That Gardener

I realized I was acceptable collateral damage in the war between Drs and insurance companies. I decided death would be better than continuing to pay for "care." I rejected everything health care professionals told me I needed to do. Stopped all meds/tx. My health improved exponentially. A thread...

Art historians refer to this effect as Chiarosquirrelo

Hmmph. Crazy ultra-left eco-presbyterian chicks are a thing, and I'm one of them. Finding your people is kinda fascinating. And awesome. I think. Maybe. Right?!?

Anything I say, can and will be held against me, by someone who THINKS they understand my facial expressions. Autistic Miranda... Um. Rights?!?

I just made enemies at church by telling the elders, "The measure of your character isn't how successful you were during good times, but how humane you are during bad ones." Sometimes I'm way too good at pissing people off.

All we want to do is make kids safe, and we have been prevented from doing so for decades. This is the result.

The point at which a sane, morally principled award winning teacher who is angry about school shootings picks up a gun and thinks it’s the only way to make a difference is a bad place to be in. Dismissing him as a crazy person and blaming Dems is disingenuous and dishonest

Is there a word that describes a compulsion to dance horribly everytime you realize you're on camera?

NEW: CA is transforming school campuses by replacing heat-trapping asphalt with trees and green space at 215 schools statewide 🌳📚 Since 2022, @calfire.bsky.social’s Green Schoolyards Program had invested in cooling campuses, planted 6K+ trees and improved learning environments for 94K students

you should do this simply because it helps your neighbors, but nothing makes me feel better heading into work than dropping a couple bags of groceries off at the community fridge. be selfish. help your neighbors and get a serotonin boost.

European castle gardens have been sold to us as the ideal: always in full bloom, perfectly trimmed & no bugs. Today, companies can make big $$ helping us keep up this non-natural arrangement. It's time to break this unsustainable cycle & support native birds & pollinators with native plant habitats.

The biggest stumbling block we have to social change in the US is a cultural tendency to defer to power. We expect other people—specifically, those already in power—to save us. We can change a lot just by taking stock of the power we have ourselves and living the values we wish everyone had.

#HomeGrownNationalPark We are on the map! Over the years we've replaced more than half of the lawn in our yard, which means that our property qualifies to be part of Doug Tallamy's wonderful Home Grown National Park. I also made a donation. homegrownnationalpark.org

This is a reminder that ICE is still in Minnesota, that people still can’t leave their homes, and that funds are starting to run dry. Please donate if you can. Places like food shelves are struggling to meet the community’s needs.

I would argue that what we need is a better way to organize our social media use into circles, regions, and/or topics in a way that encourages long-form conversation and builds community but I'm just a kid from the BBS era.

That overwhelming thing you feel? That need to Feed People? That sense that, if all I do is feed people, somehow, everything will be ok? That, in my world, will NEVER Be labeled as pathogenic caregiving. The only difference between a saint and a pathogenic caregiver is modern diagnostic criteria.

Free study idea: compare the number of lives saved by back-up beepers on trucks to the number of minds lost from listening to them all day 😵‍💫

Doing laundry for a scientist is (almost always) a hell-of-a-lot easier than doing laundry for a farmer. Lab fires excluded.

If you’re a Kat person, bring a t-shirt to upcycle to our office tonight at 5PM and we’ll turn it into custom merch! You can join our phone bank bingo night too :)

Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science! 🧬✨ We celebrate the brilliant female faculty in the Center. From groundbreaking research to inspiring the next generation of scientists, your work is at the heart of our progress. #WomenInScience #cardiosky

A 13-year-old opened a hot dog stand in front of his home in Minnesota, causing a complaint to the health department. Instead of shutting him down, the inspectors helped him bring his stand up to code and paid the $87 fee for his permit out of their own pockets.

Longmont food rescue holds two free produce in the park events each month. All are welcome!

Please consider donating to your own local food banks, either monetarily or w/ non-perishables. Please check websites first before donating. Locally — Longmont Food Rescue: www.longmontfoodrescue.org/programs Community Food Share: communityfoodshare.org/get-food/mob... OUR Center: www.ourcenter.org

We need to be ageist to make room for younger representatives. I’m sure there are plenty of great 60+ candidates but I am tired as hell and just 49. We need their energy, anger, and impatience for a clearly flawed system.

Saw ladybugs out in the garden today. In January.

What if neurodivergence is the medicalisation of compassionate empathy for everyone who isn’t a raging sociopath 🤔

Family Myth: We were simple farmers, looking for a better life. Family Reality: We were expatriated revolutionaries, fleeing certain death. It's not easy to admit your ancestors became the oppressor, but good people do it anyway.

What it feels like to live in America and believe ALL people should have basic human rights.

20yrs ago we had to evict a scammer. Now I come back to the city and this guy is at every city council meeting and they treat him like an old hippie hero. They don't know how many times he has been evicted. He is an old civil rights guy who scams roommates. Sigh.

Old white people with cars: volunteer to drive melanin-blessed students to/from school.

Wild success tonight at the native plant launch party! 65 people turned out and we packed up 5100 (!!!) packs of native seeds, made over 600 seed bombs, folded 100 ice alert zines, distributed over 150 whistles… Damn. Good night. Thank you to everyone who attended!

Just found out our town has a program that gives you 75$ to buy food to have a block party. They've figured out safe neighborhoods have neighbors that know each other.

Despite not being a drinker, I bought a cheap bottle of champagne. I'm hoping keeping it chilled will prompt the big beautiful obituary.

In Minneapolis

What's the difference between a pathological caregiver and a saint? Modern diagnostic criteria.

I got to sort iceberg lettuce at the food bank today. Some heads were edible, some were dripping slime balls. When a box flap covered in lettuce slime flaps, it flings lettuce slime everywhere. It was my lucky day day, none got in my eyes or mouth. And we had lettuce for taco night.

Read the article here: https://learndirt.com/learn/low-light-food-crops/

From a former homeless gal, now a food bank volunteer: When you're down and out, you don't get many baking supplies, spices, greens, or protein. Everyone needs to nourish their happy w an occasional sweet, spice in their beans, and fiber for gut health. Nut bars = portable protein. TY donors!

🏡 Lawns are useless. Rip them out and plant food instead. 🌱🔥

It's election day! To all my fellow US folks: make sure you get out & vote. The eels demand it of you. Eels, of course, are citizens of the world. So they can't vote in local elections, and they have to rely on you to do it for them. Even if you won't vote for you, be a proxy vote for an eel! 🗃️🧪

Everything you need to put together whistle brigade kits. #portland

Every farm should be a sanctuary, every garden a refuge.

My department has a mutual aid table in a public area outside the main office. In addition to providing ready to eat snacks, some bring other food (and produce from our gardens) to share with whoever needs it. Nothing is there for long, so that existing need has gotten bigger.

The USDA sent an email to grocery stores telling them they are prohibited from offering special discounts to customers affected by the SNAP funding lapse. I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email

There is no path to sustainability that does not include regenerating our soil.

A garden is a revolution in motion.

Appreciated the opportunity to volunteer & thank the dedicated team at the Food Bank for Larimer County yesterday in Fort Collins — grateful to so many in our community who are rallying to help our neighbors in need! 🙏🏾