James A Stewart
@jamesastewart.bsky.social
Came here from the other place to follow the people who inform or entertain me. Interests include sports, gardening, photography, genealogy & more. Follows are fine although my posts will be infrequent. Please don’t be offended if I don’t follow back.
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It never ceases to amaze me how gentle animals and tolerant wildlife can be with their young. This cub enjoyed some play time with its very patient and attentive mom. #bear #brownbear #bearcub #wildlife #nature #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #grizzly #grizzlybear
December 9, 2025 at 1:38 PM
It never ceases to amaze me how gentle animals and tolerant wildlife can be with their young. This cub enjoyed some play time with its very patient and attentive mom. #bear #brownbear #bearcub #wildlife #nature #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #grizzly #grizzlybear
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The black hat on the Wilson's Warbler is so stylish! Also kind of looks like greaser's hair
📷 Canon R5
Canon RF100-500mm f/4.5-7.1L IS USM
M, f/7.1, 1/320, ISO 1600, 500mm
5/5/24
Northern Oregon Coast
#birds #bird #photography #ornithology #birdphotos #nature #naturephotography
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📷 Canon R5
Canon RF100-500mm f/4.5-7.1L IS USM
M, f/7.1, 1/320, ISO 1600, 500mm
5/5/24
Northern Oregon Coast
#birds #bird #photography #ornithology #birdphotos #nature #naturephotography
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December 9, 2025 at 3:16 PM
The black hat on the Wilson's Warbler is so stylish! Also kind of looks like greaser's hair
📷 Canon R5
Canon RF100-500mm f/4.5-7.1L IS USM
M, f/7.1, 1/320, ISO 1600, 500mm
5/5/24
Northern Oregon Coast
#birds #bird #photography #ornithology #birdphotos #nature #naturephotography
🦉 🪶
📷 Canon R5
Canon RF100-500mm f/4.5-7.1L IS USM
M, f/7.1, 1/320, ISO 1600, 500mm
5/5/24
Northern Oregon Coast
#birds #bird #photography #ornithology #birdphotos #nature #naturephotography
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The idea that the US Constitution vests nearly absolute power in one person, in part because presidential elections are the main way govt is accountable to the people, is so crazy, illogical, ahistorical it shouldn’t need rebutting.
But here we are, and @donmoyn.bsky.social explains why it’s wrong.
But here we are, and @donmoyn.bsky.social explains why it’s wrong.
At will? Whose will?
Removing independent agency heads is part of a broader assault on a nonpartisan government
open.substack.com
December 9, 2025 at 3:19 PM
The idea that the US Constitution vests nearly absolute power in one person, in part because presidential elections are the main way govt is accountable to the people, is so crazy, illogical, ahistorical it shouldn’t need rebutting.
But here we are, and @donmoyn.bsky.social explains why it’s wrong.
But here we are, and @donmoyn.bsky.social explains why it’s wrong.
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JUST IN: Trump personally asserts executive privilege to protect 4K+ documents/messages from discovery in J6 civil suit. Court given very bare bones list. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26... As first reported by POLITICO last week w/ @kyledcheney.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
December 8, 2025 at 11:01 PM
JUST IN: Trump personally asserts executive privilege to protect 4K+ documents/messages from discovery in J6 civil suit. Court given very bare bones list. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26... As first reported by POLITICO last week w/ @kyledcheney.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
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They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
Torture Techniques from CIA Black Sites Were Used at Alligator Alcatraz
Amnesty International, interviewing migrant detainees, identifies use of the confinement box. There can be no denying it is a torture prison
www.forever-wars.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:40 PM
They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
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“.. By my count, today's $12B farmer bailout is the FIFTH thing that Trump's tariffs were gonna pay for.”
- @scottlincicome.bsky.social
- @scottlincicome.bsky.social
December 8, 2025 at 11:08 PM
“.. By my count, today's $12B farmer bailout is the FIFTH thing that Trump's tariffs were gonna pay for.”
- @scottlincicome.bsky.social
- @scottlincicome.bsky.social
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it feels conspiratorial and hyperbolic to acknowledge it, but it really is true
It appears that the goal is one giant media company controlled by "Friends of the State."
