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Let the mint begin

tcr! tcr! · Apr 23, 2017 at 5:01 pm

Let the mint begin

🌿 #photos #mint

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Finally got these guys planted today

tcr! tcr! · Apr 23, 2017 at 10:32 am

White Moonflower seeds White Moonflower instructions

❤️ 🌸🌙 #photos #moonflowers

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March for Science - not everybody got it right

tcr! tcr! · Apr 23, 2017 at 8:06 am

Science on the kitchen shelf

While I was sitting at the stop light yesterday watching my local community march I was happy to see all the folks protesting Trump and his administration’s “diminishing role for fact-based research” as the Los Angeles Times put it.

One of the signs said something to the effect of…

If our elected officials aren’t scientists they should abstain from voting on scientific issues.

At first I was like, “Yeah! Sit down if you don’t know what you’re doing.” But then as I was driving to Peck Farm for their Earth Day Celebration, I started to think that sign was stupid.

Using that protestor’s logic would equate to not voting on healthcare issues if you’re not a doctor or not voting on educational issues if you’re not a teacher.

I’m not a formal scientist. I don’t have scientific degrees. I do kitchen science with Maggie and follow along with the International Space Station on Instagram. I listen to StarTalk Radio and and watch Boston Dynamics robot videos on YouTube.

What I do have, though, is common sense. It doesn’t take a scientist to know that the Clean Air Act was something the world needed, nor does it take a scientist to vote for it.

We elect our representatives to vote on our behalf. If they’re not voting often enough for how we think they should, we need to let them know. Maybe even vote for somebody else next time a round.

And we need to abstain from making ridiculous signs and statements.

Yep, even the liberal hippie nerds get it wrong sometimes. 😉

#earthday #science #politics

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jimi hindrance experience · Apr 25, 2017 at 6:32 pm

Yes. “liberal hippie nerds”. I vote.

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tcr! tcr! · Apr 26, 2017 at 7:05 am

Voting is one of the best things we can do.

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Whale cat was marooned earlier…

tcr! tcr! · Apr 22, 2017 at 11:20 pm

Whale cat was marooned earlier

#photos #cats

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Cucumbers and peas

tcr! tcr! · Apr 22, 2017 at 9:25 pm

Cucumbers and peas

My new best friends … 🌿

#photos #garden

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23 straightening irons

tcr! tcr! · Apr 22, 2017 at 4:12 pm

23 straightening irons

…but not a single 80s style crimping iron 😢

#photos #beautynews

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Science march in downtown Geneva, IL - 2017

tcr! tcr! · Apr 22, 2017 at 11:18 am

Science march in downtown Geneva IL 2017

Gotta be twenty hundred blocks long. I’m not marching because I have a bum knee from an old high school football injury back when I was in the Great War and hurt my back and kidney stones. I avoid conformity, too.

I’m protesting on the inside though while eating my third donut.

#photos #earthday

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