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Vox 🇺🇲

@voxrox.bsky.social

#ForestFriday

On Jan. 9, 2026, Olga Schmidt captured the deer through misty fog in the Rhineland-Palatinate, Gerolstein, SW #Germany forest.

It's award-winning & being used as a reference photo for paintings.

#Forests #Deer
#NatureIsArt
#Wildlife #Fog #Winter #Snow
#Photography
#ArtOfPhotography

A color photo of a forest in Germany, during Winter that capured a deer in between trees through misty fog. There's a light dusting of snow on trees & the forest floor. The photo is described as "ethereal," and is being used as a reference photo for paintings
📷 Olga Schmidt

January 23, 2026 at 1:22 PM

Vox 🇺🇲

@voxrox.bsky.social

#Foodsky
#Cooking
#Homemade
#Soups
#FrenchOnionSoup

It's soup weather & a large pot of any flavor can go a long way.

#WhatsCooking #Meals

A color photo of a large bowl of homemade French Onion Soup with bread & melted Gruyere Cheese, garnished with chives. Vox & a friend made it together in Jan. 2026.

January 23, 2026 at 12:39 PM

Vox 🇺🇲

@voxrox.bsky.social

#BirdOfTheDay
#EastCoastKin
#Walking

This Atlantic #Puffin wants to bring you a dandelion to brighten your day! They use flowers to freshen it's nests.

#Birds #Nature
#Wildlife #PNW
#WestCoastKin
#Photography
#BirdPhotography
#BirdWatching
#ArtOfPhotography
#AlphabetChallenge
#WeekCForCloseUp

A close-up, color photo of an Atlantic Puffin carrying a dandelion in it's beak, walking to it's nest where, after gathering flowers, they return to freshen their nests. The bird's walk is dramatic & resembles marching.
📷 Steve Gettle

January 23, 2026 at 12:28 PM

Vox 🇺🇲

@voxrox.bsky.social

#Music
#Supertramp
Logical Song Lyrics
@championawareness.bsky.social
@ladyiris5.bsky.social @robgasper.bsky.social @scotify.bsky.social @ismua.bsky.social @savemeaseat.bsky.social @makeitlouder.bsky.social @msebring.bsky.social @hnb-rams.bsky.social @papillondore20.bsky.social

Vox 🇺🇲 @voxrox.bsky.social · 14h

#Music
#SuperTramp
#TheLogicalSong
Lyrics
🌊💥🌊💥🌊💥🔥
@corpsepilot.bsky.social @hoosiergreg.bsky.social @alicekobres.bsky.social @heresjohnny.bsky.social @bluestormcomin1.bsky.social @pepper10.bsky.social @amitessornotlol.bsky.social @grampajody.bsky.social @simonjester007.bsky.social

January 23, 2026 at 11:17 AM

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Simon and the BlueBeats 🥁🎸❤️‍🔥🎶 • BeatsonFilm🎶🎬🎥😎🎶

@simonjester007.bsky.social

youtu.be/Cm2s93UuIhk?... #BlueBeats 🎹🎤❤️‍🔥 @dawnbritten.bsky.social @voxrox.bsky.social @ismua.bsky.social @soapy2019.bsky.social @justsweetness.bsky.social @callmemare.bsky.social @quodnomenmihiest.bsky.social @walks30.bsky.social @alice58.bsky.social @hawaiian-ishkelly.bsky.social @tkaz99.bsky.social

What Is Love?

YouTube video by Howard Jones - Topic

youtu.be

January 23, 2026 at 9:54 AM

Vox 🇺🇲

@voxrox.bsky.social

#BlueskyArtshow
#AdoorableThursday
#Thursgate

It's the entrance of the Notarial College in Valencia, Spain. Built in 1883, it features intricate #ironwork & ornate #sculptures.

