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That Gardener @lethalvariation.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

I realized I was acceptable collateral damage in the war between Drs and insurance companies. I decided death would be better than continuing to pay for "care." I rejected everything health care professionals told me I needed to do. Stopped all meds/tx. My health improved exponentially. A thread...

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Artologica aka Michele Banks @artologica.net · 24/07/2026

Art historians refer to this effect as Chiarosquirrelo

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That Gardener @lethalvariation.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Hmmph. Crazy ultra-left eco-presbyterian chicks are a thing, and I'm one of them. Finding your people is kinda fascinating. And awesome. I think. Maybe. Right?!?

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That Gardener @lethalvariation.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Anything I say, can and will be held against me, by someone who THINKS they understand my facial expressions. Autistic Miranda... Um. Rights?!?

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That Gardener @lethalvariation.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

I just made enemies at church by telling the elders, "The measure of your character isn't how successful you were during good times, but how humane you are during bad ones." Sometimes I'm way too good at pissing people off.

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That Gardener @lethalvariation.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

All we want to do is make kids safe, and we have been prevented from doing so for decades. This is the result.

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Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

The point at which a sane, morally principled award winning teacher who is angry about school shootings picks up a gun and thinks it’s the only way to make a difference is a bad place to be in. Dismissing him as a crazy person and blaming Dems is disingenuous and dishonest

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That Gardener @lethalvariation.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Is there a word that describes a compulsion to dance horribly everytime you realize you're on camera?

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Governor Newsom Press Office @govpressoffice.gov.ca.gov · 22/04/2026

NEW: CA is transforming school campuses by replacing heat-trapping asphalt with trees and green space at 215 schools statewide 🌳📚 Since 2022, @calfire.bsky.social’s Green Schoolyards Program had invested in cooling campuses, planted 6K+ trees and improved learning environments for 94K students

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Calvinball Congress @emericanjezebel.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

you should do this simply because it helps your neighbors, but nothing makes me feel better heading into work than dropping a couple bags of groceries off at the community fridge. be selfish. help your neighbors and get a serotonin boost.

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Carrie @lkd98.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Please remember that dandelions are not truly weeds. They are the bees first meal in the spring. Grow and protect the dandelions, save the bees and you save the world. ✌🏻🥰

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Ginny Stibolt @ginnystibolt.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

European castle gardens have been sold to us as the ideal: always in full bloom, perfectly trimmed & no bugs. Today, companies can make big $$ helping us keep up this non-natural arrangement. It's time to break this unsustainable cycle & support native birds & pollinators with native plant habitats.

Photo of a formal garden with tan walkways, trimmed hedges, & exotic plants next to a tan brick building with red trim and floor to ceiling bay window on the second floor, & a turret on the far corner or the 3rd floor. Trees and water in the background. Text says, "Belfast Castle"

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Terre-Strial @terre-strial.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

‘Muscle Brain’ literally obscures sight. Not protective. Just limiting. Not shielding vulnerability. Just preventing clarity. ‘Muscle’… not as armor. But as blindfold. What happens when stubborn clinging to illusions of brute force there’s nothing but override vision Britt-Ingrid Persson 🇸🇪

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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

The biggest stumbling block we have to social change in the US is a cultural tendency to defer to power. We expect other people—specifically, those already in power—to save us. We can change a lot just by taking stock of the power we have ourselves and living the values we wish everyone had.

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Ginny Stibolt @ginnystibolt.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

#HomeGrownNationalPark We are on the map! Over the years we've replaced more than half of the lawn in our yard, which means that our property qualifies to be part of Doug Tallamy's wonderful Home Grown National Park. I also made a donation. homegrownnationalpark.org

Map of the US with the states colored in various shades of green. A red marker with a yellow dragonfly is pointing to a location in NE Florida.

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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

This is a reminder that ICE is still in Minnesota, that people still can’t leave their homes, and that funds are starting to run dry. Please donate if you can. Places like food shelves are struggling to meet the community’s needs.

standwithminnesota.com

Stand With Minnesota

Stand With Minnesota is a hub for supporting, learning, and taking action to support Minnesotans impacted by ICE and federal enforcement.

