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Cathey

@cathey.bsky.social

SMH ... 🎈 😂

www.cbsnews.com/news/airspac...

Airspace closure followed spat over drone-related tests and party balloon shoot-down, sources say

Pentagon officials had undertaken planning to use military technology near Fort Bliss, in El Paso, to practice downing drones.

www.cbsnews.com

February 11, 2026 at 5:02 PM

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Susan Cushing

@sdcushing.bsky.social

Hello friends! Happy Wednesday! How are you? 🙋‍♂️

It’s about 6:30am 🕡 EST here and ☁️. I’m making our rich & aromatic #BlueBrew coffee for the community in the #Coffeehouse. Who’d like a cup? ☕️

In any case, please do stop by & say hello! 👋

We close at 10:30am 🕥 EST 😊

#EastCoastKin

a cup of coffee is being poured into a bowl on a table .

Alt: Coffee is being poured continuously into a bottomless cup

media.tenor.com

February 11, 2026 at 11:30 AM

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The New York Times

@nytimes.com

Breaking News: The FAA said it had lifted its closure of airspace over El Paso. The agency had initially said the measure, imposed Tuesday night, would last 10 days. Follow live updates.

FAA Lifts Closure at El Paso Airport: Live Updates

The brief shutdown was related to a test of counter-drone technology at a nearby military base. The F.A.A. had said that no flights would be allowed to or from the airport until Feb. 20 because of unspecified “special security reasons.”

nyti.ms

February 11, 2026 at 2:21 PM

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Mark

@astrangeday.bsky.social

Follow the light
Towards the voices calling
I'm going where the angels fly
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#flower #sunflower #nature #photography #stillife

February 11, 2026 at 1:33 PM

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Rina

@rina2012.bsky.social

"Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #WaterBirds, the Alt theme is #Blue"

✨️ Being safe during childhood isn't just a great feeling, it shapes you for life. ✨️

#FebruArty2026 #Family #SensoryArt #Love #birds #birding #wildlife #photography #scape #nature #thelittlethings #photohour #EastCoastKin

You can see a family of swans. The parents are on the right and left, with the young between them. They are swimming in green water, and behind them you can see the overgrown bank.

February 11, 2026 at 12:20 PM

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Marjo Slingerland-Boks

@marjosl.bsky.social

For @robcrank68.bsky.social #BirdOfTheDay theme #WatwrBirds or #Blue, i have this what Google lens says that it are Carolina ducks. 🤔 I think they fit both themes Rob 🙏
#EastCoastKin #birds #mobilephonephotography

February 11, 2026 at 10:22 AM

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JBGarrity Photography

@joegarrity.bsky.social

The Eastern Veil Nebula is the eastern portion of a supernova remnant known as the Veil Complex, aka the Cygnus Loop.
High-resolution: app.astrobin.com/i/brkpo6

#astrophotography #astronomy #naturephotography #nature #longexposurephotography #longexposure #nebula #eastcoastkin #photography

February 11, 2026 at 1:58 PM

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The Associated Press

@apnews.com

The FAA is closing the airspace around El Paso International Airport in Texas for 10 days, grounding all flights to and from the airport, for “special security reasons."

The FAA's notice did not provide additional details.

FAA closes airspace around El Paso, Texas, for 10 days, grounding all flights

The Federal Aviation Administration is closing the airspace around El Paso International Airport in Texas for 10 days, grounding all flights to and from the airport.

bit.ly

February 11, 2026 at 10:57 AM

Cathey

@cathey.bsky.social

Rosemary Beach, FL 🔆

#Abstractia #Repetition #Stairway #Lines #Beach #EastCoastKin

A weathered wooden stairway (from beach to condos) with painted bannisters built on the edge of a green scrub-covered sand dune with three platforms to break up the angle of the incline. The sides of the buildings can be seen with a patch of blue sky at the top of the frame.

February 10, 2026 at 1:16 AM

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Mačka

@macka2u.bsky.social

This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine….
#photography #bloomscrolling #sunshine #sunlight #foto #photographersofBlueSky #photographer #art #imageandverse

February 9, 2026 at 11:57 PM

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Breezie

@breeze420.bsky.social

"The world is full of places. Why is it that I am here? This place, this time? But you are here. The world is where you are."
— Wendell Berry

An abandoned pair of wooden structures tucked into a forested area. One is a larger cabin‑like building with weathered boards and the other is a smaller, more dilapidated shed. They sit just beyond a guardrail and a narrow body of water, with dense evergreens rising behind them.

February 7, 2026 at 7:40 PM

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JBC

@johnbcaddell.bsky.social

an ##Stunday scene from a little park in Dunsmuir, CA

#trees #autumn #OrangeSun #ColorADay

February 8, 2026 at 4:41 PM

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JBC

@johnbcaddell.bsky.social

a blue-eyed darner #dragonfly for #FlyFriday

#insects #bugs #invertebrates

February 6, 2026 at 5:56 PM

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JBC

@johnbcaddell.bsky.social

I've been wanting to #scape back to this place since the last time I went. here's an #autumn scene from North Fork Castle Creek

#creeks #forest #sunburst

looking down stream on North Fork Castle Creek during autumn with the sun exploding into rainbow rays of light

February 6, 2026 at 5:32 PM

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JBC

@johnbcaddell.bsky.social

a #calla lily from the San Francisco Botanical Garden in Golden Gate Park for #FloralFriday
🌱

#JBCFlowers

February 6, 2026 at 4:46 PM

Cathey

@cathey.bsky.social

Join the Great Backyard Bird Count, Feb 13-16. #Birds

act.audubon.org/a/2026-gbbc-...

Webinar: Learn How to Join the 2026 Great Backyard Bird Count

Join the world as we come together to celebrate and count birds in February during the 2026 Great Backyard Bird Count. Our lively, beginner-friendly webinar will show you how to deepen your connection...

act.audubon.org

February 9, 2026 at 10:48 PM

Cathey

@cathey.bsky.social

"Lie under a tree and look up at the #sky through the branches. Give it a few moments. Now how do you feel?

Mother does know best.” – Sarah Ban Breathnach, Simple Abundance

Happy new week! ✨💙
#BlueSkyMonday #Trees #Sunsets #AlphabetChallenge #WeekFforFramed #EastCoastKin #Clouds

Blue sky filters through tree silhouettes with a pink-orange-purple cloud gently reflecting the sunset.

February 9, 2026 at 7:41 PM

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🆂🅷🅴🅴🅽🅰

@sheena-mck.bsky.social

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekFforFramed - and there’s part of a #flock out there for #Februarty2026 😉

Field with a few sheep framed by the archway in an old stone wall. There is also a fence across the archway

February 9, 2026 at 1:46 PM

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Bill Montei

@billmontei.bsky.social

The Blue Lagoon, Iceland 🇮🇸
#photography

February 9, 2026 at 2:16 PM

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Jon Ossoff

@ossoff.bsky.social

This is the most corrupt administration of all time, and everybody knows it.

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 3d

Ossoff: We were told that MAGA was for working-class Americans. But this is a government of, by, and for the ultra-rich. It’s the wealthiest Cabinet ever. This is the Epstein class. They are the elites they pretend to hate.