Sam
@sjberger.bsky.social
Minnesotan. Dad. Native plant booster. Bewildered denizen of the anthropocene.
Hell yeah. Immigrants and immigration are good for our communities and our country! More Dems need to give this full throated support.
Matt Little@littleforcongress.bsky.social · 11h agoHad a great day at Farm Fest yesterday! We’ve got a lot of farmers here in CD2, and many of them need help and a government that actually works for them.
Dark morph female of #papilioglaucus or Eastern Tiger Swallowtail. If you #plantnative and they will come!!!
What a beauty! Spotted this healthy Monarch larvae hanging out on the Prairie Milkweed (Asclepias sullivantii) in the prairie garden tonight 🐛 #caterpillars #gardening #monarchs #nativeplants
Blue milkweed beetle (Chrysochus cobaltinus) on dogbane. It was a warm day, but a sprinkle of rain from a brief afternoon thunderstorm cooled things off, plus gave the beetle a few droplets for decoration. (Montana) #BugSky 🌿🐙📷
Goldenrod soldier beetles waiting for some goldenrod... Plant native plants, make life easier for native beetles #invert #NativePlants 🌱 #Minnesota
Goldenrod soldier beetles waiting for some goldenrod... Plant native plants, make life easier for native beetles #invert #NativePlants 🌱 #Minnesota
Peck's Skipper foraging on anise hyssop in the prairie garden Plant native plants, get cool native butterflies I believe this is a @wearegonnafindout.bsky.social fav? #invert #NativePlants 🌱 #Minnesota
Lunchtime for dragonflies in the prairie garden Eastern pondhawk (Erythemis simplicicollis) eating what looks like an amberwing (Perithemis tenera) Plant native plants, get the whole damn circle of life #inverts #NativePlants 🌱 #Minnesota
Abolish ICE. Demand that your representatives support abolishing ICE.
Aaron Reichlin-Melnick@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · last wk."Tonk" is a Border Patrol slur that refers to the sound a metal flashlight makes when used to beat a migrant in the head. And that's the word that Border Patrol agents under the direct command of Greg Bovino were using when bragging about their arrests in Los Angeles last year.
Lunchtime for dragonflies in the prairie garden Eastern pondhawk (Erythemis simplicicollis) eating what looks like an amberwing (Perithemis tenera) Plant native plants, get the whole damn circle of life #inverts #NativePlants 🌱 #Minnesota
The fact that there’s a wasp with dark blue iridescent wings brings me joy. Also, Mountain Mint is a fabulous plant and brings in so many fancy pollinators! #invertebrates #BugSky 🌿 #NativePlants
Hanging Thief Robber Fly - saw this in the prairie garden this morning as I was headed to work. I wish I would have had time to stay and watch it hunt. As @sjberger.bsky.social says, plant native plants, get cool flies! #nativeplants #insects #flies 🪰
When Minnesotans speak today of living on "stolen land," the theft — and it really was a great swindle — took place 175 years ago today. The treaty that stripped Minnesota from the Dakota people, from this AM's @axios.com newsletter >> www.axios.com/local/twin-c...
175 years ago today, this treaty stripped Minnesota from the Dakota
The 1851 treaty is the great double-cross that set Minnesota on its course to statehood.
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Meet the Air Shrimp! Ok, actually it’s called a Hummingbird Clearwing Moth but it really is shrimp-like. They absolutely love these Wild Bergamot flowers. #MothWeek #NationalMothWeek 🌿 #invertebrates #BugSky #NativePlants
Longhorn bee sleeping in a partridge pea flower Plant native plants, host adorable bee naps #NativePlants 🌱 #inverts #Minnesota
Mountain mint bringing the bees to the yard. Agapostemon sericeus, the silky striped-sweat bee Plant native mints, get cool native bugs #NativePlants 🌱 #inverts #Minnesota
Recent fly diversity from the garden Plant native plants, support diverse bugs #NativePlants 🌱 #inverts #Minnesota
Recent fly diversity from the garden Plant native plants, support diverse bugs #NativePlants 🌱 #inverts #Minnesota
Bombus affinis! The federally endangered rusty-patched bumblebee! In my yard! In my garden! On a plant grown from seed that I sowed! Plant native plants! #NativePlants 🌱 #inverts #Minnesota
Photos from this morning's native garden walk. It was a hot one. 🥵🌡️ #nativeplants #birds #insects #garden #nature #Wisconsin
Bombus affinis! The federally endangered rusty-patched bumblebee! In my yard! In my garden! On a plant grown from seed that I sowed! Plant native plants! #NativePlants 🌱 #inverts #Minnesota
