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Lover of sled dogs, snow, wildlife, & maps. NH election official. Autistic & medically retired contracts manager. She/her, live with @shroderdog.net, 2 young adults & 8 critters + so much wildlife.

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    Maggie Mayhem @maggiemayhem.bsky.social

    This piece is very important on its own merits and resonates with some initiatives Iā€™ve seen for other causes like sex worker rights, reproductive justice, & harm reduction. You canā€™t just show up and ignore stakeholders/communities that your idea is more solid than their experiential knowledge.

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    Something Witty @phiguru.bsky.social

    I have just discovered the Black Forager and this video is a perfect example of effective scicom, in this case botany!

    Also, her enthusiasm and joy makes the knowledge just flow into you.

    And she shared a recipe for acorn pancakes with Audubon Mag in 2023, see QSkeet.

    youtube.com/shorts/ecagU...

    YouTube video by BlackForager

    POISON or SNACK: lil white flowers edition! šŸ¤

    YouTube video by BlackForager
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    Something Witty @phiguru.bsky.social

    There's so much wrong with this entire concept but I'm would like to share the notably still made of wood and babiche - 1944 snowshoes issued to the US Army 10th Mtn Div - a bearpaw design. transportation.army.mil/museum/AOTM/...

    Two wooden snowshoes sit up against a wall. They are a wide oval of wood, slightly wider at the top (front of foot) than at the bottom, a slightly elongated "bearpaw" design. There are two wooden cross-braces that effectively divide the shoe into three sections - the middle being the largest by more than half. The shoe is laced with fine, narrow babiche at the front in a web-like pattern that runs through tiny holes in the curved frame and cross brace. In the rear, it again weaves through the cross brace, but is lashed around the oval in the rear. The middle section has wide, sturdier babiche that is easily 1/4 inch thick and wraps around the frame and cross-braces in a star pattern that is then twisted before wrapping around the cross bracing at front and rear. On the sides, it is knotted before wrapping around the frame. Unusually (for a snowshoe) the binding is a metal bar and plate that is nailed to the shoe and then riveted to leather to attach to a boot with standard laces and a heel strap. This is designed to have the wearer's toe on the plate which will then pivot on the bar as they raise their heel.
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    Rook Lafetra @rooklafetra.bsky.social

    I just read a scene by a white author writing an immortal Salish man who remarks that he's really happy with modern snowshoes, because they're so much better than walking on bear paws and beaver tails.

    ... did this writer think Bearpaw and Beaver-tail style snowshoes are ANIMAL PARTS?

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