Rannie
@rannie-p.bsky.social
Nature, hiking, wildlife, native gardening, books and the Georgia Bulldawgs. No qualms about blocking bots, trolls and other unpleasant sorts.
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Herring Gull with a starfish.
December 26, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Herring Gull with a starfish.
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Such a beautiful pattern on the back of this woodpecker. And that red patch on the back of the head! 😍 #Birds 🪶
📸 Red-bellied woodpecker: Melanerpes carolinus
📸 Red-bellied woodpecker: Melanerpes carolinus
December 23, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Such a beautiful pattern on the back of this woodpecker. And that red patch on the back of the head! 😍 #Birds 🪶
📸 Red-bellied woodpecker: Melanerpes carolinus
📸 Red-bellied woodpecker: Melanerpes carolinus
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A most proper treasure!
www.earth.com/news/suitcas...
www.earth.com/news/suitcas...
Suitcase left in a bank vault for 100 years contained the lost Hapsburg jewels
A suitcase forgotten in Canada reveals private Habsburg jewels, including a nearly one-ounce yellow diamond, after a century in hiding.
www.earth.com
December 22, 2025 at 4:23 PM
A most proper treasure!
www.earth.com/news/suitcas...
www.earth.com/news/suitcas...
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2025 top ten: #10
Dorantes Longtail skipper butterfly
(Cecropterus dorantes)
10-21-25 on paths near the Naples zoo, skipper fits like a missing piece.
#nature #native #insects #Lepidoptera #butterflies #macro #photography #macrophotography #art #AnimalArtTuesday
#ColorADay #BlueTue #eastCoastKin
Dorantes Longtail skipper butterfly
(Cecropterus dorantes)
10-21-25 on paths near the Naples zoo, skipper fits like a missing piece.
#nature #native #insects #Lepidoptera #butterflies #macro #photography #macrophotography #art #AnimalArtTuesday
#ColorADay #BlueTue #eastCoastKin
December 22, 2025 at 11:16 PM
2025 top ten: #10
Dorantes Longtail skipper butterfly
(Cecropterus dorantes)
10-21-25 on paths near the Naples zoo, skipper fits like a missing piece.
#nature #native #insects #Lepidoptera #butterflies #macro #photography #macrophotography #art #AnimalArtTuesday
#ColorADay #BlueTue #eastCoastKin
Dorantes Longtail skipper butterfly
(Cecropterus dorantes)
10-21-25 on paths near the Naples zoo, skipper fits like a missing piece.
#nature #native #insects #Lepidoptera #butterflies #macro #photography #macrophotography #art #AnimalArtTuesday
#ColorADay #BlueTue #eastCoastKin
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Camellias at home
November 20, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Camellias at home
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I am no longer listening to or supporting any journalist who sits there while the president insults and demeans one of their colleagues. Get a spine or go away.
Courage only counts if you use it when it’s courageous to use it. Otherwise it’s cowardice wrapped in excuses
Courage only counts if you use it when it’s courageous to use it. Otherwise it’s cowardice wrapped in excuses
December 9, 2025 at 6:16 PM
I am no longer listening to or supporting any journalist who sits there while the president insults and demeans one of their colleagues. Get a spine or go away.
Courage only counts if you use it when it’s courageous to use it. Otherwise it’s cowardice wrapped in excuses
Courage only counts if you use it when it’s courageous to use it. Otherwise it’s cowardice wrapped in excuses
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Testified at sentencing hearing today for a murder conviction. Then sat in the back and teared up when the victim’s mother spoke. She said when I told her that her daughter was dead, she died as well. And that I told her I wouldn’t stop working for her.
For two years we didn’t stop.
We all matter.
For two years we didn’t stop.
We all matter.
December 15, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Testified at sentencing hearing today for a murder conviction. Then sat in the back and teared up when the victim’s mother spoke. She said when I told her that her daughter was dead, she died as well. And that I told her I wouldn’t stop working for her.
For two years we didn’t stop.
We all matter.
For two years we didn’t stop.
We all matter.
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“It's one thing to feel that you are on the right path, but it's another to think yours is the only path.”
― Paulo Coelho
― Paulo Coelho
December 21, 2025 at 5:55 PM
“It's one thing to feel that you are on the right path, but it's another to think yours is the only path.”
― Paulo Coelho
― Paulo Coelho
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December 21, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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THREAD.
My parents' cat Bridget vanished. As the weeks dragged on they became ever more worried, so to distract himself my dad began to paint Bridget's adventures, imagining her travelling through time and popping up at some of art & music's most important moments.
I've collected his work here...
My parents' cat Bridget vanished. As the weeks dragged on they became ever more worried, so to distract himself my dad began to paint Bridget's adventures, imagining her travelling through time and popping up at some of art & music's most important moments.
I've collected his work here...
December 20, 2025 at 9:21 AM
THREAD.
