Laura Jennings @botanistlaura.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Mesmerising. The music and editing are clearly from 1963, but the visuals seem older, especially the workmen shovelling snow (no gloves!). 011
Reposted by Laura JenningsRobin Hayward 🌳 🏳️⚧️ @canopyrobin.com · 25/09/2026We're publishing new guidance to support trans people who do fieldwork (any work outside the office)! Now we need your help to get them seen so please share! inclusivefieldwork.leeds.ac.uk/trans/ 16679499
Laura Jennings @botanistlaura.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Yes, same, to my Oma the Hitler Youth was where you did fun outdoor activities like camping. 001
Reposted by Laura JenningsAshmolean Museum, Oxford @ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social · 05/09/2026A little pinch of the crabs in our collection 🦀 🦀 Bronze box in the form of a Crab, 16th or 17th century, northern Italy. Bronze, 15.5 cm x 12.8 cm. WA1947.191.174 🦀 Study of a Velvet Crab, 1870, by John Ruskin (1819–1900). Bodycolour over graphite on blue wove paper. WA.RS.ED.199 311342
Laura Jennings @botanistlaura.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Cool new parasitic plant, looks to me like a cute angry owl 020
Laura Jennings @botanistlaura.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Seems like something vital, I assumed this would already exist for such a well-researched group as birds 020
Laura Jennings @botanistlaura.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Natee's skills are next level (look at the fluffy scales on the butterfly!) 1151
Laura Jennings @botanistlaura.bsky.social · 05/07/2026Which TV series names survive contact with my spouse's odd brain? ❌️ Smallville = Muscle man ❌️ Big Bang Theory = Space Junk ❌️ Game of Thrones = Lord of the Thrones ❌️ The Good Place = Afterlife ✅️ Friends ✅️ Brooklyn 99 = 99 (close enough) 020
Laura Jennings @botanistlaura.bsky.social · 01/07/2026Thank you, that's so interesting! Is it representing a real cylindrical thing? 100
Laura Jennings @botanistlaura.bsky.social · 01/07/2026Does anyone know why this is? It seems to be common but I don't understand where it comes from 110
Laura Jennings @botanistlaura.bsky.social · 01/07/2026Two more for my collection of AI thinks data comes in cylinders 020
Laura Jennings @botanistlaura.bsky.social · 30/06/2026I'm at a conference with a disappointing number of AI infographics and I'm compiling a collection called "AI thinks data is cylindrical" 231
Reposted by Laura JenningsBotany One @botany.one · 29/06/2026The Ecology of a Herbarium: How Te Papa connects plants, people, and data www.botany.one/the-ecology-... From seaweed watercolours to global biodiversity databases, Te Papa’s herbarium shows how digital botany can make plant collections more accessible, connected and alive. #Botany #PlantSciencebotany.oneThe Ecology of a Herbarium: How Te Papa connects plants, people, and dataFrom seaweed watercolours to global biodiversity databases, Te Papa’s herbarium shows how digital botany can make plant collections more accessible, connected and alive. 094
Laura Jennings @botanistlaura.bsky.social · 23/06/2026I do not think enough non-essential things are being cancelled during the red warnings! If you would cancel for red warning of a flood or storm you should cancel for heat! [brought to you by my spouse's meeting 1.5 hrs drive away still being on] 022
Reposted by Laura JenningsDave Hemprich-Bennett @davehb.bsky.social · 22/06/2026It's now forecast to be 40 degrees here on Thursday. Our average daily high temperature for this time of year is 18. So angry for all of the people who're going to be unnecessarily harmed by this. So angry for our ecosystems that have not remotely evolved for this. 66915
Laura Jennings @botanistlaura.bsky.social · 17/06/2026Indonesian :-) I need it for work and I should be a lot better at speaking it than I currently am. 000
Reposted by Laura JenningsVeeloxxy Bites @the-episiarch.bsky.social · 15/06/2026The Secret Life of Lathraea: I've written a post about the common toothwort (Lathraea squamaria), a parasitic plant which parasitises deciduous trees and is mostly found in alluvial and ravine forests. 🧪 dailyparasite.blogspot.com/2026/06/lath...dailyparasite.blogspot.com<i>Lathraea squamaria</i>When it comes to parasites, for most people it is a case of "out of sight, out of mind", and that especially applies to holoparasitic plants... 25318
Reposted by Laura JenningsAlison Atkin @alisonatkin.bsky.social · 17/06/2026After studying with friends the other day, I want to know... what are some of the mnemonics you've used when studying another language (any language)? (Mine) Spanish: Llevar: LeVar Burton sure could Carry me Llegar: if you Go somewhere, you will Arrive there Llenar: Nar thanks, I'm Full 222
Laura Jennings @botanistlaura.bsky.social · 17/06/2026Those are great! Mine are very visual, and often a bit convoluted. Kapal (boat): captain who's your pal, Captain Pikachu on the prow of a boat Laba-laba (spider): spider in the centre of a web singing "Mr lover lover" Mangkok (bowl): ...it involves 🍆 100
Laura Jennings @botanistlaura.bsky.social · 16/06/2026I think it's probably about the number of specimens you need to put in the press and therefore how much pressure on the straps you need to keep the press together and keep the specimens flat. Also the wooden ones are robust enough to be packed at the bottom of vehicles 110
Reposted by Laura JenningsDan McCrum @mccrum.bsky.social · 10/06/2026For all would-be SpaceX investors, reading "A City on Mars" is a strong recommend. Very funny on the many ways space is terrible, uneconomic, and the decades/centuries of (boring, non-phallic rocket related) research needed to make settlement even a vaguely realistic proposition. 17561143
