Dave Coulter
@osage2024.bsky.social
Urban horticulture and forestry in/beyond Chicago region. American hedgerow aficionado. Probably classified as Radical Left Scum these days. Readers are Leaders.
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Someday I won't need to keep reposting this, but until then....
Not-so-great-shots of Bald eagles & American white pelicans from yesterday on the Rock River...
February 8, 2026 at 10:33 PM
Not-so-great-shots of Bald eagles & American white pelicans from yesterday on the Rock River...
sky/prairie/snow
(Phantom Prairie; CCFPD)
(Phantom Prairie; CCFPD)
February 8, 2026 at 10:29 PM
sky/prairie/snow
(Phantom Prairie; CCFPD)
(Phantom Prairie; CCFPD)
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Remnant of a burned red oak. @mortonarboretum.bsky.social east woods this morning
February 4, 2026 at 3:24 PM
Remnant of a burned red oak. @mortonarboretum.bsky.social east woods this morning
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Register for the Smithsonian's National Botanical Symposium, “American Botany: 250 years of Discovery” 29 May '26. I'll be speaking on American oaks, w/ several greats: @barbarathiers.bsky.social, Caroline Strömberg, Wes Knapp, & Rose Bear Don't Walk.
Join us!
naturalhistory.si.edu/research/bot...
Join us!
naturalhistory.si.edu/research/bot...
February 4, 2026 at 8:42 PM
Register for the Smithsonian's National Botanical Symposium, “American Botany: 250 years of Discovery” 29 May '26. I'll be speaking on American oaks, w/ several greats: @barbarathiers.bsky.social, Caroline Strömberg, Wes Knapp, & Rose Bear Don't Walk.
Join us!
naturalhistory.si.edu/research/bot...
Join us!
naturalhistory.si.edu/research/bot...
It's that time, once again, where I try to make some sense of curling 🤔
February 8, 2026 at 10:09 PM
It's that time, once again, where I try to make some sense of curling 🤔
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I know today is Bad Bunny Bowl, yet I'm also looking forward to tomorrow when I'll be in conversation about When Trees Testify: Science, Wisdom, History, and America's Black Botanical Legacy with @louiseseamster.bsky.social at @prairielights.com in IowA City.
Event followed by signing start at 7 PM.
Event followed by signing start at 7 PM.
February 8, 2026 at 10:04 PM
I know today is Bad Bunny Bowl, yet I'm also looking forward to tomorrow when I'll be in conversation about When Trees Testify: Science, Wisdom, History, and America's Black Botanical Legacy with @louiseseamster.bsky.social at @prairielights.com in IowA City.
Event followed by signing start at 7 PM.
Event followed by signing start at 7 PM.
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Reposted by Dave Coulter
After all, we only have a few years to pass in this mystery called life
Might as well light it up by a bit of beauty,passion,fun
Might as well light it up by a bit of beauty,passion,fun
February 8, 2026 at 4:25 PM
After all, we only have a few years to pass in this mystery called life
Might as well light it up by a bit of beauty,passion,fun
Might as well light it up by a bit of beauty,passion,fun
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Looking Southeast over Lacey Creek, Lyman Woods this afternoon.
February 8, 2026 at 4:44 PM
Looking Southeast over Lacey Creek, Lyman Woods this afternoon.
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So I heard we’re posting super bowls. Here’s a Fatimid lusterware bunny. Islamic lusterwares originate in Iraq to emulate the sheen of Chinese porcelain, but the combo with highly animated-looking Fatimid animal motifs is my favorite. He even has a little snack.
www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
Bowl Depicting a Running Hare - The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Bowl with Eagle (63.178.1) and Bowl with Hare (64.261)The tenth and eleventh centuries under the Fatimid caliphate were times of prosperity in Egypt and the neighboring lands, when a burgeoning class ...
www.metmuseum.org
February 8, 2026 at 3:46 PM
So I heard we’re posting super bowls. Here’s a Fatimid lusterware bunny. Islamic lusterwares originate in Iraq to emulate the sheen of Chinese porcelain, but the combo with highly animated-looking Fatimid animal motifs is my favorite. He even has a little snack.
www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
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More super bowls: A three-thousand-year old sacrificial bowl, graven with a hymn announcing that the New England Patriots have not lost the Mandate of Heaven
February 8, 2026 at 4:52 PM
More super bowls: A three-thousand-year old sacrificial bowl, graven with a hymn announcing that the New England Patriots have not lost the Mandate of Heaven
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#OtD 8 Feb 1921 Peter Kropotkin, famous proponent of anarchist-communism, died of pneumonia in Russia. He took part in revolutionary groups in four countries and was a major contributor to anarchist theory. Works by and about him available here: shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/...
