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asking "hey is it fine if I smoke in here" and before you're able to answer I've already set up a full rack of salmon over a fire in your living room

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18/5.2025 - i've got a little too much help

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It's that time of year. Here's an updated chart on what to do if you find a baby bird. Thanks to the International Wildlife Rehabilitation Council for scientific advice. A portion of this month's Patreon support goes to them, so thanks Patrons!

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circuit board inspired bracelet !

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Trump is probably going to remove the TikTok ban shortly after his inauguration and secure a chunk of the youth vote.

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FYI iPhone users!

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Some of you may have heard about Monarch butterflies being added to the Threatened species list in the US and be planning to immediately rush out in spring and buy all the milkweed you can manage to do your part and help the species.

And that's fantastic!! Starting a pollinator garden and/or encouraging people and businesses around you to do the same is an excellent way to help not just Monarchs but many other threatened and at-risk pollinator species!

However.

Please please PLEASE do not obtain Tropical Milkweed for this purpose!

Tropical milkweed (Asclepias curassavica)--also commonly known as bloodflower, Mexican butterflyweed, and scarlet milkweed--will likely be the first species of milkweed you find for sale at most nurseries. It'll be fairly cheap, too, and it grows and propagates so easily you'll just want to grab it! But do not do that!

Tropical milkweed can cause a host of issues that can ultimately harm the butterflies you're trying to help, such as--

Harboring a protozoan parasite called OE (which has been linked to lower migration success, reductions in body mass, lifespan, mating success, and flight ability) for long periods of time

Remaining alive for longer periods, encouraging breeding during migration time/overwintering time as well as keeping monarchs in an area until a hard freeze wherein which they die

Actually becoming toxic to monarch caterpillars when exposed to warmer temperatures associated with climate change

However--do not be discouraged!! There are over 100 species of milkweed native to the United States, and plenty of resources on which are native to your state specifically! From there, you can find the nurseries dedicated to selling native milkweeds, or buy/trade for/collect seeds to grow them yourself!!

The world of native milkweeds is vast and enchanting, and I'm sure you'll soon find a favorite species native to your area that suits your growing space! There's tons of amazing options--whether you choose the beautiful pink vanilla-smelling swamp milkweed, the sophisticated redring milkweed, the elusive purple milkweed, the alluring green antelopehorn milkweed, or the charming heartleaf milkweed, or even something I didn't list!

And there's tons of resources and lots of people willing to help you on your native milkweed journey! Like me! Feel free to shoot me an ask if you have any questions!

Just. PLEASE. Leave the tropical milkweed alone. Stay away.

TLDR: Start a pollinator garden to help the monarchs! Just don't plant tropical milkweed. There's hundreds of other milkweeds to grow instead!

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tumblr discourse after 13 years on this fucking website

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Gasteria Blooms (by flora-file)

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When you think of a bromeliad, you probably don't think of something that looks like this. Bromeliads of the genus Sincoraea are among some of the strangest that I've ever seen. Almost all are endemic to Bahia, Brazil, where this one was found (one lives in Minas Gerais), mostly from the campo rupestre habitat. They remind me of sea anemones or starfish on the rocks!

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Andrew Wyeth (1917–2009) - Crescent Moon, 1979

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(via 40 Essential Things to Know About Rustic Kitchens)

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hoppy new year everyone 🎆🎊🎉🐇

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“If you ‘see good things about Hitler,’ you are either incredibly ignorant or a bit of a monster yourself — or both. You are also an agent of an evil with roots so deep that it may never be eradicated. Nevertheless, like the most noxious of weeds, antisemitism must be chopped down every time its poisonous vines begin to spread.” - David Horsey

https://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/antisemitisms-deep-roots/

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