My parents' cat Bridget vanished. As the weeks dragged on they became ever more worried, so to distract himself my dad began to paint Bridget's adventures, imagining her travelling through time and popping up at some of art & music's most important moments.
I've collected his work here...
My parents' cat Bridget vanished. As the weeks dragged on they became ever more worried, so to distract himself my dad began to paint Bridget's adventures, imagining her travelling through time and popping up at some of art & music's most important moments.
I've collected his work here...
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December 20, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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We’re *this close* to having a hit CBS show called FBI: Reddit.
December 19, 2025 at 4:44 PM
We’re *this close* to having a hit CBS show called FBI: Reddit.
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Time for #ForestFriday art challenge.
I took this shot a couple of winters ago in my neighborhood. I could only wish it looked like this now. We just got 3 inches of rain in the last 24 hours instead! 👀🌧️
#EastCoastKin #Photography #Snow #OMSystem #Starburst #ClassicMono #ColorADay #BWFri
I took this shot a couple of winters ago in my neighborhood. I could only wish it looked like this now. We just got 3 inches of rain in the last 24 hours instead! 👀🌧️
#EastCoastKin #Photography #Snow #OMSystem #Starburst #ClassicMono #ColorADay #BWFri
December 19, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Time for #ForestFriday art challenge.
I took this shot a couple of winters ago in my neighborhood. I could only wish it looked like this now. We just got 3 inches of rain in the last 24 hours instead! 👀🌧️
#EastCoastKin #Photography #Snow #OMSystem #Starburst #ClassicMono #ColorADay #BWFri
I took this shot a couple of winters ago in my neighborhood. I could only wish it looked like this now. We just got 3 inches of rain in the last 24 hours instead! 👀🌧️
#EastCoastKin #Photography #Snow #OMSystem #Starburst #ClassicMono #ColorADay #BWFri
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Special birthday shoutout to Mike Mills, a great musician and a great dude.
R.E.M. forever.
R.E.M. forever.
December 17, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Special birthday shoutout to Mike Mills, a great musician and a great dude.
R.E.M. forever.
R.E.M. forever.
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"Earliest evidence of making fire" - full-text view-only version of the Nature paper, using the link below.
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Earliest evidence of making fire
Nature - Baked sediment, heat-shattered artefacts and introduced pyrite in a 400,000-year-old Palaeolithic occupation site in Suffolk, UK provide evidence of intentional fire-making, marking a...
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December 11, 2025 at 2:28 PM
"Earliest evidence of making fire" - full-text view-only version of the Nature paper, using the link below.
rdcu.be/eT4WI
rdcu.be/eT4WI
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December 11, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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Tides rolling in during King Tides in #Oregon
#SensoryArt #Monochromatic #ClassicMono #EastCoastKin #Photography #OMSystem #Yachats
#SensoryArt #Monochromatic #ClassicMono #EastCoastKin #Photography #OMSystem #Yachats
December 11, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Tides rolling in during King Tides in #Oregon
#SensoryArt #Monochromatic #ClassicMono #EastCoastKin #Photography #OMSystem #Yachats
#SensoryArt #Monochromatic #ClassicMono #EastCoastKin #Photography #OMSystem #Yachats
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Nature research paper: Gut micro-organisms associated with health, nutrition and dietary interventions
go.nature.com/4a6NYQd
go.nature.com/4a6NYQd
Gut micro-organisms associated with health, nutrition and dietary interventions - Nature
Comprehensive large-scale studies of multi-national populations identified microbiome species consistently associated with favourable and unfavourable health markers, informing future studies of the human gut microbiome and its association with diet and cardiometabolic conditions.
go.nature.com
December 11, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Nature research paper: Gut micro-organisms associated with health, nutrition and dietary interventions
go.nature.com/4a6NYQd
go.nature.com/4a6NYQd
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This Georgia flip is in a district that the GOP drew to drown Democratic voters in Athens into a neighboring red county, Oconee.
But tonight, Dems in Athens were out in FULL FORCE to swamp that gerrymander.
But tonight, Dems in Athens were out in FULL FORCE to swamp that gerrymander.
December 10, 2025 at 2:12 AM
This Georgia flip is in a district that the GOP drew to drown Democratic voters in Athens into a neighboring red county, Oconee.
But tonight, Dems in Athens were out in FULL FORCE to swamp that gerrymander.
But tonight, Dems in Athens were out in FULL FORCE to swamp that gerrymander.
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Officers hand-deliver abandoned packages after delivery driver quits mid-route in Athens
Officers hand-deliver abandoned packages after delivery driver quits mid-route in Athens
Police officers delivered more than 70 packages to residents after a delivery driver quit mid-route and abandoned the parcels in an Athens neighborhood.
www.atlantanewsfirst.com
December 9, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Officers hand-deliver abandoned packages after delivery driver quits mid-route in Athens
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