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Michael Hall @mhallarts.bsky.social · 1d

"One reason I really love Fridays is to be positive about your love and peace!" #NaturePhotography #flowersonfriday #flowerpower

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Leonard Lloyd @leonardlloyd.bsky.social · 17h

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Catherine @shadowdogdesigns.bsky.social · 17h

Naked mole rats' #DNA could hold key to long life #NakedMoleRat

Link for more: bbc.in/4qbyhNe

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Shabazz Stuart @shabazzstuart.bsky.social · 1d

I actually thought this was satire. There are good, real grounded arguments against free busses.

Cuomo has picked (easily) the most nonsensical one.

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tammye56.bsky.social @tammye56.bsky.social · 1d

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JM 📎🟦🪬🎗️🥯🥡🥠🦀 @jmdc88.bsky.social · 1d

The Smithsonian announced that its museums, research centers and the National Zoo will temporarily close beginning on Sunday due to the federal shutdown.

wtop.com/blog/2025/10...

SHUTDOWN LATEST: Smithsonian National Zoo, museums to close Sunday - WTOP News

Below are are the latest updates on how the shutdown is affecting the federal workers and government contractors in the D.C. area.

wtop.com

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Dude @defeasance.bsky.social · 17h

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SEASONAL VEGAN @hbender55.bsky.social · 17h

REST IN PEACE GIRL people.com/diane-keaton...

Diane Keaton, Famed for Roles in 'Father of the Bride,' 'First Wives Club' and More, Dies at 79 (Exclusive)

Diane Keaton has died at age 79, PEOPLE can confirm exclusively. The Oscar award-winning actress was best known for roles in movies like 'Annie Hall,' 'The First Wives Club,' 'Something's Gotta Give' ...

people.com

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Danny Cherry Jr (twitter/Insta/tiktok: @Deecherrywriter) @deecherrywriter.bsky.social · 22h

Someone in a YouTube video I watched stated that kids shouldn’t be allowed on planes and I just want to remind folks that we live a shared society and that the world doesn’t revolve around you

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Three Dog Heads @threedogheads.bsky.social · 22h

I don't have kids, never wanted kids, didn't even like kids when I was a kid.

That said, just how freakin' entitled and anti-social does someone have to be to say out loud that kids don't belong on planes?

My god. Get a grip, rent a private jet, or (better yet) just stay home.

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Heather Hughes @heatherekhughes.bsky.social · 22h

What we need is a no-fly list for offensive, self centered and drunk adults!

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john mαtthєw @jdubqca.bsky.social · 18h

jmattwaters.wordpress.com/2025/10/11/a...

ALL THAT GLITTERS MAY NOT BE GOLD

~ from my creative writing project

#fiction #excerpt

All That Glitters May Not Be Gold

by J Matthew Waters We walked into her condo, a bright and airy space that felt a world away from the Loop’s stern architecture. The scent of fresh flowers mingled with something faintly citr…

jmattwaters.wordpress.com

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john mαtthєw @jdubqca.bsky.social · 1d

chasing the sky on my bike #cycling

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slowdriver25.bsky.social @slowdriver25.bsky.social · 2d

#Dahlias #flowers #FlowerReport #flowersky #FlowerPhotography #flora #Garden #blooms #BloomScrolling #bloomsky #nature #NaturePhotography #photosky #PhonePhotography #photo #MobilePhotography #photography

closeup view of a Dahlia flower with dark red petals and yellow core

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slowdriver25.bsky.social @slowdriver25.bsky.social · 22h

#sunset #lake #Velencei #Velence #Hungary #scape #landscape #clouds #cloudscape #skyscape #reflection #water #nature #NaturePhotography #photosky #PhonePhotography #photo #MobilePhotography #photography

sunset over lake Velence / Velencei Hungary, with the Sun covered by clouds and the blue sky with clouds reflected in the water of the lake below

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H☮PE @a-r-tforpeace.bsky.social · 2d

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Happy Friday, beautiful and peaceful weekend dear friends! 🍀🕊

A body of water surrounded by trees beginning to take on the colors of Autumn, and reflected in the water.
📸: Sarah Sheedy.

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H☮PE @a-r-tforpeace.bsky.social · 3d

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#butterfly
#InsectThursday
#NaturePhotography

a white butterfly with black spots resting on a purple flower that has not yet opened.
📸: mrngochuy.

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Breezie @breeze420.bsky.social · 1d

"The test of a civilization is in the way that it cares for its helpless members"

-Pearl S. Buck

a photo taken at a lake although not much of the lake is shown in it. there are grasses, bushes and trees all around small bits of water.

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Breezie @breeze420.bsky.social · 18h

“And though I came to forget or regret all I have ever done, yet I would remember that once I saw the dragons aloft on the wind at sunset above the western isles; and I would be content.”
― Ursula K. Le Guin

a sunset in the klamath wildlife refuge. There is part of a fence and gate with blurred bushes in the foreground. There is a large area in the middle where grasses and water are visible during the light. In the background are mountains.

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P J Richards @pj-richards.bsky.social · 1d

🤍🕊️🤍"Do as the heavens have done, forget your evil; With them forgive yourself."

🍂The Winter's Tale
#ShakespeareSunday

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Cathey🎃🌎🗽☮️❤️‍🧡💛💚💙💜🏳️‍🌈 🇺🇦 💙 💛 🇨🇦 🇲🇽 🇵🇦 🇬🇱 @cleverhandlebars.bsky.social · 19h

Afternoon Breaking News Updates: Trump Rushes to Golf Course, CDC Purge, A Hitler-Inspired “Triumphal Arch” + more

www.meidasplus.com/p/afternoon-...

Afternoon Breaking News Updates: Trump Rushes to Golf Course, CDC Purge, A Hitler-Inspired “Triumphal Arch” + more

It may be Saturday, but the news doesn't stop. And neither do we.

www.meidasplus.com

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Fast Fingers Audit @fastfingersaudit.bsky.social · 18h

NY Post is a Murdoch publication,this is how you know WSJ is only pretending to be hard on Trump.

#BoycottWSJ

Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 22h

Hey, you idiotic propagandists at the New York Post:

God Bless America isn't the national anthem. It's a SHOW TUNE written by Irving Berlin.

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M S Burton @frommsb.bsky.social · 18h

As war was again threatening europe, Berlin decided to write a peace song. He recalled his God Bless America from 20 years earlier and made some alterations to reflect the different state of the world. Singer Kate Smith introduced the revised song during her radio broadcast on Armistice day, 1938. It was an immediate sensation; the sheet music was in great demand. Berlin soon established the God Bless America fund recommending that the royalties go to the Boy and Girl Scouts of America to our knowledge the royalties go directly to the greater New York councils and through the years have provided program benefits to poor and disadvantaged youth in the New York area

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atqueens.bsky.social @atqueens.bsky.social · 20h

My 90-year-old neighbor subscribes. I fetch it from her yard and put it on her porch every morning. I've tried to get her to switch subscriptions but she has bought into the nonsense. I see the ridiculous headlines every morning.

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Michael Hall @mhallarts.bsky.social · 17h

The older you get the harder it gets to 'change your opinion' 🙋‍♂️😕

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Tiny Beaches @tinybeaches.bsky.social · 1d

I started working at a new office. It’s in downtown Calgary and I have been commuting the 3.5km by bicycle.

In the course of meeting people the question “what’s your commute like” comes up. I explain that I bike and that it’s a short ride.

Guess what question comes up, ever, single time? 🤔

People commuting on 12 Ave SW cycle track in Calgary

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