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Clayton Dewey
@clayton.social.coop.ap.brid.gy
socialist #UX Designer and goofy dad

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The Denver Botanic Gardens' ecoquest for December is "Chasing Cattails."

Here are my observations so far.

#denver #inaturalist #nativeplants
December 14, 2025 at 4:11 AM
I entered my zipcode and chose my water provider, Denver Water Board.

https://www.ewg.org/tapwater/system.php?pws=CO0116001

There are ten contaminants that exceed the Environmental Working Group (EWG) standards.

yikes.

- Bromodichloromethane
- Chloroform
- […]

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December 9, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Mimi founded Fortaleza Familiar and their logo is a hummingbird. Huītzilōpōchtli is the Aztec warrior god of the sun and sacrifice.

Next spring, Mimi, my sister and I were sitting in my backyard recounting this moment. Again I wondered out loud, "I haven't seen […]

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November 21, 2025 at 3:35 AM
[Transgender Day of Remembrance, remembering mi hermane 💔❤️🦁]

I remember losing our minds at Nuggets games.

I remember his wisdom on politics - community organizing, gender liberation, intersectionality, power, love.

I remember her love for her four Chihuahuas […]

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November 21, 2025 at 3:18 AM
[Transgender Day of Remembrance, remembering mi hermane 💔❤️🦁]

Today on Transgender Day of Remembrance I remember mi hermane, Mimi Madrid.

I remember the way Mimi made my sister laugh, blush, light up, smile.

I remember how he loved my children in his strong […]

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November 21, 2025 at 3:06 AM
This time of year I like to do the converse of early spring, go on walks with an eye out for the very last flowers hanging around.

Most of Belmar Lake is awash with the fluffy tan of rabbitbrush gone to seed.

But there was *one* rabbitbrush still flowering […]

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November 4, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Enjoying that post-Halloween life.
November 4, 2025 at 2:58 PM
[Us pol, reflections on the No Kings protest, genocide in Palestine]

I also appreciated how this rally tied into ongoing organizing.

There were a lot more orgs tabling at the rally than the last big event.

This panel on the genocide and occupation of Palestine was powerful.
October 19, 2025 at 6:28 PM
[Us pol, reflections on the No Kings protest]

The rally like past ones has an overwhelming "liberal boomers made at Trump" vibe that I find so limiting.

I want to see this movement evolve to be one that is much more visionary.

Compared to the last rally, this […]

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October 19, 2025 at 6:26 PM
I showed up for the #nokings protest here in Denver with my son, mom and her friend.

Like the previous events, I walked away with a lot of ambivalence though I'm glad I went.

This was one of my favorite signs.

Some additional thoughts threaded below...
October 19, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Whew. Glad to see that these broken RSS settings have been removed from Drupal.

They wouldn't have been all that helpful even if they did work.

With it being an open source project that champions the Open Web, creating an RSS feed should be as easy possible […]

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October 9, 2025 at 5:49 PM
I visited the Botanic Gardens at Chatfield (South of #denver ) especially for the butterfly house where right now they have 8 or so native species fluttering around for people to see.

Monarchs, Queens, Painted Ladies, Spicebush Swallowtail, Buckeye, some others […]

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August 25, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Wow. It seems really early for the cottonwoods to be changing colors. Maybe I just never noticed? Or maybe this is another "new normal" from global warming?

Anyone else in #denver know what's typical?
August 18, 2025 at 3:44 PM
One of the neat things about heightening my focus towards life around me, even the smallest of insects, is that when I pause to observe one thing, my stillness often invites others to move into frame.

In this case a sutured longhorn beetle caught my attention […]

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August 17, 2025 at 2:46 AM
My local movie theater's metatag description is chef's kiss. 🍻🍕
August 10, 2025 at 11:32 PM
when I searched about it, Google's AI overview came up with a very plausible sounding explanation of the whole event. And in the absence of a journalist writing an actual article on it, this theoretically could be helpful.

But really I think this is another […]

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August 8, 2025 at 3:22 PM
My favorite flower spotted today is Liatris punctata also known as the Dotted Gayfeather.

What a fantastic name for this showy, sun loving beauty.

It's used in prairie restoration, including post-fire recovery and land healing from mining, because of its […]

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August 3, 2025 at 7:33 PM
It's #BandcampFriday and our band Elegant Everyone recently released our first two tracks.

* All the Old Chaos
* We're Not Cute Anymore

eleganteveryone.bandcamp.com

The tracks are pay what you want and whatever you decide you want to pay all goes to our band […]

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August 1, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Hang in there. 🤎🩷
July 31, 2025 at 1:33 PM
This is a cool feature I just noticed. Mastodon detected I was typing in a language other than English.
July 30, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Wix is raising their prices.

- Combo is rolling into the Light Plan; $3/month increase
- Unlimited, Pro and Business Basic are being replaced by Core Plan; $11, $6 and $6 increases respectively
- VIP is rolling into Business plan; no price change plus increase […]

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July 30, 2025 at 3:33 PM
I keep hearing this refrain when it comes to AI and work

"Departments' budgets are shrinking, but expectations are rising. By using AI you can increase your efficiency to meet this challenge."

NO. This has always been a losing battle.

Productivity is already […]

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July 30, 2025 at 3:01 PM
I saw a creature with the most badass sounding name.

White-faced Meadowhawk
July 29, 2025 at 11:09 PM
The Pebbles Pixie Cup is my new favorite lichen.

#lichensubscribe #mosstodon
May 31, 2025 at 11:26 PM
The spinystar cactus bloomed again. 😍 I love the tiny flower in the middle. #florespondence
May 31, 2025 at 11:21 PM