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John Droutsas

@johndroutsas.bsky.social
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I am retired, living in the Bay Area, happily married, fortunate to own a home and be able to live self reliantly, with some wonderful friends and family in my life. I swim for exercise and enjoy music, books, art and good food. My life is a grand journey.

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John Droutsas @johndroutsas.bsky.social · 1h
Trump again denied Nobel Peace Prize. Maybe naming the Defense Department War instead was a bad move Don. Maybe starting a war with Iran was even worse. Maybe threatening Iran with extinction was the final straw! And then there were the lies about ending wars you never did. As usual you F’d up.
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John Droutsas @johndroutsas.bsky.social · 7h
If you are as upset as I am at the idea of a public execution of Hassan, the murderer of 13 at Fort Hood, who wants to be executed in public, probably so he can display his religious martyrdom, I recommend this article as I think it articulates our shared revulsion and an alternative. flip.it/L0Mjau
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The Real Harm of a Public Execution
It is hard to appreciate how awful this viewing experience will be, until you have it.
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John Droutsas @johndroutsas.bsky.social · 10h
MAGA becomes MABA—Make America Barbaric Again as Secretary Hegseth announces live-streaming a public execution by firing squad. Even JD Vance said he would not be watching it. But what about children all across America? Is this the America you want? Public execution as in Saudi Arabia and Iran?
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John Droutsas @johndroutsas.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Watching Trump talk about a small price to pay if Iran were to target US cities; let them take out LA or San Diego, I noticed the crowd’s reaction: cheers and laughter. They knew what he was saying was not about preventing such. They knew he was owning the libs again. That is what made it so awful
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John Droutsas @johndroutsas.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
“Last night, President Trump crossed a line that no president should ever approach. No American President should ever describe an attack on an American city by a hostile foreign power as acceptable. Not at a rally, not as a joke, not under any circumstances.” Tom Cochran.
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John Droutsas @johndroutsas.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
All I can say to Trump is Fuck You, you traitorous, despicable excuse for a president. You just suggested Iran kill 10 million Californians. Many of whom voted for you. Your indecency knows no limit. Even Hitler did not embrace the Allies taking out German cities. You are the epitome of a scumbag.
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John Droutsas @johndroutsas.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
For those who think Trump didn’t say “Let them take out Los Angeles. Let them take out San Diego.” Here is the video. substack.com/@lincolnproj...
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Lincoln Project (@lincolnproject)
The President of the United States just offered to sacrifice American lives.
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John Droutsas @johndroutsas.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Californians blast Trump remark that Iran could 'take out' Los Angeles, San Diego. Yes, our fascist felon of a president actually said that! He is obviously insane and desperate to say such a despicable thing. What are Republicans saying about it? I doubt any have the courage to condemn it.
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John Droutsas @johndroutsas.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
This AP report of the failures of our military to adequately treat the injuries suffered by troops in the Iranian War is enough to warrant the impeachment of Pete Hegseth. apnews.com/article/iran...
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Exclusive: Soldiers and Gold Star families press Army leadership after deadly Iranian drone strike
It's the deadliest strike against American troops during the war with Iran. Now U.S. soldiers wounded in a drone attack on Port Shuaiba in Kuwait are raising their concerns publicly about whether comm...
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John Droutsas @johndroutsas.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
To say this is alarming is woefully weak. I can’t think of anyone who is less deserving to change how our military is led than this fascist trio— these mentally disturbed, substance abusers, and/or would be tyrants and dedicated Trump sycophants. This is a step toward dictatorship . flip.it/kSYCF5
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Hegseth Announces Elon Musk and Newt Gingrich Will Help Lead Military
Pete Hegseth revealed that the men will help direct a project to determine the future of the military.
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John Droutsas @johndroutsas.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Trump is proof to never confuse wealth with worth. Trump is insanely wealthy yet absolutely worthless.
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John Droutsas @johndroutsas.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
3 recent photos I like.
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John Droutsas @johndroutsas.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
More evidence that Trump will say or do anything to get what wants regardless of lies and illegality. Anyone who trusts a serial liar is asking to be lied to. His disregard for the truth is his stock in trade. flip.it/88CbHi
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Fact check: Trump lies again that grocery prices ‘have come way down’ this term | CNN Politics
Facing abysmal poll numbers on inflation as the midterm elections approach, President Donald Trump is sticking to the communications strategy he tried in the summer: lie.
