Rogue Botany

Regenerative agriculture, permaculture, beekeeping, history, science, philosophy... Universe in general

[Rogue Botany @rogue_botany]

@Winston_104 @FarrantGian @junhoBTC Yeah very cross cultural. I read junho's 4 part papers. Was very interesting. I am glad you guys are doing the SIMs.

[Rogue Botany @rogue_botany]

@FarrantGian @Winston_104 When I asked a couple of the AIs about survivability they seemed to think that for a 700m high wave front hitting WA 200km inland would dissipate the force enough to survive. Looking at this SIM that north eastern inundation looks like it would clean the slate.

[Rogue Botany @rogue_botany]

@grok @jimmydemos55764 @Rainmaker1973 Could it be bioturbations caused by molluscs and worms etc taking sediment up and down?

[Rogue Botany @rogue_botany]

@junhoBTC @jamesmckenzie78 @desiderata66386 The SW region of west Australia is very flat the flora there is very old diverse. There are giant relic trees from the Gondwana refugia, the tinglewoods. The Noongar people's also survived here. They have stories from when Rottnest island used to be joined to the mainland.

[Sahil Bloom @SahilBloom]

95%

By the time your child turns 18, you've spent ~95% of the time you will ever spend with them in your lifetime.

There are specific windows—­much shorter than you care to imagine or admit—during which certain people and relationships will occupy your life.

You may have only one more summer with all of your siblings, two more trips with that old group of friends, a few more years with your wise old aunt, a handful of encounters with that coworker you love, or one more long walk with your parents.

If you fail to appreciate or recognize these windows, they will quickly disappear.

Time Wealth is about an awareness of these windows, and taking action against that awareness.

It's about recognizing that you are in more control of your time than you realize.

That you can take actions to create time with the people you love most.

Show up to that recital. Plan that trip with old friends. Grab that quick coffee. Go on that walk with your parents. Have that meal with your sibling.

In the end, it's not about the journey, it's not about the destination, it's about the company—­the people along the way.

Cherish the people and the rest will fall into place as it should.

These are some of the many perspective-shifting insights from my new book, The 5 Types of Wealth.

It will help you ask the questions you've been avoiding so you can create the change necessary to build your dream life.

Order your copy here (and grab one for someone you love): https://t.co/LRoU04Mh8l

[Matthew Camenzuli @Matt_Camenzuli]

Here we go again... in a great stroke of deceit it appears the horrendously unpopular, and grossly misleading "Misinformation Bill" is being rebirthed.

Like a stolen sports car, they are scraping off the serial numbers and giving it a new name.

No, hard no, go away!

[Khan Academy @khanacademy]

We want to thank Anderson Cooper and his team for taking the time to explore our AI tool, Khanmigo. We are so honored to have this featured on 60 minutes! If you want to learn more about Khanmigo helps learners and how it can save teacher HOURS of prep, check out this link: https://t.co/J2azunHKYR.

[Andrew Yang🧢⬆️🇺🇸 @AndrewYang]

If DOGE were to return any money saved to the American people a la UBI it would immediately become the most popular thing anyone has ever done.

[Alison Fisk @AlisonFisk]

Something beautiful for your timeline!

A rare rock crystal tool made by Neanderthals, between 200,000 - 40,000 years ago.

Measurements: 6 cm x 3.3 cm x 1.5 cm

Excavated from the Lower Mousterian level at the Merveilles rockshelter, Sergeac, Dordogne, France. Musée d’Archéologie Nationale, Saint-Germain-en-Laye. 📷 my own

#Archaeology

[Dr. M.F. Khan @Dr_TheHistories]

A 33,000 years old small carving of a bird found in the Hohle Fels cave in Germany in 2002. Sculpted in mammoth ivory, it's the earliest known representation of a bird.

Blaubeuren Prehistory Museum, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

#drthehistories

[Dr. M.F. Khan @Dr_TheHistories]

A 35,000 year old Mammoth Ivory carving is one of humanity's oldest artworks, found in southern Germany.

The Neanderthal Museum Mettman

#drthehistories

[Rogue Botany @rogue_botany]

@DaveShapi Top left

[KanekoaTheGreat @KanekoaTheGreat]

BREAKING: Joel Salatin, a renowned regenerative farming expert, has revealed he’ll serve as an advisor to Secretary of Agriculture Rep. Thomas Massie in a groundbreaking move to reform the USDA.

This would be revolutionary for American farming, agriculture, and public health.

"I've been contacted by the Trump transition team to hold some sort of position within the USDA and have accepted one of the six "Advisor to the Secretary" spots.  My favorite congressman, Thomas Massie from Kentucky, has agreed to go in as Secretary of Agriculture.

He's been the sponsor of the PRIME ACT, which, if pushed through, would be the biggest shot across the bow of the entrenched industrial meat processing system we've seen in a century.  Let liberty ring.  Wouldn't that be a change of fortune for Big Ag?

