Schizachyrium scoparium
@schizachyrium.bsky.social
landscape architecture and ecology, bikes and bikepacking, urbanism, little bluestem. philly transplant.
this like like saying americans prefer very large gas-powered cars. yeah they buy them in great numbers, but could there be any other factor in the choices people make?
Right, this is true, but the OVERWHELMING evidence of the past 100 years of American life is that vastly more people want space and a car than a smaller unit and a car-free lifestyle. This is mostly why the suburban share of US population has grown relentlessly for the entire 20th and 21st century
Some people put a premium on space in my experience, others put a premium on not having to have a car and not being isolated out in the suburbs
November 19, 2025 at 1:23 AM
this like like saying americans prefer very large gas-powered cars. yeah they buy them in great numbers, but could there be any other factor in the choices people make?
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Happy 40th birthday to Bill Waterson’s ‘Calvin and Hobbes’. A work of consummate, stubborn, human, and more-than-human art.
November 18, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Happy 40th birthday to Bill Waterson’s ‘Calvin and Hobbes’. A work of consummate, stubborn, human, and more-than-human art.
not a ton of competition here for me
November 17, 2025 at 2:12 AM
not a ton of competition here for me
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They called them Near Abroad Direct Action Operations, NADA Ops. The "joke" in the CalSec cafeterias, which made its way out later in the hearings was that "What does the operator say when asked if there are civilians in the area? Nada...oops!". Even decades later, Arizona didn't find it funny.
October 31, 2025 at 1:16 AM
They called them Near Abroad Direct Action Operations, NADA Ops. The "joke" in the CalSec cafeterias, which made its way out later in the hearings was that "What does the operator say when asked if there are civilians in the area? Nada...oops!". Even decades later, Arizona didn't find it funny.
@congressmanboyle.bsky.social I hope you’re ready when this comes to Philly. You have a lot of immigrants and Americans who look like immigrants to ICE in your district.
A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico.
November 7, 2025 at 1:42 PM
@congressmanboyle.bsky.social I hope you’re ready when this comes to Philly. You have a lot of immigrants and Americans who look like immigrants to ICE in your district.
@congressmanboyle.bsky.social just spitballing here
I want a fucking Works Progress Administration devoted solely to auditing, investigating, and prosecuting every shitheel DOGE kid and MAGA cultist involved in gutting USAID, starving Gaza, and siccing ICE goons on our cities and towns
I’m a single-issue voter from now until the day I die: “hold the people who did this and all these other crimes responsible, no matter what it takes”
I’m gonna go to town halls and congressional field offices and bring it up ad infinitum
I’m gonna go to town halls and congressional field offices and bring it up ad infinitum
October 8, 2025 at 11:43 AM
@congressmanboyle.bsky.social just spitballing here
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Horrifying— Barbara Gomes Marques went with her US citizen husband and lawyer on 9/16 to a green card appointment at USCIS office in downtown LA where she was tricked into walking down a hallway away from them, was snatched by ICE and never came back. She now faces imminent deportation in Louisiana.
Los Angeles man demands answers after wife was detained at scheduled green card meeting
A man is speaking out and asking for help after his wife was detained by federal agents at the end of a scheduled green card hearing in downtown Los Angeles in early September.
www.cbsnews.com
September 30, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Horrifying— Barbara Gomes Marques went with her US citizen husband and lawyer on 9/16 to a green card appointment at USCIS office in downtown LA where she was tricked into walking down a hallway away from them, was snatched by ICE and never came back. She now faces imminent deportation in Louisiana.
this piece of rancid beef jerky has never felt the breeze in a sarong on an unseasonably warm day and it shows
Hegseth: "No more dudes in dresses. No more climate change worship ... we are done with that shit."
September 30, 2025 at 1:21 PM
this piece of rancid beef jerky has never felt the breeze in a sarong on an unseasonably warm day and it shows
because republicans have been hollering about doing this for my entire life, and democrats like this guy have either placated them or not taken them seriously
This. This administration is even worse than any of us thought possible. Who had destroy NIH, CDC, USAID, EPA, scientific research all at the same time on their bingo card?
My thesis is that no matter how doomer you were in Nov. 2024, we're probably past your worst-case scenario for the first 9 months of this administration.
It's very strange for me to realize I wasn't pessimistic enough.
www.thebulwark.com/p/we-are-in-...
It's very strange for me to realize I wasn't pessimistic enough.
www.thebulwark.com/p/we-are-in-...
September 30, 2025 at 5:38 AM
because republicans have been hollering about doing this for my entire life, and democrats like this guy have either placated them or not taken them seriously
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Can’t we just have one day where everything isn’t stupid
September 23, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Can’t we just have one day where everything isn’t stupid
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a key reason they see an opening for such a blatant speech crackdown is that they already did one to Palestinian and anti-genocide activists and it got enthusiastic bipartisan approval
September 18, 2025 at 2:21 AM
a key reason they see an opening for such a blatant speech crackdown is that they already did one to Palestinian and anti-genocide activists and it got enthusiastic bipartisan approval
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Unbelievably grim account of what happens after you are hit by a car in California.
sfstandard.com/opinion/2025...
sfstandard.com/opinion/2025...
Griffin Gaffney on what happens when you get hit by a car in San Francisco
The Standard’s CEO tells the story of a near-death experience — and the endless complications that followed.
sfstandard.com
September 15, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Unbelievably grim account of what happens after you are hit by a car in California.
sfstandard.com/opinion/2025...
sfstandard.com/opinion/2025...
philly’s bike infrastructure in a nutshell. and every 4-block stretch is a herculean effort of advocacy
What’s the point of making a cycling lane that just dead ends and forces cyclists into traffic? Cyclists and motorists are unprepared for the merge into traffic . Couldn’t make 2 more blocks of bike lane ? Why would it take up some parking? Dumb and dangerous.
