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Jess @jessnoelle.bsky.social · Aug 3

Monarch butterfly peaking through the leaves 🦋✨

#PhotoSky #ButterflyWatch #GardenMood #FoundLight #ShotOnPixel

A monarch butterfly rests on the underside of a leaf, its orange wings glowing as sunlight filters through the foliage. The butterfly is partially obscured by leaves, with a soft beam of light streaking down the frame. The background is lush and green with bokeh highlights and hints of purple flowers.

Jess @jessnoelle.bsky.social · Aug 3

A bee among the thistle from Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens yesterday.

#BloomScrolling #BeeSky #PhotoSky #MacroPhotography #NaturePhotography #PollinatorLove #ArtichokeBloom

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Jess @jessnoelle.bsky.social · Aug 2

Spotted this Giant Swallowtail enjoying a zinnia at Stan Hywet.

#PhotoSky #BloomScrolling #NativePlants #ButterflySeason #GiantSwallowtail

A Giant Swallowtail butterfly with black wings and yellow bands rests on a vivid magenta zinnia flower. The background is softly blurred greenery.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · Aug 1

New: Lawmakers only budgeted $40 million of the nearly $800 million that districts say is needed to fix and maintain schools to keep them safe and operating. Gov. Mike Dunleavy then vetoed more than a third of that.

By @emilyschwing.bsky.social‬

Alaska Ignored Warning Signs of a Budget Crisis. Now It Doesn’t Have Funding to Fix Crumbling Schools.

Lawmakers only budgeted $40 million of the nearly $800 million that districts say is needed to fix and maintain schools to keep them safe and operating. Gov. Mike Dunleavy then vetoed more than two-th...

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Jess @jessnoelle.bsky.social · Jul 31

Happy #NationalMuttDay from my Mom's dog Macy 🐾

#DogsOfBluesky #BlueskyDogs #RescueDogs #MuttLove

A dog with a brown and white coat lies flat on a tiled kitchen floor. Her head rests on the ground, facing the camera, with a thoughtful expression in her eyes.

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Tony Negron @tnite02.bsky.social · Jul 30

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lukelukeluke @lukelukeluke.bsky.social · Jul 23

Here are some nice mushrooms

Two rain soaked orange waxcap mushrooms grow from the matted fallen leaves of the forest floor. Sunlight illuminates summertime landscape behind them. All photos by me

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Jess @jessnoelle.bsky.social · Jul 22

Purple coneflower (Echinacea purpurea). A native beauty that's as photogenic as it is essential.
#BloomScrolling #NativePlants #PhotoSky #FloralFocus #GardenSky

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Colin Yeo @colinyeo.bsky.social · Jul 22

In the United States people are treated like animals. www.hrw.org/report/2025/...

“You Feel Like Your Life is Over”

The 92-page report, “‘You Feel Like Your Life is Over’: Abusive Practices at Three Florida Immigration Detention Centers Since January 2025,” documents that people detained at Krome North Service Proc...

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Jess @jessnoelle.bsky.social · Jul 21

She protec. She attac. But most important, she nap.

#CatsOfBlueSky #CatNaps #CaturdayEveryday

A calico cat naps curled up in a tan sofa, bathed in soft natural light from the side. Her white belly and pink paws are just visible. Tucked beside her is a small handmade pillow with a green crayon dinosaur drawing on white fabric — a child's artwork. The mood is peaceful and cozy.

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Jess @jessnoelle.bsky.social · Jul 21

or a toy camera like a Diana or Holga, they're great for experimental low fidelity pics

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The Onion @theonion.com · Jul 17

Trump Invites Jeffrey Epstein On Stage To Explain There No Conspiracy

WASHINGTON—During a speech Friday in which he sought to convince MAGA supporters that his administration did not withhold any important information from its partial release of “the Epstein files” in F...

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American Immigration Council @immcouncil.org · Jul 19

1/ After 125 days in El Salvador’s notorious “megaprison” #CECOT, our client Edicson Quintero Chacón has been released and returned to Venezuela—alongside Jose Manuel Ramos Bastidas and 250+ others whom the U.S. paid to detain at CECOT.

This should never have happened.

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The Astute Galoot ™️ 🏴‍☠️ @theastutegaloot.bsky.social · Jul 19

Walmart prices went up to 51% because — Trump did that 👇🏼

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404 Media @404media.co · Jul 17

We found hacked data that revealed dozens of people on deportation flights to El Salvador are missing.

🔗 www.404media.co/flight-manif...

Flight Manifests Reveal Dozens of Previously Unknown People on Three Deportation Flights to El Salvador

Hacked data obtained by 404 Media reveals dozens more people on deportation flights to El Salvador who are unaccounted for. “We have not heard from these people’s families, so I think perhaps even the...

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Jun34u @jun34u.bsky.social · Jul 17

Unlike CEOs and other executives, individual contributors understand concert OPSEC

A photo of a TV where a woman dressed as a ghost for the Eras Tour is interviewed by local news. The caption reads “Woman hides identity because she called in sick to work.”

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Jess @jessnoelle.bsky.social · Jul 18

Old window in my friend’s reno project. Almost feels like expired film or a Holga shot.

#MoodyShots #PhotoSky #FoundLight #QuietMoments #BeautyInDecay #ShotOnPixel

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · Jul 17

Family pets are being left behind at Southern California shelters as their families face deportation. At Carsom Animal Care Center, dogs like Bruce and Coco are quiet, confused, and up for adoption. Shelter staff say they've seen emotional goodbyes as families forced to leave the U.S.

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Anonymous @youranonnews.bsky.social · Jul 10

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daily bunnies 🐇✨ @dailybunnies.bsky.social · Jul 18

Two bunnies, one brown and one white, sit side by side under a bright full moon in a dark night sky.

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Jess @jessnoelle.bsky.social · Jul 18

Balloon flowers from my mom's garden. These pink-veined ones surprised me! I’d only ever seen the purple before.

#Photography #FlowerPhotography #MacroPhoto #GardensOfBluesky #ShotOnPixel #NaturePhoto

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · Jul 17

“They don’t want anyone to see how they treat people. They want to be doing this”—their deportations—”with no witnesses.”

ICE agents are harassing the courthouse volunteers who assist besieged immigrants

"They want to be doing this with no witnesses."

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ProPublica @propublica.org · Jul 17

NEW: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wants to overhaul an obscure but vital program that underpins the nation’s childhood immunization system.

Depending on what he does, the results could be catastrophic.

By @sheinvestigates.bsky.social

RFK Jr. Wants to Revolutionize a Program That Supports Childhood Immunizations. The Results Could Be Catastrophic.

The Vaccine Injury Compensation Program stabilizes the nation’s childhood immunization system while paying those harmed by rare side effects. If the program topples, it could threaten access to vaccin...

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Cats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · Jul 17

Just a little guy. Photo from my collection, no date/info.

Sepia toned photo of a shorthaired, white and tabby kitten sitting up. The rest of the composition is very heavily vignetted in white so it just appears that the kitten is floating in white space with just a little bit of shadow.

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