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Brent Scott

@brent406.bsky.social
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HS English teacher, married, girl dad, union man, Montanan Interests: gardening, nature, art, watercolor, poetry, books, crosswords, democracy, Dylan “I have friends everywhere.” I Contain Multitudes

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Brent Scott @brent406.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Encyclopedia Brown books were some of my absolute favs as a kid.
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Brent Scott @brent406.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
#Montana 🌱🌲 View over my backyard fence of fall colors popping.
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Brent Scott @brent406.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Here are the #9albums that made me. (Tho I might have picked 9 Dylan records or the entire Beatles catalog).
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Brent Scott @brent406.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Amen, my brother in Bob.
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Brent Scott @brent406.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Went kayaking on the Yellowstone River in south central #Montana. Saw Blue Herons, Cormorants, Mergansers, and a Bald Eagle. Beautiful day.
Me dripping wet after dumping it on the rapids near Sportsman’s Park. I panicked. Selfie near the cliffs. Face in shadow, I paddle toward the camera on shimmering water.
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Brent Scott @brent406.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
When Bob was my age, 57, this was what he was doing—starting a new era in his music and collecting Grammy awards. youtu.be/2OeNKBq63iM?...
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Bob Dylan - Love Sick (Grammys 1998 & "Soy Bomb" incident )
YouTube video by Empty-handed painter
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Brent Scott @brent406.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
🌱🌹some more late summer blooms in my #Montana garden. Still some color out there but less all the time.
A gazania in full bloom. Orange petals with redder centers spiral out like a cartoon sunshine. Some pink blossoms on the sedem. Its waxy thick leaves are like cactus. Some purple berries contrast with the leaves of a wild vine I have growing atop my chain link fence. Many leaves have turned red with the cold mornings. Soon the pheasants will be sitting up there pulling on the vines trying to eat the ripe berries.
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Brent Scott @brent406.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
MAKE A BAND EDIBLE Panini at the Disco
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Brent Scott @brent406.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
🌱🌹fall flowers in my #Montana garden
A pink and white zinnia with a creamy center. Some purple asters with golden centers beginning to pop. The volunteer sunflowers collect sunshine.A red-orange zinnia with starlike disk florets in yellow at the center.
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Alani Bankhead for U.S. Senate (D-MT) @alanib.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Is dismantling the Department of Education making America great? That’s what Kurt Alme’s endorser has done to our kids’ future. When I’m in the Senate, I’ll leverage pre-established relationships in DC for Montanans, including at the Department of Education. #mtpol
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Chris Mehl @chrismehl7.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
In #Montana, grocery prices are up, housing costs are outrageous, and trade wars threaten Ag. The MT GOP response: cut taxes for the Top 1%! #mtnews #mtpol
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Brent Scott @brent406.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
#watercolor sketch of the gardens at East Glacier Lodge in Glacier Park, facing the train depot from the middle of a long rectangle of flowers. From our visit in late July.
Colorful tall red flowers in foreground give way to bunches of blue and purple delphinium. A path of shredded tree bark leads in from right. Low pink flowers and golden black-eyed Susans fill space beyond the path. Less distinct clumps in the near distance. The dark train depot is in center background, beyond a fenced-in road.
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Brent Scott @brent406.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
🌱🌹🦉My south central Montana garden and a few visitors in this second week of August.
A female ruby-throated hummingbird heading south stops by for some nectar from lavender bee balm in my Montana garden. A beautiful (damask?) rose with pink rimmed petals of cream and yellow is in full bloom collecting sunshine. A common garter snake hides among the slender leaves of a day lily.
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Brent Scott @brent406.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
#watercolor landscape of Lake McDonald in Glacier Park. View of mountains from creek outlet, Apgar Village.
Blue cloudy skies over large granite mountains in distance. Tall cedars and pine trees frame the view. The lake flows past a partial dam of rocks as it flows into the creek at the lake’s outlet.
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Brent Scott @brent406.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
🌱🌹🐞🐝 First Viceroy butterfly in my garden this year. Seen lots of Swallowtails and many moths, but this is first Viceroy.
A butterfly with orange wings with black veins and white dots on the fringes sits on a light purple cluster of oregano blooms.
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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
“Trump has rejected disaster aid for Democratic-run states at the highest rate in the 47-year history of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.” Right now people in blue states are basically paying federal taxes as if they’re colonized territories of red states. www.politico.com/news/2026/03...