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John Droutsas @johndroutsas.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Republican senators were told of deepening military cooperation between Iran and China at a closed-door national security briefing Thursday, heightening their concerns about Trump’s red-carpet welcome of Xi at Joint Base Andrews. So what are they going to do about it? Nothing! VOTE! flip.it/oG5XCn
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GOP senators dismayed by Trump embrace of Xi after China helped Iran target US troops
Republican senators are expressing concern and dismay over President Trump’s lavish welcome of Chinese President Xi Jinping to a two-day summit in Washington after it was revealed earlier this mont…
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John Droutsas @johndroutsas.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Blue Heron in Knox Miller Park, Richmond CA.
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John Droutsas @johndroutsas.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
This is a very sobering projection of where our country may be headed with the expanding corruption and breakdown of the rule of law. Holding Trump and all his co-conspirators accountable is the way to stop the corruption and restore trust in government. flip.it/blsnx2
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A tsunami of jailings will drown Trump and his gang — his latest acts signed the warrants
A new Economist/YouGov poll of registered voters that just came out this week found that the top two words that Americans across the board endorse to describe Donald Trump are “corrupt” (53%) and “dan...
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John Droutsas @johndroutsas.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I hate to bring up an disturbing question but what would be the response/reaction both in the US and abroad if Trump actually nuked Iran because he is fucking insane and has his balls in vice by Israel, Saudi Arabia and Iran? If he gets away with that we are in DEEP danger! This cannot be tolerated.
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John Droutsas @johndroutsas.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
If Trump loves data centers so much how about next to Mira Lago?
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John Droutsas @johndroutsas.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
For those wondering just how AI could attempt to destroy mankind this story provides one answer—what if AI is used to assess nuclear weapon threats and hallucinates a dire situation triggering a preemptive attack on China! That could lead to WWIII! arstechnica.com/ai/2026/09/r...
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AI hallucination of Chinese nuclear components almost led to US military attack
But the military's overall use of AI seems to be accelerating.
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John Droutsas @johndroutsas.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Censorship Expanding! Dictatorship by Trump coming! Dictators always try to stifle dissent or freedom of expression. A dangerous precedent. Send a clear message: No Kings in America! Vote out candidates that support Trump’s insane Iran War, censorship and corruption. www.axios.com/2026/09/18/t...
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Trump bans CNN, MS NOW and Politico from White House
His post leaves the ban's exact scope unclear.
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John Droutsas @johndroutsas.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Rather spend millions on campaigns to convince voters everything is fine when everyday there is more and more evidence our country is in trouble with an affordability crisis, a looming AI crisis, a rule of law crisis, etc. GOP should be doing its job and holding this administration accountable. Vote
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John Droutsas @johndroutsas.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Oh yeah, Trump ballyhoos, we decimated Iran and set the stage for regime change! We won the war easily just as I predicted. Except, maybe not so fast, orange fascist. Regime change is not going so well, is it? apple.news/ALsauzRg8Szu...
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Hundreds of thousands attend Iran's biggest government-organized rally since the war began — The Associated Press
Hundreds of thousands of Iranians have rallied in the biggest government-organized show of defiance since the war began.
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John Droutsas @johndroutsas.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Tucker Carlson spills the beans: Trump ordered Epstein files coverup. Many on Bluesky came to this conclusion long ago. Here’s evidence we were correct. Trump said he did it because the push to release was akin to the Russian investigation aimed at Trump over 2016 election. flip.it/BPNfdV
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"The order to cover it up came from Trump": Tucker Carlson claims the president ordered to withhold Epstein files
Tucker Carlson told Vanity Fair on September 16 that President Trump ordered Epstein files withheld. Carlson said Trump called the release push a plot against him.
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John Droutsas @johndroutsas.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
In a brazen act of censorship this administration is concealing the real losses incurred by this unlawful and unwise war in Iran. This article begins to spill the truth: we are suffering far more damages and costs than revealed by our government. flip.it/-0rcRM
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New photos show widespread damage at U.S. positions caused by Iranian missile, drone attacks
The images were sent to CBS News by active service members under condition of anonymity.
