James Dechets

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The more evidence mounts that Platner is lying, the more convinced I become that he is lying not only about his past but also about his current views.

A branch of wild persimmons with fruits just beginning to turn orange

Looks like it's going to be a good year for persimmons. #NativePlant #garden

Closeup photograph of pale purple sweet alyssum flowers

Deep orange French marigold flowers

Bright orange French marigold flowers

Bright orange Calendula flower

Some random things that are still going strong in the #garden for your #bloomscrolling pleasure. Royal Carpet sweet alyssum, Red Marietta marigolds, a random bright orange mutant marigold, and Radio Calendula.

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I'm 100% tired of a certain demographic supporting heinous shit only to have that same demographic demand the people they intended to harm give a damn when the aforementioned demographic experience the consequences of their decisions and actions.

Be for fucking real.

I’m fucking tired as shit of letting the WEIRDEST ASSHOLES think they’re the arbiter of what’s right and moral, you’re all freaks who should have stayed in your weird-ass fundamentalism and left the rest of us the fuck alone

This isn't sexy or revolutionary but the simplest most effective anti-fascist act you can make is voting to make sure the fascist isn't elected to have total power.

White folks watched a bunch of white folks sack the Capitol and then most of them be pardoned by the head of the white identity party and now we're supposed to listen to other white people pontificate about non-violence...

FWIW the purple color and thread-like petals makes the dried stuff look way more like some kinda fleabane than chamomile to me.

From what I understand some varieties are just more spicy than others, but also temperature has a lot to do with it. Hotter weather = hotter radishes. Haven't tried it myself, but I've heard peeling them takes a lot of the bite out when they come out of the garden too spicy for your liking.

If they suspend Habeas Corpus, it won't just be for "migrants" or "illegals" or "criminals." If they suspend Habeas Corpus it will be for you and me and whomever this regime decides is unfit, undesirable, and a threat or a problem. This is how it works. This is how it's always worked.

When right-wing politicians make disastrous decisions in the name of big business or anti-government ideology, those decisions get assigned to "the government," and end up serving as more fuel for anti-government contempt.

Try to avoid that phrase entirely - it's a fundamentally right-wing frame

Girl you garden girls are EXHAUSTING That’s not even allowed where I live. And for people in section 8 housing it’s BANNED outright. They pour bleach on that shit in some places.

Fern-like leaves of a sweetroot plant against a background of brown garden soil

Three sweetroot seedlings emerging from the soil.

It might not be very showy but this Sweetroot (Osmorhiza longistylus) is probably my favorite plant in the entire garden, and it finally rewarded me with some seedlings this year. #Gardening #NativePlants

The greatest trick that the devil ever pulled was convincing you that not listening to their ideas was living in an echo chamber and a Very Bad Thing for you.

A closeup photograph of some poorly spaced radish seedlings growing up out of the dirt.

I didn't get these radishes planted as early as I wanted to, and I did a pretty crap job spacing them out so I'm gonna have to thin 'em, but at least they're growing. #gardening

aaaaaaand now they're arresting judges and declaring that ice can enter your home without a warrant

is kamala still not "inspiring" enough for you idiots?

I've always used a cheap watercolor brush to hand pollinate my peppers. IIRC the flowers can self pollinate, but you get more/healthier seed if you cross different plants of the same variety.

Pennsylvania Archives - History and Social Justice

Click on each little racist town in Pennsylvania and scroll down to the notes to understand just how little I care about preserving whatever "small town" nonsense Trump voters care about preserving.

Everyone has small towns! Black, Hispanic, etc. Everyone works on their own trucks! It's not special

Y'all keep making excuses for the bitter, racist little voters that are literally destroying the global economy, shredding the constitution, bringing us to the edge of war with Canada, putting 10s of millions of African lives at risk, ending social security, firing veterans, and resegregating.

If “abortion is murder” being a Trump supporter is too.

- clinical trials stopped
- all science research halted
- vaccine availability impeded
- INNOCENT people deported to death camps overseas
- THOUSANDS of people losing their income and means of survival overnight

Y’all are murderers.

Closeup photo of some wild violets blooming in a lawn

A neon fuchsia colored drink with several ice cubes inside a fancy multicolored cup.

Violetade: 3 parts violet petals to 1 part sugar, grind to a smooth paste in a mortar and pestle (or food processor). Add 1 Tbsp to 6-8oz cold water, stir until dissolved. Optionally add 1 tsp of lemon juice. Strain through a fine sieve to remove any remaining traces of petals.

Closeup photo of a bright red tulip with the petals fully opened.

Closeup photo of a multi-flowered tulip with creamy white petals and yellow centers.

Species tulips! The white one is tulipa turkestanica, and I'm pretty sure the red one is a tulipa linifolia.

A patch of multi-colored tulips growing in a lawn with white and yellow daffodils in the background.

Yellow and pink tulips growing in a lawn.

The yard tulips put on a pretty good show this year.

It absolutely matters and y’all not realizing this fact is how we got here.

I 🫶🏿 you, fellow amazing people left of center, but we cannot afford some of the infighting I've seen over the past weekend relitigating 2016, 2020, and 2024. We don't have time!

That man in DC is disappearing people off US soil into prison camps! Seriously going to need everyone to *snaps* FOCUS!

As protests gain momentum, it's important to recognize and call out COINTELPRO-style behavior

Many people who engage in this type of behavior aren't feds. They probably mean well. They are also engaging in behaviors that are so good at disrupting movements that the FBI literally weaponized them

Im not gone lie im enjoying the temper tantrums from liberals and leftists every time VP speaks because it proves everything Black Women who are involved in US politics have been saying for years and they bout to learn a very valuable Black ass lesson since they think they know us so well