Renee Racette, PhD
@stl-educator.bsky.social
I'm here for gardening, #STL politics (and accountability), nature, science, and the like. I did not go to HS here but have been a resident since 2005. My skeets are my own.
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The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
November 10, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
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Didn't Tuesday's election results show that it actually WAS working???
November 10, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Didn't Tuesday's election results show that it actually WAS working???
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Mamdani:
“We won because we insisted that no longer would politics be something that is done to us.
Now, it is something that we do.”
“We won because we insisted that no longer would politics be something that is done to us.
Now, it is something that we do.”
November 5, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Mamdani:
“We won because we insisted that no longer would politics be something that is done to us.
Now, it is something that we do.”
“We won because we insisted that no longer would politics be something that is done to us.
Now, it is something that we do.”
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A moment of silence, please, for the "young men are all MAGA now" narrative.
(Source: www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...)
(Source: www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...)
November 5, 2025 at 1:18 AM
A moment of silence, please, for the "young men are all MAGA now" narrative.
(Source: www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...)
(Source: www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...)
My garden is still giving!
#gardensunday
Doing a harvest before cooler temps hit tonight. I don't think we will see a frost, I needed to start reaping my bounty!
The white mums and eucalyptus are @urbanbuds.bsky.social , the big rain celosia is mine 😍
#gardensunday
Doing a harvest before cooler temps hit tonight. I don't think we will see a frost, I needed to start reaping my bounty!
The white mums and eucalyptus are @urbanbuds.bsky.social , the big rain celosia is mine 😍
November 1, 2025 at 6:53 PM
My garden is still giving!
#gardensunday
Doing a harvest before cooler temps hit tonight. I don't think we will see a frost, I needed to start reaping my bounty!
The white mums and eucalyptus are @urbanbuds.bsky.social , the big rain celosia is mine 😍
#gardensunday
Doing a harvest before cooler temps hit tonight. I don't think we will see a frost, I needed to start reaping my bounty!
The white mums and eucalyptus are @urbanbuds.bsky.social , the big rain celosia is mine 😍
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Perhaps the most ominous satellite presentation we've seen. Cat 5 Melissa within 2 hours of landfall in Jamaica. Winds at 185 mph (tied for 2nd highest on record). Pressure at 892 mb (tied for 3rd lowest). Will be one of strongest Atlantic storms to make landfall ever recorded.
October 28, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Perhaps the most ominous satellite presentation we've seen. Cat 5 Melissa within 2 hours of landfall in Jamaica. Winds at 185 mph (tied for 2nd highest on record). Pressure at 892 mb (tied for 3rd lowest). Will be one of strongest Atlantic storms to make landfall ever recorded.
Late planting of okra is starting to pay off! Will I get to harvest any to eat before frost comes?
This season I have successfully grown pie pumpkins! I at least 8 still growing including 2 that have become snacking stations for critters.
#gardensunday
#okra
#pumpkins
This season I have successfully grown pie pumpkins! I at least 8 still growing including 2 that have become snacking stations for critters.
#gardensunday
#okra
#pumpkins
October 20, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Late planting of okra is starting to pay off! Will I get to harvest any to eat before frost comes?
This season I have successfully grown pie pumpkins! I at least 8 still growing including 2 that have become snacking stations for critters.
#gardensunday
#okra
#pumpkins
This season I have successfully grown pie pumpkins! I at least 8 still growing including 2 that have become snacking stations for critters.
#gardensunday
#okra
#pumpkins
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This makes sense coming from the guy whose son monitors his porn consumption
U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson calls Sunday's naked bike ride in protest of the Portland ICE facility and and Trump troop deployment "the most threatening thing I’ve seen yet"
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
October 17, 2025 at 6:36 PM
This makes sense coming from the guy whose son monitors his porn consumption
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More #nokingsSTL locations added, Turtle Park I-64 overpass. Also, mention of S Grand side of Tower Grove Park (I’ve seen no other details yet) … just show up at any location, some grow organically, or stand on a corner and do your own. ☂️
October 18, 2025 at 3:22 AM
More #nokingsSTL locations added, Turtle Park I-64 overpass. Also, mention of S Grand side of Tower Grove Park (I’ve seen no other details yet) … just show up at any location, some grow organically, or stand on a corner and do your own. ☂️
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Wanna to go to a virtual No Kings rally that focuses on healthcare (with a side of "vaccines are good, actually" and "eugenics is bad, actually")?
