Weekly Facebook 2017-07-24 (Sun Jul 30 11:05:10 2017)

July 30, 2017

Baby shekere gourd.

Last night we learned that the difference between gourds and squash is basically whether you eat them or eat with them. They’re otherwise very closely related under the same family.

Fri Jul 28 21:44:24 2017

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They only come out at night

Our concrete garden volunteer of the year is this sprawling shekere gourd plant. The blossoms come out just at dusk, so i guess this is technically a moon flower.

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Fri Jul 28 02:44:26 2017

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[edit because i can: I get that this isn’t trans, this was supposed to be about generational memes]

I wonder if this reference has been going over anyone’s head. Don’t say who this is. Please. If you know who it is, say yes. If you don’t, say no. I’m wondering if this is on a generational divide…

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Thu Jul 27 19:10:44 2017

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Dna analysis of archaological material is answering a lot of interesting questions.

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/ancient-dna-offers-clues-canaanites-fate

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Thu Jul 27 15:45:16 2017

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I occasionally post about automation taking jobs. Here’s a handy list of jobs already transitioned over the last 30 years. Maybe some of these jobs used to being to people you know or know. Yours is most likely under threat.

Sorry about the stray apostrophe.

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