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Amateur wildlife photographer, mostly birds. Retired software engineer. Politically progressive, I believe in authentic democracy and diversity in all its many dimensions. An old white guy who tries not to act like one. All photos mine (except reposts).

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Teach Honest History @cliftographer.bsky.social · 2d

Same guy who keeps saying what a wonderful president Reagan was.

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Harry Dunn @libradunn1.bsky.social · 4d

States who will see the biggest increase in healthcare premiums. Notice a trend here? All red states. Dems fighting for EVERYONE!

West Virginia 387%
Wyoming 382%
Alaska 346%
Tennessee 320%
Mississippi 314%
Texas 289%
South Carolina 285%
Alabama 284%
South Dakota 235%
North Dakota 234%

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Teach Honest History @cliftographer.bsky.social · 10d

What an appalling, wasteful and destructive boondoggle. This from the hypocritical jerks who claim they want to save taxpayer money.

The Register @theregister.com · 10d

Only way to move Space Shuttle Discovery is to chop it into pieces, White House told

Smithsonian warns that dismantling orbiter for relocation is history in the wrecking How would you move Space Shuttle Discovery from Virginia to Texas? The White House Office of Management and Budget asked NASA and the Smithsonian Institution and the response was to dismantle it.…

dlvr.it

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Harry Litman @harrylitman.bsky.social · 11d

Telling a group of generals there’s “an enemy within”—basically meaning the left – that must be “brought under control”? That’s straight fascist stuff.

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Axios @axios.com · 16d

JUST IN: Jimmy Kimmel to return to Sinclair's ABC affiliates Friday

Jimmy Kimmel to return to Sinclair's ABC affiliates Friday

The company claimed its decision to preempt the show was "independent of any government interaction or influence."

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Teach Honest History @cliftographer.bsky.social · 20d

BUT... will the show be aired on any/all of the stations owned by TEGNA or Sinclair? IIRC, ABC only owns eight local stations outright. Sinclair in particular has demanded an apology from Kimmel AND a donation to Turning Point USA.

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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 25d

My fucking god

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 25d

KAMLAGER-DOVE: Dylan Roof, who followed white supremacist propaganda, murdered 9 Black parishioners in 2015. Do you deny this?

PATEL: I'm sorry. Dylan Roof? Can you give me more information?

KAMLAGER-DOVE: You're head of the FBI

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Teach Honest History @cliftographer.bsky.social · 27d

Interesting. When I read this I immediately thought of the way some men in prison adapt to the absence of women. But here the imprisonment is purely a state of mind.

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Social Security Works @socialsecurityworks.org · 28d

A worker making $50,000 a year contributes to Social Security with 100% of their income.

A CEO making $20 million a year contributes to Social Security with less than 1% of their income.

Who agrees it’s time to scrap the cap?

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🌲Rolf🌲 @rolfr.bsky.social · 28d

A better way to express this is to say that a person making $176,000 pays $10,918 into social security each year. A billionaire also pays in $10,918 each year and not a penny more.

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Amy Résistance @amooshik.bsky.social · Sep 12

#RestInPower

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smitty-2-smitty.bsky.social @smitty-2-smitty.bsky.social · Sep 9

Nazi Judge sides with Nazi Dictator. Fixed your headline @apnews.com.

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Teach Honest History @cliftographer.bsky.social · Sep 7

Nice thought but I think cooling systems dominate the roof structure.

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Teach Honest History @cliftographer.bsky.social · Sep 7

If we must have large #datacenters springing up like mushrooms, wouldn't it be great if the builders commissioned local #artists to design & paint interesting #murals on those huge walls? Right now most of them are ugly brutes. Cost of art would be pocket change to these huge ventures. #AI

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MikeM3 @mikeg80.bsky.social · Sep 3

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lindzmmm.bsky.social @lindzmmm.bsky.social · Sep 3

A dumb fuck indeed.

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Teach Honest History @cliftographer.bsky.social · Sep 3

Yeah, you've got a point there. That's before a lot of us realized how dead blind stupid and/or hateful a really large segment of the voting public is.

Teach Honest History @cliftographer.bsky.social · Sep 3

Please God let this be true. The comic relief provided by having that clueless buffoon Eric Trump as a candidate would be priceless.

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Teach Honest History @cliftographer.bsky.social · Aug 28

"You take the high road and I'll take the low road." Two #bees using different styles work the center of a water lily. The lower bee seemed quite comfortable hanging down from those stamens. Reston, Virginia, USA. 25-Aug-2025. #insects #insectphotography #flowerphotography #naturephotography

Two bees are seen among the yellow stamens of a water lily with white petals. The bee at the top is upright, while the bee at the bottom of the photo is upside-down and has its legs wrapped around two stamens.

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Teach Honest History @cliftographer.bsky.social · Aug 27

That skipper was having a lovely time enjoying that flower until that great big clearwing #moth came over to spoil the party. Lake Fairfax Park, Reston, Virginia, USA 25-Aug-2025. #butterfly #insects #insectphotography #naturephotography

A skipper butterfly hovers above and to the right near a single pinkish-purple flower in the center of the photo. A large clearwing moth has just flown in and is near the left side of the photo.

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Teach Honest History @cliftographer.bsky.social · Aug 27

This #butterfly was enjoying a flower at Lake Fairfax Park in Reston, Virginia, USA 23AUG25. It might be a Delaware skipper but there are so many types that look rather similar to my untrained eye. Can any #entemologist types help me out? #insects #insectphotography #naturephotography

A moth is perched on a purplish-pink flower against a green background. The moth is a variegated orange and brown.

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Teach Honest History @cliftographer.bsky.social · Aug 25

Lucky to get an eye-level shot of a male eastern pondhawk #dragonfly. To me the neutral gray backdrop (more luck, no Photoshop gimmickry) helps give it a nice art illustration look. Lake Fairfax Park, Reston, Virginia, USA. 25-Aug-2025. #insects #insectphotography #naturephotography #inverts

A dragonfly perching at about a 45 degree angle on a green leaf. The dragonfly's body is mostly a light grayish blue, but the head is dark green. The out-of-focus background is a neutral gray.

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Teach Honest History @cliftographer.bsky.social · Aug 20

My conventional brain says bright colors are a major part of what makes a #butterfly attractive. But then I was just fooling around with #B&W and came up with this. The shape, lines and patterns are pleasing, no? #photography #monochrome #naturephotography

A monarch butterfly perching on a leaf, rendered in a monochromatic (B&W) image.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · Jul 11

UTAH… this is not a game…

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Rhashanna Jasmine Grant @rhashanna.bsky.social · Jul 11

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