Caro Mersi
@drcaromers.bsky.social
Carer, humanist, former academic /educator. Knows some things.
Gardener, plant, bird and animal appreciator.
Covid and LC aware. Climate emergency. Social justice. Protect and respect kids
Agreeable, introverted.
On Noongar Boodjar.
Gardener, plant, bird and animal appreciator.
Covid and LC aware. Climate emergency. Social justice. Protect and respect kids
Agreeable, introverted.
On Noongar Boodjar.
Pinned
Almost missed #RoseWednesday. Double delight. 🌱
December 17, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Almost missed #RoseWednesday. Double delight. 🌱
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A list of five more ways to say “nobody asked you” from around the world…
5. Deal with your own cabbages (Italian)
4. Keep your own owl straight (Punjabi)
3. Go and wipe your own nose (Korean)
2. Why is this making your arse itch? (Finnish)
1. Unload your own donkey (Arabic)
5. Deal with your own cabbages (Italian)
4. Keep your own owl straight (Punjabi)
3. Go and wipe your own nose (Korean)
2. Why is this making your arse itch? (Finnish)
1. Unload your own donkey (Arabic)
December 17, 2025 at 1:39 PM
A list of five more ways to say “nobody asked you” from around the world…
5. Deal with your own cabbages (Italian)
4. Keep your own owl straight (Punjabi)
3. Go and wipe your own nose (Korean)
2. Why is this making your arse itch? (Finnish)
1. Unload your own donkey (Arabic)
5. Deal with your own cabbages (Italian)
4. Keep your own owl straight (Punjabi)
3. Go and wipe your own nose (Korean)
2. Why is this making your arse itch? (Finnish)
1. Unload your own donkey (Arabic)
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Gang gang cockatoo science is sometimes quite undignified 🥲
December 17, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Gang gang cockatoo science is sometimes quite undignified 🥲
Reposted by Caro Mersi
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"In politics, economics and the `human' sciences, the inseparability of subject and object is everywhere resurgent where the simulated objectivity of science had taken hold over the last three centuries."
- The Perfect Crime
- The Perfect Crime
December 17, 2025 at 5:26 AM
"In politics, economics and the `human' sciences, the inseparability of subject and object is everywhere resurgent where the simulated objectivity of science had taken hold over the last three centuries."
- The Perfect Crime
- The Perfect Crime
I grew these old fashioned lovelies from cuttings from my grandmother's garden. #flowers #florasky #mygarden #gardening 🌱
December 16, 2025 at 12:02 PM
I grew these old fashioned lovelies from cuttings from my grandmother's garden. #flowers #florasky #mygarden #gardening 🌱
December 16, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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Utricularia tenella - the Pink Bladderwort
Growing in winter wet areas, this delicate bloom is the flower of a carnivorous bladderwort endemic to southern parts of Australia. Like other species in the genus, it has a bladder-like trap.
#ozflora #wildoz #fierceflora #nativeplants #bloomscrolling
Growing in winter wet areas, this delicate bloom is the flower of a carnivorous bladderwort endemic to southern parts of Australia. Like other species in the genus, it has a bladder-like trap.
#ozflora #wildoz #fierceflora #nativeplants #bloomscrolling
December 15, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Utricularia tenella - the Pink Bladderwort
Growing in winter wet areas, this delicate bloom is the flower of a carnivorous bladderwort endemic to southern parts of Australia. Like other species in the genus, it has a bladder-like trap.
#ozflora #wildoz #fierceflora #nativeplants #bloomscrolling
Growing in winter wet areas, this delicate bloom is the flower of a carnivorous bladderwort endemic to southern parts of Australia. Like other species in the genus, it has a bladder-like trap.
#ozflora #wildoz #fierceflora #nativeplants #bloomscrolling
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With this piece of bread on the ground in Ottawa, Canada and the one below in Perth, Australia, @drstip.bsky.social and I have successfully created an Earth sandwich.
The hot dog vs sandwich debate is concluded.
If the Earth is sandwiched, everything is a sandwich.
HAPPY EARTH SANDWICH DAY!
The hot dog vs sandwich debate is concluded.
If the Earth is sandwiched, everything is a sandwich.
HAPPY EARTH SANDWICH DAY!
