Branch Floridian

How it is. How it was. I can't imagine how incredible South Florida was back in peak #Florida #Everglades times. I so wish I could somehow visit the Florida of this old map. #alligators #BrowardCounty #DadeCounty #RiverofGrass

@DaveRosefla @fineout @GovRonDeSantis @GovKemp @grok tell me about the gains and advancements made by the Moving Florida Forward Infrastructure Initiative so far.

@JackLinFLL @fineout @GovRonDeSantis @GovKemp Fla is not ahead 10 years. We are perpetually behind the growth in the state

Attn Tallahassee drivers: On same day @GovRonDeSantis was deeply skeptical about a gas tax holiday for Fla the Georgia Legislature passed a bill to suspend that state's gax tax for 60 days. Advisory from @GovKemp says he will sign it into law on Friday

@khamenei_ir Anyone have AI Khamenei on the 2026 bingo card?

The US empire is in decline. Feb. 17, 2026

@spicysalsalady Thank you!

@JackLinFLL Double ouch! I pray you’ll be ok. 🙏

Just got bit by this 6' Tessalata eel. 0/5 do not reccomend

@mermazingtracy He's moving to a gigantic aquarium.

@JackLinFLL Why were you messing with it?

@Melchizedek1972 I always think of that Papa Smurf dude from the 90's when I hear colloidal silver!! I honestly should get some of it though. Has to burn less than iodine

@JackLinFLL I use colloidal silver for things like that. Bacteria hates silver… once it gets into the wound infection almost never sets in. Great for tooth and gum trouble too.

@ronhanforth @manateenative2 Pure muscle. I remember the first time I saw someone catch a giant green one on a party boat when I was like 6 and pull it up on deck. It bit two dudes bad before the captain came running down and kicked it out a scupper lol

@JackLinFLL @manateenative2 Ouch! Those mother Effers have some serious muscle behind their bite!! Got bit on the forearm once. My entire arm was purple and yellow, as well as a serious gash when I was in my 20s.

@bstumac @DurtRed Always. The only way to keep going without worrying about making it worse.

@JackLinFLL @DurtRed Paper towel and duct tape = my go to Band Aid.

@prestonjbyrne Common 1A W

The UK's censorship agency, Ofcom, issued 4chan with a giant fine today. We responded to Ofcom with a giant hamster today.

@Andyts761 No. Just another moray eel species. I was just telling my buddy I much rather would have been lit up than bit lol

@JackLinFLL Is a Tessalata eel an electric eel?

@johnjk313 @PeterDiamandis I pushed the save button on my dash cam five times today! When I empty it and put the clips together people are going to call it AI for sure hahahha

@JackLinFLL @PeterDiamandis That’s a pretty low bar. 🤣

Tesla's FSD: 5.3 million miles between accidents. US driving average: 660,000.  That's 9x safer. And it's only getting better.

@Hummingbirder The only real threat is infection so I'm just aggressively cleaning it for now. If it does anything weird I'm ready to do a course of cipro.

@JackLinFLL You sure you shouldn't check in at urgent care?

@AnwePHDofNo Thank you!

@JackLinFLL Did you need stitches? Keep an eye on it. Peace and swift healing to you.

@DurtRed Hahah i had the superglue in my hand but decoded to let it flush out instead! Really bled like a stuck pig. I wonder if the saliva has an anticoagulant in it. I scrubbed it with hot water and Dawn, dumped alcohol and lugols on it and wrapped it with paper towel and duct tape.

@JackLinFLL Since you are able to type I suspect it was a nibble.. One of theworst bites was from a pet prple headed eel about 28 inches long, teeth are serrated so it will bleed.. Use superglue, (yes even while it is bleeding it will work) Betadine.

@AnwePHDofNo So far. Hopefully I cleaned it up well enough that it doesn't get infected. Salt water bacteria can be vicious

@JackLinFLL You ok?

@mercernole2021 i can't even be mad because I think it could have taken my finger eight off if it wanted. It was just giving me a lesson in respecting personal space...

@JackLinFLL Did you talk to him about sushi

@spicysalsalady The teeth were so sharp I hardly feel it...yet! Though the alcohol and iodine I dumped on it definitely woke me up!

@JackLinFLL Ouch! Are you ok?

@manateenative2 Two slashes about 1.5" long. One of them is about 3/8" deep I estimate.

@JackLinFLL How bad is wound

@Rumblebunn99 The fishing must have been unreal. I envy them

My dad and Grandpa were commercial fishermen off the west coast here in FL and built shrimp boats and made gill nets all summer long...and a lot of cast nets big ones for fish, mostly mullet and small ones for bait...gigged a lot too. early 40's and until the sixties when we came back after he retired from the Navy

You always remember your first mahi!!