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Corruption is bad for Texas, just like corruption is bad for EVERYONE! Ken Paxton and his cronies cost Texas BIG $$$ #usdemocracy www.youtube.com/shorts/E0j08...

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Ron White reveals Ken Paxton cost Texas taxpayers $6 million

YouTube video by James Talarico

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 5h

PSA: when Trump, @MarshaBlackburn, @BrentTaylorTN and other Republicans mock “socialism” what they’re really mocking is the idea of caring about other people

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Eric Meeks Photography @ericmeeks.bsky.social · 4h

For #BirdOfTheDay theme #Duck&Geeseinflight some Black Bellied Whistlers #Birds #Wildlife #Nature #EastCoastKin #Photography #Birding #NaturePhotography

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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 7h

Agree 💯% With Joe Walsh.......

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Derrick @timber-n-tectonics.bsky.social · 15h

Skipper butterfly on a California poppy. #butterflies #insects #flowers #macro #photography

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Brian Peterson @drbrianpet.bsky.social · 5h

#Ducks&GeeseInFlight Rob says this is the #BirdOfTheDay theme today Any duck or goose flying Mallards

Male Mallard to the left. Female to the right.

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Richard Summerbell @acremonium.bsky.social · 14h

My mind rambled through “black phoebe?” and even “leaden flycatcher?” (Seen once in Queensland) before I realized what it was. I’ve never seen one not flitting through branches before.

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Richard Summerbell @acremonium.bsky.social · 15h

One thing I didn’t expect at all today was that, while invited over to a neighbour’s for a pre-Thanksgiving libation, I’d look out her window to see a black-throated blue warbler meticulously cleaning her trelliswork. Toronto, Cabbagetown neighbourhood.

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Richard Summerbell @acremonium.bsky.social · 16h

#StillDoinCDs Jakko M. Jakszyk was the son of an Irish singer & unknown father, adopted early by a Polish couple in London. A career as an esteemed rock guitarist & songwriter didn’t sate an urge to find his bio-dad. “Son of Glen” (2025) is a musically fluent reveal of a never-met US airman.

A man (50s) and a woman (30s) dressed mainly in black (but the woman wears a patterned deep crimson top and has a pale blond bang in her long dyed-black hair) sit on a red divan with a purple throw pillow between them. This scene is set in a narrow room alcove filled with religious objects, mainly crucifixes, and family photos, along with some miscellaneous artworks and glass display casings.

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Eddie Smith @eddsmitty.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

🧵 "The KKK were Democrats!" is one of the most tired political talking points on the internet. It relies on a 19th-century fact while completely ignoring 150 years of political history. Let's put this BS to rest, my friends.(cont) #ProudBlue #USDemocracy #ResistanceUnited #Voices4Victory

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Richard Summerbell @acremonium.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

I wish you in turn a magnificent Saturday! In terms of positive energy, an eastern phoebe was there to greet me this morning when I went out. (Photo from the Merlin app, which identified the bird by its call).

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Richard Summerbell @acremonium.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

#StillDoinCDs Elham (Matin Elham on streaming sites) is an expat Persian singer recording out of the Iranian émigré stronghold (one hopes) of Reseda, California. 2003’s Hanouzam Dir Nashodeh (Never Too Late) starts with synth-pop, moves on to more trad pop & ends with Amr Diab banger Nour el Ain.

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Richard Summerbell @acremonium.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Junior cardinal boy in our garden is starting to redden up nicely.

A crested songbird with red head and belly feathers but brown wing and back feathers sits on a wisteria branch over a garden gate and looks over its shoulder.

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JDubLow 🚫👑🐸 @jdublow.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

This great blue heron is one of the #waders letting me know what it thinks of me and my stupid removable eye beak #BirdOfTheDay #bird #wildlife #nature #photography #ProtectNature Regimen fascisticum delenda est!

An upright great blue heron, wading in some weeds with its beak open

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Richard Summerbell @acremonium.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Good morning, and happy Friday to you!

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Richard Summerbell @acremonium.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

#StillDoinCDs “Dark Side of the Moon,” something of a concept album about being driven mad by modern times, was a 1973 Pink Floyd epic that is the 3d biggest seller of all time. It’s also a personal favourite of mine ever since I heard bits as house music at an Applejack (early Trooper) concert.

Against a dark field, a beam of light enters a prism and breaks up into a rainbow.

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Lyn Heideman @heidelyn.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

is considering changes to how corporations harvest menhaden and seeks public comments. The American Bird Conservancy makes it fast to advocate for Ospreys with a comment you can personalize and they'll send: act.abcbirds.org/a/take-actio.... Please comment before noon EDT Oct 9. Thank you! #birds

Photo of an Osprey fishing courtesy of the American Bird Conservancy.

