Alex Akselrod
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tools for commensality 🧿
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#Gardening #Iowa #herbs #frost
Frosty dill
#Gardening #Iowa #herbs #frost
Frosty dill
Esther Payne :bisexual_flag:
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"While women are being forced out of the workforce, children are going hungry, and people are being rounded up by ICE in warrantless raids, white male pain continues to be a Page 1 story. Farmers and ranchers make up less than 2 percent of the total population in America, but they dominate our cultural and political mythology."
#NewYorkTimes #Trump #Republicans #heartland #Iowa #farmers #gender #race
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"While women are being forced out of the workforce, children are going hungry, and people are being rounded up by ICE in warrantless raids, white male pain continues to be a Page 1 story. Farmers and ranchers make up less than 2 percent of the total population in America, but they dominate our cultural and political mythology."
#NewYorkTimes #Trump #Republicans #heartland #Iowa #farmers #gender #race
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"He responded that he didn’t regret his vote, because his vote was about more than his farm or tariffs; it was about God, guns, and abortion. In sum, he’d take the hit because there were bigger issues at stake.
That conversation is part of my first book, God Land, published in 2019. But I think about it often, because it highlights so many of the problems with political reporting. It’s not about the policies; it’s about the priorities."
"This week, the New York Times ran an image of a farmer on the front page. ...
The story is about how Trump’s tariff policies are affecting the very farmers in Iowa who voted for him. ...
In 2017, I asked a farmer how he felt about voting for Trump, even though Republican policies were hurting his business."
~ Lyz Lenz
#NewYorkTimes #Trump #Republicans #heartland #Iowa #farmers #gender #race
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YunoHost :disability_flag:
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I was able to walk up close to the possum. The critter is eyeing me with its freaky blue eyes. Under light rain, the fur looks a little bedraggled, but overall this seems to be a healthy little possum.
A medium-small possum in the green lawn beside a row of lilac bushes. (The lilac leaves look brown and are drying up due to a foliar disease, possibly powdery mildew.)
The current air quality index for #Minneapolis, #Chicago, almost all of #Minnesota, #Wisconsin and much of #Iowa, #Illinois and #Michigan is currently hovering around 175-200, unhealthy for everyone. Protect yr lungs and wear a mask out there fam!
(map as of 1pm central time July 31 on airnow.gov)
I was able to walk up close to the possum. The critter is eyeing me with its freaky blue eyes. Under light rain, the fur looks a little bedraggled, but overall this seems to be a healthy little possum.
A medium-small possum in the green lawn beside a row of lilac bushes. (The lilac leaves look brown and are drying up due to a foliar disease, possibly powdery mildew.)
Alex, the Hearth Fire
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#Butterfly#Flowers#Pollinators#Iowa#Bluescrolling
A Red-Spotted Purple butterfly (Limenitis arthemis astyanax) on the purple coneflowers. The red spots at top corner of the wings are barely visible. But the shimmery blue color stands out.
#Butterfly#Flowers#Pollinators#Iowa#Bluescrolling
A Red-Spotted Purple butterfly (Limenitis arthemis astyanax) on the purple coneflowers. The red spots at top corner of the wings are barely visible. But the shimmery blue color stands out.
#Iowa picks of the day (continued):
🌤️ Weather accounts for Iowa (continued):
@council_bluffs__iowa
@davenport__iowa
@des_moines__iowa
@dubuque__iowa
@fort_dodge__iowa
@grinnell__iowa
@iowa_city__iowa
@johnston__iowa
@marshalltown__iowa
@mason_city__iowa
@muscatine__iowa
@ottumwa__iowa
@pella__iowa
@sioux_city__iowa
@storm_lake__iowa
@urbandale__iowa
@waterloo__iowa
@west_des_moines__iowa
You can find more Fediverse weather accounts for places around the world at https://fedimeteo.com
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#Iowa picks of the day (continued):
The account below is a discussion group. Follow a group to see its discussions in your timeline, mention a group to post to it. (More info about how to use Fediverse groups: https://fedi.tips/how-to-use-groups-on-the-fediverse)
➡️ @iowa@a.gup.pe - Discussion group about Iowa, USA, including news, people, events, places etc.
PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS PART OF THE THREAD, IT MIGHT SPAM THE GROUP.
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#Iowa picks of the day (continued):
🌤️ Weather accounts for Iowa (continued):
@council_bluffs__iowa
@davenport__iowa
@des_moines__iowa
@dubuque__iowa
@fort_dodge__iowa
@grinnell__iowa
@iowa_city__iowa
@johnston__iowa
@marshalltown__iowa
@mason_city__iowa
@muscatine__iowa
@ottumwa__iowa
@pella__iowa
@sioux_city__iowa
@storm_lake__iowa
@urbandale__iowa
@waterloo__iowa
@west_des_moines__iowa
You can find more Fediverse weather accounts for places around the world at https://fedimeteo.com
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#Iowa picks of the day:
➡️ @IowaWritersWksp - Creative writing events at Univ of Iowa
➡️ @iowastatedaily.com - Independent student newspaper at Univ of Iowa (news feed)
➡️ @www.kcci.com - KCCI Channel 8 television station in Des Moines (news feed)
🌤️ Weather accounts for Iowa, follow a town or city to see its forecasts in your timeline:
@ames__iowa
@ankeny__iowa
@bettendorf__iowa
@burlington__iowa
@cedar_falls__iowa
@cedar_rapids__iowa
@clinton__iowa
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#Iowa picks of the day:
➡️ @IowaWritersWksp - Creative writing events at Univ of Iowa
➡️ @iowastatedaily.com - Independent student newspaper at Univ of Iowa (news feed)
➡️ @www.kcci.com - KCCI Channel 8 television station in Des Moines (news feed)
🌤️ Weather accounts for Iowa, follow a town or city to see its forecasts in your timeline:
@ames__iowa
@ankeny__iowa
@bettendorf__iowa
@burlington__iowa
@cedar_falls__iowa
@cedar_rapids__iowa
@clinton__iowa
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