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Bill Stedman
@steddybirds.bsky.social
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Retired weekly newspaper editor who now dabbles in bird/nature photography. Urge everyone to support local and independent journalism. We need a strong free press more than ever!
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steddybirds.bsky.social
Hey! Heads up! It’s #Mallard#Monday
#birds #mallards #nature #birdphotography 🪶
December 1, 2025 at 6:17 PM
steddybirds.bsky.social
Some sanderlings reflect on their #reflections for the #BirdOfTheDay theme. #birds #shorebirds #sanderlings #nature #birdphotography 🪶
Two sanderlings, each reflected in the wet shoreline, poke their beaks into the sand to pick up something to eat. Photo taken in Dartmouth MA USA A breeding adult sanderling stands in shallow water, facing right, and turns its head towards the camera. Its reflection is broken up by bits of seaweed. Photo taken in Dartmouth MA USA
December 1, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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brandonfriedman.bsky.social
The U.S. president speaks and relates information like a mentally disabled person or a person with a head injury. I will never understand how this is not front-page, top-of-the-hour news.
acyn.bsky.social Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 1d
Reporter: Governor Walz called for the release of your MRI results

Trump: They were perfect like my phone call where I got impeached.

Reporter: Can you tell us what they were looking at?

Trump: I have no idea. It was just an MRI. It wasn’t the brain because I took a cognitive test and aced it.
December 1, 2025 at 4:52 AM
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parkermolloy.com
A+ headline work from the AP apnews.com/article/dona...
AP Trump MRI results Make a year-end gift Sign in AP Top 25 Stockton shooting Lane Kiffin Nick Fo POLITICS Trump says he'll release MRI results; he doesn't know what part of his body was scanned President Donald Trump speaks with reporters while in flight on Air Force One from his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla., to Joint Base Andrews, Sunday, Nov Read More Updated 5:33 PM CST, November 30, 2025
December 1, 2025 at 1:45 AM
steddybirds.bsky.social
This bluejay doesn’t have a berry in its beak — he’s clasping a sunflower seed in his claws so he can break it open — but he is a #corvid and makes it as a #BirdOfTheDay alternate. #birds #bluejays #nature #birdphotography 🪶
A bluejay perches facing left with its claw holding a sunflower seed on the branch while he works on it with his beak.
November 30, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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noplanetbphoto.bsky.social
Happy Thanksgiving! I hope your day is filled with food, football, friends, and family! #BirdoftheDay
#EastCoastKin #birds #birdwatching #nature
#wildlife #bird #birding #wildlifephotography #birdsofbluesky
#naturephotography #birdphotography
#birdlife #photography #turkey #thanksgiving
November 27, 2025 at 11:09 PM
steddybirds.bsky.social
In honor of our American Thanksgiving here in Massachusetts, our #Headshot for #BirdOfTheDay is a wild turkey who kept his head! #birds #turkeys #nature #birdphotography #GiveThanks 🪶
A profile of a male wild turkey, facing left, with a red waddle on its long shiny neck and a tuft sticking up from above its beak.
November 27, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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marygemignani.bsky.social
Well it's Thanksgiving tomorrow here in the US. I am grateful for all the growing followers and the great community here. Thanks everyone! Here's a set of Wild Turkeys from my archive.
#birds #WildTurkey
A young Wild Turkey female who had her own brood at her feet. A vibrant Wild Turkey in the woods. A spectacular display by this Tom Turkey. A Wild Turkey is strutting in a field while the males display for the females. The many colors of the bird's feathers are so beautiful!
November 26, 2025 at 11:59 PM
steddybirds.bsky.social
The nuthatch (this one is white-breasted) is the champ when it comes to #HangingAround ! #birds #BirdOfTheDay #nuthatches #nature #birdphotography 🪶
November 25, 2025 at 6:24 PM
steddybirds.bsky.social
This red-bellied woodpecker is still #HangingAround the suet feeder as the sun goes down! #birds #BirdOfTheDay #woodpeckers #nature #birdphotography 🪶
A red-bellied woodpecker is barely seen in the shadows of late afternoon as it hangs upside-down off a suet feeder. Its head on left is twisted right-side up and glimpses of its redcap and red above the beak are just visible. Photo taken in Walpole MA USA
November 25, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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jancasavant.bsky.social
A beautiful Great Blue Heron surrounded by spent, red-brown foliage and wading in the shallow blue waters of a pond at Great Meadows NWR 💙🤩

Concord, Massachusetts (11/15/25)

#birds #herons #GreatBlueHeron #ColorADay #BlueTue #EastCoastKin #Autumn #BirdPhotography #OM-1 #Massachusetts
A Great Blue Heron with gray-blue body feathers, a dark cap and gray/white feathers on the front, standing in the blue waters of a pond filled with reddish-brown dead lotus and other plants. Seen at Great Meadows NWR in Concord, Massachusetts.
November 25, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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rbreich.bsky.social
Why are billionaires buying up media outlets?

