Taralei Griffin

Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.

Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.

They are not the same.

Welcome to the largest day of peaceful protest we’ve ever seen in our lifetimes.

Today, we’re gonna speak out on a grander scale than Trump has ever seen. No Kings Day is going to be big, loud, boisterous, and joyful. Find your local event and let’s make history: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE #NoKings

Don't engage. Just block. They want to push their rage bait on here. Don't give them the satisfaction.

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Don't give an inch to Trump, MAGA, Republicans, corporate media, or finger-wagging establishment hacks right now.

Not an inch.

You can condemn murder and violence and remind the world about Kirk's hateful legacy and the utter hypocrisy of MAGA that celebrates violence against the rest of us.

A view from directly above shows 1000s forming the words NO KING! on the beach. It is boxed around by more protestors who also encircle a giant US flag. Credit to Santiago Mejia.

Protesters have formed a human banner at Ocean Beach, San Francisco this afternoon.

👏👏

#NoKings #50501Movement

(📸 Santiago Mejia/San Francisco Chronicle)

Thousands rally against Trump at 'No Kings' protest in downtown St. Louis The protest is one of more than 1,500 across the country, coinciding with President Donald Trump's military parade and 79th birthday.

Even with on and off rain, thousands of people — with more arriving by the minute — have gathered in downtown St. Louis to participate in the city’s “No Kings” protest.
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Thousands of people and placards are seen in front of the state capitol. This photo is a credit to Minneapolis photojournalist that goes by the handle Daviss on X

Thousands of people and placards are seen in front of the state capitol. This photo is a credit to Minneapolis photojournalist that goes by the handle Daviss on X

A woman protestor holds up a sign that reads “In honor of our beloved Melissa”

NEW: In the last few hours, Minnesota authorities warned people against attending protests, with a killer on the loose.

This is the current view of the Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul.

DEFIANCE. 👏

#NoKings #50501Movement

(📸 Daviss)

The Los Angeles Police Department has stated that demonstrations in the city have remained peaceful. Let that sink in.

The deployment of federalized National Guard troops to California, without consent from local or state officials, is deeply troubling. These are tactics seen in authoritarian regimes, not in America. We want to be clear, the military should not be used to police civilians.

Scientists sound alarm after new NASA report reveals concerning phenomenon in oceans: 'Earth's expanding oceans are following suit' NASA announced that global sea levels rose by 0.23 inches in 2024, exceeding the predicted rise of 0.17 inches.

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Those silly environmental scientists
What do they know?!
We should continue ignoring them, right?!?

#climatechange #climatecrisis

I’m across the river and we only had branches down in our neighborhood, no major damage - but my throat, lungs, and sinuses have been feeling rough and swollen ever since.
It’s wild.

A patch of blooming irises - these have a lavender colored lower layer of frilly edged petals, while the central petals are a pale yellow, almost cream colored. Lush, long green leaves and grass leading to a dark wooden fence can be seen in the background. This photograph was taken by Taralei Griffin in Godfrey, Illinois, May 2025.

Can’t get over these stunning irises that my boyfriend grew. 😍💜
#bloomscrolling #naturephotography #iris #gardening #beauty #art #perennial

The third photo is when I first brought Lil Kraken home in 2019, and the second is me holding him yesterday when I first discovered the pup.
So proud 😅💚🪴

A photo of a small aloe vera pup growing near the base of a mature plant. The pup has two small plump green leaves emerging from the soil. This photo was taken by Taralei Griffin.

A woman with dark hair and green rectangular glasses smiles widely while taking a selfie. A large potted aloe vera plant is held in her left arm, the orange pit pressed against her chest. The plant is significantly larger than her torso, with its long leaves with jagged edges curling outward and upward, even out of the photo frame. This selfie was taken by Taralei Griffin in May 2025.

A young woman with curly, dyed green hair under a St. Louis Cardinal’s baseball cap with large round floral glasses stands in front of a window with a small grey potted plant in her hand. The plant is an aloe vera with 6 leaves, one much longer than the rest, curved and hanging heavily out of the pot, so long you can’t see the end. This selfie was taken by Taralei Griffin in 2019.

Mother's Day is always a difficult one for me... but this year, my 6 year old aloe plant, Lil Kraken, is growing its first ever pup. 💚
I might never be a human mother… but I’m still worthy, loving, & always growing. 🪴
#stunday #aloevera #plantmom #houseplants #greenthumb #hystersister #endowarrior

Good night 😴

War is when the government tells you who the bad guy is.
Revolution is when you decide that for yourself.

Benjamin Franklin

A large patch of turkey tail mushrooms sprouting on a rotting log. The visible bit of the log is dark grey with smaller green patches of moss because it’s wet from a recent rain. The larger turkey tail mushrooms are curved, almost ruffled at the edges, and striped with variegated green colors. There are some smaller mushrooms sprouting above them with darker brown, tan, and green stripes. This photograph was taken by Taralei Griffin at Land Between the Lakes in Kentucky in May 2025.

Love the colorful curved #lines on turkey tail mushrooms… #BlueSkyArtShow

#photography #NaturePhotography #ShroomSpotting #TurkeyTails #mushrooms #CircleOfLife #art

A single wildflower grows tall with grass and trees blurry in the background. The green stem has several oblong leaves, and the top splits into five thinner stems, holding up small blooms with thin, white petals asurrounding a bumpy-looking yellow center. A ray of sunlight coming through the trees falls perfectly onto the wildflower, looking like it is in a spotlight. There are other curved light flares visible, including a small rainbow in the upper left corner. This photograph was taken by Taralei Griffin in Grand Rivers, Kentucky in May 2025.

