Stephanie
@blooming-burbs.bsky.social
Michigander, Environmental Health Educator especially climate change adaptation, PhD & academic has-been in community food systems. Side gig: suburban flower farming, growing native plants, & troubling suburbia at https://www.blooming-burbs.com/. She/her
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Stephanie
@blooming-burbs.bsky.social
· Jan 19
Here's the starter pack for small-scale flower farmers and florists using sustainable methods. go.bsky.app/Cf6MnEi
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Super Bowl viewers Sunday speculated that 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos appeared in the halftime show. In fact, he has been in hiding with his family.
“He can’t sleep well at night. He wakes up three or four times a night screaming, ‘Daddy, Daddy,’” Liam's father Adrian Conejo Arias, said.
“He can’t sleep well at night. He wakes up three or four times a night screaming, ‘Daddy, Daddy,’” Liam's father Adrian Conejo Arias, said.
‘He’s not the same’: Father of Liam Conejo Ramos says 5-year-old continues to suffer
Some people thought they say the 5-year-old during the Super Bowl halftime show. But Liam is still in hiding with his family, after he and his father were detained and then released from a Texas deten...
www.mprnews.org
February 10, 2026 at 1:11 AM
Super Bowl viewers Sunday speculated that 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos appeared in the halftime show. In fact, he has been in hiding with his family.
“He can’t sleep well at night. He wakes up three or four times a night screaming, ‘Daddy, Daddy,’” Liam's father Adrian Conejo Arias, said.
“He can’t sleep well at night. He wakes up three or four times a night screaming, ‘Daddy, Daddy,’” Liam's father Adrian Conejo Arias, said.
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I just realized I don’t even know who won the superbowl. My only interest was Bad Bunny and learning what every segment of the performance meant. 🤣🐇🇵🇷💃
February 9, 2026 at 7:49 PM
I just realized I don’t even know who won the superbowl. My only interest was Bad Bunny and learning what every segment of the performance meant. 🤣🐇🇵🇷💃
It’s very frustrating and it makes me worried that their warrior ethos is so uninformed.
February 9, 2026 at 7:33 PM
It’s very frustrating and it makes me worried that their warrior ethos is so uninformed.
My son is in the USMC infantry and I’ve often wondered how much of this kind of training they get. From what I gather from him, it’s almost nothing…?
February 9, 2026 at 6:19 PM
My son is in the USMC infantry and I’ve often wondered how much of this kind of training they get. From what I gather from him, it’s almost nothing…?
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From the bestskeeting author of the Bluesky-famous six-week Bad Bunny 101 comes this essential close reading of the halftime show! 🧵
First shot: sugarcane
The backbone of Puerto Rico's agricultural economy since colonial times
Still used to make rum of course!
The backbone of Puerto Rico's agricultural economy since colonial times
Still used to make rum of course!
February 9, 2026 at 3:54 AM
From the bestskeeting author of the Bluesky-famous six-week Bad Bunny 101 comes this essential close reading of the halftime show! 🧵
It’ll be fun if lots of people start learning Spanish during the Trump years. I want to so I can visit Puerto Rico and enjoy it more than I would if I didn’t.
February 9, 2026 at 1:50 PM
It’ll be fun if lots of people start learning Spanish during the Trump years. I want to so I can visit Puerto Rico and enjoy it more than I would if I didn’t.
Energy infrastructure is political. Vulnerability to hurricanes is political. Insisting on joy is political.
February 9, 2026 at 1:41 PM
Energy infrastructure is political. Vulnerability to hurricanes is political. Insisting on joy is political.
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PLEASE REPOST AND SHARE!
My intro biology course has an "Interview a Biologist" project where students connect with a wide range of biologists using cell/molecular tools.
If you are willing to speak with a student for ~30 minutes on Zoom, please fill out this form: forms.gle/BCjJPgURsgSr...
My intro biology course has an "Interview a Biologist" project where students connect with a wide range of biologists using cell/molecular tools.
If you are willing to speak with a student for ~30 minutes on Zoom, please fill out this form: forms.gle/BCjJPgURsgSr...
February 9, 2026 at 1:36 AM
PLEASE REPOST AND SHARE!
My intro biology course has an "Interview a Biologist" project where students connect with a wide range of biologists using cell/molecular tools.
If you are willing to speak with a student for ~30 minutes on Zoom, please fill out this form: forms.gle/BCjJPgURsgSr...
My intro biology course has an "Interview a Biologist" project where students connect with a wide range of biologists using cell/molecular tools.
If you are willing to speak with a student for ~30 minutes on Zoom, please fill out this form: forms.gle/BCjJPgURsgSr...
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This is a great piece by my colleague spencer on the bad bunny helftimeshow but of course there’s never been a more divisive idea in American history than all of us being American, we fought a civil war over it and Trump is nothing if not manifest opposition to it www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...