#Landmarks #Doors
#Architecture
#Photography
#Colleges #Spain

📷 Alejandro Hikari
Nikon D5500
6.13.24

January 23, 2026 at 4:12 AM

Vox 🇺🇲

@voxrox.bsky.social

#UrbanGaze
#HumansOfBluesky
#EastCoastKin

A photo of a Blacksmith, in Turkey on Jan. 20, 2026.

#Blacksmiths #Horses
#UrbanWorkers
#Photography
#ArtOfPhotography

A color photo of a man making horseshoes in an urban shop in Turkey during Jan. 2026. The composition captures sparks as they form during the process.
📷 Bayram Akcadag

January 23, 2026 at 3:58 AM

Vox 🇺🇲

@voxrox.bsky.social

#Music
#SuperTramp
#TheLogicalSong
Lyrics
🌊💥🌊💥🌊💥🔥
@corpsepilot.bsky.social @hoosiergreg.bsky.social @alicekobres.bsky.social @heresjohnny.bsky.social @bluestormcomin1.bsky.social @pepper10.bsky.social @amitessornotlol.bsky.social @grampajody.bsky.social @simonjester007.bsky.social

January 23, 2026 at 3:22 AM

Vox 🇺🇲

@voxrox.bsky.social

#Music #Musicsky
#MusicChallenge
#IsmuasMonthOfMusic
The Moody Blues
Knights in White Satin

Day 23 - A song that feels hypnotic.

youtube.com/watch?v=p6xM...

The Moody Blues - Nights In White Satin (1968)

YouTube video by Beat-Club

youtube.com

January 23, 2026 at 2:56 AM

Vox 🇺🇲

@voxrox.bsky.social

#Music #Musicsky
#Earworm #CDSky
#BestSongHeardToday
#MusicChallenge
#MusicThroughYears
#LinkinPark Ft.
#ChrisCornell
#ChesterBennington
#Crawling (Duet)

Day - 23 (2008)

youtube.com/watch?v=sAOL...

A color photo of the beloved & late Chester Bennington & Chris Cornell performing a duet of the song, "Crawling," written by Linkin Park. They adored one another in real life & when their voices were combined they didn't compete, they're considered among the greatest vocalists of their genre. The photo's been widely distributed without identification of the photographer whom never sought credit. Credit original owner.

January 23, 2026 at 2:51 AM

Vox 🇺🇲

@voxrox.bsky.social

#BirdOfTheDay
#EastCoastKin
#TailsUp

A Fairywren in #Australia.
10.25.25

#Birds #Wildlife
#Fairywren
#BirdPhotography
#BirdWatching
#Photography
#Macrophotography
#NatureIsArt
#ArtOfPhotography
#AlphabetChallenge
#WeekCForCloseUp

A macro/close-up, vibrant blue Fairywren standing on a piece of wood in Australia. It's tail feathers are standing straight up. The entire background is green.
📷 Matt Laughton

January 22, 2026 at 11:00 AM

Vox 🇺🇲

@voxrox.bsky.social

#HumansOfBluesky
#EastCoastKin

Torino, #Italy

Jan. 17, 2026

#Winter
#Photography
#NatureIsArt
#ArtOfPhotography

A color photo of a man, wearing a scarf, eating outdoors while hand feeding a small bird in Italy. The bird is standing on a table next to where the man is eating.
📷 Roberto Panichelli

January 22, 2026 at 9:47 AM

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Alina Sarnatska

@srntska.bsky.social

In Kyiv it’s −15°C.
Frost, darkness, the heroism of soldiers and energy workers.
One of my friends is serving and is out in the field right now. Another is running a film festival in Odesa, on a generator, in a shelter, to raise money for the military.
We’re still here

January 17, 2026 at 7:54 PM

Vox 🇺🇲

@voxrox.bsky.social

ICYMI
They voted a week ago. Three were absent., incl. Stalwell. Don't be fooled.

Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 8d

The House voted 341 to 79 to fund Trump's war-mongering foreign policy agenda.

Only 57 Democrats voted NO.

clerk.house.gov/evs/2026/rol...