A close up of the blooms of a wildflower in sunlight - there are four blooms visible, crowding each other on the end of a green stem. They have thin white petals surrounding yellow bumpy-appearing centers. Green grass and dead leaves are out of focus underneath the blooms. This photograph was taken by Taralei Griffin in Grand Rivers, Kentucky in May 2025.

Spotted this single wildflower blooming in a ray of evening light coming through the trees at our campsite last weekend. 🌼☀️

#photography #naturephotography #bloomscrolling #wildflowers #camping #landbetweenthelakes #sunshine #spotlight #beauty

In response to RFK Jr., Pritzker to sign first in nation executive order protecting autism data The governor's office said the executive order is in response to rising concerns about efforts to create federal autism registries or databases without legal safeguards or accountability.

Illinoisans deserve dignity, privacy, and the freedom to live without fear of surveillance or discrimination.

I'm issuing an Executive Order to safeguard the rights of those with autism in our state as Trump's administration threatens those very freedoms.

A green mountain scene underneath heavy grey clouds. The photographer was standing partway up a mountain, looking back at another three rolling mountains. They are all shades of green, getting darker in color the further away due to distance and fog, the furthest a dark blue green silhouette. A dry rocky streamed snakes between them all. This photograph was taken by Taralei Griffin in the Lake District, UK, in July 2023.

Need to share this gorgeous #green view from my 2023 hike through the Lake District for #BlueSkyArtShow 💚⛰️

#photography #hiking #travel #lakedistrict #landscape #beauty #nature

A pine tree seedling with a knobbly thin trunk with slim green needle like branches fills the foreground. A single tiny pinecone hangs about halfway up the baby tree. Beyond the shady area that the baby tree is in, the blurred outline of a large fully grown tree glows a light green color in the sun, framing the baby tree, foreshadowing what it will look like when it’s fully grown. This photograph was taken by Taralei Griffin in Port Orchard, Washington, in June of 2024.

#BlueSkyArtShow #green 💚

#naturephotography #pnw #trees #foreshadowing

The rising sun glowing between the branches of trees and tropical leafy groundcover

Join me and dissolve your fear
you never really did need that, dear
the way we glow when the nature's near
that’s the reason we are here

#poetry #poet #poem #nature #photography #sun #poeta #bskypoets #amwriting #poetrycommunity #love #earth #writer #author

Pritzker: It’s time for us to be done with optimism about their motives. Time to stop wondering if you can trust the nuclear codes to people who don’t know how to organize a group chat. It’s time to stop ignoring the hypocrisy in wearing a big gold cross while announcing the defunding of children’s cancer research… Autistic kids and adults who are loving contributors to our society don’t deserve to be stigmatized by a weird nepo baby who once stashed a dead bear in his car. Our military service members don’t deserve to be told by a washed-up Fox TV commentator, who drank too much before being appointed Secretary of Defense, that they can’t serve their country simply because they are Black, gay, or a woman.

Dear god let this man cook.

A black man with short purple hair wearing a yellow jersey is speaking into a microphone, silhouetted against stage lights casting an orange and white glow on everything. In the upper left hand corner in green font accented with hemp leaves, it reads “Fairy Herbmother Presents” and in the middle of the image, in purple typewriter font it reads “Lyght_Strife”. Green text in the bottom corner says “read more at fairyherbmother.substack.com” This photo & it’s editing was done by Taralei Griffin.

Happy #420! 💚💋 I’m celebrating by launching my new publication today - starting with a piece about St. Louis rapper @lyghtstrife.bsky.social 🔥🎶

Read, share, & subscribe here: https://fairyherbmother.substack.com/p/lyght_strife-origins

#writersofbluesky #indieart #indiemusic #hiphop #rap #stlouis

The protests are not for Trump to see, they are so you can all see each other and grow. It's not the protest itself that tyrants are afraid of, but the networks and community you can grow from them. Your strength is your unity and that's why the enemy thrives by demoralizing and dividing you. #3E

Autism isn’t an epidemic. It's not a disease. It’s a natural variation in how people think…which, frankly, is a relief in a world where most people don't think at all.

#NoKings

Did Cannabis Originate on Another Planet? - Doobie Nights Cannabis Dispensary in Santa Rosa, CA Then notice the name itself. Cannabis is a Greek word that combines “canna,” which means “canine” or “dog,” with “bis” or “bi,” which represents the number

I don't know if it's true or not, but a good buzz is out of this world. 😎🥦🍃🌱#420 #cannabis #weedmob #cannsbissky

Sorry, America. We can pay cancer research teams or we can pay to fly Trump and his entourage to a UFC fight in Miami. We can’t afford both.

A photo of a portion of the photographer’s backyard. Bright green grass and heart shaped leaves are growing low to the ground, nearly hidden by hundreds of small, vivid purple blooms with four or five round petals: the common blue violet, or wild violets. This photograph was taken by Taralei Griffin in Godfrey, Illinois in April 2025.

My yard is a carpet of wild violets right now and it makes me so happy. 💜💚

#stunday #bloomscrolling #wildflowers #commonblueviolet #naturephotography #forthebees

Pretty crummy start to the day, bad endo flare, in a lot of pain… but then my boyfriend sent me a Snap of the sky saying “It’s Tara out today (that means beautiful)” and I can’t stop smiling. 🌤️🥰
It’s the little things.