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Leslie Joy Mills

@ljoymills.bsky.social

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Caregiver, former IP paralegal, world traveler, avid reader, real news junkie, journalist, animal lover, photographer, genealogist, master gardener, supporter of all arts, fan of great architecture and movies. Could not live without music and books.

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Leslie Joy Mills @ljoymills.bsky.social · 4h

And here we are again with SIL Kushner playing diplomat in the Middle East. He probably has no security clearance nor the knowledge required to negotiate a lasting peace deal. Kushner's (and others') bottom line is making money. Maybe Kushner is envisioning the Gaza resort his FIL alluded to?

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Politico @politico.com · 4h

Trump’s team has dramatically changed its approach to ending the war in Gaza — and it may be working.

Trump laid the groundwork for the moment by squeezing Netanyahu and showing new deference to Arab allies who are expected to coax Hamas to halt fighting.

Trump’s changes in strategy put lasting Gaza ceasefire within reach

Special envoy Steve Witkoff and Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, are headed to Egypt to join truce talks Wednesday.

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Leslie Joy Mills @ljoymills.bsky.social · 4h

Patel is as unqualified to be the head of the FBI as, say, one of the drumpf boys. That we have this many deranged derelicts in this regime is almost too unbelievable to comprehend. We know how they got there, but Congress gave them permission slips. Before Congress, we have to blame the voters.

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The Conversation U.S. @us.theconversation.com · 4h

As it is said, history repeats itself. FBI Director Patel sees his job resting solely on pleasing the president.

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#polisky

History is repeating itself at the FBI as agents resist a director’s political agenda

FBI director Kash Patel says he is making the bureau more accountable. Critics charge him with purging it of anyone not perceived as loyal to President Trump.

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Sam @samssslearning.bsky.social · 1d

In bloom again & being enjoyed by this lovely 🌱 #GardensHour

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Sam @samssslearning.bsky.social · 1d

Spotted today 🌱 #GardensHour

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seven possums in an AFI hoodie @volare.bsky.social · 1d

Mkay timeline cleanse.
Welcome to my bee motel.
Bed *is* breakfast. 🌱

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Graeme Edwards @graemeedwards1.bsky.social · 1d

A confused Clematis Montana with friend 🌱 #GardensHour

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Leslie Joy Mills @ljoymills.bsky.social · 1d

Lovely flower, lovely words.

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Anthony31 @anthony31.bsky.social · 1d

“If I had a flower for every time I thought of you…. I could walk through my garden forever.”

- Alfred Lord Tennyson.🌱

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DiRebecca @direbecca.bsky.social · 1d

Gulf Fritillary visited my volunteer sunflower this week.💚
#Butterflies #NaturePhotos 📷🌱

Orange with black butterfly feeding on a fresh sunflower bloom with blurred redwoods and blue sky in background.

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Anthony31 @anthony31.bsky.social · 1d

“What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity.”

- George Eliot.🌱

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Ilis Trudie 🏝 @ilistrudiepalmer.bsky.social · 1d

I saw my first monarch of the season on the farm today.

Good thing we've been growing a lot of milkweed while they were away.

#The_Eco_Spiritual_Experience 🌱 🧑🏿‍🌾

Close-up of a milkweed plant with broad green leaves and a cluster of small purple-and-white flowers, lit by bright sunlight against a clear blue sky.

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Wendy Edwards @wendyed.bsky.social · 1d

Some garden pictures from this evening. 🌱 #Bloomscrolling

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Mark Robertson @markrobbie.bsky.social · 1d

Whimbrel in go-mode.
Love the intricate mottling of their feathers #birds

Variegated brown and beige shorebird with a sizable sloping beak, taking off off of a sand dune, both wings down

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tafka jarrito @tafkajarrito.bsky.social · 1d

today's #BirdOfTheDay celebrates seabirds and i 🤍 my two atlantic puffins in flight off the coast of maine

#birds
#USbirds

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Ray M @cushmanlynx.bsky.social · 1d

Enjoy watching Killdeer in Puget Sound. #birds #wildlife #photography #nature

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LGillies_photography @lydiashamlon.bsky.social · 1d

It’s always nice to see and hear a Tūī at dawn. This little Guy/Gal was quite happy to sing and pose for us photographers over the weekend at Western Springs #birds #photography #tui 🪶📸 🇳🇿

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Amy Jo (AJ) Cousins @ajcousins.bsky.social · 1d

LOOK AT THIS BEAUTY. 😍 Lifer! I didn't get a pic of the first one I saw, but I was confident of the ID, and then this gorgeous creature just *posed* for me. Nelson's Sparrow might be my favorite sparrow now. #birds

Photo of a GORGEOUS Nelson's Sparrow, with its gorgeous orange eyebrow, throat, and streaked bib and that striking grey cheek patch, on a thick twig against a blurred background of green and yellow and orange fall dune grasses

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Geek Lewis @geeklewis.bsky.social · 1d

On my morning walk today I first heard and then spotted this juvenile Northern Cardinal. Love the sparce baby Mohawk.
#Birds #Birding #BirdPhotography

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Leslie Joy Mills @ljoymills.bsky.social · 1d

"Tormenting" is a good description of what they are doing to citizens who are legally allowed to gather and to protest. Badgering, provoking, bullying, inciting violence, these are all things ICE is really good at. And dear leader and his sycophantic regime are experts, too.

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 1d

Trump’s order to deploy Texas National Guard troops to Chicago is illegal, immoral, and must be stopped by the courts. ICE is already wreaking havoc in our communities. Let’s call this what it is: an invasion by out-of-state troops coming here only with the purpose of tormenting Chicagoans.