Aves | (now in ATX)
@imavesy.bsky.social
29/North FL --> ATX (2025)
Botan/horticulturist but this is no professional account lol im a southern ⚦ who runs their mouth
personally Ⓥ (mostly welfarist), spec bio, rewilding+rematriation, supporter of responsible predator-friendly farming
Botan/horticulturist but this is no professional account lol im a southern ⚦ who runs their mouth
personally Ⓥ (mostly welfarist), spec bio, rewilding+rematriation, supporter of responsible predator-friendly farming
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Aves | (now in ATX)
@imavesy.bsky.social
· Aug 28
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I’m now in Austin TX due to FL’s anti-trans policies. I had to abandon a huge plant collection 15+ years in making and a position at a large botanical garden in north FL. I’m still looking for decent work and a kind soul with a greenhouse I could use for my rarest plant 🌱
I’m now in Austin TX due to FL’s anti-trans policies. I had to abandon a huge plant collection 15+ years in making and a position at a large botanical garden in north FL. I’m still looking for decent work and a kind soul with a greenhouse I could use for my rarest plant 🌱
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This makes the conservative economic value of clean air $1T annually in the U.S.
And then you would have to add the damage from other sources such as manufacturing and use of chemicals such as aerosols, etc.
#naturalsecurity
And then you would have to add the damage from other sources such as manufacturing and use of chemicals such as aerosols, etc.
#naturalsecurity
Air pollution from burning fossil fuels causes 100,000 to 200,000 avoidable American deaths per year. At the EPA's statistical value of life of $10 million, these deaths cost America $1 to $2 trillion per year, every year. These costs far outweigh the costs of transitioning off of fossil fuels.
Air pollution deaths attributable to fossil fuels: observational and modelling study
Objectives To estimate all cause and cause specific deaths that are attributable to fossil fuel related air pollution and to assess potential health benefits from policies that replace fossil fuels wi...
www.bmj.com
February 9, 2026 at 8:44 PM
This makes the conservative economic value of clean air $1T annually in the U.S.
And then you would have to add the damage from other sources such as manufacturing and use of chemicals such as aerosols, etc.
#naturalsecurity
And then you would have to add the damage from other sources such as manufacturing and use of chemicals such as aerosols, etc.
#naturalsecurity
Most privileged complaint ever but god living paycheck-to-paycheck sucks so much ass I miss being able to actually save up
February 9, 2026 at 10:17 PM
Most privileged complaint ever but god living paycheck-to-paycheck sucks so much ass I miss being able to actually save up
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Ok, you can stop texting me, I saw the Ring ad. Troubling things about it 🧵:
-The long awaited (much warned about) intro of “AI” recognition. It starts w/ searching for a “brown dog” but means the tech is there for lisence plate reading, face recognition, searching for suspects by description, etc
-The long awaited (much warned about) intro of “AI” recognition. It starts w/ searching for a “brown dog” but means the tech is there for lisence plate reading, face recognition, searching for suspects by description, etc
February 9, 2026 at 2:45 AM
Ok, you can stop texting me, I saw the Ring ad. Troubling things about it 🧵:
-The long awaited (much warned about) intro of “AI” recognition. It starts w/ searching for a “brown dog” but means the tech is there for lisence plate reading, face recognition, searching for suspects by description, etc
-The long awaited (much warned about) intro of “AI” recognition. It starts w/ searching for a “brown dog” but means the tech is there for lisence plate reading, face recognition, searching for suspects by description, etc
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This is bleak: Jes Staley, currently CEO of Barclays, reassuring Epstein that popular revolt against financial elites is unlikely because capitalism and pop culture have defanged social movements, leaving people more invested in consumption than justice.
February 6, 2026 at 10:23 PM
This is bleak: Jes Staley, currently CEO of Barclays, reassuring Epstein that popular revolt against financial elites is unlikely because capitalism and pop culture have defanged social movements, leaving people more invested in consumption than justice.
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If there's ever been a time to NOT be incrementalist, this is it. The most political capital you're gonna have is right now. And we got Gestapo death squads in MSP and TB spreading through concentration camps in Texas. If you can't find a win there, get out of politics. The Epstein Class, baby
February 8, 2026 at 4:29 AM
If there's ever been a time to NOT be incrementalist, this is it. The most political capital you're gonna have is right now. And we got Gestapo death squads in MSP and TB spreading through concentration camps in Texas. If you can't find a win there, get out of politics. The Epstein Class, baby
The difference between a dem vs gop admin for even this
And the trend goes both ways, by the way.
