Ellen Friedman
@ellen-friedman.bsky.social
Seeking joy in people, nature, science, art (watercolors!) and a bit of humor thrown in
Pinned
#California #Poppies
#watercolor #painting 12x9in
Windsor & Newton pigments
no4 Tintoretto mop + no12 & no10 Escoda Perla brushes
#watercolor #painting 12x9in
Windsor & Newton pigments
no4 Tintoretto mop + no12 & no10 Escoda Perla brushes
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He's not even trying.
Trump Dragged For Not Knowing The Lyrics To 'God Bless America' At Veterans Day Event
www.comicsands.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:31 PM
He's not even trying.
Sound up!
If it sounds like a squeaky dog toy, then it's a good bet it's Flickers!
Female Northern flicker, left, with her daughter from this year.
#birds
Female Northern flicker, left, with her daughter from this year.
#birds
November 13, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Sound up!
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When Trump complains about air-traffic controllers who stayed home during the shutdown someone should inform him that they, at least, aren't falling asleep on the job.
wapo.st/4p5gVjz
wapo.st/4p5gVjz
A closer look at Trump’s apparent struggles to fight off sleep in the Oval Office
A Washington Post analysis of multiple video feeds found that Trump spent nearly 20 minutes battling to keep his eyes open at a recent Oval Office event.
wapo.st
November 13, 2025 at 3:07 AM
When Trump complains about air-traffic controllers who stayed home during the shutdown someone should inform him that they, at least, aren't falling asleep on the job.
wapo.st/4p5gVjz
wapo.st/4p5gVjz
Correction: Now I know that breeding pelicans have a brown back-of-neck. Those in my photo are buffy-white. The golden head is confusing: some sources say that's breeding plummage; others don't specify.
I think my guy is non-breeding adult
I think my guy is non-breeding adult
Thanks for asking. It's Brown Pelican. This one has red throat patch seen in California pelicans. I think golden-tinged head indicates breeding season, although that usually ends by Nov (in transition? climate change changes season?)
More info www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Brown_...
More info www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Brown_...
Brown Pelican Photos and Videos for, All About Birds, Cornell Lab of Ornithology
www.allaboutbirds.org
November 13, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Correction: Now I know that breeding pelicans have a brown back-of-neck. Those in my photo are buffy-white. The golden head is confusing: some sources say that's breeding plummage; others don't specify.
I think my guy is non-breeding adult
I think my guy is non-breeding adult
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Looks like our Canadian friends are going to get quite a show tonight with the Aurora.
www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/aur...
www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/aur...
November 12, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Looks like our Canadian friends are going to get quite a show tonight with the Aurora.
www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/aur...
www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/aur...
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These are by MILES the clearest aurora pics I’ve ever seen gotten!
November 13, 2025 at 1:12 AM
These are by MILES the clearest aurora pics I’ve ever seen gotten!
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We have aurora!
November 13, 2025 at 2:39 AM
We have aurora!
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Ooh ... fun. A friend is playing around trying to detect an iron slug falling through a coil.
To help with this worthy effort, I suggested some simple circuit designs and found out a) KiCAD has ngSpice built in and b) you can have variable inductances in a circuit!
#kicad #electronics
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To help with this worthy effort, I suggested some simple circuit designs and found out a) KiCAD has ngSpice built in and b) you can have variable inductances in a circuit!
#kicad #electronics
1/🧵
November 13, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Ooh ... fun. A friend is playing around trying to detect an iron slug falling through a coil.
To help with this worthy effort, I suggested some simple circuit designs and found out a) KiCAD has ngSpice built in and b) you can have variable inductances in a circuit!
#kicad #electronics
1/🧵
To help with this worthy effort, I suggested some simple circuit designs and found out a) KiCAD has ngSpice built in and b) you can have variable inductances in a circuit!
#kicad #electronics
1/🧵
Rain due tomorrow through weekend, so I made a quick trip down to La Jolla as this may be my last chance in this visit.
Color of water was better than shows in this photo. Lots of noisy comments from terns, gulls & pelicans 💙
#marine #beach #ocean #landscape #photo
Color of water was better than shows in this photo. Lots of noisy comments from terns, gulls & pelicans 💙
#marine #beach #ocean #landscape #photo
November 13, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Rain due tomorrow through weekend, so I made a quick trip down to La Jolla as this may be my last chance in this visit.