Here’s the best example where 5 St SW protected cycle track was held back from even higher potential: Connecting to the Bow River Pathway System.
The two blocks between the Bow River and 3 Ave SW remain disconnected from 5 St SW Cycle Track to this day. 🤨
#yycBike #Calgary
bsky.app/profile/myke...
The two blocks between the Bow River and 3 Ave SW remain disconnected from 5 St SW Cycle Track to this day. 🤨
#yycBike #Calgary
bsky.app/profile/myke...
September 14, 2025 at 4:35 PM
philly’s bike infrastructure in a nutshell. and every 4-block stretch is a herculean effort of advocacy
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Amazing how those democratic lawmakers who were hunted down in their homes in the middle of the night in Minnesota weren’t a watershed moment of political violence, huh?
The assassination of right-wing influencer Charlie Kirk marks a watershed moment in a surge of US political violence, one that some experts fear will inflame an already-fractured country and inspire more unrest reut.rs/41PWH4l
Nation on edge: Experts warn of “vicious spiral" in political violence after Kirk killing
The assassination of right-wing influencer Charlie Kirk marks a watershed moment in a surge of U.S. political violence, one that some experts fear will inflame an already-fractured country and inspire more unrest.
reut.rs
September 11, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Amazing how those democratic lawmakers who were hunted down in their homes in the middle of the night in Minnesota weren’t a watershed moment of political violence, huh?
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Once again, I'm feeling pretty good about canceling my nyt subscription.
Everyone should instead subscribe to the Philadelphia @inquirer.com, which doesn't do this bullshit.
Everyone should instead subscribe to the Philadelphia @inquirer.com, which doesn't do this bullshit.
September 11, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Once again, I'm feeling pretty good about canceling my nyt subscription.
Everyone should instead subscribe to the Philadelphia @inquirer.com, which doesn't do this bullshit.
Everyone should instead subscribe to the Philadelphia @inquirer.com, which doesn't do this bullshit.
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this is the most embarrassing shit i've ever seen in my whole life
What's your take on the moment we're living through in 50 words or less. [you able to quote post]
August 17, 2025 at 11:05 PM
this is the most embarrassing shit i've ever seen in my whole life
suttree is one of the best american novels of all time and the intro chapter is just one incredible long description of landscape and buildings lol
August 9, 2025 at 5:46 PM
suttree is one of the best american novels of all time and the intro chapter is just one incredible long description of landscape and buildings lol
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chuck schumer is a world historical fuck up
July 27, 2025 at 11:14 PM
chuck schumer is a world historical fuck up
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these people think you're stupid and hold you in absolute fucking contempt
June 27, 2025 at 2:42 PM
these people think you're stupid and hold you in absolute fucking contempt
What is common knowledge in your field, but shocks outsiders?
The work Landscape Architecture produces is a huge carbon source and urban parks will never sequester any significant amount of carbon if any, so we should really stop acting like they do. There’s a million better ways to address carbon.
The work Landscape Architecture produces is a huge carbon source and urban parks will never sequester any significant amount of carbon if any, so we should really stop acting like they do. There’s a million better ways to address carbon.
What is common knowledge in your field, but shocks outsiders?
Food systems are the #2 contributor to climate change, the #1 driver of deforestation, the #1 driver of biodiversity loss on land, and the #1 user of freshwater.
(It follows that food systems contain many solutions to these problems.)
Food systems are the #2 contributor to climate change, the #1 driver of deforestation, the #1 driver of biodiversity loss on land, and the #1 user of freshwater.
(It follows that food systems contain many solutions to these problems.)
What is common knowledge in your field, but. shocks outsiders?
Most algae isn't bad or harmful. #NotAllAlgae
Most algae isn't bad or harmful. #NotAllAlgae
June 17, 2025 at 2:36 PM
What is common knowledge in your field, but shocks outsiders?
The work Landscape Architecture produces is a huge carbon source and urban parks will never sequester any significant amount of carbon if any, so we should really stop acting like they do. There’s a million better ways to address carbon.
The work Landscape Architecture produces is a huge carbon source and urban parks will never sequester any significant amount of carbon if any, so we should really stop acting like they do. There’s a million better ways to address carbon.
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It's time for a thread about how to participate in demonstrations as safely and effectively as possible.
First—if at all possible—don't go by yourself. Go in a group of friends you trust. Talk in advance about what you aim to accomplish and what each of you needs.
crimethinc.com/affinitygroup
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First—if at all possible—don't go by yourself. Go in a group of friends you trust. Talk in advance about what you aim to accomplish and what each of you needs.
crimethinc.com/affinitygroup
🧵⬇️
How to Form an Affinity Group
You and your friends already constitute an affinity group, the fundamental building block of anarchist organization. Here’s how affinity groups work and the advantages they offer.
crimethinc.com
June 8, 2025 at 10:14 PM
It's time for a thread about how to participate in demonstrations as safely and effectively as possible.
First—if at all possible—don't go by yourself. Go in a group of friends you trust. Talk in advance about what you aim to accomplish and what each of you needs.
crimethinc.com/affinitygroup
🧵⬇️
First—if at all possible—don't go by yourself. Go in a group of friends you trust. Talk in advance about what you aim to accomplish and what each of you needs.
crimethinc.com/affinitygroup
🧵⬇️
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A land ruled by fear is not the land of the free.
June 6, 2025 at 12:03 AM
A land ruled by fear is not the land of the free.