Thistlebloom Farm
@thistlebloomfarm.bsky.social
Thistlebloom Farm was built in 1860. It has over 77 acres of mixed land, a house, 2 barns and a shed. It is located on Nipmuc and Pocumtuck land (aka Amherst, MA). Sometimes the farm and its current guardian have arguments.
Spouse (who's been going through a lot lately) decided that rather than spending his birthday night at the Amherst Inn (my treat), he wanted to have his birthday breakfast there. So we'll stay the night before and he can wake up and be pampered by humans.
Barn: *creak*
Hens: 👀 "Take us with you!"
Barn: *creak*
Hens: 👀 "Take us with you!"
June 29, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Spouse (who's been going through a lot lately) decided that rather than spending his birthday night at the Amherst Inn (my treat), he wanted to have his birthday breakfast there. So we'll stay the night before and he can wake up and be pampered by humans.
Barn: *creak*
Hens: 👀 "Take us with you!"
Barn: *creak*
Hens: 👀 "Take us with you!"
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"If we allow American food into Britain that has been produced with banned pesticides, or in unhygienic factory farms... then we have to let British farmers use those same methods" - @herdyshepherd.bsky.social
Lower welfare imports would cause a race to the bottom.
Lower welfare imports would cause a race to the bottom.
Keep American meat out of Britain
unherd.com
April 17, 2025 at 10:04 AM
"If we allow American food into Britain that has been produced with banned pesticides, or in unhygienic factory farms... then we have to let British farmers use those same methods" - @herdyshepherd.bsky.social
Lower welfare imports would cause a race to the bottom.
Lower welfare imports would cause a race to the bottom.
Spouse and I had a blissful, 1-night getaway at the Amherst Inn Friday. I've always loved working with them (they buy eggs from us), but this was special. It's a gorgeous, immaculate, quiet place with super-comfortable beds, great breakfasts and lovely hosts! www.amherstinnma.com
Welcome to Amherst Inn - Your Historic Victorian Bed and Breakfast GetawayStarStarStarStarStar
Welcome to Amherst Inn - Your Historic Victorian Bed and Breakfast Getaway
www.amherstinnma.com
June 15, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Spouse and I had a blissful, 1-night getaway at the Amherst Inn Friday. I've always loved working with them (they buy eggs from us), but this was special. It's a gorgeous, immaculate, quiet place with super-comfortable beds, great breakfasts and lovely hosts! www.amherstinnma.com
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We believe in the Constitution, Bill of Rights, separation of powers, and checks and balances.
The U.S. was founded in opposition to monarchy. We fought for democracy over dictatorship.
What the Trump regime is doing is the antithesis of the values this nation was founded upon.
The U.S. was founded in opposition to monarchy. We fought for democracy over dictatorship.
What the Trump regime is doing is the antithesis of the values this nation was founded upon.
June 11, 2025 at 5:01 PM
We believe in the Constitution, Bill of Rights, separation of powers, and checks and balances.
The U.S. was founded in opposition to monarchy. We fought for democracy over dictatorship.
What the Trump regime is doing is the antithesis of the values this nation was founded upon.
The U.S. was founded in opposition to monarchy. We fought for democracy over dictatorship.
What the Trump regime is doing is the antithesis of the values this nation was founded upon.
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@woodknowledgewales.bsky.social have publised a paradigm shifting report in how we think about buildings:
Welcome to a new era where we have expanded our notion of what buildings are. They are carbon assets - a place to store carbon.
woodknowledge.wales/using-wood-i...
Welcome to a new era where we have expanded our notion of what buildings are. They are carbon assets - a place to store carbon.
woodknowledge.wales/using-wood-i...
Using Wood in Construction as a significant Greenhouse Gas Removal Mechanism - Woodknowledge Wales
A report summarising Home-Grown Homes research undertaken by Woodknowledge Wales, the BioComposites Centre and the ASBP that seeks to redefine the role of timber and other biogenic materials in constr...
woodknowledge.wales
June 10, 2025 at 12:08 PM
@woodknowledgewales.bsky.social have publised a paradigm shifting report in how we think about buildings:
Welcome to a new era where we have expanded our notion of what buildings are. They are carbon assets - a place to store carbon.
woodknowledge.wales/using-wood-i...
Welcome to a new era where we have expanded our notion of what buildings are. They are carbon assets - a place to store carbon.
woodknowledge.wales/using-wood-i...
Me: I'm going to take this moment to say that I very much love @repmcgovern.bsky.social and am so proud that he's my U.S. Representative.
