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Alex Strachan @alexstrachan.bsky.social · 22h

Serengeti lioness and her cub lapping up rainwater, December. Christmas rains!
#wildlife #wildlifephotography #photography #nature #natureloversa #lions🦁 #bigcats #catsofafrica #africancats #photographersofbluskey #bluesky #naturephotography #thursdaythrowback #serengeti #tanzania 🇹🇿 #africanwildlife

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Alex Strachan @alexstrachan.bsky.social · 1d

Here it is, your daily balm of calm.
@marymcnamara.bsky.social

Adam Sharp @adamcsharp.bsky.social · 1d

Happy World Wombat Day! Sound on to listen to the very soothing munching noises of this chonky wombat...

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Alex Strachan @alexstrachan.bsky.social · 1d

Isn't it time he had another bucket of KFC?

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Alex Strachan @alexstrachan.bsky.social · 1d

Looks not unlike the Washington Cascades in Wash. State, in the lee of Mt. Rainier. Unspoiled wilderness — well, unspoiled for now — in the US's Pacific Northwest.
Rolling mists off the Pacific, coupled with rain off the Coastal Mountains. Gorgeous light.

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Alex Strachan @alexstrachan.bsky.social · 1d

I guess you could also describe that as foot-in-mouth disease.

Alex Strachan @alexstrachan.bsky.social · 1d

Speaking of Darwin, it would be remiss of me not to mention - if only in passing - 'Creation: Darwin, His Daughter & Human Evolution' by Randal Keynes (2009, Riverhead Books) based on Darwin's memoirs about his beloved daughter Annie, who died at age 10.
Poignant, moving, enlightening, and readable.

Alex Strachan @alexstrachan.bsky.social · 1d

Am re-reading Lt.-Col. John Henry Patterson's The Man-Eaters of Tsavo (1907) his firsthand account of dealing with (not very well, I might add) a pair of marauding lions who killed & devoured 135 'Indian and African artisans and labourers' (Patterson, 1925) in 1898.
Victorian writing is kinda cool.

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Alex Strachan @alexstrachan.bsky.social · 1d

Am re-reading Lt.-Col. John Henry Patterson's The Man-Eaters of Tsavo (1907) his firsthand account of dealing with (not very well, I might add) a pair of marauding lions who killed & devoured 135 'Indian and African artisans and labourers' (Patterson, 1925) in 1898.
Victorian writing is kinda cool.

Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 1d

Yes!! That’s what makes it so great!

Social Scott @social-scott.bsky.social · 2d

#writingtips #writingcommunity #amwriting #writesky #writers

Alex Strachan @alexstrachan.bsky.social · 1d

Am re-reading Lt.-Col. John Henry Patterson's The Man-Eaters of Tsavo (1907) his firsthand account of dealing with (not very well, I might add) a pair of marauding lions who killed & devoured 135 'Indian and African artisans and labourers' (Patterson, 1925) in 1898.
Victorian writing is kinda cool.

Alex Strachan @alexstrachan.bsky.social · 1d

"Vichy Twitter." I like that. I'm sorry, but I think I'm going to have to steal it.

Alex Strachan @alexstrachan.bsky.social · 1d

Namibia Cape vulture (Gyps coprotheres), also known as Cape griffon and Kolbe's vulture. Critically endangered.
#birds #birdphotography #namibia 🇳🇦 #photogrpahy #bluesky #photographersofbluesky #nature #naturelovers #wildlife #pics #potd #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #picperda\y

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Alex Strachan @alexstrachan.bsky.social · 2d

Kalahari country: weaver bird nests on the road to Namibia's Fish River Canyon
#Namibia 🇳🇦 #weaverbird #weaverbirdnest #kalahari #birds #birdphotography #naturelovers #potd #photographersofbluesky #bluesky #naturephotography #photography #picperday #nests #wildlifephotography #fishrivercanyon

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Alex Strachan @alexstrachan.bsky.social · 3d

This is #true.

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Alex Strachan @alexstrachan.bsky.social · 3d

I think I know that super stoned store clerk. The '5 movies for 5 days for $5' rings a bell, too. A faint bell, mind. The memory isn't what it used to be — not with all that stoner smoke, anyhow.

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Alex Strachan @alexstrachan.bsky.social · 3d

A late, dear friend of mine ran a respected video store for many years in my home town (a production city, in Nowhere, Hollywood North).
He would often get well-known actors in his store, researching roles. Personal anecdotes, too. Interesting — and instructive — to see how people are in real life.

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Alex Strachan @alexstrachan.bsky.social · 3d

It's also about the fellow cineastes one meets — or met — in video stores, even if only in passing. At least it's in person. Don't get that with streaming.

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Alex Strachan @alexstrachan.bsky.social · 3d

#agree 100%
It's also about the fellow cineastes one meets, in person, even if passing. Don't get that with streaming.

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Alex Strachan @alexstrachan.bsky.social · 3d

One of my faves from Etosha over the years. There's something about early morning light — and this was very early in the morning.
#etoshanationalpark Etosha National Park #Namibia 🇳🇦 #wildlife #wildlifephotography #photography #elephants 🐘 #nature #naturelovers #naturephotography #motherhood

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Alex Strachan @alexstrachan.bsky.social · 4d

Good to see they're not burying the lead.
For once.
The headline could be stronger, though.
'Crowds reject Trump across U.S.', for one.
No such thing as a small crowd.

@marymcnamara.bsky.social @washingtonpost.com @postopinions.bsky.social #trump #protests #NoKings

the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 4d

“the president is less popular than the Vietnam war” should be a simply irresistible headline

G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 5d

Good evening. We estimate that between 4.2 and 7.6 million people turned out for the No Kings Day demonstrations held around the country on Saturday. This makes Oct 18 very likely the biggest single-day U.S. protest event since 1970. www.gelliottmorris.com/p/second-no-...

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Alex Strachan @alexstrachan.bsky.social · 4d

Good to see they're not burying the lead.
For once.
The headline could be stronger, though.
'Crowds reject Trump across U.S.', for one.
No such thing as a small crowd.

@marymcnamara.bsky.social @washingtonpost.com @postopinions.bsky.social

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Alex Strachan @alexstrachan.bsky.social · 4d

Funny you mention that.
Sometimes I think the real reason for the trajectory of Trump's political career — and the curious, ongoing support of #GOP — is to repatriate #RichardNixon & #GeorgeWBush 's presidencies — and reputations — in the historical record.
He's that bad.
@marymcnamara.bsky.social

the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 4d

“the president is less popular than the Vietnam war” should be a simply irresistible headline

G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 5d

Good evening. We estimate that between 4.2 and 7.6 million people turned out for the No Kings Day demonstrations held around the country on Saturday. This makes Oct 18 very likely the biggest single-day U.S. protest event since 1970. www.gelliottmorris.com/p/second-no-...

Alex Strachan @alexstrachan.bsky.social · 4d

Funny you mention that.
Sometimes I think the real reason for the trajectory of Trump's political career — and the curious, ongoing support of #GOP — is to repatriate #RichardNixon & #GeorgeWBush 's presidencies — and reputations — in the historical record.
He's that bad.
@marymcnamara.bsky.social

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Alex Strachan @alexstrachan.bsky.social · 4d

All the more fitting because he refused to serve.
Bone spurs, and all that.

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Alex Strachan @alexstrachan.bsky.social · 4d

100%

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Alex Strachan @alexstrachan.bsky.social · 4d

This would never have happened under Don Hewitt.
@60minutes.bsky.social @marymcnamara.bsky.social