Trump has denied most disaster requests from Democratic-led states

A graph  showing Presidential approval rates for disaster requests from Democratic-led states and Republican-led states

Source: POLITICO's E&E News analysis of FEMA records
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Brent Scott @brent406.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
#watercolor sketches of my hike into the Little Belt Mtns in Central Montana a few weeks ago.
A couple of rusty hoppers from an abandoned mine operation. A brick base holds up two large bins. A trail on the right leads to the bins, and one in the center slopes down below. Several large pines and dense undergrowth surround. Limestone cliffs colored by iron deposits in the background. Little Belt Creek seen in the distance. A large cumulonimbus cloud is hovering ominously over the Little Belt Mtns. Several dead deciduous trees and a few tall pine trees in the foreground.
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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Yn a worlde where the humanityes are being systematicallye defunded by both the righte and the lefte, the internet ys one big seminar about the meaninge of *The Odyssey.* Ther ys a lesson yn thys somewher. And the lesson ys: funde the humanityes.
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Renae Freedom @rdl8192boyz.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Remember this 👇guy, every1??? He's the reason (Sinema too) much of the important legislation wasn't passed under Joe Biden. He's recruiting candidates like Seth Bodner... let's not fool ourselves Montana. Support @alanib.bsky.social. We don't need another Manchin in congress.
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Brent Scott @brent406.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Shady Sheehy still a transparently dumbass shill for his morally bankrupt party.
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
The racist backlash to Chris Nolan’s Odyssey is a kind of stolen valor, an attempt by the right to claim credit for achievements they had nothing to do with in order to justify racial hierarchy in the present. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
theatlantic.com
The Fear of Black Greeks
White people don’t own the accomplishments of ancient Greece.
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Brent Scott @brent406.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
🌱🌹🐞🐝🌲 Visitors to my garden today.
A bumble bee checks out the hairy liatris bloom. A stink bug climbs a petal of rudbeckia. A large yellow grasshopper gives me some side eye from his stalk of veronica. A white tailed deer peers at me from beyond the chain link fence.
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Our Common Defense @ourcommondefense.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
“No person shall be… deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law.” Plain as day Right there in the Constitution Fifth Amendment No person No exceptions
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Brent Scott @brent406.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
🌱🌲🌿🌞 Last night, an approaching rain shower and the sunset collided in spectacular fashion, setting the heavens ablaze. #Montana
A half dead cottonwood fronts a sky full of approaching rain clouds which are lit up light a rainbow by the sunset. Golden yellow at the horizon, then red orange, then violet, and finally indigo. A half dead cottonwood fronts a sky full of approaching rain clouds which are lit up light a rainbow by the sunset. Golden yellow at the horizon, then red orange, then violet, and finally indigo.
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Phil @heardyoulooking.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Need Bob Dylan guitar player updates. Who’s in Austin tonight?
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Lucky Earther @reedjam.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
We're so back
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Brent Scott @brent406.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Back on my #watercolors. Today’s sketch is from my visit a few weeks ago to the Sluice Boxes (river rapids in the Little Belt Mtns in Montana).
Watercolor painting showing a fast running creek with steep cliffs on each side, creating rapids in a sort of sluice box à la gold mining. Some rocky foreground gives way to two tall pine trees. The far side of the creek is topped with more pines.
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Brent Scott @brent406.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
🌱A couple waves of hail have destroyed some of my garden today. Lilies blown apart, hosta shredded, rhubarb leaves in tatters. I was able to cover pots, and my trees shielded much, but it’s always a bit sad. #Montana
Yellow Asiatic Lilies with only a few petals in tact. Hail-shredded Hosta leaves dangle sadly. Next to the house, hail collected in drifts under the pulverized rhubarb leaves.
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Brent Scott @brent406.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Laurel #Montana got hammered this afternoon with 2 waves of hail and an hour of heavy rain. Looks wintry out there.
A front porch cement pad covered in a 1/2 inch of marble-sized hail. Some shredded rhubarb leaves packed in hail ice like at a grocery stand. A strip of grass that is deep swamped with hail pebbles.
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Food Research & Action Center @fracposts.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
SNAP reduces hunger. SNAP reduces poverty. SNAP serves households struggling the most. USDA's latest participant data helps set the record straight about who relies on this critical program. frac.org/blog/childre...
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Children, Older Adults, People with Disabilities Make Up the Majority of SNAP Participants - Food Research & Action Center
Published June 1, 2026 Annually, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) issues a report on the characteristics of households and individuals participating in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance P...
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Brent Scott @brent406.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
🌱Morning walk through the garden. Still June cool for #Montana
A sunlike gazania radiates. Candle larkspur delphinium tower in purple and white over light green leaves. Apple tree in background. A cluster of white lilies with dark orange sepals in center.
