exoticaesoterica

Original content from where the wild things hang out. Tropical natural history & exotic ornamentals-the antidote to burnout from doom scrolling. Free of AI BS.

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#ultraviolet #NaturePhotography #succulents

Sandpaper Ox Tongue Succulent (Gasteria batesiana 'Barberton') fluorescing at 365 nm wavelength under blackout conditions. Mpumalanga Province, northeastern South Africa.
Image: ©Exotica Esoterica LLC and Jay Vannini 2026.

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@MatthewCappucci One would imagine that the air in DC is so contaminated in every way that it's always a hazard to expose oneself to this environment.
CODE BANANA REPUBLIC in effect.

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@GeoRebekah Perhaps the cruelest and least self aware?

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@VladTheInflator This entire environment is yellow card aesthetic violation territory. Quite apart from the grossness of his enthusiastic ball-gargling the Izzies, he needs to riffle through an Arch Digest and GQ once in a while with his eyes open and marmoset brain in "ON" mode,

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@ZuritaCarpio Oh joy. A corpulent, vile Elvis Impersonator with the same dancing skills as his hero, El Trumpo.

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@RyanRozbiani Dunno about that. At this stage, much of the world would stand in line for the opportunity to piss on his grave.

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@esjesjesj British partner's desks from the 19th and early 20th centuries have a shared open footwell and mirror image drawers on both sides. I own one myself. I assume that is what he is sitting at.
Vulgarians will be vulgarians.

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@DarioCpx Don't hold your breath expecting the Japanese economy to implode from chronic mismanagement and intervention. The road to Tokyo is littered with the reputations of western "experts" predicting collapse since the 1990s. They don't call the JGB short "The Widowmaker" for nothing.

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@EthanLevins2 The USA, perchance?

Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria.

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#raresucculents #rareplants
Half-man (Pachypodium namaquanum). Northwest Cape Province and southern Nambia.

Image: ©Exotica Esoterica LLC and Jay Vannini 2026.

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Someone on his staff needed to red pencil this post. He neglected to capitalize, "...VERY EXPENSIVE..." in accordance with the Trumpesque style manual.
Interesting to see that CentCom apparently now using invisible giant fly swatters to knock down Shaheds.

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@ImBreckWorsham Unsurprising. More than half the country is functionally illiterate. More than half the country believes that UFOs are proof of alien spacecraft. Just under half the country supports the war with Iran, despite its spectacular failure. All data from recent polling available online

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@imetatronink I can confirm that you almost never appear in my feed anymore. I have followed you to attempt to remedy this, but don't have high hopes since the few people I follow don't show up either! Endless ads for stupid sh*t & sportporn, though! I agree that the platform is being wrecked.

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@ArmstrongEcon Bail-in and selective default? Test driven in Cyprus and (albeit more narrowly) in Spain during the early 2010s. Anyone who thinks the Japanese govt wouldn't misappropriate its seniors' savings has not been paying attention. Come to think of it, I wouldn't put it past the UK.

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@Megatron_ron Karma has everyone's address.

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"You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows."

That said, in this case this is just a cynical marketing ploy.

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@Megatron_ron Military air traffic trackers at the time were indicating this, just as the boot-licking bottle blond sellout was claiming otherwise. I'm sure the Iranians are perfectly aware of the bases used in Cyprus, Romania, Italy, etc. to attack them. I'm guessing they have long memories.

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@FurkanGozukara Sean Hannity looks like he's just been interrupted while stuffing his cheek pouches with Cinnabons. His stumbling, almost tearful delivery suggests this loss has prompted a mild stroke.

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#orchids #naturephotography
Barbed-wire Orchid (Dendrobium brymerianum ' Solana Sunrise'). Foothill forests from northeastern India through to northern Thailand and Laos.
Image: ©Exotica Esoterica and Jay Vannini 2026.

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@georgegalloway We have a truly loathsome crop of 'orrible politicos on this side of the pond, but I must say that this twerp, "Richy-Rish" Sunak, and Stumbledrunk Sheepdog Johnson take win, place, and show in the running for most bloody awful people in all Christendom.

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@georgegalloway Just a thought, but isn't it rich that a man who garnered a mere ~25,000 votes to win the Makerfield seat in Parliament may go on to be selected by a corrupt witches' coven to become Prime Minister of a nation of ~70 MM people? We're a banana republic in the 'States, but the UK?