South Cackalacky Scholar

My dad and I went to Chicago and the view was… welp. #travel
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Dad in foreground with Trump Tower Chicago in the background

09:22 AM - May 11, 2024

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The #ruin of a textile mill looming up through fog…

When I moved back to SC in 2014 I was appalled to see wreckage of the textile empire—smokestacks looming up from piles of rubble—everywhere I looked. 🤯

Suddenly the hatred of Democrats had a context.
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09:50 PM - May 08, 2024

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This is a light-hearted look at what cicada-pocalypse hath wrought in our SC garden. Hope you enjoy! #cicadas #greatsouthernbrood #rare #freakout #cyclesofnature #mindfulnessmoment

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Wherein the cicadas sing... if you can call it that—

and panicked noobs call the police

09:37 PM - May 08, 2024

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Hello World! I've started a substack about my adventures in gardening. Come join--and enjoy!

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Drunk in the garden... - Escaped from Cultivation

and Talking to the Dead

03:53 PM - May 04, 2024

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I hate lawns. FRFR.

They’re monocultures, carbon greedy, and CLASSIST—the first lawns were a form of poor-shaming. “I’m so rich I don’t have to grow food next to my house.” 😡

Now this nice potager (outside my kitchen) is much more my speed than #grass .
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04:59 PM - May 02, 2024

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See what happens when the bigots leave your denomination to go hate somewhere else? Tears of joy as you can finally freely practice your religion.

Now if those vangies and fundies would hurry up and get raptured out of here, we could have heaven on earth.😘
#FreeTheMethodists #afterthehatersleave

jenn ○f many things @JennOfManyThings

Welcome to this millenia, Methodists. I'm not religious, or that impressed. The Episcopal Church has clergy of every gender, and they've been ordaining woman for about 4 decades. But, at least the Methodists have caught up with reality. That's something, I suppose.

United Methodists repeal longstanding ban on LGBTQ clergy | AP News

United Methodist delegates have repealed their church’s longstanding ban on LGBTQ clergy with no debate.

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jenn ○f many things

@JennOfManyThings

Welcome to this millenia, Methodists. I'm not religious, or that impressed. The Episcopal Church has clergy of every gender, and they've been ordaining woman for about 4 decades. But, at least the Methodists have caught up with reality. That's something, I suppose.

apnews.com

United Methodists repeal longstanding ban on LGBTQ clergy | AP News

United Methodist delegates have repealed their church’s longstanding ban on LGBTQ clergy with no debate.

11:43 AM - May 01, 2024

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Karen Springer

@Springer

But, please, tell me how concerned you are about the Middle East, young people....the right wing is trying to shut the USA down, but that's not trending, so.....

Amee Vanderpool @girlsreallyrule

Florida's six week abortion ban starts today, so women and girls on the entire southeast coast will no longer have access to abortion services, and the ban correlates with the Republican plan to illegally throw children off their healthcare plans.
https://shero.substack.com...

Abortion Bans Correlate With Children Losing Health Care Coverage

The majority of kids who have lost access to medical care since the unwinding of pandemic-era protections come from the states enacting the strictest abortion bans, and Florida is a prime example.

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HarlemWriter

@HarlemWriter

Revealed: Tyson Foods dumps millions of pounds of toxic pollutants into US rivers and lakes https://www.theguardian.co...

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Revealed: Tyson Foods dumps millions of pounds of toxic pollutants into US rivers and lakes | Environment | The Guardian

Nitrogen, phosphorus, chloride, oil and cyanide among the 371m lb of pollutants released by just 41 plants in five years

09:01 AM - May 01, 2024

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Christopher Bouzy

@cbouzy

Here is my statement regarding the racist activity from earlier.

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Larry with an i

@Bikerlarry

Happy May Day!

In Finland we celebrate it as the holiday of working class and academia. Everybody wears their graduation hats, people cruise around in their summer cars and everybody's got a hangover except me.

09:04 AM - May 01, 2024

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The Hollywood Bowl is one of my favorite places for live music. Not too large, the perfect #frame to showcase your favorite band. We were waiting for #JillScott to arrive. What a night!
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09:00 AM - May 01, 2024

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Milla Mélomane

@Britpoptarts

Panem et circenses

07:48 AM - Apr 29, 2024

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Hmmm. This is the closest I can get to today’s theme. Do these blossoms remind you of a #pearl ?

