@elypaul.bsky.social

@elypaul.bsky.social

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Jack of all trades, master of none, That guy who catches & releases insects trapped indoors, Animals are my kind of people, Homegrown National Park Caretaker, Justifiably outraged since 2016 #CleanAir #Covidisairborne #ClimateCrisis #BiodiversityCrisis

Screen capture of a WBAL-TV (Baltimore) newscast, announcing the closure of all northbound lanes of Interstate 97, due to pavement buckling from the heat.
Headline from the Guardian which states: JD Vance admits he is willing to "create stories" (AKA lying) to get media attention.
Lanceleaf coreopsis
Common milkweed
Mambele said the incident exemplified the dangers of rising misinformation within the community. Many residents in Ituri province believe that "Ebola is a lie," he told CNN. The population is not sufficiently informed or made aware of what is happening. To members of the most remote communities, Ebola is a white man's invention; it doesn't exist, Mambele remarked.
A box elder (Acer negundo) surrounded by a round cage, made of welded wire fencing and t-posts
Virginia wild rye grass (Elymus virginicus)
Screenshot of text titled "Key Proponents of Daylight Saving Time:". * "**Retail and Business Industry:** The US Chamber of Commerce and the National Association of Convenience Stores have long advocated for DST because longer evening sunlight increases consumer traffic and retail sales." * "**Leisure and Sports Industry:** Industries relying on outdoor activity—such as golf, amusement parks, and barbecue equipment manufacturers—support the extension of daylight." * "**Political Leaders:** The Sunshine Protection Act in the US Senate has garnered bipartisan support from lawmakers like Sen. Marco Rubio and Sen. Ed Markey." * "**State Legislatures:** Nineteen states (including Florida, California, and Texas) have passed legislation to make daylight saving time permanent, pending federal approval. businessjournalism.org +7" "Why They Support It: Proponents argue that year-round, or extended, DST increases economic activity, reduces energy consumption (a claim with mixed evidence), and offers more leisure time for outdoor activities. BC Gov News +2" "Groups Opposing Permanent DST: In contrast, organizations like the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, American Medical Association, and various school boards often oppose permanent DST, favoring permanent standard time due to health risks associated with increased morning darkness. 🔗"
Headline form the "Guardian," newspaper in which JD Vance admits he is willing to create stories to get media attention.
Headline from the Guardian newspaper in which JD Vance admits that he is willing to "create stories," to get media "attention."
Headline from the Guardian newspaper in which: JD Vance admits he is willing to "create stories," to get the media's attention.
Andy Ogles referring to America as a dominant predator force.
Mystery illness going around (10 months ago). I'm in Pinellas county- almost everyone I know has a nasty cold/flu where they are so sick they aren't able to get out of bed.
Fascism doesn't start with soldiers in the streets. It starts with deciding who is expendable: the sick, the disabled, the aging, the refugees, the immigrants, the outsiders, the people who think too much, speak too loudly, and refuse to bow.
In my Inaugural I laid down the simple proposition that nobody is going to starve in this country. It seems to me to be equally plain that no business which depends for existence on paying less than living wages to its workers has any right to continue in this country. By "business" I mean the whole of commerce as well as the whole of industry; by workers I mean all workers, the white collar class as well as the men in overalls; and by living wages I mean more than a bare subsistence level-I mean the wages of decent living.
Aerial view of white house, showing a door leading to a lower level roof such as the one Trump was standing on.
Aerial view of white house, showing a door leading to a lower level roof such as the one Trump was standing on.
Cartoon of an angry person saying "the epstein files must be released." A red hand then opens a door in the back of his head, and replaces an old microchip with a new one. The angry man now says "it's time to move on from epstein"
Wheel of Fortune puzzle that displays "P_TCH_OR_S AN_ TORCH_S"
Immature swamp milkweed in containers, being grown under artificial light.
Hundreds of little yellow blossoms of packera aurea (AKA golden groundsel)
Visiting america in not an entitlement. It is a privilege extended to those who respect our laws and values. -secretary of state marco rubio
