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Chantell
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Bookworm. Introvert. Nature. Random. Sleep is my friend.
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Chantell @chantellc.bsky.social · Mar 29
Elaine, a peregrine falcon, perches on a tree branch. She has a beautiful, speckled black and white chest.
explore.org explore.org @explore.org · Mar 28
Great Spirit Bluff Falcon.
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yardgonewild.bsky.social
Human neighbors🙄
they’ll just be out there banging away on house repairs like they don’t know it’s Squirrel nap time
December 13, 2025 at 1:49 AM
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explore.org
Gyrfalcon visits our Arctic cam!
December 11, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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weratedogs.com
This is Brenda and Linda. They were brought into the shelter together, and Brenda had no interest in being separated from her friend. She jumped the kennel wall to get to Linda, and made sure everyone knew they're a package deal. The best news? It worked: They were adopted together. 14/10 for both
December 11, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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Buttigieg on Indiana: "The big part of how Trumpism works is to make you feel totally disempowered. To make him feel inevitable. And yet the clear takeaway from this is he is not unstoppable and you are not without power."
December 12, 2025 at 1:22 AM
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petebuttigieg.bsky.social
It wasn’t even close.
December 11, 2025 at 10:51 PM
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gregdoucette.bsky.social
Some photos of the volunteers yesterday as the packing wrapped up:
Photos of a couple dozen volunteers actively packing grocery bags in the Lakewood Gym Photo of the cafeteria portion of the Lakewood Gym, showing hundreds of packed bags of food ready for distribution to schools Group photo of roughly a hundred volunteers gathered around several hundred packed bags of groceries, smiling for the camera
December 11, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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gregdoucette.bsky.social
But it sounds like one of the schools is on lockdown, so finishing may be delayed until tomorrow 😔
Screenshot of a message from Turquoise to the group chat at 10:05am EST. Text reads: "Good Morning. We can't go to Burton today. They're on lockdown. Shooting in McDougald"
December 11, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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gregdoucette.bsky.social
***
11th ANNUAL
BULL CITY FOODRAISER
DAY THREE
***

Only deliveries today and then we're done!
December 11, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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prepekka98.bsky.social
Photos from Blossoms of Lights, Denver Botanic Gardens, earlier this month.

#PalacesAndGardens #FestiveLights
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekXforXmas #MobilePhotography #VideoVignette 📷 📽
All the Christmas Lights, Anna Landstrom (Epidemic Sound)
December 11, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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tastinghistory.bsky.social
Turkish delight can refer to a whole bunch of different confections. This is one type made using an Ottoman recipe from 1844. youtu.be/MgswDy8PMAA?...
What is Turkish Delight? How to make real Ottoman Turkish Delight.
YouTube video by Tasting History with Max Miller
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December 9, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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tastinghistory.bsky.social
Making traditional English Toffee from 1881 youtu.be/7Z8MvxYovpk?...
Making Real English Toffee from 1881
YouTube video by Tasting History with Max Miller
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December 5, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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piespuddings.bsky.social
Trifles began to be popular during the eighteenth century and this recipe is based on that of Hannah Glasse in The Art of Cookery, Made Plain and Easy (1747).

You can find the recipe at piespuddingsandpottages.com/recipe-post/...

#britishfood #foodhistory #recipe #trifle #dessert
Glass bowl of trifle decorated with glace cherries and Angelica. Pink dessert bowl of trifle with silver spoon. Box of ratafia biscuits. Damask white tablecloth.
December 11, 2025 at 10:53 AM
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things are dark but you computer friends are pretty great
December 11, 2025 at 4:33 AM
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gregdoucette.bsky.social
Some more delivery photos!

