California Herbology
@californiaherb.bsky.social
Queer Latina and Native Californian Apothecary devoted to the study of our flora, fauna, and funga! Save the Monarch! Sé la luz. Be the light.
Balance and ground yourself by connecting with Vetiver!
September 13, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Balance and ground yourself by connecting with Vetiver!
What are you guys harvesting right now?
1. Swamp Milkweed seed pod 2. African Marigold seeds 3. Aloe vera seeds and green beans 4. I believe its a honeynut but it might be a butternut!
1. Swamp Milkweed seed pod 2. African Marigold seeds 3. Aloe vera seeds and green beans 4. I believe its a honeynut but it might be a butternut!
September 6, 2025 at 8:41 PM
What are you guys harvesting right now?
1. Swamp Milkweed seed pod 2. African Marigold seeds 3. Aloe vera seeds and green beans 4. I believe its a honeynut but it might be a butternut!
1. Swamp Milkweed seed pod 2. African Marigold seeds 3. Aloe vera seeds and green beans 4. I believe its a honeynut but it might be a butternut!
Lesser swine cress has medicinal qualities and can help with cancer, gangrene, and hemorrhoids. My cat has been smelling like this for months and I just found it along the fence! Cite: gobotany.nativelandtrust.org
June 11, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Lesser swine cress has medicinal qualities and can help with cancer, gangrene, and hemorrhoids. My cat has been smelling like this for months and I just found it along the fence! Cite: gobotany.nativelandtrust.org
Tomorrow! Youtube! 10-11 am for BOOK 2 discussion! Wherever you are- Get Lit Outdoors! #inclusivebookclub #outdoorbookclub
May 24, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Tomorrow! Youtube! 10-11 am for BOOK 2 discussion! Wherever you are- Get Lit Outdoors! #inclusivebookclub #outdoorbookclub
Book 2 Discussion Questions for Jack London's VALLEY OF THE MOON! Use em or nah! But whatever you do, GET LIT! Outdoors, today!
May 19, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Book 2 Discussion Questions for Jack London's VALLEY OF THE MOON! Use em or nah! But whatever you do, GET LIT! Outdoors, today!
Book one Discussion today at 10 am! On Youtube! 🥳❤️
May 17, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Book one Discussion today at 10 am! On Youtube! 🥳❤️
May 17 will be our live book discussion! I have it on the flier as 8-9 am pst on insta but I will also be live on youtube to discuss the book under channel california herbology from 10-11 am! Wherever you are, I hope you get lit outdoors with us + go outside for our online book club meeting! 1/2
May 9, 2025 at 1:55 AM
May 17 will be our live book discussion! I have it on the flier as 8-9 am pst on insta but I will also be live on youtube to discuss the book under channel california herbology from 10-11 am! Wherever you are, I hope you get lit outdoors with us + go outside for our online book club meeting! 1/2
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The newest and most powerful A.I. technologies — so-called reasoning systems from companies like OpenAI, Google and the Chinese start-up DeepSeek — are generating more errors, not fewer. As their math skills have notably improved, their handle on facts has gotten shakier.
A.I. Hallucinations Are Getting Worse, Even as New Systems Become More Powerful
A new wave of “reasoning” systems from companies like OpenAI is producing incorrect information more often. Even the companies don’t know why.
www.nytimes.com
May 5, 2025 at 4:39 PM
The newest and most powerful A.I. technologies — so-called reasoning systems from companies like OpenAI, Google and the Chinese start-up DeepSeek — are generating more errors, not fewer. As their math skills have notably improved, their handle on facts has gotten shakier.
Discussion prompts- book 1 for you to consider as you read and maybe chat about at our next inclusive outdoor bookclub meetup!
Use the QR code for a link to project Gutenberg. I was also able to find a version on internet archives as well! It is scanned so it reads like a book!
Use the QR code for a link to project Gutenberg. I was also able to find a version on internet archives as well! It is scanned so it reads like a book!
April 30, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Discussion prompts- book 1 for you to consider as you read and maybe chat about at our next inclusive outdoor bookclub meetup!
Use the QR code for a link to project Gutenberg. I was also able to find a version on internet archives as well! It is scanned so it reads like a book!
Use the QR code for a link to project Gutenberg. I was also able to find a version on internet archives as well! It is scanned so it reads like a book!
