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Ozlandclone 🌪️ 🩵💛🩵
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Iowa State Cyclone fan. Love trees and prairies. Retired environmental and political organizer.
We were able to see the northern lights here in NE Kansas. Drove out of town to get a good shot, but could see them in town above the Missouri River. Using a phone camera helps bring the colors out. #northernlights
November 12, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Spirited crowd at the Legends in Wyandotte County, Kansas (KCK). It was moving and for a little while, gave me hope.
#nokings
October 19, 2025 at 12:26 AM
It's aster time! I have never seen so many monarchs, bumble bees and other pollinators in my yard. I had 6 monarchs on my New England aster at one time! Maybe they are on their migration. Anyway, shows how important late season natives are. 🌱 #nativeplants, #pollinators
September 29, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Finally, I got a monarch cat on common milkweed. First time in 3 years. 🌱 #nativeplants #pollinators #pixel7pro
September 12, 2025 at 6:31 PM
A buckeye butterfly feeds on my late season liatris. I can't remember what I planted, but I think it's aspera. 🌱 #nativeplants
September 3, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Ya, while being informative, this makes me sad.

youtu.be/dp19ZKI2m2w?...
The Man Who Saw MAGA Coming (w. Matthew MacWilliams)
YouTube video by The Bulwark
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August 30, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Inter-species kerfuffle: behind the eastern tiger swallowtail is a monarch battling for the same zinnia. After a brief dust up in the air, they took turns feeding on the flower. 🌱#pollinators
August 20, 2025 at 1:18 AM
A fritillary of some kind feeds on my Red Whisker Clammyweed, Polanisia dodecandra, on a hot Kansas day. This is my first time planting clammyweed. It's an annual but I have the feeling I'll be seeing it for years to come. 🌱 #nativeplants #pollinators
August 19, 2025 at 2:03 AM
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A tale of two vibes.
August 16, 2025 at 4:15 PM
I feel this guy's pain. 😅
oystercatcher
"What, I meant to do that"
July 28, 2025 at 1:17 AM
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July 17, 2025 at 1:46 PM
On the shores of beautiful Lake Superior, Algoma District, Ontario. ❤️

#nature #photography #lakesuperior #Canada
July 17, 2025 at 12:18 AM
This just totally breaks my heart. 💔
How Trump’s USAID Cuts Wrecked Lives and Killed Children
YouTube video by The Bulwark
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June 27, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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June 18, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Purple coneflowers are my favorite. Here are 2 of the 4 species I have: Echinacea pallida -pale PCF - and Echinacea paradoxa - yellow coneflower. This year I have successfully saved most of my PCFs from the ravenous groundhog. 😄 #nativeplants🌱
June 18, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Gillenia stipulata, American ipecac, is blooming now, though the plant is known more for its striking fall foliage color. I thought it might be ruined when the groundhog chewed it down this spring, but he actually helped it be less leggy. 🌱 #nativeplants
June 15, 2025 at 1:22 AM
My fav sign of the day in KCK.
June 14, 2025 at 7:46 PM
You are not alone. Andor: "I have friends everywhere"
Tyranny requires constant effort. Oppression is the mask of fear. Authority is brittle. And most importantly: you are never truly alone when standing up to authoritarianism. You have friends everywhere.
June 9, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Fast-paced action in the garden this evening. 🌱 #mollusks
June 8, 2025 at 1:40 AM
I lost many butterfly milkweeds in my backyard over the winter, but this one growing out of the front steps is doing great. 🤷
#sidewalkflowers #nativeplants 🌱
June 7, 2025 at 9:12 PM
The bumble bees (several species) are loving the white wild indigo. They are also crawling inside my penstemons. So interesting to watch. 🌱 #nativeplants #pollinators
June 3, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Echinacea paradoxa, yellow coneflower, stands out this evening in my Kansas landscape. ❤️
🌱 #nativeplants
June 1, 2025 at 1:47 AM
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A new analysis estimates the Trump/GOP budget's rollback of clean energy tax credits will eliminate nearly 830,000 jobs by 2030 and raise energy prices by 50% by 2035. 

Just another way the "big beautiful bill" will make the economy worse and your life more expensive.
Trump’s tax bill to cost 830,000 jobs and drive up bills and pollution emissions, experts warn
Bill will unleash millions more tonnes of planet-heating pollution and couldn’t come at a worse time, say experts
www.theguardian.com
May 27, 2025 at 2:01 AM