Emilie J
@juneydel.bsky.social
Plant scientist in Minnesota. Views are my own.
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Re: #PlantsGiving by @sarraceniamason.bsky.social:
"Plants shape every aspect of our lives, yet many people today move through their daily routines without noticing them. The clothes you wear, the food you eat, & even many plastics begin their lives as plants." 🌱 👏
www.canr.msu.edu/news/plantsg...
"Plants shape every aspect of our lives, yet many people today move through their daily routines without noticing them. The clothes you wear, the food you eat, & even many plastics begin their lives as plants." 🌱 👏
www.canr.msu.edu/news/plantsg...
#PlantsGiving: Bringing plant relatives back into view
#PlantsGiving encourages us to appreciate the remarkable diversity behind holiday gatherings. Keep a tally of the plant families used in your holiday meal and share photos online with #PlantsGiving.
www.canr.msu.edu
November 25, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Re: #PlantsGiving by @sarraceniamason.bsky.social:
"Plants shape every aspect of our lives, yet many people today move through their daily routines without noticing them. The clothes you wear, the food you eat, & even many plastics begin their lives as plants." 🌱 👏
www.canr.msu.edu/news/plantsg...
"Plants shape every aspect of our lives, yet many people today move through their daily routines without noticing them. The clothes you wear, the food you eat, & even many plastics begin their lives as plants." 🌱 👏
www.canr.msu.edu/news/plantsg...
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I want people to displace the imaginary depictions of *revolutions* that they have come to create in their heads with the actual small revolutionary acts that happen daily. We might get closer to revolution that way.
November 20, 2025 at 7:36 PM
I want people to displace the imaginary depictions of *revolutions* that they have come to create in their heads with the actual small revolutionary acts that happen daily. We might get closer to revolution that way.
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Friendly reminder that dishwashers made after 1995 or so are so water and energy efficient that even if you ran them twice fully loaded it would still use less water than handwashing the same load.
So many "green" things feel like sacrifices. Dishwashers are not one of them.
So many "green" things feel like sacrifices. Dishwashers are not one of them.
November 12, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Friendly reminder that dishwashers made after 1995 or so are so water and energy efficient that even if you ran them twice fully loaded it would still use less water than handwashing the same load.
So many "green" things feel like sacrifices. Dishwashers are not one of them.
So many "green" things feel like sacrifices. Dishwashers are not one of them.
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I am not going to let Schumer and 8 center-right Democrats bring me down. We won on Tuesday. We're gonna keep winning. Just keep telling the stories of what the Trump administration is doing and how it's making lives so much harder, about the corruption, the incompetence, the violence.
November 10, 2025 at 4:16 AM
I am not going to let Schumer and 8 center-right Democrats bring me down. We won on Tuesday. We're gonna keep winning. Just keep telling the stories of what the Trump administration is doing and how it's making lives so much harder, about the corruption, the incompetence, the violence.
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The absolute collapse of their stupid AI ruse — hopefully followed by a massive wave of tech regulation and imprisoning the politicians who enabled this — cannot come soon enough.
November 7, 2025 at 12:06 PM
The absolute collapse of their stupid AI ruse — hopefully followed by a massive wave of tech regulation and imprisoning the politicians who enabled this — cannot come soon enough.
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The more democratic elements of the American constitutional and economic order are actually throwing up road blocks to Trumpism. Protests and boycotts and low level courts and juries and cetera. Elite actors on the other hand are all too frequently caving. Fascinating study in who actually cares!
BREAKING: JUSTICE DEPARTMENT EATS A LOSS IN 'SANDWICH GUY' CASE AS JURORS FIND DEFENDANT NOT GUILTY www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
Jury acquits D.C. 'sandwich guy' charged with chucking a sub at a federal agent
Sean Dunn faced single misdemeanor offense after federal grand jurors refused to indict him on the felony charge sought by prosecutors.
www.nbcnews.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:30 PM
The more democratic elements of the American constitutional and economic order are actually throwing up road blocks to Trumpism. Protests and boycotts and low level courts and juries and cetera. Elite actors on the other hand are all too frequently caving. Fascinating study in who actually cares!
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Reclaim wound down completely. Black Visions has entirely different leadership, is less electorally focused, and is steady moving all that $ to community. TakeAction is base building; less throwing down on elections, more on issues. Duluth Right to Repair is a huge one. Mpls schools is another.
November 6, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Reclaim wound down completely. Black Visions has entirely different leadership, is less electorally focused, and is steady moving all that $ to community. TakeAction is base building; less throwing down on elections, more on issues. Duluth Right to Repair is a huge one. Mpls schools is another.
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Six people have died from eating pasta. Six. Pasta. No political reckoning, no firings, no investigations into the big supermarket chains, just 'hey, sometimes pasta be deadly, oh well.'
www.npr.org/2025/11/04/n...
www.npr.org/2025/11/04/n...
Worsening listeria outbreak tied to pasta products kills 6, hospitalizes 25
Certain prepared pasta dishes were recalled from retailers like Trader Joe's, Kroger and Walmart between June and October. Health officials urge customers to dispose of them and clean their fridges.
www.npr.org
November 4, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Six people have died from eating pasta. Six. Pasta. No political reckoning, no firings, no investigations into the big supermarket chains, just 'hey, sometimes pasta be deadly, oh well.'
www.npr.org/2025/11/04/n...
www.npr.org/2025/11/04/n...
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Dick Cheney brought the U.S. to war based on lies and intel they knew was bad. Do not believe anyone who whitewashes that.
