And SCOTUS will back the Trump administration all the way. Just you wait and see.
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And SCOTUS will back the Trump administration all the way. Just you wait and see.
How can Robert F. Kennedy Jr. possibly have been appointed to a position of power over anything, let alone Health and Human Services. Has anyone listened to him? Heard that voice? Seriously, now, people, just listen to the man. And ask yourself: is this really the best you can expect?
How can Robert F. Kennedy Jr. possibly have been appointed to a position of power over anything, let alone Health and Human Services. Has anyone listened to him? Heard that voice? Seriously, now, people, just listen to the man. And ask yourself: is this really the best you can expect?
The Guardian stands for thee. (sorry, couldn't resist. I'm a fan) @theguardian.com @australia.theguardian.com #monday @us.theguardian.com #laborday #labourday #guardian
Please forgive my language but I feel it is unbef**kinglievable that it has come to this. Unbef**kinglievable. Seriously. #slavaukraini 🇺🇦
Thank you for sharing. I needed this. How can I possibly be the only 'like' right now? What's that all about?
This entire post gladdens my heart. Every word. arstechnica.com/science/2025... #bluesky @bsky.app @jay.bsky.team #science #thursday #socmedia @marymcnamara.bsky.social @arstechnica.com #socialmedia @scinews.bsky.social @science.org #news @poynterinstitute.bsky.social @standupforscience.bsky.social
Maasai youth, Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania 🇹🇿 #portraitphotography #photography #bluesky #people #potd #photographersofbluesky #maasai #masai #tanzania #ngorongoro #ngorongoroconservationarea #picperday #photoperday #tribal #pepolephotography #indigenous #monday #portrait #bluesky #artshow #youth
Maasai overlooking Loliondo Game Controlled Area, northeast of Serengeti National Park, Tanzania 🇹🇿 #landscapephotograophy #photography #bluesky #nature #potd #photographersofbluesky #maasai #masai #tanzania #loliondo #picperday #landscapes #outdoorphotography #panorama #naturelovers #outdoors #iucn
Well played. 🥂
"What do they want?" Well ... common sense, for one. That'd be a start, wouldn't it. #bluesky
Well played, sir. Kudos, respect. 🥂
It's got to the point where it's hard to tell if this is satire or genuine. My money's on the latter. These are the times we are living in. #manchesterunited
And there it is. Actually, my 1st guess was Barney Ronay. That's not a good thing, trust me. The overwriter's overwriter. A soon-to-be leading contender in Key West's annual Bad Hemingway writing contest, no doubt. #manchesterunited #amorim #grimsbytown #carabaocup @theguardian.com #manutd #manu
Christ, it reads like Barney Ronay. (was it Barney Ronay, by any chance? Or perhaps Jonathan Lieu. Ronay is more flowery, tho'.) @theguardian.com @australia.theguardian.com @us.theguardian.com
It wasn't tho', trust me. Heat haze.
This entire post gladdens my heart. Every word. arstechnica.com/science/2025... #bluesky @bsky.app @jay.bsky.team #science #thursday #socmedia @marymcnamara.bsky.social @arstechnica.com #socialmedia @scinews.bsky.social @science.org #news @poynterinstitute.bsky.social @standupforscience.bsky.social
High noon for wildebeest. Fisher's Pan, Etosha Nat. Park, #Namibia 🇳🇦 They don't call it "the Place of Dry Water" for nothing. #wildlife #wildlifephotography #nature #naturephotography #etoshanationalpark #photography #potd #picperday #photographersofbluesky #bluesky #wildebeest #africanwildlife
Praying for rain. Etosha National Park, Namibia 🇳🇦 #photographersofbluesky #picperday #etosha #rain #bluesky #nature #naturephotography #landscapephotography #outdoors #landscapes Etosha National Park #photography #outdoorphotography #potd #namibia
"Boggles my mind" is a state of being I've grown uncomfortably familiar with over the past 18 months. #timwalz #walz @governorwalz.mn.gov
Jacó coast, Costa Rica 🇨🇷 #sunsets #costarica #naturephotography #sunset #beachvibes #coastalvibes #beachsunset #tropical #wavescrashing #photography #photographersofbluesky #potd #picperday #photo #outdoorphotography #pacific #latinamerica #outdoorphotography #seascape #oceans #oceanpghotography
Tnx. I'll take what I can get. 🙂 I'd say I'm only too happy to be in the 1%, but sadly my bank account doesn't reflect that. (the 1%, that is)
channeling our inner Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, are we?