Spring Book Club Fiction selection: The Valley of the Moon by Jack London! Get a free download from Project Gutenberg! 🩷 Events tba!
April 20, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Spring Book Club Fiction selection: The Valley of the Moon by Jack London! Get a free download from Project Gutenberg! 🩷 Events tba!
Easter Garden Update! Hummingbird Hawk Moth, Easter Bouquet made of Jerusalem Sage and California Poppies, Elderberry Blossoms for the first time!
April 20, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Easter Garden Update! Hummingbird Hawk Moth, Easter Bouquet made of Jerusalem Sage and California Poppies, Elderberry Blossoms for the first time!
Obsessed. These darkened wine colored areas around the base compared to the creamy buttery yellow! And then the color variations. OBSESSED. Context: These are linen poppy petals that fell of naturally (see pic2for plant!
April 4, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Obsessed. These darkened wine colored areas around the base compared to the creamy buttery yellow! And then the color variations. OBSESSED. Context: These are linen poppy petals that fell of naturally (see pic2for plant!
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"I just decided, when someone says you can't do something. DO MORE OF IT."
- Faith Ringgold (1930-2024) US artist #womensart
- Faith Ringgold (1930-2024) US artist #womensart
April 2, 2025 at 6:33 AM
"I just decided, when someone says you can't do something. DO MORE OF IT."
- Faith Ringgold (1930-2024) US artist #womensart
- Faith Ringgold (1930-2024) US artist #womensart
Our restoration station and wind wolves preserve video is now posted on youtube 🩷
We are going to be handing out resources and information about how to save the pollinators at the Earth Day 661 Festival! Join us for our first pop up!
We are going to be handing out resources and information about how to save the pollinators at the Earth Day 661 Festival! Join us for our first pop up!
April 2, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Our restoration station and wind wolves preserve video is now posted on youtube 🩷
We are going to be handing out resources and information about how to save the pollinators at the Earth Day 661 Festival! Join us for our first pop up!
We are going to be handing out resources and information about how to save the pollinators at the Earth Day 661 Festival! Join us for our first pop up!
Our Spring Fiction Selection is Jack London's, "The Valley of the Moon". On equinox I will be playing my sound bowls for a while near Soda Lake from 9-11:30 am, learning about seeds, xerces and previewing Jack London events. I hope to see you there, if not- then perhaps at the Spring Festival!
March 19, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Our Spring Fiction Selection is Jack London's, "The Valley of the Moon". On equinox I will be playing my sound bowls for a while near Soda Lake from 9-11:30 am, learning about seeds, xerces and previewing Jack London events. I hope to see you there, if not- then perhaps at the Spring Festival!
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Added Interactivity to My Galaxy Map!
Where would you explore first?
store.steampowered.com/app/2985570/...
#gamedev #spacegame #indiegame #indiedev #gamedevelopment #spaceadventure #gameart #pixelart #Godot #space
Where would you explore first?
store.steampowered.com/app/2985570/...
#gamedev #spacegame #indiegame #indiedev #gamedevelopment #spaceadventure #gameart #pixelart #Godot #space
March 16, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Added Interactivity to My Galaxy Map!
Where would you explore first?
store.steampowered.com/app/2985570/...
#gamedev #spacegame #indiegame #indiedev #gamedevelopment #spaceadventure #gameart #pixelart #Godot #space
Where would you explore first?
store.steampowered.com/app/2985570/...
#gamedev #spacegame #indiegame #indiedev #gamedevelopment #spaceadventure #gameart #pixelart #Godot #space
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(Me flirting) Did you know microbes in the human body contribute MORE to the human body’s survival than our bodies themselves? And there are more microbial genes than human in our bodies?
We just big ol’ walkin’ terrariums.
The sauce:
www.nih.gov/news-events/...
We just big ol’ walkin’ terrariums.
The sauce:
www.nih.gov/news-events/...
NIH Human Microbiome Project defines normal bacterial makeup of the body
Genome sequencing creates first reference data for microbes living with healthy adults.
www.nih.gov
March 16, 2025 at 5:48 AM
(Me flirting) Did you know microbes in the human body contribute MORE to the human body’s survival than our bodies themselves? And there are more microbial genes than human in our bodies?
We just big ol’ walkin’ terrariums.
The sauce:
www.nih.gov/news-events/...
We just big ol’ walkin’ terrariums.
The sauce:
www.nih.gov/news-events/...
