Thistlebloom Farm
@thistlebloomfarm.bsky.social
Thistlebloom Farm was built in 1860. It has over 77 acres of mixed land, a house, 2 barns and a shed. It is located on Nipmuc and Pocumtuck land (aka Amherst, MA). Sometimes the farm and its current guardian have arguments.
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🎄✨ Christmas is a gentle reminder that even in tough times, hope still finds us.
May this season wrap you in peace, restore what feels broken, n remind you that you are deeply valued.
If this year stretched you, may the new one meet you with strength, clarity, n quiet victories.
Merry Christmas 🎄
May this season wrap you in peace, restore what feels broken, n remind you that you are deeply valued.
If this year stretched you, may the new one meet you with strength, clarity, n quiet victories.
Merry Christmas 🎄
December 24, 2025 at 8:27 AM
🎄✨ Christmas is a gentle reminder that even in tough times, hope still finds us.
May this season wrap you in peace, restore what feels broken, n remind you that you are deeply valued.
If this year stretched you, may the new one meet you with strength, clarity, n quiet victories.
Merry Christmas 🎄
May this season wrap you in peace, restore what feels broken, n remind you that you are deeply valued.
If this year stretched you, may the new one meet you with strength, clarity, n quiet victories.
Merry Christmas 🎄
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READ THIS: Still probably the best #ChristmasEve tradition I’ve heard. Iceland definitely does Christmas well — my Reykjavik clients had funny comments about this! Are you planning to curl up with a great new book on cities this #Christmas? Share your pick with us using hashtag #UrbanismBookClub!
December 24, 2025 at 5:25 AM
READ THIS: Still probably the best #ChristmasEve tradition I’ve heard. Iceland definitely does Christmas well — my Reykjavik clients had funny comments about this! Are you planning to curl up with a great new book on cities this #Christmas? Share your pick with us using hashtag #UrbanismBookClub!
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Well,well,well. And here is the '60 Minutes' segment on deportation of men to a notorious maximum-security prison in El Salvador that #BariWeiss pulled on #CBS. It was played in #Canada.
#journalism
bsky.app/profile/knig...
#journalism
bsky.app/profile/knig...
Bari Weiss needs to resign from CBS News. Having watched Sunday's well-reported "60 Minutes" torture-prison story Weiss squelched, I can see no way for her to restore even a semblance of professional competency. She's an amateur, in way over her head, humiliating her talented staff of journalists.
WATCH: The 60 Minutes CECOT Segment
I was sent the CECOT segment anonymously in a group chat.
www.muellershewrote.com
December 23, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Well,well,well. And here is the '60 Minutes' segment on deportation of men to a notorious maximum-security prison in El Salvador that #BariWeiss pulled on #CBS. It was played in #Canada.
#journalism
bsky.app/profile/knig...
#journalism
bsky.app/profile/knig...
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This is an excellent piece on the ecological catastrophe associated with El Salvador's obsession with Bitcoin -->>
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
‘They turned our home into a cemetery’: the high price of El Salvador’s Bitcoin City dream
Mangroves are being destroyed and residents displaced to make way for an airport to serve president Nayib Bukele’s vision of a tax-free economic hub
www.theguardian.com
December 22, 2025 at 8:23 AM
This is an excellent piece on the ecological catastrophe associated with El Salvador's obsession with Bitcoin -->>
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
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Important end-of-the-year article on government priorities: fight tooth and nail to defend nature-killing activities like the nitrates derogation, do next to nothing to support nature protection or restoration.
The result?
Species and ecosystems continue to plummet.
The result?
Species and ecosystems continue to plummet.
If we're to turn the tide on nature loss, we're going to need a government that treats it with the level of priority that was given to holding on to the nitrates derogation
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
Habitats report a stark contrast to nitrates decision
Biodiversity collapse is not a lost cause, but Government failure to prioritise it is devastating for all those working on nature restoration
www.irishexaminer.com
December 22, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Important end-of-the-year article on government priorities: fight tooth and nail to defend nature-killing activities like the nitrates derogation, do next to nothing to support nature protection or restoration.
The result?
Species and ecosystems continue to plummet.
The result?
Species and ecosystems continue to plummet.
