
MycoCal
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MycoCal
@CalMyco
Awesome epic published seed ecology researcher Callum They/Them 24 - Wannabe Scientist, Fraudulent Mycologist https://t.co/BYSlhefRsv Storygraph - Mycocal





China’s tourist sites now increasingly feature cheap, garish objects like plastic flowers and oversized plush toys crammed into natural landscapes and on centuries-old temple eaves. Rustic towns by day have become neon nightmares by night. Million-year-old stalactites drenched in rainbow lights have been reduced to gaudy karaoke sets. Chinese travelers are noticing the tacky trend — and they’re not happy. In April, netizens slammed a cheap, plastic, multicolored heart sculpture amid the salt lakes and snow-capped mountains of the country’s northwestern Qinghai province as an “eyesore.” The scenic area responded that they had had it professionally designed because they believed some visitors wanted more photo spots to “check in,” or daka, a phenomenon in which tourists mark where they’ve been by taking and posting photos of themselves at a location. But travelers were not appeased. The heart sculpture set off a wave of online backlash toward tasteless tourist spots, with a top comment on WeChat reading, “Our Eastern aesthetics are almost disappearing in front of these cookie-cutter influencer-style tourist spots. It’s really disrespectful to the aesthetics of our ancestors.” Read more: ow.ly/QzqU50ZoabO



Bro makes bird calls so accurate it barely sounds human. Actually insane





now i have to buy a new mini skirt AND a new spray spf50 i can use to reapply sunscreen over my makeup yeah im going bankrupt it was nice knowing you guys

AI is getting crazy...



"I cant afford books" pretending that second hand, indie shops and libraries dont exist. and on top if it being LOUD and proud thief of other peoples art. AND getting evil towards the author who is upset their shit is stolen. steal food...not books.










