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Robb Hannawacker
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A naturalist of the US-American Southwest, with an emphasis on entomology.

Trailer-traveler, since 2012.

Retired USNPS Park Ranger Naturalist (2003-2024).

Spoony - Demi - AuDHD - he/him/his
Joshua Tree-yuccas
𝘠𝘶𝘤𝘤𝘢 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘢

Queen Valley
Joshua Tree National Park
California, USA
21 October 2014
January 17, 2026 at 7:02 PM
Grandpa Boyd passed away yesterday, at age 94.

Glen Canyon Recreation Area USA. Photo from the 1980s.
January 17, 2026 at 6:52 PM
This photo hurts my back.
Ouch.

Thank you Juan and Saul.
Thank you for the available and affordable food that you labor over to make our lives better.
"Saul" and "Juan" work as irrigators in CAs Imperial Valley. Here they are removing the irrigation from the broccoli rapini fields, so that the machine can come in to harvest the crop. #WeFeedYou
January 15, 2026 at 5:45 PM
Near 49 Palms Trailhead
Joshua Tree National Park
California, USA
22 June 2014
January 15, 2026 at 5:39 PM
Reposted by Robb Hannawacker
Well, it's now official (per NOAA): Dec (and Nov-Dec) 2025 were the warmest such periods on record for Western U.S. (and also for most individual Western states). It has been an extraordinarily sustained period of winter warmth, and this eerily balmy winter continues into Jan.
January 14, 2026 at 3:57 AM
This legislation would automatically register every eligible voter in USA.

🖊️ Sign on to our petition to support Automatic Voter Registration and demand Congress pass the 𝘙𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢 𝘵𝘰 𝘝𝘰𝘵𝘦 𝘈𝘤𝘵 of 2025 >> demsdefend.com/m8wL5l
January 15, 2026 at 5:23 PM
US public media certainly has a liberal slant, as much as academia and the arts do.

Conservatives should be mindful of the very real consequences of harming American institutions of knowledge creativity, since it is slippery slope of authoritarianism that harms us all even if indirectly.
January 14, 2026 at 7:44 PM
Gosh. I wonder what Doug is up to today, some ~30-40 years later. 😆
January 14, 2026 at 7:00 PM
When I first heard the common-name of this slick, tear-drop-shaped beetle, the humor of its evoking name, pleases me.

Tumbling Flower Beetle, Mordellidae on White Prairie Clover 𝘋𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘢 𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘢.

Creek Pasture
Bear's Ear's National Monument Utah, USA
16 June 2024
January 14, 2026 at 5:31 PM
Strange and wonderful.

It's extremely good preservation-mounting skills
Mormolyce phyllodes (Hagenbach, 1825)
flic.kr
January 14, 2026 at 5:16 PM
US American voters really need to make every effort to stay engaged. Petitions, contacting congress and attending protests, is more important than your vote.

For me, it's been therapeutic. I feel like my anxieties, stress and feelings of hopelessness are subdued by sense of duty to the people.
Tell your senators to act now to lower healthcare costs
Health insurance premiums are doubling for more than 22 million Americans, and up to six-million people have already, or will soon, lose coverage because Republicans made Affordable Care Act tax credi...
act.indivisible.org
January 14, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Reposted by Robb Hannawacker
“In late December, the Centers for Medicare &Medicaid Services announced that state Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program no longer have to report progress on getting children & teens vaccinated. As a result, we will have less information about vaccination rates just when we need it most”
States no longer have to report Medicaid, CHIP vaccination rates to CMS, further undermining immunization
Medicaid and CHIP cover almost half of American children. A new CMS policy means we will know less about their health.
www.statnews.com
January 14, 2026 at 3:04 PM
January 13, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Consider using public radio streaming apps for music. They have no adverts. If you can, please support with your donations.

You do not need your paid streaming subscriptions.

You're missing out if you're not enjoying US public media . You're missing out if you don't use the community platforms.
January 12, 2026 at 8:22 PM
Reposted by Robb Hannawacker
We’ve now sent over 10,000 letters to Congress demanding they impeach Kristi Noem!

Have you sent one yet today?
Tell Congress: Impeach DHS Secretary Kristi Noem
Contact Congress today!
actionnetwork.org
January 12, 2026 at 2:30 AM
Upsetting
Trump's Power & the Rule of Law: Ty Cobb (interview) | FRONTLINE
YouTube video by FRONTLINE PBS | Official
youtube.com
January 12, 2026 at 6:44 AM
And just like that, the end of PBS News Weekend because of cuts to funding.

It was an unpleasant surprise for me, seeing it report on this evening's last episode. I've enjoyed it so much.

Here's a photo of the whole news team that made the show happen.

youtu.be/0j8lYKMAqiI?...
January 12, 2026 at 6:31 AM
It's more important to state this to non affiliated/independent voters; because MAGA?; that's religion.

Republicans are generally entrenched and obedient.

I'm no political genius, but it seems that targeting of such messages should be towards more recent generations, who often are non-affiliated
January 11, 2026 at 6:48 PM
Desert Cottontail
𝘚𝘺𝘭𝘷𝘪𝘭𝘢𝘨𝘶𝘴 𝘢𝘶𝘥𝘶𝘣𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘪

Needles District
Canyonlands National Park Utah, USA
18 November 2019
January 11, 2026 at 5:37 PM