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Red-winged Blackbird showing his colors, singing his song, and doing the splits!
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I came across this fungus while pruning a shrub. It’s dry and crumbly like styrofoam.
Source: Des Moines Register
From the article: "Singing "we shall overcome" and waving the rainbow hues of the Pride flag, LGBTQ Iowans shared a message of hope on the heels of legislation dissolving civil rights protections for trans Iowans as they rallied at the Capitol.
"Tuesday's LGBTQ Day on the Hill comes less than two weeks after Gov. Kim Reynolds signed into law a bill removing gender identity as a protected class from the Iowa Civil Rights Act, the law that shields Iowans from discrimination in education, housing, employment, credit practices and public accommodations."
#Pride #AcceptanceMatters #LGBT #LGBTQ #LGBTQIAPlus #Lesbian #Gay #Bisexual #Transgender #Queer #Intersex #Asexual #NonBinary
#Iowa #Ignorance #Discrimination
#USPolitics #ThePoliticsOfHate
The Des Moines Register · 'We will win': LGBTQ Iowans rally at the Iowa Capitol after bills targeting their rights
#Bayer has lobbied successfully to get #GOP legislators in #DJT era to sponsor #GagAct bills in Midwestern states #Idaho, #Iowa, and #Missouri to legislatively silence victims of #Glysophosphate #herbicides aka #RoundUp.
Those consumers who contracted cancers after exposure would be prevented from publicly voicing concerns or filing #legal actions to address a #toxic poisoning.
The Lever · The Cancer Gag Act Of 2025The chemical maker behind Roundup weed killer is lobbying the government to unilaterally block cancer victims from suing them.
Possibility of severe weather tomorrow, March 14. Severe Weather Awareness Week doesn’t even start until March 24…
(I’m in the yellow zone, but just a few miles from the angry orange zone 
)
https://www.kmaland.com/news/nws-updates-severe-storm-potential/article_8925b268-001c-11f0-9492-1b1447aef957.html
KMAland.comNWS updates severe storm potential(Valley) -- KMAland residents are wise to keep their eyes on the sky Friday.
Give it up for the AMES VISIBILITY BRIGADE!
A group of people in Ames, #Iowa, stand around in a public park on Thursday afternoons and Saturday mornings to let everybody know we don't have kings in the US!
These people DGAF how red their state is!
#protests #fascism #resistance
https://www.storydems.org/main-calander/2025/3/15/ames-visibility-brigade-rl7ga-793yg
Story DemsAmes Visibility Brigade — Story DemsLocal activists have formed the Ames Visibility Brigade. They have organized a recurring event. We encourage our members to bring signs and posters and join this effort. See the goals and guidelines below. Thursdays 4 pm - 5:30 pm and Saturdays at 10 am - 11:30 am Bandshell Park, Ames  
#Birds #BackyardBirds #Iowa #Aves #Grackle
The Grack is back! A Grackle perched in what looks like a box elder tree that's beginning to flower.
Family seeks justice as cold case arrest made 35 years after #Iowa mother's disappearance https://www.wmtw.com/article/iowa-cold-case-barbara-lenz-arrest/64172310
#Iowa troopers brave blizzard to deliver lifesaving blood to critical patient https://www.wmtw.com/article/iowa-troopers-deliver-blood-during-blizzard/64171985
Busy evening for jets flying overhead and leaving contrails.
@LvNoctva
#Bloomscrolling (CatkinScrolling).
The American Hazelnut shrub is loaded with catkins that are beginning to show yellow pollen.
#MarshMadness #Iowa #reflection
A mini-marsh (temporary). Depending on the year, this ditch holds water long enough for frogs to spawn.
Polls are open until 8 pm tonight in Iowa House district 100, covering most of Lee County in SE #Iowa.
Voters will elect either Democrat Nannette Griffin or Republican Blaine Watkins to replace Martin Graber, who died unexpectedly in January. #ialegis
https://www.bleedingheartland.com/2025/02/15/tactics-for-blaine-watkins-nannette-griffin-take-shape-in-house-district-100/
Bleeding Heartland · Tactics for Blaine Watkins, Nannette Griffin take shape in House district 100Laura Belin covers the state of play now that both parties have selected their nominees for the March 11 special election.
#ThickTrunkTuesday #Iowa #trees
Tipped over tree. I would guess that this tree is an elm (a "ditch elm" in the local lingo) that had already succumbed to Dutch elm disease before the wind pushed it over.
Feeling helpless? Looking for some way to take action? There's over 30 Special Elections coming up (including WI Supreme Court & 3 for U.S. House!).
THE NEXT RACES ARE *TODAY!!*
#IOWA: HD-100 Nanette Griffin
#MINNESOTA: MN HD-40B David Gottfried
https://secure.actblue.com/donate/specials25-26?refcode=masto
ActBlueChip in!Show your support with a contribution.
#TeslaTakeDown - #CouncilBluffs #Iowa / #Omaha #Nebraska
WHEN: Saturday, March 15, 11am-2pm WHERE: Tesla Council Bluffs
2421 Mid America Dr., Council Bluffs, IA 51501 US
https://actionnetwork.org/events/teslatakedown-omaha-and-council-bluffs-2
actionnetwork.org#TeslaTakedown, Omaha and Council Bluffs Bring your signs and let's make some noise at the Tesla dealership nearest to Nebraska's largest metro. No one vote for Musk, no quarter for fascists. We are taking action at Tesla. ⚡ Sell your Teslas, dump your stock, join the picket lines. ⚡ Hurting Tesla is stopping Musk. ⚡ Stopping Musk will help save lives and our democracy. The stakes couldn’t be higher. No one is coming to save us—not politicians, not the media. #TeslaTakedown #BoycottTesla
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The number of transgender US adults, based on Gallup’s results, is closest to the population of Utah, which is home to 3.5 million people.
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The number of lesbian US adults is closest to the population of Connecticut, which is home to 3.7 million people.
From 2023 to ’24, the number of lesbian US adults surpassed the populations of Puerto Rico, Iowa, Nevada, Utah, and Connecticut.
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