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   Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Friday, 29-Aug-2025 08:17:42 JST Adrianna Tan

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   @RolloTreadway @afewbugs unfortunately I have stumbled upon quite a few gardening for peppers sort of things. All while trying to find basic gardening info. They managed to talk about okra with an unhealthy dose of racism, which is weird, given that it is.. okra.

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     RolloTreadway (rollotreadway@beige.party)'s status on Friday, 29-Aug-2025 08:17:44 JST RolloTreadway

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     @afewbugs I have a suspicion, completely unsupported by evidence, that racist gardeners are probably very committed to ensuring that nothing in their garden is wild and free, and that everything is strictly controlled with weedkillers and slug pellets and that sort of thing.

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     Jules (afewbugs@social.coop)'s status on Friday, 29-Aug-2025 08:17:45 JST Jules

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     That garden always confuses me a bit anyway, and makes me wonder how people can be both so loving and so hateful. But I do enjoy the rebel sunflowers.

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     Jules (afewbugs@social.coop)'s status on Friday, 29-Aug-2025 08:17:46 JST Jules

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     And I do find it fascinating how there are a few things that seem to transcend the political spectrum, loving gardening, wildlife or pets say. And to me it all seems connected, a love of the natural world goes hand in hand with a desire to protect it and a desire for everyone to have decent lives and share it, but presumably it all makes as much internal sense to them too and they're trying to protect their little patch of paradise from immigrants and gays or something?

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     Jules (afewbugs@social.coop)'s status on Friday, 29-Aug-2025 08:17:47 JST Jules

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     This garden fascinates me because in many ways its owner and I have a lot in common - they clearly love birds and wildlife and the garden is lush and abundant full of lovingly tended plants. But from the flags and political signs they put up, some of which are straight up hate symbols, at the very least we wouldn't get on and frankly I'd fear for my safety if we ever met given what they clearly think of people like me.

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     Jules (afewbugs@social.coop)'s status on Friday, 29-Aug-2025 08:17:49 JST Jules

     I keep trying and failing to get a photo of the sunflowers growing on an abandoned train track as my train passes in the morning. I'm guessing these grew from seed sprinkled by birds visiting one of the many feeders in the garden next to the track.