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Does this sound good or gross?

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If you’ve been toying with the idea of becoming a Tyee supporter, now is an excellent time. We’re in the last week of a fundraising drive to equip our team to report on the upcoming B.C. and federal elections. Also: merch. Need we say more? 😍

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Did you know some plants can pull metals out of the earth?

In today’s episode, we discuss why scientists want to use these plants as a green solution to mining. Plus, a fern broke the record for the largest genome ever discovered.

Listen here 🎧: pod.link/73329284

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Peter Vogel's avatar Peter Vogel @petervogel.bsky.social
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Is this place still a thing? Or is BlueSky fading into oblivion?

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I think from now on.. I'm going to hit the boost button in addition to the like button.

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wikipedia shows BlueSky increasing at a linear rate. So it would be about 3 million people around now. Mastodon seems to be "10 million" in 2023 with '2 million active users' I think both networks need to have more discovery methods. Currently it seems that I can only discover hashtags.

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yes, it was the same company, Harbour Air. Harbour air is a really cool company- they innovated the conversion to Turbo prop years ago, and had recent progress with an electric plane prototype. I think they're looking into lighter batteries, and getting re-certified with the parts change.

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Sorry again, It looks like archive.org would have taken a podcast snapshot of a few weeks prior to that date. Best of luck to you.

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here's the result of Internet Archive for around that date...

web.archive.org/web/20150805...

It doesn't show July 9 2015.. so maybe the podcast was from a different day, or month, or year.

Non related bonus - old Lexicon Valley articles from back then.

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Cauliflower poppers are tasty. Lightly oiled, spiced and fried up.

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House tied to balloons, bumper balloons, hydrogen bumper balloons, lawn chsir tied to balloons

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Building on the right gives me flashbacks to Q-Bert in the late eighties.

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Monterey Bay Aquarium's avatar Monterey Bay Aquarium @montereyaq.bsky.social
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The four stages of becoming a birder:
🪹Nestling Phase: You start with a casual interest, peeking out of your cozy comfort zone to notice the birds around you...
youtube.com/shorts/6tKo_...

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Science Friday 's avatar Science Friday @scifri.bsky.social
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Silk is one of the most luxurious fabrics for clothing and bedding made by insects.

Dr. Aarathi Prasad joins us to discuss her new book on the past and future of silk—and even why she grew her own silkworms.

www.sciencefriday.com/segments/his...

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Studies suggest people who take metformin for diabetes may be at lower risk for cancer, heart disease and dementia. Now researchers aim to test if it prevents age-related diseases in healthy people.

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Know who's got a good hiss... this weaponized bird.

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I think you and Gretchen make excellent contributions as you would know what gestures are used. In the expansion of the emoji set, are there emojis which took off in use or some emojis which did not get acceptance? Any unexpected hits or misses in new emoji use?

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Ancient Greece didn't need no punctuation

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An anthropology professor at the University of South Florida recently published a paper she knew barely anyone would read. At least, not outside her field.

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I think you should send these up to the space station and get them returned. That way you could get "Kriller Skeletons From Outer Space!"

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The street artist Banksy has confirmed the authenticity of a new mural that was painted on a north London street. The piece re-foliates a severely pruned tree in the Islington North area, a densely populated neighborhood.

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For people with idiopathic hypersomnia, no amount of sleep can shake a profound feeling of sleepiness.

In today's episode, we discuss this rare disease and how patient advocacy has led to more research on the condition.

Listen here 🎧: pod.link/73329284

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Have you looked at Edison motors? They're in B C and ramping up production in a new shop

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secondlina // Lord of Crows's avatar secondlina // Lord of Crows @secondlina.bsky.social
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Throne in the Woods

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Nancy Friedman's avatar Nancy Friedman @fritinancy.bsky.social
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And the delightful name has an equally delightful origin story!

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The "Lest old acquaintances be forgot..." part of the song starts to hit.

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Calling it now... next Swift album is XKCD

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Charlie Chaplin, The Champion. I'm sure I can recite half an hour of a silent movie

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"But not a real green dress, that's cruel"

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I find that there are library jobs at civicjobs and a civicinfo site

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Imagine trying to live a simple life but every 5 minutes Elon beams yet another controversial xeet to your brain

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