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Oregon Randy @oregonrandy.bsky.social · 6h

#WarRavagedPortland

Oregon Randy @oregonrandy.bsky.social · 6h

The prominence on the right hand side of the mountain is known as Illumination Rock, and is a familiar feature for those in the region and #PDX. It's very visible from Timberline Lodge (it is to the left from the lodge area), and the ski area there.

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Glenn @glennjosey.com · 7h

Doorway.
#urban_still_life

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Oregon Randy @oregonrandy.bsky.social · 6h

That is the only option without an edit button.

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Oregon Randy @oregonrandy.bsky.social · 7h

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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Oregon Randy @oregonrandy.bsky.social · 7h

Took me a minute to parse what was going on here.
But you'll be fine, as long as the ferry gives consent.
🛳️ 🧚

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Klaus 🇩🇪🏔️🇪🇺 @weissbier-hiker.bsky.social · 11h

it made me laugh so hard.... It's so stupid. 🤣

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Oregon Randy @oregonrandy.bsky.social · 8h

a brown and white goat standing next to another goat

ALT: a brown and white goat standing next to another goat

media.tenor.com

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Oregon Randy @oregonrandy.bsky.social · 8h

I absolutely love that the nickname for this small companion star to Betelgeuse is "Betelbuddy"! 🤩

This is not something you can see, or even hope to resolve with an amateur telescope. The size and brightness difference is vast.

#🧪 #🛰️ #🔭
www.cmu.edu/mcs/news-eve...

X-Ray Study Reveals New Details About Betelgeuse’s Elusive Companion Star

Carnegie Mellon University researchers have detected that the red supergiant Betelgeuse may have a companion star, Betelbuddy.

www.cmu.edu

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Oregon Randy @oregonrandy.bsky.social · 12h

Go with the chonk!

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Oregon Randy @oregonrandy.bsky.social · 23h

Reading this article says that she likes what he is doing to isolate the bad government in her country.

What Nobel winner María Corina Machado said about Donald Trump

Nobel laureate María Corina Machado has referred to Trump as “courageous” and a “visionary” for backing her opposition to Maduro.

www.newsweek.com

Oregon Randy @oregonrandy.bsky.social · 1d

I don't understand how, but she likes the fake president of the US.

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Oregon Randy @oregonrandy.bsky.social · 1d

Or in #WarRavagedPortland, one of those Craftsman bungalows, where the grand street side trees whisper, 'you'll never be able to afford living here'

Chris Person @papapishu.bsky.social · 1d

It’s true: the cities are lawless and scary, if you live here sell your property as fast as possible, particularly if you have a 2 family row house from the 1920s with those nice bay windows.

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Oregon Randy @oregonrandy.bsky.social · 1d

This will go over in Idaho like a 💩 in the potato patch.

PBS News @pbsnews.org · 1d

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced Friday that the Pentagon will host a Qatari Emiri Air Force facility in Idaho.

Hegseth said the Trump administration signed an agreement to build the facility at Mountain Home Air Force Base in Elmore County, Idaho.

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Oregon Randy @oregonrandy.bsky.social · 1d

The sea and the sky both look a little spicy!

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Oregon Randy @oregonrandy.bsky.social · 1d

What a great path! I hope that amazing limb across the route didn't cause anybody to do the limbo!

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Nora Reed (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 1d

cry havoc and let slip the frogs of war

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Oregon Randy @oregonrandy.bsky.social · 1d

Happy Birthday! 🍩

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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 1d

“The Librarians” examines the experiences of school librarians who have found themselves on the front lines of a battle against censorship. https://to.pbs.org/46TqfiW

The fight against book bans by public school librarians shown in new documentary

According to a new report from PEN America, public schools across the U.S. saw more than 6,800 book bans in the 2024-25 school year. A new documentary, “The Librarians,” examines the experiences of sc...

to.pbs.org

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Oregon Randy @oregonrandy.bsky.social · 1d

And Palm trees! Good on ya! 🏝️

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Oregon Randy @oregonrandy.bsky.social · 1d

It was a quick set of vibrations, but really noticable. We both stopped and looked at each other. 👀

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Oregon Randy @oregonrandy.bsky.social · 1d

And yeah, an earthquake near a volcano really makes you question your life choices!
We stood there looking around and listening, (the mountain is only a mile or so away there on the south side) but nothing else happened. 😅

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Oregon Randy @oregonrandy.bsky.social · 1d

A lot of times, people will say there's old growth, when it's just mature forest. A lot of mature forest lands, can be places that were logged over 100 years ago, or less. Whereas "old growth" to me means untouched. Which there is very little of. Even mature forest ecosystems are amazing though!

Oregon Randy @oregonrandy.bsky.social · 1d

Hummocks trail is a big loop, and fairly easy. There's an option to take a side trail that goes uphill (a lot) to the closed Johnston Ridge Observatory. As far as old growth trees near there? Not so much. Because of the eruption.

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Oregon Randy @oregonrandy.bsky.social · 1d

The Hummocks trail is a nice one through new terrain from the giant landslide. Guts of the mountain!
I've been hiking on the south side when there was a harmonic tremor that could be felt. THAT was unnerving...

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