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Last Notes npub1ks64xl5fe7u0w06j8gnuze9vmgtzdv0kdt9rxr4zq9zgw25pygaqk0nr7l Louanne Cooley New short video on the Connecticut Institute for Resilience and Climate Adaptation, where I work. npub1ks64xl5fe7u0w06j8gnuze9vmgtzdv0kdt9rxr4zq9zgw25pygaqk0nr7l Louanne Cooley Eelgrass workshop today for Long Island Sound. npub1ks64xl5fe7u0w06j8gnuze9vmgtzdv0kdt9rxr4zq9zgw25pygaqk0nr7l Louanne Cooley Stoped in to grab a new tomato at the greenhouse to replace the one the voles ate and was blown away by their wondrous delphiniums. Six feet tall!! Glorious! npub1ks64xl5fe7u0w06j8gnuze9vmgtzdv0kdt9rxr4zq9zgw25pygaqk0nr7l Louanne Cooley Mendel had his peas, I’ve got Nigella damascena. Far more pinks and whites last year. This year dominated by blues. npub1ks64xl5fe7u0w06j8gnuze9vmgtzdv0kdt9rxr4zq9zgw25pygaqk0nr7l Louanne Cooley So got a state court jury summons today. For, you guessed it, the Wednesday of my vacation in August. Luckily, CT makes it easy to defer (once, no questions asked) snd pick your new date so I picked Nov. 5, Election Day in the US. Now I can work the polls for early voting and have a nice excuse not to be there on chaos day itself. npub1ks64xl5fe7u0w06j8gnuze9vmgtzdv0kdt9rxr4zq9zgw25pygaqk0nr7l Louanne Cooley Rights to privacy and all the case law that stems from it is relatively new. And tenuous in this climate. Fair housing, civil right act, clean water and air legislation, within living memory. These things don’t just happen. People have work and fight for them. And tend them, strengthen them. Defend them. npub1ks64xl5fe7u0w06j8gnuze9vmgtzdv0kdt9rxr4zq9zgw25pygaqk0nr7l Louanne Cooley Last night with friends one started bemoaning The State Of Things, fear of right wing takeover. Talking about getting out of the country, escaping. They were shocked when I pointed out, this is only because we have rights to roll back. More “freedoms” and protections in law today for more people than ever in history and there isn’t anywhere better to go. My position is we have to defend and fight. For everyone. For the vulnerable. For those w/out the ability to fight and push and advocate. npub1ks64xl5fe7u0w06j8gnuze9vmgtzdv0kdt9rxr4zq9zgw25pygaqk0nr7l Louanne Cooley Happy #Bloomscrolling #pride 🌈 npub1ks64xl5fe7u0w06j8gnuze9vmgtzdv0kdt9rxr4zq9zgw25pygaqk0nr7l Louanne Cooley A late spring walk in the Connecticut, US, woods. npub1ks64xl5fe7u0w06j8gnuze9vmgtzdv0kdt9rxr4zq9zgw25pygaqk0nr7l Louanne Cooley Public library plant swap. So many plants at just the right price (free). npub1ks64xl5fe7u0w06j8gnuze9vmgtzdv0kdt9rxr4zq9zgw25pygaqk0nr7l Louanne Cooley The local greenhouse that grows all its own plants doesn’t sell tomato’s and squashes until Memorial Day weekend. Folk line up at ten to get the good stuff. Everyone’s here. Saw my OBGYN, school nurse, neighbors, kids friends parents, colleagues from the university. The greenhouse is a non profit that provides employment for folks with intellectual disabilities. And they have great cats. npub1ks64xl5fe7u0w06j8gnuze9vmgtzdv0kdt9rxr4zq9zgw25pygaqk0nr7l Louanne Cooley Deeply offended by birds, chipmunks and tree frogs calling on other side of screen. npub1ks64xl5fe7u0w06j8gnuze9vmgtzdv0kdt9rxr4zq9zgw25pygaqk0nr7l Louanne Cooley In-house aerospace engineer explaining pulsed plasma engines to me. I think I get it. npub1ks64xl5fe7u0w06j8gnuze9vmgtzdv0kdt9rxr4zq9zgw25pygaqk0nr7l Louanne