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Lyn Heideman @heidelyn.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Last chance to speak up for Ospreys. Up and down the East Coast, Osprey chicks are starving and nests failing for lack of menhaden. A nutrient-rich fish, menhaden are scooped up by corporations to make fish oil, etc. There's hope. The ASMFC, which determines how Atlantic fish are managed,...

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Richard Summerbell @acremonium.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Hiding from everyone, doing dance performance for you!

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Janet Hill @saskajanet.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

High-stepping Wilson's Snipe! #birds

A fancy brown and white streaky bird with yellow legs and a very very long straight beak is strutting across some matted reeds at the edge of a lake. There are some cattails in the background. The bird looks totally confident and is striding with purpose.

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Richard Summerbell @acremonium.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

#StillDoinCDs The 2CD set “May You Never” is 1 of 5 compilations from 2015 of outright musical gems that were somewhat overlooked. There’s a lot of Canadian content on this Dutch issue, starting with the electrifying “September Fields” by Frazey Ford. Soul-& folk-rock highlights.

A young rock & roller in a suit & big hair sings at a 1950s style microphone.

1-1 Frazey Ford– September Fields
1-2 James Brown– Talk To Me, Talk To Me
1-3 Teddy Thompson– Home
1-4 John Martyn– May You Never
1-5 My Baby (2)– Singing In Chains
1-6 Bobby Womack– California Dreamin'
1-7 The Nits– The Bauhaus Chair
1-8 The Grays– Both Belong
1-9 David Clayton-Thomas– She
1-10 The Living Sisters– Blue
1-11 John Grant– Marz
1-12 Ron Sexsmith– Nowhere To Go
1-13 Case Mayfield– I Don't Know I Don't
1-14 The Blind Boys Of Alabama Ft. Justin Vernon Of Bon Iver*– Every Grain Of Sand
1-15 Boz Scaggs– I'll Be Long Gone
1-16 Oh Susanna– Forever At Your Feet
1-17 Jesse Winchester– All Of Your Stories
1-18 Allen Toussaint & The Stokes– Go Back Home
1-19 Jakob Dylan– Lend A Hand
1-20 Blackie & The Rodeo Kings* Ft. Amy Helm– I'm Still Loving You
2-1 I Am Kloot– From Your Favourite Sky
2-2 Natalie Merchant– San Andreas Fault
2-3 John Mellencamp*– Jackie Brown
2-4 Isaac Hayes– Soulsville
2-5 Richie Havens– Morning Morning
2-6 Percy Sledge– I'll Be Your Everything
2-7 Bruce Cockburn– Closer To The Light
2-8 Cat Stevens– Sad Lisa
2-9 Elvis Presley– Loving You (Slow Version)
2-10 The Chapin Sisters– Let Me Go
2-11 Free– My Brother Jake
2-12 Bob Carpenter– First Light
2-13 Sandra Rhodes– No Such Thing As Love
2-14 Hugh Coltman– The Mathematician
2-15 Don Covay– It's In The Wind
2-16 Paul Brady– The Island
2-17 Phantom Limb (4)– Gravy Train
2-18 Paul Weller– You Do Something To Me
2-19 Tedeschi Trucks Band– Shelter
2-20 Youngblood Brass Band– Is An Elegy

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Jay Troyer @gr8flbluejay.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Yamamoto Kanae, Japanese (1882-1946), Signs of Autumn at the Foot of Mount Tokko, 1926, oil, Municipal Museum Kanae Yamamoto, Ueda, Japan

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Margot Foley @mfoley25.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

A Great Blue Heron and a Red-shouldered Hawk for today’s #BirdOfTheDay themes of #BlueWater, birds surrounded by Blue Water, and #Perched, birds standing on anything except branches. #ECK #WCK #PNW #Birds #Heron #Hawk #Nature #Photography

A great blue heron standing tall in calm, blue water. The bird has a slate-gray body, a long neck, and a sharp, pointed bill facing left. Its distinct form creates a sharp, vertical reflection in the water below. The surrounding water surface is covered in gentle, horizontal ripples.

A Red-shouldered hawk perched atop a rusty, weathered metal pipe. The raptor features a beautifully patterned plumage, showcasing a warm rufous chest and head, a curved dark beak with a yellow base, and distinct black-and-white checkered patterning running down its wings and tail feathers. It faces to the right, looking back slightly over its shoulder against a soft, out-of-focus background.

