Jo Gradolph
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Jo Gradolph
@landart1.bsky.social
Retired Architectural Designer who loves to garden.
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May 25, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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Alexandra Buckle, contemporary printmaker known for her woodland scenes created via linocuts #WomensArt
May 25, 2025 at 5:11 AM
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Do they not know actual old people?
March 22, 2025 at 3:22 AM
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“You’re going to end up all alone with just a bunch of cats” isn’t quite the insult you think it is! 😹
March 22, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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It's the time of year when I see articles telling folks to put pet fur out for bird nesting. The Cornell ornithology lab does not recommend this! Flea/tick treatments & shampoos can be toxic, long fur can entangle chicks, etc. There are much better alternatives: www.allaboutbirds.org/news/providi...
Providing Nest Material for Birds: Dos & Don'ts
Rufous Hummingbird by Penny Hall/Birdshare. Most birds build some kind of structure to contain their eggs and nestlings. A bird's nest may be as simple as a nighthawk's or Killdeer's depression on ...
www.allaboutbirds.org
March 21, 2025 at 11:33 PM
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It's Saturday!!! Here's the ass end of a roseate spoonbill that surprised me yesterday! Came out of nowhere....

#birds #nature #photography #roseatespoonbill #fucktrump #fuckmusk #fuckvance #wakeupandsmellthefascism
March 22, 2025 at 10:43 AM
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We are one news cycle away from Trump giving military aid to Russia.
February 20, 2025 at 3:35 AM
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Instead of cutting costs for working families, Donald Trump is slashing the federal investments that fund their lifesaving care, fuel their local economy, and lower their health care costs.

It’s cruel, short-sighted, and will cost jobs and devastate millions of families.
NIH cuts billions of dollars in biomedical funding, effective immediately
Researchers say it would hurt facilities that work on medical issues such as cancer research and heart disease. Elon Musk contends the old policy was ‘a ripoff.’
www.washingtonpost.com
February 8, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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In the first three weeks of the new Trump administration, Elon Musk’s cost-cutting team has swiftly inserted itself into at least 17 federal agencies.
Musk Wields Scythe on Federal Work Force, With Trump’s Full Blessing
The president defended Elon Musk’s role in seeking to slash budgets and cut payrolls as the young aides burrowing into federal agencies came under scrutiny.
www.nytimes.com
February 8, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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Congress was denied entry to both the U.S. Department of Education and the Treasury, where Musk staffers blocked the doors. Along with its appropriations responsibilities, Congress holds oversight authority over federal agencies. Blocking congressional access to these agencies is illegal.
February 9, 2025 at 12:42 AM
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Several Democratic lawmakers were denied entry to the U.S. Department of Education on Friday. It was the fourth agency this week that federal employees blocked congressional Democrats from entering.
Democratic Lawmakers Denied Entry to the Department of Education
It was the fourth agency this week that federal employees blocked congressional Democrats from entering amid a push to shutter government agencies and dramatically cut the federal work force.
www.nytimes.com
February 9, 2025 at 1:23 AM
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Welcome to the resistance! Over 1 million brave souls have answered the call this week. The Empire—Trump’s administration and Musk—may believe its grip is unbreakable, but every day, more join our ranks. We’ve always known—tomorrow, there will be more of us.
February 9, 2025 at 2:17 AM
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Vought is giving big banks and giant corporations the green light to scam families.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has returned over $21 billion to families cheated by Wall Street. Republicans have failed to gut it in Congress and in the courts. They will fail again.
February 9, 2025 at 3:02 AM
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Blood biomarkers in a middle-aged population suggest that SARS-CoV-2 infection is associated with greater brain β-amyloid plaque accumulation. The findings published in Nature Medicine suggest that SARS-CoV-2 may increase the risk of future Alzheimer’s disease. #Medsky 🧪
Plasma proteomic evidence for increased β-amyloid pathology after SARS-CoV-2 infection - Nature Medicine
Blood biomarkers in a middle-aged population suggest that SARS-CoV-2 infection is associated with greater brain β-amyloid plaque accumulation.
go.nature.com
February 9, 2025 at 3:32 AM
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Protein in oyster blood counters #antibiotic resistance. #infection🧪

“The protein killed Streptococcus pneumoniae … and Streptococcus pyogenes. When paired up with antibiotics, the protein also helped improve effectiveness against other bacteria.”
www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/o...
Oyster 'Blood' May Be the Secret Weapon in Our Fight Against Antibiotic-Resistant Superbugs, Study Finds
In lab experiments, a protein found in the Sydney rock oyster made some antibiotics more effective and killed several types of illness-causing bacteria
www.smithsonianmag.com
February 9, 2025 at 3:52 AM
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You might be wondering: how is our small newsroom of four science journalists responding to the chaos of the past week?

From downloading EPA data before it disappears to taking a Tanzanian-Zambian train and attending an OSINT conference, here's a behind-the-scenes look in our latest newsletter:
It Feels Like Groundhog Day!
Dear Reader, I’m sure the past few weeks must be bewildering for some, rage-inducing for others, but entirely unsurprising for most of us. As always, we are...
buttondown.com
February 9, 2025 at 3:26 AM
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January 30, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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This is what the government did with 120K+ Japanese Americans in 1942.

I know. I was there in those camps.
January 31, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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Elon Musk staff has been caught installing hard drives inside the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), the Treasury Department, and the General Services Administration (GSA).
February 1, 2025 at 1:14 AM
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At OPM, Musk’s staffers won’t leave—they work around the clock and have even installed sofa beds in the office. Our access to data systems has been restricted, raising serious concerns about cybersecurity and a complete lack of oversight. We are keeping our heads down and documenting everything.
February 2, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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“We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist”

James Baldwin
January 24, 2025 at 1:59 PM