As a media mogul, you can effectively hedge against democracy by suppressing criticism of yourself and other plutocrats and discouraging any attempt to tax away your wealth.

Here's what we need to do about it. robertreich.substack.com/p/billionair...
A toxic combo: Trump, Billionaires, and the Media
What to do about it
robertreich.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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ellenychang.bsky.social
Terrible news.

Broadcast giant Sinclair makes bid to buy out EW Scripps for $7 per share

apnews.com/article/sinc...
Broadcast giant Sinclair makes bid to buy out EW Scripps for $7 per share
Sinclair has submitted a bid to buy out E.W. Scripps for $7 per share, in a deal that could bring further consolidation across America’s local TV news landscape.
apnews.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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socal-miked.bsky.social
I'm going with the #BirdoftheDay alternate: #YellowEyes

osprey giving me the "don't EFF with it" look! #EastCoastKin

#birds #birding #birdnerd #birdwatching #birdsofprey #osprey #PhotographersOfBlueSky
osprey - white bird with brown wings - looking directly at the camera
November 24, 2025 at 9:35 PM
steddybirds.bsky.social
Behold my #YellowEyes for the #BirdOfTheDay alernate theme! Ospreys rule! #birds #ospreys #nature #birdphotography 🪶
An Osprey perches high on a dead branch, posing against a blue sky, with its white head held high as it faces to right. Photo taken in Bonita Springs FL USA An Osprey perches on a pine branch, with another branch framing him from the left. The Osprey is facing forward, but has its head tilted to the right to show its profile. Photo taken in Bonita Springs FL USA
November 25, 2025 at 12:54 AM
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lorichirp.bsky.social
All waterfowl is welcome on #MallardMonday! A Mallard drake on Autumn-coloured water. #birds #photography #EastCoastKin
November 24, 2025 at 3:55 AM
steddybirds.bsky.social
Here’s a black and white #warbler who barely stayed still for the camera while perched on a cypress tree at the Audubon Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary in Naples, FL #birds #BirdOfTheDay #nature #birdphotography 🪶
A black and white warbler clings to a cypress tree with its head down and its tail up. Its head has two white stripes, including one right above its eye, flanking a wider black stripe.
November 24, 2025 at 4:54 PM
steddybirds.bsky.social
#Mr&Mrs mallard go out on a dinner date. And it’s an early start to the #MallardMonday celebration!
#birds #BirdOfTheDay #nature #birdphotography 🪶
A male and a female mallard swim in a stream, right to left, and dip their bills in the water to find something to eat. The male, with its bright green head, is behind the brown female. Photo taken in Walpole MA USA
November 24, 2025 at 1:07 AM
steddybirds.bsky.social
This #GroundedGull in Santa Cruz, California says he has a leg up on the #BirdOfTheDay competition! #birds #gulls #nature #birdphotography 🪶
A western gull stands one one leg facing the camera on a cliff side with plants in Santa Cruz CA USA
November 21, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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willbunch.bsky.social
You know what media is NOT bending the knee in the Trump era? College journalists! The Harvard Crimson's brutal takedown of the lecherous ex-prez Larry Summers is just the latest example of students showing a failing 'grown-up' media how it's done

My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
College journalism exposes the rot of ‘grown-ups’ | Will Bunch Newsletter
Plus a history lesson on the real ‘Charlotte’s Web,’ and fascism,
www.inquirer.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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jaewhoa.bsky.social
Today's #birdoftheday theme is grounded gulls.
@robcrank68.bsky.social #Eastcoastkin #Annapolis #SandyPoint
Freeze Frame : )
November 21, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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edburmila.bsky.social
The domino meme and the smallest domino is "Craigslist destroys classified ad revenue for local newspapers" and the big domino is, well, everything happening now
beijingpalmer.bsky.social BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 10d
one of the underrated factors for the rise in scamming across U.S. society is the death of local media.
kevinmkruse.bsky.social Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 10d
It gets lost in the shuffle, but the Speaker of the House is someone who, by all rights, should’ve had his career ended a decade ago by a Shreveport TV news investigative team.
November 21, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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marcelias.bsky.social
Compare to Democracy Docket's coverage on its from page. This is why we need to support independent media.
November 21, 2025 at 2:32 PM
steddybirds.bsky.social
It’s a #BirdOfTheDay daily double with a #GroundedGull not very happy that its friend is #Singing — which is really a loud and annoying squawking! #birds #gulls #nature #birdphotography 🪶
Two herring gulls stand in shallow water along a pebbly beach shoreline. The one on the left has its head pointed in the air with its beak open and squawking. The one at right appears to be looking at him, annoyed! Photo taken in South Dartmouth MA USA
November 21, 2025 at 2:02 PM
steddybirds.bsky.social
Here’s a #GroundedGull who is not very happy about it! #birds #BirdOfTheDay #gulls #nature #birdphotography 🪶
Profile of a herring gull, facing left, with gray wings and white breast. Its beak is yellow with a right spot on the lower part near the tip. Photo taken in South Dartmouth MA USA
November 21, 2025 at 1:56 PM