February 8, 2026 at 1:40 PM
#OtD 8 Feb 1921 Peter Kropotkin, famous proponent of anarchist-communism, died of pneumonia in Russia. He took part in revolutionary groups in four countries and was a major contributor to anarchist theory. Works by and about him available here: shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/...
My lord, I probably won't watch much of the game, but I may get a six pack of Bud after this 😂
www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_mh...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_mh...
Budweiser | Super Bowl LX Commercial 'American Icons'
YouTube video by Budweiser
www.youtube.com
February 8, 2026 at 4:15 PM
My lord, I probably won't watch much of the game, but I may get a six pack of Bud after this 😂
www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_mh...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_mh...
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Since Valentine's Day is approaching, I'm reposting some of my past Valentine's comics.
February 8, 2026 at 2:38 PM
Since Valentine's Day is approaching, I'm reposting some of my past Valentine's comics.
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God, it's hard just trying to communicate on the web. I've been seeing articles by folks about leaving Twitter/X and thinking "Really? Only now?" And I don't want to be that person re. Substack, about which bad rumours seem to be circulating. So I've migrated...
homunculusmusic.wordpress.com
homunculusmusic.wordpress.com
Homunculus
Marginalia from the worlds of science
homunculusmusic.wordpress.com
February 8, 2026 at 1:13 PM
God, it's hard just trying to communicate on the web. I've been seeing articles by folks about leaving Twitter/X and thinking "Really? Only now?" And I don't want to be that person re. Substack, about which bad rumours seem to be circulating. So I've migrated...
homunculusmusic.wordpress.com
homunculusmusic.wordpress.com
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You know how I keep saying that every damn skill and capacity is needed in this moment???
What do you know how to do that can serve in this critical time??
What do you know how to do that can serve in this critical time??
One man tracking people being deported & deportation flights at the Minneapolis airport.
One person creating a record for future inquiries & potential prosecutions.
Trevor Paglen's deep surveillance documentation now being done by everyday people.
www.npr.org/2026/02/06/n...
One person creating a record for future inquiries & potential prosecutions.
Trevor Paglen's deep surveillance documentation now being done by everyday people.
www.npr.org/2026/02/06/n...
Minneapolis now has daily deportation flights. One man has been documenting them
A professional airplane enthusiast has been tracking the federally chartered deportation flights out of the Minneapolis airport as DHS sends immigration detainees to other states and, eventually, othe...
www.npr.org
February 7, 2026 at 10:56 PM
You know how I keep saying that every damn skill and capacity is needed in this moment???
What do you know how to do that can serve in this critical time??
What do you know how to do that can serve in this critical time??
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Two active cases of tuberculosis and 18 cases of COVID-19 have been identified at a massive immigration detention center in El Paso, according to the local Democratic member of Congress.
www.texastribune.org/2026/02/07/i...
www.texastribune.org/2026/02/07/i...
Two tuberculosis cases detected at Camp East Montana ICE facility
Eighteen cases of COVID-19 were also identified. U.S. Rep. Veronica Escobar on Friday visited the 5,000-bed tent facility on the Fort Bliss Army base and said she saw many "chronic issues."
www.texastribune.org
February 7, 2026 at 8:54 PM
Two active cases of tuberculosis and 18 cases of COVID-19 have been identified at a massive immigration detention center in El Paso, according to the local Democratic member of Congress.
www.texastribune.org/2026/02/07/i...
www.texastribune.org/2026/02/07/i...
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Moonlight in the Adirondacks, Rockwell Kent
February 6, 2026 at 4:38 AM
Moonlight in the Adirondacks, Rockwell Kent
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Illustration from An Essay on Symbolic Colours by Frederic Portal, 1845
February 6, 2026 at 8:06 PM
Illustration from An Essay on Symbolic Colours by Frederic Portal, 1845
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The Starry Dome of the Church of San Gioacchino in Rome.
January 21, 2026 at 11:36 PM
The Starry Dome of the Church of San Gioacchino in Rome.
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Love is beautiful. ❤️
February 6, 2026 at 10:12 PM
Love is beautiful. ❤️
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Stop callinge them "data centers" and starte callinge them "slop peripherals"
February 5, 2026 at 6:02 PM
Stop callinge them "data centers" and starte callinge them "slop peripherals"
One more time ICYMI ✊🏼
February 6, 2026 at 7:10 PM
One more time ICYMI ✊🏼
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Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 11:50 AM
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
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Still Life with Boots, Water Bottle and PPE
February 5, 2026 at 10:23 PM
Still Life with Boots, Water Bottle and PPE