Hayley Williams joined David Byrne in NYC, and responded to Kid Rock dissing “some of these Nashville rock singers [and] chicks with blue hair” on Fox News

After months of layoffs and funding cuts by the Trump administration, the government shutdown has given some federal employees hope that their voices are finally being heard.

Pipevine Swallowtail

We are living in precarious times when one has to be careful not to say something that will "offend" the conservative self-righteous folk.

Earlier: “Allegations that might suggest abuse of marital assets, concealment of financial information, or personal conduct inconsistent with public responsibility are not merely private — they are of public consequence.”

I thought this had to be AI slop, but no, it is real. Dear Leader wants to go after people that do not share his warped POV. It is not a surprise to those that follow politics, but to leave it in writing? Dissent is part of any democracy, but without dissent, you are only left with an autocracy.

Male ruby-throated hummingbird suspended in mid-air; My shutter speed was somewhere between 1/4000 and 1/6000 of a second to freeze the action. #birds #birdphotography

This is a great academic paper on what drives populism among the far right. #populism #politics

Ruby-throated hummingbird at a trumpet vine #Birds

Do you eat at restaurants? Immigrants likely prepared your food and washed your dishes. Do you live in a house or an apartment? Immigrants likely built your home. Do you buy groceries? Immigrants picked your fruits and vegetables. Now you want to deport immigrants? Enjoy the pain that follows.

MAGA cult slayer And this is why we love Dave Matthews

The attack on science is at best pathetic and at worst dangerous. I can't believe I've lived long enough to see such an anti-American administration who cares more for profit than people. Whether it is RFK Jr. or this guy, don't believe a thing from this admin. #climatechange #disinformation

Black-chinned hummingbird at Turk's Cap #birds #birdphotography

Freedom of the Press? Not under tЯump; He continues to have extremely thin skin when a journalist dare ask him for clarification or expresses an opinion that is in direct opposition to his ridiculous musings. He wipes his feet with the Constitution.

Can you solve the challenge? Bravo to all DC Spirit fans who broke into chants of #FreeDC during the game Memo to all Red states sending National Guard here: YOU HAVE MORE CRIME THAN BLUE STATES MYOFB & protect your own citizens! prosoccerwire.usatoday.com/story/sports...

Common Yellowthroat down in the muck #birds #birding #birdphotography

This admin is careless and stupid.

This is one of the most beautiful things I have witnessed, the craft here is impeccable.

Meiselas: A MAGA anti-vax extremist opened fire on the CDC, killing a heroic Black officer. 500 shots fired. Do we hear Trump or JD Vance saying anything? Cohen: Not even thoughts and prayers.

Este es el esfuerzo personal de un presidente displicente en su segundo mandato, que quiere controlar aspectos fundamentales del sistema electoral, apenas unos meses antes de una importante elección legislativa de medio término. #BrennanEnEspañol bit.ly/458BgO3

Now women shouldn't vote? These Christian Nationalists are one screwed up bunch!

Aww, the poor little cupcakes that are Paxton, Abbott, and I will throw in Patrick, do not like it when the other team plays hardball. It is just so obvious that the current GOP only wants one voice, that of its cult leader, tЯump. This is not America. #Texas #politics #gerrymander

We live in a democracy and governors do not have the power to remove legislators or charge them with crimes for using well known procedural tactics. The fact that Texas Gov. Greg Abbott would even threaten these actions tells us all how much the MAGA movement despises democracy and the rule of law.

As a Texas, I detest Abbott almost as much as I detest the state AG, Ken Paxton. These are horrible people.

Texas Dems say “fuck you Greg Abbott and Donald Trump” as they flee Texas to break quorum. Most are in the Chicago area being assisted by Gov. JB Pritzker Pritzker owns the Hyatt Hotel chain so rooms are no problem Of course Abbott is making threats to remove them from office #ProudBlue

One of my favorite places in Texas and in the USA in general. I like to go during times when there are not many tourists. The complete vastness of the Big Bend area during these times is incredible. #photography

I didn't know there was an #insectThursday or maybe someone recently made it up. Either way, here is a snowberry clearwing moth.

Black-throated sparrow #birds #birdphotography

PLEASE read this one. Kinda required reading. If you agree, which I hope you do, print in color and magnetically attach to your refrigerator. It is marvelous and very clear to all who visit: this is what we stand for. PERIOD.

Why do some insist on poisoning the Earth?

🚨🚨🚨 Jeffrey Epstein during a 2010 deposition: Q. Have you ever socialized with Donald Trump in the presence of females under the age of 18? A: Though l'd like to answer that question, at least today l'm going to have to assert my Fifth, Sixth, and 14th Amendment rights, sir.

Ozzy passes away so soon after the Back to the Beginning show....He was my first concert back in '81 or '82.

Sibling rivalry? #easternbluebird #birds

This current admin in the USofA is afraid of the truth so it will just not publish it.

The Texas GOP who facilitated Musk's move to Texas will do anything to bring in dollars even at the expense of its own citizens.

This is not fishy at all.

Interesting findings on why some support extremism bigthink.com/mini-philoso...

When a rude paper wasp photobombs your photo of an American bumblebee.

In April, the Trump administration was saying "100 countries are knocking on the door" begging for trade deals...now it's "many of them never even contacted us" lmfao

And this is why my current job is in limbo. I'm retired after a career in education. I teach/taught workplace literacy and ESL to mainly immigrant workers. Now, there is not enough money to the continue the program. www.texasstandard.org/stories/adul...

The fiscal conservatives in the GOP just added $4 trillion to the deficit to give the wealthiest people on earth a tax cut. The pro-family party just took healthcare away from 17 million Americans to give ICE a bigger budget than Brazil’s military. The single most inhumane bill ever passed.

Going back a ways in the archive, I took this shot of a bald eagle in the Texas Hill Country off a rather rural highway. At the time, not very many people knew about the large nest that two eagles had created. I this shot, one of them came tantalizing close to the highway for few seconds.

Painted buntings nest in my area, but they are notoriously shy. I have to really go looking for them to find one. Occasionally, they appear in my yard, but they never stay until this year! I finally have a male that has claimed my yard as part of his summer territory. It only took 25 years.

A blackburnian warbler that I can finally add to my life list of birds. #photography #birds #birdphotography

American Oystercatcher off the coast near Rockport, Texas

Well to those over on FB that told me Fox News was reporting the killer of the Hortmans was a radical leftist who drove a car with a No Kings sign in it, can just eff themselves.

I have said this for years! If the right truly cared about immigration and not just political theater, this would be required. www.propublica.org/article/texa.... The right is hypocritical and dishonest. They know how important immigrants are to the economy.

What is happening in many areas of our government is very concerning to me, but what is happening to the national park service is horrendous to me. We need our open spaces and the programs that go with them. 🌎 www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

Magnolia warbler - dorsal view - from South Padre Island, TX during this year migration. #birding #birdphotography

American redstart during migration on South Padre Island, Texas. #birding #birdphotography