Brutkey

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As always, @tzimmer_history@mastodon.social sees our current situation through a clear-eyed view of our past. Take the time to read his work, if you can.

https://thomaszimmer.substack.com/p/why-the-extremists-took-over-on-the

#USPol

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A new #AVLWatchdog story on our loss of tree canopy during #Helene, and the larger missing piece of our Urban Forestry committee and Tree City designation.

https://avlwatchdog.org/ashevilles-urban-forestry-commission-speaks-for-the-citys-trees-it-hasnt-met-since-helene/

#Forestry #Trees #Planning

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I saw this page advertisement in a catalog and instantly thought of Gary Larson's Far Side cartoon.

#Pattern #FarSide #Wallpaper

A page from a Bassett Furniture catalog, showing a large-scale floral print on wallpaper and upholstered chair. It is, perhaps, a lot of one pattern for a room, and hearkens back some decades to when this kind of "matchy" style was in style, as apparently they are trying to make happen again. All I could see was this cartoon. A woman in a floral print dress sits in a chair with the same pattern, in a room with the same pattern on the walls. A man is opening the door where a Monster stands. The captions reads: "When the monster came, Lola, like the peppered moth and the arctic hare, remained motionless and undetected. Harold, of course, was immediately devoured."
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The Man has told me I have an excess of lawn ornamentation already, but what the heck, maybe one more.

#Cervid #Deer

A young buck is standing in a shady area of a backyard, behind the trunk of a dogwood tree, from which hangs a red birdhouse. He was JUST looking at me, and then someone came out of the home behind us and he figured they were more of a threat. Unseen: his girlfriend was behind the evergreen to his right, and she came out moments later, then they both bounded over the fence, no doubt after eating whatever poor green things had survived their previous attentions.
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I'm afraid to read anything this morning.

What we've done to the world in 7 months.

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Quick #introduction for me

Mid-atlantic -> Orlando -> Asheville

#Twitter refugee (13 years) mostly I follow intelligent people, and try to learn.

Varied interests, just about everything, #hiking #photography #nature #weather #technology #trees #dogs #law #politics #science #econ #medicine #health

Thank you for letting us invade your lovely space, hope we don't mess anything up. And I appreciate your patience up front.