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Richard Milne @milneorchid.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

The 4 stages of climate denial. Lots of right wingers at stage 3 or 4 at the moment. You all have permission to steal this cartoon and post it at them, repeatedly.

1: There's no such thing as climate change.
2: Climate change is natural.
3: Doing something about it would be too expensive.
4: Maybe we should have done something, but it's too late now.

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Richard Milne @milneorchid.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

The 4 stages of climate denial. Lots of right wingers at stage 3 or 4 at the moment. You all have permission to steal this cartoon and post it at them, repeatedly.

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Richard Milne @milneorchid.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

My first ever Ghost Orchids! From NE Estonia. Finding them was hard enough, photographing was even harder due to constant attacks from mosquitoes and horseflies ...

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Richard Milne @milneorchid.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

@susiedentwords.bsky.social The snail (genus Helix) actually forms a spiral shape in cross-section, whereas the orchid Spiranthes spiralis in fact forms a helix with its flowers. Have these words always had precise meanings (respectively 2-D, and 3-D) or did these arise later?

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Richard Milne @milneorchid.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

@bsbibotany.bsky.social Any ideas on the allysum-like plant growing among seedmix plants by a Lothian roadside?

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Richard Milne @milneorchid.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

I can name 8 orchid taxa that appeared new to UK since 1976, and which *might* have arrived naturally. But the only non-orchid I can think of that this applies to is Pancratium maritimum. Can anyone think of more? @bsbibotany.bsky.social @trevorthebotanist.bsky.social @bramblebotanist.bsky.social

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Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI) @bsbibotany.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Our friend @milneorchid.bsky.social needs your help! He's working on an orchid book for the Collins New Naturalist series, and needs more orchid images. Find out how you could help Richard & maybe get one of your orchid photos (with credit) into this prestigious new book: bsbi.org/blog/2026/04...

A purple orchid blooms near the shore at Barleycove in the west of Ireland

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Richard Milne @milneorchid.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Voting for Reform does not make you a racist. But it does make you a person who is OK with racism. It makes you a person who thinks that racists should be in charge. It makes you the sort of person who witnesses a racist attack and at best does nothing, at worst nods along approvingly.

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Richard Milne @milneorchid.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

After confusing Sphagnum moss with Polytrichum, last night saw another #BotanyFail from #UniversityChallenge. The Q asked what name applied to leaves arranged in parallel rows along a common stem. The claimed answer, "Pinnate" was very wrong, because that means a single leaf with LEAFLETS in rows.

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Juliet Coates @julietccoates.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Ooooo amazing, this is like Keble Martin on steroids 🩷🌿🌱🌸🌺🌼

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Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI) @bsbibotany.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Name That Plant is an amazing #WildFlowerID resource created by @milneorchid.bsky.social! The website namethatplant.org is built on a photo library of >2,700 plant taxa. We were delighted when Richard very kindly agreed to let us use those fabulous images on the new BSBI website: bsbi.org/plants!

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Pie Thagoram @piethagoram.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

We remember 2021 Credit @milneorchid.bsky.social

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John Moore @oldmutter.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

University Challenge showed this picture and called it Sphagnum moss. Like WTF?

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Pie Thagoram @piethagoram.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

We remember March 2021 Credit @milneorchid.bsky.social

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Richard Milne @milneorchid.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

@bsbibotany.bsky.social Anyone know any reliable sites for Poa bulbosa **with flowers**? Preferable daytrippable from London or Edinburgh? Found several sites on BSBI database but seem to be non-flowering. Its for namethatplant.org.

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Richard Milne @milneorchid.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

It is not enough to just say "The Tories broke Britain. We need to say WHY. The answer - just two words - INEQUALITY, and XENOPHOBIA. Each promotes the other, and together they led to Brexit. #Reform promotes both, on steroids. No wonder #Jenrick joined them. #Badenoch #Defection

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Richard Milne @milneorchid.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Is this a weird dwarf mallow or something more exotic? Found in grass near Hammersmith Bridge over Xmas, with Erodiums and other things. More erect than usual for M. neglecta, but I was caught Staceless by the season! @bsbibotany.bsky.social @trevorthebotanist.bsky.social

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Bohdan Pavuk @bpavuk.neocities.org · 26/12/2024

if you see this post, your actions are: - if you have a spare buck, give it to Wikipedia, then repost this - if you don't have a spare buck, just repost your action is mandatory for the world's best source of information to survive

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Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

We have armed secret police kidnapping people off the street based on the color of their skin. When we win: we will haul them before a Senate committee. The masks will come off. There will be consequences.

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Richard Milne @milneorchid.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

#Trump shoud not get the #Nobel peace prize this year. They should tell him he'll get it next year if he gets Russia out of Ukraine.

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Richard Milne @milneorchid.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

If we were to write down the 100 worst things ever done by an American president, I'd guess about 90 of them would be by Trump, probably more. Watergate might just sneak into the top 80.

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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

Earlier this year, Dr. Jane Goodall sat down for an interview for Brad Falchuk’s new Netflix series, Famous Last Words. The premise of the series is to interview people on the condition that the interview not air until the subject has passed away.

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Richard Milne @milneorchid.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

Think it might be time to look again at Israel's participation in #Eurovision. This, and the genocide ...

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Richard Milne @milneorchid.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

Reform is not a political party, it is a pseudo-religious cult. This letter was in today's Metro, and apparently without any intended irony. It is terrifying that these people live amongst us.

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Jo Parmenter @jo-the-botanist.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

Absolute bargain price, for which you get access to a whole new world of plant-based wonders!! I can honestly say that joining the BSBI changed my life.

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Richard Milne @milneorchid.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

"They're eating the Swans ... they're eating the geese ... they're eating the birds ... of the people that live there" OK he didn't mention geese, but otherwise it's a close copy of Trump's statement from the presidential debate. Farage is literally turning into a British Trump.

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Richard Milne @milneorchid.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

Scientist when something is backed by a mountain of evidence: "I'm 99% sure that it's true." RW nutter when something is backed by no evidence at all: "I'm 100% sure that it's true."

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