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A new study has examined 5.7 million years of mid latitude rainfall to examine the pattern of hydro climate extremes. 300m lacustrine sediments cores were drilled and analysed for the work.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#climatechange #jetstream #hydroclimate #drought #flood #arcticamplification
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#climatechange #jetstream #hydroclimate #drought #flood #arcticamplification
Westerly jet waviness modulates mid-latitude hydroclimate variability - Nature Communications
This study provides robust evidence that Arctic warming affects precipitation variability in the mid-latitudes by modulating westerly waviness. Under global warming, extreme precipitation events in mi...
www.nature.com
December 22, 2025 at 12:26 PM
A new study has examined 5.7 million years of mid latitude rainfall to examine the pattern of hydro climate extremes. 300m lacustrine sediments cores were drilled and analysed for the work.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#climatechange #jetstream #hydroclimate #drought #flood #arcticamplification
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#climatechange #jetstream #hydroclimate #drought #flood #arcticamplification
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The remarkable @orkneyboreray.bsky.social have developed a licensed on-farm abattoir, ideal for native breeds, significantly reducing stress on animals.
#Smallholders #Crofters #Farmers
Please support the fundraiser if you can.
#Smallholders #Crofters #Farmers
Please support the fundraiser if you can.
The Tiny Trailer Abattoir is under construction now!
We are making exemplary sheep welfare possible with on-farm slaughter
We've raised over half of the cost & are fundraising for rest
Can you help us?
Please can you share this link as widely as possible
www.peoplesfundraising.com/fundraising/...
We are making exemplary sheep welfare possible with on-farm slaughter
We've raised over half of the cost & are fundraising for rest
Can you help us?
Please can you share this link as widely as possible
www.peoplesfundraising.com/fundraising/...
December 18, 2025 at 11:13 AM
The remarkable @orkneyboreray.bsky.social have developed a licensed on-farm abattoir, ideal for native breeds, significantly reducing stress on animals.
#Smallholders #Crofters #Farmers
Please support the fundraiser if you can.
#Smallholders #Crofters #Farmers
Please support the fundraiser if you can.
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The Trump admin just halted five additional wind farms off the East Coast, jeopardizing billions of dollars of investments. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/c...
Trump Halts Five Wind Farms Off the East Coast
www.nytimes.com
December 22, 2025 at 4:42 PM
The Trump admin just halted five additional wind farms off the East Coast, jeopardizing billions of dollars of investments. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/c...
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Pink Ghost Pipe plant at my hometown, Logy Bay, #Newfoundland Canada. Ghost Pipes are most commonly white, but some have pink or even red colouration. Pic from a couple of years ago, in August.
#wildflower #flower #botany #plants #fungifriends
#wildflower #flower #botany #plants #fungifriends
December 22, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Pink Ghost Pipe plant at my hometown, Logy Bay, #Newfoundland Canada. Ghost Pipes are most commonly white, but some have pink or even red colouration. Pic from a couple of years ago, in August.
#wildflower #flower #botany #plants #fungifriends
#wildflower #flower #botany #plants #fungifriends
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I’ve watched at least two dozen reels, showing the terrible snow conditions in Colorado and Europe right now.
Guess how many of those videos mentioned climate change? And how many mentioned chemtrails?
The same number. ONE. 😱
Guess how many of those videos mentioned climate change? And how many mentioned chemtrails?
The same number. ONE. 😱
The most important thing you can do to fight climate change: talk about it
How do you talk to someone who doesn't believe in climate change? Not by rehashing the same data and facts we've been discussing for years, says climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe. In this inspiring, ...
www.ted.com
December 22, 2025 at 4:36 AM
I’ve watched at least two dozen reels, showing the terrible snow conditions in Colorado and Europe right now.
Guess how many of those videos mentioned climate change? And how many mentioned chemtrails?
The same number. ONE. 😱
Guess how many of those videos mentioned climate change? And how many mentioned chemtrails?
The same number. ONE. 😱
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It is nesting season for the Hawaiʻi state bird, the #nēnē, and nēnē families & individuals are out-n-about in #HVNP. 🐦🌿 Drive with extreme caution in Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park & wherever you see these beautiful geese. 🚗⚠️
Nesting pairs may feed along roadsides.
#Birds
📸 NPS Photos/Janice Wei
Nesting pairs may feed along roadsides.
#Birds
📸 NPS Photos/Janice Wei
December 23, 2025 at 1:10 AM
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🥵EXTRAORDINARY HEAT
Dozens of December records pulverized in Texas,Colorado,New Mexico,Kansas etc
Some examples:
TX
85 Lubbock
83 Amarillo
CO
83 Springfield
79 Wray
79 Yuma
KS
80 Leoti
In Colorado records were broken locally by 4/5F
It's like June and just the beginning
Dozens of December records pulverized in Texas,Colorado,New Mexico,Kansas etc
Some examples:
TX
85 Lubbock
83 Amarillo
CO
83 Springfield
79 Wray
79 Yuma
KS
80 Leoti
In Colorado records were broken locally by 4/5F
It's like June and just the beginning
It's hard to conceive a more extreme North America than this:
Abnormal warmth in most of USA/Mexico and Greenland and persistent harsh cold in most of Canada squeezed in between.
