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@jtidwell.bsky.social
Landscape designer doing restorative ecology. Author of YA+MG novels and DESIGNING INTERFACES; former UXer. She/her. Ecoregion 59b Boston Basin 🌱
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Hello! I'm Jenifer Tidwell, a landscape designer and #nativeplants gardener near Boston, Mass. I rip up lawns, build habitats to support #biodiversity, keep up with #conservation science, work towards #climate repair, and teach laypeople about plants and #ecology. 🌱 🌎 🌼
My former lawn:
My former lawn:
This world is heart-crampingly beautiful sometimes. Don’t forget that.
January 5, 2026 at 11:16 PM
This world is heart-crampingly beautiful sometimes. Don’t forget that.
Thank you, Mississippi! You passed an absolutely dingle-headed age restriction law for social media, and now I can't use Bsky on my phone unless I go through... whatever the hell this process is.
Obviously, Meta and Alphabet properties are not bothering.
Ugh.
Obviously, Meta and Alphabet properties are not bothering.
Ugh.
December 30, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Thank you, Mississippi! You passed an absolutely dingle-headed age restriction law for social media, and now I can't use Bsky on my phone unless I go through... whatever the hell this process is.
Obviously, Meta and Alphabet properties are not bothering.
Ugh.
Obviously, Meta and Alphabet properties are not bothering.
Ugh.
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I am interested in working with an artist on a graphic novel on soil and/ or global environmental change. The lab would have money to fund this.
Do you know of any graphic artists that would be interested?
Do you know of any graphic artists that would be interested?
December 28, 2025 at 9:35 AM
I am interested in working with an artist on a graphic novel on soil and/ or global environmental change. The lab would have money to fund this.
Do you know of any graphic artists that would be interested?
Do you know of any graphic artists that would be interested?
Merry Christmas from Nuestra Senora de las Manos Artesanas, Xcaret Hotel Arte.
(I mean, we're not there right this minute. But isn't she gorgeous? Created by 18 Mexican artists.)
(I mean, we're not there right this minute. But isn't she gorgeous? Created by 18 Mexican artists.)
December 25, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Merry Christmas from Nuestra Senora de las Manos Artesanas, Xcaret Hotel Arte.
(I mean, we're not there right this minute. But isn't she gorgeous? Created by 18 Mexican artists.)
(I mean, we're not there right this minute. But isn't she gorgeous? Created by 18 Mexican artists.)
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The Swiss typeface designer Adrian Frutiger — creator of Univers, Frutiger, and Avenir — designed this book as a Christmas gift for personal and professional friends in 1969. It contains the creation myth from Genesis in four languages, accompanied by his own modernist illustrations. 1/n
December 25, 2023 at 10:56 PM
The Swiss typeface designer Adrian Frutiger — creator of Univers, Frutiger, and Avenir — designed this book as a Christmas gift for personal and professional friends in 1969. It contains the creation myth from Genesis in four languages, accompanied by his own modernist illustrations. 1/n
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Just a thing about this: a common statement in writing is that you can fix crap, but you can't fix a blank page.
I have heard AI apologists claim that this is why it's fine to generate a first draft.
Now, to be clear, fuck this.
But also: an AI draft is a fucking blank page.
I have heard AI apologists claim that this is why it's fine to generate a first draft.
Now, to be clear, fuck this.
But also: an AI draft is a fucking blank page.
I know I don’t talk about writing much. It is because I am writing so slowly.
But I want you to know that I am taking a part of this story that absolutely sucked and took me months to produce four of the worst chapters I have ever written and in the edit I figured out how to fix it.
But I want you to know that I am taking a part of this story that absolutely sucked and took me months to produce four of the worst chapters I have ever written and in the edit I figured out how to fix it.
December 24, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Just a thing about this: a common statement in writing is that you can fix crap, but you can't fix a blank page.
I have heard AI apologists claim that this is why it's fine to generate a first draft.
Now, to be clear, fuck this.
But also: an AI draft is a fucking blank page.
I have heard AI apologists claim that this is why it's fine to generate a first draft.
Now, to be clear, fuck this.
But also: an AI draft is a fucking blank page.
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The USA has officially banned ALL new device models of "UAS and UAS critical component parts that are produced in foreign countries" as of today.
