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Linda Hosler

@lindahosler.bsky.social
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Flora, fauna, food, family. Biologist, communicator, connecting science with people. She/her

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Linda Hosler @lindahosler.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Oh dear, the Tooth Fairy didn’t come last night 😬 That giant thunderstorm must have kept her away! 🧚‍♀️⛈️
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Linda Hosler @lindahosler.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Wildflowers don’t care where they grow. -Dolly Parton
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Garry @thegmcconnachie.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
This is why Dolly Parton will be remembered and loved ❤️📚
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Linda Hosler @lindahosler.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
You know that bad July jobs report? Turns out it was 100% due to women leaving the workforce. I read this as a random comment and didn’t believe it until I went to the source. Why isn’t THIS more talked about??? (Rhetorical, we all know the answer) nwlc.org/press-releas...
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July Jobs Report: Women Accounted for 100 Percent of the Labor Force Decline - National Women's Law Center
WASHINGTON — Women accounted for 100 percent of the decline in the labor force in July, according to a National Women’s Law Center jobs analysis of monthly data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Th...
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Ciara | Ciaraíoch 🎨 @ciaraioch.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
That "men should be allowed, without judgement or consequence, to do an amount of harm to women and girls that I personally deem acceptable" seems to be a genuine opinion still held by too many people in the year two thousand and twenty six is incredibly grim
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Linda Hosler @lindahosler.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
A question for the Sky. I just saw The Odyssey (a triumph, must-see!), and it made me wonder why we still use so many girl names from that era (Helen, Penelope, Cassandra), but not the boy names (Telemachus, Eurylochus, Agamemnon)? Does anyone know why? #odyssey
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Linda Hosler @lindahosler.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Five living writers that you’ve read five books by each: Margaret Atwood Jodi Picoult George RR Martin Sarah J Maas Stephen King Interestingly, all but one of these are from my 20s before algos took over book recs. I’d go back to an author I already knew. Now I read a lot more different authors.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 07/07/2026
The US women's team has 4 world cup titles and 5 Olympic gold medals. They're a heavy favorite for the women's world cup next year. The Men's team has 0 in both. The women get the job done.
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Mat Johnson @matjohnson.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
This Is Just To Say I told you so about that thing you disagreed with me about of which irrefutable proof has now emerged Forgive me it is too delicious too sweet not to remind you that you were wrong
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Linda Hosler @lindahosler.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
I’ve decided that “heat dome” sounds like a dessert. Like if you crossed a Baked Alaska and chocolate lava cake.
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Becky Hammer @beckyhammer.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Mr Darcy coming out of the lake in his wet shirt in 1995 Pride and Prejudice, with the pausa de hidratacion logo
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Linda Hosler @lindahosler.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
I really do believe people are fundamentally good.
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Linda Hosler @lindahosler.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Adventures in unemployed baking continues. Today’s chapter is my first attempt at meggyes pite- Hungarian sour cherry pie, thanks to actually finding meggy/sour cherries at the local farmer’s market.
A cross section of a golden brown meggyes pite, Hungarian sour cherry pie.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 17/06/2026
Should The Government Stop Dumping Money Into A Giant Hole?
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Linda Hosler @lindahosler.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
This is a heinous grocery store substitution.
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Linda Hosler @lindahosler.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
My new wildflower curb strip is so pretty and makes me happy. #wildflowers #bloomscrolling
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Linda Hosler @lindahosler.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Screwworm has been detected in Texas for the first time in 60 years. Good thing government scientists (who we can thank for the original solution way back when) are not totally undermined and undervalued these days!
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Linda Hosler @lindahosler.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Is Oscar the Grouch a chaos or order Muppet? Discuss.
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Oscar The Grouch: I Love Trash
Alt: Oscar The Grouch: I Love Trash
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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 30/05/2026
I’m a climate scientist. Let me fix this headline. “Nearly a century ago, scientists showed that burning fossil fuels warms the planet. Today, we know human emissions account for over 100% of the warming. Yet dark money and disinformation still work to keep Americans addicted to fossil fuels.”
