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Are they giving out the newest COVID variant shot or last years? I was going to try and get mine, but it was last years shot. Better than nothing, but thought I'd ask if that situation improved.

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Brandon Hurr @bhive01.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I had a pest company come and try and sell me services earlier this year and they were like "we even cover your bushes and bug bomb them" and I was like "But, why would you do that?" I think he hadn't heard that response before. That's absolutely irresponsible use.

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Brandon Hurr @bhive01.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Are there more or less Ghouls with CAM?

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Chris Baraniuk @chrisbaraniuk.com · 24/08/2026

Red sweetcorn!! Never grown this before but it's done really well. Tastes pretty much exactly like regular yellow sweetcorn but looks quite a lot more gnarly.

A photo of a freshly harvested sweetcorn cob held in my hands. The covering leaves have been pulled aside to slow shiny purple-red sweetcorn inside. Out of focus in the background, a garden path and some plants, including a row of plants in plastic terracotta-coloured pots, is visible.

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Jeff Groh @jeffgroh.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Avocados come in 2 varieties - A-types start each day female and switch to male midday. B-types do the reverse. In work just published from the last chapter of my PhD, we show this system evolved 40+million yrs ago and is regulated by alleles of 1 transcription factor www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

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Balanced polymorphism in a floral transcription factor underlies the ancient rhythm of daily sex alternation in avocado | PNAS

In avocado and certain wild relatives in Lauraceae, a highly synchronized daily rhythm of floral sex timing promotes cross-pollination between two ...

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Brandon Hurr @bhive01.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

How old is that? I used to love reading Gartenbauwissenschaft and Amer J Bot from like 1900. So much shade being thrown all over.

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Brandon Hurr @bhive01.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

I take it you didn’t think much of it. Sounds interesting to me.

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Brandon Hurr @bhive01.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Fig is a solid choice. My go to is apricot.

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Brandon Hurr @bhive01.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

But a tomato sandwich! Can you plan a complex task? Can you execute to completion? Can you make something from the fruits of your labor into something for presenting to an audience? All yes in this case.

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Brandon Hurr @bhive01.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

I might actually use LinkedIn more if it had this sort of content. The AI generated thinkpieces just flood out anything real.

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Brandon Hurr @bhive01.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Beaut of a shot there JD. Pristine.

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Brandon Hurr @bhive01.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Most excellent! Appreciate the direction.

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Brandon Hurr @bhive01.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Thanks. Those are perfect. Did you also print the holders?

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Brandon Hurr @bhive01.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

I loaded up too (PLA and PETG) and I also have no idea what to do with them. I took them out the their boxes and kept them in the sealed bags and they're just sitting in a shopping bag now. ALL THE COLORS.

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Brandon Hurr @bhive01.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Black Cherry is where I go if it's proper Gelato.

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Brandon Hurr @bhive01.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Ungood things. Mostly egregious use of sour cream and chips.

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Brandon Hurr @bhive01.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

What color did they paint the bottom?

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Brandon Hurr @bhive01.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Exactly! Came home one day and the speckled egg was in the nest. I’ve been very careful with it since but haven’t seen the cowbird family around.

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Brandon Hurr @bhive01.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

We had a full nest of eastern Phoebe‘s and I was keeping an eye on him daily. I came home from work one day and they were all gone at once and didn’t come back. Luckily, the mom came back and laid another clutch, so we’re watching again.