Greg Massa
@gregmassa.bsky.social
Dad, husband, organic farmer, sorting out mid-life. Born at 325 ppm atmospheric CO2.
USPS shipping rates have skyrocketed this year, and delivery times increased. I used to ship almost solely with USPS, and now I barely use them at all.
October 28, 2025 at 2:42 PM
USPS shipping rates have skyrocketed this year, and delivery times increased. I used to ship almost solely with USPS, and now I barely use them at all.
Working our booth at the Terra Madre food show in Sacramento this weekend
September 26, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Working our booth at the Terra Madre food show in Sacramento this weekend
34 years ago I joined the University of East Anglia Canoe Club in Norwich England and learned to whitewater kayak. Had an amazing year running rivers and surfing the ocean. Sadly I didn't keep it up when I got home. Kayaks were too expensive and I didn't have anyone to go with.
September 1, 2025 at 3:44 PM
34 years ago I joined the University of East Anglia Canoe Club in Norwich England and learned to whitewater kayak. Had an amazing year running rivers and surfing the ocean. Sadly I didn't keep it up when I got home. Kayaks were too expensive and I didn't have anyone to go with.
I have so much bookkeeping work to do today, but my brain is really ADHDing. Just can't get started.
August 25, 2025 at 5:41 PM
I have so much bookkeeping work to do today, but my brain is really ADHDing. Just can't get started.
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Unfortunately I’m not allowed to use certain words to describe people but I was definitely thinking them in this case 😂
August 13, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Unfortunately I’m not allowed to use certain words to describe people but I was definitely thinking them in this case 😂
Great piece @byrobinepley.bsky.social! LaMalfa is a terrible representative. He's also an asshole.
No one likes to be yelled at, but sometimes you need to hear and see the anger and hurt your choices have caused for others.
Rep. LaMalfa agreed to a town hall meeting. He got a public reckoning instead | Opinion
No one likes to be yelled at, but sometimes you need to hear and see the anger and hurt your choices have caused for others.
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August 13, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Great piece @byrobinepley.bsky.social! LaMalfa is a terrible representative. He's also an asshole.
Good morning from tall evening primrose, Oenothera elata
August 2, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Good morning from tall evening primrose, Oenothera elata
I wasn’t diagnosed with ADHD until my 50s, but I definitely had a sock maintenance system in college! 🤦♂️
I can't find it due to search engines no longer working, but there's an old tumblr screenshot about ADHD evaluations where a person is asked whether they tend to lose socks.
And they go "Ah, no, I used to lose my socks all the time but I have Devised a System, allow me to explain it"
And they go "Ah, no, I used to lose my socks all the time but I have Devised a System, allow me to explain it"
July 23, 2025 at 3:25 PM
I wasn’t diagnosed with ADHD until my 50s, but I definitely had a sock maintenance system in college! 🤦♂️
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I got to write about my favorite sea slug, can you even believe this thing www.theatlantic.com/science/arch...
The Sea Slug Defying Biological Orthodoxy
Symbiosis may be more important to evolution than scientists once thought.
www.theatlantic.com
July 23, 2025 at 1:19 PM
I got to write about my favorite sea slug, can you even believe this thing www.theatlantic.com/science/arch...
Good day to be a dragonfly.
July 14, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Good day to be a dragonfly.
Cobalt milkweed beetle (Chrysochus cobaltinus)
July 4, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Cobalt milkweed beetle (Chrysochus cobaltinus)
This is such bullshit. We sell a lot of California rice to Japan every year. And there is an entire branch of USDA that tracks it (NASS).
June 30, 2025 at 7:03 PM
This is such bullshit. We sell a lot of California rice to Japan every year. And there is an entire branch of USDA that tracks it (NASS).
I was born in 1970. Summer temps are now 4 degrees hotter than when I was in kindergarten. 🤬
Let's check in and see how summer temperatures have changed during the last 50 years. 🔥🔥🔥
June 19, 2025 at 7:25 AM
I was born in 1970. Summer temps are now 4 degrees hotter than when I was in kindergarten. 🤬
Kenai Fjords National Park
June 17, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Kenai Fjords National Park
Just got back from a week on the Kenai Peninsula in Alaska. Absolutely spectacular place! Kayaking in a fjord has long been a bucket list item for us. So grateful to have been able to experience it, while also mourning how fast this landscape is changing.
