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Michael H. Bien
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I have been serving in elementary education for a couple of decades now, with an arc toward Special Ed. and special needs tutoring. Hiking in nature is absolutely my favorite sport, if it could be called that, because I do not care for competition at all.
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Anand Giridharadas: What the Epstein Documents Reveal About Power in America
YouTube video by Terry Moran
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February 6, 2026 at 2:15 AM
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deanblundell.substack.com/p/breaking-f...
BREAKING: France Just Raided Elon Musk’s X Offices In Paris — And It’s Not About One Office, One Country, or One Week
This is about power. Influence. And what happens when one billionaire decides the rules don’t apply to him anymore.
deanblundell.substack.com
February 6, 2026 at 2:14 AM
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Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Lyric Video)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
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February 4, 2026 at 1:32 AM
m-higgins.bsky.social
Here is an interesting dialogue between Krishnamurti and some students at Brookwood School, which he facilitated opening in 1969. Also there is another tab briefly describing the begining of the school.
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brockwood.org.uk/the-history-...
jkrishnamurti.org
February 3, 2026 at 3:32 AM
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repmcgovern.bsky.social
For the record: I will not send another cent to Kristi Noem or Stephen Miller while the department they run is shredding the Constitution and murdering American citizens in the streets.

A two-week extension is two weeks too long. I’m voting no.
February 2, 2026 at 10:44 PM
m-higgins.bsky.social
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We The People Act Now (@wethepeopleactnow)
@Robert Reich explains how the tyrant wants to invoke the Insurrection Act, and what we can do about it.
substack.com
February 2, 2026 at 11:27 PM
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Walking through nature and discovering a place like this is fantastic.🌿🌿
February 1, 2026 at 8:16 AM
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Terry Moran (@terrymoran)
JD Vance says I am wrong about ice. Here’s my response.
substack.com
February 1, 2026 at 8:17 PM
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Being Liberal (@beingliberal)
This is surreal… just 10 years ago we lived in an alternate reality in which John Cena could record this… WTF has happened to US?
substack.com
February 1, 2026 at 8:04 PM
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Murphy on Fox News Sunday: "I mean -- c'mon. We're still pretending that ICE is going after dangerous people? They aren't. What is happening in Minnesota right now is a dystopia. ICE is teargassing elementary schools, it is disappearing legal residents into cars, it is murdering American citizens."
February 1, 2026 at 5:00 PM
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tairawhitidoc.bsky.social
Sunrise (2 different perspectives), Sunday, 1 February, from Okitu Beach, Aotearoa / New Zealand.

Ata mārie / Good Morning ☀️
January 31, 2026 at 5:49 PM
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coko.bsky.social
tRump is still violating the citizens of MN
They are NOT backing down, they are getting stronger
Today in Minneapolis... #FUtRump
February 1, 2026 at 6:00 AM
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Nick Perri (@xplicitpolitix)
Philly is not fucking around. This should be happening in EVERY. FUCKING. CITY!
substack.com
February 1, 2026 at 7:10 PM
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barackobama.bsky.social
Black History Month is a time to recognize the lived, shared experience of all Black folks who have fundamentally shaped, challenged, and ultimately strengthened America. It’s about taking an unvarnished look at the past so that we can create a better future.
February 1, 2026 at 5:09 PM
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brymo.bsky.social
Inside a Hollyhock
#photography #art #macro #flowers
Macro photograph of a Hollyhock flower
January 31, 2026 at 2:56 PM
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lawnmasternotts.bsky.social
Almost my photo choice today, here are the crocuses I am keeping an eye on, teasing me big time!
The promise of things soon to come 🤗 #NotLongNow #365DaysWild #inspiringnature #wildlife #naturephotography #MentalHealthMatters
February 1, 2026 at 3:49 PM
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kackbro.bsky.social
NO LIES 👇 DETECTED.......
February 1, 2026 at 10:40 AM
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sanjar.bsky.social
#soothing orange slice
pinned in the midwinter night
crescent moon at rest

#vss365 #haiku #zen #poetry #blueskypoets 🖼️ Pinterest
January 31, 2026 at 7:27 PM
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immcarvalho.bsky.social
Some seek the limelight
Never seeing the beauty
Found in the #shadows

(My 📸) #vss365 #haiku #shadow
The setting sun behind a large tree casts a long shadow on the snow.
February 1, 2026 at 2:43 PM
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rohnertparkbirds.bsky.social
Quite a visage
the fisherman from the north
nice to meet you.

Red-Breasted Merganser, Jan 2026, #BodegaBay, #California.
#birds #birdphotography #photography #sonomacounty #m43 #haiku
A male red-breasted Merganser has an orange serrated bill, with blood red eyes, and a dark shaggy crest.
February 1, 2026 at 8:02 AM
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a drop of crimson
punctures the shimmering veil
a ruby in ice

#Stunday #ImageAndVerse #EastCoastKin #haiku #birds #NaturePhotography
A ruby red male Northern Cardinal perches on a limb in a forest made of ice during a winter storm TN 2026
February 1, 2026 at 3:21 PM
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rina2012.bsky.social
When your inner glow
outshines the outer shadows,
your aura expands.
✨️✨️✨️✨️✨️✨️✨️✨️

#ColorADay #OrangeSun #photography #FlowersOnSunday #Stunday #bloomscrolling #thelittlethings #Senryu #Haiku #writing #ImageAndVerse #EastCoastKin
Close-up of a Collarette dahlia. The flower colour is apricot, surrounded by a contrasting inner ring of smaller, reddish/pink petals. These inner petals cast a shadow on the outer petals. The background is blurred.
February 1, 2026 at 7:16 AM
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✨️🪨🌊☁️⛵️☁️🌊🪨✨️

clouds shape narrative
shoal r o c k tales
form a library

#BlueSkyArtShow #Clouds
#EastCoastKin #ImageAndVerse
#Cassiopeian Libraries

#haiku #俳句 #Freeverse #Poetry #Micropoetry #Photography #Nature #Wolftwin #ocean #ClassicMono
Here is a black and white breakwater photo I took in the Bahamas, off Great Abaco. These man-made structures are designed to mimic the appearance of shoals, but their job is to protect the coast from high-energy waves and storms. The pitted rocks stretch diagonally across the sea, from right to left, like a bridge over calm waves. The sky is strewn with a delicate mixture of clouds; my favorite being the wispy cirrus in the upper right that looks like a fishbone or a feathery arrow. Between the rugged rocks and soft sky, the ocean appears wrinkly, almost silken, leading to a distant line of shore. The tinest sailboat drifts on the right, facing left. Standing before this clutch of serenity, I couldn’t help but wonder: what stories does each rock hold? Every dip, crack, and dent becomes a word. From all angles, different pages emerge. Yet, all we can read is on the surface. What dwells deeper within or beneath the tides? An ocean of libraries. These thoughts inspired another haiku in my travel journal. clouds shape narrative shoal rock tales form a library
January 31, 2026 at 2:46 PM
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So I've been to Iceland 7 times in the past two years for work and have never seen the Northern Lights... I guess the Icelandic trolls decide to make it up to me because this trip I saw this...
January 30, 2026 at 8:38 PM
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In the Irish language, the goldfinch is known as 'lasair choille' (pronounced 'lasser-quilla'), which means...

The Flame of the Forest! 🔥
January 31, 2026 at 4:12 PM