My statement on the reckless Republican shutdown & what it means for working families across Colorado:

Sen. Jon Tester and Rep. Jason Crow. October 1, 2025 groundedpodcast.substack.com/p/closed-for...

Make sure you listen to some amazing music before turning in for the night. Here's a suggestion: www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtkc...

If Trump had become president 20 years earlier, Epstein would have been in his cabinet.

I can’t believe I’m watching interviews of city mayors talking about how they are coordinating with other mayors to discuss how to protect their residents FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES I know we are “used to it” but it is absolutely insane

quick while the government is shut down let’s all switch to metric

Amplify Rep Lieu's OG post. Here is a dem doing the exact messaging we ask for showing visually how fucked up this is.

Write October 18th on your calendar. And read what a Reagan-appointed judge has to say about intimidation and an attempt to control the people. joycevance.substack.com/p/the-first-...

This is the voice we have been wanting to hear.

I keep posting this because it keeps feeling more and more relevant...

"Republicans run the entire government but can't keep it open" That's it. That's the whole story.

Just remember that nature is generous. Rhodiola rhodantha syn. Sedum rhodantha is STILL flowering. Last day of September. Amazing.

We’re headed for the first shutdown since the last time Trump was in office. The framing of trying to give Medicaid to illegals is absolute nonsense. The average family of four is paying up to *$1500* a month on the insurance marketplace. Dems wanted to help. GOP refused.

The 2025 MNPS Grants Program is currently accepting applications; the deadline to apply is October 31. Up to $5000 is available from projects to research, conserve, or educate people concerning Montana’s native plants and plant communities. #Montana mtnativeplants.org/board/grants...

Not a bad idea these days. I'm thinking more beans are going to be on my menu, though.

One, that's not how copyright works and there will be an entire battalion of IP lawyers who will be happy to correct Open AI of this misapprehension, likely to the tune of billions of dollars, and two, fuck this shitty thieving waste of proteins and lipids

Today's speech is exactly what one expects from someone who flounced from the Individual Ready Reserve due to his white supremacist tattoos

WE HAVE LIFTOFF www.kickstarter.com/projects/tom...

*facepalm www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

Oh. Tempting! The Science of Cooking. www.wiley.com/en-us/The+Sc...

We've been learning so much about fungi this past decade. It's pretty important. www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FqF...

Garlic all planted! 5 pounds. Russian Red, Rosewood, and German Extra Hardy. Okay. Now it can snow.

Measles has been quiet in the headlines, but cases continue to climb. The annual U.S. count now stands at 1,527 confirmed cases—the highest in 30 years. Subscribe to this substack to stay informed. yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/subscribe

Trump has deployed roughly 35,000 federal troops within the United States this year, according to exclusive figures provided to The Intercept by official military sources. interc.pt/3IMxHV7

The Doritos Formula www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

The DOGE team was acting like “a bunch of people who didn’t know what they were doing, with ideas of how government should run — thinking it should work like a McDonald’s or a bank — screaming all the time,” former SSA Commissioner Leland Dudek said.

The Department of Energy has added these terms to its growing “list of words to avoid” because words are dangerous: climate change green decarbonization emissions energy transition sustainability sustainable clean energy dirty energy carbon footprint CO₂ footprint tax breaks tax credits subsidies

I want to believe, but the Charlie Brown and Lucy football effect... www.supplysidesj.com/supplements/...

Trump’s regime knows they can’t silence us all through investigations, prosecutions or the deployment of brutal secret police. They can only try to silence dissent through fear. As long as we choose not to give into fear, we can’t be silenced. Join us to say NO KINGS: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...

Trump is pouring public money into his authoritarian takeovers of cities while cutting services that working families rely on. We’re standing together against the abuses of power, cruelty, and corruption of this regime. We hope you will join us: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i... #NoKings

Portland’s city councilor for district 4: “For those of you still serving, I want to remind you that your oath of service requires you to support the constitution of the U.S. against all enemies both foreign and domestic. That oath does not grant the president a right to your absolute obedience.”

Efforts to restore and protect Colorado’s high-altitude fens help protect regional water supply and promote storage of carbon that would otherwise contribute to climate change.

Trying to find a fat substitute. Yikes. www.menshealth.com/nutrition/a6...

Climate change survivor. Ceanothus velutinus (snowbrush) is a drought-tolerant, actinorhizal native plant found in the Intermountain West region of the US that harbors many plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria. If you find it in a nursery, buy the biggest you can afford.

Gumweed, Grindelia squarrosa (Pursh) Dunal, is our most common native species, and has been found to be pollinated by at least 30 species of native bees.

Reminder: American farmers lost the China market to Brazil (which Trump has pushed closer to China bc of his tantrum about Bolsonaro) and Argentina (which Scott Bessent is bailing out with $20B of taxpayer $$). Americans are literally paying Javier Milei to poach American soybean markets.

garlic driving away vampires, call that allium vs predator

We don't use cloves. We use bulbs. This would be a whole bed of planted garlic. Yikes!

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Planting garlic today. I bought 5 pounds. Yikes. Need more beds. I think I'm addicted to garlic. Shoutout to cool Tony at antelopecreekgarlic.com

Terrific new review of flu & COVID vaccine recommendations in Vaccine from Jessica Breznik, Matt Miller, & @msmacrophage.bsky.social! They make a compelling data-driven case for expanding COVID vaccines & optimizing timing for COVID waves, as we do for flu.👇 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

This morning in “the war zone.” #Portland #PortlandOregon #Warzone #FlowerPower #TheWarZone

But my mother's cousin's former roomate sent her this photo which CLEARLY shows a war going on.

This rules - @raskin.house.gov straight up called out Roberts to his face. democrats-judiciary.house.gov/media-center...

Late September 2025 in #Montana

And...yeah...they're around and they know we're there, too. Hibernation requires enough fat. Hope they do well this year.

Now is the time to collect wild seeds to bring into your garden. Spotted gayfeather (Liatris punctata) in the Asteraceae flowers late in the summer for the pollinators.