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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 6h

An astonishingly large crowd!
Chicago

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · May 29

Breaking News: A woman sued oil and gas companies over her mother’s death in a heat wave. It's the first wrongful death case targeting fossil fuel companies over their role in global warming, experts said.

Oil Companies Are Sued Over Death of Woman in 2021 Heat Wave

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

Damn! Every clip from last night’s debate is Mamdani wiping the floor with Cuomo.

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Michael Thompson @michaelthompson63.bsky.social · 1d

Nope I didn't I saw it and reposted it, do you like it?

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❁𝒮𝑜𝓇𝒶𝒟𝓇𝒾𝒻𝓉❁ @soradrift.bsky.social · Sep 1

#cozy
#slowvibes
#relaxing
#home
#mindfulness
#selfcare
#coffee
#reading
#cat
#daily
#AIART

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Michael Thompson @michaelthompson63.bsky.social · 2d

Good night friends. I hope you enjoy your evening. See you tomorrow. 🥰

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Michael Thompson @michaelthompson63.bsky.social · 2d

Yosemite High Country bristlecone… over 4000 years old.

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The Wild Images @thewildimages.bsky.social · 3d

Autumn comes early

In certain places

Voyageurs National Park

Far Northern Minnesota

Photo captured Sept. 29, 2025

#photography #naturephotography #nature #scape #fall #autumn #landscapephotography #thewildimages

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Barry Butler Photography @barrybutler9.bsky.social · 3d

Autumn Reflections. The South Branch of the Chicago River thirteen years ago this week for Wayback Wednesday.

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𝕋𝕪 𝕊𝕦𝕝𝕝𝕚𝕧𝕒𝕟 ☮️💟🕉️ @thetysullivan.bsky.social · Apr 6

“1789”
He stood there with his simple handmade sign. Misty eyed when we made contact. His quiet passionate revolution was deafening.
✊🏾
#resist
#HandsOff
#EastCoastKin
#blackandwhite #blackandwhitephotograpy #ClassicMono #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBlueSky #photography #MobilePhotography

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Crimeajewel @crimeajewel.bsky.social · 4d

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Crimeajewel @crimeajewel.bsky.social · 4d

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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · Aug 28

This is Thanos. He has figured out how to rest and babysit at the same time. Very impressive, very Montessori. 13/10 (TT: thanosthesaint)

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 5d

Hobbs: He ran on lowering costs.

He’s doing exactly the opposite.

Whether it’s these insurance premiums that are going up, or the tariffs…

It is exactly the opposite of what he ran on. And the Republicans in this primary against me are the biggest cheerleaders for these failed policies

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The Wild Images @thewildimages.bsky.social · 5d

For the #BirdOfTheDay

With a theme of #Wings

A White Pelican

Soars over the wetlands

That cover Wisconsin

Captured May 9, 2025

#photography #naturephotography #nature #eastcoastkin #birds #wildlifephotography #thewildimages

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The Wild Images @thewildimages.bsky.social · 4d

For the #BirdOfTheDay

With a theme of #LongNecks

A Great Egret

Scans over the water

In a wetlands pond

Captured Sept. 25, 2025

@alan678.bsky.social

@robcrank68.bsky.social

#photography #naturephotography #nature #eastcoastkin #birds #wildlifephotography #thewildimages

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Michael Thompson @michaelthompson63.bsky.social · 4d

‪Today's sunrise got all swirly!

#PhotographersOfBluesky #photography

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Michael Thompson @michaelthompson63.bsky.social · 4d

The mountains embracing Lake McDonald after the storm are beautiful in their new snowcaps.
#BlueskyMonday #MountainMonday #PhotographersOfBluesky #PhotographersUnited #EastCoastKin #TheWildImages #BlueskyArtShow #Nature #NationalParks #GetOutside #LakeLife #Autumn #Fall #SeasonalWork

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Michael Thompson @michaelthompson63.bsky.social · 4d

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_...

Jewish insurgency in Mandatory Palestine - Wikipedia

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Brother Stefan @brotherstefan.bsky.social · Nov 20

Song of Hope during tough times. "All Shall Be Well."
#hope #music #spirituality #julian
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ycms...

Br. Stefan Andre Waligur/ Community of Peace/ All Shall Be Well

YouTube video by Arts Laureate

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Michael Thompson @michaelthompson63.bsky.social · 4d

🌟 Dream big, even if it scares you. The only limits that truly exist are the ones you place on yourself.
#foodie
#yummie

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Michael Thompson @michaelthompson63.bsky.social · 5d

#gulfofmexico
#beautifull

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Michael Thompson @michaelthompson63.bsky.social · 5d

#Resist

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 6d

“With your patient and rigorous work, you can act as a barrier against those who, through the ancient art of lying, seek to create divisions in order to rule by dividing,” he said. “You can be a bulwark of civility against the quicksand of approximation and post-truth...”

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Pope urges news agencies to stand as bulwark against lies, manipulation and post-truths

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the “ancient art of lying” and manipulation.

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Maya🚂🚃🚄🚅🚆🚇🚈🚉🚊🚝🚞🚋🚌🚎 @trains.bsky.social · 5d

the UN should send a peacekeeping force to occupied palestine to arrest these war criminals

Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 5d

“I swear to God, they didn’t feed us. They beat us while we were naked day and night.

Until our last day, they cut us and hit us and abused us. We endured every kind of torture, emotional and physical.

We couldn’t even sleep. They told me they killed my children.”

- released Palestinian prisoner

Palestinian prisoner Shadi Abu Seed has given a harrowing account of life inside an Israeli prison after his release as part of the ceasefire deal.

“I went hungry for the past two years. I swear to God, they didn’t feed us. They kept us naked. They beat us while we were naked day and night. We were tortured,” Abu Seed said.

“Until our last day in Israeli prison, they cut us and hit us and abused us. We endured every kind of torture, emotional and physical.

“We couldn’t even sleep. They threatened us with our children. They told me they killed my children. They told us that Gaza was destroyed. I arrived here and found that everything was gone. It looked like the end of the world. Everything is different.”

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