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@bengrabenstein.bsky.social

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.

created January 30, 2025

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Well, I'm not Wesley. More like Miracle Max.

1/9/2025, 12:52:02 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I can't do either one competently, let alone both.

1/9/2025, 12:45:27 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Dunno, Bryan, are you a small rodent? 😉

1/9/2025, 12:44:13 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Anything but crab soup is on the menu.

1/9/2025, 12:38:45 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Pileated Woodpecker #birds

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1/9/2025, 12:42:13 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Downy Woodpecker's timing is impeccable. Come and gone, my oh my. Jerk. #birds

29/8/2025, 7:32:34 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I'm guessing he doesn't realize the purpose of his own ears.

29/8/2025, 11:17:33 AM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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First thing I check when I wake.

29/8/2025, 11:10:00 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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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!

29/8/2025, 11:06:17 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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All Little Hitlers. No Hell deep enough.

29/8/2025, 10:45:22 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Democracy is dying because of Jeffy's greed. There's not a dollar for which he wouldn't blow.

29/8/2025, 10:43:49 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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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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28/8/2025, 10:06:45 PM | 8 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Blue Grosbeak #birds

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26/8/2025, 6:57:38 PM | 13 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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Indigo Bunting #birds

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26/8/2025, 5:35:22 PM | 10 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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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.

26/8/2025, 10:23:49 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Roo has me in his pocket.

26/8/2025, 10:21:29 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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She's up for a little Dwight Yoakam today #birds #DwightYoakam

25/8/2025, 9:05:13 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Great Blue Heron #birds

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25/8/2025, 5:26:18 PM | 20 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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Whack jobs, whack offs. Whack jobs, whack offs. Mr. Miyagi has never been more right.

24/8/2025, 8:56:00 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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"Daddy, are you a pussy ass bitch like those ICE agents in Georgetown?" "No Billy, I have integrity. I sell heroin."

23/8/2025, 9:37:38 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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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.

23/8/2025, 9:31:37 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Green Heron #birds

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22/8/2025, 5:24:54 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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What the hell did I just read? And there's no mention of Horsey Sauce.

22/8/2025, 10:56:34 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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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).

20/8/2025, 10:33:15 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Ruby-throated Hummingbird dining to, "I Need a Miracle." #birds

20/8/2025, 10:24:11 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Great Blue Heron #birds

20/8/2025, 2:15:43 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Well if that doesn't put a patriotic grin on my face!

20/8/2025, 10:51:42 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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What all they know that we don't.

20/8/2025, 10:49:18 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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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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20/8/2025, 10:33:56 AM | 27 5 | View on Bluesky | view

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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.

20/8/2025, 10:27:01 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Looking for a reason to go to Chocolate City for some Good Trouble.

20/8/2025, 10:21:32 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Common Yellowthroat #birds

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18/8/2025, 9:03:01 AM | 6 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Belted Kingfisher #birds

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17/8/2025, 5:53:55 PM | 16 2 | View on Bluesky | view

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I can listen to that ad nauseum.

15/8/2025, 11:07:18 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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As a geography teacher I endorse this cartograph message.

15/8/2025, 11:04:15 PM | 6 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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*freshmen* Once a teacher...

14/8/2025, 2:25:44 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Fantastic.

14/8/2025, 11:15:55 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Whoa! They got Fabio's body double.

14/8/2025, 11:14:21 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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That has to be AI. No way a dog allows all that. At least not one of my dogs... Whatagooddog.

14/8/2025, 9:14:35 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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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.

14/8/2025, 9:07:03 AM | 0 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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They look like a bunch of GW freshman looking for the bar that won't card.

13/8/2025, 11:20:13 PM | 9 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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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?

12/8/2025, 7:09:53 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Green Heron #birds

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12/8/2025, 6:49:21 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Black-crowned Night Heron #birds

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12/8/2025, 6:05:52 PM | 9 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Goober Patrol

11/8/2025, 2:37:41 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Of course, that's why you're not a heron!

11/8/2025, 1:58:49 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Great Blue Heron #birds

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10/8/2025, 9:33:19 PM | 5 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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Green Heron #birds

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10/8/2025, 7:19:16 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Green Heron #birds

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10/8/2025, 5:07:50 PM | 28 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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Thank you.

9/8/2025, 10:11:59 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Great Blue Heron #birds

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8/8/2025, 11:52:57 PM | 137 7 | View on Bluesky | view

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Prothonotary Warbler #birds

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7/8/2025, 4:25:23 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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It would be wrong to start spot-welding doors of Penske Trucks at traffic lights, to be clear.

