A huge sigh of relief: I've finally managed to explain moss sex in a way that I hope is generally understandable. Not easy because there are only complicated technical terms for some stuff. Moss is generally neglected in all languages I know. So I have to find analogies ... We should have a moss sex cartoon.

On a grey day without the much needed rain, with grey and dark news, when the world seems to be out of joint, it sometimes helps to remember the green of #nature.
And it helps me to prepare the next #NatureMatchCuts episode about moss! Have to write about the #culturalHeritage of mosses.

#Arum plants start to flower. At the right Arum maculatum + Arum immaculatum (more in alt txt). Birds eat the seeds at the edge of the forest and plant them with their droppings into the gardens.

Find more animal #gardeners here:
Part 1 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-07-when-gardeners-run-wild-part-1/id1630784381?i=1000606747381
Part 2 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/when-gardeners-run-wild-ii/id1630784381?i=1000643836080

I have just skimmed the book 'Gathering Moss' by #RobinWallKimmerer (searched something for my moss podcast episode) and am amazed at how much you can take away from moss evolution for today's political situation. Evolution speaks much for diverse, resisting, and adaptive communities.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3FSpMMzUNI

Well, if I've done it right, you can follow my Bsky-account here on Mastodon: @naturematchcuts.bsky.social - I use it only for my #podcast #NatureMatchCuts and connected topics, and share #nature and #science posts of people who are not in the Fediverse yet. So the content is different. https://mastodon.online/@naturematchcuts.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy/following Looks still empty but you get the content by following.

My main and beloved channel will remain Mastodon!

"A piglet wrapped in an enormous duvet" - I'm just sitting at the interview with this fascinating person, suddenly she cries Yabba dabba doo! - her species won the Guardian #Invertebrate Of The Year contest! "They are gloriously independent animals. They don’t need us half as much as we need them." https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/07/guardian-invertebrate-of-the-year-2025-natural-history
Should I ask her what she thinks about the article?

One of my favourite times of the year: when the trees start to turn green and everything is in bloom at the edge of the forest and in the Streuobst-Wiesen.

If super-bullies conquer the headlines with absurd crap, imagine a world without bullies in power.
It's on us to counter their #narratives with how we would like the future to be. It is up to all of us to fight for this future. Not tomorrow but now!
Write *your* plot of humanity and cooperation.
https://steadyhq.com/en/naturematchcuts/posts/fbdd3658-8415-466b-98d8-100a923820a0

Scripting my next #NatureMatchCuts podcast episode about moss. Well, the part about moss sex was quite funny to write ... now I have to explain the life of moss babies. If you want to see examples of real #diversity, look at moss persons! Fascinating!

Imagine a #rocket with 36,000 times the earth's gravitational acceleration from zero. It exists since 300 million years, works successfully on air as fuel, and leaves no #spaceDebris behind.
The builders of this rocket will be the stars in my next podcast episode of #NatureMatchCuts (end of April). https://steadyhq.com/en/naturematchcuts/about

We have not enough rain. I know that without any app. Because always, when the traditional magnolia bloom in northern Alsace, it rains a lot. The splendour often lasts only a few days.
Now we've only had grey, dry days. Wonderful to see the flowers. But bad for the drying soil.
If you connect nature's calendar with "traditional" remembered weather you can see the shift: https://www.cronenburg.net/magic/

The devil is in the details. Preparing the comeback of my #podcast #NatureMatchCuts, I noticed that my website monster even didn't have links to my #blog and #newsletter. So I quickly revamped the menu. https://naturematchcuts.net

Now a test read for the length of the new episode's text, collecting ideas for the interview (my guest is a bit frosty) and thinking up a new blog post.

In France, you can now get reminders for podcast production on health insurance.
My physiotherapist asks me every week when it's finally going to start again! I'll tell you all: The episode will be released next month.
I told him that he was actually there to relax my muscles and not to cause me stress. Well, if you have fans ...
Please be patient!

Spring is finally here! These little friends bring their babies to ‘graze’. #Woodlice feed on rotting plant matter, as well as bacteria and fungi on rotting plants. Like gourmets they have very sensitive olfactory receptors to find tasty treats. They are an important part of #soilLife. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porcellio_scaber As a child, I was happy about their #trilobite -like look.

If you didn't believe that #voles are #gardeners as I told you in my podcast episode "When gardeners run wild" part I, here's the proof with photo: https://mastodon.online/@Minimus@archaeo.social/114173909170033316 by @Minimus

For the episode about gardening animals: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-07-when-gardeners-run-wild-part-1/id1630784381?i=1000606747381

Small Is The New Great! How to fight against the sludge of 2025 - and how the tiniest things can change the world. I would be happy if you can find some hope in my new blogpost: https://steadyhq.com/en/naturematchcuts/posts/025f4904-2364-4711-8907-f7e55841993f

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Mysterious authors' brains. I'm writing a new blog article. My brief: nothing about politics today! We need courage. Then the text takes me by the hand.
I read about a blocked drain and come across tiny seeds. And how is that supposed to become a meaningful text? The text giggles: 'you will see'.

I like it when my texts know more than me.
ed: nearly ready. The grain became the

And now and no more rabbit holes, please. I have to write part 2 of this "Backstage: Between Dr Who and Earth Sounds" https://steadyhq.com/en/naturematchcuts/posts/e7f309ce-2f1e-46f0-ba80-e8e86b6a8430
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