Me neither. 😍 But they are beautiful nonetheless!
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07:51 AM - Apr 29, 2024

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Huzzah!

Miriam @Miriam

Deep in Florida, an ‘ecological disaster’ has been reversed—and wildlife is thriving.

20 years and $1 billion dollars later much of Florida’s Kissimmee River has been restored to its natural state. 40 square miles of wetlands have been reestablished.

#SomeGoodNews #ecology #NatGeo

The Kissimmee River has been brought back to life—and wildlife is thriving

Much of Florida’s Kissimmee River has been restored to its natural state, a milestone worth celebrating—and learning from.

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The woods felt quiet as a church after the rare snow #storm blew through South Carolina. Love the look of snow on camellias!

@DailyPictureTheme #dailypicturetheme #dailypicturetheme The woods felt quiet as a church after the rare snow #storm blew through South Carolina. Love the look of snow on cam

01:50 PM - Apr 27, 2024

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Maic-o-lantern

@Serriola

You mean when we take active measures to restore balance, it works?

https://phys.org/news/2024...

phys.org

First-of-its-kind study shows that conservation actions are effective at halting and reversing biodiversity loss

A study published April 25, in the journal Science provides the strongest evidence to date that not only is nature conservation successful, but that scaling conservation interventions up would be transformational for halting and reversing biodiversity loss—a crisis that can lead to ecosyst..

09:54 AM - Apr 26, 2024

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At dawn, life just seems to move at a slower #pace . Maybe that’s why it’s my favorite time of day. I snapped this while sipping coffee on a cabana in North Myrtle Beach and the word for what I was feeling is “bliss.”
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10:15 AM - Apr 26, 2024

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Crazy rain #shower followed by double rainbow all right at sunset.
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01:38 PM - Apr 25, 2024

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I had to set this beauty #free after it flitted into our greenhouse.

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10:47 AM - Apr 21, 2024

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Have hoe, will travel! When I’m on a roll no #weed can stand against me. Look at poor Peanut. He’s pooped out just from watching!

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01:15 PM - Apr 20, 2024

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Omar Moore

@popcornreel

LANGUAGE: It’s enslaved persons, not “slaves”. We are people who were ENslaved. When you say “enslaved”, you make clear that someone else did this to us. When you say “slave” you speak the language and mindset of the people who did this to us. This is important. It is not semantics. #Spoutible

A black and white photo of a group of Black people, presumably enslaved persons

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I’m a sucker for a carousel. Every time I see one I want to have a #sit !

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10:51 PM - Apr 18, 2024

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The grandkids at the Aquarium. Legend’s pretending to be a … hermit crab?—Harmony’s pretending to be terrified!

Lots of screaming but the only truly #tense moments came when they charged into the gift shop looking for souvenirs.🤣😂🤣

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07:55 AM - Apr 18, 2024 (Edited)

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Christopher Bouzy

@cbouzy

3 Threaded Spouts

The point of this exercise is to show how easy it is to fake an image or a video, and we need legislation to address deepfakes and AI-generated / AI-altered photos because it will only get worse from here.

07:26 AM - Apr 16, 2024

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Carol Lovely

@Clovely4

09:34 AM - Apr 16, 2024

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We left the giant potted hibiscus in the greenhouse and it bloomed its fool head off all winter. Just dragged it out for easier watering...

Wouldn’t it be cool to have a #skirt exactly this frilly and red?

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03:40 AM - Apr 16, 2024

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#Tax day can be taxing. This is what I’m looking forward to at the end of mine: A Yes, Chef! served up by the mixologists at the coolest bar in Durham: the Velvet Hippo.

Yippie-ki-yay, y’all. I’ll see you on the roof for happy hour!

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08:17 AM - Apr 15, 2024

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Viburnum macrocephalum (“Chinese snowball”) from the #BellafloraFarm collectors #garden . The picture was taken at dusk with a flash, so the pompoms look like they’re suspended in space and glowing with a #pale fire.

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10:24 AM - Apr 14, 2024 (Edited)

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