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Smiling Cucumber @smilingcucumber.bsky.social · Nov 24
Mudita, baby.
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What a fiiiiine thing to create as a college freshman. 🗳️☑️

“...and that I got to be a part of the history to fix that … it just feels, it feels like an honor, and it’s kind of humbling.”

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
A teenager redrew the Alabama voting map – and it’s now state law
Daniel DiDonato, 18, drafted new state senate districts at home on free software – and a judge picked his map ahead of professionals’ efforts to remedy voting rights violations
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 5:53 PM
smilingcucumber.bsky.social
Tomorrow we wake up to December and things are terrible but Froggy is our spirit guide for staying regulated and chill!
🐸🛁🍵

www.youtube.com/shorts/wdw_D... Absurdly talented stop-motion artist India Rose Crawford's Frog and Toad vids.... Obsessed. 💚
A slow morning with Froggy ☕ #shorts
YouTube video by India Rose Crawford
www.youtube.com
November 30, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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Dreamy!
calgaryrasc.bsky.social RASC Calgary Centre @calgaryrasc.bsky.social · 2d
Last night’s #aurora started mildly on Wednesday evening, but things got exciting later on into Thursday due to a substorm’s arrival. #astronomy
November 29, 2025 at 8:51 AM
smilingcucumber.bsky.social
Three minutes of pure perfection ... two solid individuals offering the world their very best. 😊
shoshana.bsky.social Shoshana 🏳️‍⚧️ @shoshana.bsky.social · 7d
Boston's Mayor Wu playing with Yo-Yo Ma at Symphony Hall
November 24, 2025 at 3:43 AM
smilingcucumber.bsky.social
Crows arrive, chat, leave, make me smile.
Dozens of crows in silhouette against the evening sky replace fallen tree leaves on dark branches for a few minutes, then fly off with a swish and loud cries.
November 23, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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Things are terrible but if you love chocolate the way I do this Welch lad takes the cake. 🎂😍

www.youtube.com/shorts/hhmRz...
Little lad loves brownie 🤣 (🎥: CONTENTbible)
YouTube video by LADbible Shorts
www.youtube.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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Nice.
November 20, 2025 at 8:11 PM
smilingcucumber.bsky.social
Let there be Night.
November 20, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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💯🎯🔥🏆
keithboykin.bsky.social Keith Boykin @keithboykin.bsky.social · 11d
He’s not the problem…
November 20, 2025 at 8:03 AM
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hermiteveryday.bsky.social
Saved more roses from the snow. ✨
A jar containing dark peach roses. In the background a Lego flower and a small glass paperweight and also a tiny plastic turtle.
November 15, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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hermiteveryday.bsky.social
As found on this morning’s walk..absolutely no filters or manipulation..this is wonder at the side of the road. ✨
A leaf with raindrops on it lies among other leaves. This leaf has amazing tones of yellow and green and brown.
November 17, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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Many things are terrible but there are cracks where the light gets in. 🌅🛶🕯️🎼

www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDyd...
Historic land return: Catholic sisters transfer Marywood property to Lac du Flambeau Tribe
YouTube video by WXOW News 19
www.youtube.com
November 19, 2025 at 11:26 AM
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"...the measure of a country is how it protects the smallest and softest lives in it."
To this video essay a resounding "AWOMEN, and AMEN".

www.youtube.com/watch?v=olYi...
On What We Should Be Protecting
YouTube video by Robert Arnold
www.youtube.com
November 15, 2025 at 9:21 AM
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rleggos.bsky.social
So when the aurora borealis is faint enough, you can capture its glow with the Milky Way 😍

Berthoud Pass, CO last night
Milky Way to the left and red glow to the right above mountains with just a little snow on them in a very starry sky. I didn't use a star tracker and this was a 30 second exposure so some star trailing is visible.
November 13, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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missmarplesback.bsky.social
The world is SHIT, but knowing a couple got their dog a beekeepers suit so he wouldn’t feel left out or stung, has given me hope again …
November 13, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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rbreich.bsky.social
81 years ago, FDR proposed a second Bill of Rights to guarantee every American the right to employment, healthcare, education, housing, and a living income. His words are as relevant now as they were then. Watch.
November 12, 2025 at 2:31 AM
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nicilaskin.bsky.social
Northern lights in the Arizona desert

#aurora #northernlights #photography
November 12, 2025 at 4:04 AM
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Bluesky is Aurorasky tonight! 😍🎨 So gorgeous, woohoooo!
Surfing hundreds of images from all over the map yet my "trending" has yet to register the event. 😱 So may I suggest that the top trending "Dancing With The Stars" serves (poetically) to cover both? 🤩🤩🤩
skwinnicki.bsky.social SK Winnicki, PhD 🏳️‍⚧️ @skwinnicki.bsky.social · 18d
I took over 800 aurora photos tonight. I'm not going to share every one of them, but I'm definitely gonna share a bunch. So you might wanna mute me if you don't wanna see sky colors! I'll try to get it out of my system tonight, we'll see how long I can stay up sorting photos.
skwinnicki.bsky.social SK Winnicki, PhD 🏳️‍⚧️ @skwinnicki.bsky.social · 18d
Just unreal, it will never get old. I feel like I just feel more awe every time.

#aurora
November 12, 2025 at 8:06 AM
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climatologist49.bsky.social
I might have taken a few aurora photos.
November 12, 2025 at 6:14 AM
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spookybiscuits.com
spoke with the executive director of my local food bank today and got this really incredible line: "if you donate 1 can of green beans, we can give away 1 can of green beans. but if you donate a dollar, we can give away 6 cans of green beans"
November 10, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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This is Oakley. He has an injury that requires physical therapy and at-home massages. Luckily, his cat sibling River has been training his whole life for this. 14/10 for both
November 10, 2025 at 11:58 PM
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This Veterans Day morning fog made a huge flock of crows invisible, but boy were they chatty!
Seaweed is flattened atop shoreline rocks during low tide while a thick fog drifts across the water and blurs the outlines of a stretch of land in the distance.
November 11, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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Things are terrible but one selfless human has changed the lives of many children and families for the better and Go Baby Go is still mobilizing! 👍😍
www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-NE...
How One Man's Trip to Toys 'R' Us Brought Mobility to Hundreds of Disabled Kids
YouTube video by NationSwell
www.youtube.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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This moment says everything about why Zohran Mamdani won.

A journalist in a wheelchair asked about accessibility and Mamdani didn’t talk down to him, didn’t deflect, didn’t politicize it. He listened.

He’s the kind of leader who respects everyone, every faith, every class, every flag.
November 8, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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smilingcucumber.bsky.social
Makes me feel like Horton Hearing The Whos! 🍀😍
November 6, 2025 at 2:26 AM