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Join Saturday at 2:30pm Pacific time, zoom link: us06web.zoom.us/j/8467741742...
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October 14, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Wanna to go to a virtual No Kings rally that focuses on healthcare (with a side of "vaccines are good, actually" and "eugenics is bad, actually")?
Organized by disabled folks who can't go to an in-person event.
Join Saturday at 2:30pm Pacific time, zoom link: us06web.zoom.us/j/8467741742...
Organized by disabled folks who can't go to an in-person event.
Join Saturday at 2:30pm Pacific time, zoom link: us06web.zoom.us/j/8467741742...
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On #IndigenousPeoplesDay, we recognize that St. Louis sits on the ancestral lands of the Chickasaw Nation, Illini Tribe, Ioway Tribe, Kickapoo Tribe, Osage Nation, Otoe-Missouria Tribe, & Quapaw Nation.
The US must reckon with its colonial past & honor Indigenous leaders shaping a more just future.
The US must reckon with its colonial past & honor Indigenous leaders shaping a more just future.
October 13, 2025 at 6:51 PM
On #IndigenousPeoplesDay, we recognize that St. Louis sits on the ancestral lands of the Chickasaw Nation, Illini Tribe, Ioway Tribe, Kickapoo Tribe, Osage Nation, Otoe-Missouria Tribe, & Quapaw Nation.
The US must reckon with its colonial past & honor Indigenous leaders shaping a more just future.
The US must reckon with its colonial past & honor Indigenous leaders shaping a more just future.
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Democrats are in DC working to lower costs, cancel the cuts, and save health care.
Where are congressional Republicans?
It’s the day before a government shutdown... and they’re on vacation.
Where are congressional Republicans?
It’s the day before a government shutdown... and they’re on vacation.
September 30, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Democrats are in DC working to lower costs, cancel the cuts, and save health care.
Where are congressional Republicans?
It’s the day before a government shutdown... and they’re on vacation.
Where are congressional Republicans?
It’s the day before a government shutdown... and they’re on vacation.
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The government is officially shut down. Make no mistake: Republicans control the House, the Senate, and the White House. This is THEIR shutdown. They had every tool to govern and chose chaos instead. The American people are the ones paying the price.
October 1, 2025 at 4:09 AM
The government is officially shut down. Make no mistake: Republicans control the House, the Senate, and the White House. This is THEIR shutdown. They had every tool to govern and chose chaos instead. The American people are the ones paying the price.
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September 28, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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Stop the scapegoating and start dealing with America’s real gun crisis.
HOMEGROWN‼️
HOMEGROWN‼️
September 28, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Stop the scapegoating and start dealing with America’s real gun crisis.
HOMEGROWN‼️
HOMEGROWN‼️
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Trump just ordered the military into Portland, and he’s giving them the green light to use lethal force on American citizens.
Authoritarianism is an abstract concept but Trump is making its impacts real and tangible. Let’s be real about it: This is the beginning of dictatorship in America.
Authoritarianism is an abstract concept but Trump is making its impacts real and tangible. Let’s be real about it: This is the beginning of dictatorship in America.
September 27, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Trump just ordered the military into Portland, and he’s giving them the green light to use lethal force on American citizens.
Authoritarianism is an abstract concept but Trump is making its impacts real and tangible. Let’s be real about it: This is the beginning of dictatorship in America.
Authoritarianism is an abstract concept but Trump is making its impacts real and tangible. Let’s be real about it: This is the beginning of dictatorship in America.
