Madrona Murphy
@arbutocrat.bsky.social
Mercenary botanist (mostly for @kwiaht.org), local scientist, pro-abortion, nerd, stoic, ecofeminist killjoy, irreverent descendant of Puritan colonists, she/her; moreover, ICE must be destroyed.
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Your seasonal reminder that I design t-shirts (and related products) for grumps, queers, and weirdos.
Impress your relatives at Thanksgiving Dinner! Surprise Grandma with the perfect Hanukkah present! Support a queer, trans independent artist who's been job-hunting since April!
Impress your relatives at Thanksgiving Dinner! Surprise Grandma with the perfect Hanukkah present! Support a queer, trans independent artist who's been job-hunting since April!
November 10, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Your seasonal reminder that I design t-shirts (and related products) for grumps, queers, and weirdos.
Impress your relatives at Thanksgiving Dinner! Surprise Grandma with the perfect Hanukkah present! Support a queer, trans independent artist who's been job-hunting since April!
Impress your relatives at Thanksgiving Dinner! Surprise Grandma with the perfect Hanukkah present! Support a queer, trans independent artist who's been job-hunting since April!
The plot has thickened: it's obvious from deeds and county GIS that one of the neighbors is occupying nearly 30% of the public land (with a gravel parking pad and planted trees) apparently without either authorization, or push back from the county.
There's a lot going on out there, but I am completely absorbed in the discussion and civic engagement going on over a picnic table that disappeared from a public beach.
November 10, 2025 at 3:53 AM
The plot has thickened: it's obvious from deeds and county GIS that one of the neighbors is occupying nearly 30% of the public land (with a gravel parking pad and planted trees) apparently without either authorization, or push back from the county.
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I voted NO. As long as there is still any time left to reverse the MAGA health care hike, I believe we should do everything we can to force Republicans to the negotiating table.
The fight for health care does not end tonight.
The fight for health care does not end tonight.
Senator Murray Statement on Government Funding Vote: “The Fight for Health Care Does Not End Tonight—This is the MAGA Health Care Hike” | United States Senate Committee on Appropriations
United States Senate Committee on Appropriations
www.appropriations.senate.gov
November 10, 2025 at 3:24 AM
I voted NO. As long as there is still any time left to reverse the MAGA health care hike, I believe we should do everything we can to force Republicans to the negotiating table.
The fight for health care does not end tonight.
The fight for health care does not end tonight.
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This bill doesn’t address the core issue that millions of Americans will no longer be able to afford ACA insurance coverage next year. I’m willing to work with anyone to create a path forward but this isn’t it.
November 10, 2025 at 1:56 AM
This bill doesn’t address the core issue that millions of Americans will no longer be able to afford ACA insurance coverage next year. I’m willing to work with anyone to create a path forward but this isn’t it.
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please learn about your local ecosystems. please. its so sad and strange to me how many people live in a place and learn nothing about the land that surrounds them and the ways in which that land has grown and changed and flourished for hundreds of years before your town even existed
November 9, 2025 at 2:44 PM
please learn about your local ecosystems. please. its so sad and strange to me how many people live in a place and learn nothing about the land that surrounds them and the ways in which that land has grown and changed and flourished for hundreds of years before your town even existed
Turns out Yellow Bellflower apples are wonderful on pizza with chicken and blue cheese. (And Blue Pearmain are great stuffed with sausage and baked; and Gloria Mundi make a wonderful addition to chestnut stuffing rolled in pork loin)
November 9, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Turns out Yellow Bellflower apples are wonderful on pizza with chicken and blue cheese. (And Blue Pearmain are great stuffed with sausage and baked; and Gloria Mundi make a wonderful addition to chestnut stuffing rolled in pork loin)
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#RecipeOfTheDay is Roast Quinces! Though actually I’m not sure this even qualifies as a recipe, since all you do is quarter them and roast them. But if you’ve never cooked with quince before, this is an excellent place to start. www.nigella.com/recipes/roas...
November 8, 2025 at 11:17 AM
#RecipeOfTheDay is Roast Quinces! Though actually I’m not sure this even qualifies as a recipe, since all you do is quarter them and roast them. But if you’ve never cooked with quince before, this is an excellent place to start. www.nigella.com/recipes/roas...
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Straight people, for the love of everything: if you can’t stand your spouse, divorce them. Don’t do standup comedy or a YouTube series or anything normalizing being miserable in a marriage.
“My husband has me considering Acqua Tofana ha ha ha”
Hilarious!
“My husband has me considering Acqua Tofana ha ha ha”
Hilarious!
November 8, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Straight people, for the love of everything: if you can’t stand your spouse, divorce them. Don’t do standup comedy or a YouTube series or anything normalizing being miserable in a marriage.
“My husband has me considering Acqua Tofana ha ha ha”
Hilarious!
“My husband has me considering Acqua Tofana ha ha ha”
Hilarious!
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walker beauty apples, painted by deborah griscom passmore, 1904
November 8, 2025 at 5:18 PM
walker beauty apples, painted by deborah griscom passmore, 1904
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he would pay for SNAP is all i'm saying and he's not even nice to me
November 8, 2025 at 12:59 AM
he would pay for SNAP is all i'm saying and he's not even nice to me
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/2 1. Real human beings will suffer from even a brief stay. 2. The government's position is transparently dishonest and in bad faith. 3. The Supreme Court has lost any benefit of the doubt. They have lost the mandate of the heaven that is the rule of law.
