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  🦖MONSTERDON 🎞️ Theme Drink Recommendation for 🎦 HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL (1959) Join the group that VINCENT PRICE invites to his haunted house. Will we survive all the scheming between him and his estranged wife? Join us for the watch party on Sunday and find out! 🏠🦇💀😱 (recipe in reply under CW) 👉 Trailer, free links, more: https://timeloop.cafe/@Taweret/117372383613145990 #Monsterdon #MonsterdonDrink

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  #JukeboxFridayNight >>> #Dirty 🎵 Two in the morning there's a drink in my hand (Dirt, dirt, dirty Martini) ... Too many olives in too much gin Steppin' out in the City of Sin Too much dirty rice and too many beans Gettin' down and dirty down in New Orleans Gettin' down and dirty down in New Orleans 🎵 Dirty Martini - Joe Jackson Band https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_ecgZgBCOo

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  #JukeboxFridayNight #PersonalPlaylist 🎹 It was 1975. My beloved funk was integrating into my new obsession, jazz. Then Earth Wind & Fire teamed up with Ramsey Lewis. Glorious. 🔊 Three years later my college chums and I packed into a small dorm room with two towering speakers, turned out the lights, got high, and were transported by this big sound with ethereal voices that said so much without words. SUN GODDESS - Ramsey Lewis with Earth Wind & Fire https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=...

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  📰 Biodiversity Corridor Payments Benefit Nature and Communities 🌏 Vietnam: In the Annamite Mountains, biodiversity corridor programs are boosting household incomes while helping maintain habitat connections for wildlife. 🌳 "...households living inside conservation areas often face stark financial tradeoffs associated with lost access to resources, sometimes making new designations controversial." 🤝 Incentive-based approaches (payments) can reduce pressure on ecosystems while creat...

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  📰 Protection for the “Butterfly Forest” 🌍 Mozambique: Increased protection for Mount Mabu, often called the “butterfly forest,” is helping secure habitat for rare species and one of Africa’s most remarkable biodiversity hotspots. 🦋 Forest protection preserves not only wildlife but also watershed functions, carbon storage, and ecosystem resilience. 🤝 Safeguarding intact habitats is frequently the most cost-effective conservation strategy because it avoids the need for expensive future restorat...

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  ENOLA GAY - Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5XJ2GiR6Bo #History #JukeboxFridayNight #80sMusic

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  📰 America’s Biggest Irrigated Crop Is Lawn Grass 😬 🌎 U.S.: With **40+ million acres** of turf blanketing the country, experts warn that our yards have become ecological dead zones, in the midst of rapid insect and bird population declines. 🦋 Native plants otoh feed caterpillars, support specialist insects, and rebuild the energy pathways that lawns erase. 👉 Dedicate just a corner of your yard to natives and restore the wildlife pantry. A single oak, a viburnum, or a patch of goldenrod an...

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  I'm your daytime waitress at the Taco Tiki Hut I'm your daytime waitress, here's your stupid Seven-Up Funplex - The B-52s https://youtu.be/N0IKFDmK338?si=duEWEL8F9cFaWEA5 #JukeboxFridayNight #ServingPeople

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  30 Adorable Photos of Harvest Mice by Dean Mason That Will Melt Your Heart #Nature #HarvestMouse #WildlifeWednesday https://121clicks.com/inspirations/dean-mason-harvest-mice-adorable-photos/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=Venkat7af2/magazine/Photography > There’s just something crazy-adorable about harvest mice. Maybe it’s their tiny little hands, their noodle-thin tails, or the way they

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  ‼️Tonight! #Monsterdon watch party at 9:00 pm EDT (UTC -4:00). Massive :toot: generator may affect your timeline. Your options: 🟥 Mute the 'monsterdon' tag by clicking on it and selecting 'Mute' 🟣 Do nothing, enjoy some fun posts that appear in your TL. ✅ Follow the #monsterdon hashtag and see the snarky ~3k tootstream. Many do it. Best to pin a TL just for the tag. 💚 If you do the above, you might as well watch the movie with us. It's free fun! Details: https://timeloop.ca...

