Christina Evans

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.

Robber flies.

They are robbe flies.

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.

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

“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

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.

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

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.

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."

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.

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

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.....

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.

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.

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

Singing Eastern Meadowlark. A patterned brown and white bird with bright yellow breast and throat, black collar, black eye and forehead stripes. It's perched in profile on one of a few thin, bare sticks, facing to the right with an open beak as it sings. Green and tan Florida prairie background.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

A budget is a moral document. 🇺🇸

In my backyard.

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.

"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 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.

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 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.

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 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")

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 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.

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

YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen Land of Hope and Dreams

Tonight, Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band opened their Land of Hope & Dreams Tour. Bruce launched this run of shows with three statements about the situation in the United States, with comments preceding his songs Land of Hope and Dreams, House of a Thousand Guitars and My City of Ruins.

May 13, 2025 While President Donald Trump’s billionaire sidekick Elon Musk has said he is pulling back from his work with the “Department of Government Efficiency,” he is with Trump today in Saudi Arabia, along wi...

May 13, 2025

Close up of a Northern Parula warbler perched on a branch. She is bluish gray with a bright yellow-green patch on the back, a yellow throat, white belly, white wing bars and white around the eye.

Northern Parula (Setophaga americana)
This is a really small warbler, but she came quite close while I was in the blind, so I filled the frame and got every tiny feather!
#birds #naturephotography #photography #Florida #warbler

A male Cape May Warbler in bright spring breeding plumage showing yellows, black breast streaks, a black cap, and rusty red mask on face. Perched in profile view on a thin branch on a green background.

Cape May Warbler (Setophaga tigrina) male
These are certainly among the most beautiful warblers, and we happily saw more than usual during migration this year.
#birds #Florida #photography #nature #warbler

5 Ways to Give Fascism a Middle Finger Fascism is here.

Fascism is here.

It’s too late to prevent its arrival, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t a great deal you and I can do to slow its spread, dilute its power, and derail its mission.
Here are ways of reaffirming your agency and flipping off the fascists.

johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/5-ways-to-...

Focus people. Trump has the levers of power. The only people who can take them away from him are elected Republicans. And we must focus on that. Every single R in the house and Senate should be asked why they are not stopping him. They hold the power to impeach, convict, and remove