J. Raasch
@jraasch.bsky.social
Interested in science, natural history, preserving biodiversity. Restoring and protecting a 2-acre prairie remnant for 20+ years 😱 ... I have a lot of questions.
I try to read, but tend to fall asleep when I stop moving.
Wisconsin
I try to read, but tend to fall asleep when I stop moving.
Wisconsin
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after watching sen. kelly’s press conference what i most admire is how much of it was just like, get a load of this guy, hegseth. you see this dumbass? one of the dumbest guys you’ll ever meet. prize dunce.
December 2, 2025 at 5:16 AM
after watching sen. kelly’s press conference what i most admire is how much of it was just like, get a load of this guy, hegseth. you see this dumbass? one of the dumbest guys you’ll ever meet. prize dunce.
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Driftless Area landscape on November 17 of this year. The woods on the steep valley sides have the reddish brown tinge of oak leaves in late fall. Sentinel 2 image.
December 2, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Driftless Area landscape on November 17 of this year. The woods on the steep valley sides have the reddish brown tinge of oak leaves in late fall. Sentinel 2 image.
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An exhaustive and utterly damning assesment. "In sum, there is simply no plausible argument that the reported killing of two survivors clinging to the burning wreckage of their stricken vessel could be anything other than an extrajudicial killing." www.justsecurity.org/125948/illeg...
Unlawful Orders and Killing Shipwrecked Boat Strike Survivors: An Expert Backgrounder
An expert backgrounder on the reported Hegseth "no quarter" order to kill everyone aboard a suspected drug boat in the Caribbean on Sept. 2.
www.justsecurity.org
December 1, 2025 at 3:44 PM
An exhaustive and utterly damning assesment. "In sum, there is simply no plausible argument that the reported killing of two survivors clinging to the burning wreckage of their stricken vessel could be anything other than an extrajudicial killing." www.justsecurity.org/125948/illeg...
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So long as I remain alive and well I shall continue to feel strongly about prose style, to love the surface of the earth, and to take a pleasure in solid objects and scraps of useless information. It is no use trying to suppress that side of myself.
- George Orwell, "Why I write"
- George Orwell, "Why I write"
December 1, 2025 at 4:34 AM
So long as I remain alive and well I shall continue to feel strongly about prose style, to love the surface of the earth, and to take a pleasure in solid objects and scraps of useless information. It is no use trying to suppress that side of myself.
- George Orwell, "Why I write"
- George Orwell, "Why I write"
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"For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong." - H. L. Mencken
November 30, 2025 at 10:47 AM
"For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong." - H. L. Mencken
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Memento Mori: How Smiling Skeletons Have Reminded Us to Live Fully Since Ancient Times
Memento Mori: How Smiling Skeletons Have Reminded Us to Live Fully Since Ancient Times
The expression 'YOLO' may now be just passé enough to require explanation. It stands, as only some of us would try to deny remembering, for 'You only live once,' a sentiment that reflects an eternal t...
www.openculture.com
November 30, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Memento Mori: How Smiling Skeletons Have Reminded Us to Live Fully Since Ancient Times
grateful … despite preference for sleeping a bit longer today
November 30, 2025 at 6:22 PM
grateful … despite preference for sleeping a bit longer today
Nature Report:
Snow
I was going to use this for one of those “mood” posts, but the snow despite work of clearing driveway is rather nice. It’s partly sunny, a pleasant 30F, and very little wind. Almost perfect. 😊
Snow
I was going to use this for one of those “mood” posts, but the snow despite work of clearing driveway is rather nice. It’s partly sunny, a pleasant 30F, and very little wind. Almost perfect. 😊
November 30, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Nature Report:
Snow
I was going to use this for one of those “mood” posts, but the snow despite work of clearing driveway is rather nice. It’s partly sunny, a pleasant 30F, and very little wind. Almost perfect. 😊
Snow
I was going to use this for one of those “mood” posts, but the snow despite work of clearing driveway is rather nice. It’s partly sunny, a pleasant 30F, and very little wind. Almost perfect. 😊
Public Service Announcement
November 29, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Public Service Announcement
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A fun finale for the #nudivember festivities! Isn't it pretty? And it does look just like it has a leaf for a cape!
