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Christina Evans @christinae.bsky.social · 2d

The Lookout: Endangered Florida Scrub-Jay (Aphelocoma coerulescens) in scrubby oak, keeping watch over their family at Lake Wales Ridge NWR/Carter Creek in central Florida.
#birds #Florida #naturephotography #photography #endangeredspecies

Side view of an alert Florida Scrub-Jay with bright blue head and tail and light white and gray breast and back, facing right and looking intently into the distance. Standing on a scrubby branch with small oak leaves, the bird has multiple bands on its legs, indicating it is being monitored due to the endangered status of the species. The background is nearly all white.

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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 8d

The depth of the shame of a country this wealthy and abundant allowing its people to go hungry is impossible to measure. The fact that a handful of people could fix this by paying their fair share of taxes while still remaining obscenely wealthy makes it even worse.

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Christina Evans @christinae.bsky.social · 8d

Robber flies.

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Christina Evans @christinae.bsky.social · 8d

They are robbe flies.

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Corey Rayburn Yung @coreyryung.bsky.social · 13d

There is no difference between Trump destroying the East Wing and using a wrecking ball on the Washington Monument or Smithsonian. Just because he (temporarily) lives there doesn't give him the right to demolish the White House without Congressional approval.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13d

a live look at the demolition of the White House's East Wing for Trump's ballroom

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Christina Evans @christinae.bsky.social · 20d

Yet according to him domestic abuse is not really serious enough to comment on.

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 20d

“but you commented earlier about a naked bike ride in portland” would be a legitimate follow up for any reporters in the room w johnson when he says he didnt see the important story youre asking him about

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21d

Q: This has been reported for a while. Cory Mills was accused of beating a girlfriend in his DC apt. Are you concerned about these allegations?

JOHNSON: You have to ask Rep. Mills about that. He's been a faithful colleague. I don't know the details. Let's talk about things that are really serious

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Christina Evans @christinae.bsky.social · Oct 5

Short-striped Hanging Thief (Diogmites esuriens) with Antlion Adult (Myrmeleon spp.) prey. Hanging from Partridge Pea (Chamaecrista fasciculata). At Lake Wales Ridge National Wildlife Refuge, Sebring, Florida.
#robberfly #invertebrate #Florida #macro #photography

Short-striped Hanging Thief robber fly, a bizarre-looking reddish stripey insect with green eyes is hanging by one front leg from a plant leaf. It's holding an adult Antlion below it with its other reddish-orange legs. The antlion prey looks similar to a damselfly with a long dark abdomen and light, clear wings.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · Sep 18

This is the playbook, folks.

If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away.

Do not be quiet in this moment.

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Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · Sep 10

This week's news:

* many male elites approve of & participate in raping girls

* POTUS is a pedophile serial rapist voters chose TWICE over more qualified women

* he wants to decriminalize domestic violence bc it's so common it's driving up crime stats

Male pundits: "Misogyny is a side issue."

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Christina Evans @christinae.bsky.social · Sep 9

Have seen a couple of Prothonotary Warblers (Protonotaria citrea) like this one in the yard lately. They are earlier fall migrants. Looking forward to seeing more birds come through soon.
#birds #warbler #naturephotography #Florida #nativeplants

Small warbler with a sharp beak, gray wings and tail and brilliant yellow head and top is hanging from a branch nearly upside down, peering out from beneath green leaves. Vertical format.

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · Aug 25

This is so great. I got very involved in writing the real story of Katrina in the aftermath, knew how almost every agency of government failed, how the elites and media spread lies that demonized the victims, know that we must do better.....

Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · Aug 25

Today, courageous FEMA staff members sent the Katrina Declaration to the FEMA "leadership" and others.

Sign on it support of these folks committed to the FEMA mission for all of us.

www.standupforscience.net/fema-katrina...

@standupforscience.bsky.social

Support the FEMA Katrina Declaration Now! — STAND UP FOR SCIENCE

www.standupforscience.net

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · Aug 21

People are constantly asking me — what can I do? Between now and the 2026 midterm elections, here are five practical steps you can take to make a difference.

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Christina Evans @christinae.bsky.social · Aug 11

Checkered White (Pontia protodice) female on Scorpionstail (Heliotropium angiospermum) Don't see these often in the yard, so it was a treat to get a few photos of a nice fresh one. So pretty.
#butterfly #naturephotography #invertebrate #Florida #yard

Vertical image of a side view of a butterfly, wings upraised with side light showing the wing veining in relief. Body and wings are white. Wings have some strong, nearly black markings, including rectangular boxes on the mid-forward wings. Outside wing veining and top of head is gold-ish, indicating a female. Butterfly is nectaring on a white scorpionstail flower head. Green background and some green leaves at the bottom.

