sarah bates parody X

former research biologist, former patent attorney, Outdoors, BS, JD, paddler, pedaler, knitter

[Give A Shit About Nature @giveashitnature]

Moths are declining faster than butterflies, and almost no one is planting for them. A third of all pollinator visits to flowers happen at night. Here's what to plant to help out the night shift:

Evening primrose (Oenothera biennis): native across eastern and central North America. A staple for sphinx moths.

Wild bergamot (Monarda fistulosa): native across most of the US. Fragrant through the evening, supports both day and night pollinators.

White phlox (Phlox paniculata): native to eastern and central North America. Fragrant late into the night, sphinx moth favorite.

Yucca (Yucca filamentosa): native to the southeastern US, with an obligate mutualism with the yucca moth. Neither species can reproduce without the other.

Common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca): moths visit at night, the plant also hosts monarch caterpillars by day.

American boneset (Eupatorium perfoliatum): native to eastern North America. Late-season nectar for migrating moths.

Skip the moonflower, jasmine, and four o'clocks. They're imported aesthetics. Plant the natives the moths actually evolved with.

[Give A Shit About Nature @giveashitnature]

Don't buy butterfly bush. Plant butterfly weed instead.

Butterfly bush (Left) is native to China. It produces 40,000 seeds per flower spike with germination rates above 80%, and is now listed as invasive in over 25 states. It feeds adult butterflies nectar but is host to essentially no native caterpillars. You're feeding the adults and starving the babies.

Butterfly weed (Right) is a native milkweed. It hosts monarch caterpillars at every life stage and supports 100+ other native pollinators. It doesn't spread aggressively, fits in any sunny garden bed, and survives drought easily once established.

Planting non-native nectar plants without native host plants is what entomologists call an "ecological trap." It looks like a butterfly garden but it functions as a dead end.

[sarah bates parody X @sbates678]

@dieworkwear @modsiwW and the watch, too!

[The Left Bible @theleftbible]

And just like that, it’s completely VANISHED from the media.

A sitting congressman, Ted Lieu, said on the record the Epstein files are being blocked because they show Trump raped and threatened to kill children.

Lets make this viral again 👇

[George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway3d]

Are you actually seeing this post?

Ever since Donald threw his latest unhinged temper tantrum about me (again), folks have been telling me I've mysteriously vanished from their feeds. It appears the deeply unwell narcissist is so terrified of dealing with me in Congress that he’s begged @elonmusk to throttle my account.

This kind of pathetic desperation is nothing new. But I need YOU to help me beat Donald and Elon at their own game. Don't let a malignant sociopath and his billionaire enabler silence us.

Please like, retweet, and click the link below to support my campaign. Let's give him something to really cry about.
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[Dr. J-E @Harvarddoc32]

Word is Out!

[Four Seasons Total Landscaping @TotalSeasons]

Not sure which particular Tweet did it, but Elon is absolutely hammering my reach at the moment. Brutal. What a coward.

[sarah bates parody X @sbates678]

@BartGonnissen Q: in the context of these enormous ships, is being "moored" different than being "docked"?

[Epic Maps 🗺️ @theepicmap]

US Senate Vote on passing Voting Rights Act of 1965

[sarah bates parody X @sbates678]

@BartGonnissen Does that coffee cup ever spill?

[Liam Nissan™ @theliamnissan]

Make this tweet blow up my muchachos 👇

[sarah bates parody X @sbates678]

@MerriamWebster is there a comma missing?

[sarah bates parody X @sbates678]

@MicrobiomDigest @nytimes He didn't do it alone

[George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway3d]

Took a video of this cool shell formation on my beach walk.

If all of you repost it as many times as you can maybe some journalists will see it and do something about it

[sarah bates parody X @sbates678]

@Britannica scale one to one? one what to one what?

[Saturday Night Live @nbcsnl]

MAHAspital

[sarah bates parody X @sbates678]

@AJamesMcCarthy Bailey!!!♥️

[sarah bates parody X @sbates678]

@accuweather scale? how big are they?

[Brian Allen @allenanalysis]

Remember when Google dropped this Black History Month commercial in 2020?

That’s what honoring Black history looks like, telling the truth loudly, not sanitizing it when it makes people uncomfortable.

Happy Black History Month.

[sarah bates parody X @sbates678]

@dieworkwear the camel jacket with grey pants somehow seems off.