Dave Coulter
@osage2024.bsky.social
Urban horticulture and forestry for (ahem) some time now. Chicago region. Hedgerow aficionado. Readers are Leaders.
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*It's a pleasant mid-November day here in Ibiza and I'm being besieged by bloodthirsty mosquitoes
*Why? Because (a) global warming and (b) invasive snakes ate most of the local lizards
*Why? Because (a) global warming and (b) invasive snakes ate most of the local lizards
November 15, 2025 at 9:05 AM
*It's a pleasant mid-November day here in Ibiza and I'm being besieged by bloodthirsty mosquitoes
*Why? Because (a) global warming and (b) invasive snakes ate most of the local lizards
*Why? Because (a) global warming and (b) invasive snakes ate most of the local lizards
Good turnout today over in EGV:
November 15, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Good turnout today over in EGV:
A truly terrible disease. Hope this can be contained >>
Africa CDC Statement on Confirmed Marburg Virus Disease in Jinka, Southern Region, Ethiopia – Africa CDC share.google/Uz4ou1P5p9Sy...
Africa CDC Statement on Confirmed Marburg Virus Disease in Jinka, Southern Region, Ethiopia – Africa CDC share.google/Uz4ou1P5p9Sy...
Africa CDC Statement on Confirmed Marburg Virus Disease in Jinka, Southern Region, Ethiopia – Africa CDC
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 15 November 2025 — The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) acknowledges the confirmation by the Federal Ministry of Health of Ethiopia and the Ethiopi...
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November 15, 2025 at 6:57 PM
A truly terrible disease. Hope this can be contained >>
Africa CDC Statement on Confirmed Marburg Virus Disease in Jinka, Southern Region, Ethiopia – Africa CDC share.google/Uz4ou1P5p9Sy...
Africa CDC Statement on Confirmed Marburg Virus Disease in Jinka, Southern Region, Ethiopia – Africa CDC share.google/Uz4ou1P5p9Sy...
November garden scenes 🍁
November 15, 2025 at 5:52 PM
November garden scenes 🍁
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The UN Convention on Climate Change (COP30) has begun in Brazil, as nations begin talks on how to address the climate crisis. Many nations are not meeting their climate targets, and the U.S. is not participating this year.
www.npr.org/2025/11/11/n...
www.npr.org/2025/11/11/n...
November 14, 2025 at 10:02 PM
The UN Convention on Climate Change (COP30) has begun in Brazil, as nations begin talks on how to address the climate crisis. Many nations are not meeting their climate targets, and the U.S. is not participating this year.
www.npr.org/2025/11/11/n...
www.npr.org/2025/11/11/n...
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A mosaic of lichen on a Sussex fencepost #lichens #lichenGBI
November 14, 2025 at 4:42 PM
A mosaic of lichen on a Sussex fencepost #lichens #lichenGBI
Enjoying this very much
@beltpublishing.bsky.social
@beltpublishing.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Enjoying this very much
@beltpublishing.bsky.social
@beltpublishing.bsky.social
Uh oh
Nine cases reported in Ethiopia's Omo region, bordering conflict-wracked South Sudan, which has a fragile health system.
Ethiopia confirms first outbreak of Marburg virus
Nine cases reported in Ethiopia's Omo region, bordering conflict-wracked South Sudan, which has a fragile health system.
bit.ly
November 14, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Uh oh
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Make enough to go around. All Belt cookbooks are on sale for the holidays.
10% off if you buy one, 20% off if you buy two, 30% off if you buy three, 40% off if you buy four, and 50% off if you buy five. www.arcadiapublishing.com/collections/...
10% off if you buy one, 20% off if you buy two, 30% off if you buy three, 40% off if you buy four, and 50% off if you buy five. www.arcadiapublishing.com/collections/...
November 11, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Make enough to go around. All Belt cookbooks are on sale for the holidays.
10% off if you buy one, 20% off if you buy two, 30% off if you buy three, 40% off if you buy four, and 50% off if you buy five. www.arcadiapublishing.com/collections/...
10% off if you buy one, 20% off if you buy two, 30% off if you buy three, 40% off if you buy four, and 50% off if you buy five. www.arcadiapublishing.com/collections/...
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🌡️ Our Temperature Check survey is the first report of its kind that focuses on trends in climate communication across various professions. Your responses inform our work and the work of many other climate professionals around the world. Take the survey here!
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2025 Climate Communications Survey
Our Temperature Check survey is the first report of its kind that focuses on trends in climate communication across various professions such as scientists, journalists, PR & corporate sustainability p...
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November 14, 2025 at 8:21 PM
🌡️ Our Temperature Check survey is the first report of its kind that focuses on trends in climate communication across various professions. Your responses inform our work and the work of many other climate professionals around the world. Take the survey here!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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As the Senate tries to defend a million dollar payday to 8 of their own - and as the House GOP tries to explain why they refused to amend the CR to strip it out, let's review exactly what it is they want restitution for. Brief thread:
November 14, 2025 at 1:28 PM
As the Senate tries to defend a million dollar payday to 8 of their own - and as the House GOP tries to explain why they refused to amend the CR to strip it out, let's review exactly what it is they want restitution for. Brief thread:
Thanks @wfmu.bsky.social for the swell beanie! Mrs.C will soon be sporting this around town ❄️
November 14, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Thanks @wfmu.bsky.social for the swell beanie! Mrs.C will soon be sporting this around town ❄️
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The Eden Project Built a Rainforest Ecosystem Inside Buckminster Fuller-Inspired Geodesic Domes
The Eden Project Built a Rainforest Ecosystem Inside Buckminster Fuller-Inspired Geodesic Domes
Despite later successes, and a later reputation as legendary as Nikola Tesla’s, he was often, like Tesla, seen by critics as a utopian visionary, whose visions were too impractical to really change th...
www.openculture.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:44 PM
The Eden Project Built a Rainforest Ecosystem Inside Buckminster Fuller-Inspired Geodesic Domes
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ROXY IS MISSING IN NORTH BERGEN, NJ: last seen at 46th Street and Cottage Avenue, she's 30 pounds and a reward is offered. If you've seen or found her please go here:
www.lostmydoggie.com/details.cfm?... and/or phone 877-818-0060 and PLEASE RT ROXY!
www.lostmydoggie.com/details.cfm?... and/or phone 877-818-0060 and PLEASE RT ROXY!
