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J Ray R

@jresc.bsky.social

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I'm here to build connections with thoughtful and creative people so that I might grow, and also find reasons to pleasantly pass the time. All photos are mine except reposts. Searching for authentic wherever it might be. 'Look Harder' -Rafiki

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J Ray R @jresc.bsky.social · Feb 24

Ok, at this point, with 780 posts, I can no longer remember the photos shared or comments expressed, so allow me to apologize in advance if I repeat myself, because nobody wants to be twice as boring. ;)

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Anita Sagastegui Photography (she/her) @anitasagastegui.bsky.social · 3d

Muchas gracias--many thanks for the reposts!

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Anita Sagastegui Photography (she/her) @anitasagastegui.bsky.social · 4d

It’s At Ed Sunday! This spooky month I’ll be posting art lessons w/a connection to Halloween. Today it’s a 5th grade lesson inspired by Yayoi Kusama’s pumpkins. #arteducation #artlesson #education #visualarts #yayoikusama #spooktacular #31daysofhalloween

anitasagastegui.com/2020/05/21/5...

5th Grade – Yayoi Kusama’s Pumpkins

We explore and discuss the work of this seminal Japanese artist, whose pioneering installations have enthralled visitors to her work over the last several decades. Using her iconic polka-dotted pum…

anitasagastegui.com

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 16h

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 10h

A terrific AFP fact check uses reverse image searches to expose how a White House video took scenes from Florida, Texas, South Carolina and Nebraska and lied that they showed "Chicago is in chaos."
factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....

Post from WH about Chicago "in chaos," showing scene from another state.

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J Ray R @jresc.bsky.social · 13h

Do Not Drink This Product.

J Ray R @jresc.bsky.social · 13h

The red flagger
needs to run faster.

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Linda @linda2.bsky.social · 1d

Just completed the editing of images from trip to Lake District. I understand why Alfred Wainright had no desire to travel abroad. A view of #GrassmereLake as autumn takes hold.

#Cumbria #lakedistrict #landscapephotography #autumn #photographersunited #PhotographersofBluesky

This is a view across Grassmere Lake. The hotel in the distance reflected in the water. The trees on the hill behind, acquiring the colours of autumn.

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Holly Anderson 🍇 @hollyanderson.bsky.social · 1d

you fucked around and now the Episcopalians are doing memes. are you happy now. are you

Screenshot of a Facebook post featuring three of the Portland protesters wearing inflatable frog costumes with the following text:

Episcopalians on Facebook
Elizabeth Rose Elrod • 22h •
Exodus 8:2-6
"But if you refuse to let them go, I will plague your whole country with frogs...
The frogs shall come up on you and on your people and on all your officials."

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J Ray R @jresc.bsky.social · 1d

If only dogs ate slow enough to taste their food. ;

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He seems so frontloaded it's a mystery to me why this bird doesn't fall face forward when trying to stand. Loons too, because their feet are set so far back.

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David Bright | Tiroltrekker @davidbright1.bsky.social · 1d

Monte Civetta Early Autumn Storm
#Dolomiti #Dolomites #Dolomiten #LandscapePhotography #Landscapes #Photography #mountainscapes #tiroltrekker #montecivetta

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Linda @linda2.bsky.social · 1d

Spring blossom and a parakeet.

#BirdOfTheDay #BirdInABush #UKWildlife #Birds #Ornithology #PhotographersofBluesky #PhotographersUnited #Parakeet

Springtime, spring blossom and a parakeet. A parakeet is nestled in a tree enjoying the spring blossom. She is reaching upwards from a sitting position pecking and eating the white blossom.

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Derek May @derekmay.bsky.social · 2d

Neil deGrasse Tyson
@neildegrassetyson.com

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Paul Willson @pauljwillson.bsky.social · 2d

Light around the shore

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Kevin Schaffer @kschafferphoto.bsky.social · 2d

Went for a drive yesterday on a stormy day in northern New Mexico, swung by this view of the Brazos Cliffs and it was definitely worth the miles put in!

Nikon Z9, Z 70-200mm S lens at 78mm, f2.8, ISO100, 1/640 second

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J Ray R @jresc.bsky.social · 1d

He’s right.
The hallowed sacrifice,
a play that enables
others to score,
and his team to win,
rather than what could have been.

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Joseph Fasano @josephfasano.bsky.social · 2d

fathers 🖤

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Bavarian Belle @bavarianbelle.bsky.social · 2d

The Layers
Layers whisper where light meets shadow. Each one a quiet echo of depth, memory and motion unfolding like nature’s own secret.
#photography #landscape #nature

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J Ray R @jresc.bsky.social · 2d

'I said no pickles! I want to talk with the manager.'

J Ray R @jresc.bsky.social · 2d

See? Exhibit #1. ;
Magnificent use of illumination.

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Linda @linda2.bsky.social · 2d

The elegance, beauty and grace of a black swan.

#BirdOfTheDay #UKWildlife #Birds #LongNecks #Ornithology #MuteSwan #Photography

A black swan glows in the light if the sun. Facing towards the camera with head slightly turned towards the left. Water droplets leave her mouth.

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J Ray R @jresc.bsky.social · 2d

The best thing about your video
is the camera ever ready
resting on the windowsill.

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J Ray R @jresc.bsky.social · 2d

Lol, yes, though it's one thing photographing a chickadee singing while perched upon a tree branch near the porch, and quite another standing motionless in a swamp, beneath a swarm of mosquitoes, to capture intense yellow eyes lining up a bullfrog.

J Ray R @jresc.bsky.social · 2d

I have no idea why she would ever think that way.

J Ray R @jresc.bsky.social · 2d

You understand the challenge, Linda, considering your bird shots.

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