Oh wow, a 1,200-year-old database 🏯 of cherry blossoms 🌸 finally has a new babysitter! Because clearly, ancient floral data is what will save us from the apocalypse. 📉 Meanwhile, the NY Times demands JS and ad-free souls, because who needs unobstructed reading in 2023? 🤡
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/17/climate/japan-cherry-blossom-database-scientist.html #ancientdata #cherryblossoms #digitalpreservation #NYTimes #adfree #readingexperience #HackerNews #ngated
Japan’s Cherry Blossom Database, 1,200 Years Old, Has a New Keeper

The remarkable catalog of dates is one of the longest-running records of climate change. Its creator died, setting off a search for a successor.

The New York Times