Karl Horak
@schlepp.bsky.social
Arctophile, botanist, bread baker, plant taxonomist, information specialist, volunteer at the ABQ BioPark
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Nothing could make it clearer that this administration passionately hates our environment.
January 8, 2026 at 5:55 AM
Nothing could make it clearer that this administration passionately hates our environment.
Tonight's homework assignment: watch the movie "Wag the Dog."
January 4, 2026 at 2:00 AM
Tonight's homework assignment: watch the movie "Wag the Dog."
6" diam. Clematis at the ABQ Botanic Garden yesterday.
December 30, 2025 at 8:09 PM
6" diam. Clematis at the ABQ Botanic Garden yesterday.
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Mass movement and protest is very effective and has shaped the arc of US history, say historians and political scientists.
#ORGANIZE #RESIST #OPPOSE
#EveryEffortCounts
#GetInvolved
#ORGANIZE #RESIST #OPPOSE
#EveryEffortCounts
#GetInvolved
How effective is protesting? According to historians and political scientists: very
From emancipation to women’s suffrage, civil rights and BLM, mass movement has shaped the arc of US history
www.theguardian.com
December 25, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Mass movement and protest is very effective and has shaped the arc of US history, say historians and political scientists.
#ORGANIZE #RESIST #OPPOSE
#EveryEffortCounts
#GetInvolved
#ORGANIZE #RESIST #OPPOSE
#EveryEffortCounts
#GetInvolved
Holiday Koulourakia
December 14, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Holiday Koulourakia
About 40 folks showed up for today's Kadomatsu workshop at the ABQ Botanic Garden.
December 13, 2025 at 6:40 AM
About 40 folks showed up for today's Kadomatsu workshop at the ABQ Botanic Garden.
Reposted by Karl Horak
According to a new court filing, the Trump administration has a six-page list of banned words that Head Start locations are forbidden from using when describing their programs.
Among the censored words: "disability," "race," "women," "trauma," "Gulf of Mexico." Short thread with the full list. 🧵
Among the censored words: "disability," "race," "women," "trauma," "Gulf of Mexico." Short thread with the full list. 🧵
December 10, 2025 at 11:51 PM
According to a new court filing, the Trump administration has a six-page list of banned words that Head Start locations are forbidden from using when describing their programs.
Among the censored words: "disability," "race," "women," "trauma," "Gulf of Mexico." Short thread with the full list. 🧵
Among the censored words: "disability," "race," "women," "trauma," "Gulf of Mexico." Short thread with the full list. 🧵
December 4, 2025 at 3:31 AM
2/3 of the way through November and flowers are still blooming.
November 19, 2025 at 10:17 PM
2/3 of the way through November and flowers are still blooming.
If corporations have rights, then trees, rivers, wolves, mountains, and cotamudis have rights, too.
November 19, 2025 at 9:27 PM
If corporations have rights, then trees, rivers, wolves, mountains, and cotamudis have rights, too.
My CrowdMap polygon differs and I came up with 24.4K participants. Even at the low end, out estimates are orders of magnitude larger than what was reported in the local media.
October 21, 2025 at 9:50 AM
My CrowdMap polygon differs and I came up with 24.4K participants. Even at the low end, out estimates are orders of magnitude larger than what was reported in the local media.
Thx! Using CrowdMap plus the drone video and my own ground truthing, I think there were between 17,000 and 23,000 people at the march.
October 18, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Thx! Using CrowdMap plus the drone video and my own ground truthing, I think there were between 17,000 and 23,000 people at the march.
@usa-npn.bsky.social Populus tremuloides in New Mexico: What percent of the potential canopy is filled with color change?
October 4, 2025 at 10:05 PM
@usa-npn.bsky.social Populus tremuloides in New Mexico: What percent of the potential canopy is filled with color change?
Helianthus maximillianus to the max off of Rio Grande Blvd behind Los Poblanos.
September 22, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Helianthus maximillianus to the max off of Rio Grande Blvd behind Los Poblanos.
Isn't that the Mad Magazine "Spy vs Spy" hat?!
September 19, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Isn't that the Mad Magazine "Spy vs Spy" hat?!
Seen in Edmonds, WA while walking back from dinner.
August 25, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Seen in Edmonds, WA while walking back from dinner.
Dilution is the solution!
August 14, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Dilution is the solution!
Your occasional daily Hibiscus, 9" diam.
August 14, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Your occasional daily Hibiscus, 9" diam.
Prayer for the preying
July 18, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Prayer for the preying
Fluffy the feral cat comes for breakfast
July 12, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Fluffy the feral cat comes for breakfast
Evening stillness in my backyard.
July 1, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Evening stillness in my backyard.