(Not sure of locations because when I asked which photos were taken where, I just got the list of the 4 schools we went to this morning 😆)
Selfie of a smiling gentleman standing in a hallway wearing a white dress shirt and red tie (dressed like a school principal but I don't know if he actually is) and a lady standing behind him, both with push carts containing several bags of groceries. Flanking them on each side of the hallway are several long plastic tables with dozens of bags of groceries. Photo of three volunteers in the back of a U-Haul truck, moving bags of groceries toward the edge of the vehicle. In the foreground on the left, a fourth volunteer is taking bags and loading them onto a rolling cart. Photo of two volunteers in a conference room, with several bags of groceries placed on the conference room table Photo of a volunteer standing on the edge of a U-Haul truck, calculating how many bags are left in this delivery
December 10, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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gregdoucette.bsky.social
Our local ABC affiliate has a story up, and they even let me work in a Bluesky shoutout 😄

abc11.com/post/11th-an...
11th annual Bull City Foodraiser tackles food insecurity in Durham Public Schools ahead of holidays
The goal is to feed nearly 5,000 DPS families at 12 elementary schools, two middle schools, and two high schools.
abc11.com
December 10, 2025 at 4:38 AM
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gregdoucette.bsky.social
Short video from inside, midway through the unloading op:
December 9, 2025 at 11:40 PM
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gregdoucette.bsky.social
Start state vs current state:
Photo of the Lakewood Elementary School gym, empty except for racks of bread barely visible on the right-hand side Photo of the same gym from the same angle, with an obscene quantity of various foodstuffs stretching everywhere
December 9, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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gregdoucette.bsky.social
Costco James loading pallets like a boss:
December 9, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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gregdoucette.bsky.social
Costco Mike has a new role, so Costco Charlie is our new concierge for the Foodraiser

Some video of the order getting rung up:
December 9, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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gregdoucette.bsky.social
Cashiers check obtained:
Photo of a partially redacted cashier's check made payable to Costco for $128,214.00 USD
December 9, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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gregdoucette.bsky.social
Appreciate North Carolina Governor @joshsteinnc.bsky.social penning a welcome message to the Foodraiser volunteers! 💪💪
Screenshot of a letter from The Office of the Governor, signed by North Carolina Governor Josh Stein. Text reads: Dear Friends, I am pleased to welcome you to the 11th annual Bull City Foodraiser at Lakewood Elementary School! I want to thank all Foodraiser volunteers and partners for their tireless work to ensure our children are fed. Studies show that one in five children in our state experience hunger every day. The holidays can be the hungriest time of the year for students who rely on school meals, and hunger has long-term consequences for a child's health, education, and well-being. In providing these free meals, you are helping set our children up for success. I am grateful to Ms. Turquoise LeJeune Parker for founding the Bull City Foodraiser 11 years ago. After seeing the effects of food insecurity in her classroom, Ms. Parker jumped into action, raising enough donations to provide every student in her class with a bag of groceries for the holidays. The Foodraiser has continued to expand, and last year volunteers packed more than 5,000 bags of food - enough to feed every student at 12 Durham elementary schools and one middle school. This is an incredible achievement, and I commend Ms. Parker for making such an extensive impact. Each of us has a role to play when it comes to feeding our children, and that responsibility especially includes our federal government. I am grateful to you all for stepping up to do your part and more. If there is anything I can do to support this essential program, please do not hesitate to contact my office. Sincerely, Josh Stein
December 9, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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gregdoucette.bsky.social
***
11th ANNUAL
BULL CITY FOODRAISER
RESULTS THREAD
***

Figured I'd start the thread a day early since stuff is going haywire already 🤪
a sign that says what is even happening in front of a dumpster
Alt: GIF of a cartoon dumpster that is on fire, drifting down a river littered with debris. Midway through it passes a street sign that reads "What is even happening?"
media.tenor.com
December 8, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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explore.org
Manatee Magic. Escape stress, embrace nature.
December 10, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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slothropsmap.bsky.social
We agree that the gifts are given cumulatively, right? Such that the speaker gets a new partridge twelve days in a row? If so, the math quickly snowballs into financial ruin.

That's 364 gifts in total, netting out to about $180,000.
12 partridges in pear trees 22 turtle doves 30 French hens 36 calling birds 40 gold rings 42 geese a-laying 42 swans a-swimming 40 maids a-milking 36 ladies dancing 30 lords a-leaping 22 pipers piping 12 drummers drumming
December 10, 2025 at 12:58 AM
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richardtkiewiet.bsky.social
Gaap
December 10, 2025 at 8:30 AM