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Laura Christine Ó Donnell
@lcodonnell.bsky.social
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Earth + Democracy defender, PhD psychology, physio. Healer, researcher, writer, poet, editor, educator. Truth, justice, compassion—not just for humans. Consciousness, integrative knowing. Huge fan of education, nature, sciences, arts. Global citizen.
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Laura Christine Ó Donnell @lcodonnell.bsky.social · Jun 1
No to inhumanity, despots. 💙
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Laura Christine Ó Donnell @lcodonnell.bsky.social · 12h
His constant petty grievances are so boring. Tiresome, wretched, insecure clown.
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Laura🇨🇦 @lbp60.bsky.social · 26d
Killbear Provincial Park 24/10/23

"A walk in nature walks the soul back home" — Mary Davis

#ForestFriday #exploreON
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Laura Christine Ó Donnell @lcodonnell.bsky.social · 12h
Autumn allurement 🍂
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Laura🇨🇦 @lbp60.bsky.social · 17h
Welcome to my woods in autumn🍂😍🍁

Warm sunbeams dapple
Alluring woodland passage
Wayfarers enticed

#DailyHaikuPrompt #Haiku #warm #sun #forest
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Laura Christine Ó Donnell @lcodonnell.bsky.social · 13h
⚡ The ineffable, magical layers of the poetry ✨👋🏻✨🤚🏻✨
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CelticStoic 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @celticstoic.bsky.social · 13h
"It was important to hold on to your words in the way they were given to you."

- Joan London, 2014 (regarding poetic inspiration)
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Travel bug with wanderlust @travelphotobug.bsky.social · Sep 8
The great Nordic god Thor has left his wagon (pulled by goats) in the sky while The Lady of the Bog from ancient fairytales is brewing in her black cauldron - the vapour carpeting the meadow. If you escape being lured underground by the holllow-backed, dancing daughters of The Lady of the Bog, the
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First Amendment Girl @firstamendmentgirl.bsky.social · 1d
Autumn on the Seine at Argenteuil by Claude Monet, 1873, High Museum of Art (Atlanta, GA)

#ArtHistory #ModernArt #Impressionism
Monet painted this view of the Seine near the town of Argenteuil, northwest of Paris, shortly after his arrival there in 1871—likely from the small boat he had converted into a floating studio. He included the Château Michelet and other recognizable architectural landmarks. The small, delicate brushstrokes identify this work as belonging to the “high” phase of Impressionism. The brilliant colors of Monet’s landscape are mirrored in the water below, resulting in a remarkable symmetry that makes it difficult to distinguish between the reflections and their sources.
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Laura Christine Ó Donnell @lcodonnell.bsky.social · 13h
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Michael @mdstamper.bsky.social · 16h
“Untitled (بی‌عنوان)” by Nasser Ovissi / ناصر اویسی (Iranian) – Mixed media on canvas / c. 2010s – Raha Gallery Middle East Collection (Tehran, Iran) #WomenInArt #IranianArt #PersianArt #art #artText #artwork #RahaGallery #MiddleEasternArt #BlueskyArt #MixedMediaArt #ModernArt #Ovissi #NasserOvissi
A woman with luminous chalky-white skin sits gracefully side-saddle on a blue horse, enveloped in a field of intense cobalt blue. Her long black hair flows beneath a red ribbons, its edges lifting as if stirred by sound. White calligraphic lines glide across her robe and the horse’s body like illuminated script, evoking Persian nastaliq forms while blending language and ornament. A slender column rises at the right edge, topped by a tiny bird that seems ready to sing—a subtle emblem of voice and spirit. Cradled in her lap, a pale, long-necked lute-like instrument, reminiscent of a Persian setar yet abstracted in form, its soft curve echoing the line of the animal’s body and binding sound to movement. Turquoise and indigo layers blur any horizon, and accents of scarlet red at her lips, ribbons, and reins pulse gently within the blue’s serenity. The result feels weightless, suspended between motion and stillness. This untitled work exemplifies Iranian artist Nasser Ovissi’s lifelong synthesis of Persian heritage and modern abstraction. Born in Tehran in 1934, Ovissi trained in Rome before developing an international career that joined Saqqakhaneh symbolism with contemporary aesthetics. His recurring subjects of women, horses, birds, and calligraphic forms embody grace, imagination, and continuity. In Persian visual culture, blue connotes transcendence while white script becomes both prayer and pattern as the musician represents inner voice and the horse conveys strength and loyalty. The composition’s interplay of vertical calm and diagonal melody invites reflection on harmony between tradition and innovation. Critics have described Ovissi’s art as “a dialogue between poetry and painting,” a phrase that resonates here. Now held in the Raha Gallery Middle East Collection in Tehran, this painting stands as a lyrical testament to cultural endurance where brushstroke, language, and sound merge into one radiant act of creation.
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Laura Christine Ó Donnell @lcodonnell.bsky.social · 13h
Wow, how cool.
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Laura Christine Ó Donnell @lcodonnell.bsky.social · 13h
Míle buíochas! 🇮🇪💚
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Americans Against Fascism - Ireland @aafireland.bsky.social · 1d
This Saturday the American community in Ireland will be protesting against the fascist Trump regime at the US Embassy in #Dublin, in solidarity with the millions of Americans protesting on the same day across the United States #NoKings