Color of water was better than shows in this photo. Lots of noisy comments from terns, gulls & pelicans 💙
#marine #beach #ocean #landscape #photo
Color of water was better than shows in this photo. Lots of noisy comments from terns, gulls & pelicans 💙
#marine #beach #ocean #landscape #photo
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Thanks so much to the Watercolor Society of North Carolina for hosting me. Here's my live demonstration, "Street Market - Morocco" : Watercolor, 15x11 inches #art
November 12, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Thanks so much to the Watercolor Society of North Carolina for hosting me. Here's my live demonstration, "Street Market - Morocco" : Watercolor, 15x11 inches #art
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The fact that he bragged about this in public shows he has no regrets or self awareness. It is just so gross!
November 12, 2025 at 4:22 PM
The fact that he bragged about this in public shows he has no regrets or self awareness. It is just so gross!
November 12, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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Another really enjoyable day out on Tory Island today. As always, I wasn't as productive as I hoped, but it was just lovely to sit in the sun and sketch for the afternoon.
July 11, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Another really enjoyable day out on Tory Island today. As always, I wasn't as productive as I hoped, but it was just lovely to sit in the sun and sketch for the afternoon.
SNAP!
Is your life better now? More affordable? Easier to get food and health care less expensive?
Is your life better now? More affordable? Easier to get food and health care less expensive?
Trump’s military takeover of US cities has already cost taxpayers nearly $500M
Trump’s military takeover of US cities has already cost taxpayers nearly $500M
www.independent.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 4:25 PM
SNAP!
Is your life better now? More affordable? Easier to get food and health care less expensive?
Is your life better now? More affordable? Easier to get food and health care less expensive?
And he tells them it's the Dems fault and, strangely, they tend to believe it.
As poor Americans are bracing for a famine, we see GOP working earnestly to block not only SNAP food relief but also taking away affordable health care. Sadly, the burden of all this is falling on the states that have supported Trump most; his policies are hurting his own.
#ProudBlue
#ProudBlue
November 12, 2025 at 4:15 PM
And he tells them it's the Dems fault and, strangely, they tend to believe it.
WOW! had no idea it could be seen this far south.
I didn't see it - cloudy, foggy, too much city light where I am in San Diego
I didn't see it - cloudy, foggy, too much city light where I am in San Diego
The #aurora reached at least as far south as here in El Centro, California, a few miles north of the Mexican border! So cool!
November 12, 2025 at 10:35 AM
WOW! had no idea it could be seen this far south.
I didn't see it - cloudy, foggy, too much city light where I am in San Diego
I didn't see it - cloudy, foggy, too much city light where I am in San Diego
These two are for you @pamjohns.bsky.social 🙂
This place is one of my favorite spots on Earth. La Jolla CA
This place is one of my favorite spots on Earth. La Jolla CA
November 12, 2025 at 10:25 AM
These two are for you @pamjohns.bsky.social 🙂
This place is one of my favorite spots on Earth. La Jolla CA
This place is one of my favorite spots on Earth. La Jolla CA
November 12, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Well done UK to not go along with this &!##% stuff
BREAKING: The UK has stopped sharing intelligence with the US on suspected drug-trafficking ships in the Caribbean, saying it won’t be complicit in strikes it believes are illegal-CNN
November 11, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Well done UK to not go along with this &!##% stuff
Excellent sketch, very strong and useful pencil strokes
November 11, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Excellent sketch, very strong and useful pencil strokes
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for t***p & musk & thiel & bezos etc it's an easy choice.
For us, it's an easy choice as well - but the opposite.
We choose Democracy 🇺🇸💙
#WethePeople
For us, it's an easy choice as well - but the opposite.
We choose Democracy 🇺🇸💙
#WethePeople
November 9, 2025 at 8:19 PM
for t***p & musk & thiel & bezos etc it's an easy choice.
For us, it's an easy choice as well - but the opposite.
We choose Democracy 🇺🇸💙
#WethePeople
For us, it's an easy choice as well - but the opposite.
We choose Democracy 🇺🇸💙
#WethePeople
Sagan got that exactly right.
Far right, in fact
Far right, in fact
November 9, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Sagan got that exactly right.
Far right, in fact
Far right, in fact