Thankful to have a pour of this today. @rosscider.bsky.social

Fruitlets @alpenfirecider.bsky.social

Rose? @alpenfirecider.bsky.social a couple weeks back.

Caught the boy deep asleep the other day.

Coauthors and I published a paper on an apple ancestry model: rdcu.be/fnI6j With this model scientists can estimate the wild species ancestry of any apple sample genotyped on the same set of DNA markers. We will be applying the model to a big dataset of >11,000 accessions in our next publication.

Learn in less than 3 minutes! & share this whiteboard animation developed by Maura Gallagher about the basics of apple powdery mildew! youtu.be/Jf-04sLUejA?...

If you see this, post a tree.

Who doesn’t love old trees?

Cellini in bloom

Was trying to find a scanned copy a few years back. Finally got a physical copy from England. Obligatory @barmas.bsky.social tag

Red flesh cider is my jam.

The beginning of every fruit. Every flower is potentially one fruit...if someone doesn't come along and pick them of course! However, we wouldn't want every bloom to be pollinated as the tree would be very stressed (as would the orchardist who has to thin the fruit out!)

Enjoying the imports while they last. Banger from @littlepomona.bsky.social

@artistrawcider.bsky.social 2023 Bisquet. Thought I missed out on this at Bauman’s on Oak in Portland, Oregon, USA. Only 4 left.

My one-hour special “Rick Steves Iran: Yesterday and Today,” which helps humanize 90 million Iranian people, is streaming free and ad-free at www.ricksteves.com/watch-iran.

“The Last Game” documentary is now live on YouTube. A documentary 2 years in the making from director Matt Dooley and his amazing team. Watch on YouTube here: youtu.be/8QqwgcL49TU?...

Not funded yet, but we have so many heritage orchards in the islands! Looking forward to participating as this is (hopefully) funded and implemented.

Jack begins a quest to discover what became of the Cheat Boy perry pear, exploring its past popularity, cultivation, and wondering if it is still to be found in the wild.

New Mac Studio up and running. Much better Lightroom and Photoshop experience. Stacked and blended 3 photos for better focus with the projection lens.

Fellow apple nerds: are there varieties that consistently ripen with white skin (and a pink blush)? I had initially thought this was a Winter Banana, but the genetics don't match (they don't match anything in WSU's database), and it is too white and too soft. Photos from fall 2022

Wild, keeved, Swiss.

Not a single brain cell. My boy, Pippin.

The new cat, Pippin. Pip. Pip, pip, pip it up. Piperoini. (Sometimes with cheese)

This loser admits she doesn't use her real name when she uses AI to write books and doesn't reveal they're AI. Which means she knows it's wrong and she knows it's shameful and does it anyway. The New York Times thinks that's neat though! Unsurprising that this toilet paper rag aligns with hacks

I read thousands of pages of Epstein files this weekend trying to understand what he wanted out of his meeting with 4chan's Christopher Poole. Here's everything we know about Epstein's plans to dismantle the internet and, eventually, democracy. www.garbageday.email/p/here-s-how...

OK, so Musk was planning to go to Epstein's island, but it's not like he went there with the intent to go to a wild party or something, it was probably just some business. Excuse me, an email just came in. *Reads:* "What day/night will be the wildest party on your island?"

friend of mine is an undocumented immigrant and has been hiding in Melania theaters bc he knows people assume no one is in there

semi-regular reminder that ICE was only created in 2003 when you are asked to imagine a world without ICE, you're basically being asked to remember where you were when Lilo & Stitch came out

This is not who we are. I became an ICE agent because I truly believed in the value of getting a $50,000 signing bonus to violently assault and terrorize anyone I wanted while never getting in trouble for anything. Being held accountable conflicts strongly with my deeply-held personal beliefs

What do these companies have in common? -Cigna -Comcast -General Mills -Allstate -Marriott -Hilton -Walmart -Amazon -Microsoft -Meta All promised after January 6, 2021 to stop funding lawmakers who tried to overturn the 2020 election. And all have broken that promise.

I guess we’re calling him Pippin. Actually not my idea. @scotttilted.bsky.social @elliecavalli.bsky.social

The Trump administration is censoring information. If you come across something before it’s censored, save it, download it, print it. Thank you to everyone preserving and sharing records, the censored Epstein files, and to Canada for helping us access Inside CECOT. Don’t let censorship win.

Link: www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...

It's time for another round of Weird Thing I am Genuinely Annoyed About: Trump won't have to see how happy everyone is when he dies.

immigrants score the lowest on tests, but they also take all our jobs, while at the same time taking all the welfare and buying all the homes

Love good lacing

I know some of you all here have enjoyed my threads of local apples; if you're feeling generous, you can donate to make it possible to have more seedling apples identified. @kwiaht.org is raising funds through the Orcas Island Community Foundation oicf.fcsuite.com/erp/donate/c...

I’m not very good at self-promotion, but here’s a repost for the Sunday readers out there 🙂 There’s a claim that is being repeated more often of late that cyder was a different and superior drink to cider. In this long read (perfect with a cup of tea or a glass of cider) I debunk this modern myth.

Old orchards have remarkable stories to go with their unique seedling varieties.

This is a lovely conversation we published on CR, a transcript of my friend Jack and @tomoliverscider.bsky.social’s chat on stage at the recent PerryFest in Hereford’s Museum of Cider. An honour to have my little project mentioned by Tom too! 😊

We were just notified that cell-site simulators were used during the No Kings protests in several cities. Fortunately, we planned for this. Portland, Houston, Philadelphia, and Chicago were among the targeted locations. If you’re attending protests, please remember to follow protocol.

I spent the past few days curating iNaturalist data to generate distribution map of native North American crabapples! Yes, there are four North American native crabapple species. iNaturalist community is critical to document their distribution Please share & acknowledge #Biodiversity #NativePlants

In Savannah for the week.

It is a fabulous fruit year in the islands and I'm trying to share as much of it as I can with y'all.

A much needed helles after a day of harvesting Gamay

'Tis the season.

The longest running cider dinner in the country continues! Seats still available for this epic cider dinner. September 17th 2025 6pm Reservations here. tables.toasttab.com/watershed-pu...

Reminder: At the start of his legal career, RFK Jr. failed the bar, was forced out as a D.A., and got arrested for heroin. Without the Kennedy name, that story ends there.

Made the papers 🍎🍎🍎🍏🍏🍏