Lockdown Update Day 322

[elisi]

Rest in peace Captain Sir Tom Moore.

Captain Sir Tom Moore: 'National inspiration' dies with Covid-19

if this were done each day for every briton to have died of COVID-19 up till now, the flag would be flying half-mast for 296 years. up until the year 2317. https://t.co/px3076vVBf

— तेजस (@tejmuk) February 2, 2021

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And then... The world is so strange. I should probably save this for another day, but.

Plant-human communication is finally here...and it's wonderfully weird. 🥬

Spinach has been engineered to send emails when it finds specific compounds.

This tech could be used to detect landmines, pollution, and even upcoming droughts.

The ultimate superfood...!

In full 👇

— euronews Living (@euronewsliving) February 1, 2021

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Oh and it's Grundhog Day! I feel that by now we can all relate to the movie on, like, a spiritual level.

Comments

[yourlibrarian]

That was a confusing tweet about the spinach which at first seemed straight from The Onion. Cool story, though the phrase "giving plants new abilities" does give one pause.

[elisi]

That was a confusing tweet about the spinach which at first seemed straight from The Onion.
It was too bizarre not to share... :)

Cool story, though the phrase "giving plants new abilities" does give one pause.
As long as they don't let them on Twitter or Facebook we should be OK!