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John Droutsas @johndroutsas.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I have been posting that Trump is insane or at least cognitively impaired to the point of disqualification from being our president. Others with psychiatric training have agreed. Here’s a link to another article concluding he should be removed for his delusional, irrational behavior. flip.it/MD_qNP
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Opinion | Trump Has Untethered Himself From Reality
The president’s distortions have an impact on much more than belief in his claims about what he was doing on Sept. 11.
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John Droutsas @johndroutsas.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Trump = A foul mouthed liar A racist sexist bigot A vile, mean spirited bully A sexual predator A narcissistic phony A 5 deferment draft dodger An Embarrassment to America
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John Droutsas @johndroutsas.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
We are so screwed if this is the AI response GOP adopts. www.axios.com/2026/09/14/t...
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Trump says a strong, smart president is the only "guardrail" AI needs
It's the third time is as many days that Trump has pushed back against calls for AI safety regulations.
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John Droutsas @johndroutsas.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
2 major AI employees made admissions last week that AI is evolving too fast; is potentially dangerous. Meanwhile, Speaker Johnson says Congress should go home to campaign after next week until the elections. Precisely the problem: GOP cares only about winning not actually governing. flip.it/SuLA6J
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Washington scrambles to meet calls for AI guardrails while the window to act closes
The House is scheduled to be sent home in the coming days until after November's midterm elections, leaving a narrow window to pass any form of AI regulation.
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John Droutsas @johndroutsas.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Such fucking disrespect to the 9/11 victims and surviving family members that this flatulent, obese, pathetic shell of a rather lousy man to begin with, can’t have the decency to stay the fuck awake when supposedly honoring real heroes, not fake AI UberTrump fantasies. flip.it/dXgqwE
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Trump Falls Asleep Onstage at September 11 Ceremony
Donald Trump repeatedly dozed off at the 9/11 memorial event at the Pentagon.
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John Droutsas @johndroutsas.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Anyone who believes that they will get $5000 if they vote GOP should ask where is the promised $2000 check from tariffs? It never happened because Trump lied. Hopefully most non MAGAT voters have learned their lesson—Trump’s campaign promises are lies that haven’t happened yet.
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John Droutsas @johndroutsas.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Trump is a man mentally unraveling in plain view, retreating into a digital fantasy world where the crowds are vast and the founding fathers gaze up at him admiringly. In short he’s rapidly losing what little is left of his sanity. GOP losing huge in Nov. will be his undoing. Help it along and vote!
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John Droutsas @johndroutsas.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Widow of US airman killed in Iran War told she’s not entitled to additional death benefits for hazard pay and combat related benefits because the Iran military engagement is not a war! This is shameful mistreatment of the wife of a veteran who gave his life for our country. flip.it/rxZlk1
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Widow of airman killed in Mideast is upset she was told Iran wasn't a war while sorting out benefits
The widow of an airman killed on a combat mission in the Middle East says it took a viral social media post to get clarity from the Pentagon on issues related to her husband’s benefits and basic pay m...
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John Droutsas @johndroutsas.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Evidence is turning up that Saudi Arabia’s govt. bankrolled the 9/11 attack on NY’s twin towers. And that successive US administrations hid this evidence to insure the flow of oil to the US from SA. Shameful. flip.it/0xXLW-
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9/11 Declassified: New secrets revealed as a son's crusade forces buried evidence into court - AOL
Bruce Eagleson raised his sons to put others before themselves. On the morning of September 11, he led by that example.
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John Droutsas @johndroutsas.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
It’s way past time to retire Susan Collins. This article provides one more reason to vote her out. If you really want justice for the Epstein victims vote Collins out. flip.it/cC-HHW
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Embattled Republican Senator Blasted Over ‘Epstein Donors’
Federal filings show that Susan Collins and her political committees have spent years taking money from former associates of the notorious child sex trafficker.
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John Droutsas @johndroutsas.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Trump’s election argument: Pretend I am running. Pretend gas prices aren’t high. Pretend inflation isn’t getting worse. Pretend we’re not at war with Iran. Pretend I won the 2020 election. Pretend I wasn’t Jeffrey Epstein’s best friend. Pretend my main donor didn’t do a Seig Heil at my inauguration.
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John Droutsas @johndroutsas.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
So the Trump teleprompter person who used insider trading to unlawfully profit is in trouble. Meanwhile, Trump is allowed to do exactly the same thing without consequences. Do as I say, not as I do! No equal application of laws. This is why No Kings protests exist. apnews.com/article/whit...
