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LeftInTheOzarks

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Native landscaping, horticulture, habitat restoration.

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LeftInTheOzarks @leftintheozarks.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Stiffleaf aster (Ionactis linariifolia) is a criminally underappreciated (US) native wildflower. As long as you have acidic, relatively free-draining soil it can take fairly heavy shade, survive extended droughts, and still produce some nice fall blooms. #nativeplants #bloomscrolling 🌱🌿
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LeftInTheOzarks @leftintheozarks.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Afrikaaner 'refugees' move to US, get sick and are baffled they are unable to find GP or get government assistance. So they return to SA to use their still existing state-funded healthcare only to find out their return trip cost them their refugee status.
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LeftInTheOzarks @leftintheozarks.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Every line of this is just incredible briefly.co.za/south-africa...
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A costly trip home: Afrikaner family stuck in SA after returning from the US
An Afrikaner family granted US refugee status returned to South Africa for medical treatment and later found themselves unable to re-enter the United States.
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LeftInTheOzarks @leftintheozarks.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Triangulation has become a prion in the Democratic party
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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
It sends a pretty strong message that liberals see LGBTQ+ rights as an inconvenience to winning elections rather than standing up for oppressed people being integral to defeating fascism
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LeftInTheOzarks @leftintheozarks.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
This is the most gutless excuse for transphobia and bigotry in general.
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LeftInTheOzarks @leftintheozarks.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
And yet whenever I try to mate with a Montagu's harrier all I get is a job offer from the FBI
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LeftInTheOzarks @leftintheozarks.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Check out these great spangled fritillary (Argynnis cybele) hanging out on what I'm pretty sure is swamp thistle (Cirsium muticum).
Two orange butterflies with black and white markings feed on a purple-pink flower
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LeftInTheOzarks @leftintheozarks.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Every democratic candidate will be a far-left lunatic who wants to implement Stalinist communism, abolish borders and law enforcement, and force-fem the military so China can conquer us and turn convert churches into the milking factories of Jordan Peterson's nightmares
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State of St. Louis @stateofstlouis.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
St. Louis Hotelier & traffic calming opponent Bob O'Loughlin gave $10,000 to a MAGA Governor Kehoe PAC today.
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LeftInTheOzarks @leftintheozarks.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Bumelia languinosa (gum bumelia) is one of my favorite native trees but I've never seen it in cultivation. Hoping to harvest seeds from this one in a couple months to change that. #nativeplants 🌱🌿
A tree roughly 15 ft (4.5 m) tall with densely clustered leaves along branches
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LeftInTheOzarks @leftintheozarks.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Liatris pycnostachya (prairie blazing star) by our pond 🌿🌱#bloomscrolling #nativeplants
A dense spike of purple-pink flowers blooming in front of a lake
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State of St. Louis @stateofstlouis.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
St. Louis City's 🥵 Extreme Heat Warning www.stlouis-mo.gov/events/event... bizarrely has no information on Cooling Centers. The only 🔗 is to City Emergency Management Agency page which also has no Cooling Centers information. Cooling Centers info here btw www.stlouis-mo.gov/live-work/su...
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Bart Simpson and the 'At Least You Tried' Cake
Alt: Bart Simpson and the 'At Least You Tried' Cake, which he dumps in trash can
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 29/06/2026
Missouri’s governor supports an amendment that would make it harder for citizen-led ballot initiatives to succeed, arguing they are susceptible to “out-of-state special interests.” He also backs a ballot measure funded by dark money from Delaware.
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Missouri’s Governor Is Opposed to Out-Of-State Funding, but Not for His Own Ballot Measure
Gov. Mike Kehoe says “out-of-state special interests” are influencing citizen-led efforts to amend the state constitution. His own ballot measure, a push to eliminate the state income tax, has receive...
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Jason Hancock @jasonhancock.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
The tax break the ad is furious about was born in 2015, when the Republican-controlled Legislature passed Senate Bill 149. Among the senators who backed the bill was a Republican from Jefferson City named Mike Kehoe. #moleg #mogov
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The data-center loophole Amendment 5 doesn’t close
The tax break at the center of the ad was created by Missouri lawmakers — and the measure would leave it to lawmakers to revisit.