Picture of children's TV show host "Mister Rogers," with the text "Can you say black Monday? I think you can.
Toad that blends in well with leaves
Chuck Schumer waving a pair of white surrender flags
Chuck Schumer waving a pair of white surrender flags
Three plants in nursery pots, sitting on a wooden platform. Two straight-species, red-twig dogwood (cornus serecia), and one common witch hazel (hamamelis virginiana).
Cars driving along a road, with industrial smokestacks belching pollutants into the sky
Ana
There's a time when the operation of the machine becomes so odious, makes you so sick at heart that you can't take part! You can't even passively take part! And you've got to put your bodies upon the gears and upon the wheels, upon the levers, upon all the apparatus -- and you've got to make it stop! And you've got to indicate to the people who run it, to the people who own it -- that unless you're free the machine will be prevented from working at all!!
Photo of trump and Abdullah II and ABC News headline: trump says he could withhold aid from Jordan and Egypt if they reject his Gaza...
I hear some folks saying "there's hate on both sides," and I can't disagree. One side hates black people, brown people, Asian people, gay people, and any people who don't fully subscribe to their own rigid ideologies or who don't look like them. The other side hates bigots.
screenshot of a super bowl ad in which Snoop Dogg and Tom Brady urge us to reject hate.
Two headlines: Trump, Musk shaking up Washington as more government cuts coming, and How Pam Bondi is already reshaping the Justice Department.
Something you will never see: ICE rounding up the CEOs who illegally exploited undocumented workers. Cartoon shows handcuffed CEOs being led into a prison bus by ICE agents
People standing outside USAID headquarters- about a half dozen are wearing face masks. Looks like mostly surgical and one N95
Photo of packets of various types of milkweed seeds- Pink swamp, white swamp, showy, common, and butterfly.
Image of a new york times article that mentions how the trump administration has been searching for a disease threat that could help them justify the closing of US/Mexico border
DJT and unknown woman
Within days of the attack on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, then EPA chief Christine Whitman infamously encouraged New Yorkers to head back to Lower Manhattan. “The good news continues to be that air samples we have taken have all been at levels that cause us no concern,” she told reporters. A week later, she again assured the public that the air was “safe to breathe and their water is safe to drink.” Her claims were echoed by then New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani who, in his apparent eagerness to get the Financial District up and running again, told everyone “to go back to normal.” He also called the air around Ground Zero “safe as far as we can tell, with respect to chemical and biological agents,” even as experts warned that it was not. “You won’t see any immediate problems,” Mount Sinai’s Dr. Philip Landrigan told the New York Daily News on September 13, describing the risks of exposure to the wreckage of the Twin Towers. “It will take 25 to 30 years to develop.”
image of a post in which user "mysticalmidwife.bsky.social" spews anti vaccine nonsense.
Yahoo News headline: Trump vows government shutdown unless debt ceiling ends, blames Biden if it happens
Face masks are less effective than sunglasses in masking face identity. Photos of an individual: 1) bare-faced 2) wearing sunglasses 3) wearing a surgical mask.
Cluster of small, white and yellow flowers (daisy fleabane) against a backdrop of autumn leaves.
Carton of Chobani Oatmilk, Extra Creamy
What we're doing here in r/homegrownnationalpark is now more important than ever. It's up to us now, ya'll. Expect the government to reverse course on climate progress, continue to erode and destroy previously protected natural spaces. If we want to save the environment, if we want to create space for nature and ensure biodiversity for generations to come, we need to do it ourselves. The time for waiting on a broken political system to save us is over. We need to fight for nature every day, in our own backyards, on our own properties. We need to create beautiful, biodiverse spaces that are the envy of our neighbors, and we need to help them learn to do the same. So don't hold back! Plant those native trees, seed those meadows, grow those native wildflowers, and pull out those invasive plants. Let's dream big, learn as we go, and take joy in knowing that every native plant we grow is an act of resistance.