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IYKYK 🌮 @nisslbody.blacksky.app · 17/02/2026

I would argue that what we need is a better way to organize our social media use into circles, regions, and/or topics in a way that encourages long-form conversation and builds community but I'm just a kid from the BBS era.

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That Gardener @lethalvariation.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

That overwhelming thing you feel? That need to Feed People? That sense that, if all I do is feed people, somehow, everything will be ok? That, in my world, will NEVER Be labeled as pathogenic caregiving. The only difference between a saint and a pathogenic caregiver is modern diagnostic criteria.

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Artologica aka Michele Banks @artologica.net · 16/02/2026

Free study idea: compare the number of lives saved by back-up beepers on trucks to the number of minds lost from listening to them all day 😵‍💫

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That Gardener @lethalvariation.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

Doing laundry for a scientist is (almost always) a hell-of-a-lot easier than doing laundry for a farmer. Lab fires excluded.

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

If you’re a Kat person, bring a t-shirt to upcycle to our office tonight at 5PM and we’ll turn it into custom merch! You can join our phone bank bingo night too :)

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Center For Cardiometabolic Science @cardiometabosci.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science! 🧬✨ We celebrate the brilliant female faculty in the Center. From groundbreaking research to inspiring the next generation of scientists, your work is at the heart of our progress. #WomenInScience #cardiosky

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Hillbilly Highlander @hillhighlander.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

A 13-year-old opened a hot dog stand in front of his home in Minnesota, causing a complaint to the health department. Instead of shutting him down, the inspectors helped him bring his stand up to code and paid the $87 fee for his permit out of their own pockets.

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Brady, Longmont dork @tretnine.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

Longmont food rescue holds two free produce in the park events each month. All are welcome!

We are continuing with a hybrid model for 2023: Produce in the Parking Lot on 2nd Sundays, Produce in the Park on 4th Sundays. No forms to fill out or questions asked. We strive for equity at all of our distributions. Food is a variety of fresh fruit, vegetables, prepared deli foods, dairy, and bakery items, depending on that week's donations. We will distribute food as long as supplies last.

For details on the next event, please follow Longmont Food Rescue on Facebook. We create a Facebook event for every public food distribution, listing the location, day, time, and other pertinent information.

Events take place year-round in rain/shine/snow – any weather! We only cancel for extreme weather conditions for the safety of our volunteers. Updates can always be found on our Facebook.

Thank You For Following These Guidelines

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Longmont Area Democrats @longmontareadems.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

Please consider donating to your own local food banks, either monetarily or w/ non-perishables. Please check websites first before donating. Locally — Longmont Food Rescue: www.longmontfoodrescue.org/programs Community Food Share: communityfoodshare.org/get-food/mob... OUR Center: www.ourcenter.org

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Programs — Longmont Food Rescue

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Marvelle @marvelle.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

We need to be ageist to make room for younger representatives. I’m sure there are plenty of great 60+ candidates but I am tired as hell and just 49. We need their energy, anger, and impatience for a clearly flawed system.

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That Gardener @lethalvariation.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

Saw ladybugs out in the garden today. In January.

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Captain Fantastic @johnnycoraki.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

What if neurodivergence is the medicalisation of compassionate empathy for everyone who isn’t a raging sociopath 🤔

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That Gardener @lethalvariation.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Family Myth: We were simple farmers, looking for a better life. Family Reality: We were expatriated revolutionaries, fleeing certain death. It's not easy to admit your ancestors became the oppressor, but good people do it anyway.

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Bart Harley Jarvis @williamzabka424.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

What it feels like to live in America and believe ALL people should have basic human rights.

A panel from ultimates where a bad guy in a black and red suit says “You are under arrest! Your human right have been semi-permanently suspended and will be returned to you if it is decided you deserve them!”

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That Gardener @lethalvariation.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

20yrs ago we had to evict a scammer. Now I come back to the city and this guy is at every city council meeting and they treat him like an old hippie hero. They don't know how many times he has been evicted. He is an old civil rights guy who scams roommates. Sigh.

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That Gardener @lethalvariation.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Old white people with cars: volunteer to drive melanin-blessed students to/from school.

