Joe Wynne ๐ป๐โฐ๏ธ
joewynne@mindly.social
<p>Gen Jones, married, cis-het, moderate Humanist, author </p><p>* Positive <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Environment</span></a> and <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Wildlife</span></a> News<br />* Helpful tips and photos for <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/HabitatGardening" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>HabitatGardening</span></a> <br />* <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Travel" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Travel</span></a>, <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Food" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Food</span></a>, culture<br />* And <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Jazz" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Jazz</span></a> <a href
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RE: https://beige.party/@amiserabilist/117618038154879964 #Monsterdon
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Warner Brothers is remaking the classic "Them!" But should they? Discuss https://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/2213101-matt-reeves-them-remake-update-michael-giacchino #Monsterdon #ClassicMovies #CineMastodon
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Went to my local supermarket to get some vegan Halloween decorations and found that they are distributing alien young most likely to take over the world. #Monsterdon #Halloween
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Listening to cozy bedtime stories being read by Vincent Price. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nflrTNIV3XQ #VincentPrice #Monsterdon
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Finally, I am starting to post about my trip to Ecuador in Ecuador Diary. Available now are two posts representing Day 1 in Quito&#39;s La Floresta district. ๐น Murals ๐น Great meals ๐น Sustainable coffee and chocolate ๐น Cafe Ghibli (!) ๐น Environmentally conscious architecture https://write.as/ecuadordiary/home #EcuadorDiary #Travel #TravelThursday
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Travelling again today to see my daughter who is celebrating her 30th birthday!
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#PlayTime #JukeboxFridayNight A Little Less Conversation - Elvis Presley, JXL (JXL12" Extended Remix) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0w94gH4uj60&list=RD0w94gH4uj60&start_radio=1
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๐ฐ Solar Panels Save Cranberry Bogs ๐ Massachusetts: Longโidle cranberry bogs are producing again thanks to agrivoltaics that make the economics work. โ๏ธ Panels raised high above the vines let farmers keep cultivating while earning steady landโlease income, a dualโrevenue model that finally makes cranberry farming here viable again. ๐ค An example of how clean energy can help farmers regain stability instead of walking away from land they couldnโt afford to farm. ๐ More https://electrek.c...
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Turner Classic Movies is running classic horror (and just creepy) movies all day today. I'd like to highlight these from around 100 years ago ๐ฌ: ๐ธ The Mystic 1925 ๐ธ West of Zanzibar 1928 (based on Hayes-banned play, Lon Chaney vs. Lionel Barrymore, early synchronized soundtrack) It amazes me that so many of the themes and tropes we know today filmmakers were using from the beginning. Oh, and don't forget Godzilla 1955. Beginning of a somewhat popular franchise. #TCMParty #TCM #CineM...
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#JukeboxFridayNight >> #PianoMusic Werewolves of London - Warren Zevon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qae25976UgA #Halloween
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๐ฐ ๐๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น๐ ๐๐๐ถ๐น๐ฑ ๐ฆ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ผ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ ๐ ๐ผ๐๐ป๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ฎ๐ ๐ Uganda: Communityโled tree planting along the edges of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park is giving residents access to medicinal, timber, and firewood species outside the gorillasโ habitat. ๐ฆ Less pressure on the forest means safer space for roughly 450 gorillas โ nearly half the worldโs remaining population, and still growing. ๐ค Batwa Indigenous leadership guides which species to plant, restoring degraded land while supporting biod...
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๐ฆMONSTERDON ๐๏ธ Theme Drink Recommendation for ๐ฆ HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL (1959) Join the group that VINCENT PRICE invites to his haunted house. Will we survive all the scheming between him and his estranged wife? Join us for the watch party on Sunday and find out! ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ฑ (recipe in reply under CW) ๐ Trailer, free links, more: https://timeloop.cafe/@Taweret/117372383613145990 #Monsterdon #MonsterdonDrink
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#JukeboxFridayNight >>> #Dirty ๐ต Two in the morning there's a drink in my hand (Dirt, dirt, dirty Martini) ... Too many olives in too much gin Steppin' out in the City of Sin Too much dirty rice and too many beans Gettin' down and dirty down in New Orleans Gettin' down and dirty down in New Orleans ๐ต Dirty Martini - Joe Jackson Band https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_ecgZgBCOo
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#JukeboxFridayNight #PersonalPlaylist ๐น It was 1975. My beloved funk was integrating into my new obsession, jazz. Then Earth Wind & Fire teamed up with Ramsey Lewis. Glorious. ๐ Three years later my college chums and I packed into a small dorm room with two towering speakers, turned out the lights, got high, and were transported by this big sound with ethereal voices that said so much without words. SUN GODDESS - Ramsey Lewis with Earth Wind & Fire https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=...
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๐ฐ Biodiversity Corridor Payments Benefit Nature and Communities ๐ Vietnam: In the Annamite Mountains, biodiversity corridor programs are boosting household incomes while helping maintain habitat connections for wildlife. ๐ณ "...households living inside conservation areas often face stark financial tradeoffs associated with lost access to resources, sometimes making new designations controversial." ๐ค Incentive-based approaches (payments) can reduce pressure on ecosystems while creat...