December 14, 2025 at 1:09 PM
With this piece of bread on the ground in Ottawa, Canada and the one below in Perth, Australia, @drstip.bsky.social and I have successfully created an Earth sandwich.
The hot dog vs sandwich debate is concluded.
If the Earth is sandwiched, everything is a sandwich.
HAPPY EARTH SANDWICH DAY!
The hot dog vs sandwich debate is concluded.
If the Earth is sandwiched, everything is a sandwich.
HAPPY EARTH SANDWICH DAY!
What nonsense! I'm visibly a fairy wren with an obscure doctorate who follows the gardening feed and posts photos of plants and birds. Take your wicked chicanery elsewhere! #sociamediascam
December 14, 2025 at 6:24 AM
What nonsense! I'm visibly a fairy wren with an obscure doctorate who follows the gardening feed and posts photos of plants and birds. Take your wicked chicanery elsewhere! #sociamediascam
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August 19, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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Caladenia cairnsiana - the Zebra Orchid
Seen in the Stirling Ranges National Park near Albany in Western Australia at the end of September. The Zebra orchid has a distinctive, red-striped labellum with two central rows of deep red calli.
#orchids #ozflora #wildoz #nativeplants #bloomscrolling
Seen in the Stirling Ranges National Park near Albany in Western Australia at the end of September. The Zebra orchid has a distinctive, red-striped labellum with two central rows of deep red calli.
#orchids #ozflora #wildoz #nativeplants #bloomscrolling
December 13, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Caladenia cairnsiana - the Zebra Orchid
Seen in the Stirling Ranges National Park near Albany in Western Australia at the end of September. The Zebra orchid has a distinctive, red-striped labellum with two central rows of deep red calli.
#orchids #ozflora #wildoz #nativeplants #bloomscrolling
Seen in the Stirling Ranges National Park near Albany in Western Australia at the end of September. The Zebra orchid has a distinctive, red-striped labellum with two central rows of deep red calli.
#orchids #ozflora #wildoz #nativeplants #bloomscrolling
December 12, 2025 at 5:27 AM
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Philotheca nodiflora
A shrub in the family Rutaceae with beautiful, delicate blue flowers. Endemic to Western Australia. Seen in the Stirling Ranges in October.
#ozflora #wildoz #nativeplants #Rutaceae #bloomscrolling
A shrub in the family Rutaceae with beautiful, delicate blue flowers. Endemic to Western Australia. Seen in the Stirling Ranges in October.
#ozflora #wildoz #nativeplants #Rutaceae #bloomscrolling
December 11, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Philotheca nodiflora
A shrub in the family Rutaceae with beautiful, delicate blue flowers. Endemic to Western Australia. Seen in the Stirling Ranges in October.
#ozflora #wildoz #nativeplants #Rutaceae #bloomscrolling
A shrub in the family Rutaceae with beautiful, delicate blue flowers. Endemic to Western Australia. Seen in the Stirling Ranges in October.
#ozflora #wildoz #nativeplants #Rutaceae #bloomscrolling
November 15, 2025 at 1:10 PM
November 15, 2025 at 1:07 PM
The leader of the opposition thinks Paris Agreent is about "bringing global temperatures down". What? She clearly has NFI about global heating and climate change. These ignorant cooker enablers are turning our global future to ash. #auspol #climatecriminals #climate
November 14, 2025 at 10:49 AM
The leader of the opposition thinks Paris Agreent is about "bringing global temperatures down". What? She clearly has NFI about global heating and climate change. These ignorant cooker enablers are turning our global future to ash. #auspol #climatecriminals #climate
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On the weekend, the stores have fresh made kueh. I ate too much.
November 8, 2025 at 7:46 AM
On the weekend, the stores have fresh made kueh. I ate too much.
Willy wag nest outside my window. Not sure if they were successful, but they are singing all night and chittering all day. #birds djitti djitti in Noongar
November 8, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Willy wag nest outside my window. Not sure if they were successful, but they are singing all night and chittering all day. #birds djitti djitti in Noongar
Queen Anne's lace patterns 🌱
November 8, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Queen Anne's lace patterns 🌱
🌱 fejoia flowers are lovely. I've got two trees, hopefully will get fruit before the rats find it .
November 8, 2025 at 7:37 AM
🌱 fejoia flowers are lovely. I've got two trees, hopefully will get fruit before the rats find it .