Cecelia Vela-Bailey

RB present resident - before Hawaii (my happy place forever). Mom of 3 amazing daughters who I love dearly. Inclusive & caring society is a must. No dm’s please

[Cecelia Vela-Bailey @vabey]

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[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

U.S. farmers are intentionally flooding their fields to revive ancient "prairie potholes," creating temporary "pop-up" wetlands that deliver a huge boost to migratory birds while improving soil health.

In regions like California's Central Valley and the Mississippi Delta, innovative programs—most notably BirdReturns (launched by The Nature Conservancy in 2014)—pay farmers to strategically flood low-lying or post-harvest fields at precise times during bird migrations. These short-term wetlands mimic the natural prairie potholes and seasonal marshes that once dotted the landscape but were largely drained for agriculture.

By timing floods to align with peak migration periods (e.g., spring and fall for shorebirds, waterfowl, and sandhill cranes), farmers provide essential stopover habitat: shallow water, mudflats, and abundant food for millions of birds traveling along flyways like the Pacific Flyway. The approach has transformed tens of thousands of acres of working farmland into critical refueling stations, with studies showing dramatic increases in bird use and numbers—sometimes 3.5 times higher in these managed pop-up wetlands compared to standard fields.

Farmers also gain practical benefits. Seasonal flooding enhances soil structure, boosts nutrient cycling (as bird activity and water help break down residues), recharges groundwater, reduces erosion, and supports long-term land productivity—often without hurting crop yields in subsequent seasons.

This win-win model proves that modern agriculture and wildlife conservation can reinforce each other, turning productive farmland into flexible ecological assets that sustain both birds and resilient farming systems.

[The Nature Conservancy. BirdReturns: Creating Dynamic Habitat for Migratory Birds. The Nature Conservancy California]

[MP Arizona☀️🏳️‍🌈💙🌵🐕🐕‍🦺🫂💦🏜🐟🌴🎙🌎🌻♍️🌊 @AzPetrich]

Todd Blanche's refusal to comply with the court order to release the Epstein Files following Katie Phang's lawsuit, just proves Trump is guilty. And that's a hill I'll die on.

[Democratic Coalition @TheDemCoalition]

Seems fair.

#ResistTrump
#MeToo

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

Scientists made 50-year-old skin cells behave like they’re 20 again.

Researchers at the Babraham Institute in Cambridge have developed a groundbreaking method to reverse the biological aging of human skin cells by approximately 30 years, all while keeping them as fully functional adult skin cells.

The team used a carefully controlled, short-term version of the Nobel Prize-winning Yamanaka reprogramming technique. By exposing adult skin fibroblasts to a specific set of reprogramming factors (the Yamanaka factors) for just 13 days—and then stopping the process early—they successfully “reset” many molecular markers of aging without pushing the cells all the way back to a stem cell state.

After this brief treatment, the rejuvenated cells displayed a dramatically younger profile: their epigenetic clock (a measure of chemical tags on DNA that tracks biological age) and their gene expression patterns (the transcriptome) closely resembled those of cells from much younger individuals.

Even more impressively, the cells behaved younger too. The treated fibroblasts produced significantly higher levels of collagen—the protein essential for skin firmness, elasticity, and wound healing—and they migrated faster to close an artificial “wound” in laboratory dishes compared to untreated older cells.

The researchers also observed reversal of age-related changes in genes associated with diseases such as Alzheimer’s and cataracts, suggesting the technique could have broader therapeutic implications.

While this work is still in its early stages and the precise mechanisms remain under investigation, the findings open exciting possibilities: one day, scientists may be able to selectively rejuvenate aging cells in the body to enhance tissue repair, improve healing, and potentially slow or mitigate some effects of age-related diseases—without the risks associated with fully reprogramming cells into stem cells.

[Gill, D., Parry, A., Santos, F., Okkenhaug, H., Seale, M., Dobbs, L. J., Reik, W., & Ocampo, A. (2022). Multi-omic rejuvenation of human cells by maturation phase transient reprogramming. eLife, 11, e71624. DOI: 10.7554/eLife.71624]

[Cecelia Vela-Bailey @vabey]

@TheDemVoiceNow 🤚🏻

[Brown Eyed Susan @smc429]

Putting that aside...
Republicans are watching him burn down the nation while stealing every penny of ours he can and doing absolutely nothing to stop him.
Of course they're losing.

[😱 Scary Larry 😱 🇺🇦✊🏻🇺🇸🗽 @aintscarylarry]

Another day, another pathetic White House event in which trump’s sycophants pretend everything’s perfectly normal as #SleepyDon conks out & has a total snoozefest right in front of them. Low Energy! Sad! Get crackin on that book, @jaketapper! #DementiaDon

[anyone_want_chips @anyonewantchips]

Anita Hill was attacked for warning us about Clarence Thomas. Hillary Clinton was attacked for warning us about Samuel Alito. Christine Blasey Ford was attacked for warning us about Brett Kavanaugh. E Jean Carroll was attacked for warning us about Trump.

[Common Sense 🇺🇸💙 @commons96055467]

Our hero journalist Katie Phang is about to break Trump’s pedophilia case of a 13 years old raped by trump. The judge sided with Katie, demanding Todd Blanche release the remaining FBI files on the trump’s rape allegation by July 2nd. This maybe trump’s worst 4th of July.

[PoliticsVideoChannel @politvidchannel]

BREAKING: Judge Orders Trump's DOJ to release an unredacted version of the Epstein files by July 2nd

[Martina Navratilova @Martina]

26!!!!!

[John Pavlovitz Official @johnpavlovitz]

I think it’s time to stop saying that we need to understand these people. We do understand them:

We understand that they have dug in their heels so deeply, they will not be moved by anything: not facts or data or truth or their own eyes.
We understand that there is no political scandal massive enough, no post reckless enough, no legislation predatory enough to alter their allegiance.

We don’t need to convince or coddle or win over hatred, and we don’t need to outdo it either.

We need to outnumber it.
We need to outlast it.
We need to outlove it.
We need to outvote it.

And we will.

https://t.co/xNxVsHZOwA

[Bill Madden @maddenifico]

I'm still gobsmacked that Republicans in congress have allowed a pedophile to remain president. The credibility of America has never been lower.

[Joe G @EastEndJoe]

The guilty dog barks first.

[Larry 🙂🌴🍍(Not indicted, not on the list) @Dolphinlarry]

4th of July is upon us. Don't let the mouth breathers claim ownership. This is our country.