The US government is telling Americans to hate Europeans and Canadians. And many have dutifully changed their opinions.
The US government is telling Americans to hate Europeans and Canadians. And many have dutifully changed their opinions.
February 7, 2026 at 3:02 PM
The difference between a dem vs gop admin for even this
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James Talarico earlier today at the Democratic debate for the TX Senate primary when asked about Israel-Palestine:
"I would not vote to send weapons to Netanyahu which he is currently using to slaughter children in Gaza”
"I would not vote to send weapons to Netanyahu which he is currently using to slaughter children in Gaza”
January 25, 2026 at 2:18 AM
James Talarico earlier today at the Democratic debate for the TX Senate primary when asked about Israel-Palestine:
"I would not vote to send weapons to Netanyahu which he is currently using to slaughter children in Gaza”
"I would not vote to send weapons to Netanyahu which he is currently using to slaughter children in Gaza”
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🐰Gearing up for Lunar New Year with another prior piece! Some bunnies hopping by with some luck🐰
🧧 祝你好运 🧧
🧧 祝你好运 🧧
February 4, 2026 at 8:59 PM
🐰Gearing up for Lunar New Year with another prior piece! Some bunnies hopping by with some luck🐰
🧧 祝你好运 🧧
🧧 祝你好运 🧧
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I read thousands of pages of Epstein files this weekend trying to understand what he wanted out of his meeting with 4chan's Christopher Poole. Here's everything we know about Epstein's plans to dismantle the internet and, eventually, democracy.
www.garbageday.email/p/here-s-how...
www.garbageday.email/p/here-s-how...
February 2, 2026 at 11:39 PM
I read thousands of pages of Epstein files this weekend trying to understand what he wanted out of his meeting with 4chan's Christopher Poole. Here's everything we know about Epstein's plans to dismantle the internet and, eventually, democracy.
www.garbageday.email/p/here-s-how...
www.garbageday.email/p/here-s-how...
If we want to do crude numbers I’m 1/8 Greek and 7/8 northwest European. This is my skin in early May and I wear sun hats while working
My honest reaction to the trailer was “wow everyone is not tan enough” lmao
My honest reaction to the trailer was “wow everyone is not tan enough” lmao
February 2, 2026 at 4:59 PM
If we want to do crude numbers I’m 1/8 Greek and 7/8 northwest European. This is my skin in early May and I wear sun hats while working
My honest reaction to the trailer was “wow everyone is not tan enough” lmao
My honest reaction to the trailer was “wow everyone is not tan enough” lmao
🌱
The immediate base of my parents
FL native Red maple/Acer rubra is exceptionally dry to the point it’d even kill invasive lantana lol so I began putting epiphytic and succulent plants there
this is it early Feb 2024 all but the striped Neoregelia are hardy to at least mid-20s
The immediate base of my parents
FL native Red maple/Acer rubra is exceptionally dry to the point it’d even kill invasive lantana lol so I began putting epiphytic and succulent plants there
this is it early Feb 2024 all but the striped Neoregelia are hardy to at least mid-20s
February 2, 2026 at 3:44 PM
🌱
The immediate base of my parents
FL native Red maple/Acer rubra is exceptionally dry to the point it’d even kill invasive lantana lol so I began putting epiphytic and succulent plants there
this is it early Feb 2024 all but the striped Neoregelia are hardy to at least mid-20s
The immediate base of my parents
FL native Red maple/Acer rubra is exceptionally dry to the point it’d even kill invasive lantana lol so I began putting epiphytic and succulent plants there
this is it early Feb 2024 all but the striped Neoregelia are hardy to at least mid-20s
For past few years it hadn’t gone below a brief freezing dip (29 at lowest, likely higher though) at my parents place. I have a bunch of bromeliads and orchids there mounted on trees from “near zone 9” areas (southern Brazil, Uruguay, China)so I’m excited to see how they faired at sustained mid-20s
February 2, 2026 at 3:02 PM
For past few years it hadn’t gone below a brief freezing dip (29 at lowest, likely higher though) at my parents place. I have a bunch of bromeliads and orchids there mounted on trees from “near zone 9” areas (southern Brazil, Uruguay, China)so I’m excited to see how they faired at sustained mid-20s
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We need it
"Cato Institute ranks Texas 50th in personal freedom"
"10 states with poorest quality of life"
"Texas has highest maternal mortality rate in developed world"
"Texas Is Among The Most Difficult Places To Vote
Total taxes and fees higher than California (more than twice property taxes)
"Cato Institute ranks Texas 50th in personal freedom"
"10 states with poorest quality of life"
"Texas has highest maternal mortality rate in developed world"
"Texas Is Among The Most Difficult Places To Vote
Total taxes and fees higher than California (more than twice property taxes)
February 2, 2026 at 3:12 AM
We need it
"Cato Institute ranks Texas 50th in personal freedom"
"10 states with poorest quality of life"
"Texas has highest maternal mortality rate in developed world"
"Texas Is Among The Most Difficult Places To Vote
Total taxes and fees higher than California (more than twice property taxes)
"Cato Institute ranks Texas 50th in personal freedom"
"10 states with poorest quality of life"
"Texas has highest maternal mortality rate in developed world"
"Texas Is Among The Most Difficult Places To Vote
Total taxes and fees higher than California (more than twice property taxes)
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reposting with alt text for accessibility:
Sight in San Francisco (from a friend)
Sight in San Francisco (from a friend)
February 2, 2026 at 1:56 AM
reposting with alt text for accessibility:
Sight in San Francisco (from a friend)
Sight in San Francisco (from a friend)
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ICE now confirming that there is a measles outbreak at the Texas concentration camp where young Liam was held.
