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FreddyB Aviation PhotographyMy new (old) Smith and Hawkins Biostack composter. These things were given out by the 1000's by cities in the Bay Area in the 90's and are pretty indestructible. They are crappy for composting however. I used them to stockpile dry leaves for the winter. I put in an ad on Freecycle and bam got another one to expand my compost empire (the one with the tag is the new one) This makes 4 I have gotten from FreeCycle as most never used them and they are sitting there. Because they are modular I can stack them fairly high <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/garden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#garden</a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/compost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#compost</a>

Hamish CampbellStop throwing regurgitated theory at me: We’re drowning in academic mess The “common sense” of mainstreaming #deatcult worship is one thing. But a different side, i’m getting bored – and honestly frustrated – with people constantly throwing academic articles and dense theory into conversations about practical grassroots change. If academic knowledge worked in the real world, we wouldn’t be stuck in a permanent state of crisis. We wouldn’t be burning out. We wouldn’t be watching every radical initiative slowly get co-opted, neutralised, then […] <a class="" href="https://www.addtoany.com/add_to/mastodon?linkurl=https%3A%2F%2Fhamishcampbell.com%2Fstop-throwing-regurgitated-theory-at-me-were-drowning-in-academic-mess%2F&linkname=Stop%20throwing%20regurgitated%20theory%20at%20me%3A%20We%E2%80%99re%20drowning%20in%20academic%20mess" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"></a><a class="" href="https://www.addtoany.com/add_to/reddit?linkurl=https%3A%2F%2Fhamishcampbell.com%2Fstop-throwing-regurgitated-theory-at-me-were-drowning-in-academic-mess%2F&linkname=Stop%20throwing%20regurgitated%20theory%20at%20me%3A%20We%E2%80%99re%20drowning%20in%20academic%20mess" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"></a><a class="" href="https://www.addtoany.com/add_to/linkedin?linkurl=https%3A%2F%2Fhamishcampbell.com%2Fstop-throwing-regurgitated-theory-at-me-were-drowning-in-academic-mess%2F&linkname=Stop%20throwing%20regurgitated%20theory%20at%20me%3A%20We%E2%80%99re%20drowning%20in%20academic%20mess" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"></a><a class="" href="https://www.addtoany.com/add_to/threads?linkurl=https%3A%2F%2Fhamishcampbell.com%2Fstop-throwing-regurgitated-theory-at-me-were-drowning-in-academic-mess%2F&linkname=Stop%20throwing%20regurgitated%20theory%20at%20me%3A%20We%E2%80%99re%20drowning%20in%20academic%20mess" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"></a><a class="" href="https://www.addtoany.com/add_to/bluesky?linkurl=https%3A%2F%2Fhamishcampbell.com%2Fstop-throwing-regurgitated-theory-at-me-were-drowning-in-academic-mess%2F&linkname=Stop%20throwing%20regurgitated%20theory%20at%20me%3A%20We%E2%80%99re%20drowning%20in%20academic%20mess" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"></a><a class="" href="https://www.addtoany.com/add_to/x?linkurl=https%3A%2F%2Fhamishcampbell.com%2Fstop-throwing-regurgitated-theory-at-me-were-drowning-in-academic-mess%2F&linkname=Stop%20throwing%20regurgitated%20theory%20at%20me%3A%20We%E2%80%99re%20drowning%20in%20academic%20mess" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"></a><a class="" href="https://www.addtoany.com/add_to/facebook?linkurl=https%3A%2F%2Fhamishcampbell.com%2Fstop-throwing-regurgitated-theory-at-me-were-drowning-in-academic-mess%2F&linkname=Stop%20throwing%20regurgitated%20theory%20at%20me%3A%20We%E2%80%99re%20drowning%20in%20academic%20mess" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"></a><a class="" href="https://www.addtoany.com/share" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"></a> <a href="https://hamishcampbell.com/stop-throwing-regurgitated-theory-at-me-were-drowning-in-academic-mess/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://hamishcampbell.com/stop-throwing-regurgitated-theory-at-me-were-drowning-in-academic-mess/</a>

Solarbird :flag_cascadia:Workers are on strike against Republic Services - the waste disposal company - and there's no trash pickup in a whole bunch of areas.That strike includes North King County and south Snohomish County, which is to say, hi.Republic Services reps are doing a trash / recycling / etc dropoff location not far from me.Does anyone know if the strikers have issued a statement opposing the use of those dropoffs? Do they have a position?(It would be much easier and cheaper than trying to haul stuff to the closest transfer station, so I do actually care.)eta: see my reply with what I've found, such as it is<a href="https://mastodon.murkworks.net/tags/seattle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#seattle</a> <a href="https://mastodon.murkworks.net/tags/strike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#strike</a> <a href="https://mastodon.murkworks.net/tags/RepublicServices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RepublicServices</a> <a href="https://mastodon.murkworks.net/tags/trash" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#trash</a> <a href="https://mastodon.murkworks.net/tags/recycling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#recycling</a> <a href="https://mastodon.murkworks.net/tags/YardWaste" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#YardWaste</a> <a href="https://mastodon.murkworks.net/tags/compost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#compost</a>

