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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 20h

!!!! from “Polarization Is Not the Problem” by @lilymasonphd.bsky.social — muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...

KJ Misme @kjmisme.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

May I humbly suggest raking the leaves into your garden beds instead of putting them out for collection? Leaves are a necessary part of the habitat/ecosystem- they are a nice little winter bed for the babies of many pollinators, fireflies, and little creatures that help birds not starve.

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KJ Misme @kjmisme.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Essential water only request lifted! Time to finally plant more native plants! And then water them once they’re in the soil!

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KJ Misme @kjmisme.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

You can go into your settings menu and make it so you can’t hit post unless you put in alt text. Very helpful for the forgetful among us (me).

Bluesky settings menu with “Accessibility” highlighted

Bluesky Accessibility Settings sub-menu with “require alt text before posting” highlighted and the checkbox for it (checked) circled in highlighter

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KJ Misme @kjmisme.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Update: 6 a.m. Wednesday, September 30, 2026* WSSC Water Reports Progress Producing Water at the Potomac Water Filtration Plant and Replenishing Distribution System Situation Remains Critical and Risks Remain Essential-Water-Use-Only Request in Effect

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KJ Misme @kjmisme.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Bumble bee on New England aster, bumble bee on smooth aster. #bugsky #gardening w/ #maryland #nativeplants 🌱

Bumble bee on New England aster, Symphyotrichum novae-angliae

Bumble bee on smooth aster, symphotrychum laeve

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KJ Misme @kjmisme.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The water filtration plant is up and running again but customers are requested to continue limiting water use

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Montgomery County, MD Government @montgomerycountymd.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Have a bike gathering dust in your garage or shed? Give it a second life! 🚲 MCDOT and Rockville Bike Hub are collecting gently used adult and children’s bikes and bike parts on Oct. 16. Repaired bikes will go to Montgomery County residents in need. Info: ow.ly/Msh550ZSng0

Montgomery County bike donation event on Oct 16 collecting adult and child bikes plus parts, no helmets, at council office parking garage.

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KJ Misme @kjmisme.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Power outage at Potomac Water Filtration Plant 1.9M customers in MoCo & PG urged to immediately conserve water Immediate conservation efforts could avoid a Boil Water Advisory, & help preserve water for fire protection Potomac Plant supplies drinking water to approx. 75% of WSSC water customers

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WSSC Water @wsscwater.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Urgent Request - 8:45 a.m. Tues, 9/29 Essential Water Use Only Issued for All WSSC Water Customers Details ➡️ www.wsscwater.com/news/2026/septemb…

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KJ Misme @kjmisme.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I’m in my first year of late boneset in my #nativeplants garden, and I’m loving the autumn experience. #gardening #Maryland #bloomscrolling 🌱

Eupatorium serotinum, late boneset, with white flowers and vibrant red leaves.

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KJ Misme @kjmisme.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Fuzzy wet bee looking cold and cute in the rain. 🌱 #invertefest #nativeplants of #maryland #gardening

A native bee, probably a common eastern bumble bee? clinging upside’s down to a goldenrod (probably Canada goldenrod?) flower cluster that is arched sideways by the rain. The bee is fuzzy and wet and just sleeping! Not dead! I checked by gently touching it and it moved its leg.

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weeder @weeder.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

God, grant me the courage to change the things I can and incredible new powers to change the things I can't.

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KJ Misme @kjmisme.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

“Love in the Library,“ is a picture book by @maggietokudahall.bsky.social, with gorgeous illustrations by @yasimamura.bsky.social- a deeply human story, beautiful and moving, and as important now as ever. I highly recommend it.

A 2-page spread from “Love in the Library”-

Left page:
There was a word there described this, Tama knew: constant.
[illustration of Tama sitting in her bed in the internment camp]
Constant questions. Constant worries. Constant fear.

Right page:
But then, there was also George. George and his big smile were constant.
[illustration of George smiling with his hand on a book, at the library table.

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KJ Misme @kjmisme.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Happy autumn equinox! I celebrate this day by thinking about what I can release in order to bring my life into balance. Is there a habit, thought pattern, worry, or use of my time that’s not serving me? I can let it go. Also: declutterring and weeding! #nativeplants #gardening #equinox 🌱

A late boneset leaf, a bold red color with green veining, wet from rain

A cluster of purple berries with three green leaves and one yellow leaf, all wet from rain. American Beautyberry

Penstemon digitalis stem with bright red leaves, wet from rain. In the background are brown penstemon berries from a different plant of the same species

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Alex Tomlinson @alextomlinson.com · 12/09/2023

Reducing light pollution at night helps migrating birds. Turn off the lights for them!