November 13, 2025 at 11:32 PM
ROXY IS MISSING IN NORTH BERGEN, NJ: last seen at 46th Street and Cottage Avenue, she's 30 pounds and a reward is offered. If you've seen or found her please go here:
www.lostmydoggie.com/details.cfm?... and/or phone 877-818-0060 and PLEASE RT ROXY!
www.lostmydoggie.com/details.cfm?... and/or phone 877-818-0060 and PLEASE RT ROXY!
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"Please trust us now when we say that what is happening in the Chicago area is wrong *** It is not law enforcement; it is terror."
Letter from Chicago broadcast veterans: Federal immigration agents have traumatized us and eroded our rights
The fact that some federal immigration forces may be leaving soon is cold comfort given the damage they’ve done.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:05 PM
"Please trust us now when we say that what is happening in the Chicago area is wrong *** It is not law enforcement; it is terror."
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Happy Feast of St. Cabrini
The blog of Neil Steinberg
www.everygoddamnday.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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No other agency of the U.S. government has saved more lives per dollar than U.S.A.I.D.—it supplied medicine, food, and staffing for some of the most desperate and vulnerable. A new short documentary shows the impact of its dismantling. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/2a5Jm5
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 13, 2025 at 6:30 PM
No other agency of the U.S. government has saved more lives per dollar than U.S.A.I.D.—it supplied medicine, food, and staffing for some of the most desperate and vulnerable. A new short documentary shows the impact of its dismantling. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/2a5Jm5
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“Fungi are mysterious, ubiquitous, ancient, and cunning.”
Maria Pinto on all of the stories we tell about mushrooms, and what those stories say about us.
Maria Pinto on all of the stories we tell about mushrooms, and what those stories say about us.
Mushroom as Metaphor
The stories we tell about fungi say just as much about us
orionmagazine.org
November 12, 2025 at 1:20 PM
“Fungi are mysterious, ubiquitous, ancient, and cunning.”
Maria Pinto on all of the stories we tell about mushrooms, and what those stories say about us.
Maria Pinto on all of the stories we tell about mushrooms, and what those stories say about us.
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Chicagoans gathered at Montrose Beach to catch a glimpse of the Northern Lights on Wednesday night.
Northern Lights spotted from Montrose Beach
chicago.suntimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Chicagoans gathered at Montrose Beach to catch a glimpse of the Northern Lights on Wednesday night.
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#BannedBookSkyClub reminder: The December 2025 book is A Wizard of Earthsea (The Books of Earthsea, 1) by Ursula Le Guin. Discussion begin date TBA.
Join us! #AWizardOfEarthsea #BookSky
Join us! #AWizardOfEarthsea #BookSky
November 12, 2025 at 8:48 PM
#BannedBookSkyClub reminder: The December 2025 book is A Wizard of Earthsea (The Books of Earthsea, 1) by Ursula Le Guin. Discussion begin date TBA.
Join us! #AWizardOfEarthsea #BookSky
Join us! #AWizardOfEarthsea #BookSky
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Countless residents in the city captured stunning images when the lights appeared over the skies Tuesday. There will be another chance to see the aurora borealis over the Chicago area Wednesday night.
Try to see the Northern Lights over the Chicago area Wednesday night
chicago.suntimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Countless residents in the city captured stunning images when the lights appeared over the skies Tuesday. There will be another chance to see the aurora borealis over the Chicago area Wednesday night.
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Did you see last night's incredible auroras?
See more in our new aurora photo gallery: buff.ly/EMR1RtO
See more in our new aurora photo gallery: buff.ly/EMR1RtO
November 12, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Did you see last night's incredible auroras?
See more in our new aurora photo gallery: buff.ly/EMR1RtO
See more in our new aurora photo gallery: buff.ly/EMR1RtO
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Look at that pink snow 💗
Brady Chabot in Alberta took this wonderful photo on Sunday and wrote: "For about 10 minutes at #sunset the sky turned various shades of pink and purple. We get amazing sunsets at this time of year, but I've never seen these #colors before." Thank you!
buff.ly/YqhokMy
Brady Chabot in Alberta took this wonderful photo on Sunday and wrote: "For about 10 minutes at #sunset the sky turned various shades of pink and purple. We get amazing sunsets at this time of year, but I've never seen these #colors before." Thank you!
buff.ly/YqhokMy
November 11, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Look at that pink snow 💗
Brady Chabot in Alberta took this wonderful photo on Sunday and wrote: "For about 10 minutes at #sunset the sky turned various shades of pink and purple. We get amazing sunsets at this time of year, but I've never seen these #colors before." Thank you!
buff.ly/YqhokMy
Brady Chabot in Alberta took this wonderful photo on Sunday and wrote: "For about 10 minutes at #sunset the sky turned various shades of pink and purple. We get amazing sunsets at this time of year, but I've never seen these #colors before." Thank you!
buff.ly/YqhokMy