For all the “evidence” they brought forth there was plenty of independent reporting refuting it in real time. And it later proved right.
For all the “evidence” they brought forth there was plenty of independent reporting refuting it in real time. And it later proved right.
November 4, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Dick Cheney brought the U.S. to war based on lies and intel they knew was bad. Do not believe anyone who whitewashes that.
For all the “evidence” they brought forth there was plenty of independent reporting refuting it in real time. And it later proved right.
For all the “evidence” they brought forth there was plenty of independent reporting refuting it in real time. And it later proved right.
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multiple states are declaring food emergencies as the president holds decadent parties with showgirls and builds a golden ballroom
November 3, 2025 at 3:16 PM
multiple states are declaring food emergencies as the president holds decadent parties with showgirls and builds a golden ballroom
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NOAA retirees “volunteering” including one who is working as an “unpaid intern” in order to help. I would like to never again hear anyone bitch about civil servants’ work ethic tyvm.
Volunteers Step In to Help Understaffed NOAA Track Hurricane Melissa
www.nytimes.com
October 28, 2025 at 11:19 PM
NOAA retirees “volunteering” including one who is working as an “unpaid intern” in order to help. I would like to never again hear anyone bitch about civil servants’ work ethic tyvm.
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friend shared this, immediately updated my settings
October 27, 2025 at 4:28 PM
friend shared this, immediately updated my settings
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I swear to you, I don’t want to know about ANY of this. But it is getting stranger and stranger. Do people *hear* themselves?
October 26, 2025 at 11:08 PM
I swear to you, I don’t want to know about ANY of this. But it is getting stranger and stranger. Do people *hear* themselves?
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Bring back earnestness and sincerity as virtues...
October 23, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Bring back earnestness and sincerity as virtues...
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Bad news for Eastside Co-op members and shoppers: some assholes broke into the refrigeration system on the roof and stole piping from the chiller, so no chilled product available until that gets fixed.
October 22, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Bad news for Eastside Co-op members and shoppers: some assholes broke into the refrigeration system on the roof and stole piping from the chiller, so no chilled product available until that gets fixed.
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If you can afford it, a *monetary* donation (it goes a lot farther!) to your local food bank would be a most excellent thing to do right now.
I want more people to care that SNAP benefits are being cut off on November 1. 40% of SNAP beneficiaries are children. This is callous and vile.
October 22, 2025 at 8:55 AM
If you can afford it, a *monetary* donation (it goes a lot farther!) to your local food bank would be a most excellent thing to do right now.
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As a historian, I can certify that we are in the bad times. But bad times eventually end.
In the meantime:
• Figure out a small way to help someone
• Figure out a small way to fight back
• Figure out a small place to find joy
• Figure out a small way to grow and thrive
And do it often.
In the meantime:
• Figure out a small way to help someone
• Figure out a small way to fight back
• Figure out a small place to find joy
• Figure out a small way to grow and thrive
And do it often.
October 15, 2025 at 9:40 PM
As a historian, I can certify that we are in the bad times. But bad times eventually end.
In the meantime:
• Figure out a small way to help someone
• Figure out a small way to fight back
• Figure out a small place to find joy
• Figure out a small way to grow and thrive
And do it often.
In the meantime:
• Figure out a small way to help someone
• Figure out a small way to fight back
• Figure out a small place to find joy
• Figure out a small way to grow and thrive
And do it often.
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The Regime's goal is to grind everyone down. Plain & simple. Our goal is to refuse this by taking turns to fight where and how we can. When one group needs to bow out, then another group needs to step in and so on. We don't all have to do everything. We can all do something though. Stay in the fight
October 14, 2025 at 3:28 AM
The Regime's goal is to grind everyone down. Plain & simple. Our goal is to refuse this by taking turns to fight where and how we can. When one group needs to bow out, then another group needs to step in and so on. We don't all have to do everything. We can all do something though. Stay in the fight
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They are not planning "a violent crackdown" on 10.18. What they are doing is sending a signal to their shock troops to try to cause havoc. But those shock troops will be vastly outnumbered. Go out and protest freely. Do not be cowed.
October 10, 2025 at 3:03 PM
They are not planning "a violent crackdown" on 10.18. What they are doing is sending a signal to their shock troops to try to cause havoc. But those shock troops will be vastly outnumbered. Go out and protest freely. Do not be cowed.
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Since they’ve cut food inspections at the FDA, the burden is now more on consumers to protect ourselves from contaminated food: www.consumerreports.org/health/food-...
10 Really Risky Foods Right Now - Consumer Reports
In this look at 10 really risky foods right now, CR shows you how to protect yourself from food poisoning from these foods and in general.
www.consumerreports.org
October 1, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Since they’ve cut food inspections at the FDA, the burden is now more on consumers to protect ourselves from contaminated food: www.consumerreports.org/health/food-...
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What the fuck is even happening right now, is he just sitting on the toilet imposing tariffs on everything he can think of??
September 25, 2025 at 11:57 PM
What the fuck is even happening right now, is he just sitting on the toilet imposing tariffs on everything he can think of??
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Alright, so I've been afraid to say this out loud, but I think after today, I can say it: In the first Battle of Los Angeles, the good people of LA County have prevailed. We beat ICE back. 1/
September 7, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Alright, so I've been afraid to say this out loud, but I think after today, I can say it: In the first Battle of Los Angeles, the good people of LA County have prevailed. We beat ICE back. 1/
Vaccinate your pets!!!
September 2, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Vaccinate your pets!!!