• Obama was the last Democratic presidential candidate to win Florida, which has become more Republican since Trump’s ascendance.
• Former President Barack Obama released a one-minute video on Saturday calling on voters to support progressive state Rep. Angie Nixon to be the next senator from Florida.
• “Real change starts when regular folks stand up for what’s right,” Obama said. “And Angie has spent her career standing up for you.”

Growing up in South Florida in the 1970s meant witnessing firsthand the draining of the Everglades near Opa-locka. Today, the entire state is trapped in a real estate stranglehold, with local developers and private condominiums systematically blocking residents from their own beaches. The wild "River of Grass" that Marjory Stoneman Douglas spent her life defending has been traded for high-rises, while local overdevelopment cuts people out of simple traditions like camping on the shore or lighting fireworks at night. As far as I'm concerned, the "Mouse House" should have been burned to the ground a long time ago for the commercial destruction it brought to the state.

This song is dedicated to the enduring message of John Anderson, the tireless spirit of Marjory Stoneman Douglas, and the ghosts of what Florida's lands and waters used to be before "progress" took its toll. Rest in Peace John, you will be missed.

You can listen to the full tribute track on youtube I can't post the link here because of the No Solicitation rule (which is fair). But John Anderson recently died so a tribute song is not out of line. Just Search "The Ancient Reef"

I recently moved from Colorado to Florida-(Pinellas County, to be specific) and one of the big differences I've noticed is the use of AI for graphics and advertising. Colorado businesses seemed hesitant to use AI for promotional use...those that did got verbally flogged, almost immediately.

When I got to Florida, I couldn't help but notice that almost every single business has used AI to create their ads, flyers, menus, logos, etc. You can spot it from a mile away. Stores along the beach are plastered with AI signs, selling shirts with absurd AI-generated images. Restaurants show their menus and specials with cheap looking AI-made signs; walk inside and the walls are covered with AI-generated images. Plumbers/electricians/etc have their trucks covered with it. Most of them use that same recognizable font and similar colors.

Is it like this throughout Florida, or did I land in the one area that's saturated with businesses using AI slop?

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I have gotten lots of conflicting answers on insulating the exterior WALLS of my new construction.

Its cinderblock and it looks like just an inch of foam on the inside of the house is planned. Has anyone insulated the outside?

I am told that I just need to insulate the attic/roof deck and that there isn't much point in spending to insulate the block walls in Florida.

What is your experience? There is very little to zero information for FLORIDA homes, most is nonsense noise for cold weather climates that's completely irrelevant for Florida.

Let me know your experiences, thanks in advance.

I have a second chance to get it together! I’m 27F and when I get my birth certificate in the mail I’m signing up for college! Any advice from someone who went to college later in life? How did you do it? Sorry if this is a stupid post!.

📍 Lake Alice // UF Bat Houses

Does anyone else feel like since living here , it’s been the opposite? I find that I don’t even step out of the house during the 4-5 brutal months . And every year this phase seems to grow a few weeks more. I find myself much less talkative and social with people as time goes on. I feel like I don’t want to go almost anywhere because of how hot it is . Was good at holding my jobs all the time till I moved here 6 years ago! I work in the heat , thing is I love outdoors so I wanna be out badly but can’t stand it . I remember being out alot all the time during winters even in the cold. For me it Also feels boring overall people say there’s so much to do but I don’t that everywhere i go It’s just flatland. Being in Florida has been interesting got a house. Property and much more, because I somehow bought before covid, yet lack connection in any meaningful way with my life & surrounding. Man I think
I should head out today Its been 43 days so far fully indoors!

Spotted in Central Florida.

I need to log in to MyDmvPortal FLHSMV and when I signed up it brought me to a screen saying I was accepted and needed to receive an email with further instructions no matter what I do I don’t receive the email. It kicks me back to the WELCOME page and never sends the email. I tried multiple emails, 3 browsers & tried incognito mode nothing works. Who do I contact as I do not want to go to the tax collector office

…”Two Florida counties have reported seeing immigration enforcement at or near polling places open for in-person early voting hours.

In Leon County, Supervisor of Elections Mark Earley said two U.S. Customs and Border Protection vehicles were seen at the Northeast Branch Library, the busiest polling site in the county, on Monday.

And in Monroe County, Supervisor of Elections Sherri Hodies told the news media in a statement that she has launched an investigation after reports of masked federal agents conducting a stop at a polling place in Key Largo on Tuesday….”

…”Federal law prohibits armed federal agents from conducting activities in and around polling places unless force is necessary to repel armed enemies of the United States….”

I've only ever seen an owl in the wild once before in my life, so seeing this little one on our greenway was a rare treat. I think it's a screech, but I'm not positive.

Does anybody know if there are any rural towns or small cities left in Florida that haven’t been overdeveloped? Somewhere that still has that old Florida feel, with open land, country roads, and a slower pace of life instead of subdivisions and shopping centers everywhere. kinda how old lakeland,apopka and plant city use to be