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Fezzi Fezzino @fezzi.de · 1d

Trimezia steyermarkii , also called the walking iris ... a rare sight these days in Asia... #flowerphotography #iris #Phuket

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Jocelyn Anderson Photography @jocelynanderson.bsky.social · 1d

A female Pileated Woodpecker heading for a different tree while on a quest of finding carpenter ants (a Pileated Woodpecker's favorite food.)

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 1d

Unless and until some kind of compelling legal and moral argument is presented as to why this is a legitimate use of deadly force, this is just…mass murder.

Amarnath Amarasingam @amaramarasingam.bsky.social · 1d

The military has now killed 27 people as if they were enemy soldiers in a war zone and not criminal suspects. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

U.S. Military Kills Another 6 People in 5th Caribbean Strike, Trump Says

www.nytimes.com

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otterskate.bsky.social @otterskate.bsky.social · 1d

Never let anyone forget ever again.

Those shit head bigots are welcome to move back to the Middle Ages, no one still here will miss them.

Politico @politico.com · 1d

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Rabih Alameddine @rabihalameddine.bsky.social · 1d

If you're not careful, newspapers will have you hating people being oppressed - and loving people doing the oppressing.
~ Malcolm X

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pedasigreen.bsky.social @pedasigreen.bsky.social · 1d

Really, is the Times taking lessons from @nytpitchbot.bsky.social?
The paper has become little more than a lifestyle magazine. It’s nearly unreadable.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/d...

This Buzzy New Restaurant Is No Four Horsemen — but It Could Be

www.nytimes.com

pedasigreen.bsky.social @pedasigreen.bsky.social · 2d

butterflies visit autumn flowers
tattered wings

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pedasigreen.bsky.social @pedasigreen.bsky.social · 2d

Amami, Osaka

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 2d

"After the warning, neighbors showed up and formed a human chain outside the church to guide parishioners home. NBC Chicago found more organizers doing the same for the beginning of the 6 p.m. mass..."

www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/c...

Chicago priest urges parishioners to leave mass with caution after ICE agents reported nearby

Chicago's Rogers Park community remained vigilant after reports of federal agents near a Catholic church during Sunday mass.

www.nbcchicago.com

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 2d

Be there. Saturday, October 18th.
www.nokings.org

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 2d

... and into your bedchamber and on your bed, and into the houses of your servants and of your people, and into your ovens and your kneading bowls; the frogs shall come up on you and on your people and on all your servants.'"'"

— 𝘌𝘹𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘴 8:1–4 (RSVCE)

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pedasigreen.bsky.social @pedasigreen.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you.

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Nicole @nb23.bsky.social · 2d

#MinimalMonday

yellow maple leaves and grey sky, skylight view

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pedasigreen.bsky.social @pedasigreen.bsky.social · 3d

Namikawa-ke garden, Kyoto

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range dan @rangedan.bsky.social · 14d

october sunset

Sunset tonight. A stand of trees in silhouette along the bottom with a dead bare tree scorched by a forest fire on the left. A golden sunset under blue and pink clouds

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pedasigreen.bsky.social @pedasigreen.bsky.social · 3d

Kamogawa,
clouds,
bridge,
tree

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Dean Baker @deanbaker13.bsky.social · 3d

October 18th, No Kings protests, Be There! It's important

CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 3d

🚨🚨🚨WA Governor Bob Ferguson responds to a letter he received from AG Pam Bondi in which she threatened to place him in jail. 🧯He is on fire! 1/2

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Frederic Edwin Church @fredericchurch.bsky.social · 4d

Church's Farm, Hudson, New York https://collection.cooperhewitt.org/view/objects/asitem/id/23192

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National Wildlife Federation @nationalwildlife.bsky.social · 7d

So, who’s in those yard waste bags? 👀

🐛 Moths
🦋 Butterflies
💡 Fireflies
🦎 Salamanders
🐝 Native Bees

A new study shows that when you dispose of your leaves, you’re also throwing away about 45% of your spring butterfly and moth populations. 📉

Learn more 📲: https://ow.ly/w6bu50X7Yc3