Dana
@danahopper.bsky.social
CA Native Landscape & Edible Garden Designer
Occasional Video Journalist, if I feel like it.
https://socalurbangardens.com
Occasional Video Journalist, if I feel like it.
https://socalurbangardens.com
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Christ on a bike, this is brilliant.
And disgustingly historically accurate. 10/10
And disgustingly historically accurate. 10/10
December 24, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Christ on a bike, this is brilliant.
And disgustingly historically accurate. 10/10
And disgustingly historically accurate. 10/10
Thank you! I need a break from work-related non-fiction. Appreciate the recs!
December 23, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Thank you! I need a break from work-related non-fiction. Appreciate the recs!
What book(s) did you love and would recommend? I miss reading.
December 23, 2025 at 4:21 AM
What book(s) did you love and would recommend? I miss reading.
Springsteen
Bob Seger
Joan Baez
Coldplay (sorry)
Sublime
Bob Seger
Joan Baez
Coldplay (sorry)
Sublime
November 28, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Springsteen
Bob Seger
Joan Baez
Coldplay (sorry)
Sublime
Bob Seger
Joan Baez
Coldplay (sorry)
Sublime
Read this every season…never gets old
October 26, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Read this every season…never gets old
Has anyone tried unplugging him and then plugging him…or wait, not plugging him back in. This is demented.
September 23, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Has anyone tried unplugging him and then plugging him…or wait, not plugging him back in. This is demented.
Admittedly it had some plot problems during the first and only season but “John from Cincinnati”. Wanted to see where it was going
September 13, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Admittedly it had some plot problems during the first and only season but “John from Cincinnati”. Wanted to see where it was going
I grew those a couple years back but productivity didn’t justify the space. Were good though!
September 8, 2025 at 2:53 AM
I grew those a couple years back but productivity didn’t justify the space. Were good though!
Time to start growing your own. Totally easy. Experiment with varieties.
August 1, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Time to start growing your own. Totally easy. Experiment with varieties.
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Where did the potato come from? Tomatoes, apparently.
New research explains how the two foods are related:
New research explains how the two foods are related:
Where did the potato come from? Tomatoes, 9 million years ago, apparently.
The modern-day potato evolved from the hybridization of the ancestors of tomato plants, and another potato-like plant, in South America, researchers say.
wapo.st
August 1, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Where did the potato come from? Tomatoes, apparently.
New research explains how the two foods are related:
New research explains how the two foods are related:
Hell yeah. And just as tasty when that’s the style you’re craving.
June 20, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Hell yeah. And just as tasty when that’s the style you’re craving.
El Monte still rules. So many places & styles.
June 20, 2025 at 2:17 AM
El Monte still rules. So many places & styles.
Saw one in coastal SC some years back. Beautiful!
June 17, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Saw one in coastal SC some years back. Beautiful!
We made had more folks chanting and cheering in little Duarte, CA than the mad king did at his birthday fiesta #NoKings @maddow.msnbc.com
June 15, 2025 at 3:12 PM
We made had more folks chanting and cheering in little Duarte, CA than the mad king did at his birthday fiesta #NoKings @maddow.msnbc.com
Thank you for writing this. I will be out tomorrow in my own LA neighborhood.
No faux king way!!
No faux king way!!
June 14, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Thank you for writing this. I will be out tomorrow in my own LA neighborhood.
No faux king way!!
No faux king way!!
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This is fantastic, managing to be funny and informative simultaneously. Read it, you won’t be sorry. https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-witaod-chronicles
The WITAOD Chronicles
One woman’s maddening search for the head of a non-existent federal agency.
www.lawfaremedia.org
May 29, 2025 at 11:19 PM
This is fantastic, managing to be funny and informative simultaneously. Read it, you won’t be sorry. https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-witaod-chronicles
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20,000 in ruby red Utah on their feet, in community, and ready to organize for a better world.
A better world is possible.
A better world is possible.
April 14, 2025 at 1:25 AM
20,000 in ruby red Utah on their feet, in community, and ready to organize for a better world.
A better world is possible.
A better world is possible.
Welcome home, darth. Your voice is needed.
March 26, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Welcome home, darth. Your voice is needed.
Planting vegetable gardens and CA native plant landscapes for clients. Planting quiets my mind and I’m away from the firehouse of stupidity & cruelty for awhile. It’s tough dealing with fire aftermath and this political insanity. Just trying to do things with good purpose.
February 4, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Planting vegetable gardens and CA native plant landscapes for clients. Planting quiets my mind and I’m away from the firehouse of stupidity & cruelty for awhile. It’s tough dealing with fire aftermath and this political insanity. Just trying to do things with good purpose.
Y’all, apparently we’re going to have to “rake the forests” again. And turn that northern “spigot” on too.
January 25, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Y’all, apparently we’re going to have to “rake the forests” again. And turn that northern “spigot” on too.
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Really thankful to all of the scientists who made themselves available to talk to me about the unprecedented situation at NIH.
I've never had so many people reach out to me for a story like this.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
I've never had so many people reach out to me for a story like this.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
What the Hell Is Going on at NIH?
Scientists sound the alarm about Trump’s unprecedented “Big Brother” research crackdown.
www.motherjones.com
January 25, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Really thankful to all of the scientists who made themselves available to talk to me about the unprecedented situation at NIH.
I've never had so many people reach out to me for a story like this.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
I've never had so many people reach out to me for a story like this.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Getting in my truck at the end of a hard work day and heading home.
January 18, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Getting in my truck at the end of a hard work day and heading home.
Yesterday morning outside the front door. No power still. Finally got cell service back today. And we were lucky with wind direction. Very grateful. And sad for our LA community.
January 10, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Yesterday morning outside the front door. No power still. Finally got cell service back today. And we were lucky with wind direction. Very grateful. And sad for our LA community.