Which means this ban extends beyond just DJI.
This will devastate the currently-thriving drone data services market.
docs.fcc.gov/public/attac...
Which means this ban extends beyond just DJI.
This will devastate the currently-thriving drone data services market.
docs.fcc.gov/public/attac...
December 23, 2025 at 7:03 PM
The USA has officially banned ALL new device models of "UAS and UAS critical component parts that are produced in foreign countries" as of today.
Which means this ban extends beyond just DJI.
This will devastate the currently-thriving drone data services market.
docs.fcc.gov/public/attac...
Which means this ban extends beyond just DJI.
This will devastate the currently-thriving drone data services market.
docs.fcc.gov/public/attac...
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THREAD. A collection of photographs of excellent trees I have met on walks.
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
November 19, 2025 at 6:31 PM
THREAD. A collection of photographs of excellent trees I have met on walks.
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
This thread and the one nested therein are delightful and must be read if you need levity today. (Don't we all?)
I am back on my bullshit again.
Had we but falcons enough, and time,
This widening gyre would be no crime.
Yet the blood-dimmed tide shall flow,
Vaster than empires, far less slow.
And if the center cannot hold—
Well then, lady, let’s be bold!
This widening gyre would be no crime.
Yet the blood-dimmed tide shall flow,
Vaster than empires, far less slow.
And if the center cannot hold—
Well then, lady, let’s be bold!
December 23, 2025 at 5:12 PM
This thread and the one nested therein are delightful and must be read if you need levity today. (Don't we all?)
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It all started in 1955 with a misprint in a Colorado newspaper and a call to Col. Harry Shoup's secret military hotline. Shoup played along with the tiny voice who called, and a tradition was born. From the NPR archives.
NORAD's Santa Tracker began with a typo and a good sport
It all started in 1955 with a misprint in a Colorado newspaper and a call to Col. Harry Shoup's secret military hotline. Shoup played along with the tiny voice who called, and a tradition was born.
n.pr
December 21, 2025 at 12:41 AM
It all started in 1955 with a misprint in a Colorado newspaper and a call to Col. Harry Shoup's secret military hotline. Shoup played along with the tiny voice who called, and a tradition was born. From the NPR archives.
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One of my neighbors has been putting up these fish facts posters. All kinds of different fish, marine, freshwater, deep, shallow, all kinds. This is a good one. “Stg this real fish” took me out. Good work, neighbor.
December 7, 2025 at 3:39 PM
One of my neighbors has been putting up these fish facts posters. All kinds of different fish, marine, freshwater, deep, shallow, all kinds. This is a good one. “Stg this real fish” took me out. Good work, neighbor.
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“She showed up as scheduled, and when she arrived, officers were asking everyone what country they were from, and if they said a certain country, they were told to step out of line and that their oath ceremonies were canceled.”
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
Immigrants kept from Faneuil Hall citizenship ceremony as feds crackdown nationwide
Trump administration is pausing naturalizations for immigrants from 19 countries.
www.wgbh.org
December 5, 2025 at 10:56 PM
“She showed up as scheduled, and when she arrived, officers were asking everyone what country they were from, and if they said a certain country, they were told to step out of line and that their oath ceremonies were canceled.”
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
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Talkative African grey parrots are charismatic internet stars. @wire-wildlife.bsky.social journalist Rene Ebersole investigated the global scramble to source and sell the birds, which is threatening their survival.
🧵1/7
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December 2, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Talkative African grey parrots are charismatic internet stars. @wire-wildlife.bsky.social journalist Rene Ebersole investigated the global scramble to source and sell the birds, which is threatening their survival.
🧵1/7
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New calligraphic work: "On Resisting ICE and the DHS"
This one is complex enough that I am providing a key to how it's structured, similar to those keys you see that show how a Talmud page is divided up. See the alt for the explanation.
This one is complex enough that I am providing a key to how it's structured, similar to those keys you see that show how a Talmud page is divided up. See the alt for the explanation.
November 30, 2025 at 4:26 PM
New calligraphic work: "On Resisting ICE and the DHS"
This one is complex enough that I am providing a key to how it's structured, similar to those keys you see that show how a Talmud page is divided up. See the alt for the explanation.