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Banned Books Week @bannedbooksweek.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

It's finally here! Are you ready to join us in kicking off #BannedBooksWeek?! This year's event is too big for just one piece of art, so we have THREE! #LetBooksBe bannedbooksweek.org

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American Library Association @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

This year’s #BannedBooksWeek coincides with ALA’s official 150th anniversary. To mark the occasion, ALA has released a list of the 150 most challenged books documented from 1990, when ALA's Office for Intellectual Freedom began tracking book challenges, through 2025. ala150.org/150books

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Richard Summerbell @acremonium.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Friendly greetings from the wonders of Wednesday in Toronto!

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Richard Summerbell @acremonium.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I didn’t know that. I wasn’t aware of it at the time but my cooler 1-year-older uncle who was a hobby blues musician over in Alberta knew it well.

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Rick @natureskid.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Funny, I have this album ! Purchased back in 1971-73 , I can’t exactly remember……..hahahahaha ! Excellent work of music ! It was a Quadriphonic record 4 channel with a decoder…..SWEET !

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swandiveswim.bsky.social @swandiveswim.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

#Birds Helen Bennett 🌿 @helenbennett.bsky.social says today's #BirdOfTheDay Alt: is #UnsungBirds any underrated bird that needs the spotlight! The Pine Siskin doesn't get much notice or respect in my area.

A small, brown streaked bird with a sharp pointed beak, faces left perched on slender branch surrounded by green leaves.

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swandiveswim.bsky.social @swandiveswim.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

#Birds #Ducks Helen Bennett 🌿 @helenbennett.bsky.social says today's #BirdOfTheDay is #BirdSupermodel Any bird captured looking like it's posing for a magazine cover shoot. This young Blue-winged Teal, after days of my not so patient waiting, decided to put on a show for me.

A mostly brown speckled duck, facing right, has its wing spread out fully. The primary flight feathers are brown followed by baby blue, bordered in white.

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Gwen 🌈🌺📚 @gwen4braves.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Instead of chasing each other through the tree, the two Downy Woodpeckers pretended they didn't see each other. #Twosday #Woodpeckers 🪶

Two downy woodpeckers are ignoring each other on the same leafy branch

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Angry Donkey News @angrydonkeynews.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Trump Bans Dem Governor From Speaking at Rally in His Home State | Maryland Governor Wes Moore says he helped put together the deal that Trump is about to take all the credit for. newrepublic.com/post/216290/...

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Trump Bans Dem Governor From Speaking at Rally in His Home State

Maryland Governor Wes Moore says he helped put together the deal that Trump is about to take all the credit for.

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Richard Summerbell @acremonium.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

#StillDoinCDs Jeff Beck’s 1972 4th album under his own name & last with “Jeff Beck Group” was most popular in Canada, reaching #15. It featured 5 covers incl. the definitive version of southern rocker Don Nix’s “Going Down.” Gold record despite critics’ negativities at the time.

Rows of small upright rectangular photographs make up the cover. The top row consists of four blank panels and a central photo of an orange. The remaining four rows consist of black-and-white head shots of band members, repeated in the same order in each row, slightly tinted in different background colour shades.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Who's really paying the price for those killer Amazon Prime Day deals?

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Rick Rubin @harrisrubin.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

#birdoftheday #blueskies short eared owl

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Charlie Ludwig @chuck4242.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Today was my first time spotting an Orange Crowned Warbler. One of maybe ten that I saw. #Birds #Birding #Wildlife #Nature #Photography #Animals #Photos #Photo #ECK

An Orange Crowned Warbler perched on a dried plant stem.

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Jelltex @jelltex.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

For #AnOrchidADay: Narrow lipped helleborine, Epipactis leptochila. Home counties. #Orchid

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Jelltex @jelltex.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

For #AnOrchidADay: At some point all UK orchidists go on a pilgrimage to the Chilterns to worship at the court of the Red helleborine, Cephalanthera rubra.

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Kris Gates @krismgates.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I wish I had captured the entire pelican, but I still love this shot. #bird

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Richard Summerbell @acremonium.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Quebeckers find it amusing to yoke PQ members to being a Canadian provincial government.

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Richard Summerbell @acremonium.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

#StillDoinCDs Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu, “Gurrumul” to friends (thus title of his 1st solo album, 2008), was a platinum-selling, multi ARIA winning Australian singer-songwriter from the Yolngu peoples of Elcho Island, Northern Territory. His singing is regarded as transcendently beautiful.

Portrait (close-up head shot) of a 30-something blind Yolngu Australian songwriter. He seems to be wearing a plain white teeshirt.

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