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Björn Ek photography @bjornphoto.bsky.social · 2d

Fly Amanita or Amanita muscaria, I took this photo in Uppland (Sweden) #fungus #hallucinogenic #mushroom #poisonous #naturelover #natur #photo #Sweden #naturephotography
#nature #closeup

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Björn Ek photography @bjornphoto.bsky.social · 4d

An ultra-wide-angle photo. I took this photo in Oxhagen nature reserve, Uppland, Sweden.
#blackandwhite #Monochrome #nature #NaturePhotography #photography #blackandwhitephotography
#sverige #blackandwhite #landscapephotography #fineartphotography

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Björn Ek photography @bjornphoto.bsky.social · 5d

Peony seeds. I took this photo in Sweden.
#MyPhoto #sverige #nature #NaturePhotography #naturelover #garden #closeupphotography

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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 8d

⭕ Two years of genocide in Gaza..

The Government Media Office says the Israeli occupation has, on average, carried out the following crimes every single day for two years:

➤ Killed 92 Palestinians
➤ Killed 27 children
➤ Killed 14 women
➤ Killed 12 mothers and 30 fathers
➤ Attacked 53 different…

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Björn Ek photography @bjornphoto.bsky.social · 15d

Some type of Dipsacus plant. I took this photo in Sweden. 50mm 1.4 full frame camera
#sverige #nature #NaturePhotography #closeupphotography #naturelover #sunset #sunsetphotography

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Björn Ek photography @bjornphoto.bsky.social · 18d

Honey mushrooms. I took this photo in Sweden.
#forest #sverige #nature #fineartphotography #NaturePhotography #mushroom #closeupphotography #naturelover

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Björn Ek photography @bjornphoto.bsky.social · 20d

Some type of Gyromitra mushroom. Bredforsen nature reserve, Uppland, Sweden. I've used my dad's old canon fd 50mm 1.4 lens from the 70's, on my modern sony camera.
#vintagelens #fineartphotography #sverige #fungus #mushroom #NaturePhotography

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Björn Ek photography @bjornphoto.bsky.social · 22d

I took this photo in central Uppsala, Sweden.
#cityscape #myphotography #streetphotography #photography #Sverige #photographer #blackandwhite #blackandwhitephotography #Monochrome

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Mathias Cederholm @mathiasced.bsky.social · Sep 12

'A former Israeli army commander, Herzi Halevi, has confirmed that more than 200,000 Palestinians have been killed or injured in the war in Gaza, and that “not once” in the course of the conflict were military operations inhibited by legal advice.'

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

‘We took the gloves off’: ex-IDF chief confirms Gaza casualties over 200,000

Retired general Herzi Halevi says ‘not once’ had legal advice constrained Israel’s military decisions in the strip

www.theguardian.com

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Björn Ek photography @bjornphoto.bsky.social · Sep 14

Deep in the forest. I have used a Soviet lens that is more than 60 years old, a Helios-40, 85 mm f1.5. Sweden. #fungus #mushroom# nature #naturelover
#naturephotography #photgraphy #sverige #vintagelens #mushroomphotography

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Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social · Sep 5

Read this.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

UK ignored obligation to prevent genocide, witnesses tell Gaza tribunal

Independent tribunal told government did minimum to hold Israel to account and maximum to shield itself from scrutiny

www.theguardian.com

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Björn Ek photography @bjornphoto.bsky.social · Sep 6

I have taken this photo with a Soviet lens that is more than 60 years old, a Helios-40, 85 mm f1.5. The lens is used wide open.
A deformed Boletus Edulis mushroom. Sweden, Uppland.
#naturelover #naturepic #natur #photo #naturephotography
#nature #fineartphotography

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Björn Ek photography @bjornphoto.bsky.social · Sep 3

Clavarioid fungus, I took this photo in Sweden.
#photography #sverige #fungus #mushroom #NaturePhotography #naturelover #natur #photo #svamp

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Björn Ek photography @bjornphoto.bsky.social · Aug 28

I took this photo in Sweden.
#forest #sverige #nature #NaturePhotography #closeupphotography #naturelover #animal #wildlife #wildlifephotography

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Abu Aardvark’s Ghost @abuaardvark.bsky.social · Aug 15

“Everyone basically agrees now that Israel's destruction of Gaza is at least close to genocide. But that hasn't led to any meaningful actions to stop it.”

abuaardvarkghost.ghost.io/normalizing-...

Normalizing Gaza's genocide

And other big questions about the direction of Middle Eastern politics. Thank you so much for subscribing to Abu Aardvark's Ghost and the MENA Academy (sounds like a killer indy band, right?). Moving...

abuaardvarkghost.ghost.io

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Björn Ek photography @bjornphoto.bsky.social · Aug 20

Willow Tree - I took this photo in Fullerö. Sweden, Uppsala.
#landscape #samsung #sweden #uppsala #summer #sverige #Fullerö #natur #sunset #naturephotography
#landscapephotography #naturelovers #naturelover

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Björn Ek photography @bjornphoto.bsky.social · Aug 15

My friend's whippet...
#Monochrome #monochromephotography #blackandwhite #blackandwhitephotography #blackandwhitephoto #fineartphotography #DogLover #dog #animals #sverige #Sweden #Uppsala

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Björn Ek photography @bjornphoto.bsky.social · Aug 14

I took this photo in Hågadalen-Nåstens nature reserve (Sweden, Uppsala).
#mushroom #fungus #blackandwhite #Monochrome #nature #NaturePhotography #photography #blackandwhitephotography
#sverige #NaturePhotography

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Björn Ek photography @bjornphoto.bsky.social · Aug 7

My Phalaenopsis orchid.
Extension tubes creates a lot of diffusion effect when I use them with my Samyang 135mm f2 lens.
#closeup #macrophotography #nature #naturephotography #naturelovers #flower #Flowers #blomma #flowers #orchid #orchids

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Björn Ek photography @bjornphoto.bsky.social · Aug 1

Cucumber Green Spider . I have used focus stacking. Sweden.
#close #closeup #closeupphotography #macrophotography #macro #nature #naturephotography #Sverige #wildlifephotography

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Björn Ek photography @bjornphoto.bsky.social · Jul 26

I took this photo in Gammla Uppsala (Sweden). #myphotography #landscape #nordic #samsung #summer #sverige #sweden #natur #sunset #naturephotography #naturelovers #naturelover #landscapephotography

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Michael Dunn @michaeldunnauthor.bsky.social · Dec 17

Satire on a 1950s era book cover, with a boy in a sweater pointing at a car engine, saying: this engine is antisemitic. Book title is: Everything I don't like is antisemitic. a book for basic Zionists. Revised edition.

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Björn Ek photography @bjornphoto.bsky.social · Jul 25

I think it's Angelica sylvestris / wild angelica. I took this photo in Uppsala. (Sweden).
#blackandwhitephoto #blackandwhitephotograph #nature #naturephotograph #monochromephotography #photography #Sverige

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Björn Ek photography @bjornphoto.bsky.social · Jul 17

I took this photo in Uppsala. (Sweden). #landscape #nature #naturelandscape #naturephotograph #naturephotography #samsung #scandinavia #sunrise #sunset #waterscape #waterscapephotography #Sverige #naturelovers

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Björn Ek photography @bjornphoto.bsky.social · Jul 16

Kolkwitzia Amabilis flowers . I have used a vintage lens, a Chinon 55mm F1.7. mounted on my modern sony full frame camera.
#bokeh #garden #sverige #sweden #flowerphotography #bokehbackground #bokehphotography #vintagelens #蝟实

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