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The center of democracy is truth. When the truth slips through our fingers, so does our democracy.

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The 10 tactics of fascism | Jason Stanley | Big Think
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November 6, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Food for thought.
#6 in the Authoritarian Playbook 10stepscampaign.org
November 2, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Trump thought he could lie to his followers and they would believe him. I thought, what an idiot. Unfortunately we were both right.
October 30, 2025 at 8:54 PM
October 19, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Signs of the times at #NoKingsMadison.

#NoKings
October 19, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Great start to the day at #NoKingsMadison.

#NoKings
October 19, 2025 at 11:28 PM
So great to walk with people who care about people, people’s rights, diversity, truth, and democracy! This is what it looks like.

#NoKingsMadison #NoKings
October 19, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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There are more of us than there are of them. Thank you for a truly historic day of peaceful protests across America. #NoKings
October 19, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings
October 18, 2025 at 11:22 PM
I spent an afternoon photographing #Hibiscus at #KishwauketoeNatureConservancy in William's Bay, WI. Never gets boring.
August 1, 2025 at 5:11 PM
It's cicada season again! I was in the right place at the right time to notice this one emerging in my back yard in northern Indiana.
#cicada #StJosephCoKettleLakesCorridor
August 1, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Only turtle trails lead to Purple pitcher plant – Serracenia purpurea.

#LydickBog #StJosephCoKettleLakesCorridor
July 8, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Roundleaf sundew – Drosera rotundifolia discovered at Lydick Bog Nature Preserve, 5.27.25.
#carniverousplants #indiananativeplants #roundleafsundew #StJosephCoKettleLakesCorridor #bogplants
June 29, 2025 at 3:52 PM
I was delighted to discover this Liparis loeselii, a.k.a. Loesel's wide-lipped orchid or Loesel's twayblade — at Lydick Bog Nature Preserve, St. Joseph Co., IN. 6.13.25.

#StJosephCoKettleLakesCorridor #liparisloeselii #orchidsofindiana #indiananativeplants
June 15, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Happy World Wildlife Day! In order to protect our wildlife we must first protect our natural land.

#worldwildlifeday2025
March 3, 2025 at 10:15 PM
When you visit a #flower you visit with all others who visit there.

#pollinators #wildflowers #nativeplants #flowerpower #naturelovers #macro #bee #bluebells #bloodroot
February 10, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Book recommendation for Martin Luther King Jr Day. Such an important perspective on MLK Jr's life.
#martinlutherkingjrday
January 20, 2025 at 4:09 PM
A few shots from yesterday's South Bend, IN Christmas Bird Count. A bit of a slow day for birds – our team counted 27 species.
#chrismasbirdcount2024 #cbc2024 #browncreeper #blackcappedchickadee #easternbluebird #sharpshinnedhawk
#southbendelkhartaudubon
December 15, 2024 at 3:51 PM