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Kathleen 🌲

@mossgatherer.bsky.social

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Botanist, photographer, weaver Talking about nature, politics, education, photography, writing, ethnobotany, weaving, interdisciplinary things. Just chaos tbh. MSc RGB Kew, MA U of T Dual 🇬🇧🇨🇦 📍New Forest National Park

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Kathleen 🌲 @mossgatherer.bsky.social · Nov 24

Weaving away, an ornate twill (my design), hand dyed (by me) tussah silk (my yarn company) on my 8 shft jack loom.
#weaving

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Kathleen 🌲 @mossgatherer.bsky.social · 35m

Keep
Foreign
Ownership
Out
Of
Our
Resources

Say it with me now

andrea bennett (they/them) @akkabah.bsky.social · 3h

Defense Metals, which owns the Wicheeda rare earth project in B.C., has been in discussions with the U.S. government & has brought on advisers with backgrounds at Lockheed Martin, the CIA & Tesla. @amandafollett.bsky.social for @thetyee.ca. thetyee.ca/News/2025/10...

Why Is the US War Department Buying into a BC Mining Company? | The Tyee

Global instability is creating a rush for critical minerals, which are useful for green energy. And the military.

thetyee.ca

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Julz @snial.bsky.social · 4h

Well, we really need to consistently refer to it as Reform Ltd as it’s basically a private company & part of their actual name. Also a Persuasion U.K. survey shows linking their corporate interests is one of the most effective attack lines. Also it’ll rattle them. #StopFascism

What messages might Reform be vulnerable to?

A short message testing experiment with UK voters on the party's potential vulnerabilities

persuasionuk.org

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Reyhan Harmanci @harmancipants.bsky.social · 8h

We wanted to know what it was like to own a Cybertruck. So @zoeschiffer.bsky.social went to the desert got this absolutely amazing quotes (and Michelle Groskopf took the pictures!) www.wired.com/story/owning...

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Kathleen 🌲 @mossgatherer.bsky.social · 2h

Keep foreign ownership out of our resources.

The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 5h

Critical minerals have long been touted as the key to the global energy transition because they’re used in everything from EV batteries to solar panels and wind turbines.

They’re also essential to the production of military equipment.

@amandafollett.bsky.social reports. #uspoli #bcpoli

Why Is the US War Department Buying into a BC Mining Company? | The Tyee

Global instability is creating a rush for critical minerals, which are useful for green energy. And the military.

thetyee.ca

Kathleen 🌲 @mossgatherer.bsky.social · 2h

Wow good for him, that's amazing

Kathleen 🌲 @mossgatherer.bsky.social · 3h

This post inspired by a Canadian telling me that privatisation is "good" because it's "more efficient" than publicly owned utilities, in spite of all evidence from all over the world.

Kathleen 🌲 @mossgatherer.bsky.social · 3h

Something I find so hard to explain to Canadians is that in the UK, a temperate country that doesn't really get cold, 9000 elderly people die of cold in their own homes annually, even with a gov subsidy to help with winter heating costs.

UK energy prices are astronomical due to privatisation.

Why are 9,000 annual cold home deaths met with such a shrug of indifference?

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Kathleen 🌲 @mossgatherer.bsky.social · 4h

I don't have my glasses on and I thought that was Mark Carney in the picture at first, I was so confused

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 17h

Solidarity is the only way

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Kathleen 🌲 @mossgatherer.bsky.social · 5h

That's amazing!

Kathleen 🌲 @mossgatherer.bsky.social · 13h

Fantastic news! Another med school program opening in BC at our excellent SFU. Very exciting to see this positive growth! #cdnpoli #cdnedu

Headline: Applications open for first cohort at B.C.'s new medical school

Times Colonist Oct 15, 2025

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Kathleen 🌲 @mossgatherer.bsky.social · 22h

I really don't understand why they insist on quantifying it. Whatever I say, they don't believe it anyway 😅

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Alex Tomlinson @alextomlinson.com · 1d

Flat, graphic illustrated poster entitled "Red-Eyed Birds of North America" featuring shadowy gray-blue silhouetted birds punctuated by bright red eyes. 23 birds are depicted in total, some highlights being the Snail Kite, Roseate Spoonbill, Common Loon, and Wood Duck.

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Kathleen 🌲 @mossgatherer.bsky.social · 1d

Decades of science + decades of advocacy work
❤️❤️

Jason Reid @jasonreiduk.bsky.social · 2d

✅ 6 month HIV check up done!

✅ Viral load remains undetectable, which means HIV cannot be sexually transmitted to others while on effective antiretroviral treatment. In short, undetectable equals untransmittable (U=U).

💊 One pill a day keeps me rocking and rolling.

💪 Onwards!

#HIVAdvocacy

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Jennifer Ouellette @jenlucpiquant.bsky.social · 2d

Six Degrees of Wikipedia is a site that lets you type in two different topics and then shows how many Wikipedia pages apart they are. boingboing.net/2025/10/14/t...

This Wikipedia game reveals bizarre connections between any topics

Discover unexpected Wikipedia connections with this visual mapping tool that links any topics through article chains.

boingboing.net

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Kathleen 🌲 @mossgatherer.bsky.social · 1d

Happy birthday!

Kathleen 🌲 @mossgatherer.bsky.social · 1d

Was she a beacon when the US was backing coups and dictatorships all over the world?!

Kathleen 🌲 @mossgatherer.bsky.social · 1d

My jaw is on the floor at that article.
Ahistorical and deluded. Who is that author?! America promoted freedom and democracy abroad? Oh my god!

Kathleen 🌲 @mossgatherer.bsky.social · 1d

I haven't yet! I think I need to bump it up the list

Kathleen 🌲 @mossgatherer.bsky.social · 1d

Niche content but anyone who knows about what happened to Dr Crusher in that warp bubble knows why we're in this dystopian hell

@melchizedek420

Not even remotely my problem

All day Astronomy @forallcurious 3d

BREAKING: Earth may be trapped inside a giant void in space, scientists say

Kathleen 🌲 @mossgatherer.bsky.social · 1d

I feel personally attacked by this relatable content

Kendra, regular version @kendrawcandraw.bsky.social · 2d

You can't logic your way out of being burnt out. Unless you're me. Who should be able to do it and it's a personal failing that I can't

Kathleen 🌲 @mossgatherer.bsky.social · 2d

Look at these moths!

Ben Averis @averisben.bsky.social · 2d

My wife Alison had these five Merveille du Jour moths in her moth trap this morning, here in SE Scotland.

Five Merveille du Jour moths found by Alison Averis in her moth trap here in SE Scotland on the morning of 14th October 2025. Background: bark with lichens.

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Kathleen 🌲 @mossgatherer.bsky.social · 2d

Omg this is amazing

Kathleen 🌲 @mossgatherer.bsky.social · 2d

Oh I see, I thought you were saying it's standard.

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Christina @just-wandering.bsky.social · 2d

The patterns in nature are amazing. I could look at these Aspen leaves all day.

#fallcolors #aspenleaves #aspen #colorado #naturephotography #photography

Aspen leaves and branches fill the frame.

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