Writing With Coffee

living the good life in Ohio

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

This would have been hard to believe if it hadn’t been recorded

[Give A Shit About Nature @giveashitnature]

Spanish moss isn't Spanish, nor is it moss. It's a bromeliad, Tillandsia usneoides, a flowering plant that feeds itself entirely through tiny scales on its leaves, pulling moisture and nutrients directly from the air and rain.

It has no roots at all. It uses trees for support the way you'd use a fence post, taking nothing from them, doing no damage. The belief that it kills trees is backwards: Spanish moss tends to thrive on trees that are already weakening, because the thinning canopy lets in more light. The moss didn't cause the problem. It just moved into a sunnier spot.

The name came from a Franco-Spanish argument in the 1600s. French explorers, unimpressed by the conquistadors, named it "Spanish beard." The Spanish fired back by calling it "French hair." Neither side won. The English just went with "Spanish moss" and called it a day.

What it actually does in the ecosystem: northern parula warblers nest almost exclusively inside clumps of it in the Southeast. Bats roost in it. It shelters spiders, insects, and small tree frogs. It's gray, ghostly, and drapes across live oaks like something out of a gothic novel.

It's also a native plant doing exactly what it evolved to do, hanging there making its own food from thin air, bothering no one, and being deeply misunderstood for four centuries.

[Amunet @freakoutsideofx]

Barack Obama talking to Malia after he was sworn into the U.S. Senate on January 3, 2005🖤

[PoliticsGirl @IAmPoliticsGirl]

Those oil & gas guys didn’t give him a billion dollars for nothing.

[Elizabeth Warren @SenWarren]

The U.S. military was charged $4,361 for a half inch metal pin that costs $46.

Why? Defense contractors—with ties to private equity—are raking in excess profits.

Instead of cracking down, Trump's DoD is inviting private equity to be MORE involved in our national defense.

[Writing With Coffee @WriteWithCoffee]

@HalfwayPost I'm shocked.

[Jamie Bonkiewicz @JamieBonkiewicz]

They’ve arrested more people for touching the peeling paint at the Reflecting Pool than they’ve arrested from the Epstein files.

[Merriam-Webster @MerriamWebster]

‘Father’ and ‘dad’ are synonyms.

‘Figure’ and ‘bod’ are synonyms.

But, a ‘father figure’ and a ‘dad bod’ aren’t exactly the same thing…

[Epstein File Search @epsteinsearchin]

Epstein's phone directory from his computer: 14 phone numbers for Donald Trump.

Emergency lines. Car numbers. Numbers to Trump's security guard and his houseman.

EFTA00597791. The files had this the whole time.

[Books Behind Borders @MHTruthUltra]

Realizing that child rape is not a dealbreaker for many Americans has been the absolute black pill of my life.

[Lee Merritt @LeeMerrittesq]

Mamuka Artmeladze was 43 years old. He had no criminal record. No charges. No court date. He entered this country legally and was swept up in a mass enforcement operation targeting truck drivers. ICE’s own records confirm he posed no threat and should not have been detained at all.

After 4 months inside Winn Correctional Center, a for-profit facility already under federal investigation for banned chokehold use, falsified medical records, and inhumane conditions, Mamuka was found unresponsive in his cell. He was pronounced dead less than an hour later. The cause of death is still pending autopsy. ICE has offered no answers.

This is not an isolated incident.

Fifty people have died in ICE custody since this administration took office — the deadliest period for immigration detention in over two decades.

This is a system.

🎥: @hereswhykevin

[Books Behind Borders @MHTruthUltra]

If genocide and pedophilia aren't your red lines, then none of your other opinions really matter.

[Writing With Coffee @WriteWithCoffee]

He says this like it's a bad thing....

[Acyn @Acyn]

Cruz: If the Democrats take the House, it will be nonstop impeachment. If they take the Senate, they will shut down every confirmation for every cabinet member and judge.

[Nature Unedited @NatureUnedited]

This woman put oil on her bird feeder to stop squirrels from stealing the bird food and...

[James Tate @JamesTate121]

Perfect.

[Christopher Webb @cwebbonline]

In case you forgot what it looks like when a real president gets the love at a game.

You know, when the crowd actually wants the president there.

[Anonymous @YourAnonNews]

Local artist, Light Guerrilla, projected TAX THE RICH on Mark Zuckerberg’s $300M mega yacht. It is docked at Seattle’s Lake Union and the company is laying off 1395 employees in Washington state starting next month

[Suzie rizzio @Suzierizzo1]

Since this is Pride Month I thought this was the perfect time to post this!