Illustration of bird silhouettes with stars overlaid. Text reads "Lights Out For The Birds"

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KJ Misme @kjmisme.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

This is my first year with bottle gentian in my yard and I’m so excited! It’s almost at peak. This flower never opens; bees have to squeeze their way in to get the nectar, and get covered in pollen in the process. Such a strange/fun adaptation. Gentiana andrewsii #nativeplants #gardening 🌱

Four clusters of bottle gentian flowers, each with a handful of buds. 2 bids are bluish purple and the rest are on their way from green to purple.

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KJ Misme @kjmisme.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

In the alt text I misidentified this pollinator- it’s actually a common eastern bumble bee, Bombus impatiens #invertefest #insects #pollinators

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KJ Misme @kjmisme.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Before native plants gardening, I was missing out on purple as a traditional fall color. #Maryland #nativeplants #gardening #bloomscrolling 🌱

An eastern carpenter bee in New England asters

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KJ Misme @kjmisme.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

EFF’s investigation found cops across dozens of jurisdictions writing “LMAO,” “LOL,” “Hehe,” “Haha,” “idk,” “blah,” “TBD,” and “robbery I don’t remember the case number leave me alone” in Flock’s “reason” box for searches. www.404media.co/cops-search-...

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Cops Search Thousands of Flock Cameras for Reasons of ‘LMAO,’ ‘IDK,’ ‘Hehe,’ and ‘asdfg’

The EFF found cops writing “idiot,” “WEIRD KID,” "blah," "leave me alone," and button mashing in Flock's 'reason' box.

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KJ Misme @kjmisme.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I love how partridge pea’s seed pods are such a satisfying reflection of its leaves #bloomscrolling 🌱 #gardening with #maryland #nativeplants

Partridge pea, Chamaecrista fasciculata, in the sunlight. A yellow blossom at the top. Leaves running down the left side of the stem, seed pods (imagine pea pods; they’re in the same family) running down the right side of the stem at almost the same angle.

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KJ Misme @kjmisme.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Idea: think of someone you know in real life and you’re not sure whether they support trans rights, and then talk with them about how very important trans rights are.

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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 12/09/2026

about half of that $38 million was mutual aid and crowdfunding. which is just…so much money. it really is incredible to think about.

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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 12/09/2026

we tracked months of rent payments to an estimated 13,000 families. the expected cost of rehousing those families, had they entered eviction, would be north of $218 million dollars. keeping them housed cost around $38-40 million

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Rachel @raythewren.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

She's done y'all!!! My magnum opus 🥲 Stained glass window based on Audubon's painting of Baltimore orioles. Wood frame by my partner.

A stained glass window with light shining through it. The window depicts two Baltimore orioles and their nest in a blooming tulip poplar.

A photo of me holding the stained glass window.

The Audubon painting the window is based on. His painting was oriented vertically, so I had to "crop" it to get the more horizontal orientation I wanted. In his painting, there are four birds.

A zoomed-out shot showing the panel placed in a window in my home. It fills the lower half of the window.

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David Ramos @imagineterrain.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

BirdCast, by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, estimates the nightly flight of migrating birds. They figure on 370,000 birds in the air tonight, and estimate that 6,100 have crossed Maryland so far. (Turn out unnecessary outdoor lights!!!) dashboard.birdcast.org/region/US-MD

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Maryland - Migration Dashboard - BirdCast

Explore nightly migration data in your region

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KJ Misme @kjmisme.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Mark your calendar for Oct 17, and start collecting seeds off your plants #nativeplants #maryland

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Judith Beyer @judithbeyer.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I am writing a country-of-origin report for the #asylum case of a person from #Myanmar - I had to update the number of individuals killed from 8345 yesterday to 8367 today. 22 persons have been killed by the military in the last 24 hours and nowhere in international media does this appear to be news

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KJ Misme @kjmisme.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

For all the #nativeplants gardeners and aspiring gardeners in #moco #montgomerycountymd and #pgcounty #princegeorgescountyMd (and #dc and anywhere in #maryland): Native gardening doesn’t have to cost money; it literally grows on trees. Let’s share with each other. #gardening 🌱