Barn: I will not fall on him.
Chickens: We trill for him as we roost.
Barn: I will not fall on him.
Chickens: We trill for him as we roost.
May 28, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Me: I'm going to take this moment to say that I very much love @repmcgovern.bsky.social and am so proud that he's my U.S. Representative.
Barn: I will not fall on him.
Chickens: We trill for him as we roost.
Barn: I will not fall on him.
Chickens: We trill for him as we roost.
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My favorite thing in Liège.
May 27, 2025 at 9:24 PM
My favorite thing in Liège.
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Great visualisation.
Also, at some point this speeds up again. For now, some regions of Greenland and Antarctica accumulate more ice as temperatures rise, while others lose more ice. As temps rise, the areas losing more become bigger, and the ones accumulating more eventually become smaller.
Also, at some point this speeds up again. For now, some regions of Greenland and Antarctica accumulate more ice as temperatures rise, while others lose more ice. As temps rise, the areas losing more become bigger, and the ones accumulating more eventually become smaller.
Despite some misinformation in recent headlines, the long-term trend is still downward for land ice in #Antarctica and #Greenland...
My visualization can also be downloaded at zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i.... It was just updated for data through February 2025.
My visualization can also be downloaded at zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i.... It was just updated for data through February 2025.
May 26, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Great visualisation.
Also, at some point this speeds up again. For now, some regions of Greenland and Antarctica accumulate more ice as temperatures rise, while others lose more ice. As temps rise, the areas losing more become bigger, and the ones accumulating more eventually become smaller.
Also, at some point this speeds up again. For now, some regions of Greenland and Antarctica accumulate more ice as temperatures rise, while others lose more ice. As temps rise, the areas losing more become bigger, and the ones accumulating more eventually become smaller.
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🚨 I'm calling it:
The two year average peaks at 1.6°C above pre-industrial.
As I said back in November, not expected, but not surprising either, considering accelerated global warming.
The Paris limit of +1.5 is dead and buried.
The two year average peaks at 1.6°C above pre-industrial.
As I said back in November, not expected, but not surprising either, considering accelerated global warming.
The Paris limit of +1.5 is dead and buried.
May 24, 2025 at 8:30 PM
🚨 I'm calling it:
The two year average peaks at 1.6°C above pre-industrial.
As I said back in November, not expected, but not surprising either, considering accelerated global warming.
The Paris limit of +1.5 is dead and buried.
The two year average peaks at 1.6°C above pre-industrial.
As I said back in November, not expected, but not surprising either, considering accelerated global warming.
The Paris limit of +1.5 is dead and buried.
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🧵🧪Two days ago, Thursday 22nd May, was the first time this month that the daily average atmospheric CO₂ concentration dipped below 430 ppm at the Mauna Loa Observatory. 430 ppm is a 35% increase over the first May average measurement at the station of 317.5 ppm in 1958.
May 24, 2025 at 7:29 AM
🧵🧪Two days ago, Thursday 22nd May, was the first time this month that the daily average atmospheric CO₂ concentration dipped below 430 ppm at the Mauna Loa Observatory. 430 ppm is a 35% increase over the first May average measurement at the station of 317.5 ppm in 1958.
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Wishing everyone a safe and happy Memorial Day 🇺🇸
🌱 #gardensky #memorialday #smallbusiness #plantnative #growyourownfood
Wishing everyone a safe and happy Memorial Day 🇺🇸
🌱 #gardensky #memorialday #smallbusiness #plantnative #growyourownfood
May 25, 2025 at 12:20 AM
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Wishing everyone a safe and happy Memorial Day 🇺🇸
🌱 #gardensky #memorialday #smallbusiness #plantnative #growyourownfood
Wishing everyone a safe and happy Memorial Day 🇺🇸
🌱 #gardensky #memorialday #smallbusiness #plantnative #growyourownfood
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Mind-boggling: Stars orbiting the black hole at the heart of our Milky Way galaxy over a period of nearly 20 years
(Credit: ESO/GRAVITY Collaboration)
(Credit: ESO/GRAVITY Collaboration)
May 25, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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And then there's this www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
US FDA suspends food safety quality checks after staff cuts
The Food and Drug Administration is suspending a quality control program for its food testing laboratories as a result of staff cuts at the Department of Health and Human Services, according to an internal email seen by Reuters.
www.reuters.com
April 18, 2025 at 12:01 AM
And then there's this www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
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The EPA canceled 781 grants worth billions of dollars aimed at helping people and communities deal with the impacts of climate change.
