The Vestigial Urban Flora of Southern Texas

[@Heavilymoderated]

You can tell a person who has jumped a good number of fences by their technique and lack of hesitation. It’s good to keep a reflective vest and a hard hat in your ride for these kinds of excursions.

[@katiekane5247]

Ya gotta look like you're supposed to be doing what you're doing. Trespassing with purpose so to speak.

[@wadeboggs5163]

I was expecting better to be honest. Needing to put toe in a link is some real suburbanite shiit. But I will give Tony the benefit of the doubt he would have been up and over in his prime juvenile delinquent days 😂

[@canadiangemstones7636]

Bro hopped trains like a goddamn hobo in his yout.

[@Heavilymoderated]

@@canadiangemstones7636 I guess he liked it so much he became a conductor.

[@mikeoxsbigg1]

Try to find an old carpet.

[@roboticools]

Fun fact with Vitis mustangensis is that in the 1800’s French vineyards were getting destroyed by blight (fungus or insects I forget). They searched for resilient rootstock across the Americas and V. mustangensis ended up being the most resistant and able to graft with the cultivated wine grape varieties. So almost all European wines to this day share rootstock from the humble TX mustang grape!

[@johnc6228]

People speeding by have no idea how many interesting, beautiful, and ecologically important plants are on that little rocky patch. Maybe even less idea of how many were destroyed.

[@Opwindpixel]

Me constantly wondering what I'm passing 😅

[@katiekane5247]

​@@Opwindpixelthe native Redbud (Cercis) is blooming it's pretty purple all along the woods line along the highway. Can't understand how people don't GAF They moved here and took out all the natives and planted crap from somewhere else.

[@polsyg6581]

no idea how bad theyre fucking the climate either probably. cars ought to be banned. definitely the gas ones anyway.

[@FayeVert]

I don't drive (fuck cars) and I see SO MUCH cool stuff by walking. Other people have no idea it's there.

[@Yixdy]

​@FayeVert wish I could be so lucky 😭😭 fuckin smoothbrains everywhere Fighting against bus and train infrastructure

[@vitaeve]

Relating to breeding native grapes in Texas, there's a vineyard up north in Denison containing grape varieties bred by some guy named TV Munson. He ended up getting some fancy medal from the government of France for his work on root stocks, but a lot of his focus was on trying to breed native wine grapes. Unfortunately his descendants seem pretty lame, but fortunately it's the local community college instead that seem to be managing most of the surviving collection.

[@realdragon]

Government need to start neglecting more things

[@kensmith5694]

Yes, I have long thought that. A park I used to go to as a child is still there but it has been "improved" to the point where there is nearly no wild life except the few rats. There used to be some apple trees that made the worst apples in the universe but they got ripped out and replaced with something else. There used to be some oaks and other nut making trees. No two trees seemed to be the same. The open areas had odd mixes of plants in them. Now it is mostly imported grass.

[@Senthiuz]

Neglect plants, not people.

[@NJGardengirl1961]

Said no one ever. ( I know you were being sarcastic)

[@realdragon]

@@NJGardengirl1961 I just said it

[@killsalot78]

watching peewees big adventure 3 times a year explains everything, lol, love ya man

[@JamesGalipeau-h7i]

Be cool, and ride like no one can see you. Red, and yellow can save a fellow. edit.

[@RobertLouisMoore]

The city of san antonio is destroying our public parks. There are multiple lawsuits. They routinely violate international bird migration treaty with permission of the usda, which is the entity that should be punishing people for that type of thing

[@kensmith5694]

Follow the money if you can keep track of it.

[@RobertLouisMoore]

@@kensmith5694 well, the san antonio zoo and it's current ceo are a big part of the problem. It seems like the reasons they are terrorizing the birds is because of the cost to clean up bird droppings underneath nests, combined with the fact they are building a new amphitheater in the zoo, and furthermore the developers are preparing yo nuild a section of the "great springs project" which will be some concrete bike path running from barton springs to the san antonio springs; and which people like Manu Ginobili and Matthew McConaughey have already signed their names as ambassadors for the project. They city is pulling all this momey from ghe 2017 Brackenridge bond project which they designex to be a blank check to do, who knows what, in that park. But apparently it includes cutting heritage trees and shooting at native nesting birds. kzbin.info/www/bejne/jJ2tdmmNYpuWmqssi=1Ljwyi6ZB_LZUb00 The Brackenridge Conservancy is a public private partnership, so brack is a public park but it's run by this public-private partnership that just does the bidding of the wealthy. One of the largest donors to the san antonio zoo is actually the head of the executive committee of the texas historical commission, and last march when he passed the approval to cut our trees, he didn't declare any conflict of interest, or anything. there is an annual tree giveaway that SA parks and rec has done in recent years; that tree giveaway program needs to be audited because they are probably embezzling money from the bond project with that. The thing that really sucks is that the great springs project - originally - was concieved thanks to the archaeological team working with Gary Perez of the Native american church and his work on the the peyote tradition and ghe white shaman mural. The people that run this city have been ignoring him for years. You can look up his talks on youtube

