History sure loves to rhyme...

Students participated in a walkout outside Apple Valley High School on Monday, protesting against ICE presence and arrests in the Twin Cities area.

40 years ago today one of the world’s best science communicators tried to explain to the U.S the seriousness of planetary heating, and urged them to take measures to address the issue. Policy-makers are still not listening.

🚨 Today, I formally introduced articles of impeachment against Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. RFK Jr. has turned his back on science and the safety of the American people. Michiganders cannot take another day of his chaos.

A Trump supporter started murdering his way through an assassination list of Democratic law makers FIVE MONTHS AGO. He murdered my colleague Melissa Hortman, and her husband Mark — and attempted to assassinate my dear friend John Hoffman and his wife Yvette. I was also on the hit list. WTF

New in our shop! A collection of cute wooden wildlife ornaments, laser cut and screen printed by hand in our studio. Choose from gray squirrel, box turtle, opossum, turkey vulture, bison, and saw-whet owl! 🎨🐡 blueasterstudio.com/collections/...

How do you do, fellow cats?

Any entomology folks able to help me figure what's going on in this bee balm seed head? iNat suggests Neortholomus scolopax (a seed bug) but I can't find much useful information beyond that... Could also possibly be a fungus of some sort? #inverts #NativePlants #entomology #mycology

Evolution is an incredible artist. I was happy to find this weird little guy in my garden yesterday. #Inverts #NativePlants

Pearl crescent on false sunflower. #nativegarden #nativeplants #butterfly #butterflies

Ain't no party like an ox-eye party Cuz an ox-eye party has multiple bee species. #Inverts #NativePlants

Proud of my state senator. Any chance the GOP has a conscience?

In honor of #invertefest the black swallowtail my kids have been raising from a caterpillar decided to emerge today. It came into the house on a native flower bouquet from our garden that included golden alexanders. #NativePlants

Did some bug portraits in the prairie garden this morning. #NativePlants #Inverts

Did some bug portraits in the prairie garden this morning. #NativePlants #Inverts

Thanks, I feel inspired: While trees rake carbon from the sky and lignify it 'til they die, eventually that heat's released by fire or rot or gnawing beast. But if you've got the clime to suit, and want to see less top, more root while storing carbon out the ass you cannot beat a prairie grass.

the best part of waking up is milkweed in your cup (spent a spontaneous 10 minutes digging A.tuberosa volunteers from the lawn. they'll find new homes in the front yard...) #NativePlants #FlowerReport

the best part of waking up is milkweed in your cup (spent a spontaneous 10 minutes digging A.tuberosa volunteers from the lawn. they'll find new homes in the front yard...) #NativePlants #FlowerReport

Heck yeah swallowtail visiting the garden. #NativePlants #inverts

Drag queen showing off her beach bod #inverts

This is such a great thread of MN native flowers!

Alright I have a question for *all of you*, esp for those of you who are not into environment stuff. When you think about planting native plants in the area you control, what *prevents* you from taking that action? These could be emotional, financial, practical, anything. RTs appreciated here.

ICYMI: Trans rights are human rights. Willi Castro appeared to lend support to that sentiment earlier this month, and even if that wasn't his intention, the aftermath says much about the moment he (and we) now occupy. #mntwins #twins #minnesota

Always happy to see a new plant flowering from seed in my prairie garden. This spiderwort was seeded 3 years ago. #NativePlants

People think gender affirming care is new/untested because Nazis *literally burnt down* the research institute pioneering trans healthcare and its associated documentation

Any bsky #NativePlants gardeners have experience splitting/transplanting meadow-rue? I'd like to move some of this to a new area, but it's been slow to fill in here so I don't want to kill it. Any advice welcome!

The most consequential Speaker in state history.

I never met Melissa Hortman, but, each in our lane, worked on a bunch of the same issues. No one gets all the credit for legislation, but I think its important for people to understand how much good Speaker Hortman did/led/was a part of. That's something being an aging union guy equips you for 1/12

All the credit that Tim Walz got as a VP candidate for good stuff that Minnesota has done? Melissa Hortman (and a bunch of other women) led the hard fight to get bills on his desk and make it politically safe for him to sign.

Found this weird little guy on a soggy shoelace. Drinking water, I guess? Per iNat, it's a Hobomok skipper (Lon hobomok). #inverts #Minnesota

Yellow Lady Slippers glowing in the woods at Lake Itasca. #NativePlants #Minnesota #FlowerReport

Even in the rain, the bitty pollinators love the bitty figwort flowers. #NativePlants #Inverts

In a couple of years, this will be filled with native Minnesota prairie plants. Always grateful for clients who dream big (and have patience and trust, lol) #NativePlants

I saw a monarch in my garden today, so that was good. #NativePlants #inverts

I saw a monarch in my garden today, so that was good. #NativePlants #inverts

Saw some fantastic woodland flowers at Interstate Minnesota State Park. #NativePlants #FlowerReport

Saw some fantastic woodland flowers at Interstate Minnesota State Park. #NativePlants #FlowerReport

I found this Weird Little Guy in the garden this morning. In flight, it sounded exactly like a bumblebee. iNat says it's a Bumble flower beetle. Plant native plants, get weird little native inverts! #NativePlants #inverts

"Don’t blame fans. They’re just making their own business decision now." Live shot from @aarongleeman.bsky.social interviewing Joe Polad last year:

White-headed things from my backyard this morning: #NativePlants #Birds

What they’re doing to social security

Happy Trans Day of Visibility

This tree has a weird knot on it. 🪶 #Birds #Owls

I also got through to Klobuchar's Twin Cities office. Let her know we're watching!

Just saying- planting native plants does not need to be hard. You don't need to entirely re-landscape your whole yard. Figure out which milkweed is native to your area, and get some in the groud this spring. Water it, it'll be fine! Here's a place to buy plants: www.prairiemoon.com

The thing about trans kids playing high school sports is that eggs are ten dollars and a nazi runs the government

Sunflowers on the prairie on a windy day #flowerreport #nativeplants

Medical error is not the "third leading cause of death". This is a lie based on a truly woeful paper. I've unlocked the piece because apparently this disinformation is now being shared by RFK Jr. and the US federal government. Feel free to share! gidmk.substack.com/p/medical-er...