Flowers of the Bradford Pear
#photo #photography #flowers #bloomscrolling #spring #pears #tree #sakura
#Pears
As I've already indicated, if no official response is given I will be creating strong sanctions around use of @holepunch_to software and contributing to their communities. I will no longer recommend #Keet or #Pears openly or to groups I work with, and instead take on the responsibility of warning marginalised people of their toxic culture and against engaging with them.
You have lost yourselves a fan, and created a vocal detractor.
Reporting back on this confronting interaction with the #Holepunch / #Keet community in their official #Pears channel last December 13th/14th (depending on your timezone).
https://kolektiva.social/@pospi/115714114504044153
TLDR; yes, it's another violent #DistributedWeb #DWeb community incubating hate projects and including #fascist actors.
Pears, c.1910s - Alphalsa Postcard
https://www.ebid.net/uk/for-sale/pears-c-1910s-alphalsa-postcard-235516395.htm
Art 365/365 Pears - my last daily watercolour sketch for the year.
#CentralAsia’s #fruit and #nut #forests: the real Garden of Eden?
Birthplaces of some of the world’s most beloved snacks
by Monica Evans
17 December 2020
"Millions of years ago, in the temperate montane forests of a little-known region in Central Asia, some of the world’s best-loved fruit and nut trees began to grow. #Apples, #apricots, #cherries, #plums, #grapes, #figs, #peaches, #pomegranates, #pears, #almonds, #pistachios and #walnuts all originated in the hills and valleys of the #TianShan mountain range, which stretches from #Uzbekistan in the west to #China and #Mongolia in the east.
"The area is volcanic and geologically tumultuous, but fertile – scientists have hypothesized that in a place prone to frequent eruptions, earthquakes and landslides, shorter-lived tree species that could disperse their seeds widely by making themselves palatable to large mammals had a better shot at survival than long-lived, slow-maturing trees.
"And that tasty survival strategy has served these species well. For residents of the region, the foods represent both security and social currency. 'From the taxi drivers to the ministers to the local people, almost everyone carries some #DriedFruit or #Nuts with them,' says Paola Agostini, a lead natural resources specialist for Europe and Central Asia at the World Bank. 'It’s like this safety net, and it’s also a lovely gift: something to share with others that is always appreciated.'
"Central Asian marketplaces offer a cornucopia of colors, flavors, textures and varieties – many more than those most of us are accustomed to finding in our local supermarket’s produce aisle. 'I was always astonished that people in the region could so easily tell which country a particular dried apricot came from,' says Agostini. 'Their knowledge of these products is just so deep.'
"Procuring and sharing these energy-dense treats is an ancient practice in the area. Fruit and nuts were major commodities on the Silk Road, an ancient network of trade routes that tracked through the heart of Central Asia, linking Europe, the Middle East and Asia, from the first century BC through to the mid-1400s. Over centuries of trade and travel – and lots of munching by humans, camels and horses along the way – prized fruit and nut species spread their seeds wider and wider, and new hybrid varieties were created, many of which are now supermarket and home-orchard staples, cultivated enthusiastically in temperate regions across the globe.
"Narratives of plant domestication often tend to overstate the role of humans, but newer science suggests that 'evolution in parallel' with the plants we love is often a more accurate way of framing this process. 'It’s very unlikely that when somebody took an apple from #Kazakhstan and carried it across an entire continent, they were thinking that they could cross it with another variety and end up with something better,' says #RobertSpengler, a paleo-ethnobotanist at the Max Planck Institute in Jena, Germany. 'They were more likely just carrying the seeds to plant somewhere else. And in doing so, they inadvertently set off a chain reaction of hybridization events.'
"According to Spengler’s research into the origins of apples, humans were not the first mammals to participate in that process of dispersal and co-evolution, either. In the late #Miocene, which spanned the period from 11.63 to 5.33 million years ago, large mammals such as #mammoths and #horses played critical roles in dispersing apple seeds and facilitating their evolutionary process into the large, sweet, flavor-rich fruits we enjoy today."
#SolarPunkSunday #Ethnobotany #PlantHistory #SaveTheForests #SaveTheTrees #FruitTrees #NutTrees
#BloomScrolling while strolling around the backyard Friday 26th Dec 2025
Still Life with Pears
A small celebration of Global Pear Day — exploring shape, light, and a sun-faded wooden surface.
Loving how simple forms can carry so much warmth. 🍐✨
#Art #DigitalArt #Illustration #StillLife #Pears #BamlyticsArt
Coven of #pears.
#HappyHalloween early.
@minimoysmagician you can't, yet. Although they did promise to open-source it some time ago. You can audit *parts* of the stack- #Pears & #Holepunch, specifically.
I suppose in that regard it is as auditable as Signal, who, as we know, have been pretty unresponsive when it comes to making up-to-date source for their server code available 🤷🏻
Autumn bounty
Pears are simmering (in lemonade) - I picked about another dozen today, and three of them were damaged a bit, so needed to be dealt with. Two were ripe enough that I ate a couple of slices.
And I've put the bins out, including the new big food waste bin. Let's see if the bin men take that!
Post Amy windfall! #apples #pears #allotment #allotmentlife #organicgardening #stormamy
Follow up: The pears were too ripe to peel and poach. We quartered them; trimmed out the bruises, stems, and seeds; and threw them in the crockpot for the day. Inspired by some apple butter recipes, I added a bit of nutmeg, cinnamon, cloves, and lemon zest at the start. Late afternoon, I mashed them with my potato masher and then stuck my immersion blender in the pot. This concoction has passed my wife's taste test as being very applesauce-like.
#Pears. What a pain in the butt #fruit!
I buy some, wait for them to #ripen. Each day I try them - nope, not ready yet.
Then after 4 days of this - they’ve gone #rotten! My fingers go straight through the fruit.
Sorry pears, from now on I’m only going to buy #canned pears - this has happened far too often.
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