Ed, co-founder of @sassisouth.bsky.social (Southerners Against Surveillance Systems & Infrastructure), speaks to The Final Straw Radio about the proliferation of surveillance infrastructure in the South (and more broadly in United States).

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"We’re done waiting for Dems to find their spine. We can’t afford a weak & cowardly Democratic Party while the authoritarians invade our cities, terrorize our communities, & threaten our democracy. We get the party we demand, & we intend to demand a Democratic Party that fights.” — @indivisible.org

Good things are possible and we don’t have to settle.

Buncha supposed politics experts are going to spend the next week looking at a young charismatic candidate with an optimistic message like it’s some cryptic formula for cold fusion

If you see your country on here, Israel is abducting your citizens aboard the Sumud Flotilla.
👇👇

46 Countries!

Protests are erupting in every European capital—including Spain, Italy, Greece, Germany, Belgium, and Türkiye—demanding governments act to stop the illegal seizure of the Freedom Flotilla heading to Gaza.
​The world demands humanitarian aid be delivered!

All eyes on the flotilla.

85% of young men support Zohran Mamdani.
79% of young women support Zohran Mamdani.
67% of Jewish people aged 18-44 support Zohran Mamdani.
65% of Black people aged 18-44 support Zohran Mamdani.

Would you have guessed *any* of that with how the media has covered all this?

The serviceberries are blooming 😌

Tomorrow, February 28, let’s disrupt the status quo by spending ONLY at businesses that uplift our communities.

That means:
🚫 No gas from corporate giants
🚫 No fast food chains
🚫 No big-box retailers (Target, Walmart, Amazon, etc.)

Ozark Witch Hazel, Hamamelis vernalis, blooms in late winter to early spring when fewer pollinator species are active. Because of this, it is primarily pollinated by native hoverflies, various species of solitary bees, and nocturnal moths.

Ganoderma megaloma is one of the many bracket fungi that facilitate the creation of tree cavity habitats for woodpeckers, owls, small mammals and more. So while it can compromise the structural integrity of living hardwood trees the white rot it causes is necessary for many cavity nesting creatures.

Prairies or wild grasslands don't get the same attention as trees. But from a carbon (and wildfire/wildlife/water) point of view, we should be doing everything we can to restore them.

Carol Labuzzetta writes for The New Climate

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Burning FedEx truck on highway 112 west of Tonitown, Arkansas 😳

Hope everyone is okay

It's not often that I work with suburban clients these days but this yard I designed 7 years ago (photo taken this summer) is a fun example of the impact that urban land management can have.

My boyfriend and I just saw this driving through the Ouachita National Forest and freaked out. Unlike any meteor shower I've ever seen.

dare i be so bold to propose that for the 2028 election democrats select a 0% hitler to run for president?