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orchidorkidum.bsky.social
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@orchidorkidum.bsky.social
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Aussie expat in the US. Geologist, plant dork, fandom nerd from the ‘80’s
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This was fun to do and I came out as apparently sounding like a New Yorker. Except I’m an Australian who has lived in Indiana for 26 yrs. Go figure!
Map illustrating which areas of the US my dialect is most similar to. The map indicates about 54% of my answers are similar to New York
September 4, 2026 at 3:34 PM
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A pie chart with a large blue segment labeled No. The remaining small yellow segment is labeled ‘No, but in yellow’.
July 24, 2026 at 7:36 PM
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If you see this, post something you saved because it’s funny.
Gerry Adams of Sinn Fein (the former political arm of the Irish Republican Army) complaining on social media about it taking half an hour to switch off all his Christmas lights each night. Another poster responds with “Surely you know someone who can fit a timer”.
April 14, 2026 at 2:50 AM
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Image of Kermit the frog reading a book titled ‘How to slap someone through the internet’.
April 12, 2026 at 11:09 PM
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This is a safe place! Post a #Superman
Screen shot of Lois and Superman from cartoon My Adventures with Superman
February 17, 2026 at 3:23 AM
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Tiny Masdevalia orchid (don’t know species as I lost the tag). #orchids #bloomscrolling #flowerreport
Tiny trumpet shaped Masdevalia orchid flower in yellow and orange colors. There are tiny hairs inside the trumpet of the flower and three long spines growing from the edge of the trumpet.
December 21, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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I signed up for $5 monthly recurring!
December 4, 2025 at 3:25 AM
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Black text on white background. Text reads: What’s going on? This is followed by options of ‘It’s annoying or not interesting’, ‘I’m in this photo and I don’t like it’, ‘I think it shouldn’t be on Facebook’ and ‘It’s spam’. The second option has been selected.
November 18, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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Indy auroras. iPhone ‘sees’ this better than my eyeballs - definitely not that intense in person.
Pink aurora in a night sky Pink aurora in a night sky
November 12, 2025 at 4:05 AM
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Not the most favorite Caturday she’s had, that’s for sure.
Grey and white tabby with blue eyes, bedraggled and wet in a wash station at a groomers salon.
November 1, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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Looking *up* a ridiculously tall sycamore tree.
Photo looking parallel up the trunk of a very tall sycamore tree. The crown of the tree is a long way up there.
September 21, 2025 at 2:53 AM
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I succeeded in flowering this ridiculously small lady slipper orchid this year. It went on to have four flowers in a row. It’s called a Mexipedium.
Tiny lady slipper orchid with finger behind the white flower for scale. The flower is the same size as the end of the finger. Tiny lady slipper orchid with white flower on a windowsill.
September 11, 2025 at 3:42 AM
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This case makes it look like the phone has a boob window.
Photo of the back of an orange iPhone 17 in an army green colored case. The case has a cutout across the top of the phone for the camera bump area that resembles a cutout on a risqué top.
September 10, 2025 at 2:12 AM
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My encounter with such themed stickers:
Grey suv with yellow and black bumper sticker saying ‘New Driver I’m Freaking Trying!’ Same grey SUV in a wider angle photo showing exceptionally poor parking skills
September 9, 2025 at 2:01 AM
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You might have missed this honker of a Huntsman spider found in rural Australia a few years ago. That’s a standard broom head for scale.
Big honkin’ Hunstman spider sitting on a yellow broom head. Bigger than your hand for sure.
August 1, 2025 at 3:49 AM
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#Caturday
Grey and white tabby cat on a black cat bed.
July 26, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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Sticker spotted near my local Whole Foods.
Black sticker with white text reading ‘Elon Eats Boogers’.
July 17, 2025 at 3:34 AM
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#Caturday foot scritchies.
Chonky grey tabby cat with white belly, lying on a wood floor facing away from the camera. The cats head is resting on a bare human foot.
July 13, 2025 at 3:41 AM
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I do like me some Kirk photoshops tho.
Photoshops of Charlie Kirk’s face getting smaller while that dude from Star Wars yells ‘More!’
July 10, 2025 at 2:39 AM
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This bitch. Who I just blocked so I’m only screenshotting.
Some cretin stating “You cannot beat the capitalists and the fascists in life and death scenarios when the idiot proletariat who supported them are too brainwashed by the capitalists and the fascists to be on their side. You have to remove them before you can beat the real enemies. Their deaths help hasten our win.
July 6, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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Paphiopedilum niveum in flower. #bloomscrolling #flowerreport
Never mind the crap in the background lol.
Small white lady slipper flower on a windowsill.
June 15, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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Here is my tiniest lady slipper orchid, often called Mexipedium as it is native to Mexico.

#bloomscrolling
#flowerreport
Tiny white lady slipper orchid flower with an adult’s finger behind it, showing that the flower is only the size of a fingertip.
May 24, 2025 at 2:27 AM
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Same vibes as this sign I spotted while on field work.
Badly painted sign saying ‘ATM Here’ that looks like it was painted by the clown from It to lure unsuspecting people to their doom.
May 22, 2025 at 1:21 AM
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Screenshot of Donald Sutherland from the 1978 version of Invasion of the Body Snatchers.
May 18, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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The stinker in chief. #Caturday
A gray and white tabby cat with blue eyes lying on a wood floor.
May 10, 2025 at 10:30 PM