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Roland Muts @rhcmuts.bsky.social · 15m

#fungi #fungus #puffball

Older puffball, mottled with brown spots, but still one whole

Strange looking puffball. Instead of fully round, it's almost looking like a crystal, with square things growing from the center

Old large brown mottled puffball, with two new ones growing about a foot away.

Roland Muts @rhcmuts.bsky.social · 1d

Psh. Must be one of those boomer stories, amirite?

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jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · 1d

SCOOP: The Bureau of Land Management says the largest solar project in Nevada — the Esmeralda 7 mega-farm — has been canceled

The news was quietly dropped via a sudden website update with no public word from any of the companies involved or a statement from the agency

@heatmap.news

Esmeralda 7 Solar Project Has Been Canceled, BLM Says

It would have delivered a gargantuan 6.2 gigawatts of power.

heatmap.news

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Barry Butler Photography @barrybutler9.bsky.social · 1d

Phenomenal on Friday. This morning's start in Chicago.

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Reuters @reuters.com · 1d

'When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognize courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist,' the Norwegian Nobel Committee said as it announced Maria Corina Machado as the winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 1d

Kristi Noem, while governor of South Dakota, supplemented her roughly $130,000 salary by secretly accepting $80,000 donated to a political nonprofit she was affiliated with, records show.

She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms.

(Published June)

Kristi Noem Secretly Took a Cut of Political Donations

A dark money group paid $80,000 to Noem’s personal company when she was governor of South Dakota. She did not include this income on her federal disclosure forms, a likely violation of ethics requirem...

www.propublica.org

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Roland Muts @rhcmuts.bsky.social · 1d

Last couple of days in Atlanta

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Roland Muts @rhcmuts.bsky.social · 1d

Still in IL :-D

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Roland Muts @rhcmuts.bsky.social · 1d

Exciting game!

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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 1d

We are witnessing the most lawless behavior by a leader in American history, just daily, extraordinary abuses of power. National Democrats must speak out in a loud and clear voice against Trump's escalating authoritarianism. It is time now.

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 1d

The Guardian reports that Letitia James has been indicted

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Roland Muts @rhcmuts.bsky.social · 1d

This and one more game...

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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 1d

EXTREMELY COOL BAT STUFF: A study out in Science today found that the greater noctule bat, Europe's largest, hunts and catches *migrating birds* while in flight. In at least one case, a bat climbed to more than 1200 feet, then chased a robin downward FAST until it caught it near the ground.

Greater noctule bats prey on and consume passerines in flight

Despite billions of passerines seasonally migrating during the night at high altitudes, only three bat species have been found to consistently tap into this rich prey resource. However, it remains unk...

www.science.org

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Roland Muts @rhcmuts.bsky.social · 1d

So, watching the #directv stream on mute, and the #audicy #670thescore for audio. A little pausing here and there and the audio and video are :-)

Roland Muts @rhcmuts.bsky.social · 1d

Humans and birds in the same photo ;-)

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Roland Muts @rhcmuts.bsky.social · 1d

I know :-( it's trying to find a different area of what to photograph. I know some people started photographing man hole covers :-) you'd be amazed how many different styles and variations there are.

Minneapolis will have parks and some bars / restaurants along the river. Fowl / birds, etc.

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Roland Muts @rhcmuts.bsky.social · 1d

Any skyline, no matter how crowded, is a beautiful skyline.

(I'm practicing keeping up my spirits for when the field next door is transformed into a new subdivision...)

The bean/corn field slowly being scraped apart. Some road foundations are being drawn, but in general the magic is gone.

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Roland Muts @rhcmuts.bsky.social · 1d

These dogs had some bad behavior during this summer, when one of the dogs nipped at a guest of the family. I'll look up when that was, because I skeeted about it.

"It is alright, the dog just got excited", bottom line.

Roland Muts @rhcmuts.bsky.social · 1d

For both the dogs and the parents of these dogs.

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Roland Muts @rhcmuts.bsky.social · 1d

...kept the dog away. Neighbor said 'he just escaped'.

Nobody got hurt.

But this is a long-running issue. Dogs go crazy about anything.

From now on we'll be filming the dogs when we get onto and out of our driveway, in case something happens.

This behavior is not right...

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Roland Muts @rhcmuts.bsky.social · 1d

So our neighbor has two German shepherds. They're something. When windows are open, when the parents are not at home, they have plexiglass to prevent the doggies to tear through the screen.

Today one of them escaped their backyard and charged my wife in our yard. Only a yell from the neighbor...

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 1d

New Yorkers know Attorney General James for who she is: a champion for justice who fights relentlessly for the people. Donald Trump knows her only as an obstacle to his corruption.

My full statement:

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Mike Fragassi @refrag.bsky.social · 1d

OH FOR FUCK'S SAKE

Jacob Shamsian @jayshams.bsky.social · 1d

I've been wondering why Dominion Voting Systems suddenly reached settlements with Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, and One America News.

Turns out, it's been purchased by a Republican-owned election tech firm that insisted on it, per Axios.

www.axios.com/2025/10/09/d...

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Roland Muts @rhcmuts.bsky.social · 1d

All the Republicans:

(I know :-( )

a man with a mustache is wearing a suit and tie and looking at the camera .

ALT: a man with a mustache is wearing a suit and tie and looking at the camera .

media.tenor.com

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Precious Larue @preciouslarue.bsky.social · 1d

What better way to steal the election than to buy the voting machines?

Republicans never give up on cheating. It might just work this time.

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Roland Muts @rhcmuts.bsky.social · 1d

JFC. There's no winning here, right? It's just money, and the right wing wins because of all the monies.

Jacob Shamsian @jayshams.bsky.social · 1d

I've been wondering why Dominion Voting Systems suddenly reached settlements with Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, and One America News.

Turns out, it's been purchased by a Republican-owned election tech firm that insisted on it, per Axios.

www.axios.com/2025/10/09/d...

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