[@prophecyrat2965]

Now you know .01% of how native americans feel😂

[@Mrwizard-ck7oe]

Bro we live in Texas do you think our state government gives a fuck. They're too busy taking bribes from the NRA and deporting children to care

[@ManifestoConfrm]

David Attenborough couldn't narrate the highway adjacent biology as well as Joey Santoro. Volume matters.

[@roguebotanist]

Sir Santoro?

[@rhiannablumberg4803]

100%!!!! this is my new favorite obsession! dude is hilarious and this video so educational!!! punk rock Mr. Roger's of Botany? lmao

[@brianreardon1795]

So funny for me watch this video, as a San Antonio resident who lives literally less than 1.5 miles from this spot but who was raised by two Chicagoans from the south-side.

[@christys5857]

Listening to your horticultural terminology is like music to my ears. I really love your content, especially in Texas. Thank you!

[@gardengatesopen]

Thanks for all the official ID of all the plants in my yard! (Central Tx Hill Country) The Tinantia anomala - This is one of my absolute favorite wildflowers! I look forward to it every year! And luckily, it reseeds like crazy. I let it grow all over my yard, both sun and shade. It's a fantastic full shade plant. One of the common names is Widow's Tears. Which seems like a weird name to me, I don't see anything tearful about it. And it's a dumb common name especially since there's something like 5 or more other things with the same name. Such is the problem with common names. So I made up my own name for it. The Muppet Gang flower. The thing about this flower is I think they all look like a grouchy, old man's face to me! All those muppet whiskers! The nice kind of grouchy old grandpa type face is what I mean... And these flowers all stand up nice and tall, all close together, all facing the sun, making them look like a crowd of muppets to greet me every day when I go outside! They're my own personal Muppet Gang! And the periwinkle blue color of the petals is my absolute favorite color! Interesting thing - I have a patch of soil that I received (long story I'll leave out) which was full of some kind of poison. (I'm not paying to have it tested.) After 2 years of nothing growing in it, THIS plant is the only thing that will grow in that soil! So I've been using it to help pull out those toxins. Meanwhile, I get to be greeted by their cute Muppet faces every day! I also noticed in other good garden soil, the periwinkle petals have a darker purple streak right up the middle of it. Really, really, nice. Great plant!!

[@macrosense]

The automobile exhaust chemicals seeping into freeway curbs may have a new selective pressure on speciation.

[@bendahlstrom2457]

What about animal waste? Doesn't that play a role in the health of the area's ecology?

[@Exquailibur]

Yeah especially in an area with so little rainfall, in a rainforest pollution struggles to stick around so concentrates in a few spots or flows to the ocean. In a desert it kinda just sticks around and builds up. Where I live the summers see all the ditches turn into polluted and disgusting cesspools and the frogs are nowhere to be seen, every winter the heavy rainfall clears it away and the frogs return. 90 inches of rain surely has its benefits in preventing pollution from building up to critical levels, the downside is the ocean surely doesnt appreciate it.

[@kensmith5694]

Yes that and the ground up bits of wrecked cars mixed leaked motor oil work too. Metals and oil are both sources of energy for some microbe that can work out how to eat them.

[@Murdant]

I've been hoping for a new Urban Botany video. Those have always been some of my favorites.

[@FayeVert]

YES! The urban botany is the best, the more run down the area, the better!

[@robmcelwee389]

Explored a habit that was preserved because it was a washing out ravine here in Louisiana yesterday. Had a population or Silene virginica there growing on the slopes. . Also close by was an excellent calcareous woodland remnant.

[@TexaSurvival]

Starts with belting out Charlie Pride (though my favorite version is by The Texas Tornadoes) but then rattles off with a very un-Texas accent. God I love this guy! SUBSCRIBED!

[@rhiannablumberg4803]

DITTO!!!!

[@cenizothefox]

Really appreciate you coming to San Antonio. Trying to make a difference in my southside yard and always find inspiration to grab pods and seeds I find around town.

[@jacobreyes6215]

I do the same here in the NW side of San Anto!

[@appalachiafungorum]

There's no basement in the Alamo, but there's still some crumbs of native habitat.

[@WastrelWay]

Those native grapes have decent fruit, when they make them. I found some hanging down in Austin at Zilker Park in Austin, in an isolated area near the river, and ate a lot of them. You have to get them when they are perfectly ripe. They don't always make fruit. I was very lucky that day. Regarding "Texas Mountain Laurel" I decided I needed a showy flowering plant for the front corner of the house and went to Mt. Bonnell and pulled a baby one out of the ground. It grew into a beautiful tree-bush. The purple flowers with their strong aroma are perhaps unique.

[@grannyplants1764]

Mistletoe is such a cool parasite, I thought it only grew in more northern climates…what always amazes me is no matter where, even areas that initially look so uninteresting turn out to be loaded with planty goodies if we just take time to really look. Really nice flower close ups, esp that Commelina - very fancy compared to the plain but pretty blue one scattered around the property here ( east central NJ) 🤗🌿

[@grannyplants1764]

Just looked it up, one in my yard is Commelina communis, looks like a cute face with big true blue ears…was fun to see the Tinantia though! 🌱

[@heartlesskitten88]

I always love seeing the native flora of my city. Sam Antonio has a pretty interesting variety, there's at least three major ecological zones that cross through the city. In the north is Edward's plateau as you were showcasing and in the south there's South Texas plains and along the middle is the Black land Prairie, one of the most devastated ecosystems in Texas. I believe there's only like 3% of native grasses left in it. This video obviously caught my attention and earned you a subscription! I love your style, knowledge, and pragmatic compassion.

[@rhiannablumberg4803]

ditto!

[@saysheate197]

I walk my dogs at that spot nearly every day. Grew up going to concerts there. Thanks for explaining my environment to me. Great episode! Great channel!

[@dshobe720]

I really love the urban botany Joey you find the absolute best area forgotten by the hustle and bustle crowd. Plants slowly drumming out an existence among the new rocks of the city scape. Makes me wonder how long it took for the jagged volcanic fields to soften with leaves and flowers. Not long I'd bet.

[@johnbode5528]

When I was a kid we called mountain laurel seeds "hot beans" because you could rub them on the sidewalk until they got painfully hot and then stick 'em against your friends' bare flesh and make them yelp. My grandparents also made wine from mustang grapes; tasted like cough syrup but it got the job done. Fun times. Grew up on the Northeast side of SA.

[@artistlovepeace]

Thanks!

[@diversegardener392]

I'm so elated to see someone else find beauty in our native plants, flowers and trees. I could spend hours learning from you because I often wondered why no one talks about these lovely plants until I found you on KZbin. Keep it up this is so educational and real!❤❤❤❤❤🎉😊

[@JennyBesserit]

These ones beside highways and stuff are my favorite

[@yukloop]

I used to go up there to sneak into shows at sunken gardens in the 90’s!

[@Latnman101]

I get so excited when I see you dropped a video. You make my day.

[@block860]

Hey Joey! I pass by thosr hills everyday on my commute. They've always been really cool to me. Thanks for making a video on the city!

[@niteman555]

My local walmart has Texas Mountain Laurel near its entrance. It was thanks to your channel that I knew to look for trees in the Pea family after I took a closer look at the flowers. Now I'm trying to grow my own from seed.

[@Slowmohoney707]

Absolutely love your videos. Thank you for your time and education. Take 281 thru the hill country up to fm 4. That area is popping right now. Absolutely beautiful. Everything is popping right now. Promise it’s worth the look see. Also , Blonde morels are lite up right now as well. Check out chestnut mountain, lake palo pinto and the palo pinto mountains. You won’t be disappointed. Be well and GFY

[@noemitellez3098]

Joey I would love to see you do a rectal exam on our gulf coast prairie here in south east Texas

[@rhiannablumberg4803]

BAAAHAAAHHHAAA omg hilarious!!! love it and yes Joey.... ditto!!!

[@oscarcantua4709]

I drive by this regularly and have often fantasized about getting out of the car to look at it, I love this spot! Thanks for the awesome video

[@artistlovepeace]

I love learning about all these plants and your dog. Thank you for producing and sharing. It really inspires me.

