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@fcdyer.bsky.social
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I am a scientist, professor, amateur musician, amateur photographer. I'm a grateful escapee from Twi[X]tter. I block all synthart/AI art. Professional web site: dyerlab.wordpress.com

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fcdyer.bsky.social @fcdyer.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
In Google Maps, you can click on the name of the lake then on the little network thingy, and find a link to Send Product Feeback, where you can Report an Issue, and use the dropdown to Fix Incorrect Information on Maps.
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fcdyer.bsky.social @fcdyer.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Literally ALL of his yard signs:
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fcdyer.bsky.social @fcdyer.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Oh hi
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fcdyer.bsky.social @fcdyer.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Jozi has a #quiet moment of reflection between psychotherapy patients. #BlueSkyArtShow July 11, 2026.
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fcdyer.bsky.social @fcdyer.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
I understand that real life is so close to satire nowadays, but it’s worth being able to recognize satire when it’s there
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fcdyer.bsky.social @fcdyer.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Good #morning for the #BlueSkyArtShow 16 May 2026
Holstein cow themed coffee mug with a bit of coffee with cream in it
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fcdyer.bsky.social @fcdyer.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Bo is a #soft cat #BlueSkyArtShow 9 May 2026
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fcdyer.bsky.social @fcdyer.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Idiocracy is here…
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fcdyer.bsky.social @fcdyer.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
And I look at a hyrax and I think "Isn't it amazing that it's nearest living relatives are elephants and manatees/dugongs?" But then you look at their little tootsies, and realize how much they look like elephant toes. (Rock hyrax, or "dassie" on Table Mountain, Cape Town)
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fcdyer.bsky.social @fcdyer.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Last bit of #ShadowPlay for the #BlueSkyArtShow. Shadows or reflections or both? Two friends with one of their sons. #GooseRockBeach, #Maine
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fcdyer.bsky.social @fcdyer.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Some #ShadowPlay for the #BlueSkyArtShow, another example of how shadows make it so. Soft #waves at #PointBetsie #Michigan #MidwestBeautiful.
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fcdyer.bsky.social @fcdyer.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Still more #ShadowPlay for the #BlueSkyArtShow, textured bark...shadows make it so. #MidwestBeautiful.
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fcdyer.bsky.social @fcdyer.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
More on the theme of #ShadowPlay for the #BlueSkyArtShow, shadows in a winter wood, #SaugatuckStatePark #Saugatuck #Michigan #MidwestBeautiful.
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fcdyer.bsky.social @fcdyer.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
The theme is #ShadowPlay for the #BlueSkyArtShow, so here goes. First, a shadow snow fence at #OvalBeach in #Saugatuck #Michigan #MidwestBeautiful.
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fcdyer.bsky.social @fcdyer.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Continuing with the theme for today's #BlueSkyArtShow, here's another #odd numbered group of birds. Marbled Godwits, also in #LaJolla. #photography #naturephotography #eastcoastkin #westcoastkin
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fcdyer.bsky.social @fcdyer.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
For the #BlueSkyArtShow, on April 25, 2026, the theme is #Odd. Here is an odd number of Royal Terns, photographed in La Jolla. Also, birds are #odd generally. #photography #naturephotography #eastcoastkin #westcoastkin
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fcdyer.bsky.social @fcdyer.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
More hyraxes
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fcdyer.bsky.social @fcdyer.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
For the #BlueSkyArtShow, April 18, 2026, here is a rock hyrax looking over the #Edge on #TableMountain, #CapeTown, #SouthAfrica. #photography, #naturephotography,
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fcdyer.bsky.social @fcdyer.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
For today's #BlueSkyArtShow, here are sunset-lit clouds in the #Background of #Holland Lighthouse, #LakeMichigan, #MidwestBeautiful, #photography
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fcdyer.bsky.social @fcdyer.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
This account holder complained that people were upset that an AI image was posted but she’s missing the point. Call it beauty if you want, but just don’t imply that it is “in the world“ when it is actually AI.
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fcdyer.bsky.social @fcdyer.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Maybe this is my last one for today's #BlueSkyArtShow (Mar 21), look for something in this that looks like a #Stone but isn't a stone. Think #animal and not #vegetable or #mineral
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fcdyer.bsky.social @fcdyer.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
STILL on the theme of #Stone for the #BlueSkyArtShow (Mar 21), here's a stone with ammonite fossils from the Jurassic Coast, Lyme Regis.
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fcdyer.bsky.social @fcdyer.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Side by side comparison in the Vietnam era:
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fcdyer.bsky.social @fcdyer.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
On the theme of #Stone for the #BlueSkyArtShow (Mar 21), some my favorite things are collections of multi-colored stones carried and eroded by water from their origins in mountains. Here are some intertidal stones along a beach in Torrey Pines Preserve in La Jolla, CA, textured by rippling water
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fcdyer.bsky.social @fcdyer.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Still getting carried away on the theme of #Stone for the #BlueSkyArtShow (Mar 21), an old gravestone in #England
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fcdyer.bsky.social @fcdyer.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Getting carried away on the theme of #Stone for the #BlueSkyArtShow (Mar 21), how about #Stonehenge in the dawn mist
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fcdyer.bsky.social @fcdyer.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
If the theme for #BlueSkyArtShow is #Stone (Mar 21), it's going to be easy to get carried away. Let's start with southern #England. Buildings featuring flint, one of my favorite stones.