The EPA is canceling almost 800 environmental justice grants, court filing reveals
The Environmental Protection Agency acknowledged in a court filing that it plans to terminate 781 grants, almost twice the number previously reported.
wapo.st
April 30, 2025 at 7:27 AM
The EPA canceled 781 grants worth billions of dollars aimed at helping people and communities deal with the impacts of climate change.
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Donald Trump's administration targeting NOAA is going to get people killed.
April 11, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Donald Trump's administration targeting NOAA is going to get people killed.
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Great piece by @herdyshepherd.bsky.social on the fallacy of using offsets to pay for nature restoration - even if they work (& there are good reasons to be doubtful), they could only offset what is being lost now, not recover what needs to be restored unherd.com/2025/02/labo...
Labour's war on the countryside
unherd.com
February 11, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Great piece by @herdyshepherd.bsky.social on the fallacy of using offsets to pay for nature restoration - even if they work (& there are good reasons to be doubtful), they could only offset what is being lost now, not recover what needs to be restored unherd.com/2025/02/labo...
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We bought a pig today. With piglets. You’re welcome.
February 23, 2025 at 6:52 PM
We bought a pig today. With piglets. You’re welcome.
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I read Philip every day on here to remind myself that America is full of decent and good people, and this shitshow isn’t representative
Thinking of you all x
Thinking of you all x
"as with the war, Zelensky didn’t start this Oval Office exchange. Was he supposed to tolerate an extended public denigration of the Ukrainian people, who have been fighting a war for survival for three years?” — WSJ edit board
Gift link:
www.wsj.com/opinion/puti...
Gift link:
www.wsj.com/opinion/puti...
Opinion | Putin Wins the Trump-Zelensky Oval Office Spectacle
Vice President Vance starts a public fight that only helps Russia’s dictator.
www.wsj.com
March 1, 2025 at 10:34 PM
I read Philip every day on here to remind myself that America is full of decent and good people, and this shitshow isn’t representative
Thinking of you all x
Thinking of you all x
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A mix of classroom and field learning looking at all we’ve learnt and with Caroline Grindrod
Has had farmers with over a million acres on it… and loads have changed because of it…
Has had farmers with over a million acres on it… and loads have changed because of it…
March 27, 2025 at 8:11 PM
A mix of classroom and field learning looking at all we’ve learnt and with Caroline Grindrod
Has had farmers with over a million acres on it… and loads have changed because of it…
Has had farmers with over a million acres on it… and loads have changed because of it…
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The Cumbrian poet Norman Nicholson (1914-1987) included 'hog-holes' (different spelling) in his wonderful poem 'Wall':
A wall walks slowly.
At each give of the ground,
Each creak of the rock's ribs,
It puts its foot gingerly,
Arches its hog-holes,
Lets cobble and knee-joint
Settle and grip.
A wall walks slowly.
At each give of the ground,
Each creak of the rock's ribs,
It puts its foot gingerly,
Arches its hog-holes,
Lets cobble and knee-joint
Settle and grip.
April 6, 2025 at 11:24 AM
The Cumbrian poet Norman Nicholson (1914-1987) included 'hog-holes' (different spelling) in his wonderful poem 'Wall':
A wall walks slowly.
At each give of the ground,
Each creak of the rock's ribs,
It puts its foot gingerly,
Arches its hog-holes,
Lets cobble and knee-joint
Settle and grip.
A wall walks slowly.
At each give of the ground,
Each creak of the rock's ribs,
It puts its foot gingerly,
Arches its hog-holes,
Lets cobble and knee-joint
Settle and grip.
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President Trump has made it abundantly clear that he doesn't care about the farmers who feed, fuel, and grow our country.
www.startribune.com/trump-new-ta...
www.startribune.com/trump-new-ta...
Trump’s new tariffs place even more stress on Minnesota farm economy
The tariffs, and likely counter-tariffs targeting agriculture exports, come as Inver Grove Heights-based CHS posts a rare loss, signaling a continued downturn.
www.startribune.com
April 4, 2025 at 3:16 PM
President Trump has made it abundantly clear that he doesn't care about the farmers who feed, fuel, and grow our country.
www.startribune.com/trump-new-ta...
www.startribune.com/trump-new-ta...
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Hundreds of millions of bees, almost 80% of bees in the US, have died over he past eight months. Researchers don't know why.
Here is what this means:
Here is what this means:
March 31, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Hundreds of millions of bees, almost 80% of bees in the US, have died over he past eight months. Researchers don't know why.
Here is what this means:
Here is what this means: