John S. Quarterman
@jsqjsq.bsky.social
I have been online since before eternal September. Since 1974 I have been on social media from SF-LOVERS to reddit, mastodon, and bluesky. In all that time I have been known as jsq.
These days I farm pine trees and vegetables in south Georgia.
These days I farm pine trees and vegetables in south Georgia.
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The United States is behaving like a rogue state. The President has carried out an illegal act of war, kidnapped a foreign head of state, and is now threatening military action against NATO allies. This is a constitutional crisis.
Impeachment must be on the table.
Impeachment must be on the table.
January 6, 2026 at 7:01 PM
The United States is behaving like a rogue state. The President has carried out an illegal act of war, kidnapped a foreign head of state, and is now threatening military action against NATO allies. This is a constitutional crisis.
Impeachment must be on the table.
Impeachment must be on the table.
Canebrake Rattlesnake 2025-12-10
He wanted to be sure we knew he was there.
We being me and River the Carolina Dog (that’s a breed).
River wanted to investigate further, but came back when called.
A Crotalus horridus is nothing for a 73-pound dog to mess with.
www.okraparadisefarms.com/blog/?p=9945
He wanted to be sure we knew he was there.
We being me and River the Carolina Dog (that’s a breed).
River wanted to investigate further, but came back when called.
A Crotalus horridus is nothing for a 73-pound dog to mess with.
www.okraparadisefarms.com/blog/?p=9945
January 7, 2026 at 3:31 PM
Canebrake Rattlesnake 2025-12-10
He wanted to be sure we knew he was there.
We being me and River the Carolina Dog (that’s a breed).
River wanted to investigate further, but came back when called.
A Crotalus horridus is nothing for a 73-pound dog to mess with.
www.okraparadisefarms.com/blog/?p=9945
He wanted to be sure we knew he was there.
We being me and River the Carolina Dog (that’s a breed).
River wanted to investigate further, but came back when called.
A Crotalus horridus is nothing for a 73-pound dog to mess with.
www.okraparadisefarms.com/blog/?p=9945
Perhaps the most successful propaganda ever.
www.currentaffairs.org/news/the-sin...
www.currentaffairs.org/news/the-sin...
How Corporations Convinced America that Litter is Our Fault
The "Keep America Beautiful" campaign urged Americans to pick up their trash—so that companies could keep producing it.
www.currentaffairs.org
December 26, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Perhaps the most successful propaganda ever.
www.currentaffairs.org/news/the-sin...
www.currentaffairs.org/news/the-sin...
Making beautyberry jelly 2025-10-11
Smells good while doing this.
Very tasty later as jelly.
American Beautyberry, Callicarpa americana.
This is the same plant whose leaves repel mosquitos, yellowflies, and other insects.
Smells good while doing this.
Very tasty later as jelly.
American Beautyberry, Callicarpa americana.
This is the same plant whose leaves repel mosquitos, yellowflies, and other insects.
October 12, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Making beautyberry jelly 2025-10-11
Smells good while doing this.
Very tasty later as jelly.
American Beautyberry, Callicarpa americana.
This is the same plant whose leaves repel mosquitos, yellowflies, and other insects.
Smells good while doing this.
Very tasty later as jelly.
American Beautyberry, Callicarpa americana.
This is the same plant whose leaves repel mosquitos, yellowflies, and other insects.
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The South Korean Ministry of Defense has awarded medals of merit to 11 officers for disobeying direct orders of superiors during the martial law fiasco, orders that they deemed to be contrary to the constitution and endangerment to democracy.
www.chosun.com/english/nati...
www.chosun.com/english/nati...
National Defense Ministry Honors 11 Soldiers for Refusing Illegal Orders
National Defense Ministry Honors 11 Soldiers for Refusing Illegal Orders Honored for rejecting illegal orders during martial law, Marine death probe
www.chosun.com
September 27, 2025 at 6:44 PM
The South Korean Ministry of Defense has awarded medals of merit to 11 officers for disobeying direct orders of superiors during the martial law fiasco, orders that they deemed to be contrary to the constitution and endangerment to democracy.
www.chosun.com/english/nati...
www.chosun.com/english/nati...
Cypress Swamp pollen 2025-02-27
That slash pine is one tree blown down by Hurricane Helene that still has a rootball and green needles.
Maybe some day soon the pine salvage operation will get here for such trees. They can’t survive like that, and they have some value as saw-timber of pulpwood.
That slash pine is one tree blown down by Hurricane Helene that still has a rootball and green needles.
Maybe some day soon the pine salvage operation will get here for such trees. They can’t survive like that, and they have some value as saw-timber of pulpwood.
March 5, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Cypress Swamp pollen 2025-02-27
That slash pine is one tree blown down by Hurricane Helene that still has a rootball and green needles.
Maybe some day soon the pine salvage operation will get here for such trees. They can’t survive like that, and they have some value as saw-timber of pulpwood.
That slash pine is one tree blown down by Hurricane Helene that still has a rootball and green needles.
Maybe some day soon the pine salvage operation will get here for such trees. They can’t survive like that, and they have some value as saw-timber of pulpwood.