wow — what utter hornswaggle. Have you not been watching the news lately? The US Open is hardly a reflection of our better angels. Those partisan crowds at the final, for one. The yelling, the cat-calling, the swearing, the constant admonitions from the chair umpire. Come on. Get a grip.
Take it from me — and I've seen my share of both jetlag and lions — this may be with you for years, not just the foreseeable future.
trés cool. I'm a crocodile guy myself (the Africa connection) but this is one of the more striking alligator captions I've seen in a while.
Jousting. Etosha National Park #Namibia 🇳🇦 #nature #elephants 🐘 #wildlife #wildlifephotography Tom Svensson #weekend #potd #naturelovers #photography #photographersofbluesky #bluesky #picperday #photooftheday #photoperday #blueskyartshow #saturday
Christ — it's like the worst X-Men movie ever. @marymcnamara.bsky.social
He's right. The T-shirt is, too.
This whole "enemy of my enemy" thing is starting to get challenging. @marymcnamara.bsky.social
"Top Trump critic" what, is this a new reality TV game show now? Is this what happens after I stopped watching network TV? @marymcnamara.bsky.social
This is risible. But then we already knew that. Doesn't take a genius... stable or otherwise.
As Mitch McConnell might say (he probably has), you get the SCOTUS you pay for. @marymcnamara.bsky.social
I #agree.
#mono #photography #b&w #kilimanjaro #africa #sunrise #dawn #photoperday #monochrome
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Kilimanjaro, pre-dawn. #landscape #landscapephotography #photography #potd #landscapes #monochrome #blackandwhite #panorama #mountains #blackandwhitephotography #picperday #nature #amboseli #tanzania 🇹🇿 #kenya 🇰🇪 #sevensummits #thursday #thursdaythrowback #africa #wildafrica @alexstrachan.net
Memories of green Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania 🇹🇿 #ngorongoro #tanzania #green #zebras 🦓 #wildlife #iucn #wildlifephotography #photographersofbluesky #naturelovers #nature #africanwildlife #conservatiion #africanwildlife #iucn #zebra #photography #naturephotography #potd #picperday #outdoors #bluesky
Well, somebody — or something — had to fill the information gap created by the shuttering — and shattering — of local newspapers by greedhead media monopolies and their corporate overlords. Even alt weeklies and the local Buy & Sell FFS.
A day to celebrate ... and remember the past.
and a good morning to you, too 🥂
One for #WorldPhotographyDay, today, 19 Aug 2025. #photography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #picperday #photooftheday #potd #photoperday
Greta Thunberg said much the same, tho' perhaps not so articulate.
Sad but true. Part of me is glad you noticed — most people it seems don't bother.
Etosha. #elephants #wildlife #etosha #namibiawildlife 🇳🇦 #etoshanationalpark #wildlifephotography #AfricanWildlife #africanwildlifephotography African Wildlife Foundation #wild Elephants Without Borders Sauvez Les Elephants #conservation #photographersofbluesky #naturephotography #awf #iucn #nature
Indeed, yes.
i have a thing for deserts myself. The Namib is like a 2nd home to me. And the Sahara, tho' admittedly I've only been to the outer edges. The big problem with the Sahara is banditry, ratty governments & religious extremists bent on murder. Still beautiful, tho'. As for the Namib; just the beauty.
works for me
The Mets could probably use you in the outfield. Can you hit?
zigging where others zag 🤔 congrats
well ... fire hazard, perhaps. My local fire dept. has been looking to shut down a local bookstore for precisely that reason ... and hasn't succeeded yet. Close, tho' ... perhaps only a matter of time.
