Madrona Murphy
@arbutocrat.bsky.social
Mercenary botanist (mostly for @kwiaht.org), local scientist, pro-abortion, nerd, stoic, ecofeminist killjoy, irreverent descendant of Puritan colonists, she/her; moreover, ICE must be destroyed.
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every post is like i bet you didn’t know this absolutely wonderful thing about rob reiner and each one is different
December 15, 2025 at 4:42 AM
every post is like i bet you didn’t know this absolutely wonderful thing about rob reiner and each one is different
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my favorite thing about Rob Reiner is that my mom has always said "he's a good Jewish boy" cause he gave his mom the one-line cameo and top tier film quote "I'll have what she's having"
Happy Hanukah
Happy Hanukah
I did not expect to feel this emotionally connected to rob reiner
December 15, 2025 at 3:47 AM
my favorite thing about Rob Reiner is that my mom has always said "he's a good Jewish boy" cause he gave his mom the one-line cameo and top tier film quote "I'll have what she's having"
Happy Hanukah
Happy Hanukah
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The ACA isn't just "health care for people who don't have a conventional employer." It also disallows something that was incredibly common 20 years ago, which I fear is getting lost to generational memory: insurance companies could deny you health care for essentially any previous health problem.
I'm dubious about Amazon's commitment to keeping pre-existing conditions a thing of the past.
December 14, 2025 at 11:50 PM
The ACA isn't just "health care for people who don't have a conventional employer." It also disallows something that was incredibly common 20 years ago, which I fear is getting lost to generational memory: insurance companies could deny you health care for essentially any previous health problem.
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I understand that a lot of folks have been misled by fear-mongering and powerful regressive voices but it’s still astonishing to me that so many have fallen for the idea that oppressively policing other people’s gender identity and expression could in any way be part of an enlightened future.
December 13, 2025 at 5:49 PM
I understand that a lot of folks have been misled by fear-mongering and powerful regressive voices but it’s still astonishing to me that so many have fallen for the idea that oppressively policing other people’s gender identity and expression could in any way be part of an enlightened future.
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Brilliant. Artist created a work-around to Trump's face on national parks passes
#NationalParks #NPS #parks #Trump #environment @sfgate.com
www.sfgate.com/national-par...
#NationalParks #NPS #parks #Trump #environment @sfgate.com
www.sfgate.com/national-par...
This artist created a work-around to Trump's face on national parks passes
"It's important to have beauty on the pass."
www.sfgate.com
December 13, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Brilliant. Artist created a work-around to Trump's face on national parks passes
#NationalParks #NPS #parks #Trump #environment @sfgate.com
www.sfgate.com/national-par...
#NationalParks #NPS #parks #Trump #environment @sfgate.com
www.sfgate.com/national-par...
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i am not slave to computer. computer is slave to me
December 13, 2025 at 3:37 AM
i am not slave to computer. computer is slave to me
Had beets getting old, so we made beet chocolate cake. I've made it before, but this is a particularly nice version. I left off the glaze, and just ate it with homemade seaweed caramel ice-cream. www.bonappetit.com/recipe/heartbeet-chocolate-cake
Heartbeet Chocolate Cake
Earthy-sweet beet purée gives this gluten-free chocolate cake a red velvet hue but also lends so much buttery moistness that you'd never guess the cake is dairy-free as well.
www.bonappetit.com
December 12, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Had beets getting old, so we made beet chocolate cake. I've made it before, but this is a particularly nice version. I left off the glaze, and just ate it with homemade seaweed caramel ice-cream. www.bonappetit.com/recipe/heartbeet-chocolate-cake
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I'm recruiting a Ph.D. student for Fall 2026.
Interested in comparative studies and trait evolution in fishes?
Send me an email with a CV and research interests. Please take a look at my website (jcorush.github.io ) for more information about my research.
#hybridization #minnows #mudskippers
Interested in comparative studies and trait evolution in fishes?
Send me an email with a CV and research interests. Please take a look at my website (jcorush.github.io ) for more information about my research.
#hybridization #minnows #mudskippers
Corush Lab
jcorush.github.io
December 4, 2025 at 12:38 AM
I'm recruiting a Ph.D. student for Fall 2026.
Interested in comparative studies and trait evolution in fishes?
Send me an email with a CV and research interests. Please take a look at my website (jcorush.github.io ) for more information about my research.