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Sam G. Howard @samghoward.riliberator.com · 26/05/2026
What if taxing the rich works?
bostonglobe.com
The ‘millionaires tax’ was pitched as a $2 billion revenue source. It’s blown past that, yet again. - The Boston Globe
The state’s so-called millionaires tax has already generated more than $3.1 billion in revenue from Massachusetts' highest earners this fiscal year.
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Linda Hosler @lindahosler.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
It’s rhubarb season! This is my Aunt Marlene’s strawberry-rhubarb upside-down cake.This is the first cake I ever made as a kid, literally the easiest thing ever, and it’s such a crowd-pleaser. All you need is 4 stalks of rhubarb, a box of strawberry Jello, and a box of yellow cake mix.
1. Four stalks of diced rhubarb at the bottom of a 9x13 Pyrex.2. Sprinkle the strawberry jello powder over the diced rhubarb.3. Make the yellow cake mix as directed and pour over the rhubarb/Jello4. Bake as directed on the box and serve with whipped cream.
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ALXnow @alxnow.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Torpedo Factory Art Center draws one operator bid as city weighs next steps
alxnow.com
Torpedo Factory Art Center draws one operator bid as city weighs next steps | ALXnow
Alexandria City Council learned Tuesday (May 12) that the city received just one proposal for a potential operator of the Torpedo Factory Art Center during its procurement process. Earlier this year,...
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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 12/05/2026
the us federal government did not fucking do shit about the dustbowl until it got so bad the dust hit DC It is objectively bad (from a policy perspective) that in the northeast/mid-Atlantic this winter was cold and this spring has been mild. MY HEAT IS STILL COMING UP and it's mid-May.
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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Hungary’s parliament sings “Ode to Joy” — the anthem of Europe — after Péter Magyar is sworn in as prime minister. Hungary is once again a proud member of the European Union.
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Linda Hosler @lindahosler.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
My new favorite sentence from David Attenborough’s wiki is: “Aged around 11, he heard that the zoology department needed a large supply of newts.” en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_A...
When you google David Attenborough today, Google pops up a happy birthday message
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Linda Hosler @lindahosler.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Be the kind of person where scientists trip over themselves to name new species after you.
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Linda Hosler @lindahosler.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
The garden this morning 💐 #Bloomscrolling
Hot pink Knockout rose bush.Magenta peonies Pink freckled foxgloveTwo purple iris
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 05/05/2026
While the world’s eyes are on fashion’s biggest night, we’re turning ours to the garment, retail, and warehouse workers who keep the industry running. From true love found on the picket line to a free tailoring school out of a Brooklyn basement — meet the New Yorkers who make it all possible.
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Linda Hosler @lindahosler.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
My coral honeysuckle is gorgeous this year! This is the native honeysuckle to N America, not the invasive yellow/white version you’re likely familiar with. #BloomScrolling #NativePlants
Coral honeysuckle aka. Trumpet honeysuckle in full bloom with pink/orange flowers climbing up a fence
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Steph @stephy.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Former federal employees (and those in the process of planning their departures or who have since returned): make your voice heard by participating in the Federal Employee Exit Survey, developed by the Accountability and Reform Research Consortium (ARRC) pitt.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
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Linda Hosler @lindahosler.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Things that only a parent would yell at 8:20am: “Nobody is a rotten egg, everyone is great!”
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Linda Hosler @lindahosler.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
We have arrived at the 2+2=5 bit.
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Yvette Cendes @whereisyvette.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Want to support #WomeninSTEM? Don’t hold back an invite for something bc they’re pregnant/ just had a baby/ have a small child. People always say they’ll invite “later” but later never comes- let me lean on my support network and figure it out instead! 🔭🧪
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Linda Hosler @lindahosler.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
It doesn’t matter what happens with Iran tomorrow or next week. The food our country will need for winter is supposed to growing now. The die is cast.
