*the* Smart Aleck ♠️

Photo of round, floating lily pads with dark red veins & prickles in the sinuses of the veins.

Photo of round, floating lily pads with dark red veins & prickles in the sinuses of the veins.

Euryale ferox has fantastic foliage—young leaves are all puckered and prickly. You can see why Victoria amazonica (which also has prickly leaves) was first classified as a species of Euryale. Both photos by wondoroo CCBYNCSA2 #Nymphaeaceae #Botany 🌾🧪🌱

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Sting singer in blue jacket

hmm Sting is blue, Goblins are near

Photo of the leafy shoots of a Selaginella. It has two kinds of leaves, those that are spreading and those closely appressed to the stem. This species also has leaves that are silvery and those that are green. Photo by Scott Zona CC BY-NC 2.0.

Many species of Selaginella (#Selaginellaceae) have two kinds of leaves (microphylls): Spreading, distichously arranged leaves and a second kind of leaf appressed to the stem. This is Selaginella picta. Classic #anisophylly! #TropicalBotany #Botany 🌾🧪🌱

Two panel comic of a person with glasses looking down at an open book. First panel reads: I think I might be bad at this. In the second panel they are scribbling in the book with a pencil. Text reads: I’m gonna do it anyway

Nothin else for it

Taxonomy is governed by nomenclatural rules, but there are no rules to say how different two plants need to be before they are recognized as two seperate genera. There is no law that says if two plants' DNA differs by more than x%, they they are distinct genera. Taxonomy is a science of consensus.

adding rob zombie's dragula to every single "series I'm working on vibes" playlist no matter what the show vibe actually is because it's my playlist and I'm not being graded.

Boy why your blushing sprites so tomato-
#dateeverything #cookiesart #jeanloopissoir

Large circular leaf with an upturned perimeter, forming a platter. Part of the leaf is folded over the top surface, revealing a heavily ridged, spiked surface.

Underside of a giant waterlily (Victoria amazonica x Victoria cruziana). The spines deter herbivorous fish and manatees but are also thought to shred foliage of nearby plants. Leaves can grow up to 10' in diameter. Longwood Gardens, Kennett Square, PA. 🌿 #botany #nymphaceae #plants #amazon

Photo of a pair of small, conical, dense inflorescences emerging from the soil. The bracts are dark purple; the tubular flowers are purple with yellow throats. Photo by Scott Zona CCBYNC2.

Orobanche cooperi is another holoparasitic Orobanchaceae from southwestern North America. Isn’t it fantastic? A bad-ass beauty! #parasite #Orobanchaceae #Botany 🌾🧪🌱

YouTube video by King's Trust Music Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer (The Prince's Trust Rock Gala 1988)

Did y'all know there's a version of "Sledgehammer" that includes Phil Collins on drums *and* guitar work by Brian May?

Anyway, here ya go.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftB2...

Sketch of Chance beaming "Holy crit! Yeah!"

*rocking back and forth* I am normal about him I am normal about him I am nor—

#dateeverything #dateeverythingfanart

Darleane Hoffman, Innovator in Nuclear Chemistry, Dies at 98

Dr. Hoffman’s obituary: #Chemsky 🧪 www.nytimes.com/2025/10/05/s...

Big birdo kiss

My stupid twink #oc

Monkey Wrench: Interloper, by Ockeroid 8 track album

MONKEY WRENCH EP 5 SOUNDTRACK

Now available on Bandcamp! #monkeywrench

ockeroid.bandcamp.com/album/monkey...

Daisy: Of course the hottest two people are dating now. I guess it was bound to happen eventually. They look happy, at least...What? Luigi: We're...hot...as a couple... Daisy: Ha ha! Aw, Luigi! You're right—we are!

Waluigi: Hey you two! (He and Rosalina dramatically pose) Keep dreaming.

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As a fun reminder, the paper to come out with the first hard evidence that an asteroid killed the dinosaurs didn't come until 1980 *and* the Chicxulub crater wasn't officially identified as the source until 1990 (despite its discovery in 1978).

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

I started to work on MscS-Like proteins 20 years ago, dreaming that they were involved in plant mechanotransduction. And it is becoming more & more clear that they are!
#plantscience 🧪
"DmMSL10 is crucial for mechanosensing, facilitating AP firing by generating a receptor potential (RP) amplitude."

Photo of leafy shoots of blackberries. Some fruits are red and unripe. Others in the same cluster are black and ripe. Photo by Scott Zona CCBYNC2.

Stiles also hypothesized that a “preripening” fruit color is a signal that fruits will be ripe soon. Lots of fruits, like these Rubus sp., pass through a 2nd color as they ripen from green to their final color. The red color says, “Coming Soon.” #dispersal #Rubiaceae #Botany 🌾🧪🌱

I LOVE USING MP3 FILES OFFLINE AND OLD IPODS!!!

Zagrosia persica (Hausskn.) Speta
Syn: Scilla persica
Asparagaceae
Iran
April 2025
Elevation 1800m
#scilla #Asparagaceae

If you hide your gender identity to fit in, never feel like you've betrayed yourself🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

It's proof that you have a beautiful and kind heart.
Chiitan will continue to send out messages until the world becomes a place where you can live with confidence and be yourself.

Drawing of a puppy in a pile of leafs with the caption; "It's finally autism"

Autumn