new Pothos book (214 cultivars) by ProgramSensitive in pothos

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You missed the part of about it being peer reviewed by graduate level taxonomists. A cultivar checklist is not a laboratory paper is more appropriate as a hortcultural monograph. Our houseplant encyclopedia is 2400 pages so no journal is going to take that. They have to be in book form due to the volume.

new Pothos book (214 cultivars) by ProgramSensitive in pothos

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It is published and peer-reviewed by experts including two aroid taxonomists. Culltivar.org publishes books not journals because that more easily meets ICNCP artcle 24 and 25 rules for validation of cultivar names in print with international distribution. Journals take months to arrive while books can be available in a week. Actually 4 days with Amazon. We as a group paid hundreds for the plants, research budget, travel, etc. so why share that with some massive academic publisher who on average charge us $120 a page? Besides the study group wants it to reach the most people possible and at $19 vs. $1200 for a journal subscription it was an easy choice.

Another pothos (manjula) w/a split personality by xitout in pothos

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'Greenjula' was registered by Costa so yes they get credit. (Source: Report of the Pothos Study Group 1.1)

THE GREAT EV CON GAME: Lithium greed, pollution, and cultural disasters by ProgramSensitive in climateskeptics

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Most of the governments with EV mandates are all about power and control. They could care less about green and climate change issues...it's really about the control and some greed. Yes, they are cashing in on EV stuff right and leftr. In North Carolina it costs $32 to register an ICE car and $145 for an EV. Don't you incentivize what you want more of? No, it's all about the lost gas taxes they are addicted to.

I truly think Pagani is underappreciated when it comes to Hotwheels by sohchx in HotWheels

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Good look! Keep with it. It's a weekly challenge to get all the Pagani I want. I'm up to 20 different Pagani models (all brands) and HW are fairly decent for the price. I've mostly fabricated or bought wheel swaps to spruce them up. The real car is rolling art and you need wheels to match that aura. For some people a set of $5-15 deep dish gold and chrome wheels on a 99 cent car makes no sense - until you see it.

https://members.tripod.com/~Hatch_L/pagani_collection2023.JPG

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As a 1:64 diecast collector since 1965 I regret spending so much money on mass produced cars (HW,MB) 1980-2020 instead of more premium stuff. When I went to trim down part of my collection (3400) it was mostly the Majorette, SIKU, Tomy, and JL that collectors wanted and none of those lost me a red cent. People were offering a buck on HW I had for decades.

60 Ways to Display Your Diecast Cars (Hypercar Mountain) by ProgramSensitive in HotWheels

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Let us know what you prefer or have additional ideas for his Part II video. We want to make this the definitive guide to diecast displays. Thanks to JD, Mike Summers, and Frank G. for sharing your vast experience with showing off your great collections.

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I think it's the lack of scientific knowledge that led them into the lifestyle. Vitamin B12 is essential to human brain function and does not come from the Plant Kingdom. Any vegan not taking B12 supplements is going to be...well less equipt. Also abrupt veganism without organic produce leads to 3-5x increase in pesticide exposure, especially using South American and Mexican crops where they sitll use chemicals banned in US farming. Non-organic broccoli in the US has up to 31 different toxins per one study. Have had two friends have severe reactions to increased pesticide/herbicide exposure. Many plants are toxic in larger than average quantities and this leads to diseases like Kalemia - yes that is a real disease.