Danika Fornear

Front Porch Revolution (@danikajoyfornear) 🛑 Stop Donating Trash! 🗑️ Let’s be really clear about something: donating extremely expired or spoiled food to a food drive is not generosity—it’s disrespect. When you give families food that expire...

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My Father, Wonder and Thunder, 75 Years My father was born in Indiana, but that was just the beginning.

75 years of wonder and thunder.
From circuit boards and sea turtles to moonlit storm chases and robot-building grandkids—my father has never stopped teaching us how to marvel at the world.

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#FrontPorchSocial #FathersThatTeach #ProtectWhatIsWildAndGood

Spam, Seaweed, and Solidarity: #MusubiMondays Growing up on O‘ahu, musubi wasn’t just food—it was a rhythm of life.

From O‘ahu cafeterias to Florida kitchens—#MusubiMondays carries the history of migration, labor & care. Today, we shared musubi with neighbors experiencing homelessness.
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🍕 Slice of Solidarity How our family turns Friday night pizza into a weekly act of direct action and care for our unhoused neighbors.

Every week, my kids and I roll out dough, pile on toppings, and deliver hot pizzas to our unhoused neighbors. It’s not charity — it’s community care. 🍕 Slice of Solidarity — Read the full story: open.substack.com/pub/danikajo...

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Hopocalypse Now: Toads Gone Wild After the skies crack open and the earth drinks deep, the Cane toads emerge—warty and weighty, like the storm itself had laid them down in the grass.

Golden-eyed Cane toads rise with the rain—and they don’t belong here.
Florida’s fragile wild needs protection, not silence.
🌿 Hopocalypse Now: Toads Gone Wild
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This lil’ guy keeps following me down the river 🐊👀 (he’s about 8-9ft long)

77 Years of Grace: My Thai Mama, My Root, My Strength My mother was born into red soil and rice water.

My mama was born into red soil and rice water.
She raised pigs, siblings, & rebel daughters with a warrior’s grace.
77 years of strength, love, & gold jewelry—this is for her.
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We spent a blazing day at Paynes Prairie—golden orb-weavers, dragonflies, cranes, hawks, wild horses, and mushrooms -with my kids and Dani, we soaked in the sun and stories of this sacred, stolen land.

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We are in Florida… and aren’t charging for anything… but whatev.

🧂 From Our Ancestral Kitchen: Phoenix Makes Laab Tao Hoo Tod A story of spice, spirit, and the fire we carry

She doesn’t know all their names—
but their fire lives in her hands.
Today Phoenix made laab from our ancestral kitchen, barefoot in Florida heat, with mint, lime, and memory.
#ThaiThursday
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Mako’s first python hunt. 🐍💚 #everglades #florida #family #traditions

🐗Feral, Not Fancy: Hog Wild for Family, Flavor, and Florida Survival I didn’t grow up seeing wild hogs as the enemy.

Feral hogs destroy—but when we harvest with skill and intention, what we get is sacred:
प्रसादः (prasādaḥ) — food as offering, as gratitude.
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#FeralWednesday

My kayak tours quietly funded the work—until cancellations hit. Now, the needs are growing fast.

Thanks to YOUR help, another family sleeps together tonight, safe and fed—for the first time in a long time.

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Front Porch Revolution (@danikajoyfornear) We can’t share everything publicly—because the people we’re protecting are still in danger. But behind the scenes, we’re fighting for extraordinary mamas, their children, teens without stable homes, ...

My kayak tours quietly funded the work—until cancellations hit. Now, the needs are growing fast.

Thanks to YOUR help, another family sleeps together tonight, safe and fed—for the first time in a long time.

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Front Porch Revolution (@danikajoyfornear) We can’t share everything publicly—because the people we’re protecting are still in danger. But behind the scenes, we’re fighting for extraordinary mamas, their children, teens without stable homes, ...

We’re deep in the trenches here in Florida—fighting to protect mamas, teens, and workers behind the scenes. The needs are urgent. We are far outnumbered.
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Front Porch Revolution (@danikajoyfornear) We can’t share everything publicly—because the people we’re protecting are still in danger. But behind the scenes, we’re fighting for extraordinary mamas, their children, teens without stable homes, ...

We’re helping mamas, teens, and workers survive—quietly, behind the scenes. The needs are many. We’re outnumbered. But we’re not giving up.
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“Solo pedimos que nos paguen”: One Man’s Brave Fight When you’re the parent of a child with disabilities, every dollar becomes urgent.

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🌿 Everything Is Alive: Wandering the Mangroves with My Children “Mama, everything is alive, EVERYWHERE!”

“Mama, everything is alive, EVERYWHERE!”
—Mako, 2½ years old, walking through the mangroves
Yesterday, we wandered through a sacred, breathing forest of roots and water—and remembered what wildness feels like.

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Here is one of a big ass python biting the finger of my friend. He left a tooth in her but she won the fight. Actually relevant to post bc it’s the last day of the Everglades python challenge, unlike some other weirdos posting pics of women and snakes. @danikajoyfornear.bsky.social

The Little Snake in Mako’s Pocket: Why Native Snakes Matter More Than Ever This morning, I found a baby black racer curled up in my toddler’s pocket.

This morning we found a baby black racer in Mako’s pocket 🖤🐍 Our little swamp spirit was safely released—black racers are a sign to slow down + listen. Even the tiniest creatures carry wisdom. #EvergladesLife #SwampBabies #BlackRacerMagic

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Front Porch Revolution (@danikajoyfornear) In case anyone was wondering — all of my kayak tours have been canceled for July and through the end of August. To be fair, this is usually my slow season — but those tours would’ve been enough to cov...

All my kayak tours are canceled thru August—most citing the FL boycott. I get it—but unfocused boycotts hurt struggling locals, not the ones in power. So I’m pivoting to jams, cheeses & mutual aid. Thanks to all supporting us. You’re keeping us going. 💛

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We’ve made jam on Pollywog Creek for years—but these new Front Porch Pantry flavors? They’re sticky, spicy, & revolutionary.
Jam that feeds neighbors and the movement. substack.com/@danikajoyfo...

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