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Shady @ellanightshade.bsky.social · 12h

The creature of the day is the biggest crayfish I have ever seen! This thing was massive. The camera does not do it justice. Species Rusty Crayfish (Faxonius rusticus) #creek #nature #biology #crayfish

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Squishy @lostsquishy.bsky.social · 12h

I made egg salad with fresh dill and spring onions and some reallu awesome stone ground mustard. I must resist eating all of it now

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Squishy @lostsquishy.bsky.social · 15h

#writing #author #booksky #read #honest fucking good writing here!

Jeremy Hammett @jeremyhammett.bsky.social · 16h

Saw that it’s Canadian Thanksgiving and immediately remember making out with a curly haired girl in the parking lot of a Kingston bar Canadian Thanksgiving weekend 2000, so lemme shamelessly self promote for a sec

in-the-pines.ghost.io/an-outlaws-p...

An Outlaw's Prayer

For a long time I thought there was something wrong with me, that the reason I didn’t have faith was because I was bad or broken. I don’t believe that anymore, but I still don’t understand. How is it ...

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Squishy @lostsquishy.bsky.social · 15h

ewww

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Rural Anarchy @ruralanarchy.bsky.social · 15h

With tear gas cannisters being thrown by feds like Mardi Gras beads, it's critical to understand that if you want to grab one and throw it back or off to the side, they are hotter than anything you've ever touched. You HAVE to have proper hand and arm protection.

Dan Kaszeta FRHistS @dankaszeta.bsky.social · 19h

Most gloves are not good enough. They are wicked hot

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Squishy @lostsquishy.bsky.social · 18h

The worst thing is the constant fucking sinus problems and severe allergies. Cause it is dry as fuck and the wind whips that dust up cause we TOOK OUT THE FUCKIN HEDGEROWS because we learned NOTHING from the dust bowl and we needed that .05 extra bushels that now sell for nothing

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SCaryJo @caryjo.bsky.social · 20h

The best thing about fall in farm country is the light.

pete3d @peteddd.bsky.social · 20h

Colourful shadows above and below the autumn harvest fields.
#shadows #fields #clouds #autumn #landscapes 🌿

A low evening sun casts shadows from both the trees lining the river across the just harvested soy fields, and under the dense white clouds above, yet beyond the horizon is in full sunlight. (The photographer was able to hide his shade in that of the trees, as you can imagine a giant human shadow figure reaching “miles” across a flat, golden evening landscape is most likely to be an undesirable element.)

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💀skulls live in your face💀 @skullsinyourface.bsky.social · 1d

A photograph of the horizon and sky taken just a few minutes before sunrise. The land and the distant treeline ate featureless black and the sky, with low-lying clouds, is lit from beneath in splashes of glowing orange, pink, and red by the hidden sun.

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Squishy @lostsquishy.bsky.social · 1d

I love this chicken and her exploits

SCaryJo @caryjo.bsky.social · 1d

Tina has been out most of every day

A buffy colored chicken sitting in mostly dormant grass looking at the camera, she is a superstar

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Squishy @lostsquishy.bsky.social · 1d

Squishy, what do you do when you don't feel like doing anything?

I read about the beer caves under the streets of St. Louis. unseenstlouis.substack.com/p/st-louis-c...

St. Louis caves—and the breweries that loved them

An introduction to the caves of St. Louis

unseenstlouis.substack.com

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ArchPundit @archpundit.bsky.social · 1d

My take on this is not that they crashed into her on purpose but took a guy off the street started speeding away like drunk 14 year olds stealing a car, hit the woman’s car and arrested her to cover up for their bad driving

Guardrails of Democracy @demguardrails.bsky.social · 1d

ICE tactics in Chicago are escalating.

Crashing into a woman’s car so they can grab her is unconscionable!

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Squishy @lostsquishy.bsky.social · 1d

Ditto

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Squishy @lostsquishy.bsky.social · 1d

Ok that is super cool

Sheep Bat @sheepbat.bsky.social · 1d

Strange baa-net

Squishy @lostsquishy.bsky.social · 1d

I am surprised no one stopped me from taking a whole paper bag full of seed pods and shit. Shout out to 3B Native Plant Nursery for their work in this park.

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Squishy @lostsquishy.bsky.social · 1d

Native plant seed haul from a public park! Soon to be separated and spread in ditches and field edges in a fit of ecological solidarity and rage

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Conner Kerrigan @connerkerrigan.substack.com · 3d

There's no future in data centers. The City of St. Louis should reject any proposal to build a new one within the city's borders.

connerkerrigan.substack.com/p/there-is-n...

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Squishy @lostsquishy.bsky.social · 2d

This is why I feel bad for these soliders. Signed up to be a weekend wartior and serve but getting a shittu deal AND having to enforce this bullshit

Ghoul Patrick @gpatrick.bsky.social · 2d

So those soldiers are up in Illinois for two weeks and can't do anything AND not getting paid.

Federal judge grants Illinois restraining order against Trump for Guard deployment

(The Center Square) – A federal judge has granted the state of Illinois’ request for a temporary restraining order to prevent the Trump administration and the U.S. Army from deploying

www.thecentersquare.com

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Squishy @lostsquishy.bsky.social · 2d

DO IT! So tired of telling municipalities I can't help them. They are desperate for guidance and my agency has like zero resources available on this topic. Just blows my mind. I have seen some great grassroots campaigns crop up to pushback, but I am afraid in mid size cities it won't be enough

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Squishy @lostsquishy.bsky.social · 2d

The kitteh! 🥰 I love a good shoulder cat.

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Squishy @lostsquishy.bsky.social · 2d

I could see Duckworth going out there, Durbin doesn't have the will anymore if he ever did

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Squishy @lostsquishy.bsky.social · 2d

Happy pups 🥰

Diane 🏳️‍🌈 @mmmadcccow.bsky.social · 2d

We are out chasing bunnies this morning. Belle is intermittently going into the weeds with Otis, or going into the weeds by herself, or running back to me. She's all over the place. 😂 #BeagleMusic