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@Above96th @above96th.bsky.social · 9h

Wowza! Spotted this Bald Eagle fishing on the Deerfield River in western Massachusetts today. Such an impressive bird! 🦅🦅🦅 #Eagle #Berkshires #birding

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Steven Hawk🪶 @theshadowwhisperer.bsky.social · 13h

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Sophie Labelle @assignedmale.bsky.social · 13h

Blueprint

4 frame comic. an woman with grey hair and a yellow scarf is getting interviewed on the street. the interviewer asks : ma'am! what do you
think of the radical left
fearmongering that
we could someday see
fascism in the u.s.?
she replies :
dear
boy, the u.s. has
been a blueprint
for fascism all
along.
hitler specifically cited
jim crow, u.s. anti-miscege-
nation and white-only immi-
gration laws as inspiration
for his eugenics policies.
germany sent people to study
what was being done in the
u.s. to export it over there.
in the 30s, tens of thousands
of americans attended massive
rallies by fascist groups such as
the friends of new germany or
the german american bund.

then in the 40s, two dozen
congresspeople were charged with
sedition for planning a fascist
overthrow of the government.
and since wwII, the
amount of fascist groups
and militias has been
exponential.
not only can
fascism come to
the u.s., it has
always been an
inherent part
of american
society.

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@dlp. @umadlp.bsky.social · 15h

Florence, Wisconsin. Travis Huggett.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 15h

CARTOON OF THE DAY

(From @jesseduquette.bsky.social )

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@Above96th @above96th.bsky.social · 1d

No birding for me today, so I wanted to share another shot of a Northern Flicker in flight. It's so rare for a bird to fly right at me! 😍😍😍 #Flicker #CentralPark #birding

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The Mouthy Renegade Writer @mouthyrenegade.bsky.social · 23h

Brilliant. The Portland frog is a badass.

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🎃Stoked2BHere👻🐾 ⚠️🚫👑☢️ 👉🏼 ✊🏼💙🌊🫱🏻‍🫲🏼 ⚡️ 💚 UO DUCKS 💛⚡️ @shellys1.bsky.social · 2d

Stunning and epic art work by the amazing and talented #artivist @4nikkolas.bsky.social
#Portland #Portland2025 #Frog #Hero #StandforJustice #StandAgainst 🐸✊🏼✊🏿✊✊🏾✊🏻✊🏽

(This piece literally choked me up… tears of all kinds of emotion)

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rhondawinter.bsky.social @rhondawinter.bsky.social · Apr 4

This subversive #Pavement cover of "No More Kings" is by far the best thing ever.

#SchoolhouseRock
#NoMoreKings

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppYM...

Pavement - No More Kings

YouTube video by burtflaxton

www.youtube.com

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@Above96th @above96th.bsky.social · 3d

I've been seeing Cooper's Hawks hunting throughout Central Park's North Woods. I spotted this one zipping over the Harlem Meer--a rare shot in flight from above! And, yes, the leaves are starting to turn.🥰🥰🥰 #Hawks #CentralPark #birding

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Aleianjack @aleianjack.bsky.social · 2d

Undaunted
open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

Undaunted

Jane Goodall reminds us that we all matter

open.substack.com

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@Above96th @above96th.bsky.social · 4d

I'm happy to report our Central Park Budgie is still hanging around and appears to be doing well! We have yet to have cold weather though... 💚💙💚 #Budgie #CentralPark #birding

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

Cartoon by Dave Brown of @the-independent.com.

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 5d

Artemesia Gentileschi,
Judith Beheading Holofernes, 1620 #womensart

Painting featuring two white women in the act of beheading a white man with a sword as he lies in his bed

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@Above96th @above96th.bsky.social · 5d

🎉🎉🎉 I love how birds shape themselves like torpedoes to gather speed. I captured this magnificent Red-bellied Woodpecker as it zoomed off its perch. 🥰🥰🥰 #Woodpecker #CentralPark #birding

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Ezra Levin ❌👑 @ezralevin.bsky.social · 6d

Oppression is the mask of fear.

Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 6d

FYI: There's a Nemik super-edit that's…weirdly powerful? www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wf60...

Andor: Karis Nemik

YouTube video by SWFT

www.youtube.com

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@Above96th @above96th.bsky.social · 6d

Cleared for landing! A Red-tailed Hawk reaching for a perch in Central Park on a recent morning. So happy to have these raptors in NYC! 😍😍😍 #hawks #CentralPark #birding

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Kevin Wertman @kevin.wertman.org · 6d

Hello everyone! Thanks for all the well wishes yesterday 😊

@robcrank68.bsky.social has set today's #BirdOfTheDay theme as 'Sea Birds', so here's a friendly pelican who really just wanted some of the fish we caught earlier this year in the Keys.

#photography #BlueSkyMonday #birds #pelicans

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Jeffrey Mar @jeffreymar.bsky.social · 6d

Rufus ate some acorns but they came out this morning. #bullterrier

Close up of a white bull terrier sitting on a couch.

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@Above96th @above96th.bsky.social · 8d

Spotted a young Magnolia Warbler imitating a hummingbird in Central Park's Wildflower Meadow this morning! It beat its wings furiously while plucking insects off the Goldenrod. Made it fun for this photographer! 🥰🥰🥰 #Magnolia #CentralPark #birding

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goodvegan.bsky.social @goodvegan.bsky.social · 7d

It’s been a few days since we were on a trail so Goji was really happy to get back out there this morning. 😎👍🏻

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Scott Santens @scottsantens.com · 7d

Beautiful final words after some real talk brevity. Your life does matter. This is one of the reasons I think universal basic income is so important. It's the only policy that is everyone saying to everyone, "Your life matters."

KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 7d

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 10d

'Finding Peace' by Deborah Grice, contemporary award winning landscape painter #WomensArt

Seascape painting in greens and blues under an orange rising or setting sun

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Vintage Obscura Radio @vintageobscura.net · 8d

Petronėlė Čičinskienė–Mulkytė and Aleksandra Urbonienė–Rušaitė - Oi, Dieve Mano [Lithuania, folk/a cappella] (1974)
https://redd.it/5pvj45
https://youtu.be/6vdz9sv5x9E

Petronėlė Čičinskienė–Mulkytė and Aleksandra Urbonienė–Rušaitė - Oi, Dieve Mano [Lithuania, folk/a cappella] (1974)

youtu.be

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