerd19.bsky.social · 18h

Wow. I had no idea they got that big

Spacenerd19 @spacenerd19.bsky.social · 1d

Still blooming at the garden #bloomscrolling

A beautiful sunflower shades of red to yellow

Spacenerd19 @spacenerd19.bsky.social · 1d

Omg. I wanna people watch this convention(s) soooo hard.

Spacenerd19 @spacenerd19.bsky.social · 2d

Important not to search the internet to verify this post.

Spacenerd19 @spacenerd19.bsky.social · 2d

Every time someone sees me do it, they walk away assuming I’m looking for drugs I assume.

Spacenerd19 @spacenerd19.bsky.social · 2d

Oh shit I’m jelly now. I want a mycologist down the street.

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Spacenerd19 @spacenerd19.bsky.social · 2d

Oh wow. Never seen one that looked similar

Spacenerd19 @spacenerd19.bsky.social · 2d

I think that’s an inky cap. Agree on fall vibes

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Spacenerd19 @spacenerd19.bsky.social · 2d

I really don’t understand this at all being last of GenX, but I do see it in my life. Folks I never would have thought would vote Trump did.

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Spacenerd19 @spacenerd19.bsky.social · 2d

Man the joro spider populations EXPLODED this year. They arrived 3ish years ago. Were noticeable bc large spider in a large web, but this year the numbers are insane. I’m talking 80% of spider webs. You’ll see 8-12 webs between power poles. It’s nuts.

silhouette of large spider in a web dotted with many stuck insect.

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Spacenerd19 @spacenerd19.bsky.social · 3d

Been meaning to watch that

Spacenerd19 @spacenerd19.bsky.social · 3d

It’s times like this that having a drug problem seems reasonable.

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Sarah Kendrew @sarahkendrew.bsky.social · 3d

The preliminary report is that #JWSTCycle5 was another record-breaker! Well done everyone 👏🔭 Can't wait to see our slate of new #MIRI programs for the new cycle (though we will have to wait until 2026 for that).

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Spacenerd19 @spacenerd19.bsky.social · 3d

Bigger than an apricot!!!! Mind blown

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Spacenerd19 @spacenerd19.bsky.social · 3d

The Apple thing is nuts. Entire groups trying to find “lost” varieties out there.

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Sarah Primate @langurlover.bsky.social · 3d

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Flamingos are making a home in Florida again after 100 years—an ecologist explains why they may be returning for good

Hurricane Idalia blew a flamboyance, or flock, of 300–400 flamingos that was likely migrating between the Yucatan Peninsula and Cuba off course in August 2023 and unceremoniously deposited the birds a...

phys.org

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Spacenerd19 @spacenerd19.bsky.social · 3d

Meeee tooo. Theres a bunch of canyonlands in northern Alabama. I spent a ton of time there playing when I was younger. Always thought there were weird plants there. Later learned it’s one of the most biodiverse areas in the lower 48. Tons of species only live there.

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Spacenerd19 @spacenerd19.bsky.social · 3d

TIL, there’s a species of North American with hazel that lives in a single county.( really a long a single waterway) www.fs.usda.gov/wildflowers/... always fascinated by small territory plants. They are several native plums that live in just a county or 2 in Texas.

www.fs.usda.gov

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Spacenerd19 @spacenerd19.bsky.social · 3d

It doesn’t sulk for long.

Same coffee plant with the leaves greatly perked up.

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