@tokensane@mastodon.me.uk"The NYPD said in a statement to the BBC that it had seen a number of incidents involving people going into the sewer system to look for valuables and scrap metal after a storm."
If they had read "Dodger" by #TerryPratchett, they would know that these people are toshers, and the practice is known as toshing.
New York can be proud that it has reinvented a pro…
@callunavulgaris@mastodon.scotI shut my eyes and I see polygonaceae seeds. Sorting through samples that need to be kept wet is finicky and time-consuming, and these ones have lots and lots and lots of these little pointy ridged seeds which alllll need to be picked out with tweezers 😑 *This* is how I get through so many podcasts and audiobooks, currently Lords and Ladies #TerryPratchett
@ronaldsnijder@mastodon.socialHappy #birthday to me...
#books #TerryPratchett #StarWars @… #SteveHackett #RyanNorth