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Câbles rompus en Baltique : le pétrolier suspect « Eagle S » autorisé à quitter la Finlande
Câbles rompus en Baltique : le pétrolier suspect « Eagle S » autorisé à quitter la Finlande
Huit marins sont soupçonnés d’être impliqués dans les dégradations survenues le 25 décembre 2024. Trois d’entre eux ont toujours interdiction de quitter le territoire finlandais.
www.lemonde.fr
March 2, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Câbles rompus en Baltique : le pétrolier suspect « Eagle S » autorisé à quitter la Finlande
What if a fourth-order effect is less emotional voting?
wildfirelabs.substack.com/p/the-100-tr...
wildfirelabs.substack.com/p/the-100-tr...
The $100 Trillion Disruption: The Unforeseen Economic Earthquake
While Silicon Valley obsesses over AI, a weight-loss drug is quietly becoming the biggest economic disruptor since the internet. Here's why your job, investments, and future depend on understanding it
wildfirelabs.substack.com
March 2, 2025 at 12:57 PM
What if a fourth-order effect is less emotional voting?
wildfirelabs.substack.com/p/the-100-tr...
wildfirelabs.substack.com/p/the-100-tr...
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I’ve been suggesting on TV and podcasts—without actual evidence(!)—that it may turn out that DOJ will wind up not having enough lawyers to defend all the lawsuits challenging this administration’s illegal conduct.
Turns out it seems already to be true. 👉
Turns out it seems already to be true. 👉
March 1, 2025 at 2:51 PM
I’ve been suggesting on TV and podcasts—without actual evidence(!)—that it may turn out that DOJ will wind up not having enough lawyers to defend all the lawsuits challenging this administration’s illegal conduct.
Turns out it seems already to be true. 👉
Turns out it seems already to be true. 👉
LeConte Pear Tree 2025-02-24
We got this Pyrus communis from cousin Cecil in a pot. When we moved the pot to the garden to plant it, it had already grown a root into the ground. And the root grew a tree on the driveway.
So it’s one tree in two locations.
-jsq
www.okraparadisefarms.com/blog/?p=9636
We got this Pyrus communis from cousin Cecil in a pot. When we moved the pot to the garden to plant it, it had already grown a root into the ground. And the root grew a tree on the driveway.
So it’s one tree in two locations.
-jsq
www.okraparadisefarms.com/blog/?p=9636
February 28, 2025 at 1:56 PM
LeConte Pear Tree 2025-02-24
We got this Pyrus communis from cousin Cecil in a pot. When we moved the pot to the garden to plant it, it had already grown a root into the ground. And the root grew a tree on the driveway.
So it’s one tree in two locations.
-jsq
www.okraparadisefarms.com/blog/?p=9636
We got this Pyrus communis from cousin Cecil in a pot. When we moved the pot to the garden to plant it, it had already grown a root into the ground. And the root grew a tree on the driveway.
So it’s one tree in two locations.
-jsq
www.okraparadisefarms.com/blog/?p=9636
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Tomorrow, people across the country are participating in an Economic Blackout—a coordinated effort to withhold spending for 24 hours to send a powerful message about economic justice, corporate greed, and political accountability.
February 28, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Tomorrow, people across the country are participating in an Economic Blackout—a coordinated effort to withhold spending for 24 hours to send a powerful message about economic justice, corporate greed, and political accountability.
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“We must especially beware of that small group of selfish men who would clip the wings of the American eagle in order to feather their own nests.” -FDR, 1941
February 15, 2025 at 8:18 PM
“We must especially beware of that small group of selfish men who would clip the wings of the American eagle in order to feather their own nests.” -FDR, 1941
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Mike Pence just reposted an old article he wrote about the limitations on the powers of a president. For some reason. Here is a part of it.
February 15, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Mike Pence just reposted an old article he wrote about the limitations on the powers of a president. For some reason. Here is a part of it.
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In an email obtained by NPR, employees at EPA's Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights were told they were on administrative leave, effective immediately.
EPA employees who work on environmental justice are put on leave
In an email obtained by NPR, employees at EPA's Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights were told they were on administrative leave, effective immediately.
www.npr.org
February 7, 2025 at 4:39 PM
In an email obtained by NPR, employees at EPA's Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights were told they were on administrative leave, effective immediately.
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DOGE is reportedly threatening NOAA with massive staff and budget cuts.
NOAA houses the National Weather Service and National Hurricane Center, which produce forecasts and warn people about storms.
This attack on public safety is ripped straight from the pages of Project 2025.
NOAA houses the National Weather Service and National Hurricane Center, which produce forecasts and warn people about storms.
This attack on public safety is ripped straight from the pages of Project 2025.
Doge staffers enter Noaa headquarters and incite reports of cuts and threats
Members reportedly sought access to IT systems at agency that Project 2025 has called ‘harmful to US prosperity’
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2025 at 4:20 PM
DOGE is reportedly threatening NOAA with massive staff and budget cuts.
NOAA houses the National Weather Service and National Hurricane Center, which produce forecasts and warn people about storms.
This attack on public safety is ripped straight from the pages of Project 2025.