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๐ฐ Protection for the โButterfly Forestโ ๐ Mozambique: Increased protection for Mount Mabu, often called the โbutterfly forest,โ is helping secure habitat for rare species and one of Africaโs most remarkable biodiversity hotspots. ๐ฆ Forest protection preserves not only wildlife but also watershed functions, carbon storage, and ecosystem resilience. ๐ค Safeguarding intact habitats is frequently the most cost-effective conservation strategy because it avoids the need for expensive future restorat...
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ENOLA GAY - Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5XJ2GiR6Bo #History #JukeboxFridayNight #80sMusic
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๐ฐ Americaโs Biggest Irrigated Crop Is Lawn Grass ๐ฌ ๐ U.S.: With **40+ million acres** of turf blanketing the country, experts warn that our yards have become ecological dead zones, in the midst of rapid insect and bird population declines. ๐ฆ Native plants otoh feed caterpillars, support specialist insects, and rebuild the energy pathways that lawns erase. ๐ Dedicate just a corner of your yard to natives and restore the wildlife pantry. A single oak, a viburnum, or a patch of goldenrod an...
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I'm your daytime waitress at the Taco Tiki Hut I'm your daytime waitress, here's your stupid Seven-Up Funplex - The B-52s https://youtu.be/N0IKFDmK338?si=duEWEL8F9cFaWEA5 #JukeboxFridayNight #ServingPeople
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30 Adorable Photos of Harvest Mice by Dean Mason That Will Melt Your Heart #Nature #HarvestMouse #WildlifeWednesday https://121clicks.com/inspirations/dean-mason-harvest-mice-adorable-photos/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=Venkat7af2/magazine/Photography > Thereโs just something crazy-adorable about harvest mice. Maybe itโs their tiny little hands, their noodle-thin tails, or the way they
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โผ๏ธTonight! #Monsterdon watch party at 9:00 pm EDT (UTC -4:00). Massive :toot: generator may affect your timeline. Your options: ๐ฅ Mute the 'monsterdon' tag by clicking on it and selecting 'Mute' ๐ฃ Do nothing, enjoy some fun posts that appear in your TL. โ Follow the #monsterdon hashtag and see the snarky ~3k tootstream. Many do it. Best to pin a TL just for the tag. ๐ If you do the above, you might as well watch the movie with us. It's free fun! Details: https://timeloop.ca...
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๐ฐ First Tropical-forest Country Requires Cattle Tracking to Fight Deforestation ๐ณ๐จ๐ด Colombia: The country is introducing mandatory cattle traceability, creating a system to better identify links between livestock production and forest clearing. ๐ By improving transparency throughout the cattle supply chain, the policy aims to reduce incentives for deforestation and support more sustainable land management. ๐ค The measure demonstrates how governance and monitoring tools can complement conservat...
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๐ฐ Amazon Deforestation Reaches Its Lowest Level in Six Years ๐ณ Brazil: New reporting highlights a significant decline in Amazon deforestation, following the quietest May on record for forest loss. ๐ฑ The milestone shows that forest protection efforts can produce measurable results when monitoring, enforcement, and conservation measures are sustained. ๐ https://goodgreen.news/brazils-amazon-deforestation-drops-to-six-year-low-after-quietest-may-on-record/ #SolarPunkSunday #Conservation #Biodiv...
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๐ฐ Canopy Bridges Enable 15,000+ Wildlife Crossings with Zero Roadkill ๐ Amazon Brazil: Wildlife canopy bridges, secure rope structures, have reportedly facilitated more than 15,000 crossings while preventing any recorded roadkill on the camera-trap monitored structures. ๐ Local organizations and business owners supported the work to conserve the unique biodiversity of their town and promote ecotourism. By reconnecting forest habitat fragmented by roads, the bridges allow arboreal animals to mo...
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#JukeboxFridayNight #HotOrCold Cold Bologna, and I'm home by myself Well, I'm five years old, and it sho' is cold Mama's out cookin' steak for someone else Cold Bologna - Isley Brothers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-egMduicE3A
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#JukeboxFridayNight #HotOrCold Hot Fun in the Summertime - Sly and Family Stone https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bg0tFRea0wA
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๐ฐ Sephora has introduced Quiet Hours across all U.S. stores. The initiative is designed to reduce sensory stimulation during specific periods of the day, making the shopping experience more accessible and comfortable for neurodivergent customers, including those with autism, ADHD, or heightened sensory sensitivities, as well as for any shopper seeking a calmer environment. #ADHD #Autism #Sephora
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"You know what to do." We met friends in Helen, GA. They brought their dogs. Jayde remembered me and my weakness. She is a manipulator. @NCConnect@fedigroups.social #MonDog #HelenGA ๐งต
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๐ฐ Portland: Drag Performers Lead Ecology Hikes "Efemmera and Thespis started these walks because they love the environment, but they also say that not every queer person feels safe going for a walk in the woods. So they wanted to create a space where people felt secure in a big group. Everyone is welcome on this walk, but a lot of those who show up are queer." https://www.npr.org/2026/07/18/nx-s1-5883888/meet-the-drag-performers-teaching-rigorous-ecology-in-portland-parks #LGBTQ...
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๐ฐ Fastโgrowing Miyawaki Forests Are Transforming Cities Worldwide ๐ Earth: Dense microโforests built from native species are cooling neighborhoods, restoring biodiversity, and reconnecting residents with nature, all within plots as small as a few hundred square meters. ๐ณ By planting diverse species at high density, these forests rapidly form layered ecosystems that support pollinators, birds, and soil life, offering a natureโbased solution to urban heat, air pollution, and habitat loss....