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Brendan Cook
@brendancook.bsky.social
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I grow passion flowers, sugarcane, and cassava in Tampa Bay.
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polphilpod.bsky.social
in 2026, i want to:

❎️ get a regular podcast release schedule (1/wk)

❎️ expand youtube side, inc shortform video

❎️ devote more time to original research projects

❎️ make 1 time investments to increase reach

❎️ use platform for more activism, like the open letter

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November 27, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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polphilpod.bsky.social
let's test my pet theory - dems who voted to reopen + year they 1st ran for office

cortez masto 2006

durbin 1978

fetterman 2006

hassan 2002

kaine 1994

king 1995

rosen 2016

shaheen 1990

+ schumer 1975
polphilpod.bsky.social Toby Buckle @polphilpod.bsky.social · Jun 23
Its not that dem leadership are bad people, or (as in the left's telling) that they want to lose

But they all grew up politically in the pre-trump era & that's very hard to unlearn

Peacetime generals, per @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com

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Firing the Generals with Samantha Hancox-Li
Why & how the Democratic Party needs to change.
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November 10, 2025 at 11:58 AM
brendancook.bsky.social
Passiflora cincinnata blooming in Temple Terrace Florida.
A purple and white flower blooming in front of a stucco wall.
November 7, 2025 at 2:15 PM
brendancook.bsky.social
NO KINGS!!
October 18, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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paulecohen.bsky.social
are there any more emblematic metaphors of late phase capitalism than "the hustle" and "the hack", and have any done more lasting damage?
October 16, 2025 at 1:35 AM
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polphilpod.bsky.social
the UK's new anti-trans rules are indefensible & will make global fascism stronger

my latest with @liberalcurrents.com

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Britain’s Bathroom Ban
The UK has gone from a bathroom ban being unthinkable to a Labour government implementing one without a vote
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September 17, 2025 at 10:20 AM
brendancook.bsky.social
Anyone else from 'Central Florida' actually think this is 'the South'? Seems like most of my neighbors and students have roots either in places like Cuba and Haiti or in other regions like California or New York. If anything, Tampa belongs with Miami.
jamellebouie.net jamelle @jamellebouie.net · Oct 8
i’d day this nails the South as well
williamhazen.bsky.social William Hazen @williamhazen.bsky.social · Oct 7
This is the most accurate depiction of the Midwest to date. Wichita has always felt like the last Midwest city while also being the first plains city.
October 8, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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paulecohen.bsky.social
the Inquisition, except charged with extirpating AI rather than heresy
October 7, 2025 at 1:55 PM
brendancook.bsky.social
Passiflora pallida blooming wild outside my patio door. I wonder what pollinates these tiny flowers?
September 22, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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flintlock.bsky.social
"Trans people did not suddenly invent themselves in the Year of Our Lord 2018. Nor did advocacy on their behalf suddenly take on a more strident tone—if anything, the reverse. What changed was an aggressive top-down campaign from political and press elites. "

