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Geoff Wisner @geoffwisner.bsky.social · 15h

...& the frightful energy of the main torrent rushing down over a depression in the same ledge — pale tawny in color — powerful as a slice cut out of Niagara — & so near that one could “lay his hand upon it’s mane” if he wanted to. I did’nt.

Geoff Wisner @geoffwisner.bsky.social · 15h

It is, I dare say, far more fearful than “The Strid”, on Wharfe, commemorated by Wordsworth & Sam: Rogers…. I will merely note the exquisite contrasts of a thin curtain of water covering a long line of rock with a drapery of delicate lace,

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Geoff Wisner @geoffwisner.bsky.social · 15h

...and so close to the wet slippery path way that you could dip your hand or foot into the torrent. You feel that if you touched it with a finger you would surely be dragged in & ground to powder. —

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Geoff Wisner @geoffwisner.bsky.social · 15h

The “Narrows” for example, where the waters of West Canada Creek rush down, boiling & furious & all alive with destructive power, through a narrow gorge which a desperate man running for his life would try to leap,

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Geoff Wisner @geoffwisner.bsky.social · 15h

I should not have ventured on them without his watchful aid & care — for I was shaky as to my knees — and notwithstanding the chains fixed in the rocks for pedestrians to hold on by, I felt nervous & almost dizzy at more points than one.

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Geoff Wisner @geoffwisner.bsky.social · 15h

Good talk & good bed (tho’ my bed-room window could not be shut) & civil attendance. Explored the ravine of the Falls after dinner, with an intelligent contraband — “William” — a professional guide over those perilous paths for 22 years.

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Geoff Wisner @geoffwisner.bsky.social · 15h

The crack Hotel at T.F. (Moore’s) closed for the season. Only Hospitium was the little road-side inn kept by one Joy, who reminded me of John Willet in “Barnaby Rudge”. It looked unpromising — but proved comfortable enough.

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Geoff Wisner @geoffwisner.bsky.social · 15h

The grass in every field & meadow looked as fresh and green as last June & the pines & hemlocks retained their dark verdure quite undimmed, & both helped bring out & intensify the gold & orange scarlet & purple of the deciduous foliage.

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Geoff Wisner @geoffwisner.bsky.social · 15h

Strong takes a railroad trip to Trenton Falls, New York. ("Contraband" is a Civil War term for a free black man.)

Oct. 15, 1866. The solemn splendor of the autumn wood, all the way from Albany, & at T. Falls, was a spectacle to be thankful for.

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Geoff Wisner @geoffwisner.bsky.social · 16h

I find it arises from the stubble being bent a particular way by the cradle, as the cradler advanced, and accordingly reflecting the light but one way, and if I look over the field from the other side, the first swath will be dark and the latter white.

Geoff Wisner @geoffwisner.bsky.social · 16h

Thoreau, Oct. 12, 1851. I see where a field of oats has been cradled, by the railroad, alternate white and dark green stripes, the width of a swath, running across the field.

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Geoff Wisner @geoffwisner.bsky.social · 1d

Have just spent half an hour — it’s now midnight — in bat-fowling, up-stairs & in the library. The game was captured, but got off somehow, & is probably now suspended behind some row of books.

Geoff Wisner @geoffwisner.bsky.social · 1d

But there are those who say there is no Cholera about, but only a few exaggerated cases of our common recognized constitutional “Cholera Morbus”, Western, not Asiatic.

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Geoff Wisner @geoffwisner.bsky.social · 1d

George Templeton Strong, June 26, 1866. I lunched at Downing’s in the Custom House on raw clams washed down with a glass of lemonade. Rough practice when cholera is about.

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Geoff Wisner @geoffwisner.bsky.social · 1d

Thoreau, Oct. 11, 1858. I observe the small cornel or bunch-berry conspicuously green now, like wintergreen and evergreen in the woods, amid the changed or withered foliage of the forest floor. Yet I have seen it purple (?) in the winter, methinks. [Photo FSUS]

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Blue Horizon @phds2.bsky.social · 3d

Taken at the cabinet meeting today. A picture is worth a million words!

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Rise and Resist @riseandresist.bsky.social · 2d

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FRIDAY OCT 10
FOLEY SQUARE, NYC
THOUSANDS RALLLY TO STAND WITH TISH JAMES!
Attorney General Tish James was indicted by a prosecutor handpicked by Trump.This is a politically motivated attack by Trump aimed at intimidating a Black woman who dares to hold Trump accountable.
#HandsOffTish

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James Queally @jqwritesstuff.bsky.social · 2d

Last I checked, rules governing when certain types of force can be used don't depend on the target's political beliefs or job title...

Media Matters for America @mmfa.bsky.social · 2d

A Newsmax host defended ICE agents shooting a minister in the head with a pepper ball by falsely claiming he was “actually an antifa member masquerading as a pastor.”

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Senate Judiciary Democrats 🇺🇸 @judiciarydems.senate.gov · 2d

BREAKING: Sens. DURBIN, DUCKWORTH were just denied entrance to the Broadview ICE Facility in Illinois, unable to conduct constitutional role of oversight.

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Oversight Dems @oversightdemocrats.house.gov · 2d

TO ALL FEDERAL WORKERS: if you were illegally fired today and have information of wrongdoing or abuse of power by the Trump Administration, our whistleblower tip line is open.

We want to hear from you. All whistleblowers are federally protected.

Report Potential Wrongdoing Under the Trump Administration

Whistleblowers play a vital role in helping Congress conduct our constitutionally mandated oversight responsibilities. If you have knowledge of corporate or government corruption and abuses of power; insights into the crimes of Jeffrey Epstein and his associates; or information regarding potential wrongdoing or waste, fraud, and abuse of taxpayer dollars, your disclosure can make a difference.

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Geoff Wisner @geoffwisner.bsky.social · 2d

Trump's mental capacity is going down going down 100%, 400%, 600%, 1,000% in some cases.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Trump: "Drug prices are going to be going down 100%, 400%, 600%, 1,000% in some cases."

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Emily L. Hauser (she/her) ❌👑 @emilylhauser.bsky.social · 2d

Meanwhile, in the West Bank/not in Gaza:

Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 2d

Journalists among the dozens of Palestinians wounded amid escalation in Israeli violence during olive harvest season.

Attacks by Israeli army, illegal settlers injure 36 in occupied West Bank

Journalists among the dozens of Palestinians wounded amid escalation in Israeli violence during olive harvest season.

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Geoff Wisner @geoffwisner.bsky.social · 2d

Firemen and police gathered around 10 am in Inwood Hill Park, facing the Henry Hudson Bridge, followed by government boats and low-flying helicopters. Cops were talking to somebody on the bridge by walkie-talkie. Was there a jumper?

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 2d

Among the long list of political adversaries President Trump has targeted in his second term are several Black women in powerful positions. Attorney General Letitia James of New York, who brought a civil case against Trump and won, is the latest.

Letitia James Is Among Prominent Black Women Targeted by Trump

Fani T. Willis, a district attorney who brought election interference charges against Mr. Trump, and Lisa Cook, who serves on the Federal Reserve Board, have also been investigated.

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Sue @music5150.bsky.social · 2d

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