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Monica V @classyearlgrey.bsky.social · 17h

Excellent ad. Funny and delivers receipts.

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Get To Know Nature @gettoknownature.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Phew, the news is dark. Here’s a moment of beauty to catch your breath 🌿

The sun sets in a layer of yellow sky at the horizon and the blue sky and pink clouds above and a line of trees silhouetted and a dark stone wall in the foreground. It’s very peaceful.

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Monica V @classyearlgrey.bsky.social · 18h

Good job, northern neighbors. You’re showing us the way.

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tapaz-al-sawar.bsky.social @tapaz-al-sawar.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

SI matches Simulated Intelligence which is a better description for generative LLMs than AI.

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Get To Know Nature @gettoknownature.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

News is bad. Vibes are bad. WHO NEEDS A TEENY TINY FROG?! (A Wood Frog baby so little it could sit on a quarter) #herps 🌿

A very small brown frog sits on a lily pad.

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Monica V @classyearlgrey.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Paid signature gatherers were advertising that it was an income tax on everyone to get the initiative on the ballot. I stopped and asked one whether the average person was really going to pay this tax. He nervously said, “Uh, eventually.” They were lying before this even got out of the gate.

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kenofseattle @kenofseattle.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The Chehalis tribe of Washington State just south of Olympia have retaken possession of land along the I-5 corridor. This is how they repurposed the billboard facing the freeway.

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Monica V @classyearlgrey.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Beautiful rendition of the anthem by my fellow Americans. And good on the Bears.

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Monica V @classyearlgrey.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

And this was supposed to be a precursor to the next Artemis trip? Yeah, this is why I don’t watch crewed shuttle launches anymore.

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Monica V @classyearlgrey.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

👇💯 We were poor kids, but my mom scraped together enough to take us to the Field Museum, Art Institute, Shedd, and Lincoln Park Zoo (no holiday giving as a trade off). Those experiences create awe and curiosity. I’ve added interpretive centers as an adult, continuing to explore and read and learn.

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Monica V @classyearlgrey.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

This morning was cool enough to leave the dogs in the van & visit Fort Peck Interpretive Center. Notably, one other woman and I spent oodles of time on paleontology exhibits. We were the only two folks who sat through the 30 minute Fort Peck Dam construction video. #paleontology #engineering nerds.

Interpretive displays with fossils on the left and modern animals like bison and bears on the right and back.

Looking up at a reconstructed snarling head of Peck’s Rex, a T. rex found nearby.

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Monica V @classyearlgrey.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

When the restored wetlands and trails actually look like the renderings the designers showed you. 🙂

Ponds circled by rushes and grasses, with a trail and boardwalk railing visible in the center between two ponds. Deciduous trees rise in the distance.

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Monica V @classyearlgrey.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Moon rising over the powerhouse structures at Fort Peck last night.

Two rectangular buildings in Art Deco style rise above a dark lake, glowing softly. A full moon rises above them to the right.

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Monica V @classyearlgrey.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I have had cell service off since I discovered that my current plan does not have unlimited roaming and my phone was cheerily racking up a huge bill. 😬 Haven’t been to Canada in 7 years and changed plans. I couldn’t post cool stuff, but I also couldn’t read the news. It wasn’t such a bad thing. 😏

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Monica V @classyearlgrey.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The moon looked like it was being washed with frothy saltwater last night at Frenchman Valley campground. It was windy and the clouds swirled around, sometimes creating Halloween faces like #3. The prairie sky seems so vast, more like an ocean.

The bright moon shines through a lacy wash of thin clouds in an inky sky. Below, light from a camp shines where two women play the game Uno.

Grey, white, and bluish mammarus clouds spread across the sky.

The moon surrounded by clouds with inky blue holes where a goblin’s eyes and grin would be.

