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ScruffyJunco

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Black Lives Matter. Civil Rights. Human Dignity. Pale Blue Dot. Ally 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ Bay Area, California

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NanoRaptor, to random
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Same picture. Same bullshit.

A report card from year 10. It reads in part: English, Grade A, Dana is a very able and talented student who does not always give of her best. This failure to invest much energy in her English prevents her from achieving her full potential although this is not the say that this work is of an inferior standard. Also, Mathematics (Advanced), Grade A, Dana is a keen student but her work lacks discipline. She has a lot of ability but this needs further development.

ScruffyJunco,
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@acf @tanepiper @NanoRaptor @oliof
My Kindergarten teacher’s comment:

“Scout is a delightful girl, but she spends a lot of time coloring and daydreaming.”

Ma’am, I was FIVE.

heidilifeldman, to random
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The only peaceful way to prevent Trump from becoming President will be to beat him resoundingly at the ballot box. Peaceful but still an intense, effortful undertaking. I don’t know whether we will succeed, but I will do all I can to help.

ScruffyJunco,
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@heidilifeldman Vote early if you can. Then volunteer to drive people to the polls on Election Day. If you have the time, serve as a Poll Worker. If you’re interested in that, contact your Elections Office right away to sign up for training.

tristansnell, to random
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I remain convinced:

Trump DC J6 case will happen this spring.

And it will result in a conviction this spring.

This immunity question has caused a delay, but it will be a delay of weeks, not months.

ScruffyJunco,
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@Lizette603_23 @tristansnell
“false in one thing, false in everything”
👍

ScruffyJunco, to random
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Friends, who is the best source of guidance for COVID? My husband has tested positive -- I and our teenager have tested negative. All of us are boosted to the max. He's isolating in one room and we're wearing N95 masks when we deliver meals to him. What is the guidance now? Does he isolate until a negative test? Until the stuffy nose abates?

@COVID19_DISEASE

Brad, to random
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January 12, 2024- “Five years, 10 years, 20 years from now, what are we going to see in terms of cardiac impairment, pulmonary impairment, neurologic impairment? It’s year five in the pandemic, but there’s still a lot we don’t know about it.”- https://fortune.com/well/2024/01/12/covid-jn1-pandemic-world-health-organization-warns-dangers-repeat-covid-infection-cardiac-pulmonary-neurologic/

ScruffyJunco,
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@PacificNic @Brad I sure hope so. It’s going to be difficult to come back from pretending that it’s “just a cold”.

“Countries are not prepared for a more severe variant of the virus, which is possible, because they no longer see COVID as a global threat, she said.”

ScruffyJunco, to Bloomscrolling
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Last week, when I bought a parsley plant at the garden center, I didn’t notice it had a swallowtail butterfly larva. She’s now a beautiful caterpillar and I’ve bought another parsley plant for her to eat! 🪴🐛

kwheaton, to gardening
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Just love this photo of my wisteria. They smell heavenly and the bees love them. @gardening

ScruffyJunco,
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@kwheaton @gardening I once saw a squirrel carrying a big clump of wisteria blossoms up to her nest. I don’t know if she planned to eat it — or maybe she liked the fragrance!

arstechnica, to random
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The urban-rural death divide is getting alarmingly wider for working-age Americans

The cause is unclear, but poverty and worsening health care access are likely factors.

https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/04/the-urban-rural-death-divide-is-getting-alarmingly-wider-for-working-age-americans/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

ScruffyJunco,
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@arstechnica In the second time period (2017-2019), Roe has not yet been overturned. It’s going to be worse now.

“Breaking causes down by gender, rural working-age women saw a 313-percent increase in mortality from pregnancy-related conditions between the study's two time periods, the largest increase of the mortality causes.”

ScruffyJunco, to Bloomscrolling
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Sharing something delightful — this artist makes little woodland figures from seeds and twigs that he calls “Becorns”. Then he photographs them with birds and other animals. I hope you enjoy it!
🌾🐿️


https://youtu.be/NNSNQVWPfQA?si=Ihc2iP_b67DG_hT0

ScruffyJunco, to gardening
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In keeping with late-summer tradition, a so-called “friend” abandoned a large squash on my doorstep. She called it a zucchini, but the skin is thicker and a bit warty. I think I’ll cut it into chunks, toss with olive oil and s/p and roast it. And probably some fresh herbs. Any other ideas?


futurebird, to random
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I need to buy pea plant seeds to raise aphids, and the seeds cannot have any pesticides on them. NONE. Does anyone know a trustworthy supplier?

