New Year's plant hunt done. 4 flowering plants spotted. Mostly daisies, plus a white dead nettle, dandelion and a buttercup

What podcasts do you listen to that you find enjoyable, uplifting or comforting?

I could do with hearing something positive or soothing for the soul. Please, no politics, news or current affairs. I need some escapism from reality at the moment.

Any recommendations?
#Podcasts #JoinIn

@Broadfork Ologies. It's great hearing people with passion for a subject talk about it. Even when the subject is something I'm not interested in I find it fascinating.

It’s started!
The BSBI #NewYearPlantHunt
If you are in Britain or Ireland and can get out over the next 4 days to spot what’s in flower near you you can submit the info
https://bsbi.org/new-year-plant-hunt/sending-in-your-new-year-plant-hunt-records
(Via an app) so the Botanical society of Britain and Ireland can collate the info.
#Wildflowers #Botany #Plants

Have an album or 2 or 3 that kept you going this year and want to share with the class? On Jan 1(ish) I'll be posting our Fediverse #AOTY list, would love if you joined us! So far we have ~100 albums, most from 2024 with a nice handful from other years. I'll be including streaming links and genre tags for each if I can. Reply here, DM, or email (johnmastodon@1001otheralbums.com) if you want your picks included!

#MusicDiscovery #YearInReview #2024MusicDiscoveries #music #AOTY2024 #BestOf2024

This is a really good essay.

These days, every time I see the line “but there is still hope” in some article about, for instance, mass extinction, I grimace and disengage. https://mastodon.social/@urlyman/111923259230298979

The Guardian did a profile of Anne-Marie Bonneau, who organises sewing bees to make reusable produce bags from upcycled fabric.

Neat!

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/dec/23/reusable-grocery-bag-plastic-ban

Related article on her own blog;

https://zerowastechef.com/2024/08/06/organize-sewing-bee-reduce-plastic-produce-bags/

#Sewing #DontPayTheGuardian

Today's latest news in cat scientific discoveries:
Soap does not, in fact, taste good. 🧼

Lovely to see so many #JoinIn posts. I hereby present you with my favourite silly gift from the husband! #boobies

LibreTexts on Botany: https://bio.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Botany #Botany @plantscience @gardening

In 2025 the biggest superpower will be the ability to be hopeful and optimistic. Not as a way of avoiding the hard stuff, but in the sense of knowing that change is possible, that nationalism and tribalism can be defeated, and that dystopia is not a preordained fate.

A small Adiantum, or maidenhair fern, finds a foothold in a hole in a wall.
#bloomScrolling #fern

#FotoVorschlag 'Fokus'

@buffyleigh @Steffi I had no idea about that! I don't need glasses currently but I'll try to remember that info for the next time I have an eye test

@Steffi Hello! I lost my mother before I had a chance to ask about all this too. I remember her going through hot flashes though, she always had a paper fan in her bag but I was a kid and I’ve only connected those things in hindsight!

I think sugar is a trigger for me too, I notice more anxiety and hot flashes after eating too much sugar.

Notice⁠: Slight delay on eastbound line.
Cause⁠: Gigantic kitty on the tracks.

Cat stack #cats

A Christmas miracle: i have an appointment with a NHS dentist. 3 years and 1 week after moving here is all it took to finally find a dentist accepting new patients.

For £1, people over 60 can get a soup, a roll & unlimited hot drinks at ASDA stores inc Aberdeen Beach, Bridge of Dee, Dundee West, Dyce, Forfar, Fraserburgh, Huntly & Portlethen.

They're offering this deal & a warm social space until the end of the year. 😊