the drymifolia collective

A month later, but this is still a pretty good time to plant some avocado trees! If anyone in the Seattle area wants to give it a try, hmu (warning: they will probably die, of cold or of drought, but by then you'll be hooked on growing avocados and you'll probably come get twice as many next year)

Some avocado cuttings being rooted for distribution next year, many of them look pretty good after the first 4 months or so

I am very done with this discourse and ready to focus on avocados for a bit, but here's my final take on the LCS discourse

taylor avocados, painted by mary daisy arnold, 1918

spinks avocados, painted by amanda almira newton, 1917

ultimate avocados, painted by amanda almira newton, 1916

challenge avocados, painted by royal charles steadman, 1917

I would love to see one of the state-wide public lands organizations take up the fight to regain public access to all of Washington’s beaches. #RightToRoam

Local fire and EMS were called, Border Patrol told them to leave. BP is gassing and shooting pepper balls at people on private property, and moving the truck with the person still locked to it. Go follow tierralibre_no borders and rally.forthevalley on IG for updates.

This morning, at least 50 armed Border Patrol agents, including BORTAC, raided the border wall resistance camp and tree sit in Lochiel, Arizona, attacking and arresting land defenders and cutting down the last “grandmother” cottonwood that stood in the path of Trump's double wall on the U.S. side.

In my 20 years engaging with nonprofits serving the #immigration space, I hadn't seen anything like this. So I had to write about it. Thanks to all who shared what they knew, often a significant personal risk. #icewatch

All avocado seeds are beautiful, even whatever this is 💖

Hey @mayor.seattle.gov can we please have a total ban on all ALPR technology in our city? Anything less is complicity with fascism.

Black Site Bob, whose previous work includes literally *overseeing CIA torture camps*, can shut the fuck up when it comes to budget priorities for equitable housing in Seattle

A mural in Seattle. #AbolishICE

I should also add that when the movie got to showing people burning Teslas and vandalizing dealerships, the theater of mostly older folks in Santa Monica started applauding. I think it is possible Trump and Musk turned libs over 50 into John Brown.

Nobody — not teachers, not retirees, nobody — will be taxed under the Millionaires Tax unless they make more than a million dollars per year, and voters will always have the final say on any changes to that threshold. Anyone who says otherwise is lying to you.

Beautiful remembrance of our @streetsalliance.bsky.social colleague, KL Shannon. Rest in power.

Just re-upping this reminder now that we're nearing the end of the dry season. It's a good time to plant some little avocado trees!

people are always saying anti-AI arguments don’t understand the full nuances of the technology. which is correct. but only because it stole everyone’s work, exists solely to get you fired, has made the entire internet unusable and has been forced on everyone without consent

Trying something a little different for the 2027 tree distribution: these are all rooted cuttings of either named varieties or selections in this project. The total number of surviving cuttings are similar to the number of seeds typically started each fall for this project

Far right billionaires want to replace journalists, writers, artists, and educators with "A.i." because THEY CAN CONTROL THE OUTPUTS. They want compliance. They want to limit what people are even capable of thinking. Consumer-facing "A.i." is a tool of fascists. Reject it for that reason alone.

If you don't have an avocado tree peeking in your bathroom window, you're missing out

An avocado trying to make you think it's an unripe grapefruit

winslowson avocados, painted by james marion shull, 1937

For a second my brain processed this image as some kind of little blue garden faerie with long green hair

ProPublica spoke to dozens of people who had lived in homeless encampments when cities cleared them out in “sweeps.” We distributed notecards so people could tell us about the toll in their own words. ➡️ This is what they wrote:

You were moved to do this by pride and by hate. Is it any wonder the result was ruin?

Our whole digital world has been wrapped in chains by rent-extracting monopolists who gloried in their power to use hook IP to deprive you of the right to use your property in ways you see fit, writing private laws that made it a crime to displease them. 87/

Some of the most well-known NoBlogs sites belong to researchers who solely report on far-right hate and radicalization, never doing anything aside from showing you what exists. Using speech to to shine a light and hold people accountable IS effective. Never let them try to convince you otherwise.

BREAKING: The Seattle Education Association has officially authorized a strike, with 91% voting in favor. Its 6,000 members will join the picket lines starting on Wednesday — delaying the start of the school year — unless the union reaches a last-minute deal with the district.

Part 2! Today we’re taking a look at Steve Gordon (and his father Larry, mother Virginia, and brother Scott), the #2, #6, #7, #26 top donors to "Let's Go Washington", a right wing extremist group that funds anti-trans, anti-tax, and pro-climate-arson initiatives in WA. Their 2026 total: $525,000.

"Let's Go Washington" is a right wing extremist group that funds anti-trans, anti-tax, and pro-climate-arson initiatives in WA state every year. @broccoliwizard.bsky.social has a great thread👇 on some bigger donors. I wanted to focus on the BIGGEST 25 donors. Who are they? How did they get rich?

Too many people sincerely saying this one about the West Seattle light rail lately 😥

Bad news that this little creep has been found in Washington state.

I assume I won't be able to post this but looks like vibecoding strikes again

I waded into some replies, so I want to make clear that in the War on Cars, I am 100% on team pedestrian/cyclist. BUT... I am also never going to support an expansion of the surveillance state in the name of road safety. I'd rather ban cars entirely! So now I'll get back to avocados.

La Resistencia to host Solidarity Day as immigrants detained at Northwest Detention Center continue hunger strike By Hannah Saunders This Saturday, August 15, La Resistencia is hosting Solidarity Day at the Northwest Detention Center (NWDC) in Tacoma, located at 1623 East J. Street from 1-3 p.m.…

If you want to testify in support of our trans neighbors at tomorrow’s full council meeting, you can sign up using the instructions here:

I want my elected leaders to prioritize things like free transit instead of things like cameras for cops to spy on their ex-girlfriends with

Inexperienced Seattle Mayor Apologizes for Naively Assuming Police Knew How to Do Their Job: tinyurl.com/3dv6uy9m