@KurtsViews@MatildaBoseley That’s true but the federation blocks bad-actor (and spammer, etc) server reasonably quickly via a block-list. Admins take content moderation quite seriously.
@KurtsViews@MatildaBoseley Mastodon is run by several thousand inter-connected (federated) instances (servers). Run by people not corporations. Funded by end-user donations if they so chose.
It *is* a bit of a learning curve; it’s to a Twitter work-alike.
"Geologists are very pleasant companions, especially for geologists. It’s their art, to stop at every stone, and carry out an investigation at every layer of Earth"🔎🪨
- Swiss author Rodolphe Toepffer (1799-1846)
I found a new-to-me group of about 10 Diuris sp. on the property. Dr. Lachlan Copeland in Coffs Harbour tells me that “it's what I call "Diuris sp. aff. alba (Northern Tablelands)". It's unnamed but reasonably common from about Werrikimbe NP to Gibraltar Range.”
#metz#ozPlants
@stevenst@JessicaWorboys Indeed, it looked pretty intense on the radar as it moved west to east across the Guyra area. Might have been worse a tad south - at Black Mountain perhaps.
@hpmilne Quite a few species; so far: Eriochilus cucullatus, Spiranthes australis, Pterystillis sp. incl. P. mutica (Midget greenhood), Caladenia sp. incl. C. major, at least 3 Diuris sp., 2 or 3 Dipodium sp. (incl. 1 with unusual white), Calochilus sp., Microtis unifolia (Onion orchid).
The wet/boggy ground is host to several patches of sundew (Drosera sp.) around the property. I’ve never before seen sundew in most of the current locations though I guess we’ve never before seen so many La Niña years in a row either.
#metz#armidale#ozPlants
The colder mornings are almost over but there was still a decent frost this morning. This was the state of affairs as I headed off with the dogs a few minutes after sunrise (our local sunrise is currently at about 5:40 am). #metz#armidale#winter