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  📰 First Tropical-forest Country Requires Cattle Tracking to Fight Deforestation 🌳🇨🇴 Colombia: The country is introducing mandatory cattle traceability, creating a system to better identify links between livestock production and forest clearing. 🐄 By improving transparency throughout the cattle supply chain, the policy aims to reduce incentives for deforestation and support more sustainable land management. 🤝 The measure demonstrates how governance and monitoring tools can complement conservat...

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  📰 Amazon Deforestation Reaches Its Lowest Level in Six Years 🌳 Brazil: New reporting highlights a significant decline in Amazon deforestation, following the quietest May on record for forest loss. 🌱 The milestone shows that forest protection efforts can produce measurable results when monitoring, enforcement, and conservation measures are sustained. 🔗 https://goodgreen.news/brazils-amazon-deforestation-drops-to-six-year-low-after-quietest-may-on-record/ #SolarPunkSunday #Conservation #Biodiv...

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  📰 Canopy Bridges Enable 15,000+ Wildlife Crossings with Zero Roadkill 🌉 Amazon Brazil: Wildlife canopy bridges, secure rope structures, have reportedly facilitated more than 15,000 crossings while preventing any recorded roadkill on the camera-trap monitored structures. 🐒 Local organizations and business owners supported the work to conserve the unique biodiversity of their town and promote ecotourism. By reconnecting forest habitat fragmented by roads, the bridges allow arboreal animals to mo...

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  #JukeboxFridayNight #HotOrCold Cold Bologna, and I'm home by myself Well, I'm five years old, and it sho' is cold Mama's out cookin' steak for someone else Cold Bologna - Isley Brothers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-egMduicE3A

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  #JukeboxFridayNight #HotOrCold Hot Fun in the Summertime - Sly and Family Stone https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bg0tFRea0wA

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  📰 Sephora has introduced Quiet Hours across all U.S. stores. The initiative is designed to reduce sensory stimulation during specific periods of the day, making the shopping experience more accessible and comfortable for neurodivergent customers, including those with autism, ADHD, or heightened sensory sensitivities, as well as for any shopper seeking a calmer environment. #ADHD #Autism #Sephora

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  "You know what to do." We met friends in Helen, GA. They brought their dogs. Jayde remembered me and my weakness. She is a manipulator. @NCConnect@fedigroups.social #MonDog #HelenGA 🧵

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  📰 Portland: Drag Performers Lead Ecology Hikes "Efemmera and Thespis started these walks because they love the environment, but they also say that not every queer person feels safe going for a walk in the woods. So they wanted to create a space where people felt secure in a big group. Everyone is welcome on this walk, but a lot of those who show up are queer." https://www.npr.org/2026/07/18/nx-s1-5883888/meet-the-drag-performers-teaching-rigorous-ecology-in-portland-parks #LGBTQ...

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  📰 Fast‑growing Miyawaki Forests Are Transforming Cities Worldwide 🌏 Earth: Dense micro‑forests built from native species are cooling neighborhoods, restoring biodiversity, and reconnecting residents with nature, all within plots as small as a few hundred square meters. 🌳 By planting diverse species at high density, these forests rapidly form layered ecosystems that support pollinators, birds, and soil life, offering a nature‑based solution to urban heat, air pollution, and habitat loss....

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  📰 Apex Predators Are Quietly Reshaping the West 🦅 Western U.S.: Bald eagles, gray wolves, condors, and black bears are back from the brink due to decades of environmental policy, habitat restoration, and public support. 🌄 Their return is restoring ecological function at landscape scale, from scavenger networks to trophic balance, even as some species adapt to more urbanized terrain. 🤝 Coexistence now depends on community‑level choices: wildlife‑friendly ranching, lead‑free hunting, habitat co...

