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Paul MacDonald @ferness261.bsky.social · 1d

bird/h @birdperhour.net · 1d

#birdbot

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Paul MacDonald @ferness261.bsky.social · 2d

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 2d

Week in wildlife: a bumpy snailfish, a slow loris and a whistle pig

The best of this week’s wildlife photographs from around the world

www.theguardian.com

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Paul MacDonald @ferness261.bsky.social · 2d

I Post Animal Vids... 😊 @realjfairclough.bsky.social · 2d

A hungry baby sea otter drinking milk!

😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

#bluesky #nature #animals #wildlife

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Paul MacDonald @ferness261.bsky.social · 2d

bird/h @birdperhour.net · 2d

#birdbot

Paul MacDonald @ferness261.bsky.social · 2d

Mrs. Hoggett

Lucy Lawless @reallucylawlesshq.bsky.social · 2d

Still the worlds second best friend #MagdaSzubanski

#MyLifeIsMurder

Paul MacDonald @ferness261.bsky.social · 2d

Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 2d

I'm sorry but it's just wild we are in the middle of a government shutdown and the House Republicans are REFUSING TO SHOW UP FOR WORK so they can protect billionaire pedophiles and billionaire tax breaks.

Paul MacDonald @ferness261.bsky.social · 2d

lol

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 2d

You won’t believe what degrading practice the pope just condemned

Communication must be freed from clickbait and misguided thinking, head of Catholic church tells journalists The pope has condemned clickbait as a “degrading” part of journalism, at a private audience with global newswires. Australian media representatives were among those to hear directly from Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican on Thursday with about 150 members of newswire alliance Minds International. Continue reading...

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Paul MacDonald @ferness261.bsky.social · 2d

FotoDeFer @fotodefer.bsky.social · 3d

📌 Tempus Fugit.

#FotoDeFer #Asturias #Minimalism
#EastCoastKin #ClassicMono #Art
#Monochrome #BlackAndWhite
#Photography #Photo #Fotografía #Foto #ByN #B&W #BlancoyNegro #Black&White #Landscape #Scape

Esta fotografía en blanco y negro, con su larga exposición, evoca la dialéctica entre lo efímero y lo eterno. Las rocas escarpadas, firmes y antiguas, representan la permanencia, la existencia inmutable frente al tiempo.

Por otro lado, el agua sedosa y las nubes difusas simbolizan el constante flujo del cambio, la impermanencia, un reflejo del panta rhei heraclíteo: todo fluye. El arco natural, puerta de piedra hacia lo desconocido del océano, se convierte en una metáfora del umbral entre el yo interior (la tierra firme, lo conocido) y el vasto universo de la experiencia y el devenir (el mar, lo incierto). El dramático juego de luces y sombras, con el cielo amenazante, acentúa un sentimiento de asombro sublime ante la inmensidad de la naturaleza.

La imagen me inspira una profunda meditación sobre la dualidad. La solidez de la tierra y la fluidez del mar y del cielo coexisten en una tensa pero armoniosa quietud. Esta dicotomía resuena con el concepto de unidad de los opuestos en muchas filosofías orientales y occidentales, donde la tensión entre contrarios (ser y no-ser, luz y oscuridad) es la fuerza motriz de la realidad. Intento congelar este instante de movimiento perpetuo, y nos invita a confrontar nuestra propia finitud y la fugacidad de la vida, mientras la propia roca nos susurra la lección de la resiliencia. Es un recordatorio visual de que, aunque nuestras vidas sean breves, formamos parte de un ciclo cósmico inmenso.

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Paul MacDonald @ferness261.bsky.social · 2d

Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 2d

"Just dribble the ball, Leo."

Jason Mark @jasondovemark.bsky.social · 2d

Anyone who thinks defending the poor is divisive needs to go and re-read (or maybe just read) the Gospels

www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...

Paul MacDonald @ferness261.bsky.social · 2d

Brett "Solidarity 2025" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 2d

@magpie.tips ROAD TRIP

Rare white beaver wows Ottawa-area wildlife watchers | CBC News

Ottawa wildlife photographers have captured stunning images of a rare leucistic beaver.

www.cbc.ca

Paul MacDonald @ferness261.bsky.social · 2d

hilzoy @hilzoy.bsky.social · 2d

Mood.