Gabe Amo (RI-01) Val Hoyle (OR-04) Gwen Moore (WI-04)
Yassamin Ansari (AZ-03) Jared Huffman (CA-02) Seth Moulton (MA-06)
Becca Balint (VT-AL) Jonathan Jackson (IL-01) Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14)
Don Beyer (VA-08) Sara Jacobs (CA-51) Ilhan Omar (MN-05)
Andre Carson (IN-07) Pramila Jayapal (WA-07) Mark Pocan (WI-02)
Sean Casten (IL-06) Sydney Kamlager-Dove (CA-37) Ayanna Pressley (MA-07)
Joaquin Castro (TX-20) Bill Keating (MA-09) Delia Ramirez (IL-03)
Steve Cohen (TN-09) Robin Kelly (IL-02) Emily Randall (WA-06)
Maxine Dexter (OR-03) Raj Krishnamoorthi (IL-08) Jamie Raskin (MD-08)
Lloyd Doggett (TX-37) Summer Lee (PA-12) Pat Ryan (NY-18)
Veronica Escobar (TX-16) Teresa Leger Fernandez (NM-03) Lateefah Simon (CA-12)
Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) Zoe Lofgren (CA-18) Melanie Stansbury (NM-01)
Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) Stephen Lynch (MA-08) Suhas Subramanyam (VA-10)
Val Foushee (NC-04) Seth Magaziner (RI-02) Mark Takano (CA-39)
Laura Friedman (CA-30) Sarah McBride (DE-AL) Rashida Tlaib (MI-12)
Maxwell Frost (FL-10) Morgan McGarvey (KY-03) Nydia Velázquez (NY-07)
Robert Garcia (CA-42) Jim McGovern (MA-02) Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12)
Chuy García (IL-04) LaMonica McIver (NJ-10)
Dan Goldman (NY-10) Gregory Meeks (NY-05)
Adelita Grijalva (AZ-07) Robert Menendez (NJ-08)

January 22, 2026 at 9:19 AM

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

@aoc.bsky.social

Earnest post, but: a thing I like here is it’s okay to have moments of happiness in public without being broadly scolded, and I believe that sustaining this kind of humanity will be very important as we resist fascism.

We have to sustain each other. Making joy isn’t denial, it’s how we will survive

November 12, 2024 at 1:22 AM

Vox 🇺🇲

@voxrox.bsky.social

#BlueskyArtShow
#WhiteFlowerWedneday
#AlphabetChallenge
#WeekCForCloseUp
#Orchids

Unique beauties, strength, fragility & charm, like you!

#Flowers #Blooms
#IndoorPlants
#BotanicalArt
#Bloomscroll
#WestCoastKin
#Photography
#PhotographersOfBluesky
#PhotographersUnited
#ArtOfPhotography
#NatureIsArt

A close-up photo of a cluster of white Orchids in bloom, captured by Vox in January, 2026.

January 22, 2026 at 3:48 AM

Vox 🇺🇲

@voxrox.bsky.social

#BlueskyArtShow
#WordlessWednesday 😎🧐🤐

January 22, 2026 at 3:35 AM

Vox 🇺🇲

@voxrox.bsky.social

#Music #Musicsky
#MusicChallenge
#MyRockNRoll
#Rock ( #Alt #Metal )
Stained
It's Been Awhile

Macey, where are you? It's been awhile! 💞 🎶😊 @1crankyoldwitch.bsky.social (Host)

Reminder: Any rock song, any year, any genre, using the tags in this post.

youtube.com/watch?v=araU...

Staind - It's Been Awhile (Official Video)

YouTube video by Staind Videos

youtube.com

January 22, 2026 at 3:26 AM

Vox 🇺🇲

@voxrox.bsky.social

#Music #Musicsky
#MusicChallenge
#TheBeatles
Something

#WednesdayBallads

Thank you @yutzer-futz.bsky.social for changing the format of this challenge this year, with new tags, giving us a wider range of years from which to choose our favorite songs! 🎶🤘

youtube.com/watch?v=UelD...