"Strictly necessary" — as opposed to mildly necessary. What would Liam do?
Don't blame the cat! He's merely getting in touch with his/her inner Jackson Pollock.
I hear you. Sadly, these are the times in which we find ourselves.
"The weekender." Cape fur seal (Arctocephalus pusillus) Cape Cross #Namibia 🇳🇦 #seals #furseals #capecross #wildlife #sealife #weekend #naturephotography #naturelovers #relaxation #beachbums #photographersofbluesky #sleep #wildlifephotography #weekender #saturday #sunday #namibiatravel #capefurseal
Goes well with liver (literally). Or so I'm told.
Bigly so!
I couldn't agree more. Or, to put it in a way most media users online would understand, "YOWZA!"
Maasai boma, Ngorongoro Crater 🇹🇿 #tanzania #maasai #village #ngorongoro #ngorongorocrater #ngorongoroconservationarea #tribal #photography #portrait #peoplephotography #photoperday #picperday #potd #culture #portraitphotography #streetphotography
At the waterhole. Etosha, Namibia 🇳🇦 #elephant #etosha #etoshanationalpark Etosha National Park #wildlife #wildlifephotography #WildlifeConservation #nature #naturephotography #naturevibes #eles #Namibia #waterhole #namibiatravel #winter #bluesky #photographersofbluesky #photography
I'd do the same with downtown Vancouver, but what with the situation with the homeless and street people ... dear lord.
#true I find pelicans very calming.
"all photos are my own" I like that. Our social media feeds would be cleaner and a lot easier to get through if more people followed this policy...
Comes easier to some than others, but there's a time and place for everything. Can't help but think now is the time.
Looked so young then. We all did.
yes — as @yasharali.bsky.social suggests, most things age over time — or don't — but some things keep coming back at one over and over, like a migraine one just can't shake, no matter how hard one tries.
Elephants jousting over the waterhole. #wildlifephotography #africanwildlife #wildlife #elephant 🐘 #etoshanationalpark #etosha #namibia 🇳🇦 #nature #monday #water #naturelovers #elephanttrust #iucn #conservation #naturephotography #photograqphy #photographersofbluesky #pachyderm #outdoorphotography
Schrödinger's Cat: The Animated Movie. #caturday #cats #schrodinger @marymcnamara.bsky.social
A fitting tribute 🥂
Cheetah in repose. Ngorongoro Crater #Tanzania 🇹🇿 #ngorongoro #crater #bigcats @cheetah.org #landscape #potd #wildlifephotography #wildlife #picperday #landscapephotography #bluesky #africanwildlife #potd #photographersofbluesky #iucn @cgsg.bsky.social #africancats #outdoorphotography #cats #friday
#photography #thursday #photoperday
"A study in light." Samburu elephant (Loxodonta africana) #samburunationalreserve #kenya 🇰🇪 #wildlifephotogrpahy #elephant #elephants 🐘 #IUCN #photography #wildlife #nature #POTD #picperday #outdoors #naturephotography #naturelovers #photoperday #conservation #biodiversity #africanwildlife #awf
Samburu elephant (Loxodonta africana) "Rear view mirror" #samburunationalreserve #kenya 🇰🇪 #wildlifephotogrpahy #elephants 🐘 #IUCN #photography #wildlife #nature #POTD #picperday #outdoors #outdoorphotography #naturelovers #photoperday #conservation #biodiversity #tsavo @sheldricktrust.bsky.social
Summer storms on the way at Okonjima, #Namibia 🇳🇦. #landscapes #sunset #namibia #photography #naturelovers #outdoorphotography #africanlandscapes #monday #potd #picperday #landscapephotography #photooftheday
Impala ewe, Samburu National Reserve, Kenya. A generally dry, semi-arid park, though you'd never know it from the green in this capture. Taken in late Dec., during "the short rains." #samburu #kenya 🇰🇪 #impala #antelope #wildlifephotography #photography #picperday #potd #naturephotography #nature
WTF is this and why am I seeing it in my Bluesky feed?
