I just want to explain the very clever double entendre here because I’m not sure how many people will get it.

Skunk cabbage is notable for blooming in late winter, even when snow is still on the ground. How can a flower bloom in snow? Well, it actually generates its own heat, which can be enough to melt the snow around it and allow pollinators to reach the flower. This heat can be extremely important to early season pollinators, since they can rest and warm up in the flower even when it might otherwise be too cold to fly.

So that spathussy really do be hot.

Why would this bother me lol

This is way more common than wildlife biologists want to admit.

Touché but you know what I mean. It’s the most logical to have absolute zero be zero.

Kelvin is objectively the most accurate. Celsius fans cope.

What I meant was, what is the mechanism that supposedly connects facial features to job performance?

Disturbing. What is the proposed mechanism here? Or is it unknown?

I assume you mean JFK, was he talking about this?

But I mean we as in the people of the US. Our leaders have very different incentives than we do.

When are we going to start talking about abolishing the FBI?

Ouch my teeth 😢

Should disabling these cameras be considered community defense? Discuss.

Interesting, thanks. Makes sense since P. cerasifera tastes and looks extremely similar to European plums. But I’ve never tried Prunus spinosa to compare.

You know it.

Only if it’s connected by water to the other major rivers. But I’m not sure if it is.

Thanks. That seems to be the origin of the extra braid that crosses the Rockies on the map.

I mean making shit up isn’t a joke though. I feel like the humor needs to be based on something real.

Most of the other “islands” are formed by man made canals, so I’m curious what the situation in the Rockies is that allows them to argue those rivers connect.

Uh… is there a waterway that crosses the Rocky Mountains this way? That doesn’t seem right.

Edit: after some searching I found this, which I suspect is the basis of this connection: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parting_of_the_Waters

Is the implication here that Asian plums are a different species?

Distant cackling