Stephanie
@blooming-burbs.bsky.social
Michigander, Environmental Health Educator especially climate change adaptation, PhD & academic has-been in community food systems. Side gig: suburban flower farming, growing native plants, & troubling suburbia at https://www.blooming-burbs.com/. She/her
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Stephanie
@blooming-burbs.bsky.social
· Jan 19
Here's the starter pack for small-scale flower farmers and florists using sustainable methods. go.bsky.app/Cf6MnEi
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My hot take: if your destination is under two miles, walk. Save gas. Reduce road congestion. Stay fit.
December 9, 2025 at 1:46 PM
My hot take: if your destination is under two miles, walk. Save gas. Reduce road congestion. Stay fit.
It's Hot-Take Tuesday. It might be a one-and-done event.
Anyways, what's your hot take? You get a gold star if it's climate related.
Americans' fridges are way too big. You'd save money, waste less food (an important climate solution!) if your fridge was smaller.
Anyways, what's your hot take? You get a gold star if it's climate related.
Americans' fridges are way too big. You'd save money, waste less food (an important climate solution!) if your fridge was smaller.
December 9, 2025 at 12:54 PM
It's Hot-Take Tuesday. It might be a one-and-done event.
Anyways, what's your hot take? You get a gold star if it's climate related.
Americans' fridges are way too big. You'd save money, waste less food (an important climate solution!) if your fridge was smaller.
Anyways, what's your hot take? You get a gold star if it's climate related.
Americans' fridges are way too big. You'd save money, waste less food (an important climate solution!) if your fridge was smaller.
Welcome to my Ted Talk and/or Subway Take.
I have a theory that we'd waste a lot less food if our fridges were smaller. I think empty fridges make people anxious so they fill them and then waste what's there.
December 9, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Welcome to my Ted Talk and/or Subway Take.
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Former air quality lead at USAID 👇🏾
Folks in Minnesota - please spread the word!
Folks in Minnesota - please spread the word!
Vote Yes for Jess for Minnesota State House in District 43B. Join us and donate to my campaign at votejesslewis.com (Minnesotans can get up to $75 refunded through the state Political Campaign Refund program!) 🗽
December 9, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Former air quality lead at USAID 👇🏾
Folks in Minnesota - please spread the word!
Folks in Minnesota - please spread the word!
@jaredlholt.bsky.social I know it's outside the goal/framing of the "WTH Is" episodes, but I'm just dying to know WTH is Bill Kristol. Just the most unexpected trajectory, imo....or was he a misunderstood guy the whole time?
December 9, 2025 at 1:30 AM
@jaredlholt.bsky.social I know it's outside the goal/framing of the "WTH Is" episodes, but I'm just dying to know WTH is Bill Kristol. Just the most unexpected trajectory, imo....or was he a misunderstood guy the whole time?
What @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social says is why, I think, some people still say that the public isn't being as active as they should be. They *are* being active, but D politicians aren't and some journalists just see the D politician failure as failure writ large.
"They wanted this to go differently."
The crackdown isn’t going as planned. Courts are blocking schemes, cities are pushing back, and protesters are making life very uncomfortable for Trump’s enforcers.
@billkristolbulwark.bsky.social and @timmiller.bsky.social explain how resistance is working.
The crackdown isn’t going as planned. Courts are blocking schemes, cities are pushing back, and protesters are making life very uncomfortable for Trump’s enforcers.
@billkristolbulwark.bsky.social and @timmiller.bsky.social explain how resistance is working.
December 9, 2025 at 1:21 AM
What @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social says is why, I think, some people still say that the public isn't being as active as they should be. They *are* being active, but D politicians aren't and some journalists just see the D politician failure as failure writ large.
guess what job I'm talking about.
Is there any other profession where you just get to say "look, we're exceptional and we don't really give a shit about the economic situation of other people and whenever we are in economic distress, it's the DUTY of taxpayers to bail us out."
I guess Wall Street bankers?
I guess Wall Street bankers?
December 9, 2025 at 1:15 AM
guess what job I'm talking about.
Oof….she is under his skin. Nice.