Alt text for article photo: A black sea slug has a flat deeply veined bright green leaf-like appendage unfurled along its back.
#SeaSlugs #nudibranchs #CanadianCritters
Alt text for article photo: A black sea slug has a flat deeply veined bright green leaf-like appendage unfurled along its back.
#SeaSlugs #nudibranchs #CanadianCritters
A rare photosynthesizing sea slug has been found off N.S. Here's why scientists are excited | CBC News
Researchers believe Elysia chlorotica holds promise for medical advances, but it's been too elusive to study.
www.cbc.ca
November 29, 2025 at 3:50 AM
A fun finale for the #nudivember festivities! Isn't it pretty? And it does look just like it has a leaf for a cape!
Alt text for article photo: A black sea slug has a flat deeply veined bright green leaf-like appendage unfurled along its back.
#SeaSlugs #nudibranchs #CanadianCritters
Alt text for article photo: A black sea slug has a flat deeply veined bright green leaf-like appendage unfurled along its back.
#SeaSlugs #nudibranchs #CanadianCritters
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“We must dream our way.” ~ Pablo Neruda ~
#small #blueskyartshow #eastcoastkin #autumn #solitary #solitude #melancholy #contemplative #darknature #blackbird #moodylandscapes #atmospheric #treephotography #lateautumn #bnwbutnot #monochromatic #treeandmood
#small #blueskyartshow #eastcoastkin #autumn #solitary #solitude #melancholy #contemplative #darknature #blackbird #moodylandscapes #atmospheric #treephotography #lateautumn #bnwbutnot #monochromatic #treeandmood
November 22, 2025 at 3:36 PM
“We must dream our way.” ~ Pablo Neruda ~
#small #blueskyartshow #eastcoastkin #autumn #solitary #solitude #melancholy #contemplative #darknature #blackbird #moodylandscapes #atmospheric #treephotography #lateautumn #bnwbutnot #monochromatic #treeandmood
#small #blueskyartshow #eastcoastkin #autumn #solitary #solitude #melancholy #contemplative #darknature #blackbird #moodylandscapes #atmospheric #treephotography #lateautumn #bnwbutnot #monochromatic #treeandmood
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#Ornithophobia ~ For an #ornithophile, depicting this #phobia is low-hanging fruit 🐦⬛🙃 #nightmarenov #murmuration #birdflock #blackbirds #scape #forestfriday #monochromatic #landscape #winterlandscape #darknature #moodylandscapes #atmospheric #fineartphotography #eerie #BWFri #flyday #eastcoastkin
November 28, 2025 at 3:35 PM
#Ornithophobia ~ For an #ornithophile, depicting this #phobia is low-hanging fruit 🐦⬛🙃 #nightmarenov #murmuration #birdflock #blackbirds #scape #forestfriday #monochromatic #landscape #winterlandscape #darknature #moodylandscapes #atmospheric #fineartphotography #eerie #BWFri #flyday #eastcoastkin
The meat industry is going to destroy itself.
Regulations aren’t just there for consumers. They’re there so shady businesses can’t cut corners and undermine good businesses that want to provide good products despite the cost of doing it.
Happy Race to the Bottom. #sad
Regulations aren’t just there for consumers. They’re there so shady businesses can’t cut corners and undermine good businesses that want to provide good products despite the cost of doing it.
Happy Race to the Bottom. #sad
Remember this and make sure you fucking cook that turkey all the way!
"The Agriculture Department will not require poultry companies to limit salmonella bacteria in their products, halting a Biden Administration effort to prevent food poisoning from contaminated meat."
www.seattletimes.com/business/usd...
www.seattletimes.com/business/usd...
November 27, 2025 at 4:14 PM
The meat industry is going to destroy itself.
Regulations aren’t just there for consumers. They’re there so shady businesses can’t cut corners and undermine good businesses that want to provide good products despite the cost of doing it.
Happy Race to the Bottom. #sad
Regulations aren’t just there for consumers. They’re there so shady businesses can’t cut corners and undermine good businesses that want to provide good products despite the cost of doing it.
