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John Macomber

@jcmacomber.bsky.social

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Living in Alaska w/wife/kids. Curious about everything, art, science, photography, poetry, Humanist, support LGBTQ, progressive, democracy, gun control, women's rights, peace, love, respect, be kind, thinker, environment, climate, down to earth. No DM.

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John Macomber @jcmacomber.bsky.social · 6h

We're all going to die, all of us, what a circus! That alone should make us love each other but it doesn't. We are terrorized and flattened by trivialities, we are eaten up by nothing.
Charles Bukowski

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John Macomber @jcmacomber.bsky.social · 10h

Now that's a painting

Thanks Julieta Santos.

John Macomber @jcmacomber.bsky.social · 11h

i love places where there are crowds of trees.

Nitin Namdeo

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Eykyu - The solution is unification🏴󠁵󠁳󠁣󠁡󠁿🌊🇺🇸🦅 @eykyu.bsky.social · 1d

I can't fathom why so many of us support the suffering we’re experiencing. I can only say that the wealthy have, for 100s of years, kept the less fortunate divided—against each other, to the point of violence. When will we open our eyes, realize the conflict is the bottom v. the top on Earth?

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John Macomber @jcmacomber.bsky.social · 12h

What is thought but a mis mash of quasi facts and experiences.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 13h

The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion.

The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.

Read that back.

When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.

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John Macomber @jcmacomber.bsky.social · 13h

Quite true.
He is mentioning a persons morality based on aesthetics and usefulness.

John Macomber @jcmacomber.bsky.social · 13h

Not that I know of.

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John Macomber @jcmacomber.bsky.social · 14h

Disinformation is such the norm today, it is difficult to find truth.

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John Macomber @jcmacomber.bsky.social · 15h

Interesting quote

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John Macomber @jcmacomber.bsky.social · 15h

Another day and another shooting. It seems like America is in the middle of a war zone in a multitude to ways.

John Macomber @jcmacomber.bsky.social · 15h

www.huffpost.com/entry/vertic...

Interesting article about vertical morality and Christianity.
Scary in a lot of ways.

John Macomber @jcmacomber.bsky.social · 2d

I got my COVID test today, it says 50. What does that mean? Also, my IQ test came back positive.

😃

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John Macomber @jcmacomber.bsky.social · 2d

The aim of philosophy is to show the fly the way out of the bottle.” – Ludwig Wittgenstein

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Katz Photography @kathleenlamoureux.bsky.social · May 7

Wildflower Tuesday

📷 🌾 🧡

#wildflowers #NaturePhoto #NaturePhotography #NaturePic #Photographer #Photography #naturephotographer

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Kevin Maples @bkevinmaples.bsky.social · May 7

Sturgeon Falls, Ottawa National Forest Upper Peninsula of Michigan. July 2024.

📍Sturgeon River Gorge Wilderness

#photography #landscapes #landscapephotography #michigan #upperpeninsula #wilderness #nationalforest #publiclands #waterfalls #rivers #forest #outdoors #lakesuperior #protectourparks

A wild river drops 20 feet as it flows through the dense, emerald forest of Michigan's Upper Peninsula.

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Tilted View @tiltedview.bsky.social · May 7

Maple Leaf Tulip

“There are no limits to the majestic future which lies before the mighty expanse of Canada with its virile, aspiring, cultured, and generous-hearted people.”

~ Winston Churchill

#macro #tulip #flower #tulip #canada #photography

Maple Leaf Tulip that was bred to resemble the Canadian flag.

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John Macomber @jcmacomber.bsky.social · May 8

True

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John Macomber @jcmacomber.bsky.social · May 3

If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and man.

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Michelle 🌬️💨❄️ @aquaice.bsky.social · Apr 30

My Mother's magnolia tree in all its glory. 🌱

#Bloomscrolling #Gardening #Trees #Flowers #Nature #Photography #Macro #Macrophotography #Gardens

A close up picture of a pink flower on a magnolia tree branch in the foreground. The rest of the tree's flowers, branches and the blue sky are in the background. They're in a Michigan spring garden.

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Tony J Hughes @tonyjhugh.es · Apr 30

Enjoyed getting my feet wet playing with my new filters from Nisi whilst in Cornwall. There are some beautiful rocks on Duckpool beach, if your into that sorta thing 😂
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#landscapephotography #nisifilters #cornwall #duckpool #longexpo

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Robyn @handcranked.bsky.social · Apr 30

Yosemite Falls for #acoloradAyPRIL #charcoal on #WaterfallWednesday.

#smArtist #large

#ClassicMono #nature
#EastCoastKin #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBluesky #ArtYear #photography #MobilePhotography

A dark black and white photo of a paved walkway with Upper and Lower Yosemite Falls at the end. There are conifer trees on both sides of the path and a person far down the path.

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DMC ❌👑 @dcombes.bsky.social · Apr 30

Tomorrow is the day we show up and make our voices heard!
MayDay! Connect with resisters who are in the Fight against Fascism. Let’s grow our community. 📢✌🏼🥾

Let me know in comments if you would like to be in next.

Please follow and share. Vet and follow back.

go.bsky.app/B3NfAJJ

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John Quibodeaux @jquibodeaux.bsky.social · Apr 30

Yellow Flowers
#bloomscrolling
#naturephotography

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