BroadforkDigging out the black gold. <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Compost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Compost</a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Composting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Composting</a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Manure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Manure</a>

BroadforkCompost maturing in the pallet bays. I find making compost a very therapeutic process. <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Compost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Compost</a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Composting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Composting</a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Gardening" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Gardening</a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Allotment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Allotment</a>

KingfisherOh yeah! New 3 bay <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/compost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#compost</a> bin to replace the old one made of pallets. Fancy!<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Gardening" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Gardening</a>

UK<a href="https://www.europesays.com/uk/237764/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.europesays.com/uk/237764/</a> Should bioplastics be counted as compost? Debate pits farmers against manufacturers <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/AnimalMaterial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AnimalMaterial</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/bioplastic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bioplastic</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/California" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#California</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/chemical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#chemical</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/company" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#company</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/compost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#compost</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/crop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#crop</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Environment</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/farmer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#farmer</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/FoodWaste" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FoodWaste</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/GregPryor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GregPryor</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/NutrientRichSoil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NutrientRichSoil</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/plastic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#plastic</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PlasticInstitute" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PlasticInstitute</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Product" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Product</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Science</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ToxicChemical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ToxicChemical</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UK</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedKingdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UnitedKingdom</a>

Pollinators<a href="https://mastodon.green/@Broadfork" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@Broadfork</a> A tree service was working in the neighborhood. We asked about the wood chip mulch. They were happy to dump their hard work of a day in our yard. It’s a fine pile to be fed to the soil. We are fortunate. The trees were healthy green ash limbs leaning toward the home. <a href="https://epicure.social/tags/compost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#compost</a>, <a href="https://epicure.social/tags/nodig" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#nodig</a>, <a href="https://epicure.social/tags/minnesota" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#minnesota</a>

DoomsdaysCWThe ancestors of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Menominee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Menominee</a> Indian Tribe of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Wisconsin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Wisconsin</a> built earthen mounds to grow crops. The site could be the largest preserved archaeological field system in the eastern United Statesby Sarah Kuta - Daily Correspondent June 10, 2025"Hundreds of years before the arrival of the first Europeans, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Indigenous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Indigenous</a> farmers were growing crops like squash, corn and beans in earthen mounds they built on Michigan’s Upper Peninsula."The mounds—created by the ancestors of the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin—likely represent the largest preserved archaeological field system in the eastern United States, according to a study published this month in the journal Science."Archaeologists discovered the mounds in May 2023 during the brief window between winter and spring. The winter snow had melted, but the leaves had not yet appeared on the trees. They surveyed 330 acres using a drone equipped with a laser that mapped subtle features on the surface—a remote sensing technique known as lidar."The team mapped an area that has cultural and historical importance to the Menominee. Located along the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MenomineeRiver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MenomineeRiver</a> on the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MichiganWisconsin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MichiganWisconsin</a> border, this region is known as <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AnaemOmot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AnaemOmot</a>, or the 'Dog’s Belly.'"The lidar uncovered a quilt-like pattern of parallel ridges that range from four to 12 inches tall. The mounds extend beyond the study area, suggesting the ancestral Menominee agricultural system was ten times larger than previously thought."The fact that the mounds still exist is unusual." 'Most field systems have been either lost or destroyed due to intensive land use across most of North America, through farming, including pastures and the cutting down of trees for urban development,' says co-author Jesse Casana, an anthropologist at Dartmouth College, in a statement."The research gives scientists a 'little window' into what <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PreColonial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PreColonial</a> life was like for the ancestral <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MenomineePeople" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MenomineePeople</a>, Casana adds."During their excavations, the scientists also found several artifacts, including charcoal and fragments of broken ceramics. These discoveries suggest that the area’s Indigenous farmers may have dumped their household waste and the remnants of fires onto their fields, using them as <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/compost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#compost</a>. Samples taken from the mounds suggest the farmers enriched the dirt with soil from nearby wetlands."The results indicate that ancestral Menominee people dedicated a lot of time and energy to agriculture in a remote area. The team has not found any significant settlement sites in the region—only a few small villages." 'It requires a lot of labor to create these fields, to clear the forest,' says Susan Kooiman, an anthropologist at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville who was not involved with the research, to NPR’s Nell Greenfieldboyce. 'This is dense forest, now and then. To clear it, only with stone tools, is a lot of labor, a lot of work. … The amount of work, and just how far these fields extend, is beyond anything that I think people suspected was going on this far north in eastern North America.' "<a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/massive-field-where-native-american-farmers-grew-corn-beans-and-squash-1000-years-ago-discovered-in-michigan-180986758/?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/massive-field-where-native-american-farmers-grew-corn-beans-and-squash-1000-years-ago-discovered-in-michigan-180986758/?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us</a><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FirstNations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FirstNations</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndigenousHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#IndigenousHistory</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Menominee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Menominee</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TraditionalFoods" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TraditionalFoods</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TraditionalFarming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TraditionalFarming</a>

