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Dave Smith

@davidallensmith.bsky.social

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Bike and Hike Photographer 🚲🔧🥾📷 FujiFilm XT4 & X100V

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Dave Smith @davidallensmith.bsky.social · 1d

Merriman Falls
Olympic Peninsula

#bikesky #bikepacking #fujifilm #photography #waterfallwednesday

A Kona Sutra LTD bicycle leans against a guard rail with a waterfall in the background. The bike is fitted with bikepacking bags by Rogue Panda, Swift Industries, Rock Geist and Old Man Mountain. In the background Merriman Falls is framed by two trees and plunges through lush vegetation.

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Breezie @breeze420.bsky.social · 19h

“It looked like the world was covered in a cobbler crust of brown sugar and cinnamon.”
― Sarah Addison Allen

branches with leaves of yellow and orange.

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Meandering M🌿 @pathwaymoments.bsky.social · 20h

A new family moved in over night! 📷🍄 ….

A fresh arrival of brilliant red Amanita mushrooms arrived along the lakeshore.

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range dan @rangedan.bsky.social · 21h

the Santiam river today
near Gates, Oregon

Looking across to the tree-lined north bank of the Santiam river. A few of the larger trees have turned golden and are being reflected in the water. All under a blue sky on a crisp fall day

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𝚙𝚒𝚎𝚛𝚙𝚊𝚘𝚕𝚘 @pierpaolo.bsky.social · 22h

Oltre l'erba alta e secca e una strada sterrata e affiancata da alberi dai colori vivaci tipici dell'autunno, si vedono, in lontananza, la Rocca Fregoso di Sant'Agata Feltria (Rimini) e le montagne che delimitano la vallata del fiume Savio. Il cielo è parzialmente coperto dalle nuvole.

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Lea @stanseila.bsky.social · 1d

Heimwärts 🚲

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Cool Bike Art @coolbikeart1.bsky.social · 1d

Jeff Goldblum reveals the latest in bicycle-design technology in Episode 107 of The World According to Jeff Goldblum - "Bikes".

Happy #BicycleBirthday, Jeff!
Born October 22, 1952

Two men pose, giving the thumb's up, with a tallbike that's simply one bicycle frame on top of another one.

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Dave Smith @davidallensmith.bsky.social · 1d

Merriman Falls
Olympic Peninsula

#bikesky #bikepacking #fujifilm #photography #waterfallwednesday

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Cool Bike Art @coolbikeart1.bsky.social · 4d

Reggae musician Peter Tosh showing off his not-insignificant unicycle skills

#BicycleBirthday
October 19 (1944-1987)

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Ponzini Photography @ponzphoto.bsky.social · 5d

"Frogs For Democracy" - Photographed March 20, 2012, in Palmyra, Virginia. 📷

NO KINGS

#nokings #peacefulrally #peacefulprotest

Though I was not able to attend a rally, I stand with the millions of protestors throughout my country who are marching for democracy.

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Meandering M🌿 @pathwaymoments.bsky.social · 5d

Some days the clouds stay locked in! 📷🕊️ ….

Over the vista the huge billowy clouds complement the first signs of Autumnal hues in the surrounding trees.

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𝚙𝚒𝚎𝚛𝚙𝚊𝚘𝚕𝚘 @pierpaolo.bsky.social · 5d

All'imbrunire, gli ultimi raggi del sole colorano il cielo sul porto canale di Cesenatico, lungo le cui banchine i lampioni sono già accesi. In primo piano la cima di una barca ormeggiata è avvolta attorno ad una bitta posizionata nella prua, di cui se ne vede solo una porzione.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 6d

block this shit

Verified Account Tracker @verified.pds.mmatt.net · 6d

✅ @whitehouse-47.bsky.social has been verified by @bsky.app.

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Maroochie @maroochie.bsky.social · 7d

The Sandhill cranes are in the fields where they just have been chopping corn.
🌿📷🪶 #nature

Sandhill cranes in the corn field.
Nikon Z5, 370mm, f/6.0, iso900, 1/250s

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Andrew @andrew20.bsky.social · 8d

Just when I thought the colours were fading this rose develops buds and flowers, I've also seen buds on a red rose #flowers #photography

An image of four yellow roses, all blooming within close proximity of each other. They have an amazing fragrance these roses. The background is out of focus darkened foliage.