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Linda Hosler @lindahosler.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
90 degree days in April means everything is blooming at once! These are all from my walk this morning around the neighborhood #BloomScrolling
Hot pink azaleaHoneysuckle buds and wisteria bloomsA riot of white hot pink and purple azaleasA pink and white dogwood tree
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Linda Hosler @lindahosler.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
My favorite mind-blowing fact is that sharks significantly predate the rings of Saturn.
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Linda Hosler @lindahosler.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
A literal translation of the 1st stanza from Hungary’s most famous poem 🇭🇺🥂 On your feet, Magyar, your country calls! The time is here, now or never! Shall we be slaves or free? This is the question, choose your answer! - By the God of the Hungarians We vow, We vow, that we won't be slaves any more!
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Linda Hosler @lindahosler.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
This perfectly captures how I felt all day yesterday. And into this morning…
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Steph @stephy.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
DC’s unemployment rate is 6.7% “The federal government reduced funding for grants, generating a big fall in jobs in scientific areas and other sectors. Also, the administration’s efforts to shrink the federal government led to widespread termination of federal contractors”
theguardian.com
DC’s highly qualified workers can’t find jobs: ‘What is happening?’
Washington DC has the highest unemployment rate in the US
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Linda Hosler @lindahosler.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
The garden today is such a joy #BloomScrolling
A flowering Bleeding Heart in pink and whiteA double blossom cherry treeA moss phlox in full lavender-colored bloom
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Frank Amari @frankamari.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
"Here we are, the most clever species ever to have lived. So how is it we can destroy the only planet we have?" -- Jane Goodall, born #OTD 1934
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Linda Hosler @lindahosler.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
When you’ve lost Naples, Florida, you know it’s real bad.
A road lined with No Kings protesters in Naples, Florida, on March 28, 2026.
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Linda Hosler @lindahosler.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
A truly excellent piece that everyone should take their time reading.
It has also occluded something deeper: the human decisions that led to the killing of between 175 and 180 people, most of them girls between the ages of seven and 12. Someone decided to compress the kill chain. Someone decided that deliberation was latency. Someone decided to build a system that produces 1,000 targeting decisions an hour and call them high-quality. Someone decided to start this war. Several hundred people are sitting on Capitol Hill, refusing to stop it. Calling it an “AI problem” gives those decisions, and those people, a place to hide.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
New, from me: The federal government is required to track job satisfaction among its employees. The Trump admin stopped collecting the data, so a nonprofit stepped in. The results show that a collapse in morale and zero trust in Trump agency leaders. 🧵 donmoynihan.substack.com/p/federal-em...
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Federal employees are not ok
A new survey shows collapsing federal employee morale
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Linda Hosler @lindahosler.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
How do we get all the anti-vaxxers to watch Hamnet?
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Linda Hosler @lindahosler.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
I’ve been peeved by my neighbors who brag about poisoning their yard with signs advertising their pest control companies. So I decided we need a counter-sign and started this hyperlocal campaign about mosquito spraying for my local watershed group. #SaveTheBees #Pollinators
A yard sign that says “Mosquito Spraying Kills Pollinators Too. Let’s Choose Safer Options” with a friendly bee, dragonfly, butterfly, and firefly flitting abut the words. There is a QR code that leads to https://www.folhc.org/stop-the-spray/
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
The 2026 National Science Foundation budget is $8.75 Billion.
nytimes.com
First 6 Days of Iran War Cost U.S. $11.3 Billion, Pentagon Says
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Linda Hosler @lindahosler.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Winter wonderland in Fort Hunt! It was 70 degrees when i woke up this morning! @capitalweather.bsky.social
Big puffy snowflakes falling on forested backyard. A flock of goldfinches are at a bird-feeder in the foreground.
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Linda Hosler @lindahosler.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Look at this absolute beast of a feather I found today! What do people think- Vulture? Eagle? We get both in our backyard.
A shiny brown-black feather that dwarfs my tiny lady hand.
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ninjacooter (they/them) 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🦂⛧⚷🐦‍🔥 @ninjacooter.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
“Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed...This is not a way of life...it is humanity hanging from a cross of iron.” -Dwight Eisenhower 1953
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