Kristine ❌👑
@extrasuperkk.bsky.social
Native plant nerd. Recovering soil scientist. Compost freak. Beginning birder. CoCoRaHS observer. Community, equity, climate. Great Plains bordering on Southern Rockies. Concerned about authoritarianism. At least a little bit queer & neurodivergent. IYKYK.
Phang: "Capital One said, 'We don't want the business anymore of the 45th president of the United States, his businesses, his failed sons, and his revocable trust.' So you can imagine -- I am just hypothesizing... but it suggests whatever Capital One uncovered was pretty bad. Makes you wonder..."
"It’s as if we launched a war against nature, and that has turned place after place into something that resembles a war zone," writes @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social. "The climate movement is a peace movement, a movement to end this war and its casualties."
We launched a war on nature. Now we are in a climate warzone | Rebecca Solnit
Summer is not what it once was. We have been robbed of one of life’s great joys
theguardian.com
A 60 Minutes probe into Epstein's banking, with Wyden already interviewed, vanished right after Sharyn Alfonsi got pushed out under Bari Weiss. Same editor who stalled the CECOT migrant story until Stephen Miller got a say. CBS keeps calling it timing. Sure looks like a pattern.
60 Minutes Epstein Banking Story Vanished After CBS Ousted Sharyn Alfonsi, Dem Senator Reveals
Wyden revealed he was interviewed for the show in a Senate report alleging the country's largest banks turned “a blind eye” to Epstein's financial activity
mediaite.com
companies, including Suncor Energy, to help cover the costs of climate-related disasters like wildfires, extreme heat, and flooding. The county argues the companies hid the risks of fossil fuels while communities were left to deal with the consequences.
Well, this isn’t going to be good. We all know how this will likely go. The Supreme Court has announced that one of the first cases it will hear when its new term begins in October is a major climate change lawsuit. Boulder County, Colorado, is seeking millions of dollars from fossil fuel
Pro tip: do you want utility workers in your yard, leaving your gate open so your dogs go on a jaunt? No? Well… plant your yard with 100+ spp of #nativeplants such that getting to the pole that needs to be replaced is SO much easier through your neighbor’s boring lawn.
I'm attending One Colorado's event, “Weekly Virtual Phone Bank” - sign up now to join me! #WeAreOneCO www.mobilize.us/onecolorado/...
Weekly Virtual Phone Bank · One Colorado
Join One Colorado for a virtual volunteer training, action, and organizing call. Volunteers from across Colorado come together online to build skills, take action, and prepare for the work ahead to p...
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Can't think of a thing that will radicalize a generation faster than "you've gotta let that old man in the corner over there see what's inside those pants before you play Kindergarten volleyball."
Gillian Branstetter@gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 2d agoAn initiative on the ballot in Washington state in November would require all athletes seeking to play girl's sports from kindergarten to high school to undergo "genetic screening, a testosterone-levels test, or an examination of their reproductive anatomy" before they can play
Terra Foundation Grant: Plants to Support Biodiversity, Part 2. The List. Screenshot of Jennifer Ackerfield's website. She is the author of Flora of Colorado. Reminder: This is part of a series of posts on the Terra Foundation Grant I received in April of 2024. “The Terra Foundation Residential…
Terra Foundation Grant: Plants to Support Biodiversity, Part 2. The List.
Screenshot of Jennifer Ackerfield's website. She is the author of Flora of Colorado. Reminder: This is part of a series of posts on the Terra Foundation Grant I received in April of 2024. “The Terra Foundation Residential Grant provides $1,000 for native plant material to install a new garden where turf has been removed in a home landscape. The Terra Foundation is committed to biodiversity and water conservation.” The grant had extra requirements in six categories, and I am devoting at least one blog post to each of those.
climateresilientlandscapes.earth
Why is the president willing to withdraw Todd Blanche’s nomination? The answer constitutes a blatant high crime and misdemeanor. trib.al/8X4iTwi
We Now Have the Leading Charge in Trump’s Next Impeachment
Why is the president willing to withdraw Todd Blanche’s nomination? The answer constitutes a blatant high crime and misdemeanor.
trib.al
The diarrhea lettuce company, Taylor Farms, uses slave labor contracted from the Arizona Dept. of Corrections. The backbreaking labor is often performed by imprisoned Mexican nationals who would be otherwise ineligble to work in the US. They are paid $1.50 an hour.
The Diarrhea Lettuce Company Has Been Linked to Forced Labor
The lettuce-producing Taylor Farms was linked to the widespread use of prison labor before its involvement in a cyclospora outbreak.
futurism.com
It’s dry. It’s hot. I am over it. But looky here. My curly cup gumweed (Grindelia squarrosa) is being mobbed by native bees. Sweat bees? #keystoneplant #nativeplants They are absolutely all over the flowers.
Bordeaux, France, has now recorded more days above 40°C in 2026 alone than during the entire 105-year period from 1920 (when observations began) to 2025. This is deeply shocking.
I had a lot of birds this month, despite ongoing drought. Will explain my theories at the end. I have seen or heard 55 species of birds in or from my yard in July 2026 (38 spp in July 2025). American robin, blue jay, House finch, American goldfinch, Northern flicker, house sparrow, … 1/x
New blog post. What inspores me? Results pile up over time, and you just have to keep doing, keep reflecting, keep adjusting, and keep doing in order to see those piled-up results; there’s a certain amount of fearlessness and faith that’s required. climateresilientlandscapes.earth/2026/07/31/i...
Inspiration
I consider myself a lifelong learner, constantly expanding my skills and awareness. I’ve gravitated towards specific areas, including the environment (particularly climate change, biodiversity, soi…
climateresilientlandscapes.earth
Kinda wild that @jamellebouie.net is the only person saying this clearly in a high-profile media outlet, but I'm so glad he is.
Opinion | Why Do We Tolerate Elon Musk’s Racist Commentary?
Why does the owner of X get a pass for what he says and does there?
nytimes.com
Some really encouraging Senate polls… 📍Georgia 🔵 Jon Ossoff: 56% 🔴 Mike Collins: 43% 📍North Carolina 🔵 Roy Cooper: 53% 🔴 Michael Whatley: 44% 📍Ohio 🔵 Sherrod Brown: 53% 🔴 Jon Husted: 45% 📍Iowa 🔵 Josh Turek: 50% 🔴 Ashley Hinson: 46% Keep organizing. Keep fighting.
Sharing an old blog post from a couple of years ago. I love sunflowers. #nativeplants climateresilientlandscapes.earth/2024/09/20/s...
Way more than enough evidence in these papers not only to get Comey’s charges 86’d before trial in federal district court, but also to get Blanche—and Trump—86’d at an impeachment trial in the Senate.
Odd, how Republicans are so angry at the *pretend* notion that Dr. Fauci undermined our health but are not even slightly interested in RFK Jr’s *actual* undermining of our health.
For more on Sen. Bernie Moreno: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Bernie Moreno says he built his car dealer empire all on his own. The reality is more complicated.
His up-by-the-boostraps tale is central to his campaign pitch, but there's more to the story of the Ohio Senate candidate's rise.
motherjones.com
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.Moreno to Fauci: "Who the fuck did you think you were?"
Imagine you become terribly sick on a plane. Fortunately, there are two doctors on board, Dr. Anthony Fauci and the self certified ophthalmologist Rand Paul. Who would you trust with your care? Now, who do you trust more with the nations health?
Weird he can’t bring this kind of energy towards his colleague who is accused of beating up his daughter.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.Moreno to Fauci: "Who the fuck did you think you were?"