NOAA houses the National Weather Service and National Hurricane Center, which produce forecasts and warn people about storms.
This attack on public safety is ripped straight from the pages of Project 2025.
I guess I should be proud, since facebook keeps popping this up.
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February 5, 2025 at 1:54 PM
I guess I should be proud, since facebook keeps popping this up.
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This was yesterday, 30 miles from Florida, and still frozen this morning.
Sleet and snow is, ah, unusual here.
As is a week of 20-degree F temperatures.
Sleet and snow is, ah, unusual here.
As is a week of 20-degree F temperatures.
January 23, 2025 at 2:24 PM
This was yesterday, 30 miles from Florida, and still frozen this morning.
Sleet and snow is, ah, unusual here.
As is a week of 20-degree F temperatures.
Sleet and snow is, ah, unusual here.
As is a week of 20-degree F temperatures.
Removed: pine deadfall in back driveway 2025-01-14
That pine deadfall in the back driveway was in the way, so I removed it the next day.
These other logs also I recently dragged out of there with tractor and logging chain.
www.okraparadisefarms.com/blog/?p=9610
That pine deadfall in the back driveway was in the way, so I removed it the next day.
These other logs also I recently dragged out of there with tractor and logging chain.
www.okraparadisefarms.com/blog/?p=9610
January 18, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Removed: pine deadfall in back driveway 2025-01-14
That pine deadfall in the back driveway was in the way, so I removed it the next day.
These other logs also I recently dragged out of there with tractor and logging chain.
www.okraparadisefarms.com/blog/?p=9610
That pine deadfall in the back driveway was in the way, so I removed it the next day.
These other logs also I recently dragged out of there with tractor and logging chain.
www.okraparadisefarms.com/blog/?p=9610
A slash pine fell across my back driveway.
This was six weeks after I got that big oak you see cut out of the way after Hurricane Helene.
www.okraparadisefarms.com/blog/?p=9606
This was six weeks after I got that big oak you see cut out of the way after Hurricane Helene.
www.okraparadisefarms.com/blog/?p=9606
January 18, 2025 at 11:04 PM
A slash pine fell across my back driveway.
This was six weeks after I got that big oak you see cut out of the way after Hurricane Helene.
www.okraparadisefarms.com/blog/?p=9606
This was six weeks after I got that big oak you see cut out of the way after Hurricane Helene.
www.okraparadisefarms.com/blog/?p=9606
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$1,131,794,901
That's how much Big Oil has spent over the last 30 years paying off Congress to look the other way on climate action while the planet burns.
Well, the planet is burning.
Don't let them look away.
That's how much Big Oil has spent over the last 30 years paying off Congress to look the other way on climate action while the planet burns.
Well, the planet is burning.
Don't let them look away.
January 9, 2025 at 2:12 AM
$1,131,794,901
That's how much Big Oil has spent over the last 30 years paying off Congress to look the other way on climate action while the planet burns.
Well, the planet is burning.
Don't let them look away.
That's how much Big Oil has spent over the last 30 years paying off Congress to look the other way on climate action while the planet burns.
Well, the planet is burning.
Don't let them look away.
Every path through my woods looks like this. Hurricane Helene was ten times worse than Idalia for south Georgia and north Florida. Forestry is Georgia's top industry, and it is hurting bad, along with pecan trees and other agriculture.
December 16, 2024 at 4:44 PM
Every path through my woods looks like this. Hurricane Helene was ten times worse than Idalia for south Georgia and north Florida. Forestry is Georgia's top industry, and it is hurting bad, along with pecan trees and other agriculture.
Red sky at morning 2024-11-29
The sun also rose by 7AM, and the sky was red.
www.okraparadisefarms.com/blog/?p=9590
The sun also rose by 7AM, and the sky was red.
www.okraparadisefarms.com/blog/?p=9590
December 1, 2024 at 4:33 PM
Red sky at morning 2024-11-29
The sun also rose by 7AM, and the sky was red.
www.okraparadisefarms.com/blog/?p=9590
The sun also rose by 7AM, and the sky was red.
www.okraparadisefarms.com/blog/?p=9590
Solar power is beating fracked methane like the Internet won over BITNET 2020-12-27
Why am I so sure that I will live to see fracked methane pipelines shut? I’ve seen it before, when the Internet won over all other networks.
The bigger they are, the harder they fall.
www.l-a-k-e.org/blog/?p=21985
Why am I so sure that I will live to see fracked methane pipelines shut? I’ve seen it before, when the Internet won over all other networks.
The bigger they are, the harder they fall.
www.l-a-k-e.org/blog/?p=21985
November 28, 2024 at 1:48 PM
Solar power is beating fracked methane like the Internet won over BITNET 2020-12-27
Why am I so sure that I will live to see fracked methane pipelines shut? I’ve seen it before, when the Internet won over all other networks.
The bigger they are, the harder they fall.
www.l-a-k-e.org/blog/?p=21985
Why am I so sure that I will live to see fracked methane pipelines shut? I’ve seen it before, when the Internet won over all other networks.
The bigger they are, the harder they fall.
www.l-a-k-e.org/blog/?p=21985