November 8, 2025 at 2:43 AM
/2 1. Real human beings will suffer from even a brief stay. 2. The government's position is transparently dishonest and in bad faith. 3. The Supreme Court has lost any benefit of the doubt. They have lost the mandate of the heaven that is the rule of law.
There's a lot going on out there, but I am completely absorbed in the discussion and civic engagement going on over a picnic table that disappeared from a public beach.
November 7, 2025 at 7:52 PM
There's a lot going on out there, but I am completely absorbed in the discussion and civic engagement going on over a picnic table that disappeared from a public beach.
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#BirdGlamour says BOO! this Halloween with the Spotted Lanterfly! Calling southeast Asia home, these planthoppers were first noted in Philadelphia in 2014! Populations are checked by parasitic wasps in southeast Asia but are an invasive species in N.A., going after agriculture and lumber crops. 🐞
October 31, 2025 at 11:10 PM
#BirdGlamour says BOO! this Halloween with the Spotted Lanterfly! Calling southeast Asia home, these planthoppers were first noted in Philadelphia in 2014! Populations are checked by parasitic wasps in southeast Asia but are an invasive species in N.A., going after agriculture and lumber crops. 🐞
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Was this the best use of my time today? No. Is it the most amusing way I could have spent the last 90 minutes? Absolutely. Pattern is free here: bit.ly/4nGGCGc
November 6, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Was this the best use of my time today? No. Is it the most amusing way I could have spent the last 90 minutes? Absolutely. Pattern is free here: bit.ly/4nGGCGc
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Ellis:
"It is difficult to see how an injunction ordering the government to comply with the Constitution can be harmful."
"It is difficult to see how an injunction ordering the government to comply with the Constitution can be harmful."
November 6, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Ellis:
"It is difficult to see how an injunction ordering the government to comply with the Constitution can be harmful."
"It is difficult to see how an injunction ordering the government to comply with the Constitution can be harmful."
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[Goose meme]
Ruin the workplace for who
RUIN THE WORKPLACE FOR WHO, MOTHERFUCKER????
Ruin the workplace for who
RUIN THE WORKPLACE FOR WHO, MOTHERFUCKER????
November 6, 2025 at 1:47 PM
[Goose meme]
Ruin the workplace for who
RUIN THE WORKPLACE FOR WHO, MOTHERFUCKER????
Ruin the workplace for who
RUIN THE WORKPLACE FOR WHO, MOTHERFUCKER????
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just tell your partner what you want. ask to get your needs met. communicate. tell them if you are upset. just you know, talk to them and be honest?
8. What's the best relationship advice you have ever heard?
November 6, 2025 at 3:30 AM
just tell your partner what you want. ask to get your needs met. communicate. tell them if you are upset. just you know, talk to them and be honest?
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Claytonia lanceolata, our Western Springbeauty, blooming above Minturn #nativeplants
#FallBackFlowers #FallBack to May 5 🌿
#FallBackFlowers #FallBack to May 5 🌿
November 5, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Claytonia lanceolata, our Western Springbeauty, blooming above Minturn #nativeplants
#FallBackFlowers #FallBack to May 5 🌿
#FallBackFlowers #FallBack to May 5 🌿
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It's election day! To all my fellow US folks: make sure you get out & vote. The eels demand it of you.
Eels, of course, are citizens of the world. So they can't vote in local elections, and they have to rely on you to do it for them.
Even if you won't vote for you, be a proxy vote for an eel!
🗃️🧪
Eels, of course, are citizens of the world. So they can't vote in local elections, and they have to rely on you to do it for them.
Even if you won't vote for you, be a proxy vote for an eel!
🗃️🧪
November 4, 2025 at 6:17 PM
It's election day! To all my fellow US folks: make sure you get out & vote. The eels demand it of you.
Eels, of course, are citizens of the world. So they can't vote in local elections, and they have to rely on you to do it for them.
Even if you won't vote for you, be a proxy vote for an eel!
🗃️🧪
Eels, of course, are citizens of the world. So they can't vote in local elections, and they have to rely on you to do it for them.
Even if you won't vote for you, be a proxy vote for an eel!
🗃️🧪
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Happy pub day! A book for our times and beyond. Get a copy for yourself and 2 for others who might need it.
It's publication day for Read This When Things Fall Apart! So grateful to our contributors and to @akpress.org for making this book a reality. This is a strange time to be promoting a book, but I believe it's a text that has the potential to help us right now. Please get yourself a copy. ❤️
Read This When Things Fall Apart: Letters to Activists in Crisis
Letters to Activists in Crisis
bookshop.org
November 4, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Happy pub day! A book for our times and beyond. Get a copy for yourself and 2 for others who might need it.
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Yukoners voted 56% to change the voting system away from FPTP. I was at the booth yesterday. So many people didn’t know about the plebiscite. The fact that the numbers were that high without good communication about it is promising. But we just elected a govt who said they will not listen to it.
November 4, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Yukoners voted 56% to change the voting system away from FPTP. I was at the booth yesterday. So many people didn’t know about the plebiscite. The fact that the numbers were that high without good communication about it is promising. But we just elected a govt who said they will not listen to it.
Turns out they (the first three) are all good. No clear winner. Best flavor was Yellow Bellflower, best texture probably Blue Pearmain, and I would (and will) happily eat any one of them baked again soon.
I am planning a "bake off" of Blue Pearmain, Yellow Bellflower, Winter Banana, and maybe Rhode Island Greening and Esopus Spitzenburg
November 4, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Turns out they (the first three) are all good. No clear winner. Best flavor was Yellow Bellflower, best texture probably Blue Pearmain, and I would (and will) happily eat any one of them baked again soon.