#hybridization #minnows #mudskippers
Interested in comparative studies and trait evolution in fishes?
Send me an email with a CV and research interests. Please take a look at my website (jcorush.github.io ) for more information about my research.
#hybridization #minnows #mudskippers
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Field botanist job with Virginia Natural Heritage, based in Roanoke, VA. $55-65K pay range. Please share widely! www.jobs.virginia.gov/jobs/field-b...
Field Botanist - Roanoke, Virginia, United States
Title: Field Botanist
State Role Title: Scientist II
Hiring Range: $55,000 - $65,000
Pay Band: 5
Agency: Dept Conservation & Recreation
Location: Roanoke, VA
Agency Website: www.dcr.virginia.gov
R...
www.jobs.virginia.gov
December 10, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Field botanist job with Virginia Natural Heritage, based in Roanoke, VA. $55-65K pay range. Please share widely! www.jobs.virginia.gov/jobs/field-b...
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Skagit County has ordered Mount Vernon and upriver communities of Hamilton, Rockport, Marblemount and Concrete to evacuate to high ground as soon as possible.
Everyone in Skagit County living in the 100-year floodplain will likely receive an evacuation notice today.
Everyone in Skagit County living in the 100-year floodplain will likely receive an evacuation notice today.
December 11, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Skagit County has ordered Mount Vernon and upriver communities of Hamilton, Rockport, Marblemount and Concrete to evacuate to high ground as soon as possible.
Everyone in Skagit County living in the 100-year floodplain will likely receive an evacuation notice today.
Everyone in Skagit County living in the 100-year floodplain will likely receive an evacuation notice today.
The local classical station seems to have decided that x-mas carols are by definition "classical". I hate it.
December 11, 2025 at 2:18 AM
The local classical station seems to have decided that x-mas carols are by definition "classical". I hate it.
Feeling very thankful for rainshadows today. And thinking of everyone evacuating in the Skagit Valley.
December 11, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Feeling very thankful for rainshadows today. And thinking of everyone evacuating in the Skagit Valley.
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it’s so weird to think about how sad food would be in the rest of the world without foods indigenous to the Americas
it’d be interesting to see folks in europe do a pre-columbian exchange restaurant, like their Owamni
it’d be interesting to see folks in europe do a pre-columbian exchange restaurant, like their Owamni
December 7, 2025 at 4:00 AM
it’s so weird to think about how sad food would be in the rest of the world without foods indigenous to the Americas
it’d be interesting to see folks in europe do a pre-columbian exchange restaurant, like their Owamni
it’d be interesting to see folks in europe do a pre-columbian exchange restaurant, like their Owamni
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My org @fightforthefuture.org has been “de-googling” for the last year.
We’re totally off Google suite, Google docs, Drive, Calendar.
We’re using Signal and Element for chat, Nextcloud for docs, etc
Planning to publish a “how to” guide for other nonprofits and activist groups soonish.
We’re totally off Google suite, Google docs, Drive, Calendar.
We’re using Signal and Element for chat, Nextcloud for docs, etc
Planning to publish a “how to” guide for other nonprofits and activist groups soonish.
December 6, 2025 at 7:53 PM
My org @fightforthefuture.org has been “de-googling” for the last year.
We’re totally off Google suite, Google docs, Drive, Calendar.
We’re using Signal and Element for chat, Nextcloud for docs, etc
Planning to publish a “how to” guide for other nonprofits and activist groups soonish.
We’re totally off Google suite, Google docs, Drive, Calendar.
We’re using Signal and Element for chat, Nextcloud for docs, etc
Planning to publish a “how to” guide for other nonprofits and activist groups soonish.
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very much enjoy how in yiddish, to do a big stretch is to tseleygn (צעלײגן), and also someone who's a big shot is a tseleyger (צעלײגער, "one who does a big stretch"), which is all very complementary to every single cat
December 7, 2025 at 2:39 AM
very much enjoy how in yiddish, to do a big stretch is to tseleygn (צעלײגן), and also someone who's a big shot is a tseleyger (צעלײגער, "one who does a big stretch"), which is all very complementary to every single cat
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A short gallery post In praise of the wondrous 'Howgate Wonder', producer of mighty-sized #apples, year-in, year-out:
orchardnotes.com/2025/12/02/g...