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Dr. Heather Hinam 🍁 🇨🇦 @secondnaturemb.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

It was such a treat to find these gorgeous little green cup mushrooms in the forest this morning. Usually all I can ever find is the bright turquoise mycelia in the rotting wood. Finding the thumbnail size fruiting bodies is pretty rare for me. Their colour is unreal. 🍄🌿

Bright turquoise green little fingernail shaped mushrooms, growing out of a rotting log

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Monica V @classyearlgrey.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I like this young person. Interesting pursuits as well. 🪓

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Monica V @classyearlgrey.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

There’s a nice 2-mile trail around camp that leads to a gate and more roaming. Dogs have been getting nicely pooped out here and in Charles Russell NWR.

An old homestead crumbling amongst prairie grasses, with a dark mountain range in the distance.

A large black dog sits at attention looking out onto the prairie and trying to determine what he smells on the wind.

A dog’s black head rests on soft dog blankets as he sleeps.

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Monica V @classyearlgrey.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

It’s mid-September and there are still prairie flowers. A few prairie dog holes are surrounded by petite purple asters, and have the look of a grand hotel lobby with elaborate landscaping. 🌸🌼

A yellow aster family flower with brown lush center and pointed petals with sculpted ridges.

A sprawling short plant with small sunflower-looking blooms.

A lush, purple-pinkish, low growing plant with spiky blooms that reach from the base.

White, low growing aster family flowers against fern-like leaves.

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Monica V @classyearlgrey.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I swear, bull elk are like drunk guys in a bar. Stinky, bleary eyed, screamy, demanding. The viewing season at Slippery Ann has started slowly, according to a local. So they aren’t fighting yet.

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Monica V @classyearlgrey.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Prairie environments are not easy, but you cannot beat prairie skies.

Countless stars gleam above a dawn sky with a touch of warmth on the horizon from the rising sun.

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Monica V @classyearlgrey.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Interesting take. I’ve been driving and hearing a lot of talk about this On the radio.

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Get To Know Nature @gettoknownature.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Here’s a female Eastern Tiger Swallowtail. The males are always yellow while the females can be yellow or black. She’s enjoying some Joe Pye Weed in the yard #invertebrates #NativePlants 🌿 #BugSky

A big black butterfly with some blue and yellow markings wit wings wide open as it perches on a cluster of very small pink flowers. She’s perfectly formed and beautiful.

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Cat Alyst 🏳️‍⚧️🇨🇦 (they/them) @catalystmeow.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

A satirist dresses up as Dr. Doom and preaches to Seattle's city council how the latest surveillance cameras will help take him over the city. #Seattle #WA

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'Dr Doom' shows support for surveillance cameras at city council meeting in Seattle

YouTube video by Guardian News

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EveryHeron 𓅣 @everyheron.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

The moment you doubt whether you can fly, you cease forever to be able to do it. #inspiration #quotes

A Heron flies back lit, its wing feathers translucent, neck held proud, toes to the sky .

The moment you doubt whether you can fly, you cease forever to be able to do it."
-Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie

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Monica V @classyearlgrey.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Well, I thought I would try Bramley apple crisp as a contribution to the neighborhood corn feed and an easy way to test my new range. The range with the 74-page manual. I’m glad I did not make a chicken dish as planned. Because…

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Artologica aka Michele Banks @artologica.net · 12/09/2026

This 👇👇👇 🎨

💚 Your artist and designer friends probably aren't as full of themselves as you think.

Please remember: they share their work and accomplishments all the time as a matter of survival. No one else will be their hype man.

That grant? It's the only thing keeping them going during these slow months.

This flashy opportunity? They have been trying to make it happen for a year with only hope to keep them going and it's finally happening!

That exhibit? It's the only one they got into out of the 15 they submitted for.

That new painting they posted? They kinda need it to sell so they can pay the rent next month.

So be kind in your thoughts. Imagine if your job required social media presence on four platforms to make sure ends meet.

And if you see your friends or acquaintances post art that you like, please share it! It can make all the difference sometimes.

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Monica V @classyearlgrey.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Okay, this as an American version with no AI (sorry to share Ai but it’s an important message).