June 17, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Just got back from a week on the Kenai Peninsula in Alaska. Absolutely spectacular place! Kayaking in a fjord has long been a bucket list item for us. So grateful to have been able to experience it, while also mourning how fast this landscape is changing.
I did not know that biscuit art was a thing. But these are amazing
Today is National Biscuit Day, and it’s about time that I populated this account with biscuit (cookie) sets from the past few years. Here are some of my favourites. 🧵
First up, a set inspired by the delicious designs of William Morris and John Henry Dearle.
First up, a set inspired by the delicious designs of William Morris and John Henry Dearle.
May 30, 2025 at 2:58 PM
I did not know that biscuit art was a thing. But these are amazing
My 10 year old self really needed, and enjoyed, this laugh this morning.
I want to see something: Do people outside of the Philadelphia area know about the "Delco Pooper"?
May 20, 2025 at 2:50 PM
My 10 year old self really needed, and enjoyed, this laugh this morning.
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I guess DOGE couldn’t find the pentagon
JUST IN: Trump budgets $1 trillion for Pentagon
Trump budgets $1 trillion for Pentagon
The numbers come a day after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered an overhaul of the U.S. Army.
www.axios.com
May 2, 2025 at 2:56 PM
I guess DOGE couldn’t find the pentagon
2 minutes of the morning chorus at my house. 11 species of bird.
April 18, 2025 at 5:40 PM
2 minutes of the morning chorus at my house. 11 species of bird.
California flannel bush, Fremontodendron californicum
April 17, 2025 at 10:47 PM
California flannel bush, Fremontodendron californicum
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New research from @ucanr.bsky.social and UC Davis scientists demonstrates that regenerative management in almonds leads to improvements in soil moisture retention and does not result in increased evapotranspiration. Get the details at doi.org/10.3733/001c...
April 15, 2025 at 11:42 PM
New research from @ucanr.bsky.social and UC Davis scientists demonstrates that regenerative management in almonds leads to improvements in soil moisture retention and does not result in increased evapotranspiration. Get the details at doi.org/10.3733/001c...
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California farmers could lose up to $6 billion in exports in trade war
Colin Carter @ucdavisare.bsky.social @gianninifnd.bsky.social found that overall, California’s losses from the 2018 trade war far exceeded the government compensation payments. @fresnobee.com www.fresnobee.com/news/califor...
Colin Carter @ucdavisare.bsky.social @gianninifnd.bsky.social found that overall, California’s losses from the 2018 trade war far exceeded the government compensation payments. @fresnobee.com www.fresnobee.com/news/califor...
California farmers fear tariff trade war losses in billions, uneven bailouts
Nut crops are grown in San Joaquin Valley communities of Fresno, Kern, Stanislaus, Merced and Madera counties.
www.fresnobee.com
April 2, 2025 at 5:02 PM
California farmers could lose up to $6 billion in exports in trade war
Colin Carter @ucdavisare.bsky.social @gianninifnd.bsky.social found that overall, California’s losses from the 2018 trade war far exceeded the government compensation payments. @fresnobee.com www.fresnobee.com/news/califor...
Colin Carter @ucdavisare.bsky.social @gianninifnd.bsky.social found that overall, California’s losses from the 2018 trade war far exceeded the government compensation payments. @fresnobee.com www.fresnobee.com/news/califor...
Fox: "What's the impact on farmers?"
THE US SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE: "well, we'll see."
So comforting.
THE US SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE: "well, we'll see."
So comforting.
Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins next to a ticker showing the Dow down 1,200 points: "We are really, really excited, and very grateful for President Trump's leadership."
April 3, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Fox: "What's the impact on farmers?"
THE US SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE: "well, we'll see."
So comforting.
THE US SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE: "well, we'll see."
So comforting.
US farmers are about to get fucked.
Luckily, the Chinese won’t respond to a 67% tariff in any way whatsoever, right?
April 2, 2025 at 11:19 PM
US farmers are about to get fucked.