Dave Coulter
@osage2024.bsky.social
Urban horticulture and forestry for (ahem) some time now. Chicago region. Hedgerow aficionado. Readers are Leaders.
THIS looks interesting. Hosted by Library of America.
Paging #ParableOfTheTalents #BannedBookSkyClub #BookSky
www.eventbrite.com/e/the-radica...
Paging #ParableOfTheTalents #BannedBookSkyClub #BookSky
www.eventbrite.com/e/the-radica...
The Radical Imagination of Octavia E. Butler
Imani Perry and Tananarive Due discuss a titan of Afrofuturist fiction and her masterwork, Lilith’s Brood: The Xenogenesis Trilogy
www.eventbrite.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:09 PM
THIS looks interesting. Hosted by Library of America.
Paging #ParableOfTheTalents #BannedBookSkyClub #BookSky
www.eventbrite.com/e/the-radica...
Paging #ParableOfTheTalents #BannedBookSkyClub #BookSky
www.eventbrite.com/e/the-radica...
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During the Civil War, more than 20% of Union soldiers were also foreign-born, mostly from Germany and Ireland. During World War I, approximately half a million immigrants were serving in the US military. “Foreigners have continued to serve in significant numbers since World War II.” #VeteransDay
In fact, immigrant service members fought in major conflicts since our country’s founding. “Hundreds of thousands of immigrants pledged to defend the United States with their lives in the Civil War, both World Wars, and conflicts like those in Vietnam, Afghanistan and Iraq.” #VeteransDay
new from @tusk81.bsky.social:
Veteran’s Day can’t be properly observed without also noting the vast, heroic contributions of immigrant service members to the United States military.
Unfortunately, our nation has not always given its service members the respect they deserve.
Veteran’s Day can’t be properly observed without also noting the vast, heroic contributions of immigrant service members to the United States military.
Unfortunately, our nation has not always given its service members the respect they deserve.
November 10, 2025 at 8:20 PM
During the Civil War, more than 20% of Union soldiers were also foreign-born, mostly from Germany and Ireland. During World War I, approximately half a million immigrants were serving in the US military. “Foreigners have continued to serve in significant numbers since World War II.” #VeteransDay
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The greater idiot ever scolds the lesser
November 2, 2025 at 9:47 PM
The greater idiot ever scolds the lesser
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The devil fetch ye, ye ragamuffin rapscallions; ye are all asleep. Stop snoring, ye sleepers
November 5, 2025 at 7:47 PM
The devil fetch ye, ye ragamuffin rapscallions; ye are all asleep. Stop snoring, ye sleepers
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let us now have a good long look
November 7, 2025 at 11:47 AM
let us now have a good long look
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In case you missed it, my last lecture on Oak Origins, from Miami University, is posted online. This iteration focuses on reproduction and migration, the oak tree of life, and the effects of oak diversity on fungal and insect diversity in the forest. Please share!
www.youtube.com/live/mRCrGFn...
www.youtube.com/live/mRCrGFn...
Belk Lecture on Oak Origins
YouTube video by Hefner Museum of Natural History
www.youtube.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:05 PM
In case you missed it, my last lecture on Oak Origins, from Miami University, is posted online. This iteration focuses on reproduction and migration, the oak tree of life, and the effects of oak diversity on fungal and insect diversity in the forest. Please share!
www.youtube.com/live/mRCrGFn...
www.youtube.com/live/mRCrGFn...
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Bleh! Who turned up the contrast?
November 10, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Bleh! Who turned up the contrast?
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On manoeuvres
(Photo @imageplotter.bsky.social)
(Photo @imageplotter.bsky.social)
November 10, 2025 at 12:19 PM
On manoeuvres
(Photo @imageplotter.bsky.social)
(Photo @imageplotter.bsky.social)
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Republicans are deliberately starving Americans.
“.. The Agriculture Department issued the command in a late-night Saturday memo .. That guidance threatened to impose financial penalties on states that did not “comply” quickly with the government’s new orders.”
@tonyromm.bsky.social #SNAP
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
@tonyromm.bsky.social #SNAP
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
November 9, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Republicans are deliberately starving Americans.
If the squirrels don't getcha, the snow will ❄️
November 9, 2025 at 1:45 PM
If the squirrels don't getcha, the snow will ❄️
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Ledger art—narrative art painted or drawn on accounting ledgers—is an art tradition that developed in Plains tribes when the buffalo hide traditionally used for painting became scarce. Artist John Isaiah Pepion keeps the tradition alive in his work.
orionmagazine.org/article/blac...
orionmagazine.org/article/blac...