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Wild success tonight at the native plant launch party! 65 people turned out and we packed up 5100 (!!!) packs of native seeds, made over 600 seed bombs, folded 100 ice alert zines, distributed over 150 whistles… Damn. Good night. Thank you to everyone who attended!

Smiling group of 30 people at a long table packing seeds

Cuties packing brown bags with people making seed bombs in the background

Posters being assembled with brightly colored clips, the posters have flowers on them and say take one and plant at the bottom

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Making little round spheres of dirt and clay

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That Gardener @lethalvariation.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Just found out our town has a program that gives you 75$ to buy food to have a block party. They've figured out safe neighborhoods have neighbors that know each other.

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That Gardener @lethalvariation.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Despite not being a drinker, I bought a cheap bottle of champagne. I'm hoping keeping it chilled will prompt the big beautiful obituary.

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ChrisP @wordsmithgetxo.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

Now why does that remind me of this? youtu.be/FQMbXvn2RNI?...

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Cows With Guns - The Original Animation

YouTube video by Thermosion

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Michael Tisserand @tisserand.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

In Minneapolis

A Baptist church sign reads Blessed Are the Whistle Blowers for They Play the Music of Salvation

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That Gardener @lethalvariation.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

What's the difference between a pathological caregiver and a saint? Modern diagnostic criteria.

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That Gardener @lethalvariation.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

I got to sort iceberg lettuce at the food bank today. Some heads were edible, some were dripping slime balls. When a box flap covered in lettuce slime flaps, it flings lettuce slime everywhere. It was my lucky day day, none got in my eyes or mouth. And we had lettuce for taco night.

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That Gardener @lethalvariation.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

From a former homeless gal, now a food bank volunteer: When you're down and out, you don't get many baking supplies, spices, greens, or protein. Everyone needs to nourish their happy w an occasional sweet, spice in their beans, and fiber for gut health. Nut bars = portable protein. TY donors!

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Learn Dirt @learndirt.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

🏡 Lawns are useless. Rip them out and plant food instead. 🌱🔥

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Surprised Eel Historian, PhD @greenleejw.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

It's election day! To all my fellow US folks: make sure you get out & vote. The eels demand it of you. Eels, of course, are citizens of the world. So they can't vote in local elections, and they have to rely on you to do it for them. Even if you won't vote for you, be a proxy vote for an eel! 🗃️🧪

Meme. Photograph of a New Zealand longfin eel underwater, looking expectantly at the camera. Despite not being a US citizen, this eel (we'll call him Vestiboing) is very concerned with the state of our politics. US policy sets the table for the world, and Vestaboing knows that only one of the major parties has anything like a passing interest in environmental conservation. Does he stand behind everything the Democratic Party does or says? Of course not. Does he wish for better national leadership in this time of trial and doubt? For sure. But will he let the perfect be the enemy of the good? No. He will not.

That is not the way with eels. Nor should it be the way with any of us.

Vestaboing's blue eye implore you. His fins float on currents of expectation. His nostrils are perky and hopeful. Don't crush his heart. Cast your vote for eels. For Vestaboing.

Meme text reads:
"It's eelection day!
Go vote!"

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Learn Dirt @learndirt.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

Every farm should be a sanctuary, every garden a refuge.

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Scott Robeson @indianaclimate.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

My department has a mutual aid table in a public area outside the main office. In addition to providing ready to eat snacks, some bring other food (and produce from our gardens) to share with whoever needs it. Nothing is there for long, so that existing need has gotten bigger.

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

The USDA sent an email to grocery stores telling them they are prohibited from offering special discounts to customers affected by the SNAP funding lapse. I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email

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Learn Dirt @learndirt.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

There is no path to sustainability that does not include regenerating our soil.

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Learn Dirt @learndirt.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

A garden is a revolution in motion.

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Rep. Joe Neguse @neguse.house.gov · 01/11/2025

Appreciated the opportunity to volunteer & thank the dedicated team at the Food Bank for Larimer County yesterday in Fort Collins — grateful to so many in our community who are rallying to help our neighbors in need! 🙏🏾

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