The Botanic Manic
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The Botanic Manic
@botanicmanic.bsky.social
Plant nerd and educator, musician, no-good commie, Massachusetts.
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Please read this. According to their account, the family did NOT want the police there. They tried hard to deescalate the situation. But 911 would not send an ambulance without the police. This is the exact catastrophe the family tried to avoid.

www.nj.com/bergen/2024/...
N.J. woman was holding a water bottle, not a knife, when cops killed her, family says
Victoria Lee's family said they called police because she was having a mental health crisis last month.
www.nj.com
August 13, 2024 at 1:51 PM
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Amid a nationwide outcry from women who say they experienced severe pain when getting an intrauterine device, new federal health guidelines published Thursday are urging health-care providers to address the problem.
After social media outcry, CDC tells doctors to better manage IUD pain
Many women say doctors ignore IUD pain and have posted videos documenting their distress during the procedure
www.washingtonpost.com
August 8, 2024 at 3:18 PM
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Today I learned the director of public policy for Meta, Dustin Carmack, wrote a chapter for Project 2025. Carmack was a research fellow for cybersecurity intelligence and emerging technologies at The Heritage Foundation.

static.project2025.org/2025_Mandate...
static.project2025.org
July 29, 2024 at 4:13 PM
Okay, I'd like to call for some laws to be made about "Right to not be advertised to" because this is getting really absurd. These include facial recognition cameras to analyze customer data. They play video, unsure if it's with sound. #walkingads
July 28, 2024 at 11:41 AM
Reminder you don't always need to do kitchen work in the kitchen. If you're lucky enough to have a porch and a break from the summer heat, use it! #cooking #vegarden #homegrown
July 25, 2024 at 11:00 PM
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Exclusive: A six-month investigation from The Post reveals that many carbon credit ventures reap profits from public lands they have no right to and fail to share revenue with those protecting the forest.
How ‘carbon cowboys’ are cashing in on protected Amazon forest
A six-month investigation reveals that many carbon credit ventures reap profits from public lands they have no right to and fail to share revenue with those protecting the forest.
www.washingtonpost.com
July 24, 2024 at 7:06 PM
Many native species can be planted straight into a lawn and do incredibly well, eventually outcompeting the lawn outright. This is an example from my apartment's fence line. No other maintenance was done other than watering when the plants were new. #nativegarden #horticulture
July 23, 2024 at 11:48 PM
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July 23, 2024 at 2:10 PM
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I'm a single issue voter and the single issue is this
July 22, 2024 at 12:35 AM
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been holding off on posting this due to the news of the day but i can’t keep waiting. look what i saw today.
July 21, 2024 at 11:37 PM
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Lost in the ongoing Trumpapalooza is the excellent news that a malaria vaccination developed at Oxford Univ. over the last 30 years and costing only £3 per shot is being unrolled in malaria-prone countries. If it fulfills its promise, this will make an enormous difference to so many lives.
July 14, 2024 at 2:16 PM
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October 2020: Trump defends plot to murder Gov. Whitmer
January 2021: Trump sends mob to kill his own VP and members of Congress
November 2023: Trump cheers attempted assassination of Nancy Pelosi
March 2024: Trump posts video depicting abduction of Joe Biden
July 14, 2024 at 12:46 AM
Same day as Trump's attempted assassination. Don't let this get completely overshadowed. According to the article there's no motive known or arrest yet.
July 14, 2024 at 12:41 PM
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At least four people were killed and nine others were wounded in a shooting at a Birmingham, Alabama, nightclub late Saturday night, police said.
At least 4 people killed, 9 others injured in shooting at Birmingham nightclub, police say | CNN
At least four people were killed and nine others were wounded in a shooting at a Birmingham, Alabama, nightclub late Saturday night, police said.
www.cnn.com
July 14, 2024 at 8:51 AM