URGENT!!!‼️ 🚨 TODAY IS THE LAST DAY TO SUBMIT A COMMENT ON BEHALF OF THE MONARCHS! Go to fws.gov go to save the monarch>regulations link> tab for monarchs>click the comment button. Its difficult to find but it is there until 12pm est TODAY!!! March 12. HELP SAVE THE MONARCHS‼️🚨‼️🚨
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
United States federal agency that manages national wildlife refuges, protects endangered species, manages migratory birds, restores nationally significant fisheries, and enforces federal wildlife laws...
fws.gov
March 12, 2025 at 4:24 PM
URGENT!!!‼️ 🚨 TODAY IS THE LAST DAY TO SUBMIT A COMMENT ON BEHALF OF THE MONARCHS! Go to fws.gov go to save the monarch>regulations link> tab for monarchs>click the comment button. Its difficult to find but it is there until 12pm est TODAY!!! March 12. HELP SAVE THE MONARCHS‼️🚨‼️🚨
This weekend is off to a start! Join our afternoon events today and tomorrow or even tomorrow morning! Anywhere you go, get LIT outside! 📖🦋🩷
Camino Real Park, Japanese Cemetery, Ocean Avenue Park and Goleta Monarch Grove are all considered critical monarch habitats under the proposed law
Camino Real Park, Japanese Cemetery, Ocean Avenue Park and Goleta Monarch Grove are all considered critical monarch habitats under the proposed law
March 8, 2025 at 7:20 PM
This weekend is off to a start! Join our afternoon events today and tomorrow or even tomorrow morning! Anywhere you go, get LIT outside! 📖🦋🩷
Camino Real Park, Japanese Cemetery, Ocean Avenue Park and Goleta Monarch Grove are all considered critical monarch habitats under the proposed law
Camino Real Park, Japanese Cemetery, Ocean Avenue Park and Goleta Monarch Grove are all considered critical monarch habitats under the proposed law
March to BRING BACK THE KERN! March 15 join us in your floaties!
March 5, 2025 at 5:52 PM
March to BRING BACK THE KERN! March 15 join us in your floaties!
Voting for our Spring selection begins tomorrow! Here is our Calendar of Events for March. Stay tuned for updates, additional events and schedule changes! I hope to see you in Ventura/Oxnard/Goleta this weekend! Get Lit! Outdoors 🦋🌸📖
March 5, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Voting for our Spring selection begins tomorrow! Here is our Calendar of Events for March. Stay tuned for updates, additional events and schedule changes! I hope to see you in Ventura/Oxnard/Goleta this weekend! Get Lit! Outdoors 🦋🌸📖
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Every day is a great day to cozy up and read a book.
February 25, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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"The little girl’s eyes flit toward the sky. A raptor, migrating over the Chesapeake Bay, may swoop in and snatch the muskrat before she can. On the prowl for mid-winter meat and pelt, the little girl lunges into the brackish creek, defeating any competitors that lurk nearby.
That girl was..."💕
That girl was..."💕
Congrats to Perri Meldon, whose article in THE PUBLIC HISTORIAN (which we pub in partnership with @ncph.bsky.social) has won the Catherine Bishir Prize from the Vernacular Architecture Forum. Enjoy the article paywall-free for a limited time. doi.org/10.1525/tph....
Tubman’s BlackwaterWading Through Public History at a Wildlife Refuge
This essay evaluates the historic landscape of Maryland’s Chesapeake Bay where Harriet Tubman was born and enslaved. By claiming the Eastern Shore as representative of Tubman’s world, tourism boosters...
doi.org
February 25, 2025 at 3:55 PM
"The little girl’s eyes flit toward the sky. A raptor, migrating over the Chesapeake Bay, may swoop in and snatch the muskrat before she can. On the prowl for mid-winter meat and pelt, the little girl lunges into the brackish creek, defeating any competitors that lurk nearby.
That girl was..."💕
That girl was..."💕
California wildflowers are already in bloom in Los Padres and in the Corrizo Plain areas! Poppies and Bigelow's tickseed seedlings 💕 Join us February 27 at Wind Wolves to read outdoors!
February 24, 2025 at 3:12 PM
California wildflowers are already in bloom in Los Padres and in the Corrizo Plain areas! Poppies and Bigelow's tickseed seedlings 💕 Join us February 27 at Wind Wolves to read outdoors!