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Willow Wilder
@willowwilder.bsky.social
She/Her. Solar Punk Supervillain. Below average Musician. I grow trees and shrubs native to the driftless region. Expert at booping animal noses. 🏳️‍⚧️🌲🌺🐝🦋 🎸🪕🎺 🐶 😺
This app is just as bad as Twitter and the left is just as bad as the right. You're all just a bunch of rabid vultures.
Some thoughts and an apology.

I'm going to step away from Bluesky for a bit. It's already enough dealing with the attacks on the trans community without being torn apart by my own community like this for a mistake.
January 29, 2025 at 6:10 AM
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I am so blown away that we met our goal before the stream has even started. Thank you thank you thank you. Everyone is already making such a huge difference in the lives of so many trans people.

Y'all have already absolutely exceeded my wildest dreams, so with that in mind...

Let's try for 100k.
January 27, 2025 at 5:05 PM
This. You non voters had your big "stand up to them Dems moment" and it is the vulnerable people who will pay the price for your bs. "What about the Dems!" You say. Well fuck them too ; but, we are talking about you right now. Take responsibility for your actions.
“The Democrats didn’t do enough on Gaza, so I withheld my vote to make a statement.”

“Well, Trump won and now he’s gonna destroy Gaza.”

“Yep. We’re paying the price for the Democrats’ incompetence.”

“‘We?’ The Gazans are paying the price, not us”

Pause.

“I needed to make a statement.”
January 26, 2025 at 8:57 PM
This is probably the plant that got me interested in botany. I found it not knowing what it was in the woods as a teenager and I have loved it ever since. Ghost Plant or Ghost Pipe (Please Retire the other Name) is a plant with no Chlorophyll that gets nutrients from the roots of others plants.
This Ghostly Plant is Alive and Well in Wisconsin
White Ghost Pipe plants have been generating buzz on social media lately. These plants are easily mistaken for some type of fungi, as they grow in shaded areas close to trees and seem to have that fam...
volumeone.org
January 26, 2025 at 6:10 AM
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Remember, if you see any illegal immigrants

No you didn't.
January 23, 2025 at 11:42 PM
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They set up a snitch line for DEI in the federal government. If you feel like sending your best copies of the bee movie script or some queer smut, have at it.

DEIAtruth@opm.gov
January 23, 2025 at 12:44 AM
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The Transgender Law Centre works on supporting trans rights in areas like healthcare, employment, and immigration. They're trans-led and provide legal assistance, policy advocacy, public education. I've just donated and, if you can, I would recommend you do too <3 transgenderlawcenter.org/donate/
January 21, 2025 at 3:47 AM
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Weird that we have to say this, but the government doesn’t get to decide what gender a person is.
January 20, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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The House GOP's trans sports ban would subject girls as young as four to invasive physical inspections of their private parts by adult strangers.

Yes, really.

Republicans should focus on lowering costs instead of a bill that puts ALL girls at risk.
Rep. Mark Pocan on the GOP's Trans Sport Ban
YouTube video by repmarkpocan
youtube.com
January 14, 2025 at 9:16 PM
The plant database on this website is such an incredible resource. I think I end up on it daily.
Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center - The Botanic Garden of Texas
Explore Texas native plants in our sustainable gardens and arboretum and through our educational programs. Also home to the Native Plants of North America.
www.wildflower.org
January 13, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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False Claim #3: Solar panels generate too much waste and will overwhelm our landfills

The truth: The amount of waste that solar panels are expected to generate over the next few decades is trivial compared to the amount of waste that will be generated by fossil fuels
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Unfounded concerns about photovoltaic module toxicity and waste are slowing decarbonization - Nature Physics
Unsubstantiated claims that fuel growing public concern over the toxicity of photovoltaic modules and their waste are slowing their deployment. Clarifying these issues will help to facilitate the deca...
www.nature.com
January 10, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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Occasional reminder that there’s no, “it’s too late, its over” for anthropogenic climate change. Every molecule of CO2 that doesn’t go into the atmosphere makes a difference. Preventing 0.1 degree of warming makes a difference. Every bit of climate resilience we build together makes a difference.
January 9, 2025 at 1:18 AM
While you garden nerds like myself are thumbing through magazines and thinking of next year, remember to look toward native varieties of plants instead of cultivars from big box stores. Many non native cultivars provide little to no benefit for your native pollinator species. This year go native!
Picking Plants for Pollinators: The Cultivar Conundrum
What are cultivars, and do they have the same benefits to pollinators as non-cultivars? The answer depends—not all cultivars are created equally.
xerces.org
January 8, 2025 at 10:42 PM
My favorite thing about playing banjo is that so few people play the banjo. For this reason, you can just do simple rolls over a few chords and people think you're a banjo deity.
January 7, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Did you know there are several species of cold weather cactus native to the Midwest? They are called prickly pear and are from the genus Opuntia. This is Optuntia macrohiza or the common/plains prickly pear. So if you have been looking for a snow cactus...
Opuntia macrorhiza (Plains Prickly Pear): Minnesota Wildflowers
Photos and information about Minnesota flora - Plains Prickly Pear: cactus with 2 to 3-inch showy yellow flower, sometimes red at the petal base, with yellow or red stamens
www.minnesotawildflowers.info
January 6, 2025 at 6:48 PM