Phil Garnock-Jones
@theobrominated.bsky.social
Retired botanist, focusing on flower biology and sometimes 🎸
My book "He Puāwai, a natural history of New Zealand flowers" (Auckland University Press, 2025) illustrated with >500 stereo pair photographs.
Whakatū, Aotearoa. orcid.org/0000-0002-2539-4152
My book "He Puāwai, a natural history of New Zealand flowers" (Auckland University Press, 2025) illustrated with >500 stereo pair photographs.
Whakatū, Aotearoa. orcid.org/0000-0002-2539-4152
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Pretty much the truth
November 22, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Pretty much the truth
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And gentlemen (and women) in England now a-bed
Shall think themselves lucky they were not here,
And hold their sleeping habits dear while any speaks
That bothered waking up early upon the second day.
#thecricket
Shall think themselves lucky they were not here,
And hold their sleeping habits dear while any speaks
That bothered waking up early upon the second day.
#thecricket
November 22, 2025 at 5:29 AM
And gentlemen (and women) in England now a-bed
Shall think themselves lucky they were not here,
And hold their sleeping habits dear while any speaks
That bothered waking up early upon the second day.
#thecricket
Shall think themselves lucky they were not here,
And hold their sleeping habits dear while any speaks
That bothered waking up early upon the second day.
#thecricket
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With his ultimatum that Ukraine surrender to Russia, Trump finally wins a prize:
The Neville Chamberlain award for betraying peace, freedom, and justice.
The Neville Chamberlain award for betraying peace, freedom, and justice.
November 21, 2025 at 11:49 PM
With his ultimatum that Ukraine surrender to Russia, Trump finally wins a prize:
The Neville Chamberlain award for betraying peace, freedom, and justice.
The Neville Chamberlain award for betraying peace, freedom, and justice.
Botanists read this differently; yew'd never guess.
I’m loving this movement taking off in the UK. 🇬🇧 Proof that being super wealthy doesn’t automatically make you a super wanker! Props to Gary Stevenson for putting his money where his mouth is. 💸🤑 #nzpol #TaxWealthMore #TaxWorkLess #PatrioticMillionaires
November 22, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Botanists read this differently; yew'd never guess.
I live about as far away from London as it's possible to get without a rocket, and I knew what he was like even before he was Mayor of London. That's why I don't understand what happened next.
Rachael Johnson: "Boris did his best".
Only because his best has always been fucking awful.
Let's consider Boris Johnson, a moral man and a great politician: I'd love to talk about all three of them, but I only have space for Boris.
Only because his best has always been fucking awful.
Let's consider Boris Johnson, a moral man and a great politician: I'd love to talk about all three of them, but I only have space for Boris.
November 22, 2025 at 2:18 AM
I live about as far away from London as it's possible to get without a rocket, and I knew what he was like even before he was Mayor of London. That's why I don't understand what happened next.
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X has changed their policy and now you can see where the accounts are based.
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
November 21, 2025 at 6:36 PM
X has changed their policy and now you can see where the accounts are based.
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
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#UBC Botany is hiring an Assistant Professor in Non-Seed Plant Diversity - come work with us in beautiful #Vancouver, BC! Please repost!
academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/31140
academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/31140
University of British Columbia, Botany
Job #AJO31140, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR IN NON-SEED PLANT DIVERSITY (BRYOPHYTES, FERNS, LYCOPHYTES), Botany, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, CA
academicjobsonline.org
November 20, 2025 at 10:10 PM
#UBC Botany is hiring an Assistant Professor in Non-Seed Plant Diversity - come work with us in beautiful #Vancouver, BC! Please repost!
academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/31140
academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/31140
I want photos.
I bought a GIANT WOMBAT TEDDY and now I'm just hoping air NZ aren't going to have a problem with me taking it as carry on (I already have a little suitcase and a tote bag) 😂
November 20, 2025 at 10:20 PM
I want photos.
I'm thinking if space aliens exist they will have sporopollenin exoskeletons.
I’m sure Professor David Cove would have been excited by this news. @reskilab.bsky.social, have you seen this?
🌾🌱⚘️🌿🌼🦠🚀 #BUC2026 Impressive survival of moss spores, Physcomitrella patens (spreading earthmoss) on outside of International Space Station for 9 months! Vacuum, radiation, dry, too much light, cold. Over 80% germinated when back on Earth. www.cell.com/iscience/ful...