Green background with plant/flower clip art at the edges

MD SUBURBS OF DC
FALL 2026
NATIVE PLANT & SEED SHARE
1-3pm, Saturday, October 17
7719 Chicago Ave, Takoma Park MD

POTLUCK SNACKS & SWEETS

PLEASE BARE-ROOT PLANTS

hosted by:
Climate Action Coffee: Pollinator Group
Silver Spring/Takoma Park Mutual Aid: Community Garden Group
Community Food Forest Collective

EVENT DETAILS [arrow pointing to QR code that leads here: https://sstpmutualaid.wordpress.com/native-plant-seed-share/]

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KJ Misme @kjmisme.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Another favorite September native flower: obedient plant, Physostegia virginiana. when it bursts into bloom nothing tops this vibrant patch of pretty pink in my yard. 🌱 #bloomscrolling #nativeplants #gardening

A sore of obedient plant blossoms, with more obedient plants surrounding and in the background. Physostegia virginiana

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KJ Misme @kjmisme.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

A very unpicky native flower, I love all the pockets of blue mistflower, Conoclinium coelestinum, in my September garden. Later, it becomes one of the easiest plants to propagate by just pulling off seed puffs and patting them down into bare dirt in a new spot. 🌱 #bloomscrolling #nativeplants

About eight clusters of blue mistflower blossoms, Conoclinium coelestinum

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KJ Misme @kjmisme.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I planted some late boneset, Eupatorium serotinum, this past spring and now in September it‘s thriving and very happy…and I am happy about it. 🌱 #nativeplants #gardening

A few clusters of late boneset blossoms, Eupatorium serotinum

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KJ Misme @kjmisme.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Happy seed puff season to all who celebrate 🌱 #nativeplants #gardening

New York Ironweed (Vernonia noveborecensis) seed puffs looking reddish-gold in the afternoon sun

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KJ Misme @kjmisme.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Here is a short beautiful thing www.muthamagazine.com/2026/09/lucky/

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KJ Misme @kjmisme.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Lights off for bird migration, every fall and spring

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KJ Misme @kjmisme.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Bunch said he was departing “with very mixed emotions and heartfelt gratitude.” The Smithsonian said he would leave at the end of the year. Bunch’s departure comes 2 months after a White House report branded the leaders of the Smithsonian Institution as radical activists who cannot be trusted

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Lonnie Bunch to retire from Smithsonian leadership following clash with Trump administration

Lonnie Bunch is stepping down from leading the Smithsonian Institution after a challenging year. President Donald Trump has been pushing to reshape how U.S. history is portrayed, affecting entities li...

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KJ Misme @kjmisme.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I keep thinking about the totally unfounded optimism of Adrian, who wrote “Get well soon”

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KJ Misme @kjmisme.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Why is this so cute? (Images are photos of the tree that fell with papers push-pinned into its trunk/snag, with handwritten notes like “Thank you for the years of shade + clean air <3”)

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KJ Misme @kjmisme.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

September is for New England asters (and goldenrod, obedient plant, and mistflower) 🌱 #nativeplants #gardening #bloomscrolling

New England aster (Symphyotrichum novae-angliae) blossoms in the sunshine. About 6 in bloom, 3 buds, and lots of leaves. Many skinny purple petals radiating from yellow centers.

A cluster of blue mistflower is blurry in the background top left corner.

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Georgia Native Plant Society @ganativeplants.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Folks, it’s time to have the conversation about goldenrod. The goldenrods (Solidago spp) are starting to bloom on the roadside and in fields. With every glimpse of those yellow flowers, people with allergies are getting nervous. But don’t blame the flowers, for goldenrod is not the culprit. (1/4)

Yellow flowers with a red arrow in a grassy field.

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KJ Misme @kjmisme.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

@mcdotnow.bsky.social Your workers did a lovely job in early summer repaving the area south of Wheaton Mall, v friendly team & great to have it repaved! But I just noticed this morning that a sewer grate appears to have been paved over at Kimberly & St Margaret’s Way. Does this need to be fixed?

Photo of paved roadtop. The sun shining off it shows a pattern in the paving that looks like a manhole cover with an “S” in the center of it

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KJ Misme @kjmisme.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

My favorite garden photo from today, a peck’s skipper on New England aster. 🌱 #nativeplants #gardening #bloomscrolling #invertefest

A small butterfly with wings striped orangey brown/tan (peck’s skipper, Polites peckius) is perched on the feathery purple petals of New England aster, Symphyotrichum novae-angliae. Viewed from the side with blurry greenery behind

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