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Oregon Randy @oregonrandy.bsky.social · 2h

The trick is to make a point of remembering. Even painful events like this tragedy.
Thanks to @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social for remembering, and being a vocal ally. 🏳️‍🌈

Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 4h

On this date, Matthew Shephard died 27 years ago. He was beaten, tortured, and left for dead on fence for being gay. Please keep him and his wonderful mother Judy in your thoughts. And let's all work for a world where such horrific things do not happen to anyone. ❤️🏳️‍🌈

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Oregon Randy @oregonrandy.bsky.social · 7h

Otters! 😍

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Oregon Randy @oregonrandy.bsky.social · 8h

The glaciers on Tahoma are next level. And each one has a different character. Some of them are spicy!

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Oregon Randy @oregonrandy.bsky.social · 8h

Yes! Howland Hill Rd has been a favorite of mine forever! Look forward to your discoveries!

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EdinburghGary @photoscotland.bsky.social · 1d

The Giant.

#Photography #Nikon

Massive tree with a line of much smaller trees in background...

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Oregon Randy @oregonrandy.bsky.social · 9h

There is so much, it's almost overwhelming. Pick a location, and plan ahead!
I've been exploring in the Pacific Northwest my whole life, and there is still too much to see!

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Oregon Randy @oregonrandy.bsky.social · 9h

Good to see you getting out and enjoying the nice Fall weather!

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Oregon Randy @oregonrandy.bsky.social · 9h

What's going down for #Stunday?
A close study of the Nisqually Icefall on #Tahoma ( #MountRainier).
The glacier drops 1,000 feet down part of the mountainside! An incredible sight from a safe distance.
#📷 #glacier #Nisqually #scape #EastCoastKin #PNW #Washington
#NationalParks #Nature

$A photo of part of the mountainside on Tahoma (Mount Rainier National Park). The image is dominated by a glacier plunging a thousand feet down the mountain, with massive fracture and creases as the ice strains against gravity. This is only a small, but dramatic part of the Nisqually Glacier. The glacier Icefall is bordered on both sides by higher rocky outcrops of ridges on the mountain, in shades of dark browns with dusky reddish hues. The funnel all the ice into the drop. It mostly moves too slowly to see, but it's a hazard in case the tremendous strain is suddenly released by any number of factors. The glacier is mainly white with hints of blue, and streaks of dusty reddish brown rockfall. To the upper right, the boardering ridgeline continues upward to the center to of the image. To the right of this long ridge is another vast glacier descending from high on the mountainside, and the dark blue sky at the very upper right corner. The sun illuminates the scene from out of frame to the upper left.$

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Oregon Randy @oregonrandy.bsky.social · 1d

#WarRavagedPortland

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Oregon Randy @oregonrandy.bsky.social · 1d

The prominence on the right hand side of the mountain is known as Illumination Rock, and is a familiar feature for those in the region and #PDX. It's very visible from Timberline Lodge (it is to the left from the lodge area), and the ski area there.

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Glenn @glennjosey.com · 1d

Doorway.
#urban_still_life

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Oregon Randy @oregonrandy.bsky.social · 1d

That is the only option without an edit button.

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Oregon Randy @oregonrandy.bsky.social · 1d

Basking in the Alpen #Glow of #MountHood high on it's upper flanks in an alpine meadow. (2023)
#BlueSkyArtShow #📷 #Alpine #Meadow #Hiking #Mountain #Oregon #CascadeMountains #Glacier #Geology #StratoVolcano #Volcano #scape #LandscapePhotography #PhotographersOfBluesky

A photo dominated by the view of a tall mountain from high on it's slopes looking toward the top near sunset as the mountain glows with the last rays of the setting sun. The sky over the mountain is a deep blue.
The high slopes and glaciers of the mountain are bathed in reddish to orange color, while the lower slopes are becoming heavily shaded, but some small green shrubs clinging to the steep slopes are still visible.
On the right side of the mountain below the ridge tops is a glacier, with water running down the rocky slopes below it.

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Oregon Randy @oregonrandy.bsky.social · 1d

Took me a minute to parse what was going on here.
But you'll be fine, as long as the ferry gives consent.
🛳️ 🧚

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Klaus 🇩🇪🏔️🇪🇺 @weissbier-hiker.bsky.social · 1d

it made me laugh so hard.... It's so stupid. 🤣

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Oregon Randy @oregonrandy.bsky.social · 1d

a brown and white goat standing next to another goat

ALT: a brown and white goat standing next to another goat

media.tenor.com

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Oregon Randy @oregonrandy.bsky.social · 1d

I absolutely love that the nickname for this small companion star to Betelgeuse is "Betelbuddy"! 🤩

This is not something you can see, or even hope to resolve with an amateur telescope. The size and brightness difference is vast.

#🧪 #🛰️ #🔭
www.cmu.edu/mcs/news-eve...

X-Ray Study Reveals New Details About Betelgeuse’s Elusive Companion Star

Carnegie Mellon University researchers have detected that the red supergiant Betelgeuse may have a companion star, Betelbuddy.

www.cmu.edu

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Oregon Randy @oregonrandy.bsky.social · 1d

Go with the chonk!

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Oregon Randy @oregonrandy.bsky.social · 1d

Reading this article says that she likes what he is doing to isolate the bad government in her country.

What Nobel winner María Corina Machado said about Donald Trump

Nobel laureate María Corina Machado has referred to Trump as “courageous” and a “visionary” for backing her opposition to Maduro.

www.newsweek.com

Oregon Randy @oregonrandy.bsky.social · 1d

I don't understand how, but she likes the fake president of the US.

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Oregon Randy @oregonrandy.bsky.social · 2d

Or in #WarRavagedPortland, one of those Craftsman bungalows, where the grand street side trees whisper, 'you'll never be able to afford living here'

Chris Person @papapishu.bsky.social · 2d

It’s true: the cities are lawless and scary, if you live here sell your property as fast as possible, particularly if you have a 2 family row house from the 1920s with those nice bay windows.

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Oregon Randy @oregonrandy.bsky.social · 2d

This will go over in Idaho like a 💩 in the potato patch.

PBS News @pbsnews.org · 2d

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced Friday that the Pentagon will host a Qatari Emiri Air Force facility in Idaho.

Hegseth said the Trump administration signed an agreement to build the facility at Mountain Home Air Force Base in Elmore County, Idaho.

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Oregon Randy @oregonrandy.bsky.social · 2d

The sea and the sky both look a little spicy!

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Oregon Randy @oregonrandy.bsky.social · 2d

What a great path! I hope that amazing limb across the route didn't cause anybody to do the limbo!

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Nora Reed (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 2d

cry havoc and let slip the frogs of war

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