Cooley Mayapple with wild ginger growing beneath. npub1ks64xl5fe7u0w06j8gnuze9vmgtzdv0kdt9rxr4zq9zgw25pygaqk0nr7l Louanne Cooley Wild Columbine on an old stone wall. npub1ks64xl5fe7u0w06j8gnuze9vmgtzdv0kdt9rxr4zq9zgw25pygaqk0nr7l Louanne Cooley @npub1sfl…gczt wow! That’s really nice! npub1ks64xl5fe7u0w06j8gnuze9vmgtzdv0kdt9rxr4zq9zgw25pygaqk0nr7l Louanne Cooley Reviewing life choices. Very down about absolute washout for climate legislation at the state level this year. Is any action passable? npub1ks64xl5fe7u0w06j8gnuze9vmgtzdv0kdt9rxr4zq9zgw25pygaqk0nr7l Louanne Cooley Yesterday evening our scout troops placed flags on veterans’ graves, a service we do every year. I spoke before we started about how do this to remember the sacrifices of those lost to war, show families and descendants their loved one isn’t forgotten. npub1ks64xl5fe7u0w06j8gnuze9vmgtzdv0kdt9rxr4zq9zgw25pygaqk0nr7l Louanne Cooley Paddling day with scouts. npub1ks64xl5fe7u0w06j8gnuze9vmgtzdv0kdt9rxr4zq9zgw25pygaqk0nr7l Louanne Cooley There’s two places to go in our town for sky stuff. Up the hill or down to the dam. We went down this time, it’s darker, with a narrower view. But far less light pollution. Connecticut, US 22:47 10 May 2024. npub1ks64xl5fe7u0w06j8gnuze9vmgtzdv0kdt9rxr4zq9zgw25pygaqk0nr7l Louanne Cooley Lily of the valley. npub1ks64xl5fe7u0w06j8gnuze9vmgtzdv0kdt9rxr4zq9zgw25pygaqk0nr7l Louanne Cooley No mow May. Twenty years of neglect and you too can have a lawn like this. npub1ks64xl5fe7u0w06j8gnuze9vmgtzdv0kdt9rxr4zq9zgw25pygaqk0nr7l Louanne Cooley “I repeat, I order you to dismantle this barricade.” He took a breath, and went on: “And rebuild it on the other side, on the corner with Cable Street! And put up another one at the top of Sheer Street! Properly built! Good grief, you don’t just pile stuff up, for gods’ sake! A barricade is something you construct! Who’s in charge here?” npub1ks64xl5fe7u0w06j8gnuze9vmgtzdv0kdt9rxr4zq9zgw25pygaqk0nr7l Louanne Cooley @npub19fc…ay3c I think I’m up to at least four. And there will be more. This is how we evolve in thought, policy and law. No wait, forgot about Act Up, that’s five. npub1ks64xl5fe7u0w06j8gnuze9vmgtzdv0kdt9rxr4zq9zgw25pygaqk0nr7l Louanne Cooley My office for today. npub1ks64xl5fe7u0w06j8gnuze9vmgtzdv0kdt9rxr4zq9zgw25pygaqk0nr7l Louanne Cooley @npub1scr…teus I have a dress in nudibranch print. It’s kind of amazing. npub1ks64xl5fe7u0w06j8gnuze9vmgtzdv0kdt9rxr4zq9zgw25pygaqk0nr7l Louanne Cooley Listening to David Wallace Wells speak at this conference. Unexpectedly hopeful, about what climate activism and political action as actually accomplished. Much much more to do. But possible, in a way even five years ago looked impossible. npub1ks64xl5fe7u0w06j8gnuze9vmgtzdv0kdt9rxr4zq9zgw25pygaqk0nr7l Louanne Cooley Some days my job is really freaky. Working on guidelines for climate resilient regulation. It's best practices to recommend native vegetation. But, what trees should you plant today if the trees live 100 years? Found this USDA story map with sliders showing current plant hardiness, growing degree days, and heat zones. It's one thing to KNOW the climate is changing, it's another to see a data visualization. Connecticut could be Georgia in 80 years. npub1ks64xl5fe7u0w06j8gnuze9vmgtzdv0kdt9rxr4zq9zgw25pygaqk0nr7l Louanne Cooley Why do kinglets, one of our smallest birds, always look like they are ready to lay you