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Ellen Friedman @ellen-friedman.bsky.social · 12h

The fact that magat-gop-republican tr**p colluders are SO afraid of letting people vote is a strong signal for why you should REGISTER NOW, CHECK your registration and GET READY TO VOTE THEM OUT OF A JOB! #elections #register #VoteBlue #VoteBlue #VoteBlue

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Ellen Friedman @ellen-friedman.bsky.social · 14h

Excellent ink + watercolor sketch from France. Thank you @rjnissanart.bsky.social for sharing this. #art #watercolour #painting #travel #sketchbook

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RJNissan @rjnissanart.bsky.social · 14h

Here’s a demo of me painting before adding pen and ink. #art #sketch #painting #penandink #lefty

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Ellen Friedman @ellen-friedman.bsky.social · 14h

A corrupt idiot for president.

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Ellen Friedman @ellen-friedman.bsky.social · 14h

tr**p & nmaga's repeated lies about voter fraud are just an excuse to take over elections. There WAS major voter fraud attempted, but that was when tr**p tried to steal votes in 2020 election he lost. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump%E...

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Richard Baker @bakerart.bsky.social · 23h

L drawing in the King's art studio surrounded by bags (from about 1991)

Young woman with long black hair concentrating on her drawing surrounded by bags.

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Senator Amy Klobuchar @klobuchar.senate.gov · 29/09/2026

Before calling someone a “dirtbag,” the Senator should have had his facts straight. An apology is in order. Glad one of us knew the difference between the Atlanta Hawks and the Iowa Hawkeyes!

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

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH. HAHAHAHAHAH. Eric Schmitt just accused Jack Smith of lying about going to an Atlanta Hawk's basketball game. Smith went to see the Iowa Hawkeyes.

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Dr. Heather Hinam 🍁 🇨🇦 @secondnaturemb.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

My morning paddle. Damp and gloomy, but always fun to spend time with my wild neighbours. #mammals 🌿

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Ellen Friedman @ellen-friedman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Because fighting cancer in children was a good thing? Wouldn't want to waste money saving children's lives when you can spend taxpayers money to build a big old gross Ballroom or Arch or wage a losing war That's the maga way! The tr*"p style!

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Ellen Friedman @ellen-friedman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Quiet moment in Mountain View city park next to library. We stopped for a moment after getting vaccinations at nearby pharmacy. #sunset #nature #calm

Photo of large oak trees next to a stucco building on the right, shown at sunset. To right of center is an old-fashioned street light with late sunlight glowing through the glass globe. Street light is next to a paved curving sidewalk at the center of the photo. Photo by Ellen Friedman 28 Sept 2026.

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Ambassador Ken Fairfax (ret) @portlandken.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

GOP really does stand for "Guardians of Pedophiles." Trump-backed Ken Paxton is defending himself against charges that he let a notorious convicted pedophile out of prison after only one day by pointing out that it was 60 days. Yep, rape multiple kids and that's what you get if you're MAGA.

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Ken Paxton Defends One-Day Plea Deal Offered to Child Sex Predator

The Texas attorney general (and Republican Senate candidate) apparently thought this was a good argument.

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Ellen Friedman @ellen-friedman.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

OK, that worked 😊 Wordle 1,927 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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Mike @michaeljklein.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Whiskers in three quarter profile. It's #Caturday.

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Christopher Hale @christopherjhale.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Pope Leo XIV celebrated Mass with an estimated 800,000 people in Paris on Saturday, after spending the morning with migrants, the poor, and adults newly entering the Catholic Church. “For Christians,” he added, “the poor are not a sociological category, but the very ‘flesh’ of Christ.”

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Drawing 800,000 in Paris, Pope Leo XIV Calls on the Church to “Make Room” for Migrants and the Poor

“No one is so poor as to have nothing to give.” Before Mass, the pope sat with migrants and told catechists to respect each person’s pace. Six altar servers with Down syndrome served his Mass.