Jared Kushner's involvement was "not mentioned in Paramount's press release on Monday morning about its $108 billion bid, nor were participating sovereign wealth funds from Saudi Arabia, Abu Dhabi and Qatar."
fancy that
fancy that
December 8, 2025 at 4:31 PM
it feels conspiratorial and hyperbolic to acknowledge it, but it really is true
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ChrisO_wiki: A sign of the times: the US military Southcom tweets an image of a soldier with a Jerusalem Cross—used by violent white supremacists groups—on his helmet. The symbol isn't part of any official US military insignia, but it is being promoted by Hegseth.
December 8, 2025 at 4:47 PM
ChrisO_wiki: A sign of the times: the US military Southcom tweets an image of a soldier with a Jerusalem Cross—used by violent white supremacists groups—on his helmet. The symbol isn't part of any official US military insignia, but it is being promoted by Hegseth.
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Trump and Putin national security strategies align perfectly. How is that possible? This headline captures the moment we find ourselves in: “The Kremlin praises new US security strategy as Russian strikes kill 4 in Ukraine.”
Trump Just Put the Quiet Part in Writing
And I'm grateful for that.
open.substack.com
December 8, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Trump and Putin national security strategies align perfectly. How is that possible? This headline captures the moment we find ourselves in: “The Kremlin praises new US security strategy as Russian strikes kill 4 in Ukraine.”
The “Throw Rug of nightmares”, for fish anyway.
The Tasselled Wobbegong is a master of disguise that can eat a fish almost as big as itself in one gulp. It's classified as a shark, but when it lays on the sea floor it looks like a harmless rug if you manage to see it. But with powerful jaws and sharp teeth they are no fish to mess with.
December 8, 2025 at 3:24 PM
The “Throw Rug of nightmares”, for fish anyway.
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NEW:
Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
w/ @robert-faturechi.bsky.social @amierjeski.bsky.social
Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
w/ @robert-faturechi.bsky.social @amierjeski.bsky.social
Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal
The Trump administration has argued that Fed board member Lisa Cook may have committed mortgage fraud by declaring more than one primary residence on her loans. We found Trump once did the very thing ...
www.propublica.org
December 8, 2025 at 12:32 PM
NEW:
Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
w/ @robert-faturechi.bsky.social @amierjeski.bsky.social
Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
w/ @robert-faturechi.bsky.social @amierjeski.bsky.social
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Update on one of the 29 wars Trump says he personally ended.
December 8, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Update on one of the 29 wars Trump says he personally ended.
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To go after a family for no other reason than that their daughter sparked sympathy is appalling. Absolutely appalling. Beyond cruelty into outright sadism.
They are going after that college students' family now. JFC www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/u...
Immigration Agents Target Family of Deported College Student
www.nytimes.com
December 8, 2025 at 1:44 PM
To go after a family for no other reason than that their daughter sparked sympathy is appalling. Absolutely appalling. Beyond cruelty into outright sadism.
It’s 4° F with lots of snow cover here this morning, so naturally my thoughts turned to somewhere warm. Back in 2010 just outside San Diego I encountered this Ring-Necked Duck among other waterfowl. 📷 🪶
December 8, 2025 at 2:32 PM
It’s 4° F with lots of snow cover here this morning, so naturally my thoughts turned to somewhere warm. Back in 2010 just outside San Diego I encountered this Ring-Necked Duck among other waterfowl. 📷 🪶
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Minn AG Keith Ellison on my show explains that The head of massive fraud ring in Minnesota was NOT a Somali American as Trump claims. Rather a white woman named Aimee Bock was convicted as being the mastermind. But Trump spewed this lie to give his base some racist red meat.
December 5, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Minn AG Keith Ellison on my show explains that The head of massive fraud ring in Minnesota was NOT a Somali American as Trump claims. Rather a white woman named Aimee Bock was convicted as being the mastermind. But Trump spewed this lie to give his base some racist red meat.
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Basically, a former Republican FBI director took a job that made him management for the Russian mob.
Sound familiar?
On top of that, Sessions' son is now a Republican congressman in the U.S. House of Representatives for Texas.
Sound familiar?
On top of that, Sessions' son is now a Republican congressman in the U.S. House of Representatives for Texas.