ScruffyJunco,
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@futurebird Perhaps Sprout People? I order all of my sprouting supplies from them.🌱

https://sproutpeople.org/

ScruffyJunco, to Bloomscrolling
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Colorful bulbs blooming at Buffalo Botanical Garden.

If you go there, know that it can be quite warm in the conservatory houses.



ScruffyJunco, to gardening
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A friend in New Jersey gave me some of his purple hyacinth seeds. They’ve sprouted nicely and I’m wondering where to plant them. I’d like to plant them in a pot and send them up the pergola. Here in the East Bay Area, how does the vine look over the winter? Our patio has a mild microclimate and rarely freezes. Sunset zone 15.

ScruffyJunco, to Bloomscrolling
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A grey hairstreak butterfly on sage flowers. I like the tiny orange spots.
At a plant nursery in Pleasant Hill, CA

ScruffyJunco, to community
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We have the nicest neighbors! Sunday afternoon, one neighbor brought over homegrown calamansi limes, another brought apples and another gave us a brand new HRC sweatshirt.
🍋🍎🌈

ScruffyJunco, to random
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I love that the beautiful, glamorous Aretha Franklin has a food stain on her diner uniform.

“Don’t you blaspheme in here!”

ScruffyJunco, to Mushrooms
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A few pics from a hike at Reinhardt Redwood Regional Park in Oakland, California.
I don’t know a lot about but these are my best guesses. Corrections are welcome!
🍄Tiny bonnet on moss.
🍄A sulphur shelf.
🍄Silver leaf .


Layers of dark yellow fungus, each with a an off-white outer edge, attached to damp brown bark.
Ruffly layers of brown and cream fungus grow out of a wound in grey bark.

ScruffyJunco, to random
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I'm about to start organizing a lending library for a small nonprofit. We currently have a couple of dozen books, but hope to have 200+ at some point. Can anyone suggest a free cataloging system to organize our collection? Maybe "LibraryThing"?
https://www.librarything.com/
📚



ScruffyJunco, to feminism
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I’m so excited! I received my signed book plate and stickers from Lyz Lenz!

Her book, This American Ex-Wife will be published on February 20.
You can pre-order from any bookstore, but it’s on sale right now at bookshop.org.

https://bookshop.org/p/books/this-american-ex-wife-how-i-ended-my-marriage-and-started-my-life-lyz-lenz/20112399

And her companion podcast is fabulous!

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/this-american-ex-wife-the-podcast/id1720174738


ScruffyJunco, to animals
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“Put your paws in the air, like you just don’t care!”
~ Cat, probably

Tengrain, to random
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News That Will Drive You to Drink https://mockpaperscissors.com/2024/01/06/news-that-will-drive-you-to-drink-2026/

ScruffyJunco,
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@Tengrain For me, that’s a short drive. gestures around to, well, everything

ScruffyJunco, to FiberArts
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When you look for instructions to sew a bottle bag and there’s an ad for addiction treatment. Is someone trying to tell me something?

PJD65, to Bloomscrolling
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More spring blooms from our garden. Zone 5

@gardening

ScruffyJunco,
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@PJD65 @gardening So pretty! What’s the flower in the bottom right?

viq, to covid19
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12-27/long-covid-mecfs-health-damaging-relationships-crisis/103205564
Besides the title it has some statistics, and otherwise talks about the social aspects of either trying to not catch , or having caught it and suffering consequences. I recommend reading, as parts of it describe my life.
@novid @covid19

ScruffyJunco,
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@viq @novid @covid19 The long-term impact of COVID is just so terribly sad. And I feel despondent with the widespread cognitive dissonance. So many people have fooled themselves into thinking we’re back to normal. Nothing is normal anymore.

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    ScruffyJunco,
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    @thepoliticalcat And gross. He’s gross.

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