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Brent Scott @brent406.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
🌱Nearly hot day today after cool weeks. Garden beginning to really pop. #Montana Fellow gardeners, what you got in your patch of ground?
Bright yellow daylily blossoms trumpet in many directions beneath a large cottonwood trunk.  A few tall towers of purple delphinium stalks are about to open. White center petals can be seen on the lower blossoms. Some tickseed blooms in golden yellow face the sun on the south side of my garden. Like daisies with more irregular petals and fringed ends. A red mini rose in full bloom, flanked by two buds a day or two from opening. A pink mini rose colors the background and some long spiky iris leaves, long after their May blooms have gone.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 21/06/2026
Imagine living with the loud hum of data center noise all day, every day. No peace. No quiet. No escape. No thank you! LISTEN…
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Brent Scott @brent406.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
🌱A few first blooms opened today: daisy, asiatic lily, coreopsis. #Montana garden
Bright white daisy with yellow center. Yellow Asiatic Lily with pollen-filled orange stamens in center. Golden coreopsis bloom with orange-red spots around the center. A greenish bee sits in the center. Purple Veronica blooms surround it.
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Brent Scott @brent406.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
The Big Sky #Montana
Cloudy skies dominate over the Crazy Mountains, seen from the west side near Wilsall, Montana.
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Kibby Skibs @kibbyskibs.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Morons #montana #ice m.youtube.com/watch?v=n3PM...
m.youtube.com
ICE arrest in a rural Montana town prompts a conservative community to take action
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
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Brent Scott @brent406.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
🌱Today’s garden beauties.
A red mini rose bud has not quite opened. Five green sepals radiate from it like a star. Dark green leaves in background. Three light pink peony blossoms supported by growing daisy stalks. Purple sage look a little like fireworks trailing. A bright yellow iris with frilly petals and white centers.
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Brent Scott @brent406.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
🌱Summer fixin’ to happen.
A red gaillardia bud with just the beginning of petals. Another with less color rises on a thin stem behind it. Some veronica shows a bit of purple color before it flowers completely.  A daisy bud looks like a yellow button as it gets ready to blossom. A slightly out of focus rose bud still wrapped tightly in green sepals.
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Brent Scott @brent406.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
🌱White in the garden this morning. #Montana
White petunia. White puffball shrub. Not sure what the actual name of it is. White iris with faintly yellow beard. Smells like lemons. A few white bleeding hearts.
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Brent Scott @brent406.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
🌱A few early bloomers despite the unusually cool (and frosty) spring weather in south central Montana.
A yellow and orange columbine bloom faces down, showing off its spiky backside. A purple alpine aster has not quite opened fully. A few early pinks have white serrated edges on bright pink flowers. Sweet Woodruff is light green in right foreground. Violets with purple ears, white faces, and yellow chins in middle. Behind some purple phlox is  visible.
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Outspoken™️ @out5p0ken.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
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PatriciaJones @gatocielo.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
#watercolor from an old photo taken near Alpine WY I think.
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Great art on Bluesky @art.feediverse.org · 12/05/2026
Black Lava Bridge, Hana Coast-No. II, 1939 #precisionism #okeeffe
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Brent Scott @brent406.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
🌱Happy Compost Harvesting Day to those who celebrate. Now to shovel the uncooked top layers back into the bin.
A green empty compost bin in background. Full wheelbarrow of rich new soil in middle. Blue and brown tarp covered with heap of leaves and grass not fully baked yet in foreground. Close up of composted soil.
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Brent Scott @brent406.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
#watercolor sketch today after a month’s hiatus
A watercolor painting of 2 Canada geese in some tall tawny grass next to a placid lake. Bare trees line the far shore with some barren hills behind in the distance.
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PatriciaJones @gatocielo.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
#Idaho #watercolor
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Daria @captainjam.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
And now watercolor #watercolor #europeanrobin #birds
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Brent Scott @brent406.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
🌱#Montana in the spring
Some yellow and purple violets  blooming above dead leaves. Purple blossoms on the nettles. Brunnera or Jack Frost sprouts little blue flowers above variegated leaves. Red sprouts of peony in the background. White clouds drifting through blue skies. Leafless trees in silhouette.
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Brent Scott @brent406.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Be a tourist in your own town. Share a photo (if you feel like it).
A couple of Canada geese linger on the grassy shore of Lake Josephine. The sandstone rimrock formation that is visible in the background surrounds our valley in Yellowstone County in south central Montana.
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