Brett "Solidarity 2025" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 2d

@magpie.tips ROAD TRIP

Paul MacDonald @ferness261.bsky.social · 2d

bendwalsh.bsky.social @bendwalsh.bsky.social · 2d

wtaf are you talking about

Paul MacDonald @ferness261.bsky.social · 2d

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 2d

it's only racial profiling if it comes from the racial profiling region of france. otherwise it's sparkling reasonable suspicion.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

McLaughlin: "Pritzker said there's racial profiling, which is absolutely false. Our officials use reasonable suspicion. That's protected under the US Constitution 4th Amendment."

Paul MacDonald @ferness261.bsky.social · 2d

Red Sox @redsox.com · 2d

We are deeply saddened by the passing of Red Sox Hall of Famer Mike Greenwell.

“The Gator” spent his entire career in a Red Sox uniform & was a beloved fixture of Fenway and Fort Myers. He gave so much to this organization, Lee County, & Sox Nation.

We send our love to the Greenwell family.

TEXT: "The Red Sox Remember Mike Greenwell- 1963-2025"
IMAGE: Black and white photo shows Mike Greenwell smiling in Red Sox home white uniform as he poses for a portrait.

Paul MacDonald @ferness261.bsky.social · 2d

L-R Jody, Greenie, and Boggs.

Honest☘️Larry @honestlarry.bsky.social · 2d

@atrupar.com

Paul MacDonald @ferness261.bsky.social · 2d

Casey Parks @caseyparks.bsky.social · 2d

Right now, the 9th Circuit is considering whether to allow troops to deploy to Portland's ICE facility. At this moment, looks like there are only Know Your Rights and a clergyperson outside.

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Paul MacDonald @ferness261.bsky.social · 3d

Jesus christ.

Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 3d

Congrats again to Jake Tapper & Alex Thompson

Paul MacDonald @ferness261.bsky.social · 3d

Max Hellicar @birdingtothemax.bsky.social · 3d

I have wanted to see a Varied Thrush for a very, very long time, so I was ecstatic to catch this first year male at Pedder Bay this morning! Our first to be ringed this season. #birdringing

Varied Thrush: upperwing, showing 4 replaced (adult-type) and 6 retained (juvenile) greater coverts

Paul MacDonald @ferness261.bsky.social · 3d

Rick Paisano @sicilianrick.bsky.social · 3d

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Daniel Kibblesmith @kibblesmith.com · 5d

Yes, very difficult to remember the extremely common name of "Ghislaine Maxwell," a person you might only from their association with one of the most famous criminals in history, who was also your best friend. I could see how you'd need a little refresher.

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 5d

Trump on pardoning Ghislaine Maxwell: Haven't heard the name in so long. I’ll take a look at it. I’ll speak to the DOJ. A lot of people have asked me for pardons.

Reporter: But she’s convicted of sex trafficking

Trump: I’ll have to take a look at it.

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Paul MacDonald @ferness261.bsky.social · 5d

Sheldrick Wildlife Trust @sheldricktrust.bsky.social · 5d

Ten years ago, a one-tusked wild elephant appeared in Ithumba. She was so disruptive the Keepers nicknamed her 'Crazy One'. Over the years, she has become a friendly fixture. On 1st October, she strolled up with a two-day-old baby in tow – debuting her newborn just as our ex-orphans do!

Paul MacDonald @ferness261.bsky.social · 5d

Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 5d

Greta Thunberg: "I could talk for a very, very long time about our mistreatment and abuses in our imprisonment. Trust me. But that is not the story. What happened here was Israel… continuing to worsen and escalate their genocide and mass destruction with genocidal intent, attempting to erase an...

Paul MacDonald @ferness261.bsky.social · 5d

This, Justin.

Justin Sherin @wychstreet.bsky.social · 5d

Rush are great musicians & everything about them is designed against me. But I have great respect for baseball psycho Geddy Lee, who not only has one of the world's great private memorabilia collections - within it was a huge trove of Negro League stuff, which he gave to the Negro League Museum

Ned Raggett @nedraggett.bsky.social · 5d

Geddy and Alex firing up a Rush celebration tour with a drummer who isn’t a dude? Chef’s kiss right there.

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Paul MacDonald @ferness261.bsky.social · 5d

American Museum of Natural History @amnh.org · 5d

Feel like a fish out of water? Meet the giant mudskipper! This fish needs to breathe air & spends a decent amount of time on land! Found on the muddy shores of mangroves in parts of Southeast Asia, it uses its pectoral fins to “walk” across mudflats.

Photo: mysorekid, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, iNaturalist

A photo of a mudskipper hauled out of water and onto a branch. The fish is brownish in color and has unusual facial features.

Paul MacDonald @ferness261.bsky.social · 6d

"Whatever that is."