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Alex Strachan @alexstrachan.bsky.social · 17h

Kalahari country: weaver bird nests on the road to Namibia's Fish River Canyon
#Namibia 🇳🇦 #weaverbird #weaverbirdnest #kalahari #birds #birdphotography #naturelovers #potd #photographersofbluesky #bluesky #naturephotography #photography #picperday #nests #wildlifephotography #fishrivercanyon

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Alex Strachan @alexstrachan.bsky.social · 1d

This is #true.

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Alex Strachan @alexstrachan.bsky.social · 1d

I think I know that super stoned store clerk. The '5 movies for 5 days for $5' rings a bell, too. A faint bell, mind. The memory isn't what it used to be — not with all that stoner smoke, anyhow.

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Alex Strachan @alexstrachan.bsky.social · 1d

A late, dear friend of mine ran a respected video store for many years in my home town (a production city, in Nowhere, Hollywood North).
He would often get well-known actors in his store, researching roles. Personal anecdotes, too. Interesting — and instructive — to see how people are in real life.

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Alex Strachan @alexstrachan.bsky.social · 1d

It's also about the fellow cineastes one meets — or met — in video stores, even if only in passing. At least it's in person. Don't get that with streaming.

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Alex Strachan @alexstrachan.bsky.social · 1d

#agree 100%
It's also about the fellow cineastes one meets, in person, even if passing. Don't get that with streaming.

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Alex Strachan @alexstrachan.bsky.social · 1d

One of my faves from Etosha over the years. There's something about early morning light — and this was very early in the morning.
#etoshanationalpark Etosha National Park #Namibia 🇳🇦 #wildlife #wildlifephotography #photography #elephants 🐘 #nature #naturelovers #naturephotography #motherhood

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Alex Strachan @alexstrachan.bsky.social · 2d

Good to see they're not burying the lead.
For once.
The headline could be stronger, though.
'Crowds reject Trump across U.S.', for one.
No such thing as a small crowd.

@marymcnamara.bsky.social @washingtonpost.com @postopinions.bsky.social #trump #protests #NoKings

the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 2d

“the president is less popular than the Vietnam war” should be a simply irresistible headline

G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 3d

Good evening. We estimate that between 4.2 and 7.6 million people turned out for the No Kings Day demonstrations held around the country on Saturday. This makes Oct 18 very likely the biggest single-day U.S. protest event since 1970. www.gelliottmorris.com/p/second-no-...

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Alex Strachan @alexstrachan.bsky.social · 2d

Good to see they're not burying the lead.
For once.
The headline could be stronger, though.
'Crowds reject Trump across U.S.', for one.
No such thing as a small crowd.

@marymcnamara.bsky.social @washingtonpost.com @postopinions.bsky.social

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Alex Strachan @alexstrachan.bsky.social · 2d

Funny you mention that.
Sometimes I think the real reason for the trajectory of Trump's political career — and the curious, ongoing support of #GOP — is to repatriate #RichardNixon & #GeorgeWBush 's presidencies — and reputations — in the historical record.
He's that bad.
@marymcnamara.bsky.social

the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 2d

“the president is less popular than the Vietnam war” should be a simply irresistible headline

G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 3d

Good evening. We estimate that between 4.2 and 7.6 million people turned out for the No Kings Day demonstrations held around the country on Saturday. This makes Oct 18 very likely the biggest single-day U.S. protest event since 1970. www.gelliottmorris.com/p/second-no-...

Alex Strachan @alexstrachan.bsky.social · 2d

Funny you mention that.
Sometimes I think the real reason for the trajectory of Trump's political career — and the curious, ongoing support of #GOP — is to repatriate #RichardNixon & #GeorgeWBush 's presidencies — and reputations — in the historical record.
He's that bad.
@marymcnamara.bsky.social

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Alex Strachan @alexstrachan.bsky.social · 2d

All the more fitting because he refused to serve.
Bone spurs, and all that.

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Alex Strachan @alexstrachan.bsky.social · 2d

100%

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Alex Strachan @alexstrachan.bsky.social · 2d

This would never have happened under Don Hewitt.
@60minutes.bsky.social @marymcnamara.bsky.social

Alex Strachan @alexstrachan.bsky.social · 2d

while what you say is objectively #true — as judged by verifiable evidence — someone ought to tell
@3fecta.bsky.social‬ that the name of the country is #Colombia 🇨🇴 not Columbia
Columbia is British Columbia, as in #BC #Canada 🇨🇦
Of course Trumpers hate us too, but still.
@elpaisamericaco.bsky.social

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Alex Strachan @alexstrachan.bsky.social · 2d

Correct me if I'm wrong, but this is not the 1st time this has happened, is it? I seem to recall seeing a Netflix docuseries about this very kind of thing.

Live 5 News @live5news.com · 2d

Thieves strike Louvre in daring jewel heist as the world’s most visited museum shuts #usnews

Thieves strike Louvre in daring jewel heist as the world’s most visited museum shuts

Thieves have stolen priceless jewels from the Louvre using a basket lift, according to France's interior minister.

www.live5news.com

Alex Strachan @alexstrachan.bsky.social · 2d

Correct me if I'm wrong, but this is not the 1st time this has happened, is it? I seem to recall seeing a Netflix docuseries.

Alex Strachan @alexstrachan.bsky.social · 2d

Deadvlei, Namibia.
#namibia 🇳🇦 #landscapes #landscapephotography #bluesky #photography #namib #sossussvlei #naturereserve #potd #picperday #lphotography #deserts #fossiltrees #sanddunes #dunesea #photographersofbluesky

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Alex Strachan @alexstrachan.bsky.social · 3d

Leopard in the grass, back in the day at one of those guest farms just north of #Windhoek #Namibia 🇳🇦.
#wildlife #wildlifephotography #africancats #namibiatravel #photography #nature #naturephotography #bigcatsofafrica #leopard #leopards #conservation #naturelovers #potd #picperday #photoperday

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Alex Strachan @alexstrachan.bsky.social · 3d

I suppose it's called acting.
Then again, I can't ever see her winning an Oscar — unless he buys her one. With someone else's money.

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Alex Strachan @alexstrachan.bsky.social · 3d

True. And reprehensible. Really reprehensible.
The damage these people have done for future generations, and continue to do.

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Alex Strachan @alexstrachan.bsky.social · 3d

On the one hand, too little too late. But,on the other, better late than never.
I suppose.
Then again, Starmer always was one to leave from behind, not from the front.

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Alex Strachan @alexstrachan.bsky.social · 3d

Leopard in the grass, back in the day at one of those guest farms just north of #Windhoek #Namibia 🇳🇦.
#wildlife #wildlifephotography #africancats #namibiatravel #photography #nature #naturephotography #bigcatsofafrica #leopard #leopards #conservation #naturelovers #potd #picperday #photoperday

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Alex Strachan @alexstrachan.bsky.social · 4d

Gambling and betting is a shitty business, and they probably shouldn't have signed on in the first place.

Alex Strachan @alexstrachan.bsky.social · 4d

How you can tell these charges are bogus: Arguably the one person on this entire planet unlikely to store classified information, let alone transmit it, is John Fucking Bolton.
#JohnBolton