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Queer scientist mom r nerd gardner


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Still no storm here but windy and threatening. Ready for it to just storm

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Nothing like the tour for making me feel like biking a very long way. Last week did just under 12miles (pulling a trailer with 1 or 2 kids) and barely finished. But I'm sure a new bike would help my out of shape legs and butt 😅

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Every accusation really is a confession

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Note, I'm not opposed to federal support for farmers! It's the taking with one hand while claiming to hate it that is so frustrating.

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My family (conservative farmers) hate the federal govt but love those fucking insurance/crp/etc checks. I have a really hard time not getting angry at the "hate the fed" mindset coming from the people who most obviously can not continue their occupation without direct fed intervention.

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Explain "govt regulation" is actually govt keeping companies from poisoning/polluting/scamming us. We have to have some response to Regan era "scariest words are I'm from the govt and here to help" catchphrase.

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^My current organizing theory. Because there is an organizing theory to this fuckery. It's not random. I don't mean that in some global conspiracy but rather a handfull of the world's richest assholes who are focused only on extracting every last drop from everyone else.

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An individual is easier to control/bribe than groups of individuals within an agency-esp given federal employee ethics rules. Oligarchy can't tolerate the govt telling them to stop polluting/scamming/poisoning but do want a corruptable individual with immunity to extra judicial harm their enemies

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Fuuuuuuuuuuccccccccckkkkkk If ai was anywhere near as awesome as they are trying to claim, they would want it to get the byline.

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Pretty! Middle kid picked one today that was bright red inside and still a little pink/green on the surface. Tart but tasty.

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It would be. Seems like it should also reduce gerrymandering bullshit.

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That's not even a huge increase.

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How many total congress critters? Love the idea of multirep (proportional?) districts.

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What a drag!

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Chuckwagon horses?

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I think you'd need something with an activated charcoal stage to remove most chem contaminants (emphasis on think)

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I don't think I've ever used a Sawyers. Pumping someone else's MSR or Sweetwater ceramic filter (can't remember which) was sooooo hard. I was beyond excited with katadyn came out with the little bag filter-lighter and no pumping!

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These beasts. Looks like they <$500 which is less that I thought they were. www.katadyngroup.com/us/en/211007...

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The backcountry cabins were stocked with big katadyn gravity filters (20 L or even bigger) but ceramic that you could *gently* scrub when they got clogged. They were amazing. Not backpackable, each filter weighed a couple pounds. I think they were good for thousands of gallons

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www.katadyngroup.com/us/en/802085...

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I have the katadyn gravity filter. I used it for 3 field seasons (20-30 days in the back country each season) for crews of 2-5. You can greatly extend the life of the filter by protecting it from sediment and chunks-rubberband a coffee filter around the filter (or inlet if using a pump filter).

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Listening to @strictscrutiny.bsky.social to try to understand wtf is going on with scotus power grabs from Executive branch but also declaring presidents immune from criminal prosecution. Criple the federal govt except for the individual of the president??

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I assumed it was the cancer microbiome group. 🤪 So maybe they have learned by not being responsible for this (soon to be) *Overstating the Microbiome* winner.

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Jonathan Cohn 's avatar Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social
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"In 1863 and 1867, revisions to the Judiciary Act sought to rein in a supreme court that was potentially pro-slavery. Now, we need to rein in one that is pro-authoritarian." newrepublic.com/article/1834...

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Mother vs single women is a weird way to categorize. Married mothers vs all single women?

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Gwen Snyder is uncivil's avatar Gwen Snyder is uncivil @gwensnyder.bsky.social
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Our candidate is a rambling geriatric centrist with a horrifically mixed foreign policy record? Yeah okay the alternative is a guy who admirers Hitler and is literally telling us he's going to be a fascist dictator and toss his political opposition before military tribunals

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Roland Hatzenpichler's avatar Roland Hatzenpichler @environmicrobio.bsky.social
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It was a privilege to work with @markabelan.bsky.social on an infographic that summarizes the role of microbes in methane cycling, both cells that make or break methane. We have English, German and Spanish versions! Use widely and freely :)

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Popehat's avatar Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social
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Fight against daunting odds, because it’s the right thing to do, and because sometimes you win.

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It's Merica, we can buy all the shit. I have some for fire blight for our pear trees. Need to see if its ok for plum. Also if it's ok for eating the fruit later.

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Aaaccckkkk this years plum crop was out of control. We thinned >75% of the fruit that set. But came home from vacation to a bunch of brown fruit. I'm guessing brown rot fungus. Pick off everything with any spots and spray with fruit tree fungacide?

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Possible! I've never seen tube worms in sandy intertidal zones so didn't look when the water was higher. Wish i were still there and could snorkel check

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If you want to make your own. Serious eats has several really good veggie burger mixes. I really like the black bean one that includes partially drying out some of the beans.

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Aunt Sylvia’s Home for Wayward Women and Lurid Tulips's avatar Aunt Sylvia’s Home for Wayward Women and Lurid Tulips @socialistboghag.bsky.social
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Happy #primeweek! I just want to let y’all know that the Amazon shipping warehouse where my husband works is denying workers fans during a nationally recognized heat emergency and everything you order during time week places workers’ lives at risk.

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Justin Hendrix's avatar Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social
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This is the heart of the matter. This cannot stand.

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Are these the shells of dead creatures or remnants of things that have retreated deeper in the sand while the tide was out? @skaket beach, cape cod field of view ~ 3x5inches

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Not too bad. Arms just absolutely shot

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Today we did a kayak adventure with a ranger out of Salt Pond Visitor center. It was the hardest paddle I've ever done. We were paddling into the wind the whole time (it was a loop but the wind had major fuck you attitude). Saw a ton of seals and birds. Can't really feel my shoulders/elbows/wrists.

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Have you seen the screen grabs of what they were saying about Hilary at roughly the same point in the summer? They fucking love Trump. He's great for ratings and clicks which is all that matters.

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FDR hid his wheelchair for a reason. The reason is stupid but it's still a reason.

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Biden is old. Don't love that he's my only option. But also, he (his team) managed to get this massive climate bill through congress. So fine, he can be old.

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Dr. Holly Walters's avatar Dr. Holly Walters @manigarm.bsky.social
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Don't forget the Sharpie.

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Today I pretended that we aren't hurtling towards a full oligarch dictatorship and went for a long (for me) bike ride. I pulled 2 kids for 5 miles, then gave the little one to dw for the ride back. I am exhausted and happy.

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All govt action in repub/corporation favor is good. All govt action in favor of us is bad. Aka "originalism"

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And remember, the Christian Right only took up abortion as a topic after they lost school segregation for good when the IRS went after Bob Jones’ U status, & needed a new issue to rally the troops. 1/x all our issues are intertwined. 🧵

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Also please introduce "scotus are federal employees and must follow same gift rules as all other federal employees" bill

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Iron Spike's avatar Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social
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Doomer shit is un-American as fuck. Sorry. Factual. This country didn't even consider me a fucking person for half its existence, and the Supreme Court declared Black ppl didn't qualify as US citizens TWICE.

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/5 …but it’s obvious that my statement can be introduced as evidence if I’m accused of murder. Contrast this type of Presidential immunity. Say Donald Trump, days into his second term, meets with the Department of Justice and demands a way to deport all Muslims, reviling them as subhuman.

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