I was not there, Gandalf. This was before even my time.

They have a lot less lead poisoning today than those kids from 20th century past, too.

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This is really cool!

Or breathe around it. The gympie gympie gets its own separate, controlled environment to share with giant hogweed and friends.

Oh yeah, must have. Bonus points if their house plants are prickly or poisonous.

Big container of plain oats or the prepackaged units of various flavors?

Agreed

It’s the little legionary galea crest that gets me. As if Marvin the Martian was somehow transformed into a bird. “Look at my distractingly beautiful plumage, human, while I take aim with my atomizer. Hold still now!”

And all the fish, plankton, sea greens and protein from the sea that we can eat!

“And on our right you may see bison in the field. No, we’re not pulling over here, we’re going to Mt Blue Sky. Keep drinking water.”

Convergence Station. A rather large and peculiar art exhibit to be investigated. I’d tell you more, but that would ruin the fun.

If you’re going, dress like a deep sea creature or an extraterrestrial. Leave yourself plenty of time to get lost in it. Then go get Pie Hole and Voodoo on S Broadway.

Plus basically everywhere in that lab she laid hands.

The pigoons said they would leave your garden alone if you stopped hunting them.

I’m not interested in running Joe Biden for senator of WV. See my initial comment for the type of candidate I believe could run a competitive race for Manchin’s seat.

Also, your math doesn’t check out.

Who needs the entire state to be good? Who said they were?! 51%. That’s it, that’s all that’s needed. You want to give up and let the Republicans have whatever they want? That’s on you. I’m not giving up so easily.

Fetterman is ‘one dude’. So is Ossoff. So is Warnock. You really think the political landscape of states can’t change?

I’ve sat in the shade of trees older than 160yrs. I’ve got relatives pushing 100 (as is too much of Congress). That amount of time really isn’t that long. Technology may have changed a lot but people are still basically the same.

I think that ‘Manchin is the best we can hope for’ is selling the people of WV short. As evidenced by their history: NASA rocket scientist (from a coal mining family), union fighters, abolitionists. And we certainly won’t flip states like WV with defeatist mindsets.

Also, I’m not your guy, buddy.

That’s what I’m saying. Isn’t this the state of Blair Mountain, John Brown’s Raid, and October Sky?

Where’s the neo Woody Guthrie coal miner’s daughter type looking to run a grass roots campaign on justice for the opiate-pushing and transitioning fossil fuel work to sustainable energy? Someone who wants to bring stable, modern jobs to WV and revitalize it while protecting the natural splendor that tourists seek.

He’s up for reelection in '24. Someone more sensible should primary this lump of coal. Gotta find that person and build that campaign though. And learn from Beto’s mistakes.

Ravenous little bastards. Japanese beetle, as others have noted.

Out on the western slope they got them under control by collective action. Takes a combination of nematodes and fungi for the larvae in the soil, and judicious use of traps to draw adults out of the desired area. There are plans to introduce one of its natural predators in order to control it.

Edit: CSU has a lot of helpful info here

2nd edit: A great Sun article on the topic here