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Mike Oxford

@mikoxford.bsky.social
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Husband, dad, rookie grandpa, birder, music-lover, traveler, photographer (of sorts), beach-bum-in-training

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Jaycee Crawford / Vision Logic Images @jaycee-visionlogic.eurosky.social · 04/10/2026
'Translucent, Silvery Dawn' (2026) -- Loon Pond, Acton, ME #Stunday ✨ #BlueSkyMonday ✨ #PaintByWords ✨ #TidesOutTuesday ✨ #Scape ✨ #ForestFriday ✨ #BWFri ✨ #BlackAndWhite #Monochrome #ClassicMono #ECK #JayceeCrawford
A view onto a mid summer pond at daybreak, small lily pads beginning to cover the surface, the water so still as to return a perfect reflection of the forested land and misty sky above
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Island Girl (IG)🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦 @tenoaks6.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
...they realized their true purpose was to be the soil, and felt a sudden, painful joy as they watched their darling walk away.... #lifechanges #independence #nature #humannature #shrooms #fungifriends #photography #stunday #daybyday
Two little shrooms in shadow standing closely together. A third little shroom is sprouting at a distance. Fallen autumn leaves lay on rich soil illuminated by a touch of sun
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Cordoba Luis Photographer @cordobaluis.eurosky.social · 08/09/2026
Subterranean speed. High-contrast motion blur documents the kinetic energy of the Buenos Aires Subte. A sharp architectural frame contrasts with the rushing train urban transit #subte #buenosaires #subway #motionblur #travel #luiscordobapharchive #bas #argentina #streetphotography
Horizontal orientation, high-contrast photograph inside a Buenos Aires underground Subte station. The composition features an oncoming subway train captured with a slow shutter speed, creating dramatic motion blur that streaks horizontally across the frame. In contrast, the station platform, structural pillars, and concrete ceiling remain in sharp focus. Commuters are visible on the platform, rendered as static or slightly blurred figures. Dim, industrial station lighting enhances the moody, cinematic atmosphere and highlights metallic and concrete textures. Optimized for Buenos Aires Subte, subway motion blur photography, underground mass transit history, urban kinetic aesthetics, and Argentina rail infrastructure indexing.
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Mary @mjwyatt.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Good morning. Cannon Beach setting up for that amazing sunset Thursday… 🩶♥️☀️ #Photography #Scape #PNW #CannonBeach #Oregon #Stunday
Cannon Beach. Thursday late afternoon. Dark sand, illuminated Ecola Creek with 2 humans and a dog walking at its edge, more sand, calm glistening ocean behind, yellow-gray sky and clouds with a hazy sun above.
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Mike Oxford @mikoxford.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Woah!!! 🤣🤣🤣
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Mike Oxford @mikoxford.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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Jan Brady's Sarcastic 'Sure, Jan' Moment
ALT: Jan Brady's Sarcastic 'Sure, Jan' Moment
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mjlinde.bsky.social @mjlinde.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #WingsOpenNotFlying, birds with their wings open when not flying. Chasing breakfast... #ReddishEgret #photography #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #thelittlethings #ECK #birdsofbluesky 📸Brian ☀️🌎🌘 @balail.bsky.social
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Liv Junqueira @junqueiraliv.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
"We lay down our arms so we can reach out our arms to one another We seek harm to none and harmony for all Let the globe, if nothing else, say this is true: That even as we grieved, we grew That even as we hurt, we hoped That even as we tired, we tried” by Amanda Gorman #ImageAndVerse
A zoomed in image of clouds, in yellow, in a blue sky, during sunrise.
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Tom @teaandtoast001.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Making the most of the light in #Oxford this morning. #Stunday #EastCoastKin #ClassicMono #StreetPhotography #Street
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Mike Oxford @mikoxford.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Such a statesman.
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Mike Oxford @mikoxford.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Happy #Stunday Blueskyers! Here are a couple of nice autumn #marshscapes from a recent birdwalk. The birding was meh but the super-high tide provided gorgeous big mirrors. Coastal Georgia’s magnificent cumulus #clouds are sweet eye candy. #EastCoastKin
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Pestilence @pestilence4all.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Early morning in Firenze #Photography
A photo showing a small red car stopped in front of some stairs outside the Uffizi Galleries. An archway opens up to show buildings on the far side of the Arno bathed in early morning light.
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Yvonne Redknap @yredknap.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
A great blue heron for today's #BirdOfTheDay theme #BestBeaks. #Photography #Birds #Nature #ECK
Only a heron's neck and head are visible in the grass and reeds growing on the edge of a pond. He is in profile, facing right. He is perfectly still and is staring intently as something in the distance. His white neck, yellow eyes and yellow beak are a contrast to the greenery surrounding him.
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Dustin A. Chacón @lingdustin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I've heard people make claims that AI would lead to a new Renaissance, but I didn't imagine it'd happen like this:
Screenshot of a Tweet from Pope Leo XIV. It reads: 

"In this era of artificial intelligence, it is becoming urgen to distinguish human art from what machines produce. There is an ontological difference, even before an aesthetic one, between art and what a machine can generate through statistical calculation based on millions of images created by others. Algorithms lack the spark of humanity. For this reason, the Church wishes to renew an alliance with artists and cultural institutions to safeguard our humanity."
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Tramonte's TrailPhotos @tramontes-t-photos.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Adjoining the Sespe Wilderness Area north of Ojai, #California, a late afternoon scene as the light grows richer on the landscape elements there, for #ForestFriday and #Scape. #ECK #landscapephotography #WestCoastKin #hiking #trails #outdoors #scenery #forests #trees
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Mateo 🍄 @flyagaric.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Marble, Colorado. Oct. 2022 #ForestFriday #Autumn #Colorado
Gold and greens as the fall colors are just getting started in the forest below the ragged summits of the Elk Range. The sky above percolating with energy. Maybe it will snow.
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Cordoba Luis Photographer @cordobaluis.eurosky.social · 23/09/2026
Sorry, I was away working all day But I'm a moon-driven photographer, are you? So it's time to post #moon #forest #Silhouette #scape against the Waxing Gibbous moon #storytelling #luiscordobapharchive #eastcoastkin #art #photographer #moonrise
Vertical orientation twilight landscape photograph. A waxing gibbous moon hangs high in a sky that transitions from deep blue at the top to soft pink and gold near the horizon, with thin bands of cloud crossing the frame. A single bird is visible in flight low in the sky. Along the bottom edge, a dark silhouetted treeline and hillside fence run horizontally across the frame, backlit by the warm glow of dusk. Optimized for moonrise landscape photography, twilight silhouette scenes, and rural dusk sky documentation.
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Mike Oxford @mikoxford.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Here are a couple of early autumn shops from the local #marsh. They are a bit stretchy for #ForestFriday, but certainly qualify for #Scape Day. The “stars” of both are the gleaming, towering cumulus #clouds #marshscape #skyscape
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Mike Oxford @mikoxford.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Good for #SmilingKevin 😊
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Mike Oxford @mikoxford.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The MARKET is SO happy. Kick the can. EVERYTHING is FINE.
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Liv Junqueira @junqueiraliv.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
#ForestFriday #Scape
Area with shrubs, trees and rocks. Sunny day.
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PacBirds @pacbirds.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
A long-billed curlew for the #BestBeaks theme of #BirdOfTheDay 📍Monterey Bay, California #birds #nature #photography #ECK
Closeup of a long-billed curlew holding a sand crab in its beak in the surf of the Pacific Ocean. The bird has a relatively small head and very long curved beak. Out of focus surf is shown in the background.
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Mike Oxford @mikoxford.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Happy #scape day! Here’s an unusual #skyscape from yesterday at #sundown. This view is to the east so the sunset was behind me. I’ve never encountered this optical effect before. Anyone know what it’s called and how it happens? #sky #opticaleffects #naturephotography #ECK
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Mary @mjwyatt.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Good morning! Haystack Rock. My beloved 235-foot basalt sea stack. Cannon Beach. 🩵 #Photography #Scape #PNW #CannonBeach #Oregon #HaystackRock
Haystack Rock. Cannon Beach. Wet sandy beach, 235-foot basalt sea stack center with smaller stacks on either side, white surf, turquoise and white sky and clouds.
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Mike Oxford @mikoxford.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
#ICEkills #ShutItDown
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Mike Oxford @mikoxford.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Watch what they DO, not what they say.
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Mike Oxford @mikoxford.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Nice.
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Mike Oxford @mikoxford.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Poor Joe. So complicit. His disappointments with Trump are too late and merely performative. Unfortunately, the entire world is living through the Trump 2.0 shitshow. Thanks, #JoeRogan #FAFO
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Mike Oxford @mikoxford.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Looking pretty good, huh? Glad we have reliable transparent reporting on the president’s health.
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Mike Oxford @mikoxford.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Step up NOW for this AMAZING offer!!! #TrumpCorruption #GOPcomplicity #GOPcowardice #ConstitutionalDuty #OathOfOffice #ImpeachTrumpNow #LongOverdue
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Full frame @shutterspeed.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
My submission for #birdoftheday, #bestofthemonth
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Mike Oxford @mikoxford.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
WHAT is #Trump DOING to lower prices? #GOPeconomy Stupid tariffs — NOPE Stupid war — NOPE Insider trading to get rich —NOPE Threatening Canada — NOPE Threatening Greenland — NOPE Protecting Russia — NOPE Building ballroom — NOPE Building triumphal arch — NOPE Hiding Epstein Files — NOPE
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Mike Oxford @mikoxford.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Where is Natalie’s BIG BAG? It looks like Lutnik doesn’t whatever’s in the BIG BAG. 🤔🤔🤔 #TravelWithNatalie
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David Brooks @dgbrooks.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
snags are god’s improv jazz #ColorADay #BWFri #Scape #EastCoastKin
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live-and-learn.bsky.social @live-and-learn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Rob chose #BestOfTheMonth as #BirdOfTheDay theme; your best shot for September. Trading glances with his barred owl along the trail was my favorite birding moment this month. #birdphotography #ECK #birds #photography #birdsofbluesky
Barred owl gazes at the viewer from a branch
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Mira🌺 @deepgreens.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
#ThickTrunkTuesday
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Graham Jones @oldmanrambling.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Beech trees in Spring Lane. Deep roots reach down To the lane where Shepherd and farmer Drove their livestock. Now I haul old bones up The hill, towards the light. The trees are higher now #PaintByWords #ThickTrunkTuesday #ECK #ClassicMono #Monochrome #PhotographersOfBluesky
Tall Beech trees line a high bank
on the left side of a narrow lane that rises up a steep hill. The roots are exposed on the bank, which is in evening shadow.
Camera: iPhone 15 Pro.
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Rina @rina2012.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Straight out of a fairytale... ✨ This centuries-old, gnarled giant guards the old stone staircase on the way to Grm Castle. Sometimes, you find the most magical places simply by following hidden paths. 🌿🏰 #ThickTrunkTuesday #Photography #travel #Roadtrip #Vanlife #ECK #trees #Slovenia #scape
A mighty, centuries-old tree with a deeply furrowed, gnarled trunk stands at the centre of an enchanted park. Dark, densely leafy branches in the foreground frame the view like a gateway. A historic stone staircase winds past the imposing tree in the soft sunlight.
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Jaycee Crawford / Vision Logic Images @jaycee-visionlogic.eurosky.social · 29/09/2026
'Resting Stones, Falling Leaves' (2026) -- Common Ground Cemetery, Harpswell Center, ME #RockinTuesday ✨ #UrbanGaze ✨ #Scape ✨ #ForestFriday ✨ #BWFri ✨ #Stunday ✨ #PaintByWords ✨ #BlackAndWhite #Monochrome #ClassicMono #ECK #JayceeCrawford
A very old stone wall frames the lower half of an image taken under a large branch of a maple tree slowly turning yellows and reds, it's leaves falling into a two century year old cemetery with pale headstones so old they can sometimes no longer be read...
