As someone who was long ago a forestry major, I can confirm this is factual. Wildfires are left to burn because they are a natural process that can be beneficial to the overall forest ecosystem. They can clear out undergrowth, replenish soil nutrients and eliminate disease vectors (insects). That being said, the intensity of these fires does diminish the benefits.
Also, some seeds wonât release and germinate without fire as the catalyst.
I remember a pinecone that required the temp of a forest fire to openâŚ
Ponderosa pines are one of many that require high temps to germinate.
Just to compare with how arraignment went for someone facing fewer chargesthan Trump âŚ
A federal judge on Thursday denied bail to Reality Leigh Winner, the 25-year-old Georgia woman accused of leaking classified information to the media, after prosecutors argued she remains a flight risk, a threat to the public and could possibly leak more government documents.
In that case, the government went through all of Winnerâs writings back to high school and offered up her teenage thoughts on the Middle East as evidence she couldnât be trusted. In this case, even the claims Trump made on the way to the courthousewere not mentioned.
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Also, as I know you know but I think should still be explicitly said, they also then need time to grow before the next fire. Conifers are usually the climax of a forest. Fires are a natural part of their cycle but that doesnât mean they canât destroy the ecosystem.
My first thought is that the Republicans are sending benign white powder in order to try and paint the left as terrorists.
This is why I put it in âThis is Fineâ, because there was no accurate indication as to why.
This is so 2001.
Wow, thanks for pointing me to Jessica Wildfireâs substack! Found this one, it resonated:
(I admit I have confirmation bias in seeing parts of myself in this piece.)
God, thatâs depressing. Mostly because itâs all true. When i hear about natural immunity, i frequently invite folks to visit old cemeteries. We have lots of them around here. Look at how many young kids are buried there. Dying in childhood was normal. We have only very recently made that tragic. It was SOP for most of history. Half your kids not seeing their 5th birthday, and dying in agony before you turned 40 is what natural immunity got us. Vaccines changed that. Antibiotics changed that. Now we are rejecting these wholesale, because there is a death cult in power. I hate this timeline.
Yeah⌠the stupid is winning and I hate it.
