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Bill Kipper

@billkipper.bsky.social

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Increasingly agitated disliker of political trends. Peacenik. Covid and environmental degradation conscious: verging on doomer. Has crow/duck/chickadee/blackbird buddies. Tardy writings available at https://billkipper.substack.com/

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Bill Kipper @billkipper.bsky.social · Feb 19

Plight of the Plunger

Sometimes, you can find yourself in over your head, yet it all turns out just fine!
Join me and my friends for a sweaty-palmed adventure on a granite monolith in Squamish BC.
#climbing #fear #humor #drama #teamwork #gripping #writer #fun

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Plight of the Plunger

A Big-Wall Climbing Anti-Primer

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Bill Kipper @billkipper.bsky.social · 6d

Pretty sure that's a western leaf-cutter bee on the sunflower head, so at least we have that...for a while longer. They behave as if they know they're running out of time, which I fully respect.

Bill Kipper @billkipper.bsky.social · 12d

He walked to the depths of the deepest burnt forest...

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 29d

Trump is right, there is a war on Christians. He's the one doing it.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 29d

WATCH: Trump’s lawless Ice goons shoot an unarmed priest in the head with a pepper ball. Completely out of control.

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Bill Kipper @billkipper.bsky.social · 29d

They suddenly vanished, as if Raptured, weapons and clothes falling to the roof. A penetrating reek of hot black pepper filled their nostrils; immense, searing peppercorns sank into their flesh. Lips tore, teeth broke, pepper poured down their throats. Theirs to enjoy, forever.

A reverse Rapture.

Bill Kipper @billkipper.bsky.social · Sep 24

Enjoyed the excerpts from the audiobook you read on the podcast. Even better was your appearance on The Daily Show with Jordan Klepper, who grew more fanboi'ish by the second!

Bill Kipper @billkipper.bsky.social · Sep 17

Semi-vaguely on topic, my wife cranks MST3K (which I call 'mistake' to trigger her) while she's crafting pine needle baskets, etc. On our nature walks, after I've chicka-dee-dee-dee'd and cawed a few too many times, I sometimes rue 'If I could STOP talking to the animals...' but, we're buds, eh?!

Crows on rustic wooden fence-posts, stretching out to upper photo right, glossy black beauties pecking sunflower seed booty.

Bill Kipper @billkipper.bsky.social · Sep 15

cable tangler!

Bill Kipper @billkipper.bsky.social · Sep 15

Local pond with non-local turtle inhabitants. The Ouachita map turtle to left and Mississippi map turtle to right 'belong' in the southeastern USA, and were likely dumped after their appeal as pets wore off. Having no one to breed with = not invasive.
#nature #turtle #photography #art #reflections

Rippled green pond surrounding the flat top of a stump, which is populated by a diminutive Ouachita map turtle at left, and several times larger Mississippi map turtle dominating the stump to the right.

Bill Kipper @billkipper.bsky.social · Sep 13

A tree swallow fledgling awaiting its BeakDash® breakfast delivery, and receiving the goods from the 'driver'. The landing/feeding took less than a second, so I was mighty happy to capture that moment.
#birds #nest #insects #photography #emotions #nature #luck #beauty #SurreyParks

Seen from behind and left, a grey and white tree sparrow youngling with brilliant yellow beak sits atop a lichen-encrusted wooden nest-box, looking glumly at the photographer, who is clearly a waste of breath with respect to supplying tasty insects.

A white-bellied tree swallow clings to the top edge of the nest-box, stuffing an unseen insect into the fledgling's mouth in a high-tempo docking maneuver.

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Bill Kipper @billkipper.bsky.social · Sep 11

Please allow me to coin 'barfunkles' for your reading pleasure.

Bill Kipper @billkipper.bsky.social · Sep 11

Only if you steal from the earth and give to the rich, Robin.

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Joshua Ellis @jzellis.bsky.social · Sep 10

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Bill Kipper @billkipper.bsky.social · Aug 20

Current US climate/energy policy seems built on the understanding that the author is close, but 'not quite there': the heat will kill THEM first, the poor, aged, 'losers in shithole countries'... they're all machine-gunnable rabble as far as Scump et al are concerned.

Let them eat NOTHING & die.

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Joshua Ellis @jzellis.bsky.social · Aug 20

This post went viral on FB today, I thought maybe y'all would appreciate it too.

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Bill Kipper @billkipper.bsky.social · Aug 11

My next door neighbour had a Kenner Easy-Bake Oven, and we used to develop our own B&W film, but we were too dumb to combine them into something groundbreaking.
Sigh. Opportunities lost. In fairness to us, we 'were' 12 years old...

Bill Kipper @billkipper.bsky.social · May 9

They need to learn that manners enhance compliance.

STAGGER INTO THE WOODS, FETID HOMINID, AND EMBRACE YOUR SUBSUMANCE, 'please'.

Bill Kipper @billkipper.bsky.social · May 9

Yes please. Double that rate for 'Gateway to Mars', to slap 'DOGE-Czar' towards Realityville Station.

Apologies to all the hapless humans along for the ride on the 'Moloch Express to Optimized Throughput'.

Bill Kipper @billkipper.bsky.social · Apr 1

Those 'are' the gills. Caps look like this, and are surprisingly small.

thumb on bark next to typical splitgill mushrooms, which are poorly described as 'large'.

Bill Kipper @billkipper.bsky.social · Mar 25

Probably the same guys who named the town my mom's from, Long Pond.

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Bill Kipper @billkipper.bsky.social · Mar 25

Coming soon: subscription weather-warning apps with dynamic pricing! The closer the extreme weather, the more you pay!

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · Mar 21

The Democrats are lucky to have a politician like @aoc.bsky.social in this moment.

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · Mar 20

AOC: What they like to call as radical, I believe is common sense.

I believe that when a person gets sick, they shouldn’t go bankrupt in the wealthiest country in the history of the world. Common sense

I believe that a minimum wage should cover the minimum cost to live. Common sense...

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Bill Kipper @billkipper.bsky.social · Mar 21

Some of those fans probably vote! ;)

Bill Kipper @billkipper.bsky.social · Mar 21

Apparently they're eminently hireable by the new regime, now that they've rid themselves of deadwood like forest rangers, atmospheric scientist, and the like.

Bill Kipper @billkipper.bsky.social · Mar 13

At least it's not, say, Jackie Gleason, and don't get me wrong, loved that guy.

Bill Kipper @billkipper.bsky.social · Mar 10

Implosions also go 'boom'. Not super-happy he's stuffing everyone into the same experimental sub.