Innovative farm in #Virginia can grow 4 million pounds of strawberries on less than one acre https://www.upworthy.com/strawberry-farm-in-virginia-grows-4-million-pounds-of-berries-on-less-than-one-acre-ex1
Birding at Bryan Park this AM - I finally saw an owl in the wild! Big thanks to the other birder who took the time to show me where the Great Horned Owl was. I paid it forward with another birder a few minutes later. I was shooting at extreme zoom right into the sun, so the photos were horribly backlit. Playing with the sliders in gThumb, I managed to at least get something vaguely owl shaped.
The other, in focus photo is a green heron.
Today would be a good day to fight back.
#VIRGINIA Democrats have eked out control of the legislature, but that's at risk...and they need help to regain control of the Governor's office. Donate today: #Blue25
secure.actblue.com/donate/vablu...
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3 more states report their 1st measles case of 2025
#Louisiana, #Virginia & #Missouri all reported their 1st measles cases of 2025 this weekend, w/at least 27 states reporting at least 1 case.
All 3 cases were linked to international travel.
#Health
https://abcnews.go.com/Health/3-states-report-measles-case-2025/story?id=120980928
Measles confirmed in Virginia - Woodbridge & Fredericksburg are exposure sites.
Helpful - I'm looking at the difference between crossvine and trumpet vine.
#virginia #nativeplants
https://piedmontmastergardeners.org/article/crossvine-a-showstopping-native-vine/
First Flying Squirrels game of the year. Beautiful night for a baseball game.
#AfricanAmerican #cemeteries #Virginia #crowdsourcing #BlackHistory #genealogy
'Generations of African Americans are buried across the Shenandoah Valley, but many of their final resting places remain unmarked or undocumented. In response, the Shenandoah Valley Black Heritage Project is launching a public database to identify and preserve these burial sites.'
Today would be a good day to fight back.
#VIRGINIA Democrats have eked out control of the legislature, but that's at risk...and they need help to regain control of the Governor's office. Donate today: #Blue25
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Chip in!
"La bandiera e il sigillo dello Stato della #Virginia, raffiguranti l'eroina romana Virginia in piedi su un tiranno ucciso, con la toga cadente che espone il seno sinistro, sono stati vietati agli studenti più giovani in un distretto scolastico del #Texas."
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/18/texas-bans-virginia-flag-breast
@anirvan
Here's what #Americorps does in my state alone #Virginia. All the communities deprived of this help should join a class action suit.
https://servevirginia.org/about-us/americorps/virginia-americorps-programs/
@AAronL1968 There must be dozens of groups & communities that could join a class action suit. Here's what they do in #Virginia alone:
https://servevirginia.org/about-us/americorps/virginia-americorps-programs/
https://www.europesays.com/2008304/ College DEI rollbacks hit students’ scholarships, campus mentors #america #BrianCoy #ChristopherRufo #cleveland #CollegesAndUniversities #diversity #DonaldTrump #education #EquityAndInclusion #EricKaler #GeneralNews #GlennYoungkin #MIStateWire #Michigan #OHStateWire #PauletteGranberryRussell #Politics #RaceAndEthnicity #TylerEnglish #U.S.News #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #US #USNews #USA #USANews #VAStateWire #Virginia
Mañana estará francamente tostado con máximos a mediados de los 80 y manteniéndose bastante cálidos a principios de semana, con una ligera caída en las temperaturas el martes a medida que avanza el frente; las posibilidades de lluvia seguirán siendo escasas o nulas hasta el final de la próxima semana. #RVA #Virginia #VAwx #MDwx #Maryland #DCwx
“a new level of dystopian, book-banning, and censorship hell in Texas.” https://www.29news.com/2025/04/18/virginia-flags-frontal-nudity-leads-texas-school-district-ban/ #Texas #censorship #dystopian #Virginia
