Two Minnesota solar farms seeded native wildflowers under their panels, and 5 years of counting revealed native bees had multiplied twentyfold, then crossed the fence to pollinate the neighbour's soybeans

Two Minnesota solar farms seeded native wildflowers under their panels, and 5 years of counting revealed native bees had multiplied twentyfold, then crossed the fence to pollinate the neighbour's soyb...

Two Minnesota solar farms planted 66 native species under their panels. Five years of counting revealed a staggering result that nobody had written into the engineering plan.

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I want people to understand the full impact of the devastation that First Nations in Canada are facing. It's NOT just that people and wildlife are losing their homes...it's the history that is being lost for generations to come.

Why I’m a fan of the Oxford comma.

Lamentation (flipped, detail), by Gerard David, 1515-23, 📸 by Roberto Schmidt

Happy “liberal arts professor helps save the Union” day to all who celebrate

Why do Dr's offices ask what kind of appointment you want to schedule? How would I know the categories you keep? Do you have a menu I could choose from? I'd be more than happy to book through Toast or whatever.

Unfortunately I find this endlessly fascinating (via @404media.co). www.404media.co/how-i-bought...

How I Bought a Private Jet By Selling $10 Subscriptions to 404 Media

My journey inside the world of LARPing, where hustlebros pretend to be rich for TikTok.

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Sara Bareilles and Brandi Carlisle co-wrote a song for the documentary, ‘Come See Me in the Good Light’ with words by late poet Andrea Gibson. “[Brandi’s] like a big electric neon yes… so unabashedly supportive of who she loves.” Interview: www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

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Presenting The Rolling Stone Interview with Sara Bareilles: “‘I’m terrified, but I’m not hiding.” Here, the singer-songwriter gives a revealing (and often hilarious) interview on grief, mental health, and avoiding the “big, bad pop monster." Read: www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

My favorite genre of social media content right now is "international sportsball fan discovers fellow sportsfan's country." World Cup has been fantastic. NFL's "football" exchange last Fall was phenomenal. Just, good stuff showing our commonalities and humanity, excitement and wonder. 10/10

Jared Yates Sexton@jysexton.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I think one of the antidotes to this national dread is just watching one video after another of friendly and excited Americans welcoming people for the World Cup. There’s not a one of them that isn’t tear-inducing. A good reminder of what this country should and could feel like.

One of the wildest #USWNT games I've ever watched. The announcers absolutely made it. I know we're all focused on men's World Cup right now, but this game last night made me want to immediately buy tickets to 2027 Women's in Brazil. It's gonna be good. www.yahoo.com/sports/artic...

Brazil shown 8 red cards in physical 1-0 loss to USWNT

Multiple members of the Brazil national team earned red cards Tuesday during a 1-0 loss against the U.S. Two Brazilian players were shown red cards during the game, and two more were shown red after t...

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Living his best life 🎉🎈 TT: finn_e_bear

Many people have a vested interest in pretending otherwise, but the US research university is globally dominant to an almost unbelievable degree. The typical state university is a football team stapled to a R&D lab with a budget bigger than the entire nation of Belgium.

Zoomer Antimillenarian@surcomplicated.bsky.social · 3mo ago

This is a paranoid fantasy that the media encourages but it’s actually not true. The US produces a very educated populace. It’s just that the sheer scale of our R&D requires drawing on the finest talents of a far larger population base via immigration.

I feel like pigeons are the orange cats of the bird world

Cristian Farias@cristianfarias.com · 3mo ago

“Not for rinsing or washing,” they said. (Seen at Union Station.)

This is incredible. Former colleague created an app where you can see what your taxes paid for...AND your share of what the government borrowed as debt in that same calendar year.

You've paid your 2025 taxes, now see where each dollar went with your Taxpayer Receipt

See how each tax dollar was spent on your own personalized federal Taxpayer Receipt and how this has changed over time.

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#EarthDay is always a reminder that I interviewed its founder, Gaylord Nelson, at a gathering for local Democratic candidates in the Eau Claire area on a weekend morning in October 1978. He was most gracious with a young, inexperienced reporter. We could use more public servants like Gaylord Nelson.

rrovito.bsky.social@rrovito.bsky.social · 4mo ago

“Our goal is an environment of decency, quality and mutual respect for all human beings and all other living creatures,” Gaylord Nelson, U.S. Senator from Wisconsin, said on eve of the first #EarthDay. I wrote about Nelson's role in 2020 for @milwaukeemag.bsky.social.

