Mark Hyde

Retired actuary with interests in botany, music and web development.

[Mark Hyde @markzimb]

Euphorbia fulgens, the spectacular Scarlet plume, in a Harare garden yesterday.

[Julian Jessop @julianHjessop]

Here's a chart for anyone still willing to believe that #Brexit has knocked 8% off the UK economy...

The lines show what has actually happened to GDP in the UK, France and Germany since the vote to leave.

The green unicorn shows where the UK would be if GDP were 8% higher 🤔

[Mark Hyde @markzimb]

Sadly ...

[Brooke Byerley Best, PhD @BotanyBrooke]

Botanists: weirder than the norm since at least 1881.

[Mark Hyde @markzimb]

The beautiful Chionanthus battiscombei flowering in the Harare Botanic Garden on 28th October. The generic name comes from the Greek chios meaning snow and anthos a flower, referring to the abundant white flowers.

[Mark Hyde @markzimb]

@laeserman Hidden behind a pay wall?

[Mark Hyde @markzimb]

Keep the Kew Herbarium at Kew - Sign the Petition! https://t.co/6ZT6S7TfEG via @Change

[Mark Hyde @markzimb]

@IPS_PalmSociety @SantaClaraUniv Plus a spectacular Jacaranda.

[Tinashe @baba_nyenyedzi]

How about $2? 😂😂

[Dad Jokes @Dadsaysjokes]

My wife tells me I have 2 major faults.

I don't listen - and something else.

[litquidity @litcapital]

Americans traveling in Europe this summer with the EUR/USD at parity

[Mark Hyde @markzimb]

AETFAT 2022 gets under way.

[Mark Hyde @markzimb]

So sorry to hear this sad news.

[Hopewell Chin’ono @daddyhope]

Zimbabwean public intellectual Dr Alex Magaisa @Wamagaisa has died.

He suffered a cardiac arrest this morning at Margate Hospital at 10 am.

Family contacts
Levy Magaisa [phone]
Esteri Magaisa [phone]

[Seb 🌱🌿☘️🌱 @SebUrbanBotany]

Guess who’s the botanist…

[Mark Hyde @markzimb]

Cartoon from @Spectator’s daily Lunchtime Espresso. Sign up for free: https://t.co/MKH5o1yh52

[Pedro Jiménez Mejías @pjimmej]

Today in #Kew I have met one of my #taxonomy heros: Jane Browning. I was thrilled. She has been able to grow order out of chaos in untamable groups, as Schoenoplectus sl! Her work inspired me to become the #sedge researcher I am. When I grow up I want to be just like you, Jane!

[ZIMCAST @ZIM_CAST]

⚠️🌀 TROPICAL SYSTEM UPDATE 🌀⚠️

Roughly 4 - 5 days before the tropical system (invest 93S), which may become #CycloneAna later on Sunday, could potentially reach Zimbabwe, according to latest projections. 🌀 🇿🇼

N.B. projected path can change at any time.

(METEO)

[Mark Hyde @markzimb]

@zimrh I really must have a look at this Wordle thing!

[Amazing Physics @amazing_physics]

A little brain-breaking🤯

It's called an Ellipsograph (or Trammel of Archimedes), and if to look closely, you can notice that each ball is moving in a straight line.

[Mark Hyde @markzimb]

Interesting thread on the current South African Covid situation.

[Shabir Madhi @ShabirMadh]

Reflecting on SA experience with Omricon thus far in Gauteng - the epicentre in SA. 1. Rate of increase per capita much quicker than any of previous three waves. Strongly suggestive of more transmissible than even delta. 2. Positivity rate 30-40% in some settings.