out? npub1ks64xl5fe7u0w06j8gnuze9vmgtzdv0kdt9rxr4zq9zgw25pygaqk0nr7l Louanne Cooley #MarshMadness continues with blue winged teal at a Lake Erie coastal marsh. Oregon Ohio, US. npub1ks64xl5fe7u0w06j8gnuze9vmgtzdv0kdt9rxr4zq9zgw25pygaqk0nr7l Louanne Cooley Spring flowers. #Bloomscrolling npub1ks64xl5fe7u0w06j8gnuze9vmgtzdv0kdt9rxr4zq9zgw25pygaqk0nr7l Louanne Cooley Data I want to see on an overlay map: child poverty, domestic violence stats, minimum wage, educational attainment, single parent households. npub1ks64xl5fe7u0w06j8gnuze9vmgtzdv0kdt9rxr4zq9zgw25pygaqk0nr7l Louanne Cooley Red fox just ambled behind the woodpile, heard a pine warbler on our walk, spotted a red bellied woodpecker nest hole and the bluebirds are at the suet feeder. Going to be a good day. (No fox in photo) npub1ks64xl5fe7u0w06j8gnuze9vmgtzdv0kdt9rxr4zq9zgw25pygaqk0nr7l Louanne Cooley It’s Caturday somewhere. npub1ks64xl5fe7u0w06j8gnuze9vmgtzdv0kdt9rxr4zq9zgw25pygaqk0nr7l Louanne Cooley Got trapped in an elevator today with my daughter for a few minutes. Once we got out, asked directions to the stairs and got directions to … another bank of elevators. Person could not grasp why we didn’t want to get in another elevator and would prefer to take stairs. Nope. No. No thanks. npub1ks64xl5fe7u0w06j8gnuze9vmgtzdv0kdt9rxr4zq9zgw25pygaqk0nr7l Louanne Cooley Cue conspiracy theory about earthquake/eclipse/comet/cicadas in 4, 3, 2, … npub1ks64xl5fe7u0w06j8gnuze9vmgtzdv0kdt9rxr4zq9zgw25pygaqk0nr7l Louanne Cooley @npub19fc…ay3c daughter (geo major) said Jersey is riddled with faults that slip all the time, so not related to plate movement. Mostly not noticeable. npub1ks64xl5fe7u0w06j8gnuze9vmgtzdv0kdt9rxr4zq9zgw25pygaqk0nr7l Louanne Cooley Today we’ve had strong wind, rain, hail, sleet, snow, trees down, roads closed power out. npub1ks64xl5fe7u0w06j8gnuze9vmgtzdv0kdt9rxr4zq9zgw25pygaqk0nr7l Louanne Cooley Whale watching April 2023 Cape Cod near Provincetown MA, US. One of the few places and times of year you can reliably see whales from shore. And good migrating sea ducks and loons. npub1ks64xl5fe7u0w06j8gnuze9vmgtzdv0kdt9rxr4zq9zgw25pygaqk0nr7l Louanne Cooley My oldest recently started a job in Corporate America™ and it’s been fun watching their eyes be opened to how jobs work. Has had many meetings peppered with techno-corporate speak. No one does anything, they leverage things. npub1ks64xl5fe7u0w06j8gnuze9vmgtzdv0kdt9rxr4zq9zgw25pygaqk0nr7l Louanne Cooley Did not know the Easter bunny takes a Namibian holiday after the pressure of the season is over. npub1ks64xl5fe7u0w06j8gnuze9vmgtzdv0kdt9rxr4zq9zgw25pygaqk0nr7l Louanne Cooley #MarshMadness npub1ks64xl5fe7u0w06j8gnuze9vmgtzdv0kdt9rxr4zq9zgw25pygaqk0nr7l Louanne Cooley #MarshMadness npub1ks64xl5fe7u0w06j8gnuze9vmgtzdv0kdt9rxr4zq9zgw25pygaqk0nr7l Louanne Cooley Very satisfying to work today as an #election official in #CT US. Light turn out for our first day ever of early voting. Great to discuss with the registrars of voters (during the lulls when no voters were present) ways barriers to voting could be reduced and real process challenges that make change difficult. npub1ks64xl5fe7u0w06j8gnuze9vmgtzdv0kdt9rxr4zq9zgw25pygaqk0nr7l Louanne Cooley #MarshMadness npub1ks64xl5fe7u0w06j8gnuze9vmgtzdv0kdt9rxr4zq9zgw25pygaqk0nr7l Louanne Cooley Finally got out to the pond. After 2.75” of rain yesterday, water is moving over the dam and in the stream. Greeted by a flock of fast flashing golden