Most cultivated strawberries are octaploid, meaning they have 8 copies of their genome. Humans are diploid and have 2 copies of their genome. In the wild, many things (mostly plants but sometimes animals) will increase their genome size via genome duplication - such as these decaploid berries (10 copies of genome) which are wild accessions found in Chile. Genome duplication assists with stresses, a cold tolerant gene becomes a heat shock gene on another copy.

The jasmine is about to rocket. 3 weeks late... prepare nasal passages for onslaught.

CO2 of humans and other organisms in a household in colder temperatures (less venting or open windows to the 2x lower ambient outdoors) a brief annotated timeseries.

Catan-izing the old world vs new world nation state network alliances with guns and butter pattern language + naval resources for trade. Thoughts? G7 1. USA: Emperor/empire, Arms (nukes), Butter (oil and grain) the most of all 2. UK: master of the seas Atlantic, former master of finance (tradfi) 3. Canada: master of natural resources, ore, etc, held in preserve in case of war or supply issues - in the good times, all preserved in the name of “green”, but actually preserved for security 4. Japan: master of the seas Pacific (indebted after WWII to Emperor even with Marshall plan) 5. Germany: master of manufacturing (indebted after WWII to Emperor even with Marshall plan, probably mad about Nordstream) 6. France: master of culture and industrial spycraft 7. Italy: master of the seas Mediterranean (indebted after WWII to Emperor even with Marshall plan) BRICS 1. China: Emperor, Arms, not enough butter - yet. 2. Brazil: butter and then some 3. South Africa: master of the seas, Indian and Atlantic? Watch for build out of navy + some butter 4. India: master of tech, and Indian Ocean seas - watch for buildout of navy 5. Russia: Nukes, some arms when not engaged, lots of oil butter, some grain (butter).

Double arch weekends are good weekends.

Once floral reproduction is complete in strawberries (flowering terminated) perennials enter their "big green" vegetative stage assimilating carbon only to begin their second mode of reproduction - producing runners or daughter plantlets. With good maintenance this cycle continues endlessly.

The river gets to flood stage - Miles Hermann Sac River Delta III.

Early flowering? Need to propagate your berries vegetatively? Snip em off and produce runners!