November 20, 2025 at 9:27 PM
I'm thinking if space aliens exist they will have sporopollenin exoskeletons.
Oh, *those* turkeys. I thought you meant the ones the tobacco, booze, guns, and gambling lobbyists are buying.
NPR: "Wholesale prices for a turkey have jumped 40% from a year ago, according to the Department of Agriculture."
November 20, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Oh, *those* turkeys. I thought you meant the ones the tobacco, booze, guns, and gambling lobbyists are buying.
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also we now have a “whites only” refugee policy. they aren’t trying to hide the white supremacy anymore. it’s overt and mainstream.
Exclusive: The U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify the swastika, nooses and the Confederate flag as hate symbols.
The military service drafted a new policy that classifies them as “potentially divisive.”
The military service drafted a new policy that classifies them as “potentially divisive.”
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
www.washingtonpost.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:56 PM
also we now have a “whites only” refugee policy. they aren’t trying to hide the white supremacy anymore. it’s overt and mainstream.
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Friday fruit. Kawakawa. Piper excelsum
November 20, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Friday fruit. Kawakawa. Piper excelsum
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Also note that Seymour loudly touted the British response as the one AoNZ should have taken
And has never acknowledged he was utterly wrong
And has never acknowledged he was utterly wrong
November 20, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Also note that Seymour loudly touted the British response as the one AoNZ should have taken
And has never acknowledged he was utterly wrong
And has never acknowledged he was utterly wrong
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I just don't understand this world anymore.
November 19, 2025 at 11:06 AM
I just don't understand this world anymore.
Listen to me Sunshine: I've voted in more elections than you've had hot dinners, so read my lips when I say even a whole year of this sort of carry-on won't fool me that you weren't part of this government. #nzpol
November 20, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Listen to me Sunshine: I've voted in more elections than you've had hot dinners, so read my lips when I say even a whole year of this sort of carry-on won't fool me that you weren't part of this government. #nzpol
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As Ukraine mourns innocent people murdered in their sleep by a russian terrorist missile, the media reports that the US Administration has shared with Ukraine a new, updated Capitulation Plan. No pressure on russia, just Ukraine cutting its own hands and legs. What a disgrace.
November 19, 2025 at 6:47 PM
As Ukraine mourns innocent people murdered in their sleep by a russian terrorist missile, the media reports that the US Administration has shared with Ukraine a new, updated Capitulation Plan. No pressure on russia, just Ukraine cutting its own hands and legs. What a disgrace.
Red tussock (Chionochloa rubra) is flowering in the garden now. One floret in this spikelet is open, presenting two fluffy stigmas, one on each side of the spikelet, and three dangling stamens. #bloomscrolling 🇳🇿🌱
November 19, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Red tussock (Chionochloa rubra) is flowering in the garden now. One floret in this spikelet is open, presenting two fluffy stigmas, one on each side of the spikelet, and three dangling stamens. #bloomscrolling 🇳🇿🌱
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That new tunnel or road or whatever bishop has proposed for wellington is so fucking silly. The only people that want this are idiots.
November 19, 2025 at 2:48 AM
That new tunnel or road or whatever bishop has proposed for wellington is so fucking silly. The only people that want this are idiots.
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You know about Trump and Zelesnkyy’s call, but have you heard about the call between Trump and the Saudi Crown Prince?
Watch my statement below. Mr. President, release the transcript.
Watch my statement below. Mr. President, release the transcript.
November 19, 2025 at 2:51 AM
You know about Trump and Zelesnkyy’s call, but have you heard about the call between Trump and the Saudi Crown Prince?
Watch my statement below. Mr. President, release the transcript.
Watch my statement below. Mr. President, release the transcript.
No, an easy choice lies ahead, at the next election.
Hard choices lie ahead, Bishop says, as he explains funding the $56 billion in motorways promised by the Government would require a nearly 50c per litre lift in petrol taxes.
Transport Minister Chris Bishop says funding $56b in roads a 'challenge'
Hard choices lie ahead, Bishop says, as he explains funding the $56 billion in motorways promised by the Government would require a nearly 50c per litre lift in petrol taxes.
dlvr.it
November 19, 2025 at 2:29 AM
No, an easy choice lies ahead, at the next election.
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Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."
November 18, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."