BroadforkI gave the hot compost another turn. It was still at 55°C but falling. The temperature was 42°C after the turn. The pile was watered to help the microbial activity build the temperature once more. <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Compost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Compost</a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Composting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Composting</a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Allotment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Allotment</a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Gardening" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Gardening</a>

AGF : poemproducerfyi important! <a href="https://systerserver.town/tags/compost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#compost</a> The Compost Academy 2025 open! <a href="https://www.compost.academy/the-program" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.compost.academy/the-program</a>

PermaSolarPotterEver since struggling with our deficient soils this past winter, I’ve been on a mission to grow our <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/compost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#compost</a> piles as quickly as possible with free materials. Starbucks will give you used coffee grounds if you ask and I also made friends with a woodworker who only uses untreated wood and gives me bags of sawdust. So there’s your nitrogen and your carbon. We also add kitchen scraps and Mexican sunflower aka “green manure”, a beautiful fast-growing plant rich in nitrogen & potassium. <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/gardening" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gardening</a>

SzescstopniCaught those two in our vegetable plot. They killed our peas, radish, lots of strawberries and some beans. Safely moved them to the vicinity of our <a href="https://circumstances.run/tags/compost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#compost</a> box, full of yummy food. Hope they won't come back.They look like bank voles, Clethrionomys glareolus, but I'm not sure. Didn't extract their DNA for testing :)

✡️ Subcömandante 🏳️‍🌈 Midas ☪️Und das Fediverse :fediverse: so: Challenge ⬆️ accepted. :awesome: :antifa: Folgeempfehlung: <a href="https://compost-magazin.de/@redaktion" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@redaktion</a> Blog: <a href="https://compost-magazin.de/who-we-are" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://compost-magazin.de/who-we-are</a> <a href="https://goto.antifa.club/tags/fckcmpct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fckcmpct</a> <a href="https://goto.antifa.club/tags/compost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#compost</a> <a href="https://goto.antifa.club/tags/compostmagazin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#compostmagazin</a>

✡️ Subcömandante 🏳️‍🌈 Midas ☪️Was (nicht) fehlt: Ein radikal-linkes Magazin <a href="https://goto.antifa.club/tags/compost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#compost</a>, das sich wie <a href="https://goto.antifa.club/tags/compact" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#compact</a> in menschenverachtender Weise gegen Minderheiten richtet, gegen sie hetzt und aufstachelt, aber mit dem Unterschied, daß diese Minderheiten nicht aus Marginalisierten, sondern aus Privilegierten (wie steuergeizige Überreiche und ihren korrupten Handlangern in der Politik) bestehen. Instant-Verbot durch Innenminister samt Bestätigung durch höchste Gerichte in 3, 2, 1.. Jede. Verfxxxte. Wette.

IT NewsKeep Track of the Compost with LoRaWAN - Composting doesn’t seem difficult: pile up organic matter, let it rot. In practice... - <a href="https://hackaday.com/2025/06/23/keep-track-of-the-compost-with-lorawan/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://hackaday.com/2025/06/23/keep-track-of-the-compost-with-lorawan/</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/temperaturesensor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#temperaturesensor</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/classichacks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#classichacks</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/cubecellab01" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cubecellab01</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/solarpanel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#solarpanel</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/homehacks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#homehacks</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/compost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#compost</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/ds18b20" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ds18b20</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/lorawan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#lorawan</a>

BroadforkThe compost heap has had another turn. Outside to inside. 🤞 It will heat up again to above 55°C and then I’ll let it cool down gradually. <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Compost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Compost</a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Composting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Composting</a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Allotment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Allotment</a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Gardening" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Gardening</a>

Pollinators<a href="https://mastodon.social/@potterybyosa" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@potterybyosa</a> <a href="https://digipres.club/@vxo" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@vxo</a> The Mastodon gardening community has shared many tips and photographs. Our composting skills have improved more than would be possible from book learning. We were able to double the size of the three sided pallet enclosure so we can flip left to right and later in the gardening season split the pile to mostly done and mostly fresh. We don’t have a chipper. The greens and browns are usually added in large pieces. <a href="https://epicure.social/tags/compost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#compost</a>, <a href="https://epicure.social/tags/minnesota" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#minnesota</a>, <a href="https://epicure.social/tags/growyourown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#growyourown</a>

BroadforkI finally got around to moving the compost pile for the first time in 6 weeks. I started making this compost in December and it’s looking pretty nice. It will make a good mulching compost for some of the beds next spring. The hot compost has hit the red zone so🤞will continue to stay above 55°C for two more days when it will be turned again. <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Compost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Compost</a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Composting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Composting</a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Mulch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Mulch</a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/GrowYourOwn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GrowYourOwn</a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Gardening" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Gardening</a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Allotment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Allotment</a>

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