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eclectech

@eclectech@things.uk

I make silly animations & pictures. Everything I post is made by me, unless clearly stated otherwise.

Interested in all thing visual (#Animation #Photography #sillyScribbles) and many things relating to #Politics, #HumanRights & the world around us.

Have been known to meticulously edit photos to create something fantastical, but quite often just scribble on things.

Leans to the left. Quite a lot. Full of woke nonsense, & quite happy about it. She/her.

This is my main social media account.

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chthonicionic, to random
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Forgive me being a bit “proud dad” over this, but my eldest and two friends got their work published as part of a CERN paper on research in schools https://cds.cern.ch/record/2897773/files/ATL-OREACH-PROC-2024-003.pdf
(They are responsible for section 5)

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@chthonicionic That's ace!

eclectech, to Scotland
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A late entry into the "what do you call dandelion seed heads" discussion, another from Scotland.

HAIRY MEN

I had 3 responses, in this order.

  1. Smutty. "But, but, it's all about blowing them!" 😮

  2. Sensible. "Oh, on reflection that's quite similar to the Spanish grandpa really. It's just bearded." 🧔

  3. Silly. "It should look like the Scottish gonk I bought as a holiday souvenir from the Highlands when I was little." 👀

Anyway. I made number 3. Sorry.

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The earlier dandelion stuff is here, ICYMI 🙂

https://things.uk/@eclectech/112475177009023705

eclectech,
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I was SO happy when I got that gonk. Purchased with my own precious, hard earned, pocket money.

I have always been SUPER CLASSY 😆

eclectech,
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@AnguaDelphine It is a splendid thing!

eclectech,
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@thebaywindowgirl I do! It's an appalling bit of tourist tat but I LOVE it 😆

edit: I even know where it is. That photo of its face is from 5 minutes after I had the idea!

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@thebaywindowgirl I have become more selective as I've got older, but have kept the best (for a given definition of 'best')!

eclectech,
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@thebaywindowgirl OMG that sounds awesome 🐿️

RolloTreadway, to random
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Okay, I've cut my hair, I've cleaned the bathroom, I've done a little life admin, I've fed the birds, I've fed myself, now I think it's time to try and call the internet people.

eclectech,
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@RolloTreadway You've got this! Hope they are helpful and speedy.

eclectech, to nature
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There is so much fluff around at the moment. So. Much. Fluff.

eclectech,
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@sollat The fluff was prolific on my walk today, looked like it was snowing at a couple of points.

eclectech, to photography
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Students of natural history? Voyeurs? Ambitious role-players? It's a mystery.

eclectech, to nature
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From a distance it disguises itself has a bit of flower fluff, but up close you can see its true form... the fluffhog!

eclectech,
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@grb090423 Thank you!

eclectech, to photography
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Went on a walk to the ponds to see what I could find. Found this wee beastie; a large red damselfly, I think.

purplepadma, (edited ) to random
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I may have mentioned this before, but my best friend consumes no news. Zero. Not from TV, radio, internet news sites, newspapers… she doesn’t use social media. The other day she asked who the Prime Minister is right now. I reminded her that this a basic piece of information medics check you can remember to see if you may have a brain injury. I don’t know if I’m appalled by or envious of her stance. It’s a conscious decision, and she says it brings her happiness

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@purplepadma Wow. Genuinely flabbergasted that it's possible. Similarly don't know if I'm impressed or appalled!

Nosy question: does she vote?

eclectech,
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@purplepadma 😮

I'm assuming it's not a lives in the middle of the woods totally off-grid thing though?

I mean... HOW?!

My flabber has never been so gasted

eclectech, to NoStupidQuestions
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Having established that dandelion seed heads are definitely NOT known as DANDELION CLOCKS by everyone I have a follow on question...

What DO you know them as?

Chatting to people already I have had FLUFFS (Lithuania) and WINDY PUFFS (Canada) both of which are SUPERB.

Are there any others? Will there be enough to make a World Map of Dandelion Names?! 😃

Places, names & any other trivia welcome!

Earlier thread here: https://things.uk/@eclectech/112458271354372250

eclectech,
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@Dewines Yes, this is my experience too 🙂 Apologies @NatureMC I didn't see your question about the clock.

eclectech,
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@megatronicthronbanks Awesome! Where was that?

eclectech,
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@megatronicthronbanks Hahaha! Good cat name 👍

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I'm going to have to step away from the dandelion fluff thread for a while, but big thanks to everyone sharing their names, and know that my future will definitely involve a dandelion spreadsheet leading to some kind of summary infographic 😆

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@bocs Wow! That is a fine bounty of clocks!

eclectech,
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@NeadReport That one loses some of the whimsical nature of the other suggestions 😆

eclectech,
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@KasTasMykolas That (or translations of it) seems to be the name in a few places across Europe for the dandelion plant, but a lot of places have different names for it once it goes to seed (quite often regional as well as national, from what I can tell).

Edit: Oh! And there's a similar in France for the fluffy feathers, specifically the egret there I think. (thank you!)

eclectech,
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@KasTasMykolas Yeah, it's an interesting area

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