Happy Race to the Bottom. #sad
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Halcyon holocene days have lapsed
Like hours whiled away waiting
For a time to come that has already passed
Certainty a luxury of the past
Fate intertwined with a planet ailing
#Anthroposcenes #PoetryOfLostClimes
Like hours whiled away waiting
For a time to come that has already passed
Certainty a luxury of the past
Fate intertwined with a planet ailing
#Anthroposcenes #PoetryOfLostClimes
August 11, 2023 at 2:23 AM
Halcyon holocene days have lapsed
Like hours whiled away waiting
For a time to come that has already passed
Certainty a luxury of the past
Fate intertwined with a planet ailing
#Anthroposcenes #PoetryOfLostClimes
Like hours whiled away waiting
For a time to come that has already passed
Certainty a luxury of the past
Fate intertwined with a planet ailing
#Anthroposcenes #PoetryOfLostClimes
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However you may celebrate the day…let us be thankful that a hospitable planet has made it all possible.
Halcyon holocene days have lapsed
Like hours whiled away waiting
For a time to come that has already passed
Certainty a luxury of the past
Fate intertwined with a planet ailing
#Anthroposcenes #PoetryOfLostClimes
Like hours whiled away waiting
For a time to come that has already passed
Certainty a luxury of the past
Fate intertwined with a planet ailing
#Anthroposcenes #PoetryOfLostClimes
November 27, 2025 at 3:56 PM
However you may celebrate the day…let us be thankful that a hospitable planet has made it all possible.
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Candlesnuff fungus, rising up like a ghostly apparition from the rainforest floor and waving its limbs.
A saprotrophic species, it helps break down deadwood. It's also bioluminescent, emitting a faint green light by night.
A saprotrophic species, it helps break down deadwood. It's also bioluminescent, emitting a faint green light by night.
November 27, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Candlesnuff fungus, rising up like a ghostly apparition from the rainforest floor and waving its limbs.
A saprotrophic species, it helps break down deadwood. It's also bioluminescent, emitting a faint green light by night.
A saprotrophic species, it helps break down deadwood. It's also bioluminescent, emitting a faint green light by night.
This is perfectly reasonable.
No one should get a building permit if the utility infrastructure isn’t there to meet new demand.
Existing businesses and homeowners need to reach out to local and state reps to get ahead of this.
No one should get a building permit if the utility infrastructure isn’t there to meet new demand.
Existing businesses and homeowners need to reach out to local and state reps to get ahead of this.
big late breaking news: the market monitor for the largest energy grid in the u.s., covering much of the midwest and mid-atlantic, has called to block new data centers connections to the grid, saying current course of growth assures regular blackouts
No more PJM data centers unless they can be reliably served: market monitor
The PJM Interconnection’s market monitor urged the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to rule that large data centers can only come online if the grid operator can still meet reliability metrics.
www.utilitydive.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:55 AM
This is perfectly reasonable.
No one should get a building permit if the utility infrastructure isn’t there to meet new demand.
Existing businesses and homeowners need to reach out to local and state reps to get ahead of this.
No one should get a building permit if the utility infrastructure isn’t there to meet new demand.
Existing businesses and homeowners need to reach out to local and state reps to get ahead of this.
Nature Report:
Someone attached to this a door to the building I work in. It brought me joy each morning this week.
Someone attached to this a door to the building I work in. It brought me joy each morning this week.
November 27, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Nature Report:
Someone attached to this a door to the building I work in. It brought me joy each morning this week.
Someone attached to this a door to the building I work in. It brought me joy each morning this week.
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I was just looking over the new prints I made in 2025. Think about portraying pollinators. 🧪🐡🐝 This print shows a great little pollinator in the garden: a transverse-banded flower fly (Eristalis transversa) on Echinacea purpurea or purple coneflower. Because of its yellow stripes, tendency to
November 26, 2025 at 2:00 PM
I was just looking over the new prints I made in 2025. Think about portraying pollinators. 🧪🐡🐝 This print shows a great little pollinator in the garden: a transverse-banded flower fly (Eristalis transversa) on Echinacea purpurea or purple coneflower. Because of its yellow stripes, tendency to