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kellyromanych

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Advocate. Writer. Posts on environment, justice, and equity. I acknowledge that I live on the traditional territory of the Tongva (Gabrieleno). Former first responder, educator, and nonprofit leader. Prior Forbes nonprofit contributor. Views are my own. She/her/hers. Hashtags include #climate #disasters #NativePlants #pollinators #NativeBees #bloomscrolling #nonprofits #philanthropy #equity #justice

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kellyromanych, to conservative
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Over a dozen native bees tuck in to sleep at sunset in the city.

I think they are Melissodes spp. in cornflowers, Centaurea cyanus.

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#bees #conservation #gardening

msquebanh, (edited ) to Plants
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#FoodHarvest

#Kale #SwissChard #Celery #cilantro #sorrel #ButtercrunchLettuce #Arugula #Radishes #Strawberries

Lots of #homegrown #SaladGreens 👩‍🌾

#FoodPlants #FoodSecurity #GrowingFood #GrowYourOwnFood #plants #Gardening #GrownFromSeed #Zone8 #Saanich #YYJ #GrowFoodNotLawns #VictoriaBC #FoodGrowers #Wsanec #VancouverIsland #PacificNorthwest #PNW #EdibleGardening #PlantsYouCanEat #FoodGarden #VanIsle #GrowItEatIt #GrowFoodShareFood

kellyromanych,
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@msquebanh I'm a sorrel fan, too 🌱

ai6yr, to random
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I guess I was wrong, yesterday was just the house warming party. Today was move in.

kellyromanych,
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@ai6yr omg, is that normal to have so many at the start of a move in?

kellyromanych, to gardening
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Native bee trying to warm up on a Romneya petal. Today, we're almost 10F below average and expecting heat wave in a few days. Bee is possibly a Melissodes.

#bees #nativePlants #gardening

kellyromanych, to random
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kellyromanych, to uk
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From Buglife in the UK: Mini Guide to Identifying Bees

19 pages covers bumble & solitary bees. Includes photos & illustrations.

#cornwall #UK #bees

https://cdn.buglife.org.uk/downloads/Bee-ID-Guide-v2.pdf

kellyromanych, to nature
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Could you use a bee field guide with color photos?

Reposting from pollinator.org, Colorado State Univ. Extension, and USDA: A Beginner's Guide to Identifying Bees.

65 pages. Covers common genera in Colorado & East Plains. Genera can also be found in other parts of North America.

#bees #fieldGuide #nature

https://www.pollinator.org/pollinator.org/assets/generalFiles/BeginnerBeeFieldGuide_11March2022_LowRez.pdf

GottaLaff, to Canada
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After a long morning of loading the POD, stuffing the car, cleaning, scrubbing, double-checking, all on very little sleep… we’re off! here we come.

loves these long road trips.

First night: Sacramento-ish.

kellyromanych,
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@GottaLaff safe travels!

kellyromanych, to nature
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A day in the life of a native bee and spider...

#bees #nature

ai6yr, (edited ) to Plants
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Hmm, I should know what this weed is, temporarily adding it to my #mysteryplant list. (Update: this is almost certainly Pseudognaphalium californicum -- California Rabbit-Tobacco) #plants

kellyromanych,
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@ai6yr looks like California everlasting, Pseudognaphalium californicum

kellyromanych, to Bloomscrolling
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These purple cornflowers have been standing tall for weeks beyond what they should or could...

#bloomscrolling #mentalHealth

Adam_Cadmon1, to random
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It's like you've got the beginning of Gibson's interstitial communities and rise in homelessness combined with disposable tech AND you've got the environmental distress and gaslighting from authorities in PKD novels. Oh and don't forget to throw in the rise in malevolent and DUMB AI from the Terminator flicks

Truly the worst possible timeline.

kellyromanych,
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@Adam_Cadmon1 and Octavia Butler's Parable of the Sower.

GottaLaff, to random
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“Provocative.” 🤦🏻‍♀️🙄 GET HIM OFF THE COURT. Gift: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/22/us/justice-alito-flag-appeal-to-heaven.html?unlocked_article_code=1.t00.Ihnd.LkwD_75RA6zD&smid=url-share

“Another Provocative Flag Was Flown at Another Home

The justice’s beach house displayed an “Appeal to Heaven” flag, a symbol carried on and associated with a push for a more Christian-minded government. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/22/us/justice-alito-flag-appeal-to-heaven.html

kellyromanych,
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@GottaLaff everday that passes without these justices being removed & the court being expanded, I think of SCOTUS FAQs: "The Constitution does not specify qualifications for Justices such as age, education, profession, or native-born citizenship. A Justice does not have to be a lawyer or a law school graduate, but all Justices have been trained in the law."

https://www.supremecourt.gov/about/faq_general.aspx

kellyromanych, to Bloomscrolling
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#bloomScrolling #nativePlants

Romneya under cloudy skies, temps 10F below average

kellyromanych, to random
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Don't give up on wild native bees in the city...

This is a solitary bee just starting its life. It visits these last Phacelia blooms over & over. Eventually, the bee will move over to other flower varieties that are coming on strong.

Diversity in plants & habitats makes the difference on this small scale. Native bees forage over hundreds of yards-not miles like honey bees.

annuals + perennials + standing stems + open ground - leaf blowers - pesticides

#worldBeeDay #nativePlants

kellyromanych, to random
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kellyromanych, to photography
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Dill flowers by handheld uv light looks like space galaxies...

#photography #gardening

meganL, to accessibility
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🧵 Even before I formed @ucaccessnow, I persisted through campus channels trying to get them to acknowledge that cycle racks ALSO have to be accessible, not car parking spaces. After months of brick walls with UC and my union, I got a meeting with the head of UC Davis TAPS, who

@fedibikes @disability @bikenite

kellyromanych,
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@meganL @ucaccessnow thank you for your tireless work & advocacy! When I was a teacher, I had many students with different abilities who aspired to go to UC campuses. I completely agree design, in all ways, should include everyone. It's a failure of UC decision makers to not recognize your leadership. @fedibikes @disability @bikenite

ai6yr, (edited ) to random
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#silentsaturday #photography #trains

kellyromanych,
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@ai6yr nice composition!

ml, to accessibility
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Please boost in the hopes of reaching someone who can answer:

Can someone direct me to a form and/or a person responsible for ensuring ADA compliance (not a defensive "cover your ass" thing, but actually caring about accessibility) at USDA?

Thank you!

@plantscience
#DisabledAndSTEM #Accessibility

kellyromanych,
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@ml @plantscience contact info for several people in link here: https://www.usda.gov/digital-strategy/accessibility/plays#accessibility1

kellyromanych, to photography
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Salvia apiana by handheld uv light just after sunset

#nativePlants #photography

kellyromanych,
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@seachanger @si_irini thank you :) its the best I could get without falling over and dropping camera while a critter was rustling nearby 🤣

kellyromanych, to Bloomscrolling
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Centaurea cyanus at sunset

#bloomscrolling

kellyromanych, to gardening
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Native bee sleeps in bloom at sunset...

kellyromanych,
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Overnight, the bloom petals closed up around the native bee.

Here they are at sunrise...

#bees #gardening #conservation

kellyromanych,
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And one last glimpse as the native bee had breakfast...

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