crowned kinglets. npub1ks64xl5fe7u0w06j8gnuze9vmgtzdv0kdt9rxr4zq9zgw25pygaqk0nr7l Louanne Cooley #MarshMadness npub1ks64xl5fe7u0w06j8gnuze9vmgtzdv0kdt9rxr4zq9zgw25pygaqk0nr7l Louanne Cooley @npub19fc…ay3c Like worms. Very important. Not seen. Bacteria. Viruses. Fungi! npub1ks64xl5fe7u0w06j8gnuze9vmgtzdv0kdt9rxr4zq9zgw25pygaqk0nr7l Louanne Cooley I have no idea how any of this works, but I have a question. npub1ks64xl5fe7u0w06j8gnuze9vmgtzdv0kdt9rxr4zq9zgw25pygaqk0nr7l Louanne Cooley #MarshMadness npub1ks64xl5fe7u0w06j8gnuze9vmgtzdv0kdt9rxr4zq9zgw25pygaqk0nr7l Louanne Cooley #ClimateCrisis npub1ks64xl5fe7u0w06j8gnuze9vmgtzdv0kdt9rxr4zq9zgw25pygaqk0nr7l Louanne Cooley @npub1sfl…gczt continually fighting the Midwestern urge to say “It was on sale!” Instead of “Thank you.” npub1ks64xl5fe7u0w06j8gnuze9vmgtzdv0kdt9rxr4zq9zgw25pygaqk0nr7l Louanne Cooley Youngest offered a job at a local summer camp. The offer asked for a reply with salary requirements, which they had no idea how to respond to. Had a fun time looking into state min. wage law and exceptions, specifically allowing summer camps to pay young workers significantly less. Great discussion about how exceptions come to be, one’s ‘value’ in the labor market, the privilege of working for pennies to gain experience and connections, exploitation, Frances Perkins, Eugene Debs… npub1ks64xl5fe7u0w06j8gnuze9vmgtzdv0kdt9rxr4zq9zgw25pygaqk0nr7l Louanne Cooley I was sick last week and watched a few episodes of Resident Alien and the most unbelievable part of the show isn’t the alien living amongst humans, it’s the vibrant multicultural small town with walkable streets and people able to afford to live and work and own homes in the Colorado mountain town they grew up in. npub1ks64xl5fe7u0w06j8gnuze9vmgtzdv0kdt9rxr4zq9zgw25pygaqk0nr7l Louanne Cooley @npub19fc…ay3c had a convo with an acquaintance who has worked with and for religious orgs supporting the unhoused for a decade. He said he believes the root cause of homelessness is the decline in marriage and children in single parent households. I said, don’t you think poverty is the root cause? High housing costs and wages that haven’t kept pace? Inequity? You know, like data from the past few years clearly shows? npub1ks64xl5fe7u0w06j8gnuze9vmgtzdv0kdt9rxr4zq9zgw25pygaqk0nr7l Louanne Cooley @npub1ulm…hweg Congratulations! npub1ks64xl5fe7u0w06j8gnuze9vmgtzdv0kdt9rxr4zq9zgw25pygaqk0nr7l Louanne Cooley @npub1k4q…3lsq @npub1zyf…lecw haha was coming here to say that. The most Mastodon exchange ever. npub1ks64xl5fe7u0w06j8gnuze9vmgtzdv0kdt9rxr4zq9zgw25pygaqk0nr7l Louanne Cooley Foggy morning at the pond. Excellent for spotting spider webs. npub1ks64xl5fe7u0w06j8gnuze9vmgtzdv0kdt9rxr4zq9zgw25pygaqk0nr7l Louanne Cooley Check out the gorgeous carpenter bee, over an inch long, walking right down the flower tube and stealing that nectar like it’s her due. Pollinater schmalinater. npub1ks64xl5fe7u0w06j8gnuze9vmgtzdv0kdt9rxr4zq9zgw25pygaqk0nr7l Louanne Cooley Am I mastodoning wrong? I like to go to the most recent, newest post, then scroll down. It’s like time travel. And when I hit an interesting but inscrutable reply, I expand and shoot up to the top of the thread and decide if I want to read them all. Then back to main feed and I can scroll down, skipping all those I’ve read in expanded threads. npub1ks64xl5fe7u0w06j8gnuze9vmgtzdv0kdt9rxr4zq9zgw25pygaqk0nr7l Louanne Cooley #bees on chives
