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Well, I'm not Wesley. More like Miracle Max.
If you like a photo feel free to do with it as you may. The birds let me take their picture, so it's not mine.
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Well, I'm not Wesley. More like Miracle Max.
bengrabenstein.bsky.social (@bengrabenstein.bsky.social) reply parent
I can't do either one competently, let alone both.
bengrabenstein.bsky.social (@bengrabenstein.bsky.social) reply parent
Dunno, Bryan, are you a small rodent? 😉
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Anything but crab soup is on the menu.
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Downy Woodpecker's timing is impeccable. Come and gone, my oh my. Jerk. #birds
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I'm guessing he doesn't realize the purpose of his own ears.
bengrabenstein.bsky.social (@bengrabenstein.bsky.social) reply parent
First thing I check when I wake.
bengrabenstein.bsky.social (@bengrabenstein.bsky.social) reply parent
The cowards must be held accountable. Every one of them must meet Nuremberg II. And their families are complicitous. Every parent, spouse and adult child is responsible for not stopping these goons from assembling and kidnapping. Not in my name, damnit!
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All Little Hitlers. No Hell deep enough.
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Democracy is dying because of Jeffy's greed. There's not a dollar for which he wouldn't blow.
bengrabenstein.bsky.social (@bengrabenstein.bsky.social)
From the, "I never thought I'd ever think this" department: My first warbler of the fall is a Black-and-white. #birds
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All my troubles. I must be a dog. Still, that ice cream on the slice of cake sure was good last night.
bengrabenstein.bsky.social (@bengrabenstein.bsky.social) reply parent
Roo has me in his pocket.
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She's up for a little Dwight Yoakam today #birds #DwightYoakam
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Whack jobs, whack offs. Whack jobs, whack offs. Mr. Miyagi has never been more right.
bengrabenstein.bsky.social (@bengrabenstein.bsky.social) reply parent
"Daddy, are you a pussy ass bitch like those ICE agents in Georgetown?" "No Billy, I have integrity. I sell heroin."
bengrabenstein.bsky.social (@bengrabenstein.bsky.social) reply parent
Female, you've never even been to the museum, as your premise is wrong. It is 100% about moving forward. That is the entire museum's thrust, you moron. The journey begins at the bottom, literally and figuratively, and then it rises up. And really, that is what bothers you, Black people moving up.
bengrabenstein.bsky.social (@bengrabenstein.bsky.social) reply parent
What the hell did I just read? And there's no mention of Horsey Sauce.
bengrabenstein.bsky.social (@bengrabenstein.bsky.social) reply parent
Back when he was first running in 2016 and offending people along the way I realized that each offended group saw the offense as isolated. The whole was actually far worse than the sum of his evil parts: he is amoral. And those in his inner circle either are (Miller) or are willing (Leavitt).
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Ruby-throated Hummingbird dining to, "I Need a Miracle." #birds
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Great Blue Heron #birds
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Well if that doesn't put a patriotic grin on my face!
bengrabenstein.bsky.social (@bengrabenstein.bsky.social) reply parent
What all they know that we don't.
bengrabenstein.bsky.social (@bengrabenstein.bsky.social) reply parent
My wife and I toured the White House last August, both the East and West Wings. What struck me was the general simplicity of the West Wing, notably the Situation Room being directly across a narrow hall from the cafeteria. The Oval Office was dignified. Here's the Rose Garden in its former splendor.
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The look is the same one he had when people back home pitched a "the best new" comedy series to him.
bengrabenstein.bsky.social (@bengrabenstein.bsky.social) reply parent
Looking for a reason to go to Chocolate City for some Good Trouble.
bengrabenstein.bsky.social (@bengrabenstein.bsky.social) reply parent
I can listen to that ad nauseum.
bengrabenstein.bsky.social (@bengrabenstein.bsky.social) reply parent
As a geography teacher I endorse this cartograph message.
bengrabenstein.bsky.social (@bengrabenstein.bsky.social) reply parent
*freshmen* Once a teacher...
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Fantastic.
bengrabenstein.bsky.social (@bengrabenstein.bsky.social) reply parent
Whoa! They got Fabio's body double.
bengrabenstein.bsky.social (@bengrabenstein.bsky.social) reply parent
That has to be AI. No way a dog allows all that. At least not one of my dogs... Whatagooddog.
bengrabenstein.bsky.social (@bengrabenstein.bsky.social) reply parent
Baltimore is very safe. Both of my adult daughters have lived there for years without any negative incident and with much love for the city.
bengrabenstein.bsky.social (@bengrabenstein.bsky.social) reply parent
They look like a bunch of GW freshman looking for the bar that won't card.
bengrabenstein.bsky.social (@bengrabenstein.bsky.social) reply parent
In his head: The portal. The portal. Where the hell is that portal to another dimension Pam kept going on about? Damn her! She's making shit up again. No portal, just a couple green Exit signs. How can I get out of this place and time?