20 stations above freezing in GREENLAND
Mexico >97F/36C in the North,South,East and West.
Abnormal warmth in most of USA/Mexico and Greenland and persistent harsh cold in most of Canada squeezed in between.
20 stations above freezing in GREENLAND
Mexico >97F/36C in the North,South,East and West.
December 23, 2025 at 2:04 AM
🥵EXTRAORDINARY HEAT
Dozens of December records pulverized in Texas,Colorado,New Mexico,Kansas etc
Some examples:
TX
85 Lubbock
83 Amarillo
CO
83 Springfield
79 Wray
79 Yuma
KS
80 Leoti
In Colorado records were broken locally by 4/5F
It's like June and just the beginning
Dozens of December records pulverized in Texas,Colorado,New Mexico,Kansas etc
Some examples:
TX
85 Lubbock
83 Amarillo
CO
83 Springfield
79 Wray
79 Yuma
KS
80 Leoti
In Colorado records were broken locally by 4/5F
It's like June and just the beginning
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Sue him for everything.
December 23, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Sue him for everything.
Happy Lengthening of Days! Since I'm not a physicist, here's a piece on what to expect for upcoming daylight cycles:
www.almanac.com/how-much-day...
www.almanac.com/how-much-day...
How Much Daylight Do We Gain After the Winter Solstice?
After the shortest day of the year, get ready for light! How much daylight will we gain each day after the 2025 winter solstice?
www.almanac.com
December 22, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Happy Lengthening of Days! Since I'm not a physicist, here's a piece on what to expect for upcoming daylight cycles:
www.almanac.com/how-much-day...
www.almanac.com/how-much-day...
Spouse (who's been going through a lot lately) decided that rather than spending his birthday night at the Amherst Inn (my treat), he wanted to have his birthday breakfast there. So we'll stay the night before and he can wake up and be pampered by humans.
Barn: *creak*
Hens: 👀 "Take us with you!"
Barn: *creak*
Hens: 👀 "Take us with you!"
June 29, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Spouse (who's been going through a lot lately) decided that rather than spending his birthday night at the Amherst Inn (my treat), he wanted to have his birthday breakfast there. So we'll stay the night before and he can wake up and be pampered by humans.
Barn: *creak*
Hens: 👀 "Take us with you!"
Barn: *creak*
Hens: 👀 "Take us with you!"
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"If we allow American food into Britain that has been produced with banned pesticides, or in unhygienic factory farms... then we have to let British farmers use those same methods" - @herdyshepherd.bsky.social
Lower welfare imports would cause a race to the bottom.
Lower welfare imports would cause a race to the bottom.
Keep American meat out of Britain
unherd.com
April 17, 2025 at 10:04 AM
"If we allow American food into Britain that has been produced with banned pesticides, or in unhygienic factory farms... then we have to let British farmers use those same methods" - @herdyshepherd.bsky.social
Lower welfare imports would cause a race to the bottom.
Lower welfare imports would cause a race to the bottom.
Spouse and I had a blissful, 1-night getaway at the Amherst Inn Friday. I've always loved working with them (they buy eggs from us), but this was special. It's a gorgeous, immaculate, quiet place with super-comfortable beds, great breakfasts and lovely hosts! www.amherstinnma.com
Welcome to Amherst Inn - Your Historic Victorian Bed and Breakfast GetawayStarStarStarStarStar
Welcome to Amherst Inn - Your Historic Victorian Bed and Breakfast Getaway
www.amherstinnma.com
June 15, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Spouse and I had a blissful, 1-night getaway at the Amherst Inn Friday. I've always loved working with them (they buy eggs from us), but this was special. It's a gorgeous, immaculate, quiet place with super-comfortable beds, great breakfasts and lovely hosts! www.amherstinnma.com
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We believe in the Constitution, Bill of Rights, separation of powers, and checks and balances.
The U.S. was founded in opposition to monarchy. We fought for democracy over dictatorship.
What the Trump regime is doing is the antithesis of the values this nation was founded upon.
The U.S. was founded in opposition to monarchy. We fought for democracy over dictatorship.
What the Trump regime is doing is the antithesis of the values this nation was founded upon.
June 11, 2025 at 5:01 PM
We believe in the Constitution, Bill of Rights, separation of powers, and checks and balances.
The U.S. was founded in opposition to monarchy. We fought for democracy over dictatorship.
What the Trump regime is doing is the antithesis of the values this nation was founded upon.
