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Stephen Spitewinter @spitewinter.bsky.social · 17h

#plants #history #botany #art 🌱 Pleioblastus fortunei (Bambusa fortunei) A #Japanese compact bamboo with elegant variegation. A good filler for a patio or balcony but INVASIVE world-wide - grow in pots. Nat. Gardening Association TX 🇺🇸 advice. Good source with database. garden.org/plants/photo...

Illustration of Bamboo from Journal Général d'Horticulture c.1855.

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Stephen Spitewinter @spitewinter.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

#plants #history #botany #art ☠️ Cerbera (genus) - Sea Mango, Pink-Eye, Suicide Tree, Ordeal Tree. 🧵1/2 A genus of trees described by Carl Linnaeus c.1753. Native to #India, SE #Asia, NW #Australia. All parts toxic including smoke from fires, contains the cardiac poison Cerberin. Don't risk it! 🙁☠

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Stephen Spitewinter @spitewinter.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

#plants #history #botany #volcanoes #art 🌋 Friday Art 🎨 JOSEPH WRIGHT OF DERBY, 1734-1797 Vesuvius in eruption, viewed from Posillipo Oils on Canvas c.1789 (Probably observed during his visit to Naples October - November 1774) Current Exhibition until 1 November: derbymuseums.org/event/wright...

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Stephen Spitewinter @spitewinter.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

#plants #botany #history #art 🍒 Cherry 'Monstrueux de Mézel' Does anyone know if examples of this #cherry survive? A very large sweet cherry known in the #Mézel district of #France 🇫🇷. It was listed in Rev. Hort., 1846, and Hedric's 'Cherries of New York' 1914 but seems to have vanished since. 🙁

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Stephen Spitewinter @spitewinter.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

#trump #economy #USA #psychology Is this anything to do with the Dunning-Kruger Effect? thedecisionlab.com/biases/dunni...

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Stephen Spitewinter @spitewinter.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

#plants #history #botany #art 🌿 Araucaria araucana (A.imbricata) - Monkey Puzzle Tree It's current home range is temperate S America but escaped ornamental cultivation in Britain 🇬🇧. A Jurassic #livingfossil and source material for Jet Jewellery: www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/inspir...

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ABC News Bot (unofficial) @abcnewsbot.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Cable networks CNN and MS NOW and political newsletter Politico have been banned from the White House, effective immediately, with more to follow, US President Donald Trump says.

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Breaking: Trump bans CNN, MS NOW and Politico from White House

Cable networks CNN and MS NOW and political newsletter Politico have been banned from the White House, effective immediately, with more to follow, US President Donald Trump says.

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Stephen Spitewinter @spitewinter.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

#history #botany #plants #art 🎨 Friday Art 🙂 Pierre-Auguste Renoir 1841-1919 Les oliviers de Cagnes Oils on Canvas c1909 Enjoy your weekend: the coming of Spring in the Southern Hemisphere, and the dwindling of the Summer sun in the North.

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Stephen Spitewinter @spitewinter.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

#Canada #Europe #Carney I have just watched and listened to PM Carney address the EU in Stasbourg. It was a political speech that was reasoned and inspiring. Canadians, your PM is serving you well.

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Stephen Spitewinter @spitewinter.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

#plants #history #botany #art 🌴 Hyophorbe verschaffeltii - Spindle Palm Native only to Rodrigues island in the Mauritius Archipelago, there are only a few left in the wild. Not likely to be lost thanks to planting in Trinidad & Tobago. Strictly tropical, it will die in temperatures below zero.

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Stephen Spitewinter @spitewinter.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

#plants #history #botany #art 🌷 Phycella fulgens syn. Habranthus fulgens & others. A (to me) rather beautiful member of Amaryllidaceae. Native only to Central #Chile. Reported by Rev. Hort and Curtis in 1866. Royal Botanic Garden, #Edinburgh 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Refs: chileanendemics.rbge.org.uk/taxa/phycell...

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Stephen Spitewinter @spitewinter.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

#trump #Ireland #chaos Can anyone tell me if Trump knows where Ireland is? I suspect that to him it's just somewhere where he gets off of a plane to play golf. Or is it just another place where he tries to distract us from his long, long list of domestic chaos? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Donald Trump: A united Ireland would be 'fantastic' says Trump during Irish visit

Trump made the comments during a meeting with Irish leader Micheál Martin, but Downing Street says it will "stick to the Good Friday Agreement".

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Stephen Spitewinter @spitewinter.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

#history #botany #art #Canada #Quebec 🎨 Friday Art! William Armstrong (1822-1914) Crossing to Quebec Oils on Board, C19th Possibly Voyageurs and passengers crossing the St Lawrence to Québec City in the winter. Have a good weekend! Brief Bio & more works/links: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William...

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Stephen Spitewinter @spitewinter.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

#plants #history #botany #art 🌼 Anemone pulsatilla syn. Pulsatilla vulgaris - European Pasqueflower, Common Pasqueflower A member of the Buttercup family, common to open pasture in #Europe. A hardy perennial that forms clumps of bright purple-blue flowers. www.wildlifetrusts.org/wildlife-exp...

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Stephen Spitewinter @spitewinter.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

#plants #flowers #history #botany #art 🌷 Calceolaria - The Slipper Flower - a huge genus of over 250 plants in several forms. 1. 'Exemplar' 2. 'Madonna' This plate by Alfred Adlard c.1846. Horticulture UK - growing Calceolaria and useful background information. horticulture.co.uk/blogs/growin...