[@kat8275]

first time watching this channel, and you’ve won me over so quickly- immediate sub! i’m a bio major, and plants weren’t the most interesting to me. however, watching this video made me put my knowledge to use and actually enjoy plant ecology so much more. i also enjoy your kindness and empathy as well as your “radical” views (compared to conservatives in texas at least). i’m not sure if you’ve done a video on south south texas (like the RGV), but i’d love to see it!

[@rawleyhi998]

Love the old country music intros lately. Keep em coming pretty please.

[@natewhelden4463]

came for the plants, was not dissapointed, but was especially delighted by the charley pride shoutout

[@brianballa3086]

Thank you Buddy you make my day sir..

[@sauce8420]

Those grape leaves work great for dolmas!

[@mikeoxsbigg1]

Da state should be honored to have you talk about indemic plants exclusive to da state.

[@AndrewKnapikPuns]

I grew up in San Antonio. Thank you for telling us about all these plants that used to be practically invisible to me. I hope to appreciate them better the next time I go back.

[@junkettarp8942]

Oh Tony....your singing voice dear...oh dear....Another awesome offering....AmAzInG.......👃

[@suneeln546]

I have seen so many wild plants like some of these in different places in India. I wonder different continents have some local adapted ones. Also, love your Segways into our sad world, I do that a lot and people yell at me to come back on track, it's nice to get off some steam frequently to keep our sanity.

[@highlyderivedfish]

really interesting seeing wild agave with a sort of central stripe like that, i like that more subtle look vs the variegated ones i see sold, wonder what the adaptive benefit of such a feature is? also re: grapes: Idk I prefer to taste of scuppernongs and what I called beach grape growing up, Vitis cinerea var floridana, over the European one but maybe that's because they ripened in August and I always ate them after walking for hours lol

[@bluchismoon]

3:28 huh, that looks like the tuff that grows around here in South Texas. You see a bunch of those around the battlefield.

[@Mysteri0usB]

The longer I live in central texas the more interested I become in the plant life. In particular I love me some Texas Persimmon. A beautiful small-medium tree that provides a sweet treat in this savage landscape, with a beautiful trunk and branching structure

[@troytrexler5459]

Thanks for coming to San Antonio, I drive by that rocky place almost everyday. There is a very strange lack of honey bees here. Love your content. Keep up the good work.

[@caitynock7760]

I’ve lived in SA for 20 years and have driven past this spot hundreds of times and never noticed any of this. I will definitely keep an eye out for the agaves from now on 😁

[@user-xh3yx7is3x]

I enjoy your videos even being from Ohio, Keep on keeping it real.

[@katiekane5247]

HDC is a new one for me, apt. Excellent form over the fence Joey, dog giving you the side eye. Seen this before?

[@gergc36]

I’m 15 min from there and have always admired those agave there at the curve on 281. I’m gonna fill my yard with them now. Great vid as always.

[@kso808]

Cool plants!!

[@helpfulcommenter]

the booze made from sotol is called sotol.... we used to drink it down in the big bend region... most of it is made in Mexico tho. It's nasty stuff tbh.

[@DanielLLevy]

"Sutul" in Levantine Arabic/ Hebrew slang means "an inebriated/ intoxicated state". You just can't make that stuff up, but most of Spain was under Arab-Berber rule for, uh, six Centuries. BTW, a person who loves "sutul" is a "satlan", most accurately translatable as a "pothead".

[@helpfulcommenter]

@@DanielLLevy interesting!

[@kaylaharkins2279]

Been watching for a while, so glad you finally made it to SA :D

[@spookypotatolady9097]

Love listening to the show, one of these days I won't get so lost and confused when the Latin names come up.

[@jomo9454]

There was a time I went to Six Flags Over Texas and the Texas Giant had those same grapevines all over the queue which you could tell weren't intentional, and I was there when they were ripe and they tasted really nice and sweet but they were very small and had a huge seed to flesh/juice ratio which made it barely worth it.

[@rhiannablumberg4803]

wow! what a blessing from the algorithm to find this dude!!! absolutely loved learning and laughing so much from what sounds like a punk version of George Castanza!!! lmao!!!! so many of my questions answered since this is my current city and I'm a nerd!

[@ignomoly]

Eye imagine how the trees and plants would act... if given freedom from the soil... thanks for sharing...

[@3lullabies]

281 right next to Sunken Garden Amphitheater. One of my fav parts of town.