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  📰 Sheep Are Helping Volkswagen Turn a Solar Farm into a Living Ecosystem 🐑 Poland: A flock of 100 sheep now grazes beneath 31,000 solar panels at VW’s Poznań plant, replacing mechanical mowing while improving soil, vegetation, and habitat quality. 🔆 The project is a large‑scale agrivoltaics experiment, pairing renewable energy with agriculture to boost biodiversity, reduce heat stress, and create cooler microclimates under the panels. 🤝 Researchers are tracking animal welfare, soil health, ve...

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  📰 Curb‑cutting Resistance Helped Reshape Tucson’s Urban Ecology 🌧️ Tucson: A man illegally diverted rainwater into streetside basins in 1998. Years later, it transformed a desert neighborhood into a shaded, food‑producing micro‑ecosystem. 🌵 The approach revived Indigenous rain‑harvesting traditions but also caused Tucson to change water management laws to be more nature positive. 🔗 https://www.upworthy.com/in-1998-a-man-illegally-cut-holes-in-a-tucson-street-curb-the-result-changed-the-law/ #...

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  📰 NC NEWS Asheville Unveils Riverfront Redesign 🏞️ After Tropical Storm Helene buried the French Broad River parks under debris and historic floodwaters, Asheville has introduced a unified five‑mile redesign. 🌊 The plan leans into nature‑based resilience, focused on flood‑adapted public spaces, restored wetlands, and improved river access. One welcome design element is the re-establishment of native rivercane to bolster riverbanks. 🧩 The project deploys climate‑aware infrastructure to stren...

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  📰 Community-built Habitats are Helping Save a Threatened Frog 🌱 Arizona: Volunteers and agencies construct ponds to restore habitat for the endangered Chiricahua leopard frog. 🌽 These human-made water systems counter drought, disease, and habitat loss that pushed the species toward extinction. 🤝 A collaborative conservation effort showing how local action and simple infrastructure can revive vulnerable species. 🔗 https://insideclimatenews.org/news/27062026/efforts-to-save-threatened-frog-i...

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  📰 NC EVENT Durham Bike Co‑op — DIY repair sessions & skill‑share Community bike space offering repair assistance, classes, and access to tools to make cycling more accessible. 🗓️ Recurring weekly sessions (June–July calendar includes DIY nights, clinics, and outreach) https://durhambikecoop.corsizio.com/ @NCConnect@fedigroups.social #SolarPunkSunday #Cycling

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  A subtle message about #Stereotypes #JukeboxFridayNight FREE YOUR MIND - En Vogue https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7iQbBbMAFE

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  #JukeboxFridayNight #Stereotypes He's just a stereotype He drinks his age in pints He drives home pissed at night And he listens to this every hour STEREOTYPE - The Specials https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQ4lvUJ39fE

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  😎 It's nice to have blackberries growing wild in my yard, but blackberry picking can be dangerous. The hundreds of tiny thorns hook on to your skin and can make you a bloody mess. 🧤But now I have my new protective sleeves making berry picking much easier. Tried them out today. Worked great! Can't wait to put them on my yogurt. 🐝 While I was out picking, I saw a thistle, tall as me, with a bright purple flower, being visited by a bumblebee. #HabitatGardening #Gardening #NativePlants...

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  #JukeboxFridayNight #LifeWellLived "Without love, it ain't much" THE GLAMOROUS LIFE - Sheila E. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Zqtl8azCs8 #Funk #FunkPop #PrinceWroteIt

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  TURTLE TUESDAY Wow. It has been so hot here that Eastern Box Turtles have been bathing in my shallow upper pond for hours. I have found two doing this. This is normal behavior but not often seen. It's a reminder of the importance of making water available for wildlife. #TurtleTuesday #EasternBoxTurtle #BoxTurtle #Turtle #Wildlife #HabitatGardening