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Steven Marx @stevenmarx.bsky.social · 10h

Love the fall grasses

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Steven Marx @stevenmarx.bsky.social · 10h

Thank you, love the opportunities to go through my library with a purpose.

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Steven Marx @stevenmarx.bsky.social · 10h

Thank you so much.

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Steven Marx @stevenmarx.bsky.social · 22h

Theme of the day from @robcrank68.bsky.social is any bird with black on its head or body. Double-breasted Cormorant, Fiery-billed Aracari, Flame-rumped Tanager, and Lesson’s Motmot. #birdoftheday #birds #photography

Scarlet-rumors Tanager eating papaya, facing right.

Closeup of Lesson’s Motmot head and upper body. Head turned to the right.

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Steven Marx @stevenmarx.bsky.social · 1d

Good evening, enjoy this #BirdoftheDay selection of birds with #character.

Rufous-tailed hummingbird staring down at camera from a branch.

Ruby-throated hummingbird in flight, facing and staring at camera.

Bald eagle pair on river ice, talking to each other.

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Steven Marx @stevenmarx.bsky.social · 1d

Beautiful shot. Saw a bunch of them in Panama but didn’t get any good shots. Beautiful birds.

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Steven Marx @stevenmarx.bsky.social · 3d

Very late to this #BirdOfTheDay party, but here’s my #birdinabush entry. #birds #photography

Spotted towhee perched amongst some branches

Indigo bunting perched upright on a bush.

Red-winged blackbird perched on bush, beak open, calling, facing left.

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Alan H @alan678.bsky.social · 8d

Good morning. Time for the #BirdOfTheDay theme and it is #Beakful , so anything in the beak from food to nest material and the alternative is #wading Good luck!! #birds #photography #EastCoastKin

A female European Stonechat with a warm orange-brown breast and a light brown head perches among green leaves, holding a few wisps of dried grass or straw in its beak. The soft, blurred background highlights the bird’s detailed plumage and the delicate strands it carries, giving a sense of nesting activity in a calm natural setting.

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Steven Marx @stevenmarx.bsky.social · 7d

Oh this is a fun one, #beakful for #BirdofTheDay. #birds #photography

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William C Phelps, PhD @wcphelps.bsky.social · 13d

New measles outbreak in South Carolina. Total now topping 1500 in the US. 🧪
www.huffpost.com/entry/south-...

South Carolina Confirms Measles Outbreak With U.S. Cases At 25-Year High

"The people involved in the outbreak are unvaccinated and did not have immunity from a previous measles infection," the state's health agency confirmed.

www.huffpost.com

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kinesinmotors.bsky.social @kinesinmotors.bsky.social · 14d

🍂 🦠 🧪 Measles Outbreak in South Carolina

dph.sc.gov/news/dph-confirms-measles-outbreak-upstate-region

SAFETY ALERT: S.C. confirms full-blown outbreak of measles

South Carolina officially has a measles outbreak, even while Georgia deals with a cluster of cases as low vaccination rates in the region raise concerns.

www.wrdw.com

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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 14d

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 14d

Democracy Docket has a reporter in the courtroom covering the Texas redistricting hearing every single day. Meanwhile, the big legacy media is nowhere to be found.

At stake are 5 congressional seats. If this matters more than both sides journalism, become a DD subscriber today. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0

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Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 14d

I visited the apartment building ICE raided on Tuesday today. Story to come, but you can walk right in. Half of the apartments have no doors on them. Children's stuff abandoned in some flats. *Citizen* residents told me they were arrested and held for hours in zipties. This is America

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🌹Weegie 🍀 @onefussyone.bsky.social · 16d

Republicans can end their charade by end of day but they won't. They simply don't care enough about you to do that.

Meme: Picture of House speaker Mike Johnson Text: Immigrants are not getting free healthcare at your expense That's Congress you're thinking of. Credit imprint:🌹Weegie🍀

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 14d

The ICE agents deploying these are people without necessary training, those who couldn’t cut it in police training or didn’t want to join the military.

They are in this to hurt people and play Call of Duty on our streets, deploying chemical weapons on our neighbors as if they’re pressing L1.

Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 14d

Remaining feds left the scene in a large caravan, deploying more tear gas straight into the crowd - and right at my feet - as they left.

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clyde bruckman's ghost's final repost says free link @ultralaser.bsky.social · 15d

terrible things are happening outside. poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. families are torn apart. men, women, and children are separated. children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.

diary of anne frank, january 13, 1943.

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Molly McKew @mollymckew.bsky.social · 14d

He’s not saying it because he believes it. He’s saying it because saying it makes other people believe it and provides justification for killing/imprisoning Americans for political beliefs.

David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 14d

Can Miller really believe this? If so, he is delusional. If not, then he’s a reprehensible demagogue.

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Steven Marx @stevenmarx.bsky.social · 14d

He’s a Nazi.

Steven Marx @stevenmarx.bsky.social · 14d

Thank you so much.

Steven Marx @stevenmarx.bsky.social · 14d

Apparently the bird of the day from @robcrank68.bsky.social is #ducks. Not my strongest, but got some good ones last year finally. #BirdOfTheDay #birds #photography #wildlife

Mallard and Northern Pintail duck couple, swimming away from camera.

Mallard couple swimming, male having just taken a drink of water with it spilling out of its beak making an arc to the water.

Eastern Spot-billed female duck with babies. Kenton-en Gardens, Kanazawa, Japan.

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Steven Marx @stevenmarx.bsky.social · 14d

Thanks so much.

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Elizabeth Preston @inkfish.bsky.social · 17d

Scientists rappelled down cliffs to reach the nests of bearded vultures, which have a diet of bones and paint their feathers red with mud. Inside the nests were perfectly preserved human artifacts from the Middle Ages. By me, for Nat Geo: www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/arti... 🧪

Found: 650-year-old shoe, in vulture nest

Many unexpected human artifacts have been preserved, for centuries, in vulture nests.

www.nationalgeographic.com

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Quiet Wings @soltuc123.bsky.social · Aug 4

upon these incredible bonsai masterpieces at the 2025 Osaka Expo. Each one feels like a living sculpture, shaped by time, patience, and art. Nature in its miniature form is simply breathtaking.
#bonsai #japanesebonsai #art #OsakaExpo2025

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Steven Marx @stevenmarx.bsky.social · 15d

Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #AllWeathers, so here are some birds in rain (brown-throated parakeet) and snow (cardinal), and the two ducks (mallard couple) are actually hovering in the face of strong winds, not flying per se. 😉 😀

Brown-throated parakeet perched on branch in the rain, rail partially open, facing left.

Bright red cardinal perched on a tree branch, partially blocked by other branches. Snow falling and on branches, Cardinal facing camera.

Mallard male and female seemingly flying to the right, were actually hovering in the face of strong winds, unable to fly forward.

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