December 7, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Basically, a former Republican FBI director took a job that made him management for the Russian mob.
Sound familiar?
On top of that, Sessions' son is now a Republican congressman in the U.S. House of Representatives for Texas.
Sound familiar?
On top of that, Sessions' son is now a Republican congressman in the U.S. House of Representatives for Texas.
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🧵Just remember—Reagan appointed a crooked dirtbag named William S. Sessions to run the FBI.
By the time Clinton got into office, allegations of misconduct were piling up, so Sessions was fired.
He then became the personal attorney of the boss-of-all-bosses of the Russian mob, Semion Mogelevich.
By the time Clinton got into office, allegations of misconduct were piling up, so Sessions was fired.
He then became the personal attorney of the boss-of-all-bosses of the Russian mob, Semion Mogelevich.
December 7, 2025 at 5:55 PM
🧵Just remember—Reagan appointed a crooked dirtbag named William S. Sessions to run the FBI.
By the time Clinton got into office, allegations of misconduct were piling up, so Sessions was fired.
He then became the personal attorney of the boss-of-all-bosses of the Russian mob, Semion Mogelevich.
By the time Clinton got into office, allegations of misconduct were piling up, so Sessions was fired.
He then became the personal attorney of the boss-of-all-bosses of the Russian mob, Semion Mogelevich.
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On Aug 24, 1869, Ohio Rep. John Bingham, principal framer of the 14th amendment, gave a remarkable speech on “Equal Rights-Impartial Suffrage,” in which he said of those who sought to reject the principal of birthright citizenship, “no greater political atrocity than this can possibly be committed.”
December 7, 2025 at 1:52 PM
On Aug 24, 1869, Ohio Rep. John Bingham, principal framer of the 14th amendment, gave a remarkable speech on “Equal Rights-Impartial Suffrage,” in which he said of those who sought to reject the principal of birthright citizenship, “no greater political atrocity than this can possibly be committed.”
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Interviewing Eddie Johnson or Garry McCarthy about proper law enforcement tactics is inexcusable.
"What does this inveterate liar think of Greg Bovino" is actually not newsworthy
"What does this inveterate liar think of Greg Bovino" is actually not newsworthy
December 7, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Interviewing Eddie Johnson or Garry McCarthy about proper law enforcement tactics is inexcusable.
"What does this inveterate liar think of Greg Bovino" is actually not newsworthy
"What does this inveterate liar think of Greg Bovino" is actually not newsworthy
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The baroque corruption schemes playing out in America and Russia completely outclass the kickback scandal in Ukraine.
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
Trumpian Corruption Is Worse Than Ukrainian Corruption
The people of Ukraine want an honest government, even as American and Russian kleptocrats circle their country.
www.theatlantic.com
December 7, 2025 at 2:15 PM
The baroque corruption schemes playing out in America and Russia completely outclass the kickback scandal in Ukraine.
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
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You are ABSOLUTELY NOT going to regret listening to this bird:
A male rock ptarmigan (Lagopus muta) in winter plumage.
Ptarmigan is from Gaelic 'tarmachan' meaning "croaker". The p- was added when people mistakenly assumed it was a Greek word.
A bird forever warning people: "A werewolf!" (just in case of werewolves).
Ptarmigan is from Gaelic 'tarmachan' meaning "croaker". The p- was added when people mistakenly assumed it was a Greek word.
A bird forever warning people: "A werewolf!" (just in case of werewolves).
December 6, 2025 at 5:10 PM
You are ABSOLUTELY NOT going to regret listening to this bird:
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bugs bunny was literally the first guy in drag i ever saw but ok
December 6, 2025 at 1:55 AM
bugs bunny was literally the first guy in drag i ever saw but ok
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Stunning footage from earlier today, when the new Kilauea eruption covered the USGS Webcam 3, which is situated in the Halemaʻumaʻu crater near the southern rim of the much larger Kilauea caldera.
This *isn't* what the people of Pompeii saw.
But it's not very far off.
This *isn't* what the people of Pompeii saw.
But it's not very far off.
December 7, 2025 at 1:56 AM
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Every new word in this sentence is worse than the last
December 6, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Every new word in this sentence is worse than the last