Laura Jennings @botanistlaura.bsky.social · 08/06/2026Ooh, I've always wanted to try one of those portable presses! 110
Reposted by Laura JenningsBirdLife International @birdlifeglobal.bsky.social · 03/06/2026FOUND! 🔍 Indonesia’s Blue-fronted Lorikeet 🦜 Hidden in the remote highlands of Mount Kapalatmada in Buru, Indonesia, the Blue-fronted Lorikeet has re-emerged after missing for more than a decade. 👀 Learn more here👉 www.birdlife.org/lorikeet-red... @abcbirds.bsky.social @rewildorg.bsky.socialbirdlife.orgIndonesia’s Blue-fronted Lorikeet found in unexplored forestNew records provide proof that the lost bird Blue-fronted Lorikeet persists in Buru’s highlands. 0298
Reposted by Laura Jenningsda share z0ne @dasharez0ne.bsky.social · 20/05/2026GARBAGE - dashare.zone ADMIN 01422514
Laura Jennings @botanistlaura.bsky.social · 16/05/2026The Euan's guide cards are great (we have them at work), they're very clear and I haven't seen a tangled up red cord in a while. 000
Reposted by Laura JenningsSwearyMess @swearymess.bsky.social · 16/05/2026This is SO important. www.euansguide.com/safertoiletseuansguide.comEuan's GuideMaking the world more accessible one review at a time. 17220
Laura Jennings @botanistlaura.bsky.social · 15/05/2026Aw yeah paint / pigment chemistry! With a side of 'chemicals' does equal bad, and 'natural' does not equal harmless. 000
Reposted by Laura JenningsJoshua Lüdtke @joshualudtke.bsky.social · 13/05/2026Worst thing about this post is that everyone in academia is aware of at least one case in the past and one case in the present. The systemic nature of the offensive activity is truly sinister. 2116
Laura Jennings @botanistlaura.bsky.social · 02/05/2026Haha I had no idea an old tamagochi looked like a buff shark with a moustache 010
Laura Jennings @botanistlaura.bsky.social · 30/04/2026I have enjoyed getting to know Jakarta a little bit but this is definitely needed, it's a terrible place to be a pedestrian. OP's other post talks about the improvement in train coverage since 2015. 000
Laura Jennings @botanistlaura.bsky.social · 23/04/2026I went looking for a setting to shut this off the other day as well only to be horrified that it doesn't exist. I do not want it, urgh! 000
Reposted by Laura JenningsCovering Climate Now @coveringclimatenow.org · 18/04/2026Deforestation in Indonesia surged 66% from 2024 to 2025, when more than 433,000 hectares were lost, according to the NGO Auriga Nusantara. The country reached historic low deforestation in 2021, when around 230,000 hectares were cleared. By Hans Nicholas Jong for @mongabay.com:buff.lyIndonesia’s deforestation surges 66% in 2025A sharp reversal after several years of decline, according to new data from the NGO Auriga Nusantara.… 02111
Laura Jennings @botanistlaura.bsky.social · 17/04/2026There's so many! I hope that people record some of them again (in a publicly available data way) 010
Laura Jennings @botanistlaura.bsky.social · 17/04/2026Even in the super touristy islands of Bali and Lombok there are plant species which haven't been collected for over 100 years. Our new checklist highlights all the plants found in the Lesser Sundas (southern Indonesia and Timor-Leste) and nowhere else in the world. 1163
Laura Jennings @botanistlaura.bsky.social · 13/04/2026I'm not sure if calling the Amazon a "man made feature" is right though, it's still a natural ecosystem, just more dynamic than the primordial unchanging wilderness we assumed it was 120
Laura Jennings @botanistlaura.bsky.social · 13/04/2026Yeah, it's so cool. It's known as terra preta if you fancy looking up more 120
Reposted by Laura JenningsSarah Hörst @planetdr.bsky.social · 11/04/2026Things that work: giant rocket, very precise math, orbital mechanics, cameras, iPhones Things that don’t work: Microsoft Outlook, toilets, sat phones 203995688
Reposted by Laura JenningsLaura Jennings @botanistlaura.bsky.social · 09/04/2026New paper! A checklist of the plants endemic to the Lesser Sunda Islands (S Indonesia and Timor-Leste). For conservation we need to know where these plants are and if they are threatened, and we know so little about either. 51 species haven't been seen in >120 years! doi.org/10.3897/phyt... 054
Laura Jennings @botanistlaura.bsky.social · 09/04/2026New paper! A checklist of the plants endemic to the Lesser Sunda Islands (S Indonesia and Timor-Leste). For conservation we need to know where these plants are and if they are threatened, and we know so little about either. 51 species haven't been seen in >120 years! doi.org/10.3897/phyt... 054
Laura Jennings @botanistlaura.bsky.social · 05/04/2026Rose hip syrup is delicious, I once helped my grandmother make it from UK wild roses, but I never thought about roses having fruit cultivars, that's cool 010
Laura Jennings @botanistlaura.bsky.social · 05/04/2026Ooh hello 👋 I'll send you a photo of the Kew rose garden when it's in bloom. I don't know much about roses but I really love the smell of them. 110
Laura Jennings @botanistlaura.bsky.social · 05/04/2026While space is in the news: A City on Mars is a fun and accessible read about the biological (and legal) realities of humans space flight 143
Laura Jennings @botanistlaura.bsky.social · 05/04/2026This thread and the Zachary Taylor paper mentioned here are great reads (link in case you have access / can find elsewhere doi.org/10.1016/j.ac... ) 011
Reposted by Laura JenningsCameron Blevins @cblevins.bsky.social · 03/04/2026This is so, so well-articulated. 97107593879
