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Apricot S1 of 4

@earlapricot.bsky.social

Biking, walking, gardening, exploring, staying curious, and raising 3 cats in Minneapolis with my partner. 🌱🚲🌊🌸😻🐾❄️🪻💻🌃🚎

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Apricot S1 of 4@earlapricot.bsky.social · last yr.

An improbable cat stack. Marceline has managed to ensconce herself in extreme proximity to Thursday Next. This is a miracle of a full year of couples counseling. These two were once sworn enemies. (There was blood.)

Marceline is a shiny white calico cat and Thursday Next is a big fluffy white British shorthair cat with grey-tipped fur in a tabby pattern. They are pictured here on the couch, both ensconced in an aqua-and-white fleece blanket. Marceline is slightly behind Thursday and elevated one cat-height above her. They are otherwise symmetrically situated with their heads in the opposite, outer parts of the frame. They both look content and as if nothing terribly remarkable is happening, which is the most remarkable part. Their flanks are definitely hugging. Do they know? I think they do!
Apricot S1 of 4@earlapricot.bsky.social · last yr.

It has come to my attention that not enough people are following @jacobsimonsays.bsky.social 's daily wins. Even in this current environment of uncountable things going wrong, some things are also going right. He's on my don't-dare-miss list here. He posts these in video format on other platforms.

Jacob Simon (says)@jacobsimonsays.bsky.social · last yr.

Here's what's going right: 🦜 28 critically endangered orange-bellied parrots were released into the Tasmanian wild, narrowly avoiding extinction (ABC) 🧑‍⚖️ Puerto Rico’s accountability lawsuit is moving forward vs. the worst polluters for coordinated deception (Cleantechnica)

Apricot S1 of 4@earlapricot.bsky.social · last yr.

My plan to regrade the yard so that water will naturally pool near the birch trees we planted is working out swimmingly so far. This is just from snow melt. However I'm regretting planting Carex pensylvanica along the bottom of the regrade. I think they're probably drowning. #plantcommunities

Pooled water reflects the sky between one baby Sweet Birch tree, one adolescent Yellow Birch, and one adolescent River Birch tree. All three young trees are still wrapped and protected from winter and winter rabbits. There's a patch of snow in the foreground and two fences forming a corner in the background.A closer look at the water pooled right up to the base of the River Birch tree. You can see brown tufts of Carex pensylvanica unhappily also wading in this shallower area of the overall pool of water.
Apricot S1 of 4@earlapricot.bsky.social · last yr.

@ariellaelm.bsky.social posts 3 Wins and Dems Doing the Work threads daily. She's also available on Substack. Despair is tempting but ultimately extremely counterproductive. She is helping us to keep hope alive and stay in the fight. I recommend putting her on your priority reading lists.

Ariella Elm@ariellaelm.com · last yr.

DAILY DEMS DOING THE WORK, MAKING NOISE, AND FIGHTING BACK Day 18 Today is going to be a little bit different. I’m going to tell you about three actions that you probably haven’t heard of that, together, suggest a broad shift in how Democrats are operating. 🧵

Apricot S1 of 4@earlapricot.bsky.social · 2y ago

Some week-old somewhat-relieving news that I had missed: One of our billionaires, together with some other unspecified "US climate funders", will fill the international climate funding gap created by US withdrawal from the Paris accord.

Michael Bloomberg steps in to help fund UN climate body after Trump withdrawal

Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg's philanthropy arm said on Thursday it will provide funding to help cover the U.S. contribution to the U.N. climate body's budget, filling a gap left by President Donald Trump.

reuters.com

zoë jackson@zoemjack.bsky.social · 2y ago

i sat down with social media’s own @nortonmpls.bsky.social on "a lovely day" in Minneapolis to learn about how he came to defend the city with such passion. He says it's up to us to push back at negative portrayals of the city. www.startribune.com/lovely-day-m...

Lovely day: Minneapolis man looks to change narrative around Minneapolis with cheerful tweets, photos

Mike Norton, one of social media’s most prolific defenders of Minneapolis, says it’s up to the people who live here to push back at negative portrayals of the city.

startribune.com