An interesting read on feral plant species and the adaptability of vegetable species... https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/brassica-rapa-vegetable-domestication. The New Mexico Native Plants Facebook group has turned into mostly a "name this plant" group. Members post easily answered questions about weeds in their yards instead of staying on topic by getting out and exploring the natural world around them.
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It's also the 4th of July. Fortunately, Henry Cat is mostly deaf and doesn't seem upset by occasional illegal fireworks producing concussive blasts. On this 4th, I'm wonderfully pleased that Uncle Joe is president and that he-who-shall-not-be-named is one step closer to criminal indictment.
I'm discouraged that the SCOTUS continues to throw out any sensible voting rights litigation. Red states continue to make it more difficult to vote. Blue states go the other way.
Also, red states continue to do poorly with Covid vaccinations while blue states succeed. The result is more Republicans dying of the pandemic. Natural selection at work, except that Covid preferentially takes out the elderly, post-child bearing part of the population, so it doesn't necessarily effect gene frequencies.
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