Nell Lancaster
@nlanc.bsky.social
gardener, fitful & mostly retired organizer* Interests: unions for all, pandemic prevention, abolition, cooking. *(mostly field & fr, oscillating for last 50 yrs betw Dem-electoral left & anti-imperialist left)
No question that for some people (DuPonts, for example), the FDR presidency did seem to go on for centuries
December 1, 2025 at 6:58 PM
No question that for some people (DuPonts, for example), the FDR presidency did seem to go on for centuries
Deep frying seems ruled out by egg following flour, but looks to be a complex op with another flour attack to come (before the big fry)
December 1, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Deep frying seems ruled out by egg following flour, but looks to be a complex op with another flour attack to come (before the big fry)
POV: a pear about to be eaten, suitably frightened.
November 28, 2025 at 10:12 PM
POV: a pear about to be eaten, suitably frightened.
What's that on Snoopy's head?
November 28, 2025 at 10:09 PM
What's that on Snoopy's head?
+was the biggest such effort since WW2. It reflected in many ways the influence of the counterinsurgency doctrine developed by the British, including routine killing of Vietnamese people suspected to be supporters of the Viet Minh.
November 28, 2025 at 9:34 PM
+was the biggest such effort since WW2. It reflected in many ways the influence of the counterinsurgency doctrine developed by the British, including routine killing of Vietnamese people suspected to be supporters of the Viet Minh.
The British counterinsurgency doctrine was further honed in counterinsurgency wars after 1945, and was also taught to the US military. The war in Vietnam (that the US spread to Laos, Cambodia, & Thailand
November 28, 2025 at 9:27 PM
The British counterinsurgency doctrine was further honed in counterinsurgency wars after 1945, and was also taught to the US military. The war in Vietnam (that the US spread to Laos, Cambodia, & Thailand
The answer is that these kinds of murders are an inherent part of imperial counterinsurgency wars. The British engaged in those tactics in India, in Malaysia, and in Palestine (where in the 1930s they formed & trained in this doctrine a Zionist militia that became the core of the IDF). +
November 28, 2025 at 9:23 PM
The answer is that these kinds of murders are an inherent part of imperial counterinsurgency wars. The British engaged in those tactics in India, in Malaysia, and in Palestine (where in the 1930s they formed & trained in this doctrine a Zionist militia that became the core of the IDF). +
Peter, this is gorgeous!
November 28, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Peter, this is gorgeous!
Saw this on the other site & thought immediately of your wonderful expedition with World Cup fans. Audrey Hepburn at Giverny in 1990:
November 28, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Saw this on the other site & thought immediately of your wonderful expedition with World Cup fans. Audrey Hepburn at Giverny in 1990:
"'Cause after all, it's just a paaaan"
Happy holiday feast!
Happy holiday feast!
November 27, 2025 at 6:27 PM
"'Cause after all, it's just a paaaan"
Happy holiday feast!
Happy holiday feast!
I didn't encounter pumpkin pie until adulthood. Both my parents dismissed it as a Yankee thing, a pale substitute New Englanders made do with because they didn't have pecans.
November 26, 2025 at 10:31 PM
I didn't encounter pumpkin pie until adulthood. Both my parents dismissed it as a Yankee thing, a pale substitute New Englanders made do with because they didn't have pecans.
Takes me back. My SC grandmother sent a big box of pecans from her trees every Nov; first big use was always a pecan pie for Thanksgiving. (My father, not a dessert guy generally, didn't consider the holiday correctly observed w/o it.) Unsweetened whipped cream laced w/bourbon an A+ addition!
November 26, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Takes me back. My SC grandmother sent a big box of pecans from her trees every Nov; first big use was always a pecan pie for Thanksgiving. (My father, not a dessert guy generally, didn't consider the holiday correctly observed w/o it.) Unsweetened whipped cream laced w/bourbon an A+ addition!
+but the feeling of getting ahead of things, or even just staying even, is completely different from the cycle of falling further behind that so many are stuck in. (Mounting debt & more control by the big corp's w/ a death grip on industrial farming have picked up scary amt of speed in last decade.)
November 26, 2025 at 9:30 PM
+but the feeling of getting ahead of things, or even just staying even, is completely different from the cycle of falling further behind that so many are stuck in. (Mounting debt & more control by the big corp's w/ a death grip on industrial farming have picked up scary amt of speed in last decade.)