Rep. Jasmine Crockett announces her campaign for U.S. Senate for Texas with an ad that uses Trump’s own words against her.
December 8, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Oof….she is under his skin. Nice.
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Really love how this guy posted this on TikTok thinking the woman who broke his Meta glasses would come off as the villain, as opposed to him, the guy recording her without her consent for social media content via a surveillance device made by one of the worst companies on earth
Woman Hailed as Hero for Smashing Man's Meta Smart Glasses on Subway
A New York subway rider has accused a woman of breaking his Meta smart glasses. She was later hailed as a hero.
futurism.com
December 5, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Really love how this guy posted this on TikTok thinking the woman who broke his Meta glasses would come off as the villain, as opposed to him, the guy recording her without her consent for social media content via a surveillance device made by one of the worst companies on earth
False indigo, (Baptisia australis). #nativeplants #Michigan
December 7, 2025 at 6:15 PM
False indigo, (Baptisia australis). #nativeplants #Michigan
If you see this, repost with your model of positive masculinity.
December 5, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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It might be easy to find things like this merely petty or superficial, but that would be a mistake. Demeaning, erasing or eliminating celebrations or acknowledgments of Black America is straight from Redemption playbook, and is intended to reinforce the racial hierarchy and signal its reinstatement.
National parks change prioritizes Trump birthday over days honoring Black people
Free entrance days at national parks no longer include MLK Day and Juneteenth.
www.sfgate.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:30 PM
It might be easy to find things like this merely petty or superficial, but that would be a mistake. Demeaning, erasing or eliminating celebrations or acknowledgments of Black America is straight from Redemption playbook, and is intended to reinforce the racial hierarchy and signal its reinstatement.
@samsteindc.bsky.social conflates mental illness w racism ("He's a disturbed dude"). Racists are not mentally ill. Racism is a worldview that makes sense to racists. I'm pointing it out here but it's not the 1st time Bulwark staff have conflated racism & mental illness. Journalists need to be clear.
"It's like this guy has just lost his marbles."
@samsteindc.bsky.social and @timmiller.bsky.social discuss Trump's "mad king" energy and whether the president is looking out for regular people or for the tech billionaires that actually hate MAGA Americans.
@samsteindc.bsky.social and @timmiller.bsky.social discuss Trump's "mad king" energy and whether the president is looking out for regular people or for the tech billionaires that actually hate MAGA Americans.
December 5, 2025 at 12:26 AM
@samsteindc.bsky.social conflates mental illness w racism ("He's a disturbed dude"). Racists are not mentally ill. Racism is a worldview that makes sense to racists. I'm pointing it out here but it's not the 1st time Bulwark staff have conflated racism & mental illness. Journalists need to be clear.
Against all of my own expectations of myself, I've become a car YouTube person. This was a good one. youtu.be/PE9p3enByRk?...
Are Japan's cutest cars actually coming to AMERICA?!
YouTube video by Kirk Kreifels
youtu.be
December 4, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Against all of my own expectations of myself, I've become a car YouTube person. This was a good one. youtu.be/PE9p3enByRk?...
Sentimental Value is a really gorgeous film. At the heart of it, it’s about a family trying to find their way back to each other through obstacles of generational trauma. Though emotional and poignant, it’s not super-heavy. It left me feeling optimistic.
www.rottentomatoes.com/m/sentimenta...
www.rottentomatoes.com/m/sentimenta...
Sentimental Value | Rotten Tomatoes
Discover reviews, ratings, and trailers for Sentimental Value on Rotten Tomatoes. Stay updated with critic and audience scores today!
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December 4, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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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).
Here's a gift link (which I can only get on a laptop). wapo.st/43ZPRuc
December 3, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Here's a gift link (which I can only get on a laptop). wapo.st/43ZPRuc
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
@washingtonpost.com, I was not able to gift this from your app. The ‘gift’ button does not produce a link; it just produces unlinked text.
@washingtonpost.com, I was not able to gift this from your app. The ‘gift’ button does not produce a link; it just produces unlinked text.
December 3, 2025 at 6:44 PM
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
@washingtonpost.com, I was not able to gift this from your app. The ‘gift’ button does not produce a link; it just produces unlinked text.