www.liberalcurrents.com/britains-bat...
Britain’s Bathroom Ban
The UK has gone from a bathroom ban being unthinkable to a Labour government implementing one without a vote
www.liberalcurrents.com
September 17, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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rmpangan.bsky.social
Lovely okra flower under the blue sky from a trip last year.
#BlueSkyMonday #EastCoastKin #Photography #Flowers #bloomscrolling #flowerreport #gardenshour #skyscape #scape #flowersofbluesky
An okra fkower in a vegetable garden at a Park visited last year, flower is quite similar to hibiscus, five petals in light yellow, red at the base of petals sorrounding anthers. Blue sky and clouds in background and leaves of plants and small bushes and yellow flowers at bottom right
September 8, 2025 at 1:36 PM
brendancook.bsky.social
I love cassava. I've been learning a lot about cassava lately as I've been making some of it into beer (OK, the beer is half cassava and half barley, but that's a better recipe).
scottzona.bsky.social 🌴 Scott Zona, Ph.D. 🌴 @scottzona.bsky.social · Aug 22
Cassava (Manihot esculenta) is cyanogenic, so the tuberous roots must be washed & cooked to remove the glycoside (which is water-soluble). Early agriculturalists selected crops with natural pesticides. 📷: The Ewan CCBYNCSA2 ☠️ #HCN #Euphorbiaceae #TropicalBotany #Botany 🌾🧪🌱
Photo of the base of a plant with the soil drawn back to reveal tuberous roots. A sign next to the plant says: “These are not just roots, they are cassava tubers [sic]. Originally from tropical South America and now pan-tropical, cassava is an important starch food source.”
August 22, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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This mason wasp looks like it was splattered with pollen while enjoying nectar from the yellow passionflower. #InsectThursday #ColorADay #YellowThu #Flowers #Insects #Wasps #EastCoastKin #Pollinators #AbstractAug #Splatter #NaturePhotography
A black mason wasp with white markings enjoys nectar from a yellow passionflower. The wasp's head is covered in yellow pollen.
August 21, 2025 at 11:43 PM
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scottzona.bsky.social
A few species of Passiflora are bat-pollinated. This is one of them: Passiflora mucronata from Brazil.
What? You were expecting something all black and goth? 📷: Flávio Mendes CCBYNC4 #Passifloraceae #Botany 🌾🧪🌱
Close-up photo of a single flower. The sepals and petals are narrow and white. The corona is short and greenish. The androgynophore (the stalk holding the sexual parts) is long. There are five down-facing anthers and three stigmas.
August 8, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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scottzona.bsky.social
Pollination in Passiflora is so interesting. The genus is believed to be ancestrally bee-pollinated, but hummingbird pollination has evolved several times. 1st 📷: Passiflora membranacea. 2nd 📷: Passiflora perfoliata. #hummingbird #pollination #TropicalBotany #Passifloraceae #Botany 🌾🧪🌱
Photo of leafy shoots with rounded, obscurely 3-lobed leaves and pendant pale yellow flowers. The flowers are subtended by a pair of rounded, red bracts. Photo by Scott Zona CCBYNC2. Photo of a hand cradling a flowering shoot. The flowers are dark red, with small greenish coronas, and very long, exserted stalks holding the sexual parts. Photo by Scott Zona CCBYNC2.
August 7, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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feralicious.bsky.social
Some weekly passion flower blooms in my garden. These are Passiflora hybrids that may have edible fruit if they have the right conditions and are pollinated.
A large purple, mauve, pink, violet and white flower from a partial side profile against the sky surrounded by a bud on the left and greenery from the vine. This is a wonderful fragrant and spectacular hybrid by Maurizio Vecchia who named it Passiflora ‘Fata Confetto’. Here is Maurizio explains why he named this striking hybrid: “ I had just seen a ballet based on the Nutcracker by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, the dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy ('Fata Confetto' in Italian). This light dancer floated elegantly dressed in a deep purple tutu. I immediately associated this image with the flower of the new hybrid. I found the combination suggestive and it is for this reason that I chose the name: Passiflora 'Fata Confetto'.” A beautiful large vivid deed saturated purple, blue white and pink flower from the hybrid Passiflora ‘Blue Eyed Susan’ the frilliness at the edges of the long filaments falling from the dense mauve corona over the lavender petals cascading over one of its large emerald green leaves. The flowers on this hybrid are only open for one day but to me it’s totally worth having in my garden as it is more gorgeous in person. I believe it is a polyploidy hybrid. A unique sight to behold and see in person is this amazing hybrid by Jim Nevers he named passiflora ‘Party Time 2’ the flowers are enormous considering the parents of this hybrid have much smaller flowers and much smaller leaves. The flower has an amazing fragrance and visually like a jellyfish with its tendrils/filaments hanging down and twirling in striped waves of purple vivid purple, mauve, pink and white. The petals come out of a bract and are spotted with dark purple and mauve over greenish yellow. The flowers hang down like bells and this plant would be lovely over a trellis to be admired from below. It is NOT cold hardy and must be over wintered as a house plant or in a heated greenhouse as I believe freezing would kill it. It has edible fruit in locations where it stays warm enough for the fruit to set.
August 19, 2025 at 9:25 AM
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warnercrocker.bsky.social
Good morning. Summer summers on, occasionally with intriguing sightings. #Photography #Today #Summer #Chicago #PurplePassionFlower
A close-up of a purple passionflower (Passiflora incarnata) in bloom, showing its ornate, fringed purple and white petals, with prominent yellow-tipped anthers and intricate central filaments, set against large green leaves.
August 3, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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scottzona.bsky.social
Passiflora is a genus of over 600 spp., 95% of which are native to the Americas (5% Australasia). They are mostly lianas with tendrils (which are modified shoots); leaves have glands; flowers have a stalked stamens + ovary (androgynophore). This is P. bahamensis. #Passifloraceae #Botany 🌾🧪🌱
Close-up photo of a single flower. The sepals and petals are white. The large, prominent corona is pale lavender, and the five anthers and three stigmas are held on an androgynophore. Photo by Scott Zona CCBYNC2.
August 4, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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The bees r loving the passiflora.
August 3, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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Innocently trying to take some close ups of my lovey passiflora when it was photobombed by a #beebutt!! They really need to take lessons from Lizzie the Lizard!! #photography #bees #flowers
August 3, 2025 at 12:54 PM
brendancook.bsky.social
Wild roses.
June 22, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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gelena.bsky.social
#FlowersOnSunday

💮🌱Callianthemum alatavicum
June 22, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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Western Bluebird
April, 2025
Details in ALT

#Stunday #EastCoastKin
📷Sony a6300
#Scape #Photography #Art #ArtYear #写真 #風景 #Foto #Fotografia #LandscapePhotography #BlueSky #Bluebird #Bird #Birding #WildlifePhotography #SonyAlpha #WildlifeHabitat #Spring
What a beautiful Western Bluebird! This is a male, identifiable by his vibrant blue head, wings, and tail contrasting with the rusty orange-brown breast and shoulders. The deep azure blue is so striking against the lush green foliage. This is in a perfect natural setting surrounded by fresh spring growth. The delicate green catkins hanging around him add a lovely seasonal context to the shot. The male's brilliant plumage is especially pronounced during breeding season
June 22, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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AugustHitze im Juni ☀️

Wenn die Welt kippt..
#Klimawandel

Euch ein schönes Wochenende 🫶
Wiese mit Blumen,im Hintergrund Hügel
June 20, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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akbridgelake.bsky.social
First of many Columbia Lilies that will be seen
#nativeplants #nature #photography 📷
Columbia Lily (Lilium columbianum) flower head. Yellow-orange blossom with petals covered in brown spots on underside; petals are upturned, bending back towards the stem. Stamen consists of six green filaments hanging down from the center with dark orange anthers that are flat and elongated.
June 20, 2025 at 5:30 PM