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Just now…
August 20, 2025 at 11:43 PM
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Common freshwater and brackish water herons, U.S. East Coast. Done for my forthcoming book STREAMS: An Illustrated Guide, Yale University Press, later in 2026.
🧪🌿🌎🪶🐡 #herons #Nightherons #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm
August 30, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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ICYMI — We are “concerned” about @SenatorCollins selling out her constituents.

(If youre tired of this, check out @grahamformaine.bsky.social Platner)

www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
September 4, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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There are weeks that feel longer than they are, and weeks when every single day is hard. This was a long, hard week. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/a-lo...
A Long, Hard Week
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
September 13, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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There goes the First Amendment.
September 20, 2025 at 12:12 AM
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That was fast. This is also why you don’t surrender to autocrats - you fight them and beat them.
September 19, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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The Washington Post is awful, just awful.

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October 5, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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Top marks to the person who created this! It made me belly laugh out loud 🤣
#rydercup #golf #magaga
October 1, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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You’re going to have to let go of your materialistic mindset to truly advance to the next chapter, to the next level… #dailytarot #tarotsky
November 7, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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#birds
Black Phoebe.
June 2, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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#birds
Fantail. New Zealand, South Island.
June 26, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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#birds
CEDAR WAXWING sharing a treat
July 3, 2025 at 1:18 AM
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Hawk perched in a tree behind our house looking at me over his shoulder!
September 28, 2025 at 3:42 AM
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Radical simply means grasping things at the root - Dr Angela Davis

Pic of the day

#photography
November 2, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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The crowd tonight in Norfolk, Virginia for Abigail Spanberger and Barack Obama. LET’S GO!!!
November 1, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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November 2, 2025 at 8:45 AM
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It was chucking it down when the prof drove us to the park early this morning. But we ended up, despite a bit of barking at other dogs, having a great walk with #sophiefromromania who rediscovered the graveyard after months of being scared of it. So we all deserved a #bigbreakfast
November 2, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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November 2, 2025 at 7:21 AM
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Yes, I’ve been indicted. But I don’t want people to lose sight of what got us here.

Thank you for having me, @chrislhayes.bsky.social on @allinwithchris.bsky.social to discuss why these atrocities need to end and why there needs to be real accountability.
November 1, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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Virginia! I’m here today for a very important reason: to ask you to vote for your next Governor, @abigailspanberger.com. Tune in:
Virginia Votes Rally in Norfolk with Abigail Spanberger and President Barack Obama
YouTube video by Abigail Spanberger for Governor
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November 1, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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Choosing not to feed Americans in need is unacceptable.

The Administration knows it can use emergency funds for SNAP payments—it even deleted the memo posted on its website saying it could.

They are choosing to inflict pain on families.

www.cnn.com/2025/10/24/p...
Trump administration won’t use contingency fund to pay November food stamp benefits | CNN Politics
The US Department of Agriculture says it will not tap into its $6 billion contingency fund to cover food stamp benefits next month, according to an agency memo obtained by CNN. That means that roughly...
www.cnn.com
October 25, 2025 at 2:43 AM