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State of St. Louis @stateofstlouis.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
🆕 St. Louis Area Plant and Seed Swaps and Sales 🌱 Added: Sept 26 Plant & Cuttings Swap at Grand Glaize Branch, Manchester 🌱 This weekend: Carnivorous Plant Society Show & Sale @ MoBot 🌱 June 26-27 Flyleaf Market Succulent & Tropical Plant Sale 🌱 June 27 Kimmswick Visitor Center Daylily Sale
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St. Louis Area Plant and Seed Swaps and Sales
Bowood Farms Sale, Central West End: 50% Off All Vegetables & Herbs (excluding lavender & rosemary). 25% Off Blueberry and Blackberry Shrubs and and Cherry Trees. 9 am to 5 pm Saturday, Jun…
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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
The temperature in Delhi is 45 Celsius/113 Fahrenheit. The government is telling people to stay indoors, but that is not a viable option for millions who need to work and move about outdoors. And its supposed to get hotter. www.bbc.com/news/videos/...
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Heatwave: Indians warned to stay indoors as temperatures soar
The BBC's Sumedha Pal described how difficult it was to be standing in the streets of Delhi as temperatures rose to 45C .
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LeftInTheOzarks @leftintheozarks.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Exhibitionist Eastern Tiger Swallowtails (Papilio glaucus) getting it on in the truck bed 🌿
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
“The delay in confirming the outbreak was in part because samples were taken to the national lab in Kinshasa, Congo, at the wrong temperature. That task previously would have been managed by U.S.A.I.D.”
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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 19/05/2026
San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria has spent years dehumanizing Palestinians & boycotting events critical of the Israeli Govt. Now in the wake of a horrific tragedy in San Diego in which white supremacists killed 3 Muslims he hears it from a San Diego resident. Video credit: @andrewmercado.bsky.social
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404 Media @404media.co · 17/05/2026
Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt was booed throughout this commencement speech at the University of Arizona for his praise of AI. This comes just a week after another commencement speaker who mentioned AI was booed at a school in Florida. Read more: www.404media.co/ucf-ai-comme...
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LeftInTheOzarks @leftintheozarks.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Finally someone who gets it
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LeftInTheOzarks @leftintheozarks.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
I've kind of been obsessed with Silene caroliniana (wild pink) this season 🌱🌿 #nativeplants #bloomscrolling
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LeftInTheOzarks @leftintheozarks.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Very snakey duo: black snakeroot (Sanicula canadensis) emerging next to a limestone adder's tongue fern (Ophioglossum engelmannii) 🌿🌱 #nativeplants
Two small plants emerging in front of fallen oak leaves. The black snakeroot on the left has three leaves, each comprised of three leaflets with the side leaflets deeply bisected. The adder's tongue fern on the right is a single, lance-shaped leaf about 3 inches tall
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LeftInTheOzarks @leftintheozarks.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Platner apologists sure give us all a lot to think about
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LeftInTheOzarks @leftintheozarks.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Bird's foot violet (Viola pedata). I absolutely love these guys and they're important larval hosts for a bunch of fritillary butterflies including Edward's, Great Spangled, Mormon, Coronis, and Variegated 🌱🌿 #nativeplants #bloomscrolling
A short plant producing purple flowers with an orange center. The leaves are dissected in in such a way that they resemble bird's feet
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LeftInTheOzarks @leftintheozarks.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Yellow star grass (Hypoxis hirsuta) blooms next to some small tufts of curly oat grass (Danthonia spicata) 🌿🌱 #nativeplants
A single, diminutive, bright yellow flower pokes out of a small tuft of grass and leaf litter
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Eddie Hill @eddiehill.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Wired is crushing it youtu.be/1d736ojx-ZY?...
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Now We Know Their Names | WIRED
YouTube video by WIRED
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LeftInTheOzarks @leftintheozarks.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Packera obovata is popping at the shop right now #nativeplants #bloomscrolling 🌱🌿
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Melissa Barber @mbarber.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Today, MSF is going public with something we've been fighting behind closed doors for months: Gilead will not sell us their new HIV drug, lenacapavir. The sticking point isn't even price, they just refuse to sell. Open letter linked + explainer 🧵1/ www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/gilea...
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Gilead refuses to sell groundbreaking HIV prevention drug to MSF
Blocking humanitarian organizations from accessing a medical breakthrough puts vulnerable people across the world in danger.
