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This bar chart is titled "Typical native and nonnative plants and their reproductive value to butterflies and moths." The vertical Y-axis represents the "Number of species of butterflies and moths that will lay eggs on this plant," with grid lines marking increments of 50 up to 250. The horizontal X-axis lists individual plant names. The data is visually separated into two distinct categories: native plants represented by tall green bars on the left, and nonnative plants represented by very short red bars on the right. Walking through the data from left to right, the native plants show high reproductive value. The Oak tree is the significant leader, with a bar extending above the 250 mark (likely around 275). It is followed by the Holly-leaf cherry, which supports just under 250 species. The next cluster of plants supports between 100 and 150 species, including Currant (approx. 125), California lilac (approx. 115), and Maple (approx. 115). Below the 100 mark, California rose supports roughly 95 species, followed by Lupine at roughly 75, Manzanita at roughly 70, and California sage at roughly 65. The native section concludes with Goldenrod (approx. 55), Oceanspray (approx. 40), and finally CA Honeysuckle and Penstemon, which both support roughly 30 species. The chart then shifts to the nonnative plants (red bars), where there is a dramatic drop-off in value. Acacia is the highest in this group but supports fewer than 10 species. The numbers dwindle further with Cotoneaster, Eucalyptus, Forget-me-not, Fennel, and Impatiens all appearing to support roughly 5 species or fewer. The remaining plants—Tree of heaven, Ivy, Agapanthus, Iceplant, Periwinkle, Redhot poker, Tea tree, Crape myrtle, Gingko, Med. Grass, and Sweet alyssum—have barely visible bars, indicating they support near-zero species (likely 1 or 2). Text on the chart notes that it was created by the Bringing Back the Natives Garden Tour using data by Douglas Tallamy.

Amazing how great native plants in the San Francisco Bay Area are for pollinator species. bringingbackthenatives.net/douglas-tall... #NativePlants #California #Ecology

Our new local nonprofit news source published their first story. This is an important and timely piece concerning local schools and the funding crisis they are in. #Petaluma #SonomaCounty #Media #Journalism

The article extensively references far right MAGA boosters DHS and the Heritage Foundation. There is a relatively brief critique provided by “immigration law professor” Annie Lai. FYI, Lai is an Associate Dean in fact.

The article then describes “training” by only referencing what the DHS says, a known repeated liar.

Little-used ICE agreements with local police have exploded under Trump — NPR Partnerships between ICE and local law enforcement agencies has expanded widely, under the second Trump administration, data analyzed by NPR shows.

Also, it is apparently “…unclear what arrests, detentions or deportations can be credited to this program.” This program does not get “credit” for increasing violent takedowns.

Little-used ICE agreements with local police have exploded under Trump — NPR Partnerships between ICE and local law enforcement agencies has expanded widely, under the second Trump administration, data analyzed by NPR shows.

NPR characterizes the 287(g) program - partnerships between ICE and local law enforcement - as “underused” until Trump, and criticizes instead its effectiveness. We don’t need NPR publishing enabling language normalizing violent paramilitary expansion. #NPR #Fascism #Media #Journalism

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Sonoma County folks, pay close attention to the Supervisor races this year! They will be decided in June. Don't let our BoS get even more conservative than it already is.

Joanna Paun for District 2: www.electjoannapaun.com
Melanie Bagby for District 4: www.melaniebagby.com

The acting director of ICE told Congress, under oath, that local law enforcement in Colorado leaked raid plans, allowing gang members to escape.

After 9NEWS questioned ICE's claim and its timeline, ICE deleted the claim from its social media platforms.

All the bike share programs you see around the world got their inspiration from the Wittefietsenplan (White Bicycle Plan). Even John and Yoko got in on the act.

Great great uncle Garford isn't just rolling in his grave today, he is going to claw his way out and Jacob-Marley this guy!

Someone has sure already made this observation but the fact they can convert all those empty warehouses into prison camps means they could have converted them into housing, community centers, job training centers or, hell, libraries or schools all along. It’s always a matter of will not resources.

A young arroyo lupine showing several leaves each with seven elongated oval petals in a rosette pattern. Some young Phacelia and California Poppy sprouts are nearby.