@washingtonpost.com, I was not able to gift this from your app. The ‘gift’ button does not produce a link; it just produces unlinked text.
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It’s actually up to governments to regulate AI and stop it from destroying lives.
December 3, 2025 at 4:06 PM
It’s actually up to governments to regulate AI and stop it from destroying lives.
The same is true for international development work. If the US ever rebuilds its presence in other countries, this should be a founding idea.
Once again, one of the most consistently replicated findings in the history of experiments is that giving people cash with zero strings attached has massive social benefits for those receiving the cash as well as the community around them
An Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees a staggering reduction in homelessness. The program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years, and at the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
December 3, 2025 at 2:04 PM
The same is true for international development work. If the US ever rebuilds its presence in other countries, this should be a founding idea.
Sentimental Value is a really gorgeous film. At the heart of it, it’s about a family trying to find their way back to each other through obstacles of generational trauma. Though emotional and poignant, it’s not super-heavy. It left me feeling optimistic.
www.rottentomatoes.com/m/sentimenta...
www.rottentomatoes.com/m/sentimenta...
Sentimental Value | Rotten Tomatoes
Discover reviews, ratings, and trailers for Sentimental Value on Rotten Tomatoes. Stay updated with critic and audience scores today!
www.rottentomatoes.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Sentimental Value is a really gorgeous film. At the heart of it, it’s about a family trying to find their way back to each other through obstacles of generational trauma. Though emotional and poignant, it’s not super-heavy. It left me feeling optimistic.
www.rottentomatoes.com/m/sentimenta...
www.rottentomatoes.com/m/sentimenta...
DOTUS, Dozer-in-chief
Trump dozes while Marco Rubio speaks to him directly next to him. Just insane optics.
December 2, 2025 at 8:46 PM
DOTUS, Dozer-in-chief
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I have not reminded ppl about this starter pack for a long time! Today, it’s got a new member. Welcome @doncarr.bsky.social !
@govgretchenwhitmer.bsky.social are you interested in being part of our Great Lakes Enviros starter pack? go.bsky.app/P7sb1tm
December 1, 2025 at 8:14 PM
I have not reminded ppl about this starter pack for a long time! Today, it’s got a new member. Welcome @doncarr.bsky.social !
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"Republicans will never allow articles of impeachment to be brought to the floor of the House of Representatives, and we know that's the case."
This is a flat-out 100% lie from @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social and he knows it. Impeachment resolutions are privileged, they can force a vote at any time.
This is a flat-out 100% lie from @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social and he knows it. Impeachment resolutions are privileged, they can force a vote at any time.
For some reason Democratic leaders seem to prefer telling voters what they won’t be able to do, rather than what they’d like to do.
If Hegseth ordered a war crime and lied about it, shouldn’t Ds try for impeachment? Put Rs on the spot. They might get a few defections.
www.axios.com/2025/12/01/j...
If Hegseth ordered a war crime and lied about it, shouldn’t Ds try for impeachment? Put Rs on the spot. They might get a few defections.
www.axios.com/2025/12/01/j...
Jeffries says not to expect Democrats to pursue Hegseth impeachment over boat strikes
"Republicans will never allow articles of impeachment to be brought to the floor," he said.
www.axios.com
December 2, 2025 at 1:15 AM
"Republicans will never allow articles of impeachment to be brought to the floor of the House of Representatives, and we know that's the case."
This is a flat-out 100% lie from @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social and he knows it. Impeachment resolutions are privileged, they can force a vote at any time.
This is a flat-out 100% lie from @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social and he knows it. Impeachment resolutions are privileged, they can force a vote at any time.
I have not reminded ppl about this starter pack for a long time! Today, it’s got a new member. Welcome @doncarr.bsky.social !
@govgretchenwhitmer.bsky.social are you interested in being part of our Great Lakes Enviros starter pack? go.bsky.app/P7sb1tm
December 1, 2025 at 8:14 PM
I have not reminded ppl about this starter pack for a long time! Today, it’s got a new member. Welcome @doncarr.bsky.social !