Deb Phillips ☮️

Truth, science and kindness matter✨Be the change you want to see✨PA girl✨birdwatcher

[Give A Shit About Nature @giveashitnature]

If you have a bug zapper up, it's time to take it down.

A University of Delaware study analyzed nearly 14,000 insects killed by bug zappers over a single summer.

Mosquitoes accounted for 0.22% of them. Less than one quarter of one percent.

The other 99.78%? Moths, beetles, midges, fireflies, and other beneficial insects doing exactly what your yard needs them to do.

Here's why it's even worse than it sounds: mosquitoes don't find you by light. They find you by carbon dioxide, body heat, and skin chemistry. Your bug zapper is completely invisible to them.

Meanwhile it's running all night massacring the pollination night shift.

Moths are among the most important nocturnal pollinators alive, and they're flying straight into your zapper because they navigate by light.

Bug zappers kill over 70 billion insects annually in the US. Harvard Medical School's Zika page specifically warns against them, noting they may actually increase mosquito populations by eliminating the beneficial insects that prey on mosquitoes.

What actually works: eliminate standing water within 100 feet of where you spend time outside.

That's your best bet.

It's time to break up with the bug zapper.

[Nina Yates @nbyates]

“You can’t have an America first agenda if America can’t feed itself,” said Jess Tyler, a staff scientist at the Center for Biological Diversity. “I implore the Trump administration to reconsider its slashing of the Bee Lab’s budget. To ensure an abundant supply of food, we have to protect pollinators.”
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Native bees pollinate 75% of flowering plants, including fruit and vegetable crops that are important to a healthy diet. Through crop and wild plant pollination, native bees contribute $3 trillion to the global economy.

The Trump administration is following a proposal from Project 2025 to eliminate this program within the USGS.
https://t.co/SGS87shi0T.

[Deb Phillips ☮️ @Longdebb]

@BerniceKing Happy birthday! Your light shines bright!

[Ben Phillips @benphillips76]

I don’t know who needs to hear Jesse Jackson leading the kids on Sesame Street in this beautiful call-and-response reminding them that every child is somebody, but here it is

[Ben Stiller @BenStiller]

Post this. Not that.

[Deb Phillips ☮️ @Longdebb]

@medstudent_kait @tindale_hayley I’m so sorry 😞

[Jack Hopkins @thejackhopkins]

"And stop referring to these people as law enforcement. They are not law enforcement."

-Governor Tim Walz

[Deb Phillips ☮️ @Longdebb]

@RoppityPhotos @penguins @steelers Happy anniversary!

[Audubon Society @audubonsociety]

Life can be... a lot. But this one bird is reminding us of what really matters. Because birds are more than just beautiful. They inspire us to protect the healthy lands, clean water, and a safe climate. They reveal the health of the world we share, and by helping them thrive, all of us thrive as well. How do birds inspire you?

[Deb Phillips ☮️ @Longdebb]

@CarlBovisNature Great shot!

[Chicago Piping Plovers @ChicagoPiping]

BREAKING: Sea Rocket is home! 🤍🚀
New Plover Drop Friday is THE BEST!!!

📸: @matthewdolkart (back of camera, Sea Rocket's leg bands, Montrose Protected Beach, May 9, 2025)

[Deb Phillips ☮️ @Longdebb]

@mmpadellan ��

[Deb Phillips ☮️ @Longdebb]

@DollyParton I’m so very sorry.

[Deb Phillips ☮️ @Longdebb]

@RoppityPhotos Beautiful shot!

[Deb Phillips ☮️ @Longdebb]

@davidfrum @TheAtlantic I’m so sorry.

[Deb Phillips ☮️ @Longdebb]

@carolpopegordon Exactly

[Protect Kamala Harris ✊ @DisavowTrump20]

🚨NEW: Donald Trump has renewed his attacks on MSNBC host Rachel Maddow, calling her “the enemy of the people” and hinting he may try to take her off the air.

RETWEET if you stand with @Maddow against Donald Trump!

[Deb Phillips ☮️ @Longdebb]

@GetToKnowNature @DiaLan58 Thank you!

[Deb Phillips ☮️ @Longdebb]

@tindale_hayley It’s maddening!! Merry Christmas!🎄

[Deb Phillips ☮️ @Longdebb]

@baddogs4343 @JulipTide @Lets_Play_MEOW @mattmahermusic Beautiful!