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Katherine Stiles @katherinestiles.org · 3h

Botanist Kenji Suetsugu is revealing the secrets of plants that have given up photosynthesis to survive, drawing carbon and nutrients from fungi buried in the soil.

These ‘ghost flowers’ thrive without photosynthesis. One scientist is learning how

Japanese botanist Kenji Suetsugu studies plants that steal carbon and nutrients from soil fungi

www.science.org

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Phytomaven @tmigratorius.bsky.social · 3h

Voting works. Ask your friends and relatives if they are registered to vote. If not, show them how. And check on your voting registration every now and then.

sosmt.gov/elections/

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Nora Mabie @noramabie.bsky.social · 3h

NEW: After years of legislative debate, today marks the first time the state of Montana - home to 12 tribes and 7 reservations - has officially observed Indigenous Peoples' Day as a legal holiday.

For the first time, Montana officially celebrates Indigenous Peoples’ Day

After years of legislative debate, Oct. 13 marks the first time the state has officially observed the day as a legal holiday.

montanafreepress.org

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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 4h

Today, we honor #IndigenousPeoplesDay.

We are fortunate to work in close partnership with many Indigenous communities in efforts to fiercely defend their rights and protect wild lands and imperiled wildlife for a shared vision of a safe, healthy, and cherished planet.

A stormy sky over the borderlands. White text in a black box over the image reads: "Today, we honor Indigenous Peoples Day. The Center is fortunate to work in close partnership with many Indigenous communities in efforts to fiercely defend their rights and protect wild lands and imperiled wildlife for a shared vision of a safe, healthy, and cherished planet. We’ll continue to work in partnership to chip away at Columbus’s genocidal and ecocidal legacy for a more just future."

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Phytomaven @tmigratorius.bsky.social · 3h

drornaizakson.com/cbt-i-is-the...

got insomnia? try CBT-I first - Dr. Orna Izakson

The best treament for chronic insomnia is called cognitive-behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) and you may have never even heard of it.

drornaizakson.com

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Phytomaven @tmigratorius.bsky.social · 4h

the two upper photos are E. angustifolia (map too). Lower right photo is E. purpurea.

I know this because I grow these and order seeds from a reputable source.

Phytomaven @tmigratorius.bsky.social · 4h

There is a BIG difference between Echinacea angustifolia and E. purpurea. E. angustifolia petals are much thinner. Roots are also more slender and singular. Either species are not in endangered.
Map is of where E. angustifolia is found.

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Phytomaven @tmigratorius.bsky.social · 4h

I certainly do follow John Scalzi. His snark and common sense makes me smile. As does his clever way of putting silly people in their place.

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Phytomaven @tmigratorius.bsky.social · 4h

www.bbc.com/news/article...

Rare wildflower bloom blankets Chile's Atacama desert

One of the world's driest deserts is transformed into a sea of wildflowers after a rare bloom.

www.bbc.com

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Phytomaven @tmigratorius.bsky.social · 19h

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Phytomaven @tmigratorius.bsky.social · 19h

Well, you and I read nonfiction all day long. We need a break now and then. One of my top recommendations.

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Kim Weeden @weedenkim.bsky.social · 1d

Context: Kipnuk, a Yup'ik village near Bering Sea in SW Alaska, was hit with a massive storm and flooding last August, too. Last spring, it won a $20M grant for erosion control.

The GOP's Bugly Bill killed the grant program, which allocated 2.8B to communities hardest hit by climate change.

ᒪᑰᓯ Mark Springer @markspringer.bsky.social · 1d

FB reports of major flood damage in Kipnuk - homes and store floating, people swimming.
Very high water in Quinhagak as well.

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Alan Gerard @wxmanms1.bsky.social · 21h

This is horrible. It appears as though the tidal gage at Kipnuk has set a record (records go back to at least 2000) and the gage on the Kuskokwim River at Bethel is at the highest level it's been this century.

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Wil Wheaton @wilwheaton.net · 20h

"To be a Republican in 2025 represents a clear public confession that you either don't know the difference between good and evil and you're so morally empty that you can't be bothered to begin to try, or that you do know the difference, and you prefer evil." Great essay from @juliusgoat.bsky.social

The Crime of Human Virtue

Sometimes it really is as simple as good vs. evil. This is one of those times. Human virtue is our great crime against the fascist project; it's also our great weapon against it.

www.the-reframe.com

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Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 20h

They were told they will be fighting Antifa. Nothing prepared them for Cookie Monster doing pelvic thrust. It was an unfair fight.

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J H @jpjh88.bsky.social · 1d

People need to start highlighting that Miller is actually the shadow President and the one calling the shots. When it was Musk who was doing it, it caused a rift between them so big that after he was out, Musk was bashing Trump claiming he is in the Epstein files.

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Senseidai2547 @senseidai.bsky.social · 1d

Republicans will do anything to put more money in their pockets at the expense of people, animals, and the environment.

And thanks to @apnews.com for calling the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of Mexico.

#DemVoice1 #ProudBlue #Pinks #RepublicansAreDestroyingAmerica

apnews.com/article/seal...

Republicans try to weaken 50-year-old law protecting whales, seals and polar bears

One of the U.S.’s longest standing pieces of environmental legislation, credited with helping save rare whales from extinction, is the subject of an effort for cutbacks from Republican lawmakers who n...

apnews.com

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Phytomaven @tmigratorius.bsky.social · 1d

I have some really creative friends. On his desk. I had to take a photo.

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Phytomaven @tmigratorius.bsky.social · 1d

Fan mail is awesome. I thought she did a great job. I messaged her with a suggestion of a new book topic: phytoecdysteroids.

Evidence of a good book - sticky notes.

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Phytomaven @tmigratorius.bsky.social · 1d

SNL!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSfC...

Pam Bondi Hearing Cold Open - SNL

YouTube video by Saturday Night Live

www.youtube.com

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Mack Butterfield @mack2114.bsky.social · 1d

There can be real repercussions for shifting funding during a government shutdown. Under the Antideficiency Act, enacted to prevent federal agencies from spending money Congress hasn’t appropriated, officials who buck those restrictions face up to two years in prison and up to $5,000 in fines.

Pentagon will pay military troops, Trump says, shifting $8B

The president said Saturday that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has funds available to pay troops on Wednesday.

www.politico.com

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Phytomaven @tmigratorius.bsky.social · 1d

Bringing a tree species back from the edge. Wollemi pine.
An amazing story.

Wakehurst Place woodland Wollemi pine. CC 4.0

journals.rbge.org.uk/rbgesib/arti...

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Phytomaven @tmigratorius.bsky.social · 1d

Yep. Finally got it. I think I have to still finish the last few chapters. I tend to read 5 books at a time...argh.

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Microplastics Spookmelier @leastactionhero.bsky.social · 1d

today in "predicted by 30 Rock"

Edie Falco on 30 Rock:
I MISSED THE VOTE ON A BILL TO LEGALIZE RECREATIONAL WHALE TORTURE.

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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 4d

Can’t believe I have to say this, but in Minnesota you will continue to have the freedom to get your COVID and flu shots.

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