Richard Summerbell

Help Stop the Most Dangerous Public Lands Nominee in U.S. History Former Rep. Steve Pearce of New Mexico spent his congressional career attacking public lands and endangered species. Urge your senators to oppose Steve Pearce as director of the Bureau of Land Managem...

Pearce's nomination sends an unambiguous message that Trump intends to dismantle and privatize public lands. You can send an unambiguous NO! @biologicaldiversity.org makes fast & easy with a letter you can personalize and they send to your US senators: act.biologicaldiversity.org/xgWGUXvNtU64.... 🌎

Trump’s nominee to head the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Steve Pearce, recently had his confirmation hearing, so the Senate should be voting on him soon. Pearce has regularly championed selling off public lands and worked to make it easier for oil and gas industries to operate on public lands.

Trump’s Orwellian Board of Peace Consists Entirely of Human Rights Abusers An Intercept analysis finds that every single Board of Peace member state has been rebuked for human rights violations.

Countries participating in Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ all accused of human rights violations. “An Intercept analysis finds that every member state of the Board of Peace has been rebuked for human rights violations, including many by Rubio’s own State Department." theintercept.com/2026/03/02/t...

Once again, a single cartoon tells more truth that the entire US Congress.

Thanks to Rick McKee for making our current situation easy to understand.

Please google and sign this petition that will lead to legislation making it mandatory that all party leaders must have a security clearance.

Also signed.

> "The Supreme Court cleared the way Monday for California schools to tell parents if their children identify as transgender without getting the student’s approval, granting an emergency appeal from a conservative legal group."

#StillDoinCDs Timber Timbre took their hypnotic ‘subterranean alt rock from Blueberry Hill’ motif to higher levels in this irresistible 2011 4th album “Creep On Creepin’ On,” which went to #20 in Canada & gave the band a lasting foothold in the Wallonian charts. A super listen.

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Came across a great horned owlet this evening, sitting behind some twigs and Spanish moss amidst the resurrection ferns. The bird looked to be about a week to ten days old. A tight crop from an image taken at 800mm. #birds

Russian parts were found in the Iranian Shahed drones which hit the British sovereign territory base in southern Cyprus.

Hello and welcome to another daily thread covering all the important events in Ukraine and Russia.

It's Day 1468 of the war started by Putin. But #EATP (everything according to plan) for the bunker midget, who's now 1465 days behind schedule in taking Kyiv.

Fine, indeed!

The answer, of course, is "not even slightly".

In fact, I've been told by multiple other trans people that if I support Democrats, I am complicit in genocide.

The implication being that I am morally obligated to participate in MY OWN genocide by letting Republicans win.

With the wind chill about 11° in Central Park this morning, my thoughts returned to Christmas in Peru. Here's a Sparkling Violetear we watched near Ollantaytambo. Sparkling Violetear is such a wonderful name, don't you think? 💙💚💙 #Hummingbirds #Ollantaytambo #Peru

Yes!

FIlling the frame with a vibrant male House Finch yelling "BINGO!"

Alan: "Good morning. Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #PerfectLighting a bird capture in good lighting. The Alt theme is #Finches Good luck. #birds #photography #EastCoastKin"

Me: "Bingo!"

📸 Haemorhous mexicanus 🪶🌿

#LookingAtYou
#BirdLovers
#BirdPhotography

Rook perched on the fence in the sunlight

Bird Of The Day - (Perfect Lighting) - Rook perched on the fence in the sunlight. Galway, Ireland #PerfectLighting #Rook #Birds #BirdOfTheDay #Wildlife #Ireland #Nature #EastCoastKin #Photography #PhotoArt

NEWS CERTIFICATE KAMALA DEVI HARRIS for the largest "I TOLD YOU SO" in human history KAMALA HARRIS AWARDED GUINNESS RECORD FOR LARGEST I TOLD YOU SO EVER-

She tried...

European Red-rumped Swallow.

The European red-rumped swallow is a migratory bird known for its pale, reddish rump, deep forked tail, and rufous-orange face and collar. They build distinctive mud nests with tunnel entrances on cliffs or buildings.
Europe and Asia

📸: @deroz

House finch with red head and chest and light grey/brown feathers elsewhere perched on a twig in winter sunlight.

This house finch was demonstrating its #borb skills on a very cold but sunny day last January.
#PerfectLighting #Finches
#BirdOfTheDay #Birds 🪶

The MAGA Plot to Take Down Canada A growing movement of MAGA-pilled Albertan separatists would happily break up the country to be closer to Trump.

newrepublic.com/article/2069...
“massively lowered the threshold of signatures required to put the question to a vote, & overrode a court decision deeming a referendum unconstitutional. She…repeatedly refused to denounce…and reportedly said she’d stay..as prime minister of an independent Alberta.”

Where are all the dangerous criminals 🧊 keeps bragging they're "deporting?" Because all the people I'm seeing are like this poor woman, being kidnapped while literally obeying the law.

"Buy me some Timmys"

A Great White Egret standing in shallow green waters. It's wings are fully extended and the light comes from behind allowing the viewer to see its wing bone structure

@alan678.bsky.social Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #PerfectLighting. While it's not a perfect picture I love how the light perfectly captures the wing and bone structure of the amazing Great White Egret #Birds #Egret #GreatWhiteEgret #WetlandBirds

A female chaffinch perches neatly on the edge of a moss-covered tree stump, her warm buff-brown plumage smooth and understated against a dark green woodland backdrop. Distinct white wing bars and bold black-and-white markings on her folded wings add contrast to her otherwise soft colouring. She stands upright and alert on slender pink legs, pale conical beak slightly raised, her dark eye bright and watchful as she surveys her surroundings. The textured bark and vivid green moss beneath her add depth and colour to the quiet forest scene.

As I’m hosting I think I better support the alt theme too. #Finches We really encourage you to use either theme or both. Rumour has it that female Chaffinches are arrogant. Not sure where that reputation comes from? Anyway here’s a female Chaffinch. #BirdOfTheDay #birds #photo #EastCoastKin

First Violet Oil Beetles Meloe violaceus out today, Buckfastleigh, Devon

🧵 A Great Heron (2026) | Original pen & ink on paper drawing by Robert Bohan artist [1]

Lots of lovely Bramblings in Derbyshire today #LowCarbonBirding 🪶

this one fucked me up so much. guy turns his life around after a drug conviction, becomes a happy, beloved, pet rescuing houseboat dad who undersells his mechanic services so poor folks can afford them. ICE grabs him one day out of the hospital for heart problems which then kill him. horrifying