(BOLTS awake) Brjghtl therghd!

You can call me Ellie | 🇵🇱 | 30s | she/her | meme sideblog: @ostropest-meme-folder

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[hjarta-deactivated20260124]

just learned that magnolias are so old that they’re pollinated by beetles because they existed before bees

[scienceoftheidiot]

They existed *before beetles*

[somethingaboutsomethingelse]

[spacedandelions]

Why is this sad? Why am I sad?

[ignescent]

https://xkcd.com/1259/

Bee Orchid

[sepdet]

This is how I feel about Joshua Trees. They and avocado trees produce fruit meant to be eaten and dispersed by giant ground sloths. Without them, the Joshua Trees' range has shrunk by 90%.

(my own photos)

Not only they, but the entire Mojave ecosystem is still struggling to adapt since the loss of ground sloth dung. their chief fertilizer.

Many, many trees and plants in the Americas have widely-spaced, extremely long thorns that do nothing to discourage deer eating their leaves, but would've penetrated the fur of ground sloths and mammoths. Likewise, if you've observed a tree that drops baseball or softball-sized fruit which lies on the ground and rots, like Osage Oranges, which were great for playing catch at my school, chances are they were ground sloth or mammoth chow.

You can read about various orphaned plants and trees missing their megafauna in this poignant post:

The Trees That Miss The Mammoths - American Forests

Trees that once depended on animals like the wooly mammoth for survival have managed to adapt and survive in the modern world.



[modernvintage]

First quote from the linked article. Found it poetic.

[banchie]

i've been phasing the phrase 'google it' out of my vocabulary and going back to 'look it up'. fuck you youve lost your generic trademark privileges

[unyieldingsilence]

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[random-brushstrokes]

Milena Dvořáková (Czech, 1944 – 1992) - Winter afternoon

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[leshermes]

June 1st is TOMORROW. It means that GAY PEOPLE will exist, but only for ONE MONTH. Do not forget to buy your tickets to see them NOW, or else you will have to wait AN ENTIRE YEAR to be able to meet them AGAIN.

[ostropest]

Happy pride my fellow useless queers! 💋

[catchymemes]

MANIFESTING A GOOD JUNE MANIFESTING A GOOD JUNE MANIFESTING A GOOD JUNE MANIFESTING A GOOD JUNE MANIFESTING A GOOD JUNE MANIFESTING A GOOD JUNE MANIFESTING A GOOD JUNE MANIFESTING A GOOD JUNE MANIFESTING A GOOD JUNE MANIFESTING A GOOD JUNE MANIFESTING A GOOD JUNE MANIFESTING A GOOD JUNE

[dragoncarrion]

Anytime i see a bunch of pride flags i have to restrain myself from saying "where mexico" bc i doubt anyone will know I'm referencing this

[tortol]

picture i got at pride last week; here mexico

[ellie-insertsurnamehere]

This is very dumb but hey

[frogcroaks]

The magpie who fishes stars

[bbspiinchh]

🌿rusalochky🌿

[fuck-customers]

[tlirsgender]

Gonna start telling chatgpt people to replace it with divination for their random decision-making. Maybe the cards should take a crack at telling you what to have for lunch

[tlirsgender]

It does involve yknow learning a skill and interpreting symbols i.e. "effort" and "thinking" which might scare them off but it has to be better for your brain to be like hmmm idk. I'm gonna throw some bones about it

[tlirsgender]

At least the pendulum can tell you no. That's half of its whole job

[tlirsgender]

[ID: tags from @serpentae that read, "#misc #tfw your friend uses tarot cards for stuff and then asks chatgpt to interpret them (skull emoji)" /end ID]

Hey, 1 question: what is the fucking point then

[jeniferprince]

I've got a crush on you 💘

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[ostropest]

Happy Pride to Lena specifically 😅

my ko-fi

[wedreamofdragons]

Super proud of myself for this one, please gaze upon him!!!!!!

Pattern: Anchor the octopus by Humble Child Co. ❤️

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