+easier over time, as soil capacity grows and soil life populations get bigger & more balanced. Main tasks become things farmers would rather be doing. Weathet resilience, reduced pest/disease pressure, & $ gains mean MUCH less stress. More time w/family is huge for growers. It's always real work,+
November 26, 2025 at 9:23 PM
+easier over time, as soil capacity grows and soil life populations get bigger & more balanced. Main tasks become things farmers would rather be doing. Weathet resilience, reduced pest/disease pressure, & $ gains mean MUCH less stress. More time w/family is huge for growers. It's always real work,+
+ evangelical and preachy about these approaches, because they do have the potential to solve big big problems (carbon sequestration, water holding, water cleaning). But faster adoption happens by relentless focus on economic & work benefits. The microbiological methods do make growers' lives +
November 26, 2025 at 9:13 PM
+ evangelical and preachy about these approaches, because they do have the potential to solve big big problems (carbon sequestration, water holding, water cleaning). But faster adoption happens by relentless focus on economic & work benefits. The microbiological methods do make growers' lives +
A big draw also is a sharp reduction or eimination of $ spent on soluble fertilizer and herbicides, pesticides, & fungicides. Likewise (for grazers) deworming meds, winter hay, manure lagoons -- major expenses & externalities of animal herds managed "conventionally". Easy to see how ppl get +
November 26, 2025 at 9:07 PM
A big draw also is a sharp reduction or eimination of $ spent on soluble fertilizer and herbicides, pesticides, & fungicides. Likewise (for grazers) deworming meds, winter hay, manure lagoons -- major expenses & externalities of animal herds managed "conventionally". Easy to see how ppl get +
One of the energizing aspects of these approaches is that there's beginning to be (*finally*) serious adoption by larger-acreage producers, growers & grazers. Climate change buffering is a more & more important consideration, and a lot of ag soils are jyst reaching their limits, nearly lifeless.
November 26, 2025 at 9:00 PM
One of the energizing aspects of these approaches is that there's beginning to be (*finally*) serious adoption by larger-acreage producers, growers & grazers. Climate change buffering is a more & more important consideration, and a lot of ag soils are jyst reaching their limits, nearly lifeless.
+ low/no-till crop growing can repair depleted land VERY quickly as things go. Very like what Tallamy et al. report about the return of wildlife when people plant the "keystone" trees, shrubs, & perennials (ones that host the most host-specialist insects & provide pollen for native bees & bugs).
November 26, 2025 at 8:54 PM
+ low/no-till crop growing can repair depleted land VERY quickly as things go. Very like what Tallamy et al. report about the return of wildlife when people plant the "keystone" trees, shrubs, & perennials (ones that host the most host-specialist insects & provide pollen for native bees & bugs).
+root depth, soil aggregation (soil microbes exude a glue that sticks mineral particles & organic matter together to make crumbs), and ability to hold water -- eliminating runoff in all but the most torrential storms, acting as spongy reservoir for plants in dry periods. Both adaptive grazing & +
November 26, 2025 at 8:45 PM
+root depth, soil aggregation (soil microbes exude a glue that sticks mineral particles & organic matter together to make crumbs), and ability to hold water -- eliminating runoff in all but the most torrential storms, acting as spongy reservoir for plants in dry periods. Both adaptive grazing & +
+ which stimulates the plants (along with the burst of fertilization from the animals) to put on a burst of growth, above and below ground. (Short time on pasture section = half day, day). Animals don't go back to that section until it's fully regrown & rested. Within 2-3 years a *huge* increase in+
November 26, 2025 at 8:38 PM
+ which stimulates the plants (along with the burst of fertilization from the animals) to put on a burst of growth, above and below ground. (Short time on pasture section = half day, day). Animals don't go back to that section until it's fully regrown & rested. Within 2-3 years a *huge* increase in+
I will send links, but need to review my bookmarks to remember the most concise presentations. The process I've described is the mechanism by which rotational/adaptive grazing works to build soil life also: many animals spending short time on pasture section eat everything down by about half, +
November 26, 2025 at 8:33 PM
I will send links, but need to review my bookmarks to remember the most concise presentations. The process I've described is the mechanism by which rotational/adaptive grazing works to build soil life also: many animals spending short time on pasture section eat everything down by about half, +
Cooking is healing if approached meditatively rather than under pressure.
November 26, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Cooking is healing if approached meditatively rather than under pressure.