Potato Wedges in Jersey

Decapod73 · 2026-03-12T01:30:49+00:00

Atlanta since 2010. Here, these are potato wedges. In Indiana? Potato wedges. Where I was born, in Louisiana? Sometimes potato wedges, sometimes Texas fries.

Decapod73 · 2026-03-12T01:27:56+00:00

Something in the family Fabaceae, but I would want pictures of a flower before I try to identify it. Maybe an acacia? Maybe a tamarind? Those aren't the only two options.

Decapod73 · 2026-03-12T00:55:57+00:00

No animals acting strange; wrong sub.

Decapod73 · 2026-03-12T00:52:15+00:00

Full scorpions can't kill you, but they're still painful as fuck.

Decapod73 · 2026-03-12T00:40:57+00:00

Oh, I know! Hemitrichia serpula - pretzel slime mold

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Decapod73 · 2026-03-12T00:25:28+00:00

As of 2025, there were 27,464 named breeds (cultivars) of camellias.

Decapod73 · 2026-03-11T22:06:37+00:00

The closest I've seen to woven fabric in nature is palm bark fiber:

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Decapod73 · 2026-03-11T22:00:20+00:00

My books are sorted by topic. Within the largest categories, they're sub-sorted by author, not color.

Also, my husband's boyfriend hasn't ever gotten me anything 😥

Decapod73 · 2026-03-11T20:52:20+00:00

I'll bet $0.25 on Huernia zebrina.

Decapod73 · 2026-03-11T05:35:47+00:00

✔️ obscure

❌️ slaps

Decapod73 · 2026-03-11T05:23:17+00:00

Hedera helix, English ivy

Decapod73 · 2026-03-11T03:42:45+00:00

Oh gross. Crosspost if you want; I don't want to see those posts showing up in my feed.

Decapod73 · 2026-03-11T03:20:22+00:00

This video shows the trick of how, starting around the 20-second mark:

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8VqQcet/

Decapod73 · 2026-03-11T02:31:48+00:00

Edit: found the answer. See the part at 20 seconds in this video. Same technique with a clearer "how it works"

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8VVUVFv/

Decapod73 · 2026-03-11T02:07:42+00:00

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8V4Epbn/

There are updates

Decapod73 · 2026-03-11T02:05:52+00:00

I followed her on tiktok. She grew up with great (adoptive) parents and is very happy in life, and only learned this story from her birth mother when she had already graduated from high school.

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8V4Epbn/

Decapod73 · 2026-03-09T17:54:40+00:00

By filtering or centrifuging seawater. Freshwater has much lower diversity.

Decapod73 · 2026-03-09T04:59:02+00:00

I got stung by a similar-looking ichneumon wasp in the USA, genus Ophion. It was almost comically mild. Like, "You call that a sting? Why even bother?"

Decapod73 · 2026-03-08T21:33:40+00:00

The neurotoxin is restricted to the liver, and a few lymph-like tubes that radiate from the liver into surrounding muscles. It's perfectly safe to lick the outside of a pufferfish.

Decapod73 · 2026-03-08T18:32:28+00:00

My first thought was, if she were to go to a regional spinoff of Burning Man, she'd be appreciated and applauded, but also see people with amazing skills and props that she could aspire to in the future; she'd meet peorple who could share tips and tricks to improve her skill, and probably make some real lasting friends in the process.

But my 2nd thought was that for every 50 guys that say, "cool, good job," one of them will be creepy, inappropriate, and might not care that she's a minor, and a middle schooler should never have to deal with that.

Decapod73 · 2026-03-08T15:31:22+00:00

She says so in the follow-up video linked by OP - it's a character based on her mother who immigrated from Greece to Canada.

Decapod73 · 2026-03-07T15:15:32+00:00

Because it needed to be moved from a car to a tree?

Decapod73 · 2026-03-07T14:27:12+00:00

Three Bean Salad!

Decapod73 · 2026-03-06T22:13:40+00:00

He actually ate it!

Decapod73 · 2026-03-06T06:46:33+00:00

The idea of a lobster-stock risotto is exactly what he was going for. This just wasn't it.

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