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Stephen Spitewinter @spitewinter.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

#AI #Books I have a comprehesive set of screwdrivers and three different sizes of cable cutters. I don't use AI and I buy books. That's the best I can do. BBC News - OpenAI chief scientist warns no-one is prepared for consequences of AI - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

bbc.co.uk

OpenAI chief scientist warns no-one is prepared for consequences of AI

The post comes as the firm releases GPT-6 Astra, which it says is its most powerful product yet.

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Stephen Spitewinter @spitewinter.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

#history #botany #trees #art 🌲 Friday Art! Aleksei Savrasov, 1830-1897 Summer Oils on Canvas, c.mid 1880s. I used to know a stand of pines like these when I was young. I would climb the long hill to them and enjoy the solitude. Happy days. Have a good weekend - and let's be careful out there...

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Stephen Spitewinter @spitewinter.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

#plants #history #botany #art 🫐 1. Prunus domestica var. Diamond (Recorded early C19th)) 2. P. domestica var. Belgian Purple (Bred c.1853-4) Two heritage plums for the harvest. Diamond was known for cooking, bred to a sweeter table fruit in C20th. Still available from nurseries. Plate c.1878

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Stephen Spitewinter @spitewinter.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

#plants #history #botany #art 🌼 Gloriosa superba syn. Methonica plantii - Lame Lily, Climbing Lily, Creeping Lily, Gloriosa Lily, Tiger Claw Common to much of Sub #Saharan #Africa and #Asia, also introduced to E. #Australia & #Alabama. Toxic ☠️ How to grow from RHS - www.rhs.org.uk/plants/82032...

Gloriosa superba syn. Methonica plantii - a plate by Louis Van Houtte (1810-1876) c.1853.

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Stephen Spitewinter @spitewinter.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

#plants #history #botany #art 🎨 Friday Art! Paul Cézanne (1839-1906) 'L'Estaque aux toits rouges' Oils on Canvas c.1885 - During his time at The Artist's Village, L'Estaque. More of Cézanne's work at The National Gallery 🇬🇧 (scroll down in the web page). www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/pa...

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Stephen Spitewinter @spitewinter.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

#plants #orchids #history #botany #art Dendrobium speciosum var. hillii syn. D. hillii - Pale King Orchid Striking #Australian native. Trailing stems of up to 200 flowers. Grows over rocks & overhanging boughs near water along the 🇦🇺 E Coast and into the southern tropics. First recorded 1877.

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Stephen Spitewinter @spitewinter.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

#Canada #Ontario #LakeOntario If it still holds water it's still Lake Ontario. I hear that #toiletrolls are getting scarce in the #USA, if they want something to be annoyed about. End of Chat.

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Jim Hawkins @jimallthetime.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Books Have Always Been Destroyed. But Never Like This We’ve entered the third era of libricide cardcatalogforlife.substack.com/p/books-have...

cardcatalogforlife.substack.com

Books Have Always Been Destroyed. But Never Like This.

We’ve entered the third era of libricide.

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Stephen Spitewinter @spitewinter.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

#plants #history #botany #art 🍈 1 & 2 Sicyos edulis - Chayote Christophine, Mirliton, Güisquil, an edible gourd. 3 Melo cantalupo - Cantaloupe, a true melon. 4 & 5 Cucurbita citrullus - Citrullus, from the gourd/cucumber family. From Jardin Potager et Jardin Fruitier, 1872, one of my favourites.

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Stephen Spitewinter @spitewinter.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

#plants #botany #history #art 🎨 Friday Art 🙂 Vincent van Gogh 1853-1890 Cabanes de bois parmi les oliviers et cyprès "Wooden cabins among the olive trees and cypresses" Oils on Canvas - Saint-Rémy, October 1889 Vincent in Saint Remy - www.alpillesenprovence.com/en/history-h...

Vincent van Gogh 1853-1890
Painting, 1889, oils on canvas "Cabanes de bois parmi les oliviers et cyprès"

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Stephen Spitewinter @spitewinter.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

#Canada #USA #Trade #Trump 🇨🇦 That must have come as a huge surprise to the whole world. The USA says one thing and does the opposite? That was completely out of character. 🤣 #Canada we will stand by you. Publish a list of your exports to 🇬🇧 & 🇪🇺 - we will buy them. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Canada says it will match US tariffs 'dollar for dollar' as trade talks break down

A new 50% levy on $20bn of Canadian imports comes into force after a last-minute breakdown in trade talks.

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Stephen Spitewinter @spitewinter.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

#plants #trees #history #botany #art 🌳 Carya illinoinensis - Pecan Hickory One of a large and varied genus of Hickory: this one cultivated for Pecan nuts. Others are cut for timber that is a gold standard for tool handles, like hammers and axes - a pioneer's friend. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pecan

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Stephen Spitewinter @spitewinter.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

#plants #history #botany #art 🌼 Aquilegia chrysantha A Grey - Golden Columbine Good Morning everyone. It rained last night! 🙂 Here's a native A. chrysantha because it's one of my favourite native plants from hot, dry N #America. Have a good day and a good week. www.rhs.org.uk/plants/79886...

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Stephen Spitewinter @spitewinter.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

#meta #zuckerberg #socialmedia #justice #trial Here's a thing - What happens if Meta ends up being actually responsible for the user content it publishes, something that it has avoided for its whole existence? The whole current business model goes onto the rocks. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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If Meta loses this trial, Instagram and Facebook could change forever

US states are suing the social media giant to force an overhaul of its platforms for young users.

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Stephen Spitewinter @spitewinter.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

#bluecrew #trueblue #USpolitics #Resisters #Trump I've just been sent this. I have no idea if it's genuine. I wonder. What would George Washington say if he could see this abysmal mess?

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