Orchid fans in the SF Bay area! The Peninsula Orchid Society is holding a big sale next week at the San Mateo Garden Center.
#orchids
Vanda Crystelle Smith ( insignia x perplexa) and Dendrobium chrysotoxum blooming! They smellso good! #orchids
Daniel/Toby retweeted
I’ve spent much of this year learning about car bloat, the process through which smaller vehicles are being replaced by increasingly massive SUVs and trucks.
What I’ve learned: Huge cars are terrible for society, often in ways that are hidden.
A summary 🧵
Daniel/Toby retweeted
A poem written for the ending of The Unsung Tales on @happyjacksrpg.
A Shipwright's Promise
Darkness rises and ages fall
I stand beside you, kindred mine.
And here I dwell before the call
To see that far away shoreline.
New bloom! Brassocattleya Clear Stars from cal-orchid. #orchids
Daniel/Toby retweeted
A single beaver pond holds an estimated 1.1 million gallons of water and recharges underlying aquifers with an even greater amount of water.
Upon European arrival to North America, as many as 65 million beaver dams strung together waterways and hydrated landscapes.
Daniel/Toby retweeted
Did you know mushrooms can stab through rock?🔪🪨
Fungi's "roots", called hyphae, can bore right through stone and played a significant role in creating soil.
Yup, thats right, mushrooms are older than dirt. They MADE dirt.
IM ABOUT TO TELL YOU ABOUT THESE RAD STABBY BOYS 🧵
Exciting find today on the grounds of Filoli near San Francisco: coralrhizia maculata! Grows completely underground until it’s time to flower. #orchids Spotted by eagle eyed daughter.
Daniel/Toby retweeted
BREAKING
Tennessee House Speaker @CSexton25 secretly bought a 600K home in Nashville
He went to extensive efforts to shield the purchase from the public
It raises serious Qs about whether Sexton legally represents his district and whether he is misusing taxpayer funds
🧵
It’s really quite good. A gear list that has set the standard for gear lifts since the mid 90’s at least.
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Daniel/Toby retweeted
Today I offer you:
20 Brazilian TTRPGs I wish also existed in English (because I want the world to know about them) — a thread
Buckle up, because you won't BELIEVE the diversity of our indie scene.
[presented in no particular order, and only one per author]
Let's go! 👇
Daniel/Toby retweeted
The amount of women who get bullied out of medicine at every stage of their careers is unacceptable.
That’s the tweet.
#WIMStrongerTogether @WIMSummit
Vanda Cristelle Smith from my collection and three orchids from POE, cymbidium and two dramatically lit madevallias. #orchids



