Lupines are growing great this year! Most will be eaten by deer soon, but I see a few growing in thorny thickets that might evade them :) #Wildflowers #NativePlants #California

Add $80 billion for DHS. ICE, CBP, ERO are all military launching numerous violent assaults both domestically and outside US borders.

You don’t hate these people enough yet

Three pink checker bloom blossoms sporting a rosette of five heart shaped petals streaked with white. Another closed blossom is partially hidden in dry grassy scrub.

Stumbled across this lovely Checker Bloom hiking in the Marin Headlands. #NativePlants #California #Wildflowers

Meet Minnesota Bathrobe Lady Sam Stroozas of MPR News | Minnesota Public Radio Earlier this week, an unexpected and fast-moving incident unfolded in St. Paul, Minnesota involving both federal and local law enforcement. As crowds gathered and questions mounted, one of our MPR New...

She's a fellow journalist: www.mpr.org/stories/2026...

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This is the most coherent website yet for combing through all the trash out by the DOJ that I've seen yet.
Check it out.
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Woman accused of wiping out entire family in San Francisco crash likely won't get prison time An 80-year-old woman accused of driving at a high rate of speed and crashing into a family of four, killing them, at a San Francisco bus stop nearly two years ago, appeared in court on Friday. Mary Fo...

Imagine not going to prison after driving 70 mph, against traffic, and crashing through a transit stop, killing an entire family waiting for the bus? www.ktvu.com/news/woman-a... #SafeStreets #VisionZero

CCTV footage appears to show DHS agents posing as people having car trouble in order to lure a target out of his house before arresting them. The target comes out and starts helping them before 3 vehicles surround the scene. The car "experiencing" trouble then drives off with them.

Glad this is getting covered, but also… Completely surreal to read the NYT report on this as recently disclosed info, and just an allegation. This happened to every observer I know! It happened to me twice! I have it on video both times! www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/u...

Fetterman lone Democrat to support Homeland Security funding bill, as DHS shutdown looms A shutdown for the Department of Homeland Security appeared certain Thursday as lawmakers in the House and Senate were set to leave Washington for a 10-day break.

Fetterman's quote that ICE has "lost the plot" succinctly encapsulates the widespread acceptance by US political leadership of state-sanctioned violent racism. Was the plot on track when only nonwhite people were being attacked, abducted & killed? www.wesa.fm/politics-gov... #USPol #DHS #Fascism

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I would like to inspect the source code of the algorithm that believes this bus is 1 minute away.

Been wondering this since the origins of the nextbus project honestly. Is this problem even hard?

Meta’s internal memo said the political tumult in the United States was good timing for the feature’s release. “We will launch during a dynamic political environment where many civil society groups that we would expect to attack us would have their resources focused on other concerns,” according to the document from Meta’s Reality Labs, which works on hardware including smart glasses.

this is comically evil. brazenly anti-social. just absolute black-pilled nihilism. we will not have a republic, we will not be free, until we regulate these companies to the point where — at a bare minimum — they're too afraid to put stuff like this down on paper.

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...

Abolish DHS. It is rotten from top to bottom.

It’s not a withdrawal until ICE is abolished.

I have neighbors everywhere.

a white crowned robin chat stands atop a book titled “a dumb birds field guide to the worst birds ever”

that’s it, i’ve finally taken my best photo of all time 😅

(this chubster is an unapologetic beggar so don’t feel bad for him)

🧪🌍 #bird #birb

Opinion: Minnesota’s elder care facilities feeling impact of ICE crackdown The specter of armed agents walking past residents in wheelchairs, demanding papers from staff in the middle of a shift, is no longer a dystopian fiction — it is a plausible Tuesday, clinical psycholo...

The specter of armed agents walking past residents in wheelchairs, demanding papers from staff in the middle of a shift, is no longer a dystopian fiction — it is a plausible Tuesday, clinical psychologist Vincent Miles writes.

A dresser inside a museum in New York City has been discovered as a secret stop on the Underground Railroad — the first of its kind discovered in Manhattan in over 100 years

We don’t need more “training” for ICE. They are already very good at abducting people. Ban ICE across Sonoma County, and take down compromised mass surveillance cameras too. SRPD should specifically commit to arresting federal agents who break laws.