John Bond
“Window Gazing”
Gouache and Watercolor

Ahead of Earth Day, environmentalists blast proposal to remove protections for endangered species CLEARWATER BEACH — As Floridians prepare for Earth Day on Wednesday, environmental advocates are attempting to raise awareness about a Trump administration plan to bypass compliance with the Endangered Species Act for all oil and gas activities in the Gulf of Mexico. Last month, U.S. Interior Department’s Endangered Species Committee voted unanimously to exempt oil and gas drilling in the Gulf from environmental standards put in place to protect endangered wildlife in its waters. It was only the fourth time that the committee has met in its near-50 years in existence, and it’s spurred at least two lawsuits by environmental groups contending that more than two dozen species now protected as either threatened or endangered are directly at risk. “We need decisive action from our elected leaders — we cannot afford to go backward and expand offshore drilling in the critical habitat of the Rice’s whale, or by weakening the Endangered Species Act in ways that push this species, and so many others, closer to extinction,” Michael McGrath, lead organizer for Sierra Club Florida, said during a press conference at Pier 60 on Clearwater Beach Saturday. “As we reflect on the legacy of Deepwater Horizon and look ahead to Earth...

Ahead of Earth Day, environmentalists blast proposal to remove protections for endangered species
->Florida Phoenix | More on "Gulf oil drilling endangered species" at BigEarthData.ai | #Extinction #EndangeredSpecies #Biodiversity #Earth #Environmentalist

Kennedy Says the Carnivore Diet Can Eliminate Dangerous Body Fat

Kennedy Says the Carnivore Diet Can Eliminate Dangerous Body Fat www.nytimes.com/2026/04/21/w... No scientific evidence for this. Mediterranean diet is healthier for you.

Judge Halts Trump Actions Aimed at Throttling Renewable Energy

Judge Halts Trump Actions Aimed at Throttling Renewable Energy www.nytimes.com/2026/04/21/c... great news!

Southern Poverty Law Center indicted on federal fraud charges by Alabama grand jury Justice department’s inquiry focused on the civil rights organization’s prior use of paid informants to monitor hate groups, the CEO said

The Trump regime doesn’t like the Southern Poverty Law Center labeling hate groups as hate groups, so it’s weaponizing the Justice Department to try to destroy the SPLC. This is DOJ taking the side of the Klan.

Southern Poverty Law Center indicted on federal fraud charges The Justice Department alleges that the SPLC improperly raised millions of dollars to pay informants to infiltrate the Ku Klux Klan and other extremist groups.

www.npr.org/2026/04/21/g... Time to double my donation to @splcenter.org This is state terrorism.

I was focused on the hummingbird… and almost missed the tiny standoff happening right below it.

Not sure who thought they had the right of way here.

#hummingbird #annashummingbird #birds #arizona #desertbotanicalgarden #birdsofbluesky #birdsandbees

On April 21st, A New Directive
NSPM-7, Represents An All Of
Government Effort To Dismantle
Left Wing Terrorism,Which Means
They Don't Like Us Anymore.....😭

AEG Owner Phil Anschutz Is Still Donating to Causes Promoting Anti-LGBTQ Beliefs AEG owner Philip Anschutz donated $1,020,000 to two organizations that made public statements against LGBTQ people -- Colorado Christian University and the Sky Ranch Christian camping organization.

The owner of Coachella is a right-wing nationalist and gives lots of money to anti-LGBT organizations.

www.billboard.com/pro/aeg-owne...

BALDWIN: Do you think NIH should fund less cancer research?

RFK Jr: No, they should fund more, & one of the few agencies that got a raise in the budget was NCI

B: That increase is less than $1m for an institute with a $7b budget. That's a .01% increase. It wouldn't even cover one additional grant

still not over how we have confirmed proof via leaked documents that the SCOTUS shadow docket is a complete farce where the FedSoc justices get to unleash their unbridled political opinions and remake the American legal & economic system however they & their rich friends like

This is not right

So he does

This vibrant oil painting is Henri Matisse's Interior with Phonograph (also known as Intérieur au phonographe), painted in 1924. It was created during Matisse's significant "Nice period," when he lived on the French Riviera and focused heavily on luminous domestic interiors.

This vibrant oil painting is Henri Matisse's Interior with Phonograph (also known as Intérieur au phonographe), painted in 1924. It was created during Matisse's significant "Nice period," when he lived on the French Riviera and focused heavily on luminous domestic interiors.

No matter how you slice it, a tomato is getting way more expensive The price of tomatoes rose more than 15% last month alone.

Gotdamn it. www.marketplace.org/story/2026/0...

Do MAGA faithful still believe this nonsense?

The Vindication of Bidenomics Are we finally ready to acknowledge its successes?

open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug... Great analysis as always @paulkrugman.substack.com.web.brid.gy

This Isn't Trading. It's Theft from Your Retirement. Someone keeps making perfectly-timed bets right before the President speaks. The victims are your pension, your 401(k), and the country I took an oath to defend.

Fifteen minutes before the President announced he was pausing strikes on Iran, somebody moved $500 million in oil futures. Somebody knew. Somebody told them. Or somebody is them.
New piece ↓
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...

How stupid

Wow:

More Corruption from the felon.

Commonwealth Court rules the state constitution includes a fundamental right to abortion • Pennsylvania Capital-Star Susan Frietsche, of the Women’s Law Project, said the Medicaid coverage exclusion was the single largest barrier to abortion access in Pa.

This is a wonderful decision for Pennsylvania! And calling abortion a fundamental right is a satisfying slap in the face to the extremists on the Supreme Court.

Georgia O'Keeffe Pink Moon over Water | 1924

Georgia O'Keeffe
Pink Moon over Water | 1924

Good news. We need the snow

So true. Should not be a swing back and forth every election.

‘It’s not actually rocket science,’ PepsiCo discusses how to make regen ag work PepsiCo’s regen ag strategy starts with understanding farmers’ top concerns

www.agtechnavigator.com/Article/2026... #regenag #regenerativeag

A New Supreme Court Leak Shows John Roberts at His Worst The newly leaked memos from the justices show how the court came to claim this new “emergency” power for itself.

It turns out the chief invented the shadow docket 10 years ago for all of the worst reasons you might think. slate.trib.al/vugJm9d

Durbin, Moran Introduce Bipartisan Legislation To Increase Agricultural Research Funding | U.S. Senator Dick Durbin of Illinois The Official U.S. Senate website of Dick Durbin

www.durbin.senate.gov/newsroom/pre... Badly needed! #research #agresearch #innovation

I'm tired of progressives trashing Democrats for not doing enough and ignoring the fact that with Republicans holding the White House, the Senate, and the House, Dems have virtually no power.

Maybe don't sit home or vote third party next election. Vote Dem and give them power for change.

A new force of nature is reshaping the planet, study finds Human societies didn’t just adapt to the planet—they learned to reshape it. From early fire use to today’s global supply chains, our cultural and social innovations have unlocked extraordinary power t...

www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...