If RFK Jr. goes in as Sec. of Health and Human Services, everything will be inverted.  Talk about the coolest turn about.  He'd be the boss of the Faucis and Francis Collins--the whole covid anti-science crowd.  Wouldn't that be a change of fortune for Big Pharma?

And if Elon Musk goes in as a Government Waste Czar, do you think he could possibly find something?"

[Meat Head @markeatsmeat]

Wow.

Joel Salatin, a farmer and regenerative agriculture advocate, has been offered a position within the USDA.

He will advise Thomas Massie who’s agreed to be Secretary of Agriculture.

Here’s the full message posted to his website today:

“The deplorables and garbage people won again.  Can you believe it? 

I've been contacted by the Trump transition team to hold some sort of position within the USDA and have accepted one of the six "Advisor to the Secretary" spots.  My favorite congressman, Thomas Massie from Kentucky, has agreed to go in as Secretary of Agriculture.

He's been the sponsor of the PRIME ACT, which, if pushed through, would be the biggest shot across the bow of the entrenched industrial meat processing system we've seen in a century.  Let liberty ring.  Wouldn't that be a change of fortune for Big Ag? 

If RFK Jr. goes in as Sec. of Health and Human Services, everything will be inverted.  Talk about the coolest turn about.  He'd be the boss of the Faucis and Francis Collins--the whole covid anti-science crowd.  Wouldn't that be a change of fortune for Big Pharma?

And if Elon Musk goes in as a Government Waste Czar, do you think he could possibly find something?   

Here's an interesting tidbit.  All the income taxes in the U.S. are $2 trillion a year.  Government spending and borrowing are so out of control that if we eliminated $2 trillion from the budget, it would only set us back to 2020.  Does anyone think returning to government spending in 2020 would destroy things?  Of course not.  So all we have to do is cut federal spending to 2020 levels and we can eliminate income tax.  Period.  Done.  How would that make you feel?

Most people don't know enough history to know that the federal government was to be financed entirely from tariffs and excise taxes.  In fact, as a nation we operated just fine for nearly 150 years without an income tax.  The only president who eliminated the national debt was Andrew Jackson, and he did it by eliminating the second bank of the U.S.  Nearly 100 years later we got the third bank, known as the Federal Reserve, plus the income tax. 

During that time, tariffs averaged 40-50 percent.  After the income tax, tariffs dropped to an average of about 7 percent, where they remain today.  If we went back to 40 percent, like we had for nearly 150 years, we would bring production home and free our citizens from impoverishing taxes. 

Dear folks, this is a watershed moment to take a creative and serious look at the sacred cows in our nation and fry some serious burgers. We don't know history.  We don't know liberty.  We don't know earthworms or aquifers or immune systems.  I'm hoping this election is an opening to discovery.  Perhaps we could even figure out how to put negative occurrences like jails, pollution, and cancer on the nation's balance sheet, as a liability rather than an asset (Gross Domestic Product--more jails?  wonderful, pour more concrete and make more jobs).  

Perhaps we'll eliminate federal involvement in education, from kindergarten to college.  Make every teacher accountable to performance.  Eliminate ALL federal intervention in the food system, in farming, in energy.  The Constitution (read it) doesn't allow for any of this and it's time to examine all of it.  Shut down foreign military bases; bring them all home.  Stop ALL foreign aid, from USAID to military aid.  Sell stuff is fine; giving it isn't. 

I think whatever taxes we pay should be able to be designated to certain departments.  That way we the people could support or defund departments directly.  The reason we have K street is because all our freedoms are for sale.  Eliminate government manipulation and the lobbyists all go home.  These are simple things.  Let's do it.”

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[Anthony Pompliano 🌪 @APompliano]

This data is mind-blowing.

The number of administrators in public schools has almost doubled since 2000, but the number of students is only up about 5%.

The bureaucratic state is undefeated.

(h/t @rebelEducator)

[Dr. Maalouf ‏ @realMaalouf]

Last week alone, 43 people were hanged to death in Iran for opposing the Islamic regime.

Where’s the UN? Where’s the university students and pro-Palestinian protesters? Where’s the so-called human rights activists?!

[Gregory L Little, Ed.D. @DrGregLittle2]

LiDAR of the "Circle & Octagon" earthworks in Newark, Ohio. The circle encloses 20 acres and the octagon 50 acres. The outer walls are 8-16 feet high. Note the 8 small truncated rectangular mounds at each point the octagon walls create small gaps. It was probably made ~ A.D. 200. It has been used as a well-maintained golf course for decades but is supposed to be open to the public in 2025.

[David Shapiro (L/0) @DaveShapi]

if you want to avoid a cyberpunk "high tech, low life" future where corporations own everything then you must advocate for open source AI.

"runaway AI that might kill everyone" is the perfect dogwhistle for bootlicking capitalist scum. Don't play into their narrative. They WILL consolidate as much power as we let them.

[Tim Urban @waitbutwhy]

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