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Former White House teleprompter operator ordered to turn over profits, pay fine over insider trading
A former White House teleprompter operator accused of using inside knowledge to make bets on the prediction market Kalshi has been ordered to turn over more than $100,000 in profits and pay a $65,000 ...
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John Droutsas @johndroutsas.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
The federal government has already paid $931 billion in interest on its debt through the first 10 months of its fiscal year, which ends in September. That’s more than it spent on health, national defense or veterans benefits and is just behind Social Security and Medicare. AP. Unsustainable!
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John Droutsas @johndroutsas.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
A Texas appeals cord has reduced the $50 million judgment against Alex Jones to $1.5 million. This is the height of judicial arrogance to deliver what essentially is a slap in the face to these poor families that had to endure the abuse Jones heaped on them for years. Forum shopping abuse again. 
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John Droutsas @johndroutsas.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
MAGA is a community of lies.
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John Droutsas @johndroutsas.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Remember when Trump told voters he would never start an endless war in the Mideast? Today he threatened Oman with bombing if it gets in the way. That would expand an already unstable and dangerous war. Trump also lied about the negative effects of long deployment of our troops. Vote!
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John Droutsas @johndroutsas.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Trump tells the public to stop whining about paying a tiny bit more for gas because it’s to deny Iran nuclear weapons. Bullshit on both counts. It’s far more than Americans paid for gas during Biden’s last year. And Iran still controls its enriched uranium. He lies as he breathes.
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John Droutsas @johndroutsas.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
How many times has Trump said a lasting deal with Iran is imminent only to have to invent one excuse after another to explain why it never happens? He’s being played for the fool—a role he fits perfectly. His cognitive decline, his ignorance and his arrogance combine to make him an easy mark.
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John Droutsas @johndroutsas.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
In Hitler’s Germany National Security was always the NAZI’s “trump card” (I couldn’t help it) to run rough shod over legal restrictions preventing government witch hunts (to borrow DJT’s favorite adjective for any investigation) against anyone dissenting against any action of it. flip.it/-lCNue
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Trump Melts Down Over Ballroom Humiliation
The president scrambled to defend his pet project as a matter of national security after a devastating blow.
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John Droutsas @johndroutsas.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Even the National Review, a decidedly conservative publication, has called Trump’s early access to truth social posts for $100,000/month “flagrantly corrupt…a grave offense against honesty, transparency, and good government.” It is aiding and abetting insider trading, a federal crime.
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John Droutsas @johndroutsas.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Ran across this quote which to my mind is an insightful description of the real Trump Derangement Syndrome: The greatest derangement of the mind is to believe in something simply because one wishes it to be so. A recent example is Trump’s ridiculous assertion that vandals ruined the reflective pool
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John Droutsas @johndroutsas.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Back in the day reports of anyone engaging in the described behavior of our president, indulging in narcissistic fantasies through cartoonish posts of him acting like a comic book hero or a king, would have justified consideration of straight jackets to safely transport him to a mental hospital.
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John Droutsas @johndroutsas.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
A new subscription service allows financial firms and other organizations to get alerts for new Truth Social posts made by Trump before general users do. Cost: $100,000/month. This on its face should be a crime: soliciting and abetting insider trading. Our rule of law has died. And MAGATS love it.
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John Droutsas @johndroutsas.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Many on Bluesky rail against AI. This is analogous to railing against technology. It’s here to stay. How it will be used, not if, is the more important question. Many railed at the early internet. And I too shared misgivings. But it’s not going away. Rather than denounce AI, shape it. flip.it/iBLZ-B
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Op-ed: The U.S. lead over China in AI is all but gone
AI debate in recent years has centered on whether the U.S. can develop a strategy capable of preserving an edge over China. The answer isn't looking positive.
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John Droutsas @johndroutsas.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
When asked about China selling Iran stinger type ground to air missiles Trump said he would be “disappointed”. WTF—he should be outraged! What a weak, pathetic response. Xi has him by the balls. Clueless is way too lenient. He is effectively a traitor as commander in chief.
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John Droutsas @johndroutsas.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Raja Ampat in Indonesia is a divers/snorkelers paradise. One of many photos of the many islands.
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