November 8, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Ledger art—narrative art painted or drawn on accounting ledgers—is an art tradition that developed in Plains tribes when the buffalo hide traditionally used for painting became scarce. Artist John Isaiah Pepion keeps the tradition alive in his work.
orionmagazine.org/article/blac...
orionmagazine.org/article/blac...
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Leonard Cohen who died on this day 2016:
I did my best, it wasn't much
I couldn't feel, so I tried to touch
I've told the truth, I didn't come to fool you
And even though it all went wrong
I'll stand before the Lord of Song
With nothing on my tongue but Hallelujah
I did my best, it wasn't much
I couldn't feel, so I tried to touch
I've told the truth, I didn't come to fool you
And even though it all went wrong
I'll stand before the Lord of Song
With nothing on my tongue but Hallelujah
November 7, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Leonard Cohen who died on this day 2016:
I did my best, it wasn't much
I couldn't feel, so I tried to touch
I've told the truth, I didn't come to fool you
And even though it all went wrong
I'll stand before the Lord of Song
With nothing on my tongue but Hallelujah
I did my best, it wasn't much
I couldn't feel, so I tried to touch
I've told the truth, I didn't come to fool you
And even though it all went wrong
I'll stand before the Lord of Song
With nothing on my tongue but Hallelujah
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Smartphones are partly to blame for our decline in literacy. But we also should blame the men who run the companies that make them: our country’s economic elite no longer see the value in an educated workforce.
We Used to Read Things in This Country | Noah McCormack
Technology changes us—and it is currently changing us for the worse.
thebaffler.com
November 2, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Smartphones are partly to blame for our decline in literacy. But we also should blame the men who run the companies that make them: our country’s economic elite no longer see the value in an educated workforce.
One of these things is not like the others,
One of these things just doesn't belong,
Can you tell which thing is not like the others
By the time I finish my song?
One of these things just doesn't belong,
Can you tell which thing is not like the others
By the time I finish my song?
November 8, 2025 at 3:36 PM
One of these things is not like the others,
One of these things just doesn't belong,
Can you tell which thing is not like the others
By the time I finish my song?
One of these things just doesn't belong,
Can you tell which thing is not like the others
By the time I finish my song?
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The 1920's textile work of Hungarian, Bauhaus weaver/designer Otti Berger #womensart
November 6, 2025 at 5:11 AM
The 1920's textile work of Hungarian, Bauhaus weaver/designer Otti Berger #womensart
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Anni Albers, Design for a rug, 1925. One of the best known Bauhsus trained textile artists of the 20thc #womensart
November 5, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Anni Albers, Design for a rug, 1925. One of the best known Bauhsus trained textile artists of the 20thc #womensart
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Andrew Wyeth
The Observatory, 1978
watercolor and pencil on paper
30 x 22 in.
The Observatory, 1978
watercolor and pencil on paper
30 x 22 in.
November 7, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Andrew Wyeth
The Observatory, 1978
watercolor and pencil on paper
30 x 22 in.
The Observatory, 1978
watercolor and pencil on paper
30 x 22 in.
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Another flaw in the human character is that everybody wants to build and nobody wants to do maintenance.
-Kurt Vonnegut, Hocus Pocus
-Kurt Vonnegut, Hocus Pocus
November 8, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Another flaw in the human character is that everybody wants to build and nobody wants to do maintenance.
-Kurt Vonnegut, Hocus Pocus
-Kurt Vonnegut, Hocus Pocus
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Am I an atheist if my religion is Arsenal?
November 7, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Am I an atheist if my religion is Arsenal?
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Oo oo oo
What a little sunlight can do to you . . .
Looking up through the Japanese ornamental red maple in my yard. This past week the maples have been spectacular around here.
(Billie Holiday's recording of "What a Little Moonlight Can Do" is a great listen, too).
#Photography #Nature
What a little sunlight can do to you . . .
Looking up through the Japanese ornamental red maple in my yard. This past week the maples have been spectacular around here.
(Billie Holiday's recording of "What a Little Moonlight Can Do" is a great listen, too).
#Photography #Nature
November 8, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Oo oo oo
What a little sunlight can do to you . . .
Looking up through the Japanese ornamental red maple in my yard. This past week the maples have been spectacular around here.
(Billie Holiday's recording of "What a Little Moonlight Can Do" is a great listen, too).
#Photography #Nature
What a little sunlight can do to you . . .
Looking up through the Japanese ornamental red maple in my yard. This past week the maples have been spectacular around here.
(Billie Holiday's recording of "What a Little Moonlight Can Do" is a great listen, too).
#Photography #Nature