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

"If you read the review of Everything Will Swallow You in The Guardian, and were put off by the description of 'comfy cardigan fiction', please ignore and forget it. That is as wrong as it would be to describe Maggie O’Farrell’s Hamnet as 'chicklit'." www.marshwoodvale.com/books/2026/0...

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Tom Cox and the Power of Friendship » Books, Most Recent - Marshwood Vale Magazine

Tom Cox is the antithesis of the short-attention-span writer. He doesn’t use text speak, trendy abbreviations or any of the life’s-too-short-to-actually-read-something scraps of Tik-Tokery or Instagra...

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JunkboxJim @junkboxjim.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

What a beast!

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Mike Henry @onlyveesaz.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Launching into the weekend like… 🦅

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Monica V @classyearlgrey.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

He is so desperate to get the Nobel and a legacy, and to be seen as some sort of King of Peace. This is not about benefits to Irish people. Alas grandpa, this is not how it works. And rest assured, we will not forget you, but not for the reasons you think.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

The entire right wing has been furious that the mayor of New York City had the nerve to be Muslim on 9/11, while their president is out here bragging about what a terrific relationship he has with the Saudi royal family.

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NE Ohio Regional Sewer District @neorsd.org · 12/09/2026

Clean Water Fest is Saturday 9/19, choose your fighter www.cleanwaterfest.com/activities.h...

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Monica V @classyearlgrey.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

The best in the “I resigned from” trend. Because this one is real, not satirical. 👇

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Coconino from 🌶️ New Mexico @coconinoite.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Thank you for reminding me to put my sunglasses on my to go pile.

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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

"Reyna" is harvesting apples in Zillah, WA. A #RoshHashanah custom involves eating apple slices dipped in honey, sometimes after prayer. The sweet nourishment of apples and honey signifies healing and optimism - the hope that the new year will be sweet. #WeFeedYou 1/

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Monica V @classyearlgrey.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Worth looking at the replies for some old and current examples of retail rapidly fading with sterile online shopping and hedge fund takeovers of everything.

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Dr. Merritt Rae Turetsky @queenofpeat.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Permafrost (frozen ground) is thawing, triggering huge changes across Alaskan landscapes. Find out how and why as I trek across collapsing permafrost bogs. I write more about this and other climate trends like underground zombie fires that outlast winter in Bogland (wwnorton.com/books/bogland).

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Monica V @classyearlgrey.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I have been eating fruit from my project all summer. We’re into apples and pears now. Not too worried about becoming ill, and it’s such a treat to eat homegrown tree-ripened fruit. Probably doing small scale U Pick next year if weather allows.

An Orcas pear with reddish blush sliced open and lying on a plate.

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Monica V @classyearlgrey.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Okay, CBS has a live stream focused on memorial ceremonies in New York. USA Today cut from people reading names to the President’s arrival at the Pentagon. I don’t need to watch the US President shame our nation and memories. It is a good day to reflect what came before and after 9/11.

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Monica V @classyearlgrey.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

If this is capitalism and not communism, why are taxpayers funding industry, especially when the government owns stake in 34 companies? Just asking for myself and hundreds of millions of other Americans.

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God @thegodshow.com · 11/09/2026

We don’t talk about Russ Vought enough and he’s the most powerful villain in Washington, D.C.

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Monica V @classyearlgrey.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Thank you as always to @kairyssdal.bsky.social for speaking sensibly. There is so much air time going to this raw bait, yet one person interviewed said this is the 15th check he’s promised -and none ever came.

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Monica V @classyearlgrey.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

He is so obviously unwell with such an obvious pattern that the Goldwater Rule looks ludicrous. C’mon psychiatrists I can tell he’s got some disorder(s). You should be able to ring warning bells about it.

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Monica V @classyearlgrey.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Here it is- the Great Healthcare Plan to end Medicare and Medicaid and let millions suffer and die. I always say that Canada and Greenland will not have to worry about invasion because we’ll shoot ourselves in the foot first.

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 09/09/2026

Not to brag, but our product has been foldable since 1828.

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