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LeftInTheOzarks @leftintheozarks.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
#SpringEphemerals were taking off this weekend. White trout lily (Erythronium albidum) is one of my favorites
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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 24/03/2026
There's a lot going on but a constitutional amendment to reinstate Missouri's abortion ban this fall is polling at 47-40 because Republicans cynically slapped on a gender-affirming care ban. me in @autonomynews.co
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Missouri Republicans Are Using Transphobia to Trick Voters Into Banning Abortion
Conservatives are seeking to overturn protections voters approved just two years ago, and polling on a new amendment suggests it could work.
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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 17/03/2026
back in December, I wrote about Trump purging all the immigration judges who he feared might not just be rubber stamps for deportation @nateraymond.bsky.social's new reporting suggests Trump has found some stamps ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
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Trump Has Never Been Clearer About What an Immigration Judge’s Real Job Is
The president doesn’t want immigration judges who handle cases by the book. He wants immigration judges who will rubber-stamp his mass deportations agenda.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
This man did far more fighting for the US than anyone in the cabinet or the White House. And he died one day after being taken to an American concentration camp. One day. www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...
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Afghan asylum-seeker dies in ICE custody, US advocacy group says
Mohommad Nazeer Paktyawal is at least the 12th person to die ​in ICE detention this year.
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Julie in STL @hyperhouse.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
A tornado story in three parts. You can’t walk in many parts of north St. Louis without seeing these blue strands and realizing what they are. When I first saw tarps go up, I was naive enough to think they were a sign of hope. Now as they shred, I know no help is coming.
Blue strands of material dotting the landscapeBlue material in treesA tarp on top of a church. It’s been 10 months since a tarp was put on top after a tornado and now it too is falling apart.
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Lupita Nihongo @otsumamiboy.blacksky.app · 16/03/2026
I’ve literally been sitting here crying dawg for two minutes because he is visibly missing the anterior insular and anterior prefrontal cortexes of his brain!!!!!
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LeftInTheOzarks @leftintheozarks.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Fragrant sumac (Rhus aromatica) waking up #nativeplants 🌱 🌿
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LeftInTheOzarks @leftintheozarks.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
"Make things better" is an extremely subjective yardstick. I generally tend to be on the side of "bombing schools is bad and wrong regardless of long term outcomes".
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elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
Israel has been dumping herbicides throughout southern Lebanon as part of a concerted ecocide campaign to render the region uninhabitable. This has been going on for months with Lebanese journalists & environmentalists regularly reporting on it. The BBC: we don’t know why the Israelis are doing it
“The purpose behind the release of herbicide on the villages remains unclear.”
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Sage Deviant 🏳️‍⚧️ @trans.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
“but we didn’t intend for all these kids to die” and yet still you have caused their deaths. the purpose of a system is what it does.
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LeftInTheOzarks @leftintheozarks.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
People who want to ensure their land stays protected from development after they shuffle off this mortal coil should also look at conservation easements www.magnificentmissouri.org/conserve/con...
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Conservation Easements - Magnificent Missouri
We educate landowners who may be interested in permanently protecting their land for farming, forestry, and recreation uses. Voluntary conservation agreements, or easements, were created by Congress i...
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LeftInTheOzarks @leftintheozarks.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
Cat farts
A somewhat overweight tabby cat. He just farted on me
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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
The Trump Administration Wants to Make It Easier Than Ever to Exploit Farmworkers www.thenation.com/article/soci...
Screenshot of the nation headline
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TPM @talkingpointsmemo.com · 11/02/2026
"Trump may be the avatar of the Authoritarian International, but these groups exist and are now joined together in a way that will outlive Trump personally and electorally," writes @joshtpm.bsky.social. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/think...
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Thinking Clearly About the Global Authoritarian Movement
Day after day we’re seeing more signs of Donald Trump’s slipping grip...
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elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
Israel told the UN to stay away from those areas for 9 hours while it kills all plant life. This is a war crime, and Israel is so comfortable committing war crimes that they announce them in advance.
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Cameron 🇺🇸🗽🦅 @cameroncorduroy.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Americans have been so poisoned by TV copaganda slop that it largely doesn't register to them that police officers are not supposed to point guns at people guns are in principle not a tool of law enforcement, they are a tool of self-defense that we allow law enforcement officers to have
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Paul F. Tompkins @pftompkins.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
When it happens I think it would be both fun and funny if after the celebrations die down no one ever says the name again or acknowledges he ever existed. Like see how long we can keep it up
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Rural Anarchy @ruralanarchy.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
ProPublica doing the Lord's work again. But the amount of blatant racism in the comments is something to behold.
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