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Andrea
@andreacarollee.bsky.social
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Carpe diem! who am I? .. a dauber (artist/painter), a roamer of wild places and a lover of 'Nature' .. vicarious adventurer, born in Sri Lanka - many years resident in north Hampshire, England (English, Scottish, Irish etc ancestry) Be kind not cruel
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ozarkjack.bsky.social
A list of Dems that said Fuck America.

Hassan
King
Cortez-Masto
Shaheen
Kaine
Fetterman
Durbin
Rosen
November 10, 2025 at 11:10 AM
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laurelgale.bsky.social
The double-crested cormorants have arrived for winter, and they are looking FABULOUS!

#birds #nature #wildlife
A photo of a double-crested cormorant standing on a metal post in the water with its wings spread out.
November 8, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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landguyminor.bsky.social
Two realities
#stunday #photograohy #landscape #pond #reflection #eastcoastkin #birds #heron #forestfriday #trees
November 9, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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Hazy gold and orange sunset at Lost Ponds, Mattatuck State Forest, Plymouth, Connecticut. August 26, 2019, 7:04 PM.

#sunset #hiking #lake
Standing beside a pond, in front of an opening in the lush forest that encircles it. A crevassed gray rock below has a few leafy shrubs growing through its cracks. The sun is about to set behind a low ridge running along the far shore, casting a bright yellow glow in the sky above, tinting the hazy swirl of clouds around it gold and orange tones. This is mirrored on the very lightly rippled waters below.
November 9, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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rbreich.bsky.social
One of the unacknowledged advantages of this awful era is that it's revealing for all to see the putrid connections between great wealth and great power.

The intentions of the oligarchs are fully exposed and more blatant than ever.

But remember: We outnumber the oligarchs.
November 9, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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sandra-aamodt.bsky.social
Brown pelican #takingoff from South Padre Island in Texas
#BirdOfTheDay #birds
Large bird taking off toward the camera against a background of mangrove roots, with its wings spread and its gray legs almost dragging in the ocean. Its body and wings are grayish brown, its chest is white, and its head is yellow. Its long, pale orange beak is tipped in yellow and has a dark blue-gray patch at the base.
November 8, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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katmabu.bsky.social
Until the end of the government shutdown, our campaign will be donating $2,500 a month to a food pantry in the Ninth District.

And to my fellow candidates, I challenge you to do the same:
November 8, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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s4r4h-l.bsky.social
#SundayYellow with fabulous ginko leaves from this day 2022. #vitaminN
Gorgeous ginko leaves like bright butterflies
November 9, 2025 at 8:19 AM
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antongerashchenko.bsky.social
About 300 employees of a nuclear facility in Russian Ulyanovsk region have gone on a massive strike because they are not paid any salary.

"At the moment, the salary delay has reached two months. Lunches have been canceled, there has been no food provided for a long time.
November 9, 2025 at 8:01 AM
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Three moths this morning: a Turnip (not shown, commonest moth here at this time of year); Dark Chestnut (left, 2nd for garden), December (right, nfy)
November 9, 2025 at 10:44 AM
andreacarollee.bsky.social
a tiny shroom joined the party on star moss island yesterday in the November beech wood .. north Hampshire, England
November 9, 2025 at 10:44 AM
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North Cascades Trail.
#ForestFriday #scape #treescape #landscape #EastCoastKin #photography
A person in a red shirt stands in the distance on a hiking trail looking down at the ferns. All around trees stand tall, emphasized by the low perspective of the photographer. North Cascades National Park.
November 7, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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Tens of thousands were uprooted from Druze and Bedouin communities during a week of bloodletting that shattered generations of fragile coexistence and all but ended the Bedouins' presence in most of Syria's southern Sweida province reut.rs/3LrYDL0
November 8, 2025 at 10:28 AM
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marygemignani.bsky.social
Had the afternoon off Wed for my mandatory flu vax for work. I was out of fresh pics, so I stopped a few places in town. It was a beautiful day and a Ring-billed Gull was fishing at the pond. He was tiring to watch....up and down the whole time I was there. Goldfish were on the menu.
#birds #Gulls
A gull is fishing at a local pond for goldfish. A red autumn tree is in the background. The bird is in flight and looking down at the water in preparation for it's next dive.
November 8, 2025 at 1:46 AM
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sandra-aamodt.bsky.social
Lilac-breasted rollers #fighting or at least squabbling over the best landing spot at Sabi Sand Reserve in South Africa
#Flyday #BirdOfTheDay #birds
Two brightly colored birds in a bush with blurred brown in the background. The bird on the left sits in the bush in profile with its wings partially raised, while the bird on the right hovers nearby with its back to the camera. Their wings and tails are boldly striped in navy, turquoise, light turquoise, and navy. Their backs are brown, and their heads are green on top and white around the brow. The left bird shows off its lilac cheeks and breast. Their eyes are black.
November 7, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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stuartaken.bsky.social
#ourworldiswonderful; I leave you tonight with a shot of Malham Cove, a 300 foot high natural limestone cliff in the Yorkshire Dales, England, formed by a stream during the melting in the Ice Age, that now emerges from the foot of the cliff.
A stream flows toward the viewer, shaded by unseen cloud and cliffs. A drystone wall follows it on the right toward the high white cliff of Malham Cove, standing in bright November sunshine under a blue sky.
November 7, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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marygemignani.bsky.social
There was another fisherman at the pond as well, Mr BEKI. Here, he was looking up watching the gull making fishing passes. He had just made a run himself and was resting on a branch.
#birds #BeltedKingfisher
A belted kingfisher, a blue bird with a white breast and one thick blue stripe across it's chest is watching another bird make fishing passes at a local pond.
November 8, 2025 at 1:51 AM
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thetnholler.bsky.social
Not pro-life.

