The reason we think dandelions are weeds is because of a 1950s marketing campaign.
Dandelions, native to Europe and Asia, were brought to North America in the 1600s by European colonists who grew them deliberately.
Every part is edible. The leaves are a salad green, the flowers were made into wine, and the roots were roasted as a coffee substitute and used medicinally for liver and kidney conditions for thousands of years. They were a kitchen-garden staple well into the 1800s.
The shift happened after World War II, when 2,4-D (originally developed for chemical warfare research) was approved as a residential herbicide. Companies like Scotts built the modern lawn-care industry around the idea that a perfect green lawn meant zero broadleaf plants.
Dandelions, being bright yellow and resistant to mowing, became a visible enemy, and the campaign worked. By the 1970s, "dandelion-free" was synonymous with "well-kept."
They aren't native, but they aren't doing significant ecological harm either. The herbicides used to kill them, on the other hand, kill bees, contaminate groundwater, and have been linked to non-Hodgkin lymphoma in humans.
If you hate dandelions, it's most likely due to a marketing campaign that ran before you were born.
happy pride month to the main poster for Star Trek The Motion Picture (1979), which closely resembles the first pride flag designed by Gilbert Baker (1978)
Tuvok: Captain.
Janeway: Tuvok? (He is badly injured. She takes his proffered hand)
Tuvok: I am pleased you're here. I didn't think I would see you again. I want you to know it has been an honour to serve with you, and to be your friend.
A woman is most likely to be abused or killed by her partner when she’s pregnant or trying to flee:
This bill will legalize men murdering their pregnant partners.
All they need to do is say they were trying to stop an abortion.
Femicide written into law.
Hospitals have a lot of lawyers. Doctors answer to their bosses who rely on those lawyers. Lawyers must make decisions based on what the law says. A lot of people who make our laws are actually really stupid.
The “heartbeat” bills (which are deceptively named) are written so ridiculously that they don’t allow for common sense interventions in a pregnancy until it’s too late.
They ARE getting women killed and it is because of what they say. “Pro life” people arguing the lawyers or doctors are in the wrong are dumb and making excuses for policies they support. The doctors and lawyers are being put in an impossible situation where dumb lawmakers are making it legally perilous to take care of their patients.
If you support these laws you have to own their outcomes.