The U.S. was founded in opposition to monarchy. We fought for democracy over dictatorship.
What the Trump regime is doing is the antithesis of the values this nation was founded upon.
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@woodknowledgewales.bsky.social have publised a paradigm shifting report in how we think about buildings:
Welcome to a new era where we have expanded our notion of what buildings are. They are carbon assets - a place to store carbon.
woodknowledge.wales/using-wood-i...
Welcome to a new era where we have expanded our notion of what buildings are. They are carbon assets - a place to store carbon.
woodknowledge.wales/using-wood-i...
Using Wood in Construction as a significant Greenhouse Gas Removal Mechanism - Woodknowledge Wales
A report summarising Home-Grown Homes research undertaken by Woodknowledge Wales, the BioComposites Centre and the ASBP that seeks to redefine the role of timber and other biogenic materials in constr...
woodknowledge.wales
June 10, 2025 at 12:08 PM
@woodknowledgewales.bsky.social have publised a paradigm shifting report in how we think about buildings:
Welcome to a new era where we have expanded our notion of what buildings are. They are carbon assets - a place to store carbon.
woodknowledge.wales/using-wood-i...
Welcome to a new era where we have expanded our notion of what buildings are. They are carbon assets - a place to store carbon.
woodknowledge.wales/using-wood-i...
Me: I'm going to take this moment to say that I very much love @repmcgovern.bsky.social and am so proud that he's my U.S. Representative.
Barn: I will not fall on him.
Chickens: We trill for him as we roost.
Barn: I will not fall on him.
Chickens: We trill for him as we roost.
May 28, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Me: I'm going to take this moment to say that I very much love @repmcgovern.bsky.social and am so proud that he's my U.S. Representative.
Barn: I will not fall on him.
Chickens: We trill for him as we roost.
Barn: I will not fall on him.
Chickens: We trill for him as we roost.
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My favorite thing in Liège.
May 27, 2025 at 9:24 PM
My favorite thing in Liège.
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Great visualisation.
Also, at some point this speeds up again. For now, some regions of Greenland and Antarctica accumulate more ice as temperatures rise, while others lose more ice. As temps rise, the areas losing more become bigger, and the ones accumulating more eventually become smaller.
Also, at some point this speeds up again. For now, some regions of Greenland and Antarctica accumulate more ice as temperatures rise, while others lose more ice. As temps rise, the areas losing more become bigger, and the ones accumulating more eventually become smaller.
Despite some misinformation in recent headlines, the long-term trend is still downward for land ice in #Antarctica and #Greenland...
My visualization can also be downloaded at zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i.... It was just updated for data through February 2025.
My visualization can also be downloaded at zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i.... It was just updated for data through February 2025.
May 26, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Great visualisation.
Also, at some point this speeds up again. For now, some regions of Greenland and Antarctica accumulate more ice as temperatures rise, while others lose more ice. As temps rise, the areas losing more become bigger, and the ones accumulating more eventually become smaller.
Also, at some point this speeds up again. For now, some regions of Greenland and Antarctica accumulate more ice as temperatures rise, while others lose more ice. As temps rise, the areas losing more become bigger, and the ones accumulating more eventually become smaller.
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🚨 I'm calling it:
The two year average peaks at 1.6°C above pre-industrial.
As I said back in November, not expected, but not surprising either, considering accelerated global warming.
The Paris limit of +1.5 is dead and buried.
The two year average peaks at 1.6°C above pre-industrial.
As I said back in November, not expected, but not surprising either, considering accelerated global warming.
The Paris limit of +1.5 is dead and buried.
May 24, 2025 at 8:30 PM
🚨 I'm calling it:
The two year average peaks at 1.6°C above pre-industrial.
As I said back in November, not expected, but not surprising either, considering accelerated global warming.
The Paris limit of +1.5 is dead and buried.
The two year average peaks at 1.6°C above pre-industrial.
As I said back in November, not expected, but not surprising either, considering accelerated global warming.
The Paris limit of +1.5 is dead and buried.
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🧵🧪Two days ago, Thursday 22nd May, was the first time this month that the daily average atmospheric CO₂ concentration dipped below 430 ppm at the Mauna Loa Observatory. 430 ppm is a 35% increase over the first May average measurement at the station of 317.5 ppm in 1958.
May 24, 2025 at 7:29 AM
🧵🧪Two days ago, Thursday 22nd May, was the first time this month that the daily average atmospheric CO₂ concentration dipped below 430 ppm at the Mauna Loa Observatory. 430 ppm is a 35% increase over the first May average measurement at the station of 317.5 ppm in 1958.