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Steve Pepple @steve-pepple.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
From the archives, the fishing village in Sorrento, Italy, in May 2007. #TidesOutTuesday #TravelPhotography #SorrentoItaly #Italy #Italia #LandscapePhotography #NightPhotography #Water #Beaches #Sorrento
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Blue Virginia @bluevirginia.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
In other words, if you think the direction of the country is GREAT right now, and if you also strongly approve of the job the Republican-controlled government is doing, then by all means vote Republican! If not, then vote Democratic up and down your ballot! bluevirginia.us/2026/09/tues...
"Mike Johnson on what Republicans will do if they hold the House: "What we would do in the next two years is exactly what we have been doing already"" - Aaron Rupar
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“I am the house.” @pkrugman.bsky.social substack.com/@paulkrugman...
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Brian ☀️🌏🌘 @balail.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Reddish Egret with a Mullet... #photography #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #thelittlethings
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Lee Coursey @lee-coursey.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
#photography #photograph #photo #shadow #shadows #window Before I moved to San Diego, I roamed my home state of #Georgia for five years with a camera and took pictures. Here is image number 451 from the series. 📍 Jonesboro, Georgia
A rustic wooden wall built from weathered, horizontal gray planks spans the frame, showing rich wood grain, natural imperfections, and worn horizontal ridges. On the right side, a rectangular window is covered by a protective wire mesh grate with an orange-tinged diamond pattern. Sharp diagonal shadows fall across the wood and window opening, creating a dramatic interplay of bright sunlight and deep shade.
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JulieW67 @juliew67.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
#Alphabetchallenge #WeekLForLookingIn #Stunday Looking into the nave yesterday Manchester Cathedral
A photo looking towards the nave in Manchester Cathedral yesterday. 
The grand golden pipes of the Stoller organ can be seen at the opposite end of the Cathedral. 
Either side are grand stone arches with stained glass windows above. 
There are two sections of seats either side with a few people stood and sat on the right.
My phone was placed upside down on a small mirrored table so everything is reflected in the photo
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Andrew Hawkins @beardeduniverse.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The magical place at the end of my road.
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Jaycee Crawford / Vision Logic Images @jaycee-visionlogic.eurosky.social · 26/09/2026
'Dreaming of Mosquito Island' (2026) -- Drift Inn Beach, Port Clyde, ME #Scape ✨ #ForestFriday ✨ #Stunday ✨ #PaintByWords ✨ #RockinTuesday ✨ #TidesOutTuesday ✨ #BWFri ✨ #BlackAndWhite #Monochrome #ClassicMono #ECK #JayceeCrawford
A small sandy beach covering rocky outcrops and pine trees faces the bay and Mosquito Island on the horizon
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Jaycee Crawford / Vision Logic Images @jaycee-visionlogic.eurosky.social · 26/09/2026
'Paddle to the Sea' (2026) -- Wharton's Point / Maquoit Bay, Brunswick, ME #Scape ✨ #ForestFriday ✨ #BWFri ✨ #Stunday ✨ #PaintByWords ✨ #BlueSkyMonday ✨ #TidesOutTuesday ✨ #BlackAndWhite #Monochrome #ClassicMono #ECK #JayceeCrawford
A moored canoe sits safely high and dry upon long reeds under a large open September sky, filled with rain water from a recent storm... In the distance the mud flats littered with dried and molted husks of young horseshoe crabs
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Mike Oxford @mikoxford.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
More #TravelWithNatalie! At least #Trump isn’t golfing.
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Dom Ervolina @dominicervolina.com · 27/09/2026
I'm just happy/sad/thankful/angry that the Strait is open/closed/partially open/mostly closed so that the tankers can/can't traverse through it I'm really tired of/happy about all the winning/mostly winning/some winning we're doing every day/week/month in the war/not war/conflict in Iran
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