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Don’t listen to them. You’re a lemur. No two ways about it. :-)

Lilies smell amazing. Eryngiums smell amazing(ly bad). I love em both.

A lesser-known variety of the common Star Jasmine (Trachylospermum jasminoides), var. Mandianum. In addition to the yellow-orange flowers, it has a very different scent, almost like fruity tea.

Natural bonsai on Mr. Rainier

Catananche coerulea (Cupid’s Dart) buds catching the light during the golden hour.

Verbascum olympicum, a large multi-branching mullein endemic to a single mountain in Turkey (Bithynian Olympus / Uludağ). Because of its name it’s frequently sold as “Greek mullein.” But it’s not. :-)

Cardiocrinum giganteum aka Himalayan giant lily, is definitely the star of the garden these couple of weeks!

First peony, Nicotiana alata x mutabilis hybrid made back in 1998, a rampant Campanula, and a general garden view

I often wondered what would happen if the Orange thing did shrooms. Or Stephen Müller. But while shrooms can show you things, they won’t do the work for you.

Still, I’d pay to see it.

But laws are so 2024..

As-yet unnamed Pinguicula hybrid that is 7/8 laueana. Most of the siblings are exactly what I’d expect but this one seems to have decided that red was passé. I’m liking the subtle hint of yellow!

no doubt some people did but I’m convinced that a lot of the people who say they voted for Obama actually didn’t. It’s just a political counterpart of “I’m not racist, I have black friends.”

“I didn’t get a diphtheria vaccination and I still never got diphtheria.”

“100 years ago there weren’t any vaccinations, and people did just fine. Kids were healthy because they didn’t eat processed foods.”

And some of those kids were illegals. Or someone said they were.

winning the presidency was his get out of jail free card. Beyond that he doesn’t really seem to care.

The big issue is the disruption in working with living material, if planting windows are missed there is nothing that can be done this year and we are a year behind. Unfortunately living material is not like working with other materials.

Hope that helps

M

The other problem is that while on leave waiting to hear if they will have jobs, the scientists are not allowed in the federal buildings to take care of the plants, and so important deadlines are missed for management like planting, transplanting or spraying.

Many of the remainder are on administrative leave as the courts decide if they will be brought back. The terminations were not even across all of the stations. Some lost none, some lost many.

So, I heard back from one of the authors. He had this to say:

10% of the NPGS received termination letters in February. Of those who were terminated I know of 3 who were reinstated and have returned to work.

Dude, I commented on one of your posts looking for more info to be able to better counter MAGA claims. You came into my posts and started writing random shit that had nothing to do with that. Are you done!l?

The US did not bomb Saigon. Which is not to downplay US bombings of other parts of S. Vietnam, Agent Orange, and more. The N. Vietnamese Army and Viet Cong bombings targeted an air base, a restaurant, the US Embassy and a hotel where US Army brass were staying.

U.S. gene banks, key to new crops, hobbled by Trump job cuts Newly appointed head of USDA’s genetic repositories axed along with key staff

I did read it. I got more specific information from the related article at ‘Science.” www.science.org/content/arti....

*of* that information

The people who wrote the article should have at least some in that information.

I wish they said something about how many scientists were fired, and who they were. I would be glad to call representatives but it would be helpful to know that basic bit of information…

U.S. gene banks, key to new crops, hobbled by Trump job cuts Newly appointed head of USDA’s genetic repositories axed along with key staff

www.science.org/content/arti...

Opinion | Why Did Elon Musk Go After Bunkers Full of Seeds? (Gift Article) Gene banks are like a survivalist cache: our nation’s safeguard against all future challenges to growing the food we need.

So Elon Musk went after a depository of carefully preserved seeds and plants and fired the scientists who look after them, putting at risk one of the world's sources of genetic diversity for crops.
And this NYT article complains only about the danger for Americans. 🤦🏽‍♂️
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/22/o...

And unfortunately it’s hard to have a logical conversation about it. It’s always met with snark and accusations of “having drunk the koolaid” - and lots of really tenuous denial. “They aren’t closing SS field offices” (they’re just ending the leases on 47 offices they work from).

Is it more cruel to shock a rat or to wake it up with “Snow at the Beach?” 🤔