‘Together, We Are America’
Bad Bunny’s critics said his Super Bowl halftime show would be divisive. They were totally wrong.
www.theatlantic.com
February 9, 2026 at 11:55 AM
This is a great piece by my colleague spencer on the bad bunny helftimeshow but of course there’s never been a more divisive idea in American history than all of us being American, we fought a civil war over it and Trump is nothing if not manifest opposition to it www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...
It *is* funny how the grinding and twerking felt both wholesome and joyful!
February 9, 2026 at 12:01 PM
It *is* funny how the grinding and twerking felt both wholesome and joyful!
Poor guy. They're so hungry right now.
February 9, 2026 at 11:51 AM
Poor guy. They're so hungry right now.
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Teeny, tiny #lisianthus. Florists and brides won’t enjoy them ‘til the July., but we flower farmers rejoice at sprouting seeds in the dead of winter.
February 8, 2026 at 11:48 PM
Teeny, tiny #lisianthus. Florists and brides won’t enjoy them ‘til the July., but we flower farmers rejoice at sprouting seeds in the dead of winter.
I posted this on Nextdoor a couple of days ago and am pleasantly surprised by the response (so far).
February 9, 2026 at 2:48 AM
I posted this on Nextdoor a couple of days ago and am pleasantly surprised by the response (so far).
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yesssssssssss
Sports reporter with NBC News reporting that the couple in Bad Bunny’s halftime show got married for real
February 9, 2026 at 2:42 AM
yesssssssssss
I also thought Ricky Martin sounded amazing. I didn't know I was a Ricky Martin fan.
February 9, 2026 at 2:35 AM
I also thought Ricky Martin sounded amazing. I didn't know I was a Ricky Martin fan.
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What made it such a great show is that it was entertaining and layered and explicitly political with excellent music, delightful surprise guests, stunning sets, a clear narrative, a shout out to ALL of the Americas and a cameo from Belcalis.
February 9, 2026 at 1:45 AM
What made it such a great show is that it was entertaining and layered and explicitly political with excellent music, delightful surprise guests, stunning sets, a clear narrative, a shout out to ALL of the Americas and a cameo from Belcalis.
For anyone planning an event that needs sustainably grown fresh flowers this spring, summer or fall make sure to learn who is growing flowers in your neck of the woods! Local flowers are better flowers www.blooming-burbs.com/learning-res... (forgive the AI art. I did it way before I knew the probs!)
Why Buy Locally Grown Flowers? — Blooming 'burbs
The floral industry is bad for people and planet. Find a local flower grower, instead!
www.blooming-burbs.com
February 9, 2026 at 12:02 AM
For anyone planning an event that needs sustainably grown fresh flowers this spring, summer or fall make sure to learn who is growing flowers in your neck of the woods! Local flowers are better flowers www.blooming-burbs.com/learning-res... (forgive the AI art. I did it way before I knew the probs!)
Native teeny tiny plant edition: Pycnanthemum muticum, or clustered mountain mint (www.prairiemoon.com/pycnanthemum...)
February 8, 2026 at 11:56 PM
Native teeny tiny plant edition: Pycnanthemum muticum, or clustered mountain mint (www.prairiemoon.com/pycnanthemum...)
Teeny, tiny #lisianthus. Florists and brides won’t enjoy them ‘til the July., but we flower farmers rejoice at sprouting seeds in the dead of winter.
February 8, 2026 at 11:48 PM
Teeny, tiny #lisianthus. Florists and brides won’t enjoy them ‘til the July., but we flower farmers rejoice at sprouting seeds in the dead of winter.
That sentence is just too long.
February 8, 2026 at 2:25 AM
That sentence is just too long.
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
“Should we nudge on that doc?”
“Should we nudge on that doc?”
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
“It doesn’t have to be good. It just has to be finished.”
“It doesn’t have to be good. It just has to be finished.”
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
"Twist a thin-cut swatch of lemon peel over the top."
"Twist a thin-cut swatch of lemon peel over the top."
February 7, 2026 at 8:16 PM
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
“Should we nudge on that doc?”
“Should we nudge on that doc?”
Your Nextdoor neighborhood intersects with mine, but I understand not wanting to get on another platform where you’re arguing with your neighbors.
February 7, 2026 at 2:55 AM
Your Nextdoor neighborhood intersects with mine, but I understand not wanting to get on another platform where you’re arguing with your neighbors.
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Breaking MS NOW:
The Department of Homeland Security *unsuccessfully* sought to expedite deportation proceedings against the family of 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos, according to a local school official.
At an asylum hearing Friday, the family was granted a continuance.
www.ms.now/news/dhs-rep...
The Department of Homeland Security *unsuccessfully* sought to expedite deportation proceedings against the family of 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos, according to a local school official.
At an asylum hearing Friday, the family was granted a continuance.
www.ms.now/news/dhs-rep...
Judge denies DHS bid to rush removal of Liam Ramos and his family
Kristen Stenvik, superintendent of the district where Liam goes to school, said the ruling provides both “additional time” and “continued uncertainty.”
www.ms.now
February 7, 2026 at 2:23 AM
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