Concellation 2026

It is not so much a place or a time, but rather a state of mind that accompanies the reality of being all cos-ed up with nowhere to go. Welcome to Concellation 2026, the latest installment, happening/not happening at a convention center near you. Or not. But the absence of an actual con to promote hasn't stopped the creators from getting a line of merchandize out there. Or donating the proceeds to charity. Go Concellation. But the main drive behind the creation of this non-event is, of course, rumors of conventions that died before conception, brave gatherings that never got off the ground. It was created to poke fun, got a following of a thousand in 24 hours (according to their description), and then the poking became the star attraction. And isn't that what many of the best Facebook groups are? An excuse to poke. Imagine, without any budget restraints. Share catering suggestions. Fantasy line-ups. Alternate takes and double takes. Obsess on any obscure aspect of fandom. Put the epic into the ordinary. Above all, have fun. It's the in-joke that just keeps giving. 

Members: 44k, at the time of writing.

Trigger warnings: None.

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Big Tree Seekers

Get ready to meet some giants. And there's no telling where they might turn up. Cyprus. Japan. The Galápagos Islands. Nepal. Korea. Australia. Namibia. Denmark. Vancouver Island in Canada. California is richly blessed with leafy green behemoths, but then, that's redwood sequoia country. There are photos documenting visits to Redwood National Park and an encounter with the famous McKinley tree in the Sequoia National Park. But there are also posts featuring Bay Figs, water oak, American elms, giant Sitka spruce, carob trees, eucalyptus and giant camphor. We see scarred survivors that exude masses of gnarly character. Silent witnesses to world history. Like Big Dan, a bald Cypress believed to be around 2500 years old. And tiny, insignificant humans, added mainly for scale. Occasionally, trees become history. themselves. One video memorial pays homage to a 300-year-old State Champion Honey Locust from Ohio that was downed in a recent storm. Another post shares the grief accompanying the death of Tsitakakantsa, the largest measured baobab tree from the island nation of Madagascar, imbued by myth with important spiritual energy. Seek big trees and you will find so much more. 

Members: 417.2k, at the time of writing.

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