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NorCal Lynne 🍂 @norcal-lynne.bsky.social · 5d

Raindrops on roses to help lift our heavy timelines. #BloomScrolling #Gardening #Flowers

A photo of a pale lavender floribunda rose, its petals covered in raindrops, the variety is a Love Song rose.

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Janet Hill @saskajanet.bsky.social · 3d

Last of the season - Clouded(?) Sulphur butterfly
#invertebrates

Greenish-yellow butterfly with pink wing edges is perched on a tiny cluster of three white aster blooms with yellow centres.

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Eddy Conroy He/Him @econroy.bsky.social · 3d

SNAP is also a jobs/subsidy program for American farmers, so reducing how much the feds buy and send to food banks hurts farms across the country.

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 3d

Two parallels here: one is the cancelation of food aid for USAID which was provided by US farmers. The other is the broad attack on SNAP which already means more people will need food banks that Trump is also undermining. It is an assault on our he most vulnerable.
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Caroline M. Yoachim @carolinemyoachim.bsky.social · 4d

A burst of color for your feed: dahlia #bloomscrolling

A bright pink dahlia with red-striped petals. In the background, additional pink and red dahlias and assorted greenery, moderately blurry.

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Daniel Řeřicha @danielrericha.bsky.social · 4d

ISLANDSKÁ VYSOČINA…
fotka z nedávné návštěvy jižního vnitrozemí Islandu 🇮🇸

#bluesky #photography #landscape #landscapephotography #naturephotography #travel #nature #iceland

View of the mountainous landscape in the interior of Iceland with interesting rock formations in the foreground. Wild landscape of the Icelandic highlands in the evening light.

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PacBirds @pacbirds.bsky.social · 4d

For the #Relax theme of the #BlueSkyArtShow, a napping hummingbird.

#birds #photography #birdphotography #annashummingbird #hummingbird #birding #nature #naturephotography

A male Anna’s Hummingbird perched on a branch with his eyes closed, with a bright red gorget, and gray front.

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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 4d

Macron remarks are notable- some quotes: "We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks that are controlled either by large American entrepreneurs or large Chinese companies, whose interests are not at all the survival or proper functioning of our democracies."

Defend Democracy @defenddemocracy.bsky.social · 4d

President Macron: “Europeans, let's wake up!

We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks.”

defenddemocracy.eu/macron-democ...

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Tom Scocca @tomscocca.bsky.social · 4d

There are lots of more glaring and physically brutal basic violations of rights going on but it’s weird how ICE just seems to be freely stealing and wrecking people’s possessions too

Kristina Cooke @kristinacooke.bsky.social · 4d

I spoke to a Venezuelan woman who was arrested in this raid and later released with her 4yo son. She said agents broke down their door, pointed guns at them and made sexualized remarks about Venezuelan women. When she returned to her apartment it was boarded up and all her possessions were gone.

Ted Hesson @tedhesson.bsky.social · 4d

US Border Patrol raid sweeps in citizens, families as Chicago crackdown intensifies, w/ @reneehickman.bsky.social @kristinacooke.bsky.social www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...

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NorCal Lynne 🍂 @norcal-lynne.bsky.social · 4d

The Cats: Tsching, Batzar and Blanc-Blanc.
Drawing by Théophile Alexandre Steinlen (1859-1923). National Gallery of Art. #Caturday #SciArt #Art

A charcoal drawing of three cats sleeping together in one big ball of cats.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 4d

This morning, the Trump Administration’s Department of War gave me an ultimatum: call up your troops, or we will. It is absolutely outrageous and un-American to demand a Governor send military troops within our own borders and against our will.

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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 4d

Something lovely for the weekend!

Ancient Egyptian gold headband decorated with heads of gazelles and a stag between stars or flowers. Second Intermediate (Hyksos) period, Dynasty 15, c. 1648–1540 BC. 📷 The Met www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...

#Archaeology

Met Museum photo of an Ancient Egyptian gold head ornament viewed from the front against a grey background. The headband is made of hammered sheet gold, the ends of which have been tapered to a narrower width and rolled to form loops. A string would have threaded through the loops to fasten the band around the head at the back. The front of the band is decorated with a central head of an antlered stag, identified as the Persian fallow deer (Dama mesopotamica). The stag has two large antlers, large ears and a triangular-shaped head. It is flanked on either side by two gazelle heads. The gazelle heads have long ears and long curved horns which point outwards at the tip. Between the animal heads are four 8-pointed flowers or stars. Dimensions: height of central stag 8.9, length of headband 49.5 cm.