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fcdyer.bsky.social @fcdyer.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Side by side comparison in Vietnam era—Lieutenant Mueller vs Private Bone Spurs
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fcdyer.bsky.social @fcdyer.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
From AP story about death of Robert Mueller
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fcdyer.bsky.social @fcdyer.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
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fcdyer.bsky.social @fcdyer.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
And ten minutes earlier, more #flow for #BlueSkyArtShow at #OvalBeach, #Saugatuck, #LakeMichigan #MidwestBeautiful #photography #Naturephotography #EastCoastKin
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fcdyer.bsky.social @fcdyer.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
A few minutes earlier, more #flow for #BlueSkyArtShow at #OvalBeach, #Saugatuck, #LakeMichigan #MidwestBeautiful #photography #Naturephotography #EastCoastKin
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fcdyer.bsky.social @fcdyer.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
For the #BlueSkyArtShow here is some #flow at #OvalBeach, #Saugatuck, #LakeMichigan #MidwestBeautiful #photography #Naturephotography #EastCoastKin
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fcdyer.bsky.social @fcdyer.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
"Let them eat liver" says RFK Jr
RFK Jr. suggests Americans can more easily afford groceries if they start eating liver instead of beef:

"Most of the cheap cuts of meat are very inexpensive. ... You can buy liver or the cheap cuts."
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fcdyer.bsky.social @fcdyer.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
For the #BlueSkyArtShow, Feb 14, 2026, #Wood is beautiful! #photography #naturephotography #midwestbeautiful #michigan
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fcdyer.bsky.social @fcdyer.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
For the #BlueSkyArtShow Feb 7, 2026, since we can't look at the sun for long, we mainly savor what #Sunlight illuminates: clouds, plants, sand, water #LakeMichigan #OvalBeach #Saugatuck #MidwestBeautiful #Michigan #Photography #EastCoastKin
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fcdyer.bsky.social @fcdyer.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Yesterday was a beautiful sunny day at #OvalBeach #Saugatuck #Michigan. Next to the big lake, blown sand mixes with blown snow sometimes in layers. #Photography #NaturePhotography #MidwestBeautiful.
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fcdyer.bsky.social @fcdyer.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
For the #BlueSkyArtShow, Jan 31, 2026, here's a brilliant sunset over #LakeMichigan in #Saugatuck, shown in black and white to reveal the textures of the gorgeous #Clouds #photography #MidwestBeautiful
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fcdyer.bsky.social @fcdyer.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
For the #BlueSkyArtShow, Jan 31, 2026, some #Clouds in a sequence when a summer storm swept across #CrystalLake #Michigan #MidwestBeautiful #photography
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fcdyer.bsky.social @fcdyer.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
Wonder why there is such a contrast between what the critics think and what the bots, sorry, audience reviewers think?
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fcdyer.bsky.social @fcdyer.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Waking up in a #polarvortex #winter, I sometimes think of Robert Service's #poem "The Cremation of Sam McGee" www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45081/... #poetry
Penultimate verse of The Cremation of Sam McGee: 
"And there sat Sam, looking cool and calm, in the heart of the furnace roar;
And he wore a smile you could see a mile, and he said: "Please close that door.
It's fine in here, but I greatly fear you'll let in the cold and storm—
Since I left Plumtree, down in Tennessee, it's the first time I've been warm.""
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fcdyer.bsky.social @fcdyer.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
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fcdyer.bsky.social @fcdyer.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
More on the theme of #Cold for the #BlueSkyArtShow. Ducks floating among floating ice by #Holland #Michigan lighthouse near #LakeMichigan. #eastcoastkin #photography Talk about cold!
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fcdyer.bsky.social @fcdyer.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
More on the theme of #Cold for the #BlueSkyArtShow. Snow sticking to a fence #photograph #eastcoastkin
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fcdyer.bsky.social @fcdyer.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
More on the theme of #Cold for the #BlueSkyArtShow. Snow sticking to a moveable fire pit and stump seats
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fcdyer.bsky.social @fcdyer.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
How appropriate that #Cold is the theme of today's #BlueSkyArtShow (temp on waking up is -14 deg F). So here goes: #LakeMichigan during a recent polar vortex winter #saugatuck #saugatuckstatepark #photography #eastcoastkin
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fcdyer.bsky.social @fcdyer.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
and a video
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fcdyer.bsky.social @fcdyer.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
For the #BlueSkyArtShow Sat Dec 27, 2025 I celebrated #Christmas #Holiday at Oval Beach, #Saugatuck #Michigan #MidwestBeautiful #photography #eastcoastkin
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fcdyer.bsky.social @fcdyer.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
For #BlueSkyArtShow on Dec 13, 2025, one of my #FavoriteThings are #bees, and here is my favorite of my favorite. Asian rock bee Apis dorsata, here in Sri Lanka. Hornet-sized workers protect exposed comb by forming protective curtain of 10,000-40,000 bees. #naturephotography #insects #photography
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fcdyer.bsky.social @fcdyer.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
Another example of how #small is beautiful. Red raspberry slime mold fruiting bodies on birch log. #Maine #BlueSkyArtShow #photography #naturephotography
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