Red-bellied Woodpecker - one of our medium-sized year-round wood peckers. Unique in coloration with a red top patch on the head (this bird is a female), with grey underpants and zebra black and white pattern on the back. Common at feeders if you offer peanuts.

#BirdsOfFediverse #BirdPhotography #RedBelliedWoodpecker #DarkTable #EndCorruption #EndRacism #EndInequality

Dr. Richardson’s Letter celebrates Margaret Chase Smith. A great read.

“ Smith presented a “Declaration of Conscience,” listing five principles she hoped her party would adopt. It ended with a warning: “It is high time that we all stopped being tools and victims of totalitarian techniques—techniques that, if continued here unchecked, will surely end what we have come to cherish as the American way of life.”‘

https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/may-31-2026

#HeatherCoxRichardson #EndCorruption #EndRacism #ImpeachConvictRemove #FuckTrump #FuckICE #FuckGOP

On Hummingbirds. Now seven days after the first suggestion of hatching. Clearly two chicks have emerged. The larger chick likely hatched first, and has pin-feathers, suggesting it is ~8 days old (Birds of the World) The chicks respond (gape) in response to air movement as the female approaches (Birds of the World).

#BirdsOfFediverse #BirdPhotography #RubyThroatedHummingbird #DarkTable #EndCorruption #EndRacism #AllAreEqual

Every day, ICE raids innocent communities while elites cheer. Courageous veterans like Buzz Grambo chase injustice on a scooter, exposing a corrupt system that dehumanises immigrants. Humanity over tyranny. #EndCorruption #HumanRights #ResistOppression #JusticeNow

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/11/baltimore-scooter-ice-patrol-buzz-grambo-us-navy-veteran/