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Cake day: June 11th, 2023

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  • It’s a 5000 year old structure that pre-dates the Indo-European settlement of the United Kingdom by centuries, surrounded by hundreds of burial mounds of a people who no longer exist.

    It’s aligned with the sun in such a way that it suggests the pre-European people of 3000BC were engaging in astronomy and had the ability to predict celestial phenomena decades in advance despite not having writing.

    Some of the stones were sourced from ~150 miles away, which, considering they weigh ~5 tons, is a hell of a feat in 3000BC.

    How can you not think all that’s rad as hell












  • I can’t think of any ornamental tree that produces an edible fruit, nor any fruit-bearing tree that would make for a good sound screen. Only some would even provide good shade: most fruit trees stay quite short and are very short-lived compared to ornamentals.

    I understand the frustration, but a bunch of slimy little ornamental plums covering the road is a hazard, and there’s no guaranteeing females don’t fruit as a result of animal activity etc




  • Adlach@lemmygrad.mltoScience Memes@mander.xyzwhy not both?
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    24 days ago

    They literally did, though? Europeans brought animals and plants over on their ships—the same ones they were coming over on. Kudzu is an extremely recent example, but invasive species date back to the literal first colonists. The two issues are inextricable.

    And it’s not that the plants are fitter, it’s that they have no predators as a result of human activity.

    I’m sorry, but I really think this is a “no investigation, no right to speak” scenario. It would take thirty minutes on Google to figure out why you’re wrong.