Recently retired and repatriated to New England. Recovering academic, former database analyst, current gardener and maker of bread. Comrade to cat sisters Annabel Lee and Lenore and human companion @davidski.
#BloomScrolling
#Compost
#NativePlants
#EdgarAllenPoe
#NewEngland
#Sourdough
Sycamore tussock moth caterpillar (halysidota harrisii) on a hosta leaf.
Great blue lobelia (lobelia siphilitica) in the butterfly garden is coming into bloom. This was a "volunteer" that came with a selfheal plant bought from Garden in the Woods.
The butterfly garden is a glorious mess this fall. The only thing still flowering is the blue mist flower, which is giving the bees a final feast. The foxglove beardtongue is sporting deep burgundy leaves with chestnut brown seedpods. And the rose milkweed is sending out clouds of fluffy seeds.
Capitalism is imploding in slow motion.
So you can't work from home anymore.
"Once again, the elite have gotten themselves into big trouble. They want the rest of us to bail them out. If they don't want our tax money, they want us to give up our freedom and autonomy. They want us to sacrifice ourselves on the altar of capitalism to protect their fortunes."
The Elite's War on Remote Work Has Nothing to Do with Productivity by @jessicawildfire https://www.the-sentinel-intelligence.com/p/heres-why-they-want-you-back-at-the-office-so-bad
#CovidIsNotOver related.
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At the stART on the Street festival with the #LeagueofWomenVotersMassachusetts
"Four Thieves...are helping people to make their own, identical pirated versions of proven and tested pharmaceuticals by taking the precursor ingredients and performing the chemical reactions to make the medication themselves.
[...]
A slide at his talk reads 'Isn’t this illegal? Yeah. Grow up.'"
https://www.404media.co/right-to-repair-for-your-body-the-rise-of-diy-pirated-medicine/
I am hand raising a monarch caterpillar for the first time. No one told me that they grow by shedding their skin!!!
I went in to tend to Abby this morning and there were these ... things ... in its enclosure. Turns out they are the shed skin and FACE of the caterpillar.
Just a bit shook. But the good news is that Abby is continuing to grow.
"If nothing is eating your plants then your garden is not part of the ecosystem."
https://www.samwallman.com/
#agroecology
#art #illustration #posters #climate #ClimateCollapse #environment
I’ve come across a lot of people here and in other corners of the interwebz who are extremely adamant and passionate about the response the U.S. should have toward the humanitarian crisis and murder campaign that is currently being waged against the people of Palestine.
They are so staunch in their position against the fact the Biden Administration has supplied weapons and military financial support to Israel in support of this campaign, they vow to vote for a third party candidate or not vote at all.
I get it. I am completely with you on your opinion of how fucked it is that we are supporting Bibi’s Zionist movement in the region.
But Rep Acasio-Cortez articulates rather well why she is voting for #HarrisWalz and why I am too.
Harris can be moved. I believe Harris can change course in Gaza. I believe Harris can be persuaded to place an embargo on Israel. Trump absolutely cannot. And under a Trump presidency so many others will be hurt beyond just those in Gaza.
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Reilly Spitzfaden (they/them)
Extinction Rebellion Global
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