Costco has novovax starting next week

Novovaxxed! I got it at CVS in Berkeley -- it's not listed on the website, but in person they told me they have it in stock, and I should make an appointment for Moderna and request Novovax when I got there. #covidcautious #stillcoviding #novovax

Seriously, another little quake?

Just so we are clear. There is nothing wrong with being trans or autistic. Don't give an inch on that

Ok I guess that was a little aftershock? #earthquake #bayarea

Reader, I shrieked! #earthquake #bayarea

For today's nature experience I got stung --twice! -- while I was pruning bushes in my front yard. It makes me realize I haven't been stung in ages and I'm surprised by how sore I am lol

The governor is stalling on releasing previously agreed on transit funding. State legislators and the public are organizing in response. There will be a rally in San Francisco on Monday morning in response.

This #lichen like the sun. Swirling golden prominences cast into space from areas of intense localised heat. Found on the bushes that skirt the turning circle of the ocean road where I walk my dog. This cul-de-sac hides amazing and wondrous things if you care to look #FungiFriends

Drove 101 from LA back to the bay and spotted these beauties outside a bank in Montecito #fungifriends 📷🍄

Oh how I wish I could let myself believe that this excellent thread was somehow just an overreaction:

An assortment of lichen and club mosses on a boulder in Hatcher Pass, including Arctic fingers (Dactylina arctica) #lichen #moss #hiking #fungifriends #hatcherpass #alaskasky

Long thread of incredible pre-1940 photos of Palestine:

Spotted these in the woods in New Haven a couple of weeks ago #fungifriends #fungifriday

Counterpoint: There is has never been a more urgent time to write a book. Technofascism is, among other things, an attempt to capture and enclose literature and literacy. Print is a rent strike.

Saw this little froggy (and lots of others) at Grey Rocks in Hebron NH last week

きのことかたつむり (やらせ写真です)

Billionaires should not exist, and it shouldn’t be remotely controversial to say so. So much wealth in so few hands presents a grave threat to our democracy, our national security, and our planet. As a class, billionaires take far more than they give back.

Read this thread now:

“They got money for war but can't feed the poor" - Tupac Shakur

A thread of helpful sock-knitting tips:

Once again the correct response to this is to immediately push for a huge amnesty bill. If farm, hotel, and restaurant workers are so vital to the country that even donald trump can admit it, they should all be getting green cards now

This time-lapse video of protesters marching down Broadway in Oakland for No Kings Day gives an idea of how many people turned out today @sfchronicle.com

No kings in Oakland!

Owls!

Another little quake in Berkeley -- didn't we just have one a few days ago?

Unions don’t just fight for wages – we fight for justice. When ICE arrested David Huerta, they didn’t just attack one leader. They attacked the entire movement. This is solidarity. This is our moment. #FreeDavidHuerta #FreeThemAll

Definitely a little jolt there

Hey @quarantegan.bsky.social those Blox N95 masks I found on eBay just arrived and they seem completely authentic! They're sealed in the original packaging and they match the ones I already have in every detail. The seller is called swlifa20082. #covidcautious #stillcoviding

Hi Vermont friends, we have volunteer shifts open daily for animal care and produce pick up. Sign up for May 6 donorbox.org/events/757333 Next one is May 17 donorbox.org/events/765129

Went to Tilden Park before dawn to watch the Morris dancers usher in May Day

Well. I went to order more Blox N95 respirators and found that IV Watch has stopped producing them! I found some on eBay that seem to be authentic but long term I guess I have to find another N95 that fits me properly. Yes I am still masking. #covidcautious #stillcoviding

My sister in Louisville (where I grew up) has a musician partner who's always juggling six different side jobs and this week he's driving an Official Kentucky Derby Car (see below) and his first assignment is to drive to Lexington, two hours away, and pick up 100 bespoke hats

Increasing the number of lichen posters I follow here as self-care amidst the ongoing chaos

Soaking up the sun at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden #turtles

#DogsAgainstDoge #Dogsky #Dogs

Moss!

Earthquake with two jolts in Berkeley just now

A Fungi Pioneer’s Lifelong Work on Exhibit www.nytimes.com/2025/03/25/s... #fungifriends

What is happening it's 77° I had to find my sandals

Little quake just now -- thought it might have been the wind but checked the USGS website (at least that hasn't been defunded -- yet) and indeed, the earth shook. Mildly.

The problem with “debating” far-right politicians and activists is that they are fundamentally not arguing in good faith, they’re not having a substantive “debate” at all. They only seek to establish an aura of “respectability” for their extremist ideas. The moment you platform them, they’ve won.

These bits of lichen appeared on my stairs this afternoon

Had a close encounter with the urban turkeys

Newts were frolicking in the pond at the botanical garden today

It's ladybug season!

The kids are alright