Dated to the Second Intermediate period (c. 1648-1540 BC) when northern Egypt was ruled by the Hyksos from the ancient Near East. Said to be part of a group of objects found in the Eastern Delta near Avaris, the Hyksos capital. The headband shows a mix of ancient Near Eastern and Egyptian artistic styles.

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Janet Hill @saskajanet.bsky.social · 4d

Sandhill Cranes always announce their presence. So loud! #birds

Three very large birds with long necks and legs trailing are flying across the frame left to right. The two at the front have beaks open, calling.

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NorCal Lynne 🍂 @norcal-lynne.bsky.social · 4d

Cute whiskers. 😻

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 4d

Good lord

Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 4d

The messages show high-level officials in the Trump administration discussing the possible deployment of the Army’s 82nd Airborne Division, an infantry force that has dropped into combat zones in both World Wars, Vietnam and Afghanistan.

Trump officials discussed sending elite Army division to Portland, text messages show

A high-ranking White House official was indiscreetly texting about the Portland, Ore., planning last weekend, according to messages shared with the Minnesota Star Tribune.

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 4d

All charges brought against protesters at Broadview today must be dropped. When cops and agents attack crowds without provocation, they make shit up to justify their attacks (in his case, an attack waged on a cooperative crowd to produce fascist social media content). These charges must be dropped.

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VenetiaJane’s Garden @venetiajane.bsky.social · 4d

According to some traditions, Cosmos are another birth flower for those born in #October. Their name comes from Greek ‘κόσμος’, a word used to describe an orderly arrangement, beautiful decoration or adornment. These airy, delicate #flowers are symbols of harmony and perfection.

A collage of nine photos showing different varieties of cosmos flowers. Blooms range in color from deep pink, pale pink, and magenta to creamy yellow and pure white, all with bright yellow centers. The flowers appear both singly and in clusters against green foliage.

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NorCal Lynne 🍂 @norcal-lynne.bsky.social · 4d

Happy to know you enjoyed it. 😊

NorCal Lynne 🍂 @norcal-lynne.bsky.social · 4d

Thank you 😊
It’s a favorite in my garden.

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 4d

House Oversight Ranking Member Robert Garcia has sent a letter to Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick — after Lutnick called Jeffrey Epstein the 'greatest blackmailer ever' — urging him to testify before the panel about his knowledge of Epstein and his crimes.

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Declan Troy @troydeclan.bsky.social · 5d

Catch that fish! I thought the red salmon had outrun the brown bear but no so. A valiant effort though. Katmai NPP #Alaska 🦊

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Gray @grays.art · 5d

Happy Fly-day!

Orange sulfur butterfly in natural light
(Colias eurytheme)

on asters in back of a parking lot
on Elston and Webster Ave
October 2nd, in Chicago, Illinois

#eastcoastkin #FlyDay #Lepidoptera #butterflies #macroPhotography #macro #photography #nature #chicago #urbanNaturalist #art

Yellow eyes, light through orange wings on small white and yellow flowers.

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NorCal Lynne 🍂 @norcal-lynne.bsky.social · 4d

You’re welcome. 😊💜

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Thank you 😊

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Adam Rose @adamrose.bsky.social · 4d

How bad are tariffs going?

I paid for $32 of shaving cream from Canada. Unique stuff I’ve used for years, nothing like it in US. Small family business.

UPS guy came to my door today with box and said I have to pay additional $120 before he can hand it to me.

That makes it 5x more expensive!!! 🤯

Screenshot of message from UPS:

Hi Adam,
All import fees must be paid prior to delivery.
Save time - prepay online for your FREIGHTCOM shipment. If import fees are not paid before delivery, an additional surcharge will be applied.
Total Amount Due
119.20 USD
Additional charges may have been applied based on recent tariff policy changes.
Pay Now ›

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NorCal Lynne 🍂 @norcal-lynne.bsky.social · 4d

Thank you. The Love Song rose in the right light is such a calming color. 💜

NorCal Lynne 🍂 @norcal-lynne.bsky.social · 4d

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