Some #Republicans are pushing back on #tariffs and one quite loudly.

Will it work? That remains to be seen butI predict that this will affirm the fear of many #Republican voters leading to them calling & writing to their own #Senators & #Representatives. That & the wave of #Democratic might *make* a difference. How much these leaders care about their own ellectorate is unclear, but they *do* care about their own #power & #prestige.

#randpaul #kapok #globaleconomy

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/04/07/tariffs-rand-paul-trump/

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Potatohead People feat. Redman & Kapok:
Last Nite

#PotatoheadPeople #Redman #Kapok

https://open.spotify.com/track/0tyzW2eT67ggLRTVvvXeAM

The guide picked up a stout stick and walked up to the huge buttressing roots of the kapok tree.
"If you're ever lost in the jungle, this is what you do," he said, and struck a root hard with the stick, producing a loud, low #note. He hit it again, and again. BOOM. BOOM. BOOM.

From far away, an answering boom. The guide nodded, satisfied.

"The sound carries," he said. "Anyone around will hear. They'll answer and come find you."

Thick Trunk Tuesday. Last week I posted one of the two Kapok Trees in the garden, this week it is Bombax ceiba, the red Silk-Cotton tree or Kapok.

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Ceiba pentandra One of several species of trees commonly called Kapok. This species can reach the staggering height of 250ft (77m)tall, and is known for its wide spreading buttressed roots.

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Kapok
(Cochlospermum fraseri, Kakadu NP)

Moss and lichen on root flare of Ceiba pentandra, Kapok Tree at the Foster Botanical Garden in Hawaii.

https://www.honolulu.gov/cms-dpr-menu/site-dpr-sitearticles/568-foster-botanical-garden.html

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