This one is complex enough that I am providing a key to how it's structured, similar to those keys you see that show how a Talmud page is divided up. See the alt for the explanation.
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When it gets really cold bluebirds roost together in a pile using collective body heat to help them survive. They arrange themselves so they don’t smother & alternate positions within the pile. Photo by Wildlife Rehabilitators of North Carolina (WRNC). Thank you Van Harris for sharing this. 🐦 #birds
November 29, 2025 at 2:37 AM
When it gets really cold bluebirds roost together in a pile using collective body heat to help them survive. They arrange themselves so they don’t smother & alternate positions within the pile. Photo by Wildlife Rehabilitators of North Carolina (WRNC). Thank you Van Harris for sharing this. 🐦 #birds
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A friend who teaches theology shared with me a post about CS Lewis's Mere Christianity, which discusses foundational Christian logic across denominations. It reminded me of Dale's tweet below, and I wanted to share some thoughts here regarding modesty and respectability, which are often hot topics.
November 23, 2025 at 7:35 PM
A friend who teaches theology shared with me a post about CS Lewis's Mere Christianity, which discusses foundational Christian logic across denominations. It reminded me of Dale's tweet below, and I wanted to share some thoughts here regarding modesty and respectability, which are often hot topics.
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props to WSJ for once on a useful notion, ADMIN PARTY for everybody
November 15, 2025 at 2:11 PM
props to WSJ for once on a useful notion, ADMIN PARTY for everybody
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A key difference between Trek and Wars that can get lost easily. One is submarines, the other is fighter jets.
November 16, 2025 at 7:13 PM
A key difference between Trek and Wars that can get lost easily. One is submarines, the other is fighter jets.
Old-growth grasslands still exist in the eastern US! Two orgs in this article are searching them out, documenting them, and harvesting seed. These important bio hotspots are overlooked compared to forests. (And I've gone on a bio hunt with Devin - good guy.) #nativeplants
Gift link: wapo.st/49Rtfzu
Gift link: wapo.st/49Rtfzu
Column | Scientists discover an ancient landscape – in our own backyard
Newly recognized patches of undeveloped grassland are accidental time travelers from a distant past, and they offer answers for our 21st century problems.
wapo.st
November 14, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Old-growth grasslands still exist in the eastern US! Two orgs in this article are searching them out, documenting them, and harvesting seed. These important bio hotspots are overlooked compared to forests. (And I've gone on a bio hunt with Devin - good guy.) #nativeplants
Gift link: wapo.st/49Rtfzu
Gift link: wapo.st/49Rtfzu
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Why do our neighbors in Nova Scotia send a Christmas tree to Boston each year? This tradition was born from a terrible tragedy in Halifax 107 years ago today, on December 6, 1917. 🧵
The 2024 Boston Common Tree is lit 🎄
Thank you to everyone who came out to celebrate the season with us 🎊
Thank you to everyone who came out to celebrate the season with us 🎊
December 6, 2024 at 4:33 PM
Why do our neighbors in Nova Scotia send a Christmas tree to Boston each year? This tradition was born from a terrible tragedy in Halifax 107 years ago today, on December 6, 1917. 🧵
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With the aurora popping up again last night, I thought I'd repost this adventure from last year. I drew this when the great @nepeteaa.bsky.social wondered what night-migrating songbirds might make of it all. Part 1/2
November 12, 2025 at 6:12 PM
With the aurora popping up again last night, I thought I'd repost this adventure from last year. I drew this when the great @nepeteaa.bsky.social wondered what night-migrating songbirds might make of it all. Part 1/2
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So sad this keeps getting shared with the attribution cropped out.
November 12, 2025 at 5:18 AM
So sad this keeps getting shared with the attribution cropped out.
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instead of saying this was good strategy, maybe senate dems should say: "the republicans were going to kill people by starving them to death, and because we aren't monsters, we decided to let this fight go. We'll keep fighting. Stop electing monsters."
November 11, 2025 at 1:42 PM
instead of saying this was good strategy, maybe senate dems should say: "the republicans were going to kill people by starving them to death, and because we aren't monsters, we decided to let this fight go. We'll keep fighting. Stop electing monsters."