[@mugiwaraboshi37]

Come to Georgia, we have swamps and mountains and coasts and savannahs!

[@garycard1456]

Very interesting plant ecology in that unassuming so-called 'wasteland' (it is not 'wasteland' at all; the fact that these untidy scrubby or 'twiggy' areas in our towns and cities are often referred to as 'wasteland' is reflective of general ignorance towards local plant ecology). Plants will try to eek out a living wherever they can, and I think it is very sad that much of these biomes have been replaced by ugly concrete, freeways and tarmac. I am a strong advocate for 're-wilding'.

[@empireofpeaches]

The Tinantia with the dimorphic stamens, wowee 😍

[@roguebotanist]

Check out the hills of southeast San Antonio in the Salado creek basin.. Developer's have cut in to them but there's still miles of botanizing. My old stomping grounds when I was growing up.

[@moenep]

I thought that agave in the beginning of the video was familiar. I think there's a bunch of those growing in a tiny park in north Austin.

[@HyrimBot]

i collected a seed pod from a texas mountain laurel when i was visiting my brother in Austin a while back just wandering around looking at stuff and had no idea what it was. just now opened the pod and saw that red bean in there and now i know what it is. i didn't know that i could use it to make beads with. just thought i might try to grow it someday but never got around to it. i'm going to try to germinate this one and order some more online to make beads with and germinate a few more. i do lapidary work and make stone beads and was wanting something other than stone to use between them. thanks for that info.

[@tsuehpsyde]

The next time you're in SA, hit me up if you want a free meal and/or drinks with a stranger! Cool to see you in our city! =)

[@charleshash4919]

Dried leaves of that Melia can be used to protect seeds or grain from insect pests, but you need to clean out the dried leaves before consuming the grain as the dried leaves are poisonous to people too.

[@Ludvig11]

That TItania anomala is quite absolutely gorgeous and I like that prickly pear, agave and other things here in this little Oasis, right next to a concrete-aphalt river Styx of endless metal demons. Shame about the lack of bugs though, just saw one yellow butterfly and tiny red bug in this footage... And the homeless.

[@RobinTheBot]

It looks like you accidentally implied the homeless are also bugs.

[@matteomarasco8655]

I mean that intro was enough to get the like tbh

[@douglaslarsen162]

great episode as always!!!!!!

[@johngrant9452]

Wish someone did this botanic enquiry in my local down here in Australia.

[@michaelgeary9370]

My cities abandoned spaces get a lot of Vitis Riparia that's native up here. That shit goes crazy though, I've seen it weave it's way up a boxelder sapling and place a leaf directly above every single leaf of the sapling. I've seen it grow up bushes and completely shade out the bush they grow on. It's been creeping along my neighbors power line for the last 3 years and every summer when it fruits I think it's gonna pull the damn thing down. It's a mean as hell native and it's one of the only ones I've seen actually outcompete the 7 different invasive honeysuckles we have and the dreaded buckthorn.

[@chrisstanford3652]

Great insights, starting a small 10 acre wildlife refuge using native plants in Dripping Springs, 60 miles north of San Antonio☀️🌿🌱🐜🐞🐝🪲🦋🦇🦉 An yes, there is NO basement in the Alamo!🤣🤗

[@SirBoden]

I nominate you for the patron saint of bolt cutters.

[@mynameisnotcory]

Come back up to north tx! So much cool shit at tandy hills this week 🌸 😎

[@HypaBumfuzzle]

Ladies, find yourself a man that is enthusiastic about how you smell as this man is about flowering legumes 😂😂

[@HypaBumfuzzle]

I love the trunks on those Texas persimmon, would it be invasive if I planted it here in Central Oregon? Similar growing environment

[@rhiannablumberg4803]

omg YES!!! IF ONLY right?!??! lmao!!!!

[@ethandoingstuff1433]

What were the pre clearing disturbance regimes in the ecosystem? Seems like a lot of fire adapted stuff, but looks pretty dry. Fires in the late wet season?

[@SpinningSpur]

My friend calls the agave univittata “Spanish dagger” 🗡️. Plant along the bottom of a fence line and you won’t have any trespassers. Land in a patch of this and it’s like landing on barbed spears tips. Plant is absolutely no joke!

[@808defense3]

Love your show but, what is that Unidentified Flying Object (UFO) you captured on film around 28:40 - 29:40.... I am not joking... That object is floating in the air, in the background?

