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May 23, 2022Liked by Edward Slavsquat

I haven’t even read anything in your article past the weeds. I just wanted to comment that it’s the same with me and my backyard. I have stuff growing out of every corner, raspberries, garlic, vines, weeds, mustards….none of it is managed and I don’t care. It reminds me, like you, that nature is da boss. I can mow, weed, hack and chop all I want, that shit is coming back. I don’t care. My neighbours are probably tearing their hair out but they’re all voting Liberal so FUCK EM

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Oh shit. I am remembering now that I when I was a teen, I was friends with a couple who kept a lot of wild animals at home, including a monkey. They lived, well, naturally, in Moscow. The monkey seemingly considered the husband of that couple her own, and was very aggressive toward women. I don't know why I thought about it but I am posting as a warning. Moscow is a hotbed of aggressive monkeys!!

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May 23, 2022Liked by Edward Slavsquat

Dear Riley, bless the wisdom that shines through your modesty, your humour, and your poetic sense.

Unfortunately contemplating nature (or rather what's left of it) makes me wonder how long it will withstand the madness of technology. Thank you for these gems nonetheless.

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May 23, 2022Liked by Edward Slavsquat

Riley, please write a book. And please send me a copy :)

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‘spring fever’ is spreading faster than any ‘pox’... enjoy it!💕🐱💕

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May 24, 2022·edited May 24, 2022Liked by Edward Slavsquat

Knowing that you are such a waggish person made me feel amusing. Thanks Edward for making us laugh a lot ! And the beautiful garden quietude and tranquility of a library are the ones I love the most and when I see a picture like this, my heart is very soothing (#^.^#)

Thanks to you, I can work hard this week as well !

Bill Gates has long been perseverative with smallpox. In November 2021, he warned that bioterrorism could be a bigger threat than naturally occurring epidemics.

*Bill Gates warns of smallpox terror attacks as he seeks research funds

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/bill-gates-smallpox-terror-attack-b1958789.html

I think monkeypox is just a "bridge" between spreading it.

*Monkeypox Outbreak Triggers New Conspiracy Theories About Bill Gates As #BillGatesBioTerrorist Trends

https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucelee/2022/05/22/monkeypox-outbreak-triggers-new-conspiracy-theories-about-bill-gates-as-billgatesbioterrorist-trends/?sh=1dbcc57a7656

The "WHO global pandemic treaty" is a system that gives supranational powers to WHO against artificial emergencies such as pandemics. Moreover, as you know the biggest sponsor of WHO is the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Of course, Japan of the US vassal state is also a member of this. Yes, the world is "one" !

In order to countervail and outflank "viral scams" by the psychopathic killer, it is best for us to laugh off loudly and ignore them, but it is also important for us to deal with everything calmly.

PS: Tim Hume did a colorful tweet;

"Davos for COVID truthers and anti-vaxxers is playing out in the English city of Bath right now"

*The Davos of COVID Conspiracy Theorists Is Happening in a UK Town Right Now

https://www.vice.com/en/article/akvxpp/covid-antivax-better-way-conference

Experts fear the 3-day Better Way Conference, which is a veritable who’s who of global anti-vax influencers, may lead to deeper radicalisation within the scene.

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May 24, 2022Liked by Edward Slavsquat

So true about the weeds! Here in Australia there is a true obsession with grass mowing and manicured gardens. We never see grass higher than 1.5 centimetres. My heart is bleeding every spring when one morning meadows get covered with dandelions and other wild flowers and next morning you hear a too familiar sound of a mower in the park….and all the beauty is gone! Heartless and thoughtless! Finally this year thanks to a La Niña extreme rainfall lasting for the last 5 months we saw a lot of grass and weeds growing without much control of the municipal gardeners. Looks like they are not coping with all that abundance of greenery around! Finally me and my mom feel at home here as it looks so similar to un-manicured Russia!

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May 23, 2022Liked by Edward Slavsquat

Wow. I just know that Edwards two-word-masterpiece of a sentence, "Monkeys everywhere," will cause me embarassing and unwelcome fits of manic public laughter for at least a week.

Thanks, Edward.

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May 24, 2022Liked by Edward Slavsquat

I love your nature tastes. I love the wild wisdom of natural growth. thanks for sharing. I also enjoyed your perspectives throughout the article. Made me chuckle again, and also brought tears to my eyes as I viewed the nature. Nostalgic of a vacation view I haven't seen in a while, yet I do attempt to keep my own yard a bit wild. Nature grows best where it sows itself. It feels very cushioning from the chaos. Wild wisdom. Relieving comfort.

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May 23, 2022·edited May 23, 2022Liked by Edward Slavsquat

Great write-up, Riley!

With abundance of rain in Western New York and a perfect balance of colder and warmer weather vegetation this year is like I didn't see it for at least a decade - every plant in my yard is huge and luscious. Most neighbors must hate me for all the incredibly large weeds in my garden beds, but a neighbor girl that works for New Your State Parks as w "nature interpreter" complemented me for it calling it "surprisingly beautiful". Well at least someone appreciates it ))) Btw, I would love to see you, Riley, decorated with Alexander Nevsky order. You deserve it way more than most of the foreigners that got it for murky political reasons.

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May 23, 2022Liked by Edward Slavsquat

You're obviously a talented story-teller, or at least have the talent to be one. I hope you pursue fiction along with journalism. You obviously have the gift.

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May 23, 2022Liked by Edward Slavsquat

thank you for making me laugh

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May 23, 2022Liked by Edward Slavsquat

Good read, Riley. Linking today @https://nothingnewunderthesun2016.com/

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and you have natural fuffly clouds too, something I havent seen in my place for a long long time. Thats a good sign. The sky talks.

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I just passed a monkey chained to a motorbike side cart an hour ago and yet I have no fear of monkey pox. For one thing it didn't attack me, for another I'm hoping I don't catch the new label for VAIDS. I'll stay unmanned thanks. Love the insights into Russia. At least no one thinks that the leaders are all powerful Gods. It's a good start!

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If this is right then it's game, set and match, Russia is the place for me:

"..relentless mockery of authority, total and complete skepticism of basically every official narrative, and a long tradition of dignified resistance against institutionalized stupidity. "

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