www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
November 7, 2025 at 11:26 PM
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barackobama.bsky.social
I heard some old friends at Pod Save America were in town, so I decided to stop by. As we saw this week, we can change this country for the better. But it’s going to take all of us getting organized and having honest conversations about the best way forward.
November 7, 2025 at 4:11 AM
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rbreich.bsky.social
SNAP has existed for 60 years. Benefits have gone out every single month over those six decades, including during government shutdowns. Until now.

Make no mistake: The money is available to fund SNAP during this shutdown. Trump is making a choice to withhold it.

Don’t forget this.
November 6, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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Saw some northern lights in the early hours of yesterday morning over Vestrahorn. Not ideal to plan a trip around full moon, but it does light up the landscape 🤦‍♀️

#NorthernLights #AuroraBorealis #Iceland
Squiggly northern lights over a brown mountain reflected in a lagoon. The sky is quite blue even though it's dark; there's a full moon behind.
November 6, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #lunchtime, featuring a Cedar Waxwing in pure berry bliss.

#birds #nature #wildlife #photography
A close-up of a masked, tan songbird as it catches a red berry in midair. Photographed in Avon, Connecticut.
November 6, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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just-jack-1.bsky.social
The majority of Americans are good. We have heart. We have compassion. When we see others struggle, we want to lend a hand.

For too long, we’ve been divided and pitted against each other by those who crave obscene wealth and power.

Let’s change that. One election at a time.
November 6, 2025 at 12:26 AM
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klhkhistorian.bsky.social
Come say hello this weekend if you're in the Boston area!

Entry to the Book Fair is free: www.abaa.org/events/47th-...
rarebookschool.bsky.social Rare Book School @rarebookschool.bsky.social · 4d
RBS staff members Michael F. Suarez, S.J., Barbara Heritage, @klhkhistorian.bsky.social, Andrew Kuhn & Zoe Langer will be at the Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair this weekend (7–9 Nov.). Stop by Booth 427 on Cultural Row for info on RBS courses, fellowships, job opportunities & more!
A vertically oriented rectangular graphic with a dark blue background is overlaid with a large green circle that spills off the right side of the image. Across the top of the graphic a horizontal white bar has the RBS logo and text reading “Rare Book School will be at the 47th annual Boston ABAA International Antiquarian Book Fair from Friday to Sunday, 7–9 November 2025.” White text on the lower dark blue background reads “RBS Executive Director Michael F. Suarez, S.J., along with staff members Barbara Heritage, Katie Hodges-Kluck, Andrew Kuhn, and Zoe Langer, will be ‘on the ground’ at the Hynes Convention Center this weekend. Stop by Booth 427 to say hello!” To the right of this, on the green background is a graphic for the Boston Book Fair with a multi-colored geometric pattern and pictures of a globe, a letter, a quill pen, and a compass on it.
November 6, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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Great Egret at Berkeley Aquatic Park standing close to one of the tidal tubes that connect Aquatic Park to San Francisco Bay.

#birds #nature #eastcoastkin
Large white shorebird on shoreline of fresh/salt water lagoon. All white feathers, yellow bill, yellow eyes, black legs. Greenery on land and green water.
November 5, 2025 at 5:45 PM