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rogerhyam.bsky.social @rogerhyam.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
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Roger Hyam: Bye Bye Wordpress
Saturday 19 September 2026 - Bye Bye Wordpress - Roger Hyam
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rogerhyam.bsky.social @rogerhyam.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
For the science feed? 🧪 #botany #taxonomy #systematics #nomenclature #biodiversity
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worldfloraonline.bsky.social @worldfloraonline.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
The June solstice has passed, which means we have a fresh update for our WFO Plant List! The big news since December is we now have more than 200 named co-authors on the WFO Plant List. Watch to see what else is new and visit worldfloraonline.org to browse the Plant List.
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rogerhyam.bsky.social @rogerhyam.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
youtu.be/_qlZF_J2fAY?... My month away gave me the chance to make some photographs - and a video.
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Strathglass - May 2025
YouTube video by Roger Hyam
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rogerhyam.bsky.social @rogerhyam.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
We think we have discovered a "feature" of LLMs that will cause havoc for taxonomists and nomenclature people. They are likely to pollute the literature and databases with hallucinated junk names. 🧪 #botany #taxonomy #systematics #nomenclature #biodiversity stories.rbge.org.uk/archives/40107
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Will generative AI lead to the zombie name apocalypse?
An online discussion about exchanging seeds of a new species called Meconopsis jiajinshanensis led to the Chinese botanical website iplant.cn and the page for Meconopsis balangensis var. atrata. ...
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rogerhyam.bsky.social @rogerhyam.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
stories.rbge.org.uk/archives/39789 A follow up to my post on the rate of species description. It is usually the next question people ask but not so easy to answer. 🧪 #botany #taxonomy #systematics @diimoffatt.bsky.social‬
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There are more plant taxonomists today than there have ever been
In a previous post I proposed that the rate of plant species discovery had not significantly changed in the last fifty years despite enormous changes in technology. A comment was made that this might ...
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rogerhyam.bsky.social @rogerhyam.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Sharing my Christmas thought piece with the wider community 🧪 stories.rbge.org.uk/archives/39768
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Molecular biology and the internet have had no effect on the rate of plant species discovery
The title is somewhat clickbaity but probably correct. Working on the World Flora Online Plant List means we are continuously processing and reprocessing a list of all known vascular plant and bryo...
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rogerhyam.bsky.social @rogerhyam.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
I wrote this thought piece for the Christmas & New Year holiday break. I'd love it if someone took this further next year. stories.rbge.org.uk/archives/39768 #botany #biodiversity #taxonomy
stories.rbge.org.uk
Molecular biology and the internet have had no effect on the rate of plant species discovery
The title is somewhat clickbaity but probably correct. Working on the World Flora Online Plant List means we are continuously processing and reprocessing a list of all known vascular plant and bryo...
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rogerhyam.bsky.social @rogerhyam.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
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rogerhyam.bsky.social @rogerhyam.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
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rogerhyam.bsky.social @rogerhyam.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
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rogerhyam.bsky.social @rogerhyam.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Sign of the way our system works. Ownership of the site falls to the Crown who will sell it. But they don't appear to have liability to secure the site as the owners should. Free money for the crown - again!
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Dealing with a giant relic of Dumfries's industrial past
What can be done with a derelict site which once produced cars, aircraft and even wellington boots?
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rogerhyam.bsky.social @rogerhyam.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Briefly there was snow
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rogerhyam.bsky.social @rogerhyam.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
I've done another YouTube video. I wonder why. www.youtube.com/watch?si=Sar...
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Making a photo during anticyclonic gloom - slow photography.
YouTube video by Roger Hyam
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rogerhyam.bsky.social @rogerhyam.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Finally let's try a link to a YouTube video youtu.be/rZq80PO2Cgc?...
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From trash film to fun with a pinhole camera. Slow photography.
YouTube video by Roger Hyam
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rogerhyam.bsky.social @rogerhyam.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
How about links? Can I link to my blog? www.hyam.net/blog/
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Roger Hyam
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rogerhyam.bsky.social @rogerhyam.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
How does this do images?
monochrome image of leaf shadows on a stone wall
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rogerhyam.bsky.social @rogerhyam.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
I'm here just to make the numbers look bigger. Let's see if we can get this to critical mass - then I'll leave.
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