February 2, 2026 at 12:08 AM
ICE now confirming that there is a measles outbreak at the Texas concentration camp where young Liam was held.
Again, if Rowling cared specifically about females or whatever as she defines it she could use her absurd wealth to provide pads and birth control in impoverished regions where school is regularly missed due to menstruation but she doesn’t.
She just hates trans people !
She just hates trans people !
JK Rowling's team invited Jeffery Epstein to the deathly hallows play and to a Harry potter dinner.
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
www.justice.gov
February 2, 2026 at 12:21 AM
Again, if Rowling cared specifically about females or whatever as she defines it she could use her absurd wealth to provide pads and birth control in impoverished regions where school is regularly missed due to menstruation but she doesn’t.
She just hates trans people !
She just hates trans people !
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People say we can't compare this to the Third Reich because of the atrocities but we only found out about the atrocities after the fact when it was all said and done and we're not done with this yet so I am sure the worst stomach churning shit has yet to be revealed.
ICYMI: The US is currently holding three times as many people in immigrant detention as were detained in the Nazi concentration camp system in spring 1939 — six years into the Third Reich, and just before the start of World War II.
February 1, 2026 at 10:26 PM
People say we can't compare this to the Third Reich because of the atrocities but we only found out about the atrocities after the fact when it was all said and done and we're not done with this yet so I am sure the worst stomach churning shit has yet to be revealed.
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This race was such a massive swing blowout that Democrat Taylor Rehmet literally won a city called White Settlement
February 1, 2026 at 1:03 PM
This race was such a massive swing blowout that Democrat Taylor Rehmet literally won a city called White Settlement
When you think you're gonna divide a community but instead just give them a common enemy lol
More than 34,000 Minnesotans signed up to be trained as ICED observers with various activist groups in recent weeks, many of them since Jan. 7, when a federal agent shot and killed Renée Good.
Thousands of new ICE watchers hit the streets after two killings
Minnesotans outraged by the killings of Renée Good and Alex Pretti have signed up in large numbers to monitor and protest ICE with other activists.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 1, 2026 at 1:53 PM
When you think you're gonna divide a community but instead just give them a common enemy lol
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OMG. Rehmet further increased his lead and has won!
February 1, 2026 at 5:09 AM
OMG. Rehmet further increased his lead and has won!
Tryna not get on my Blexas hopium but there keeps being Signs
February 1, 2026 at 4:25 AM
Tryna not get on my Blexas hopium but there keeps being Signs
Oh?? 👀
We already have the early vote, which shows Democrat Taylor Rehmet leading Leigh Wambsganss (no, it's not just a name from Succession!) 56-44.
Unusually, during the first round, Dems did *better* with the E-day vote than the early vote. If that pattern holds...
Unusually, during the first round, Dems did *better* with the E-day vote than the early vote. If that pattern holds...
February 1, 2026 at 4:23 AM
Oh?? 👀
Torn between wanting photo to look good for my website but also not wanting an invasive species (Nandina) to look good lol
February 1, 2026 at 1:54 AM
Torn between wanting photo to look good for my website but also not wanting an invasive species (Nandina) to look good lol
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Wild that there was an open lane called "what if we just explain things clearly to people?" and he's the first one to ever fill it
The City’s Budget is our future. And you deserve to know how it works.
January 30, 2026 at 4:09 PM
Wild that there was an open lane called "what if we just explain things clearly to people?" and he's the first one to ever fill it