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Human rights defender Greta Thunberg: "I am not scared of Israel, I am scared of a world that has seemingly lost all sense of humanity. What we are doing here is trying to show there is some humanity left. That there are still people willing to step up when all other means fail." #3E
September 26, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Human rights defender Greta Thunberg: "I am not scared of Israel, I am scared of a world that has seemingly lost all sense of humanity. What we are doing here is trying to show there is some humanity left. That there are still people willing to step up when all other means fail." #3E
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"Multiple studies, nevertheless, have found that right-wing extremists commit far more attacks—and deadlier ones—than the left, a statistical reality that cuts directly against the administration’s script."
September 16, 2025 at 7:20 PM
"Multiple studies, nevertheless, have found that right-wing extremists commit far more attacks—and deadlier ones—than the left, a statistical reality that cuts directly against the administration’s script."
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They have the United States MILITARY carrying that man’s casket for processing off Air Force 2.
Motherfucker served not ONE day in the military. He was a podcaster.
Racism is POWERFUL
Motherfucker served not ONE day in the military. He was a podcaster.
Racism is POWERFUL
September 13, 2025 at 11:17 PM
They have the United States MILITARY carrying that man’s casket for processing off Air Force 2.
Motherfucker served not ONE day in the military. He was a podcaster.
Racism is POWERFUL
Motherfucker served not ONE day in the military. He was a podcaster.
Racism is POWERFUL
Second flush of yellow dinner plate dahlias coming on strong! Thanks to the advising of @urbanbuds.bsky.social on a full cut back.
#gardensunday
PS I'll be continuing to post to this hashtag and welcome other gardeners to join me in the next iteration of what @stateofstlouis.bsky.social started!
#gardensunday
PS I'll be continuing to post to this hashtag and welcome other gardeners to join me in the next iteration of what @stateofstlouis.bsky.social started!
September 1, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Second flush of yellow dinner plate dahlias coming on strong! Thanks to the advising of @urbanbuds.bsky.social on a full cut back.
#gardensunday
PS I'll be continuing to post to this hashtag and welcome other gardeners to join me in the next iteration of what @stateofstlouis.bsky.social started!
#gardensunday
PS I'll be continuing to post to this hashtag and welcome other gardeners to join me in the next iteration of what @stateofstlouis.bsky.social started!
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Pictured are
1- orange creeping zinnia seen at @mobotgarden.bsky.social
2 swallowtail (?) caterpillar eating through my parsley
3 - squash loving the sun and growing vertically
4 - turtle Head in my front is starting to bloom
#gardensunday
1- orange creeping zinnia seen at @mobotgarden.bsky.social
2 swallowtail (?) caterpillar eating through my parsley
3 - squash loving the sun and growing vertically
4 - turtle Head in my front is starting to bloom
#gardensunday
August 31, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Pictured are
1- orange creeping zinnia seen at @mobotgarden.bsky.social
2 swallowtail (?) caterpillar eating through my parsley
3 - squash loving the sun and growing vertically
4 - turtle Head in my front is starting to bloom
#gardensunday
1- orange creeping zinnia seen at @mobotgarden.bsky.social
2 swallowtail (?) caterpillar eating through my parsley
3 - squash loving the sun and growing vertically
4 - turtle Head in my front is starting to bloom
#gardensunday
Today's haul. Harvesting only sporadically.
Pictured are about 4 cups of tomatoes in various sizes and 10+ cucumbers of different lengths, yellow and green.
#gardensunday
Pictured are about 4 cups of tomatoes in various sizes and 10+ cucumbers of different lengths, yellow and green.
#gardensunday
August 26, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Today's haul. Harvesting only sporadically.
Pictured are about 4 cups of tomatoes in various sizes and 10+ cucumbers of different lengths, yellow and green.
#gardensunday
Pictured are about 4 cups of tomatoes in various sizes and 10+ cucumbers of different lengths, yellow and green.
#gardensunday