This saga has been so infuriating. The city would rather have one person store their personal property in public space than see dozens of customers able to hang out, build community, and spend money at local businesses and restaurants.

The 51st@51st.news · 4mo ago

NEW: D.C. made streateries permanent. But restaurant owners say the rules are too costly and complicated to keep them up. “The city values the revenue generated from a single parking spot over what that space can mean to the people who live here. That just seems like a failure of public policy.”

Don't know what I was expecting when I got a protein latte at Starbucks today, but it certainly wasn't something that can only be described as "chunky" and "chewable."

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Hershey says it will shift back to classic recipe for all Reese's products after criticism

Hershey said Wednesday it will use classic recipes for all Reese’s products starting next year. The change comes after the grandson of Reese’s founder criticized the company for shifting to cheaper in...

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Just so you understand, this is as if you prepared for argument in front of a panel that included Cookie Monster, and Cookie Monster asked you a question about cookies, and you had not thought about cookies in advance.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 4mo ago

GORSUCH: Do you think Native Americans are birthright citizens under your test? SAUER: Ah, I think ... so. I have to think that through.

I don't want to be part of the story, just know that YES I've been waiting for this to be investigated. PB Cups suck now. I'm glad the secret is out. I haven't eaten chocolate in over a year. I am 100% still addicted to Life Saver Sour Gummies though.

PBS News@pbsnews.org · 4mo ago

As Easter approaches, and baskets of candy are shared with loved ones, have you noticed a taste or quality difference in chocolate? We want to hear from you for this story: https://bit.ly/4v02OQk

From the writers of Cocaine Bear and Sharknado... www.yahoo.com/news/article... Sharknado 6: Great White Cartel

Sharks in Bahamas test positive for cocaine, caffeine: Study

Researchers found sharks in a remote part of the Bahamas had blood that tested positive for caffeine and cocaine.

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Here's your moment of zen: A "holy" cat named Coco stands at the entrance of a church in Mexico, seemingly blessing everyone who walks in 🐱

Happy March 15. Here is my favorite Ides of March meme:

Oh man, we knew this was coming after Art passed, but there was a time...

Urban Milwaukee@urbanmilwaukee.com · 5mo ago

Large Corporation Buys Just’s Art Saloon by @jeramey.urbanmilwaukee.com

So glad the city just got finished ripping out all of the outdoor streateries now that it's sunny and 80.

Equivalent to a 20yo today knowing who Elvis is, would be me in the early aughts knowing who The Drifters, Dean Martin or Perry Como was, which I did. I think a lot about how we knew what came before, and without the benefit of the internet at our fingertips. What changed?

Roxane Gay@roxanegay.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Just walked by a colleague's classroom after my class finished and he was talking about Elvis, getting blank stares and so he had to ask "Does anyone know who Elvis Presley is?" It's rough out here on these teaching streets.

Conversely, I think this reality DID happen for a lot of people...those who are now in charge of our institutions and leadership. And they have to believe it was true for the majority of others or they would have to admit they grew up wealthy and not "middle class" like they've always believed

Mikki Kendall@karnythia.blacksky.app · 5mo ago

This didn't happen. The perception that it did is largely based on fictional shows that were about rich people. Much more common was a household where one person (theoretically Dad in a het household) was the higher earner and paid the housing costs and the other paid utilities & food

The Paralympics start today and WE HAVE A HEIST????

Devin Heroux@devinheroux.bsky.social · 5mo ago

JUST IN Two curling 🥌 stones have been stolen from the Cortina curling venue ahead of Paralympic competition. Authorities are investigating. Competition will not be affected. Here’s what we know at this point: www.cbc.ca/sports/paral...

The level of rage I feel daily at Chrome's split view. Dragging a tab out to a new window? Oh, surely you meant split view! Trying to figure out how to close split view and go back to separate tabs? Surely you mean closing one of those tabs. Flames. Flames on the side of my face.