7/8/2025, 10:53:02 AM | 3 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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He got torched on South Park. Such a pasty piker.

7/8/2025, 10:34:18 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Shitgibbons.

7/8/2025, 10:20:20 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Nothing worse than a smug little shit who is dead wrong but thinks otherwise.

7/8/2025, 10:14:06 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Saw him twice, once with a band and once solo. If you weren't transfixed at either you'd have to have been dead.

6/8/2025, 9:21:24 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Nothing like a little Carl Perkins to attract a visitor.

5/8/2025, 9:36:28 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Great Blue Heron #birds

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4/8/2025, 7:40:36 PM | 6 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I go by Jewboy, Hymie, Yid, (even Kike on Easter and Eid) but not Hebrew. Oy.

4/8/2025, 6:36:56 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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We can quibble, but "pussy" has positive meaning to me. Limp-dick is more apt it seems.

3/8/2025, 6:45:07 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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That is a spectacular shot. Would you kindly provide the specs and details of equipment, setting, etc? Regardless, thanks.

2/8/2025, 9:59:14 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Green Heron #birds

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2/8/2025, 4:12:34 PM | 32 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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Common Yellowthroat #birds

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2/8/2025, 3:35:26 PM | 8 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Great Blue Heron #birds

1/8/2025, 6:43:26 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Now that's dippin' outta there.

1/8/2025, 9:41:09 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Oh, that's Cadet Chicken McDickless.

1/8/2025, 9:37:39 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Indigo Bunting #birds

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31/7/2025, 12:06:52 AM | 30 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Blucher!

29/7/2025, 11:56:33 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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That's a sweet shot.

28/7/2025, 9:08:05 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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26/7/2025, 7:47:55 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Great Blue Heron #birds

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25/7/2025, 10:26:54 PM | 9 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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Far be it from me to harsh that mellow. An owl fairy it must be!

25/7/2025, 9:50:31 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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It might be a lens/light flare. Angle of light entering the lens might create that effect. And then there's the owl. Coooool.

25/7/2025, 7:49:32 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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"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.

25/7/2025, 7:45:14 PM | 6 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Comedy Central has been running relevant episodes all day. At 4:30 Eastern they're airing the new one: Sermon on the 'Mount.

24/7/2025, 6:46:28 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Green Heron #birds

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24/7/2025, 12:23:03 AM | 15 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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Great Blue Heron #birds

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23/7/2025, 8:33:31 PM | 7 2 | View on Bluesky | view

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This Red-shouldered Hawk hangs around the neighborhood keeping the worm population under control. #birds

Top two-thirds of the square frame is a grass background. An asphalt path runs horizontally below the grass and then a thin band of green grass borders the bottom of the frame. Centered in the photo is a juvenile Red-shouldered Hawk with an earthworm dangling from its beak. The hawk is facing forward, the crown of its head prominent. It is mostly brown, mottled with lighter plumage. Both legs are full and pale yellow. Just above its beak there is a whitish circle that is bright against the brown.
22/7/2025, 3:18:18 PM | 20 2 | View on Bluesky | view

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Omar's comin, kids. Omar's comin.

18/7/2025, 8:45:21 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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A great first!

18/7/2025, 9:35:22 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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B-More Proud, B-More Strong.

16/7/2025, 4:11:14 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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This Red-shouldered Hawk has discovered that bird feeders make for easy pickings. #birds

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15/7/2025, 11:34:36 PM | 24 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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Looks like my old bowling ball from 50 years ago. I guess that one gutter led to a black hole.

15/7/2025, 9:28:15 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Squirrel deserves it. No doubt in their minds at all. Evermore, Ravens.

15/7/2025, 5:12:50 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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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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Common Yellowthroat #birds

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14/7/2025, 7:29:52 PM | 10 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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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.

14/7/2025, 5:22:21 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Green Heron #birds

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14/7/2025, 5:11:07 PM | 9 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Maybe what is best is he first looked out for her safety, moving her away from the street.

13/7/2025, 5:17:47 PM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Fantastic shot.

13/7/2025, 9:48:59 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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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?

13/7/2025, 9:48:35 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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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.

13/7/2025, 9:43:41 AM | 17 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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Common Yellowthroat #birds

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12/7/2025, 2:00:19 AM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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What a horrible existence. Total cowardice.

11/7/2025, 4:32:28 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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o

11/7/2025, 4:29:55 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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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.

10/7/2025, 5:49:07 PM | 6 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Once again, reading helps. I initially thought it was real. Yeah, really.

9/7/2025, 6:30:51 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view