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Goober Patrol
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Of course, that's why you're not a heron!
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Thank you.
bengrabenstein.bsky.social (@bengrabenstein.bsky.social) reply parent
It would be wrong to start spot-welding doors of Penske Trucks at traffic lights, to be clear.
bengrabenstein.bsky.social (@bengrabenstein.bsky.social) reply parent
He got torched on South Park. Such a pasty piker.
bengrabenstein.bsky.social (@bengrabenstein.bsky.social) reply parent
Shitgibbons.
bengrabenstein.bsky.social (@bengrabenstein.bsky.social) reply parent
Nothing worse than a smug little shit who is dead wrong but thinks otherwise.
bengrabenstein.bsky.social (@bengrabenstein.bsky.social) reply parent
Saw him twice, once with a band and once solo. If you weren't transfixed at either you'd have to have been dead.
bengrabenstein.bsky.social (@bengrabenstein.bsky.social)
Nothing like a little Carl Perkins to attract a visitor.
bengrabenstein.bsky.social (@bengrabenstein.bsky.social) reply parent
I go by Jewboy, Hymie, Yid, (even Kike on Easter and Eid) but not Hebrew. Oy.
bengrabenstein.bsky.social (@bengrabenstein.bsky.social) reply parent
We can quibble, but "pussy" has positive meaning to me. Limp-dick is more apt it seems.
bengrabenstein.bsky.social (@bengrabenstein.bsky.social) reply parent
That is a spectacular shot. Would you kindly provide the specs and details of equipment, setting, etc? Regardless, thanks.
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Great Blue Heron #birds
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Now that's dippin' outta there.
bengrabenstein.bsky.social (@bengrabenstein.bsky.social) reply parent
Oh, that's Cadet Chicken McDickless.
bengrabenstein.bsky.social (@bengrabenstein.bsky.social) reply parent
Blucher!
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That's a sweet shot.
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bengrabenstein.bsky.social (@bengrabenstein.bsky.social) reply parent
Far be it from me to harsh that mellow. An owl fairy it must be!
bengrabenstein.bsky.social (@bengrabenstein.bsky.social) reply parent
It might be a lens/light flare. Angle of light entering the lens might create that effect. And then there's the owl. Coooool.
bengrabenstein.bsky.social (@bengrabenstein.bsky.social) reply parent
"In the Central Valley, the ground surface is nearly 30 vertical feet lower than it was in the first part of the 20th century." Staggering.
bengrabenstein.bsky.social (@bengrabenstein.bsky.social) reply parent
Comedy Central has been running relevant episodes all day. At 4:30 Eastern they're airing the new one: Sermon on the 'Mount.
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This Red-shouldered Hawk hangs around the neighborhood keeping the worm population under control. #birds
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Omar's comin, kids. Omar's comin.
bengrabenstein.bsky.social (@bengrabenstein.bsky.social) reply parent
A great first!
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B-More Proud, B-More Strong.
bengrabenstein.bsky.social (@bengrabenstein.bsky.social)
This Red-shouldered Hawk has discovered that bird feeders make for easy pickings. #birds
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Looks like my old bowling ball from 50 years ago. I guess that one gutter led to a black hole.
bengrabenstein.bsky.social (@bengrabenstein.bsky.social) reply parent
Squirrel deserves it. No doubt in their minds at all. Evermore, Ravens.
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It was a great morning along the Little Patuxent River. Where this Great Blue Heron is perched an Indigo Bunting had been minding its business, singing lovely songs until this one swooped in. Rude. #birds
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Here's another shot. I was able to "ogle" a little bit. I was asked a couple years ago by serious birders if I was an ogler. Not me! This one I inadvertently startled and otherwise was unseen until it relocated. So I went into the brush and ogled. I stand accused.
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Pretty well stated.
bengrabenstein.bsky.social (@bengrabenstein.bsky.social) reply parent
Maybe what is best is he first looked out for her safety, moving her away from the street.
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Fantastic shot.
bengrabenstein.bsky.social (@bengrabenstein.bsky.social) reply parent
Which begs the question, "why is there so little coverage to start?" Only yesterday did the NYT choose to acknowledge there is serious dissent in MAGA over this. Just asking, but could the heads of some of these outlets be seeing their names on that nonexistent list?
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Thank you, Representative Frost, for doing what must have been horrific to see here in America. I know you're doing everything humanly possible to end this.
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What a horrible existence. Total cowardice.
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o
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Great Blue Hern trying to beat the heat. #birds
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She is the best of the new, and Raskin is best of the old. I feel hope with those two.
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Once again, reading helps. I initially thought it was real. Yeah, really.