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Walking in Assabet River National Wildlife refuge is a treat in any seaon. I always see birds. I didn't hear the Redwinged Blackbirds announce their return, I was lucky enough to watch some chatty Bluebirds (Sialia sialis) get a nightcap.
#ecoregion59 #wildlife #bluebirds #wetlands #nature #winter

But hey, she's peppy, smart, charismatic and makes one hell of a speech. So who cares if she is a two-faced traitor who robs us on behalf of a genocidal foreign power in exchange for campaign funds?

Crockett will use our taxes to pay for genocide. She will vote to censure the international criminal court when they take action against the genocide.

I know because she just did (HR7006) after claiming all last year that she only sent our $ to Israel for humanitarian reasons. Let's get AIPAC out!

Crockett voted to fund genocide with our taxes along with the other 153 AIPAC sellouts in our party in #HR7006. I don't see how you can love her or any other genocidal sellout. Any other traitor to an evil foreign power vaporizing people with the new bombs we provide which destroy the evidence.

That's so cool! I have only ever grown the 3 common New England milkweeds, but I have wanted to grow Whorled Milkweed (A. verticillata) since I saw one in the wild. I haven't seen A. quadrifolia, through they're S4 here.

Asclepias - Milkweed - Genus Bar | iHeart <p>Eli and Niladri talk about Asclepias (the Milkweeds). We start with some of the cool unique characteristics of species of Milkweeds - botany for non-botanists, by plant enthusiasts. We talk about m...

Asclepias - Milkweeds was our first episode, and it's a long meandering one. There's a lot to say! A lot about the plants themselves, before you even touch on indigenous uses, foraging, and how it is an entry point into ecological gardening.

Great infographic!

Milkweeds are great at attracting the aphid predators. They also attract Milkweed Assassin Bugs which hunt bigger pests, and Midas Flies which hunt beetle grubs. They host a diverse set of herbivores and attract the creatures that hunt them, balancing a garden ecology.

A picture of Native milkweeds (Asclepias spp.) are essential for monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) caterpillars and support a diversity of pollinators with their abundant nectar. By including milkweeds in gardens, landscaping, wildlife habitat restoration projects, and native revegetation efforts, you can provide breeding habitat for monarchs as well as a valuable nectar source for butterflies, bees, and other beneficial insects.

#TheOutpost 🌱🌿👨‍🌾🌻
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Urtica dioica - Stinging Nettle

Nettle chips, tea, nettle matcha, stir fry greens, ... A nettle patch in the spring is a wonderful friend to have.

I used to think our Stinging Nettles were European, and borderline invasive. It turns out they're a mix of the native species and the introduced near coasts, and mostly native inland.

That's wonderful! We have some in Eastern MA, but I've only ever found it in one park in Acton. If you want to see it here, you go to Garden in the Woods: a native botanical garden run by Native Plant Trust.

Someday the world will be grateful for these groups protecting species from disappearing.

Hey, any interest in starting to use #ecoregion59? I'm West of Boston, on the inner rim of the Northeastern Coastal Zone.

The inner rim except for the cutback into the interior along the Hudson Valley: Ecoregion 59i. We should have mostly the same species, doing the same things at the same times.

CEP! I love Oenothera biennis. They feed the birds all winter here too.

Japanese beetles prefer them to our native Roses and Viburnums and the finches are more likely to find them on the CEP, hunting on tall stalks.

Also edible roots, shoots, leaves, flowers, seeds, and self-sowing too!!

This is a test. What happens if they seize ballots? What is the resistance? What legal response do states have?

This will decide how they respond if we get as far as a free and fair election, and they needed to change results to stay in power.

Gorgeous!

We have our own Callophrys, and Optunia, but these are more impressive. Our Optunia in New England are little things that are all glochid and no spine, but touch them and you'll regret it. Our Hairstreaks that I usually see have little patches of orange flair, but that green gradient...

Nope, but my bare roots trees, Castanea dentata incl, have all done well if I plant them early, and water them only once per week, when we get less than 1/2" of rain and it's hot.

I'm looking forward to willow blooms!
Here in Eastern MA, the catkins on the Hazelnuts are still bundled up tightly.

Wow, they look a lot like an Oxalis when they are little.

“The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons.”
-Fyodor Dostoevsky, from The House of the Dead

We are a society whose idea of justice is barbaric. Where rapists in our prisons are accepted and joked about: a form of torture outlawed in all our codes, yet ubiquitous.

I don't want him to die of natural causes. At least not yet. I want him impeached, removed, tried for his crimes, imprisoned, and then he can die in jail.

Yeah, like "this analysis was done on this dataset. Do the same analysis on this other dataset and write up results." Then you follow it through, and guide it where it messes up, and you get a nice derivative paper that extends the results a little, maybe. But you don't get new ideas.

I completely agree with you. AI is great for many things, like searches, data handling, API design...

But it can't write new things. It writes derivative drivel. Reviews should definitely not be AI. I've read examples in my field, and they are generic BS. An AI paper is a waste of energy.

I only block the genocidal human trolls and bots.

Promoting genocide denier accounts inflicts harm against the people who are suffering the worst of humanity's crimes, by amplifying the words of their oppressors.

I want people to see that ^ and they won't if we block, but block me if you must.

I wouldn't follow or promote anyone who is supporting a genocidal regime, or anyone who promoted such a person by sharing lists incl them.

You choose who you host/promote and it reflects on you, even if it's just that the lists you share are crap you haven't vetted, and won't vet with feedback.

Hippocratic medical texts and later commentaries discuss elderberry use for treating colds, flu, and fevers...

Pliny the Elder praised elderberry fruit as a remedy for many ailments, talked about its widespread use and trusted efficacy in Roman times.

Modern medicine made us forget basic medicine.

You're got someone in there who describes themselves as 'pro-Israel.' IMO that's about the same as being pro Germany in the 1940s: an unacceptable stance. Anyone for whom that makes the short list of how they describe themselves isn't someone I'd choose to associate with.

Hey, @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social, don't you see how libraries are one of our last bastions of community? Librarians/raries are defenders of the downtrodden and of privacy rights and organizers in the resistance, underpaid/funded by far given the value of community education.

Do right by them!

For the terrorist libs!

JK, we'll be a minority in the concentration camps. It will be mostly immigrants they can't/won't deport. Many who were not committing the civil offence that fascists are using as an excuse to violate the Constitution, and massively expand the prison slave labor system.

Herbs to Melt Ice and Build Community | Featuring Linda & Luke Black Elk - Herbal Radio | iHeart <p data-olk-copy-source='MessageBody'>This week on Herbal Radio, Jiling is joined by <strong>Luke and Linda Black Elk</strong>. Luke and Linda are food sovereignty activists and teachers of traditiona...

This is a story of #community and #resistance from #Minnesota.

The guests (@lindablackelk.bsky.social) are heroes of my heroes. None better to talk herbalism and community.

Right,
@samthayer.bsky.social (Sam Thayer)
@foragerchef.bsky.social (Alan Bergo)
@blackforager.bsky.social (Alexis Nicole)?

Have you seen his interview with Shapiro? Seen his treatment of the homeless? Taken a look at his campaign donations?

Is Gavin Newsom really the person you want when we need to dismantle fascism and take our government back from the oligarchy-Eps? I think he'll be making deals with the wealthy.