TACO Just you wait and see.
down on top of them. Thing is, as you noted, giraffes have very bulky, heavy bodies, once you look above those tall legs. The weight of the body came crashing down on the roof of the car. The students were badly injured, all of them; a couple later died (as did the giraffe). The car was totaled.
in north-central Namibia, on a dirt road miles from anywhere. A carload of conservation volunteers, all young college students from the US (all women) made a high-speed turn in thornbush country and hit a giraffe standing in the middle of the road for some reason. The giraffe fell straight - cont. -
If one travels through wilderness areas in Africa often enough, as it appears you do, one always hears stories of one kind or another. A good friend who works in conservation in Namibia tells the story of a terrible car accident involving a giraffe on a conservancy in the middle of nowhere - cont. -
Samburu 'moran' (warrior) Samburu National Reserve, #Kenya 🇰🇪 #friday #tribal #tribes #ceremonies #samburu #photography #potd #picperday #anthropology #moran #maasai #bluesky #photographersofbluesky #traditional #indigenous #chiefofwar #peoplephotography #outdoorphotography #cultural #culture
It's got a proper film score, too, by a proper film composer. Lorne Balfe. None of this AI-generated, "wall-to-wall" white noise, Netflix docuseries garbage. Actual, real music. Maybe it's just me — fixating on the music again — but still. @lornebalfe.bsky.social @dansheehan.memyon.org @netflix.com
Ain't that the truth.
It's a funny thing. I've just started watching the 2nd season of Surf Girls Hawai'i (renamed Surf Girls International) on Apple TV+, and I've yet to see Charlie. 🤔 🏄♀️ @marymcnamara.bsky.social @officialtca.bsky.social
Robert Siodmak!
Vodka!
Isn't it time the room stood up for the Rachel Scotts of the world? Come on, White House Correspondents Association. You're not just there to be stenographers. #abcnews #rachelscott @columbiajournalism.bsky.social @nationalpress.bsky.social @poynterinstitute.bsky.social @marymcnamara.bsky.social
Didn't Black Mirror already do an episode about this very subject? Brilliant it was, too. @blackmirror.bsky.social #charlierbrooker @netflix.com #BlackMirror @marymcnamara.bsky.social @charliebrooker.bsky.social @markfrost.bsky.social
important story. Mind you, as an old-school film buff — and quite aside from issues surrounding people's livelihoods — I'm consistently appalled by how crummy — can I say s**ty? — 90% of the AI CGI I see really is. Funny how Kubrick made 2001 without it — and that film still takes the breath away.
Arkansas! Learning from the best.
It's amazing the influence a simple Apple TV+ docuseries can have. #appletv+ #SteveMartin
And once again the #MSM cries 'Squirrel!' Funny how #Epstein has suddenly vanished from the WH topic of conversation. @marymcnamara.bsky.social @poynterinstitute.bsky.social @latenightseth.bsky.social
Or divorce.
than
Let's hope they do a better job with it thank they did the iPod and Coverflow.
The worrying thing, though — and it truly is worrying — is that these lower court decisions no longer matter: They're a waste of everyone's time, including @npr.org reporters. That's because a rogue, bent #SCOTUS will simply make things up as they go along. The law, as we know it, is finished. ⚖️
high alert. #wildlife #wildlifephotography #antelope #nature #samburu #kenya 🇰🇪 #naturephotography #photographersofbluesky #bluesky #potd #picperday #wild #conservation #kws #kenyawildlifeservice #samburunationalreserve #biodiversity #iucn #africanwildlife #awf #naturelovers #bornfree
Where's Ghislaine?
A "tower" of giraffes. Etosha National Park, NamIbia 🇳🇦 #giraffes 🦒 #wildlife #wildlifephotography #photography #nature #naturephotography #etosha #namibia #picperday #potd #photooftheday #sunset #africanwildlife #wilderness #photographersofbluesky #bluesky #challenge #thursday #etoshanationalpark