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Ellen Friedman @ellen-friedman.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Given her record, I'm now thinking 12 years isn't long enough to be in public service. In her case, it's TOO long.

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Ellen Friedman @ellen-friedman.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Some bad things can not be avoided. Measles isn't one of them. Vaccinations work. People who try to stop vaccinations are lying or corrupt or very very confused. Get vaccinated. Encourage others. Save lives. Save your babies. #science #medicine #health #Democracy

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Vince Mpls @vincempls.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Incredible and wonderful words.

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Ellen Friedman @ellen-friedman.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

More to the point, headline could have just said "tr**p's MAGA loyalists don't think."

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Ted Dunning @bsky.tdunning.com · 25/09/2026

Here's a hummingbird thinking. Big thoughts at the end of the day. #photography #birds @glengrambo.bsky.social

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Ellen Friedman @ellen-friedman.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Still a few hours left in #BlueSkyArtShow #Lights Here's an after-Halloween display of jack-o-lanterns in a park in Toronto from 2023. Excellent event: People bring pumpkins for compost to local park but first they are put on display all together for a few nights.

Night photo of lighted jack-o-lantern pumpkins displayed along a pathway in a Toronto park as people to the right file past to view them. Photo by Ellen Friedman

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Ellen Friedman @ellen-friedman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Lights reflected in a pool in Balboa Park in San Diego CA #BlueSkyArtShow #Lights

Night photo of old-style stucco buildings (pinkish glow) and silhouetted palm trees beyond a rectangular shallow pool in Balboa Park, San Diego. Lights from the distant building are reflected in the water. Photo by Ellen Friedman 2 Jan 2023

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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

This is going great. (*Average* US price now above $6.50)

Chart of diesel prices, showing them about 50% higher than one year ago.

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Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 26/09/2026

When Joe Biden took office, America’s allies were willing to treat the first Trump term as an aberration. That ship has sailed. The world is no longer waiting for us to come to our senses, and the trust we squandered may take a generation to rebuild if anyone still believes we are capable of it.

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Ellen Friedman @ellen-friedman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

1st time I saw an octopus suddenly change colors, I was stepping over tide pools and saw med large octopus between the rocks. Poof! V dark to almost white!! I nearly fell over the rocks. Had not known they could do this! 😲 Amazing thing to see. 😊 #nature #marineanimals #octopus #science

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Emma @emmasartworks.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Ghosts, locked in dark rocks. Coal-age creatures - stay stone, or You’ll see what we did. #haikuSaturday

Close-up photograph of Carboniferous coral fossils in black limestone found at Hartlepool, northeast England

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Dr. Heather Hinam 🍁 🇨🇦 @secondnaturemb.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I'm looking forward to getting back up to the tundra in a month. Being able to spend time with these amazing creatures and share them with others is such an privilege. #mammals 🐻‍❄️🌿

A momma polar bear stands in the sun with her 9-month old cub. A wall of bare willows separate them from the lake in the background. The cub has very muddy legs from playing on the not-yet-snowy tundra.

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Les 🇨🇦 @lgvdart.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Come see some beautiful art from over 40 local artists who paint in Toronto Botanical Gardens and Edwards Gardens. I'm donating all MY proceeds from any sales to the Toronto Botanical Gardens. These two gardens have given me a sense of peace and inspiration.

Poster for Essence of the Garden Art Exhibition and sale.

Toronto Botanical Garden | Presenting sponsor Foresters Financial

Tagline: "I've been painting in the garden. Come and see!"

Essence of the Garden
Plein Air Art Exhibition & Sale

October 3 to 18 • 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
777 Lawrence Ave. E.

Hosted in partnership with Alexandra Sharma, Don Valley Art Group, Toronto Heliconian Club, Toronto Watercolour Society, Willowdale Group of Artists, Women Artists Association of Canada

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Les 🇨🇦 @lgvdart.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

They are mesmerizing birds. This is from a reference photo of a Ruby-throated.