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Christina Evans @christinae.bsky.social · Aug 7

Singing Eastern Meadowlark (Sturnella magna)
Needed a meadowlark today. I never tire of seeing, hearing, and photographing them. From Kissimmee Prairie Preserve, Okechobee County, Florida.
#birds #naturephotography #Florida #KissimmeePrairie

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Hunter Walker @hunterw.bsky.social · Aug 5

I have spent multiple weeks working on this story. We are not dropping it. I hope you will give this a read.

Hunter Walker @hunterw.bsky.social · Aug 5

Over 90 pages of "Alligator Alcatraz" files disappeared as I was looking at them and reporting on the situation. Our public records requests are getting stonewalled. A slew of experts told me this all seems to be illegal. talkingpointsmemo.com/muckraker/th...

There Is an Information Blackout at Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Migrant Detention Camp

Public records related to Florida’s so-called “Alligator Alcatraz” migrant detention camp have...

talkingpointsmemo.com

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Christina Evans @christinae.bsky.social · Jul 31

Swallow-tailed Kite (Elanoides forficatus)
Spent time watching three of these graceful fliers along Scrub Pens Road in Highland County on the way home from Kissimmee Prairie recently. Photos really don't do them justice.
#birds #naturephotography #Florida #raptor

A Swallow-tailed Kite -- white-bodied raptor with a black forked tail and spread black wings -- flying toward the viewer. Green trees and shrubbery in the background. The bird has some plant matter and probably some kind of bug or other prey item in its talons.

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Christina Evans @christinae.bsky.social · Jul 18

So true. Also, when I am picking up my disabled husband somewhere (or driving or picking up my disabled mother before she died), I would use their handicapped tag, though I am not disabled.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · Jul 3

But “we’re broke”, right? We can’t afford health care, housing, education, etc right?

A budget is a moral document. 🇺🇸

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Christina Evans @christinae.bsky.social · Jul 2

In my backyard.

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Christina Evans @christinae.bsky.social · Jun 30

"Now what?!" Another bewildered owl from the class of 2025, wondering why no one is feeding them anymore. Day made by that adorable face. Eastern Screech Owl (Megascops asio) youngster with Wild Coffee (Psychotria nervosa) and River Sage (Salvia misella).
#birds #Florida #photography #nativeplants

A very wide-eyed brown/gray Eastern Screech Owl youngster standing face straight on forward on a rough live oak branch, looking somewhat bewildered and disgruntled as if saying "Now what do I do?" Green Wild Coffee and River Sage leaves in the background and around it.

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Christina Evans @christinae.bsky.social · Jun 27

Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) going for a snack on the backyard Elderberry (Sambucus nigra subsp. canadensis). Many of our backyard birds like elderberries.
#birds #nativeplants #Florida #backyard #naturephotography

A Northern Mockingbird hanging onto a the stem of Elderberry with its head down as it reaches into in the middle of the cluster of dark blue/black berries to get one. Many of the berries have already been eaten. The bird is gray with darker wing and tail feathers and a white underside and white wing bar. Its tail is up and over to the right of the image. The eye is gold. It is surrounded by green leaves.

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Christina Evans @christinae.bsky.social · Jun 15

Eastern Screech Owl (Megascops asio) Class of 2025
This little owl and I surprised each other when I opened the blinds to the front porch early Wednesday. He had been there overnight, and flushed to a SImpson's Stopper (Myrcianthes fragrans) nearby.
#birds #Florida #nativeplants #naturephotography

A gray/brown Eastern Screech Owl (Megascops asio) juvenile perched on a branch of SImpson's Stopper (Myrcianthes fragrans). It has interesting peeling bark. Green leafy background.

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Christina Evans @christinae.bsky.social · May 23

Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) male; yellow-shafted (obviously!) Migrating birds are mainly through here but still good birding in our back yard with this beautiful woodpecker.
#birds #naturephotography #Florida #backyard #nature

A male Northern Flicker (yellow-shafted) perched on a large tree snag. A good-sized brownish woodpecker with striking barred upper parts and a bright red nape back of the head. The black malar stripe indicates a male bird, and the bright yellow feather shafts are characteristic of this species in the east and north. (Western birds are "red-shafted")

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Christina Evans @christinae.bsky.social · May 18

Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas) male. Another pretty warbler from spring migration in the back yard.
#birds #naturephotography #Florida #warbler #birding

A perky male Common Yellowthroat perched on a small branch. He has a black mask bordered with light gray above it, a bright yellow throat and and olive-brown back. Below him is some bright green maidenhair fern.

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