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Rob Dean
@robbombadil.bsky.social
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Socially conscious, disabled veteran. Horror lover, massive fan of Tolkien and his works, and overall Gen X nerd.
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Rob Dean @robbombadil.bsky.social · Aug 10
I never post personal content, but for any other trolls hoping to accuse me of stolen valor for disagreeing with their opinions, I’m leaving one of the few pictures I have of myself in my 20s after losing most of my possessions. This is myself and my mom after TACP graduation.
Myself and my mother, shortly after TACP graduation at Hurlburt Field Florida. 1995. I’m wearing BDUs and my TACP barrett. She is to my right, wearing a tan jacket, gray button up shirt, and black slacks. She is smiling and we have our arms around one another.
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Rob Dean @robbombadil.bsky.social · Sep 15
a man with a beard is driving a car with his arm out the window .
Alt: Jeff Bridges as the Dude, wearing sunglasses and a cardigan, driving during the day and is pounding on the roof of his car in rhythm with the music.
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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.com · Sep 15
Emmy winner! Outstanding writing for a drama series! For a Star Wars show! 🤯

More than deserved.
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Brett "Solidarity 2025" Banditelli @banditelli.org · Aug 27
Dive into the sunset.

11 shots, edited in lightroom, stacked in photoshop.

Background stacked individually from 6 shots, slight bend in the horizon due to the stacking. #birds
11 shots of a a pelican diving right before sunset on a golden scene
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Wendy Miller @burrowingowl.bsky.social · Aug 24
I'm gonna need a good car wash after today!🪶
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Lyn Heideman @heidelyn.bsky.social · Aug 23
Trump’s plan for a 25-mile wall in a remote area of Arizona would block a critical wildlife corridor on the state’s border with Mexico and imperil the survival of at least 16 threatened/endangered species, including jaguars. Local police note that illegal crossings are “practically unheard-of.”
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · Aug 24
Pastel Pink Lobsters and Goofy-Looking Squid Among Deep-Sea Oddities Discovered in Ocean Abyss
Pastel Pink Lobsters and Goofy-Looking Squid Among Deep-Sea Oddities Discovered in Ocean Abyss
Researchers spied a wild array of life, including dozens of suspected new species, in an underwater gorge
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Brett "Solidarity 2025" Banditelli @banditelli.org · Aug 24
Solid ending to the week, if you can consider weeks ending on Saturday, which is actually how weeks work I think. I think God said that? 🪶
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Richard Williamson @rcwmsn.bsky.social · Aug 22
Friday Finnish!!!

Aukusti Uotila 1858-1886
Finnish golden age painter.
He died of tuberculosis only at 27 and lived many of his years in France.

Nuottakota
(Boat House)
1884
Oil on canvas
47 cm x 37,5 cm
Finnish National Gallery Ateneum, Helsinki Finland
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RSPB @rspb.bsky.social · Aug 20
The White-tailed Eagle. 🦅

The UK’s biggest bird of prey.

Once extinct here, now soaring back into our skies.

With our new film 'Return' about to launch, let’s celebrate these giants of the sky...

(1/5)
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The Bat Bot Lab🇺🇸 @thebatbotlab.bsky.social · Aug 19
Not a songbird, but giving it a go🎶🐦: Bornean peacock-pheasant (Polyplectron schleiermacheri) male dazzling with iridescence while testing his pipes🌿✨. Photo: Daniel Yong. #Biodiversity #Wildlife #Birds #Birding #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography
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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · Aug 18
Born on this day in 1623, in Bruges, Pieter Janssens Elinga. Painter of clean, still rooms and sometimes still lifes. Here, three human players fixed amid intense geometry of walls, windows, floor, & light.
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@Above96th @above96th.bsky.social · Aug 17
I've been thrilled to see this Great Blue Heron on the Harlem Meer recently. Look at that magnificent wingspan! 💙💜💙 #Herons #CentralPark #birding
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Brett "Solidarity 2025" Banditelli @banditelli.org · Aug 17
Make House Democrats fight Over who gets redistricted over Irvine Regional Park so they get this pure content in their ads.
banditelli.org Brett "Solidarity 2025" Banditelli @banditelli.org · Aug 17
UNBELIEVABLELY sweet moment between a peacock chick and their parent.

Not sharebait.

I COULD NOT believe my luck.

Last year I had seen the chicks about 3 weeks later, I was determined to get them younger, and this one DID NOT disappoint!

SQUEE - o - meter 10/10, thank you birds! 🥰 🐣 🪶
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Lyndsey @lyndseydoob.bsky.social · Aug 15
A sad truth.
A screenshot of a text over a black background with the earth in the distance on the top left hand side. The text is white and it says: ‘I wish more people cared about earth as much as they cared about who they believe created it.’
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Rob Dean @robbombadil.bsky.social · Aug 15
#blessed lol
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Tolkien Society @tolkiensociety.org · Aug 10
30 reasons to come to Oxonmoot 2025!

Reason no. 6: be transported into #Tolkien's works and see our locations from Middle-earth. You can book to attend Oxonmoot 2025 at oxonmoot.org
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Rob Dean @robbombadil.bsky.social · Aug 10
I never post personal content, but for any other trolls hoping to accuse me of stolen valor for disagreeing with their opinions, I’m leaving one of the few pictures I have of myself in my 20s after losing most of my possessions. This is myself and my mom after TACP graduation.
Myself and my mother, shortly after TACP graduation at Hurlburt Field Florida. 1995. I’m wearing BDUs and my TACP barrett. She is to my right, wearing a tan jacket, gray button up shirt, and black slacks. She is smiling and we have our arms around one another.
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Rob Dean @robbombadil.bsky.social · Aug 10
You don’t fucking deserve this, but here: 1995. Enjoy being a blocked piece of shit and have zero valor.
Proof of service for a genocide supporting piece of trash who accused me of stolen valor. 1995 with my mom after graduating from TACP training.
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Rob Dean @robbombadil.bsky.social · Aug 10
Mother fucker, that’s the point: what about my profile says I get my news from TikTok? You come in slinging assumptions and get butt-hurt when someone does the same. Keep enjoying those genocidal boots there tough guy.
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Rob Dean @robbombadil.bsky.social · Aug 10
Every war crime committed had been debunked? It must be amazing feel illuminated by garbage conservative offerings that just feed you lies 24/7 and you eat like the good little boot-licker you are. Im a grown ass man that served my country and I base my information on international consensus. Kid.
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Rob Dean @robbombadil.bsky.social · Aug 10
If credible international outlets are considered TikTok, then sure. I’ll keep watching outlets like DW and France 24 while you gobble down Fox News over there Chief.
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Rob Dean @robbombadil.bsky.social · Aug 10
Dude is a Mamdani hater and falsely accuses him of being a Hamas supporter. He comes across as an Islamophobe.
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Rob Dean @robbombadil.bsky.social · Aug 10
His posts support the supposition that he’s not MAGA, and not even Republican, but apparently, if you criticize Israel without blatantly condemning Hamas in the same breath—you support Hamas. Regardless, it’s a really bizarre reaction to this meme IMO.
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Rob Dean @robbombadil.bsky.social · Aug 10
It’s grossly, and deeply ironic that this person insinuates that a meme about Christ disapproving of genocide is somehow equal to radical statements calling for Israeli genocide when Israel is carrying out actual genocide as I’m typing this reply from couch.
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Rob Dean @robbombadil.bsky.social · Aug 10
Hi John. I just wanted to drop by and say how much I appreciated your video on your faith. It really resonated with me as someone who has been struggling with my faith for so long. I found it brave, candid, and encouraging.