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Arlyssa D. Becenti @abecenti.bsky.social · 11d

Happy Indigenous People’s Day!!

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Oregon Randy @oregonrandy.bsky.social · 12d

Basking in the Alpen #Glow of #MountHood high on it's upper flanks in an alpine meadow. (2023)
#BlueSkyArtShow #📷 #Alpine #Meadow #Hiking #Mountain #Oregon #CascadeMountains #Glacier #Geology #StratoVolcano #Volcano #scape #LandscapePhotography #PhotographersOfBluesky

A photo dominated by the view of a tall mountain from high on it's slopes looking toward the top near sunset as the mountain glows with the last rays of the setting sun. The sky over the mountain is a deep blue.
The high slopes and glaciers of the mountain are bathed in reddish to orange color, while the lower slopes are becoming heavily shaded, but some small green shrubs clinging to the steep slopes are still visible.
On the right side of the mountain below the ridge tops is a glacier, with water running down the rocky slopes below it.

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range dan @rangedan.bsky.social · 12d

last october

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Victoria @burrddoh.bsky.social · 12d

For #BirdOfTheDay #Beakfull a twofer!
Blue Jays have a rather amazing capacity to stack peanuts into their pouch, like a game a Tetris 😂

Blue Jay from the back, showing off their gorgeous turquoise, black & white plumage, sitting on a rail with a shelled peanut in their beak - TN

Blue Jay from the front, cream colored belly & a black ring around the neck, looking into the camera, beak stuffed with a stack of peanuts - TN

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James Longhurst @jameslonghurst.bsky.social · 15d

A short scout in Montana to make some plans for a longer adventure. Still, 2,500 feet of climbing in the first 10 miles, and early fall temps.

a gravel bike on a forest service road, looking over a valley that was logged a couple decades ago and are still growing back in. the terrain in the background is criss-crossed with logging roads

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Cool Bike Art @coolbikeart1.bsky.social · 15d

Bicycle polo

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15d

Trump: "We took the freedom of speech away because that's been through the courts and the courts said you have freedom of speech, but what has happened is when they burn a flag it agitates and irritates crowds."

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Maroochie @maroochie.bsky.social · 18d

Clouds on lily pads
📷🌿 #naturephotography
#MonochromeMonday

This is a photo of cloud reflections surrounding the lily pads.
iPhone 16 Pro

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Luxomancer 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @luxomancer.bsky.social · 19d

Gourdscapes

Sony Nex-3N, 16-50mm

#Photography
#Autumn
#Stunday
#EastCoastKin

A photo of a variety of small decorative gourds (Pumpkins and squashes). Some are smooth textured while others are quite nobbly. They are yellow, orange, green, and white.

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Techdirt @techdirt.com · 20d

Chicago And The End Of American Liberty.

Around 10 PM on Monday, September 30th, 2025, federal agents surrounded an apartment building in Chicago’s South Shore neighborhood. ICE, Border Patrol, FBI, ATF—a multi-agency operation targeting suspected members of the Tren de Aragua gang. What happened…

Chicago And The End Of American Liberty.

Around 10 PM on Monday, September 30th, 2025, federal agents surrounded an apartment building in Chicago’s South Shore neighborhood. ICE, Border Patrol, FBI, ATF—a multi-agency operation targeting suspected members of the Tren de Aragua gang. What happened next should be the biggest story in America. Pertissue Fisher came out to the hallway of her apartment in her nightgown to find armed agents yelling “police.” She had a gun pointed in her face.

www.techdirt.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22d

MADELEINE DEAN: The president is unhinged. He's unwell

JOHNSON: A lot of folks on your side are too

D: Oh my god, please. That performance in front of the generals?

J: I didn't see it

D: It's so dangerous! Our allies are looking elsewhere. Our enemies are laughing. You have a POTUS who's unwell.

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