[@raphlvlogs271]

that China berry tree is weedy even in native habitat

[@canadiangemstones7636]

Thigmonastic stamens on the Opuntia, gawdamn that’s cool!

[@rgzhaffie]

"Thug monastics", are those like "felonious monks"?

[@Toddis]

I germinated some Texas mountain Laurel seeds I soaked them for a while first

[@TomG-f4r]

Bravo ! Your a gas , ...10 foot left of where you hopped the fence...a 4 foot fence/ gate ..a stepping stool for older folks , theres allwsy time to take a few deep breaths ,take in your surroundings and s long look for an advantage...( The obvious part of your tresspass will go brisker -)...grate to hear your voice from the crumb lands , c yaz

[@toxicrune]

There are so little pockets like this in San Antonio. I hope they never develop them.

[@TheRichmaldon1]

I am so glad you are in my area of the country. It teaches me shitloads.

[@djhagrid300]

I swear man, I have nearly the exact same species (not sure the actual species) of grape growing like mad in my backyard in the central new york region. Minus the dense fuzz on the underside, it looks exactly the same. Stuff is crazy tough.

[@hestheMaster]

Knowing mankind they wil pave over this eventually and put in a Starbucks mini drive thru kiosk. Damn humans.

[@CynicalScientist261]

When are you coming to England to see all the plants in the countryside?

[@Exquailibur]

Trespassing for the sake of local native species, especially those that are rare or difficult to find isnt a crime in my book. Where I live there is a rare fish species with a highly restricted range and its monotypic in its genus so it has no close relatives, checking up on their populations can be difficult if you cant get permission from whoever owns the supposedly non fish bearing waters these fish live in. The vast majority of the land that Novumbra hubbsi are found in unprotected land the state considers to be non fish bearing which is a real shame, they keep having malls and houses built over their habitat and are really vulnerable to competition from both native and non native species as well as habitat destruction. It really is a shame when a species with a highly restricted range sees so little protections and/or so much threats to it, with plants and insects its the worst since unfortunately very few people care. Luckily Novumbra hubbsi can be found in a few ditches in the middle of town, but I dont know how long this will last. I suspect it will last as long as the beavers are left undisturbed since the habitat is created by them in this instance. I hope that these patches of native flora remain "neglected" for the sake of the species that live there.

[@andrewgraves4026]

Particularly good one! I thought Concord grape was just that, a great tasting grape descended from NA natives.

[@rdotjdot12.3.]

@15:16 If they're small enough, you can probably just pull them up; otherwise girdling will prevent resprouting as opposed to just cutting them down. Cliff Tyllick has a good demonstration on girdling: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iF6vYoWAo5Vsa9ksi=T_o8s9nAKBtI5aCc

[@marthawhitehouse9838]

Texas native grapevines saved the European wine industry when their vines got hit by a blight. They were able to graft onto robust Texas vine stock.

[@peterbathum2775]

came for the plants; stayed for the songstering

[@anotherluckydad]

Thinking humanity is going back to it's primal roots. Shelter, water, food.

[@CrimePaysButBotanyDoesnt]

And non-stop, idiotic warfare! Fun!

[@notstrong5789]

Any recommendations on resources to replacing lawn

[@AlecStory]

I'm not sure about that specific grape but the more common N American grapes (V. labrusca, riparia) are just fine for wine but have strong flavors that nerds consider crass. It's interesting because those strong flavors reflect their evolution to use small mammals for seed dispersal, while V. vinifera evolved for birds. vinifera has smaller, thin skinned juicy fruits with little aroma (some like muscat have aroma compounds tied up as glycosides) American grapes are larger, thick skinned, chewy, and have strong flavors which share chemistry with mammal musk. Concord grape smell? That's largely methyl anthranilate, which also shows up in weasel butt scent glands. "Foxy."

[@kyleleclerc6280]

Lots of Bourbon is made outside of Kentucky! It just needs to be made in the United States. Like Scotch is to Scotland.

[@margarethill6164]

Sad to lose all that when they expand the freeway

[@FayeVert]

One more lane will fix it! Just one more lane, bro!

[@RobinTheBot]

Imagine if we agreed to be highly inconvenienced for 80% of the year to get a 5% temporary increase in "capacity" for the rest, only to do it again next year. If we did this with bars or airports there would be riots. And then we pay them to do it to us!

[@prophecyrat2965]

amErika has a great relationship with native life

[@texasalterna]

You have the voice of an angel 😅