The single apple on the scale in that fourth pic weighed in at 822g. Or 1lb 15oz in old money.
That's my Champion apple of 2025, folks! 🏆
orchardnotes.com/2025/12/02/g...
The single apple on the scale in that fourth pic weighed in at 822g. Or 1lb 15oz in old money.
That's my Champion apple of 2025, folks! 🏆
December 4, 2025 at 7:37 AM
A short gallery post In praise of the wondrous 'Howgate Wonder', producer of mighty-sized #apples, year-in, year-out:
orchardnotes.com/2025/12/02/g...
The single apple on the scale in that fourth pic weighed in at 822g. Or 1lb 15oz in old money.
That's my Champion apple of 2025, folks! 🏆
orchardnotes.com/2025/12/02/g...
The single apple on the scale in that fourth pic weighed in at 822g. Or 1lb 15oz in old money.
That's my Champion apple of 2025, folks! 🏆
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Good night Bluesky.
Together is the only way we build liveable todays and tomorrows.
The only way out is through.
We must destroy ICE & smash fascism.
Together is the only way we build liveable todays and tomorrows.
The only way out is through.
We must destroy ICE & smash fascism.
December 6, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Good night Bluesky.
Together is the only way we build liveable todays and tomorrows.
The only way out is through.
We must destroy ICE & smash fascism.
Together is the only way we build liveable todays and tomorrows.
The only way out is through.
We must destroy ICE & smash fascism.
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wow?????!!!???? I did NOT expect this
Am delighted that Song of Spores by @bogiperson.bsky.social is one of Scientific American’s Best Fiction of 2025!
Full list here: www.scientificamerican.com/article/scie...
Full list here: www.scientificamerican.com/article/scie...
December 5, 2025 at 8:32 PM
wow?????!!!???? I did NOT expect this
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The fact that a second strike like that in an armed conflict is definitely a war crime should not completely negate the fact that *there is no war* and ALL the strikes are cold-blooded murder. The whole chain of command are murderers.
December 5, 2025 at 1:20 AM
The fact that a second strike like that in an armed conflict is definitely a war crime should not completely negate the fact that *there is no war* and ALL the strikes are cold-blooded murder. The whole chain of command are murderers.
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If you see John Roberts in person, be sure to tell him he’s a worse Chief Justice than Roger Taney (pronounced “tawny”). That’s a nerd burn that will hit him where it counts.
December 5, 2025 at 12:23 AM
If you see John Roberts in person, be sure to tell him he’s a worse Chief Justice than Roger Taney (pronounced “tawny”). That’s a nerd burn that will hit him where it counts.
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I don't care if a non-disabled person accesses a disability accommodation for the same reason I don't care if a child whose parents are rich gets free lunch at school. We don't need to means test being a kind person. I have better things to do with my time than be a cop over social services.
December 4, 2025 at 2:32 AM
I don't care if a non-disabled person accesses a disability accommodation for the same reason I don't care if a child whose parents are rich gets free lunch at school. We don't need to means test being a kind person. I have better things to do with my time than be a cop over social services.
I know some of you all here have enjoyed my threads of local apples; if you're feeling generous, you can donate to make it possible to have more seedling apples identified. @kwiaht.org is raising funds through the Orcas Island Community Foundation oicf.fcsuite.com/erp/donate/c...
December 4, 2025 at 6:05 PM
I know some of you all here have enjoyed my threads of local apples; if you're feeling generous, you can donate to make it possible to have more seedling apples identified. @kwiaht.org is raising funds through the Orcas Island Community Foundation oicf.fcsuite.com/erp/donate/c...
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This is a gift. Thank you to @siembranc.bsky.social for sharing this new toolkit with what they did when Border Patrol showed up in NC: docs.google.com/document/d/1... - share far and wide especially with our comrades in MN and LA (New Orleans esp).
Toolkit: how we dealt with Border Patrol
In November 2025, Border Patrol announced it would be coming to Charlotte, North Carolina. We only had a few days’ notice. Just like in Chicago and Los Angeles, they weren’t coming to “keep the peace....
docs.google.com
December 3, 2025 at 9:23 PM
This is a gift. Thank you to @siembranc.bsky.social for sharing this new toolkit with what they did when Border Patrol showed up in NC: docs.google.com/document/d/1... - share far and wide especially with our comrades in MN and LA (New Orleans esp).