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pedasigreen.bsky.social @pedasigreen.bsky.social · 9h

Well, I went to the U.S. Forest Service website for some info and got this message!

The Radical Left Democrats shut down the government…President Trump has made it clear he wants to keep the government open and support those who feed, fuel, and clothe the American people.

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Fezzi Fezzino @fezzi.de · 1d

Trimezia steyermarkii , also called the walking iris ... a rare sight these days in Asia... #flowerphotography #iris #Phuket

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Jocelyn Anderson Photography @jocelynanderson.bsky.social · 1d

A female Pileated Woodpecker heading for a different tree while on a quest of finding carpenter ants (a Pileated Woodpecker's favorite food.)

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 2d

Unless and until some kind of compelling legal and moral argument is presented as to why this is a legitimate use of deadly force, this is just…mass murder.

Amarnath Amarasingam @amaramarasingam.bsky.social · 2d

The military has now killed 27 people as if they were enemy soldiers in a war zone and not criminal suspects. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

U.S. Military Kills Another 6 People in 5th Caribbean Strike, Trump Says

www.nytimes.com

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otterskate.bsky.social @otterskate.bsky.social · 1d

Never let anyone forget ever again.

Those shit head bigots are welcome to move back to the Middle Ages, no one still here will miss them.

Politico @politico.com · 2d

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Rabih Alameddine @rabihalameddine.bsky.social · 1d

If you're not careful, newspapers will have you hating people being oppressed - and loving people doing the oppressing.
~ Malcolm X

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pedasigreen.bsky.social @pedasigreen.bsky.social · 2d

Really, is the Times taking lessons from @nytpitchbot.bsky.social?
The paper has become little more than a lifestyle magazine. It’s nearly unreadable.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/d...

This Buzzy New Restaurant Is No Four Horsemen — but It Could Be

www.nytimes.com

pedasigreen.bsky.social @pedasigreen.bsky.social · 2d

butterflies visit autumn flowers
tattered wings

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pedasigreen.bsky.social @pedasigreen.bsky.social · 2d

Amami, Osaka

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 3d

"After the warning, neighbors showed up and formed a human chain outside the church to guide parishioners home. NBC Chicago found more organizers doing the same for the beginning of the 6 p.m. mass..."

www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/c...

Chicago priest urges parishioners to leave mass with caution after ICE agents reported nearby

Chicago's Rogers Park community remained vigilant after reports of federal agents near a Catholic church during Sunday mass.

www.nbcchicago.com

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 3d

Be there. Saturday, October 18th.
www.nokings.org

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 2d

... and into your bedchamber and on your bed, and into the houses of your servants and of your people, and into your ovens and your kneading bowls; the frogs shall come up on you and on your people and on all your servants.'"'"

— 𝘌𝘹𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘴 8:1–4 (RSVCE)

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pedasigreen.bsky.social @pedasigreen.bsky.social · 3d

Thank you.

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Nicole @nb23.bsky.social · 3d

#MinimalMonday

yellow maple leaves and grey sky, skylight view

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pedasigreen.bsky.social @pedasigreen.bsky.social · 3d

Namikawa-ke garden, Kyoto

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range dan @rangedan.bsky.social · 14d

october sunset

Sunset tonight. A stand of trees in silhouette along the bottom with a dead bare tree scorched by a forest fire on the left. A golden sunset under blue and pink clouds

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pedasigreen.bsky.social @pedasigreen.bsky.social · 3d

Kamogawa,
clouds,
bridge,
tree

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Dean Baker @deanbaker13.bsky.social · 4d

October 18th, No Kings protests, Be There! It's important

CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 4d

🚨🚨🚨WA Governor Bob Ferguson responds to a letter he received from AG Pam Bondi in which she threatened to place him in jail. 🧯He is on fire! 1/2

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Frederic Edwin Church @fredericchurch.bsky.social · 4d

Church's Farm, Hudson, New York https://collection.cooperhewitt.org/view/objects/asitem/id/23192

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National Wildlife Federation @nationalwildlife.bsky.social · 8d

So, who’s in those yard waste bags? 👀

🐛 Moths
🦋 Butterflies
💡 Fireflies
🦎 Salamanders
🐝 Native Bees

A new study shows that when you dispose of your leaves, you’re also throwing away about 45% of your spring butterfly and moth populations. 📉

Learn more 📲: https://ow.ly/w6bu50X7Yc3

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Mary Hrovat @maryhrovat.bsky.social · 20d

Twilight clouds.

Deep blue twilight sky with an assortment of clouds.

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Mao and the Sparrows @maoandthesparrows.bsky.social · 9d

The beautiful October moon viewed above Québec’s rolling hills. In the foreground are the tips of dried meadow grasses leading to a curved and coloured wooded horizon. The yet to darken sky embraces the moon in soft pinks and blues.

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