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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 11h

ICYMI — with electricity rates already skyrocketing, Trump just canceled the largest solar project in North America.

Utah’s Republican governor seems to understand this is probably not the best idea: “This is how we lose the AI/energy race with China” 👇🏽

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 13h

Multiple airports are now announcing they will refuse to play Kristi Noem’s government-funded video blaming “Democrats” for the government shutdown.

“We believe the Hatch Act clearly prohibits use of public assets for political purposes and messaging,” one airport said.

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Sue McBean🇺🇦⛵️💚🌱✍️📸 @organicbotanic.bsky.social · 11h

I think Clan centre is shores of L Ness so Inverness to beyond Elgin and the hinterland of moor back from the sea maybe 30-50 miles was stamping ground including Culloden

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 17h

Chris Packham, "This country voted in a party with a massive majority and a mandate for change"

"All we see is Labour kowtowing to the far right. This causes me enormous concern"

"I'm frustrated, I'm angry, and I've frightened"

"And I get more scared every single day"

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Sue McBean🇺🇦⛵️💚🌱✍️📸 @organicbotanic.bsky.social · 22h

My father (a Scot from the original line, born NE of Inverness) told me he thought we were nearly extinct but we seem to be very prolific!

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 23h

BBC News's Lyse Doucet, "After two years of sustained attacks on the infrastructure of Gaza"

"90% of the territory now lies in utter ruin"

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Sue McBean🇺🇦⛵️💚🌱✍️📸 @organicbotanic.bsky.social · 1d

Oh - hope you are now all sorted. Cataract? I had them prematurely - I had no idea they could occur early!

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Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · 1d

Do not less this attack on our public health system stand. Complain and resist. Call your Senators and Representatives.

Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · 1d

More than 1,000 CDC staff receive layoff notices during government shutdown www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

More than 1,000 CDC staff receive layoff notices during government shutdown

Another round of mass layoffs has struck CDC. The agency had already been cut during a reorganization this year, and more employees are now being shed amid the government shutdown.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Carolyn Barber, MD @cbarbermd.bsky.social · 1d

A massive study of 100M+ people shows:
🔁 VZV reactivation(shingles)= higher dementia risk

💉 Shingles vaccine = lower dementia risk
Protect your nerves and your neurons. #PublicHealth #VaccinesSaveLives
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#BlueSky #amedSky #SciSky #IDSky #NeuroSky #EMSky #NurseSky

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 2d

Never forget this: The forces rigging our economy, undermining our democracy, polluting our planet, and stoking hatred are counting on you to give up. Cynicism is how they win. Stay clear-eyed and ready for the fight ahead.

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Sue McBean🇺🇦⛵️💚🌱✍️📸 @organicbotanic.bsky.social · 1d

ah! We already follow, should be more observant!!

Sue McBean🇺🇦⛵️💚🌱✍️📸 @organicbotanic.bsky.social · 1d

Came across another McBean (of the same mind it seems) accidentally - Hello!

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 2d

“No, Speaker Johnson — the No Kings rally on October 18 is not a hate America rally. In fact, it’s quite the contrary: It’s a love America rally.” #NoKings

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Sue McBean🇺🇦⛵️💚🌱✍️📸 @organicbotanic.bsky.social · 1d

You would like it from my garden because it is organic

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Sue McBean🇺🇦⛵️💚🌱✍️📸 @organicbotanic.bsky.social · 1d

Botanic Garden, Belfast had few wild #flowers - very cultivated and non native.
One daisy where the mower could not get.
#Wildflowerhour
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#wildflower #October #Autumn

One daisy flower in grass by a railing with one autumn leaf

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Sue McBean🇺🇦⛵️💚🌱✍️📸 @organicbotanic.bsky.social · 1d

Botanic Garden, Belfast had few wild #flowers - v. cultivated and non native. Smooth sow thistle where mower could not reach
#Wildflowerhour
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#wildflower #October #Autumn

Railings and cultivated lawn with a wild flower with small yellow flower and seeds setting blooming behind the railing.

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Sue McBean🇺🇦⛵️💚🌱✍️📸 @organicbotanic.bsky.social · 1d

Botanic Garden, Belfast had few wild #flowers - very cultivated and non native. Nipplewort among the blue Hydrangea bed
#Wildflowerhour
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#wildflower #October #Autumn

Wild plant with small yellow flowers and Hydrangea leaves nearby. There are two blue and fading heads of Hydrangea flowers on the ground providing some interest

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Sue McBean🇺🇦⛵️💚🌱✍️📸 @organicbotanic.bsky.social · 1d

Botanic Garden, Belfast: few #wild #flowers V. cultivated.
Yew arils & seeds, Gunnera fruiting spike, non-native ? Bieberstein's Crocus
#Wildflowerhour
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#wildflower #Autumn

One red Yew fruit and very poisonous seed

Several Yew fruits and one unripe one with seed showing

Gunnera fruiting spike with orange small fruits and very spiky leaf stems

A crocus flowering in Autumn but not the native Autumn Crocus

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Sue McBean🇺🇦⛵️💚🌱✍️📸 @organicbotanic.bsky.social · 1d

Oh - thank you! Very interesting. It is a favourite wild flower for me. Which parts do you eat? The leaves in spring perhaps? ooooooooooOOOhhh - I just looked it up! Sounds super!

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Sue McBean🇺🇦⛵️💚🌱✍️📸 @organicbotanic.bsky.social · 1d

What does puha mean?

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Sue McBean🇺🇦⛵️💚🌱✍️📸 @organicbotanic.bsky.social · 1d

A laugh a day keeps the doctor away

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 1d

Left: Pete Hegseth, "We're building a Qatar Air Force facility in Idaho"

Right: JD Vance, "The reporting there is going to be a Qatari base on US soil, that's just not true"

If you can't trust the United States Secretary of War, who can you trust 🤷‍♂️

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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 1d

Screwworm, which is a major threat to cattle and is already affecting beef prices, is advancing toward our southern border faster than expected.

No wall will keep it out. And the USDA inspectors who monitor it are currently furloughed.

Cuellar: Furloughed USDA inspectors can’t check for New World screwworm

A South Texas congressman says U.S. Agriculture employees who are responsible for checking for New World Screwworms and ensuring the pest doesn’t cross the border have been furloughed and are not w…

www.borderreport.com

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Sue McBean🇺🇦⛵️💚🌱✍️📸 @organicbotanic.bsky.social · 1d

Botanic Garden, Belfast: few #wild #flowers V. cultivated.
Yew arils & seeds, Gunnera fruiting spike, non-native ? Bieberstein's Crocus
#Wildflowerhour
@wildflowerhour.bsky.social
@bsbibotany.bsky.social
@botanybeck.bsky.social
@bsbiireland.bsky.social
@plantlifeuk.bsky.social
#wildflower #Autumn

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Sue McBean🇺🇦⛵️💚🌱✍️📸 @organicbotanic.bsky.social · 1d

Botanic Garden, Belfast had few wild #flowers - very cultivated and non native. Nipplewort among the blue Hydrangea bed
#Wildflowerhour
@wildflowerhour.bsky.social
@bsbibotany.bsky.social
@botanybeck.bsky.social
@bsbiireland.bsky.social
@plantlifeuk.bsky.social
#wildflower #October #Autumn

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