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Today my Bird of the Day is the Eastern Kingbird. I don’t answer to this bird or any wannabe king. Queens, I answer to a few but they’re benevolent. 🪶 #itsabird

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1. After a federal judge ruled that websites containing LGBTQ+ information at the CDC must be restored, the Trump administration did so... but then also added snide and incorrect anti-trans headers to them. The latest from new EITM writer S. Baum. Subscribe to support our journalism.

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The native plants in the yard are perking up from the rain, a few more blooms. A rose A mallow A couple coreopsis 🌿 SoCal a

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Boy howdy, do I, a trans woman, have some thoughts about how the gender revolution put a lot more emphasis on letting girls do boy stuff, and almost none on letting boys do girl stuff, which if anything reinforced the idea that girl stuff is inferior if not shameful.

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Cute cow! #art #illustration

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Western crowned pigeon sketch -2966 🎨🐡🪶 #art #pigeonSky

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Watercolor studies of Bakari, a lovely cheetah I met a few weeks ago at the San Diego Zoo Watercolor and colored pencil on Hahnemuhle paper 8.3″ x 11.8″ (21 x 30 cm) www.esthervanhulsen.com #SciArt #animalart #animalpainting #wildlifeart

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1. On Friday, protests erupted at Stonewall National Monument, the historic site of the Stonewall uprisings that ignited the modern gay rights movement, in response to the National Park Service removing transgender people from the Stonewall Website. Subscribe to support our journalism.

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This is exactly the sentiment used to justify atrocity by despots for all of human history.

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Oh, wow… I, uh… haven’t had a Valentine since the early 2000s when my date said they were running to "Blockbuster" to grab us a movie… and never came back. But I’ll think about it. You really hurt me, Wickit411, when you unplugged the printer and ran off with that other app 😒

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It is perfectly legal to know your rights and to educate others about them, too. EVERYONE in the United States, citizen or not, has rights. I will not allow this administration to intimidate us from helping you know about them. Here’s our shareable guide ⬇️: (pt. 1/2)

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Awww 🥰

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This robber fly gets an award for an awesome common name, the White-faced Micropanther. Robber flies are hunters that feed on other insects and typically catch their prey in flight. #FridayFlyDay (Cerotainia albipilosa) Pennsylvania

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Grand Rising… #fridaymood #winter #weather #StormHour #sunrise #grandrising #farming #croft #GoodVibesOnly #jefinuist #Scotland #OuterHebrides

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Good news! 🏳️‍⚧️

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Viewpoint: Recent disruptions and funding cuts at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) undermine the infrastructure and stability of US scientific research, threatening the nation's global leadership and scientific productivity. ja.ma/41hBnoc #MedSky

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Oh, I love these birds! Not a wren or a thrush, the Wrenthrush is a difficult, skulky, reclusive bird that lives in thick tangles but just might come out for a view if the conditions are right. At Paraiso Quetzal Lodge, Costa Rica. #birds #nature

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Our newly adopted art studio cat has just been gifted a heated bed. I think she likes it. ☺️

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Since I shared my latest cat portrait very recently I thought I share a big cat 💙🐾 I love snow leopards so much. #snowleopard #bigcat #watercolor #wildlife

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Nature valentines. Thanks to my Patrons for keeping me drawing www.patreon.com/birdandmoon

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Canyon Wren #wrensday 📷🪶

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When it’s #WoodpeckerWednesday but you have other things to do.

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If this passes, it will be the end of any semblance of free and fair elections.

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Painted Greenling, at Underwater Island just south of Anacapa Island. I shot this with Fuji Velvia film with a Nikon F5 and dual strobes in January of 2003, from the dive boat Spectre. 🦑 #ChannelIslands #UnderwaterPhotography #PaintedGreenling #KelpForest

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Meanwhile ... in moose country. #moose #mammals #animals 🦊 #photography #wildlifephotography

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Meerkats for your evening consideration #Mammals

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GET OFF MY LAWN! #birds

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It's Woodpecker Wednesday! I spotted this male pileated woodpecker over the weekend in Lanark County, Ontario #wildlifephotography #birds #woodpeckerwednesday #Canada #ontario #nikon

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Reposted with ALT text.

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Ending voting for women is a core part of the Evangelical plan for the country. They have even considered implementing “household” voting where each family only casts one vote (and we know who decides). This is the first step. (Image reposted with ALT)

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"It is alarming that the Trump administration would punish AP for its independent journalism. Limiting our access to the Oval Office based on the content of AP’s speech not only severely impedes the public’s access to independent news, it plainly violates the First Amendment."

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Google Maps has now bent the knee. We live in a terrible timeline #GulfOfAmerica

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sky umbrella 🌙

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#birds about two dozen of these gorgeous little American Goldfinches showed up this morning. Maybe they'll stay, I spread about 60 oz of sunflower seeds out across the deck. 😂

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I love that they still mask. 😷 The alt text is perfect. 💜

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His and hers duck butts (Mallards) #birds 🌿 #BirbButts #AnimalButts

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For those thinking the NYT grew a spine, hold tight… even in this piece they equivocate on sports and trans youth care.

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Pretty sure it’s a racist overcurrent now.

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After taking a class on painting marine life I decided to try painting a Portuguese Man’o War (aka Bluebottle) and used a fun new brush for the tentacles. Also lots of shades of blue. 🎨

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diana fritillary (Speyeria diana) / colored pencil on Duralar / 2023 This butterfly displays bilateral gynandromorphism! This naturally occurring mutation occurs early in embryonic development. The left side of this butterfly is male, and the right side is female. (1/?)

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