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chloelewis.bsky.social @chloelewis.bsky.social · 3h

Churchstow, #Devon scores full marks for picturesque bus stops

#SteepleSaturday

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Thatched cottage, country lane, trees, cottage garden, church tower, bus stop

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chloelewis.bsky.social @chloelewis.bsky.social · 3h

Also featuring one of those red phone boxes that's been converted into a mini library and no fewer than three benches...
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Church tower, country lane, lawn, bench, green, phone box

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chloelewis.bsky.social @chloelewis.bsky.social · 3h

And a C13th inn - I mean, it's hard to ask for more than this
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Medieval inn, village green, country lane, Devon

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chloelewis.bsky.social @chloelewis.bsky.social · 3h

One thing all these #WarRavagedPortland posts have shown me is just how lovely Portland seems. At some point in the future when you're less likely to get disappeared going through customs, it looks a beautiful place to visit.

Jason Miller @euthydemus.bsky.social · 2d

Scenes from #warravagedportland yesterday. 🍁😱🍁

A tree-lined suburban boulevard with autumnal colors showing.

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chloelewis.bsky.social @chloelewis.bsky.social · 5h

"Wake me up in Spring"

#caturday

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chloelewis.bsky.social @chloelewis.bsky.social · 6h

Nearly 3000 years ago, a fire burned the settlement at Must Farm nr Peterborough to the ground. Burning + fenland conditions meant even items like food - normally lost to history - were preserved. Every aspect of this episode is fascinating:

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@neilbuttery.bsky.social

Bronze Age Food & Foodways with Chris Wakefield & Rachel Ballantyne

Photo credits: top left: Cambridge Archaeological Unit; bottom right: Cambridge Archaeological Unit using a foreground photographic image supplied by S. Craythorne/Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust My gu…

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Mark D Alexander @mad7500.bsky.social · 5d

It is ridiculously sweet, they spend hours training the owls to fly, but the biggest laugh is when they walk.. Rafiki an African Spotted Eagle Owl is incredibly fast… running around, where as Kibo tends to plod along…. But Kibo does keep stopping to look at grass or leaves 😁..

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Veronica @veronicatrue.bsky.social · 22h

An egret looking for breakfast on this #FeatheredFriday.

A great egret standing in a pond. Tall grass is hiding part of his body. The pond has reflections of the trees on the other side.

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richthomhull.bsky.social @richthomhull.bsky.social · 20h

What a fantastic bird, white-throated needletail at Scarborough Castle this morning, from Marine drive. After not finding it at Filey, thanks to the (re)-finder.
No pic can justify this true mega, these certainly don't 😅.
@nybirdnews.bsky.social @mjthom.bsky.social @markthebirder.bsky.social

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Tony McK @oakroyd.bsky.social · 10d

Cumberland Street from the railway bridge, #Glasgow 1966. The Granite City #shoap, now The Brazen Head, on the right at Cathcart Road. (Colin Duncan)

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Duille @duille.com · 6d

Western entranceway, Glasgow School of Art. Charles Rennie Mackintosh. 1909.
Photo: R. G. Wilson. 1981.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 12h

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Susan DuBose @houseofbast777.bsky.social · 2h

#ribbit #greenfrog #portland

Ode to the Portland frog
From the mist of the moss and the grey Oregon rain, There leaps a green hero to ease all the pain. My love for this frog is a powerful thing, For the justice and freedom his ribbit can bring. With a croak full of spirit and a firm little bound, He stands up to bigots who poison the ground. He's our small, squat defender, so brave and so fast, A symbol of hope that forever will last. ~ Shane Ford

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Henry Long @henrylong9.bsky.social · 9h

GR pillarbox in need of a paint job, outside the former post office on Cadogan Terrace next to Victoria Park. The post office has been converted to residential. #PostboxSaturday

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gliz114.bsky.social @gliz114.bsky.social · Aug 25

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chloelewis.bsky.social @chloelewis.bsky.social · 1h

It all sounds incredibly distressing

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chloelewis.bsky.social @chloelewis.bsky.social · 1h

But apparently the States is the solution

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David Gura @davidgura.bsky.social · 1d

During a government shutdown, the Trump administration is bailing out Argentina, whose president is fond of saying, “The state isn’t the solution, it’s the problem.”

David Gura @davidgura.bsky.social · 1d

Secretary Scott Bessent says the U.S. has “directly purchased Argentine pesos,” and the Treasury Department has “finalized a $20 billion currency swap framework with Argentina’s central bank.”

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Greens Organise @greensorganise.bsky.social · 6h

Farage won’t help you with your rent.
Farage won’t make your bills cheaper.
Farage won’t save the NHS.

The Green Party WILL.

Join now and help us do it.
@rachelmillward.bsky.social

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Fair Isle Bird Observatory @fairislebirdobs.bsky.social · 5h

Continuing unsettled weather has kept things on the quieter side, though multiple close in Minke Whales have kept everyone entertained between bouts of rain. Avian highlights include Black-throated Diver, Grey Phalarope and Slavonian Grebe www.fairislebirdobs.co.uk/latest_sight...
📸 T Wright

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Abbooetha, forever team Boo!snip @abbaetha.bsky.social · 2h

#breadsky
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Morning sourdough!

Sourdough boule on a rack on a wood table

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Colin Smith @colinsmith.bsky.social · 18h

The Third Avenue elevated train in the New York rain, 1951, by Esther Bubley.

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Adrie van der Luijt @traumainformedcontent.com · 2h

Jeremy drove to the Spanish border with our friend Linda last night, got up very early this morning to dash to Le Train Jaune, the yellow train into the Pyrenees, only to find that they are taking a month off. Oof. This is despite his best efforts to research the trip.

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Nancy B 💙🐱🐶📚💀 @extremebeautylv.bsky.social · 18h

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cascadia-gaj.bsky.social @cascadia-gaj.bsky.social · 6d

Neighborhood watch #Caturday #photography #pdx

A black and white cat watching from a window.

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