Hummingbird (with green and gold tinges) approaching a red salvia flower.

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Ellen Friedman @ellen-friedman.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Get ready! Make a plan! Take a stand! Stand up for Democracy! #VoteBlue #Vote #BlueWave

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Ellen Friedman @ellen-friedman.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

artle UK worked well for me today. Got the artist and the painting on 2nd guess. Want to give it a try? Artle #1609: 2/6 ❌🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ artle.uk cc @michaeljklein.bsky.social

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Artle - mystery art, every day!

A hidden work of art, six guesses to work out what it is. Now slightly easier.

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Ted Dunning @bsky.tdunning.com · 22/09/2026

Well darn. Wouldn't it be nice if Elon Musk hadn't fired a big chunk of the US government cyber security team?

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🌬Breeze @cool-summer-breeze.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

This is the Stolen Neighbors Quilt. Each of the 11,000 squares represents a person taken by ICE in Minnesota.

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migas7.bsky.social @migas7.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

This is American Healthcare today.

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Ellen Friedman @ellen-friedman.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The moon is just so stunningly beautiful 💙 Just a cell phone photo, but you get the idea. #photography #moon #harvestmoon #autumn #nature

Photo of an almost-full moon, a Harvest Moon, glowing deep gold against an almost-black sky. Photo by Ellen Friedman 24 Sept 2026

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Ellen Friedman @ellen-friedman.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

A real leader, doing good things for people ⬇️

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Ellen Friedman @ellen-friedman.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Humming Bird and Harvest Moon: Photo by @bsky.tdunning.com Moon by September. Hummingbird played himself. #autumn #moon #photography #birds #nature

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/09/2026

MURRAY: The Trump admin falsely labeled birth control as abortion. Do you agree that an IUD is an abortifacient? OVERTON: If confirmed, I'll be fully briefed M: That's not an answer. The prospect of an FDA commissioner who doesn't know that birth control isn't an abortion is deeply alarming O: 😊

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Ellen Friedman @ellen-friedman.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Quiet and all that clean air! #bicycles over cars

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Ellen Friedman @ellen-friedman.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

This is SO dangerous. A cult groupie to run the FDA - people's safety will no longer be protected. #resist #impeach VOTE BLUE in Nov

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Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 24/09/2026

A free press is not a crime. Authoritarianism always starts by pretending it is.

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Ian Weissman, DO @drianweissman.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

“The results are clear: Hybrid work is a win-win-win for employee productivity, performance, and retention." www.popsci.com/health/myths...

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3 myths about working from home, debunked

Turns out we’re not more productive and happy in the office.

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FrontRangeWildflowers @frwildflowers.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Six years ago today 🌿 Aspen below Guanella Pass

Golden aspen leaves against a forested mountainside

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 23/09/2026

Of course one of the best science fiction directors of all time understands the science of airborne virus transmission! Steven Spielberg is wearing a high quality mask during the California COVID surge.

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Paul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.com · 23/09/2026

I said I'd do a thread about my new Space Science Reviews paper, so here it is! This is part of a collection of papers arising from a meeting at the International Space Science Institute in Bern in 2024: a workshop to better understand rocky extrasolar planets. A 🧵:

Interior structure models of Earth, Venus, Mercury, Mars, the Moon, and Io, all shown to scale and key elements labelled.

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Ellen Friedman @ellen-friedman.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Looking through old photos, I found this, @rebeccagrambo.bsky.social, and thought you'd like it. I would send it to you, but I'd have to go back to Paris (that's Ok with me) & break into the Petit Palais museum (not OK) so I'll pass 😉

Photo of an Art Nouveau hair comb with five long ivory colored teeth and decorated on top with a colored lacquered scene of a white swan on left and black swan on right with their necks entwined. From the Petit Palais museum in Paris. Photo by Ellen Friedman Oct 2017.

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