For more information:
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NO KINGS DUBLIN, Ireland · No Kings
###SOLIDARITY PROTEST Saturday October 18th, 12pm GMT US Embassy, Dublin, Ireland 42 Elgin Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin, D04 TP03 **In America (and Ireland!), we don’t put up with would-be kings.** Ou...
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Laura Christine Ó Donnell @lcodonnell.bsky.social · 13h
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Americans Against Fascism - Ireland @aafireland.bsky.social · 17d
See you at the US Embassy in Dublin, Ireland on October 18th! #NoKings @youranoncentral.bsky.social @50501movement.bsky.social @50501supporters.bsky.social @indivisible.org @moveon.org
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Laura Christine Ó Donnell @lcodonnell.bsky.social · 13h
What an interesting thing to study...
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Scottish Council on Archives @scotsarchives.bsky.social · 2d
Shifting Perspectives: Scotland's Urban Architecture Through the Lens will explore how photography has shaped and recorded the urban architectural heritage of Scotland.

Find out more and book your space here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/shifting-p...
Shifting Perspectives: Scotland's Urban Architecture Through the Lens
The conference will explore how photography has shaped and recorded the urban architectural heritage of Scotland.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
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Home of the Brave @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social · 21h
Home of the Brave launched a $1 million national ad campaign ahead of the peaceful No Kings rallies this Saturday.

The ads will run in over 185 local papers and The New York Times, USA Today and The Washington Post calling on Americans to “peacefully protest our false king."
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xyzmayb @xyzmayb.bsky.social · 1d
HANDS OFF CHICAGO
SAT•OCTOBER 18•12PM
BUTLER FIELD/GRANT PARK
NO KINGS
Text over Chicago Flag's red stars and blue bars- HANDS OFF CHICAGO SAT•OCTOBER 18•12PM BUTLER FIELD/GRANT PARK NO KINGS
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 16h
Bessent’s friends have huge investments in Argentina.

Elon Musk does too.

Bessent is sending $40 billion of our money to Argentina with more to come.

There is zero oversight. Congress not involved.

One unelected man is sending a fortune to Argentina and nobody will stop him,
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Laura Christine Ó Donnell @lcodonnell.bsky.social · 23h
Ja det är det! Tack för de vackra bilderna! 🥰 Jag är så glad att svenska och norska är så lika. 🇧🇻 Mina svärföräldrar är svenskar, och min bror är också svensk medborgare. 🇸🇪 Därför jag vet lite svenska, men det är dåligt och jag behöver hjälp. 😊 Det är kul att testa!
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 4d
There’s a March for Health and Science being organized in DC for Wednesday, November 5.
MARCH FOR HEALTH & SCIENCE Washington DC, November 5@4PM
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 1d
Trump is stooping so low that he’s gutting the federal Office of Special Education.

Attacking students with disabilities is wrong. Every child in America deserves a fair shot at success.
Amid shutdown, Trump administration guts department overseeing special education
Multiple sources tell NPR that as part of the Trump administration's latest reduction-in-force, the U.S. Department of Education has gutted the office that handles special education.
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Timothy Keeney Photography @timothykeeneyphotography.com · 3d
I made it out yesterday for what might be my only day of shooting this fall. There was more water than I was expecting, but the foliage seemed like an odd combination of early leaf drop and green.
#timothykeeneyphotography #photography #landscapephotography #waterfall #connecticut
Water makes its way downstream via a series of small cascades and slides under a canopy of yellow foliage. Reddish-brown fallen leaves cover the rocks on either side of the waterfall.
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Laura Christine Ó Donnell @lcodonnell.bsky.social · 1d
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Kennys Bookshop & Art Gallery @kennysbookshop.bsky.social · 10d
📍Barna Woods, Galway. Trees damaged during Storm Éowyn transformed into these beautiful pieces.
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Ray Bilcliff - Photography @raybilcliff.com · 4d
Mist rolls soft on twilight’s shore.
Troubled thoughts drift out no more.
Foam-kissed waves in hush retreat.
Cradling calm beneath bare feet.
Sunlight bends through skies of gold.
Wounds grow quiet, hands yet hold.
In the tide’s slow, even sweep.
The world exhales and finds its sleep.
Taking an evening walk on Whitley Bay beach in the UK.
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Laura Christine Ó Donnell @lcodonnell.bsky.social · 1d
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Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 2d
The Portland ICE protest camp literally has a rack full of inflatable costumes for demonstrators who want to try one on...
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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 2d
The Portland Frog army has now infiltrated Tulsa, OK and they’ve made an unlikely alliance with the T-Rex infantry and Sharks on Hoverboards mercenary forces.

This is truly terrifying.
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Laura Christine Ó Donnell @lcodonnell.bsky.social · 1d
Nice!
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Laura Christine Ó Donnell @lcodonnell.bsky.social · 1d
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Jaana Uolamo @jaanauolamo.bsky.social · 1d
Sámis are Finland’s and Europe’s only recognized indigenous people, who have settled the area long before the nation’s borders. Apart from Finland, Sámis live in Norway, Russia and Sweden. In Finland, the Sámi area consists of northern Lapland.
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