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Amy is not ready to make nice @plus2otto.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

Imagine that. These guys seem like upstanding people who would never lie... I just know all these ice agents are the same people that just got pardoned in January.

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Amy is not ready to make nice @plus2otto.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

It's definitely someone on his staff, but he authorized it. The Progressive bench is deep. I can think of two excellent current governors and one former Secretary of Transportation I would prefer.

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Amy is not ready to make nice @plus2otto.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

Agreed. I'll support him trolling trump's regime, but I'll be looking for different qualifications when I vote for a presidential candidate.

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Amy is not ready to make nice @plus2otto.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

This should make it easier for the prosecutors when we get to the Nuremberg trials portion of this debacle.

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Amy is not ready to make nice @plus2otto.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

I will never be able to forgive the people I know who voted for this. I've cut out so many friends and relatives from my life.

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Amy is not ready to make nice @plus2otto.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

I'm in a hummingbird state of mind. Here is one from a mid September trip to a flower farm. I went to take photos of dahlias, but I ended up looking at #birds Ruby Throated Hummingbird, Iowa

An orange flower on a long stem leans diagonally from the lower right corner of the photo to the upper left. In the background, more yellow and orange flowers are blurry.

A bright green bird stands on the stem, looking to the right side of the photo.

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Amy is not ready to make nice @plus2otto.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

I love having fun facts forced upon me against my will.

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Amy is not ready to make nice @plus2otto.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

Wow, have I been busy the past few months. Took a lot of photos, saw a lot of the country. I'm going to cross the country again this month. So excited to see California! Ruby throated hummingbird from earlier this summer. 💜 Do I even remember how to post #Birds ?

A small hummingbird is caught mid-flight. A blurry tree is in the background, while the mostly brownish bird flies facing the right side of the photo. The left wing has sun shining through.

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Amy is not ready to make nice @plus2otto.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

Eastern Phoebe posing pretty for me. From a recent #Birding trip to Palisades Kepler Park near Mt Vernon, Iowa.

A small black bird with a white belly sits on a small branch with oak leaves.

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Amy is not ready to make nice @plus2otto.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

I hate when I typo the hashtags. I can't read blue font very well on my phone screen.

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Amy is not ready to make nice @plus2otto.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

I was looking at the map for Kenilworth Park. That looks lovely!

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Amy is not ready to make nice @plus2otto.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

I'm still here. Reach out to your like minded friends and loved ones. Helping others helps us as well. #neverlettgebastardsgetyoudown

The sign reads "nolite te bastardes carborundum," which is horrible Latin for "don't let the bastards grind you down." I didn't make it, but just found it to share with a friend who is sinking in despair. Reach out to your friends.

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Amy is not ready to make nice @plus2otto.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

I'll be in DC this upcoming week. Looking back through your thread to find a good place to do some birding.

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Amy is not ready to make nice @plus2otto.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

It seems I've returned to the #Birds feed on #Flyday Here is a Brown Pelican from Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.

Against a cloudless blue sky, a large brown bird with a long break appears to pause in the air. Anyone who has observed these birds for long can tell by the angle of the wing in the forefront that it is about to begin a dive.

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Amy is not ready to make nice @plus2otto.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

That seems like a good ID, but they do all have very similar appearances.

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Amy is not ready to make nice @plus2otto.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

This is such a great photo! Crisp and clear, and their body language is superb.

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Amy is not ready to make nice @plus2otto.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

This was taken at Palisades-Kepler Park near Mt. Vernon, Iowa.

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Amy is not ready to make nice @plus2otto.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

So much travel this summer. I got out of my daily #Birds posting, and then I haven't really had much time to get back in. Today I'm restarting birds because I'm too angry and sad to look at any other social media. Female Scarlet Tanager. I couldn't find her mate, but she's lovely.

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Amy is not ready to make nice @plus2otto.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

Smithsonian Castle lit up with pink sky twilight after the storms last night. #RedSkyAtNight #SailorsDelight

A red brick, multi turreted castle slightly obscured by trees has a green lawn in front.

https://www.si.edu/castle

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Amy is not ready to make nice @plus2otto.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

I'm still here, reading when I have time, but I've been from St Louis to Tucumcari to Colorado to Pennsylvania in a pretty short period of time. So much beautiful scenery! Everyone should see all the mountains.

Beautiful Appalachian mountains with fog and those lovely lush green trees.

The Rocky mountains don't have trees this high up, but they did still have a lot of snow. Blue sky and puffy clouds above.

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Amy is not ready to make nice @plus2otto.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

Heartbreaking. I hope the others survive.

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Amy is not ready to make nice @plus2otto.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

St. Robert, Missouri has a recently completed neon park that is worth the stop on Route 66.

Several neon signs stand in a roadside park. Welcome to St Robert Route 66 Neon Park front and center. Various signs advertising motels and garages.

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Amy is not ready to make nice @plus2otto.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

Super lucky. I pulled over to photograph this mural, and then I saw this guy getting ready to turn the corner. Perfect timing.

A classic car in blue and white with a mural showing a scissor tailed flycatcher, a beautiful sunset with monarch butterflies, and sunflowers.

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Amy is not ready to make nice @plus2otto.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

The rooms are clean. Retro but probably not old. The bathroom had fun tile.

Two full sized beds with some wild patterned bedspreads.

The bathroom tiles on the floor spell out US 66, with cactuses. The shower curtain has a pin up girl wearing short shorts and a crop top. The shower curtain says route 66

The room's mini fridge is red and chrome like a classic car

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Amy is not ready to make nice @plus2otto.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

Such a great motel on Route 66. Desert Hills Motel in Tulsa. See further photos later.

Photo of an old motel on route 66 with a neon sign with a turquoise and white 1957 Chevy out front.

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Amy is not ready to make nice @plus2otto.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

Thanks! Our tree swallows are so shiny blue. Even the females have some blue on them, but could also be the lighting.

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Amy is not ready to make nice @plus2otto.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

It's hard, because the back of the neck could be the way the sun is hitting it. I have gone back and forth a bunch

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Amy is not ready to make nice @plus2otto.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

Sometimes they do different ID based on where the photo was taken, like a bank swallow might not be as common as a tree swallow in rural Iowa.

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Amy is not ready to make nice @plus2otto.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

Thanks! I know sometimes Merlin gets it wrong, but I'm still not totally sure of my identifications.

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Amy is not ready to make nice @plus2otto.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

Today, I am hitting the Mother Road for a little while, then going to the mountains. When I get home, I'm going to head east. A couple of years ago, I went to both coasts in June. I won't get quite that far this time, but still some good fun. Look forward to plenty of roadside oddities. #Route66

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Amy is not ready to make nice @plus2otto.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

I had been doing so well remembering my hashtags, but feeling a little rushed today. #Birds

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Amy is not ready to make nice @plus2otto.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

My last Iowa bird for a while: I haven't posted this one yet because I wasn't really sure about my ID. If anyone wants to chime in, feel free. When I first photographed, I thought this was a bank swallow. Merlin identified it as a tree swallow.

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Amy is not ready to make nice @plus2otto.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

#SmArtist Parts of a whole. Probably because I'm working on a project right now using parts of photos to make a whole picture, I've got mosaics and stained glass on my mind.

A stained glass lamp on a stained glass table, partially reflected.

The top of the lamp has blue sky and white flowers. The base carries the white flowers through with green grass and blue sky.

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Amy is not ready to make nice @plus2otto.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

I used to think they were, but now I'm not so sure.

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Amy is not ready to make nice @plus2otto.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

I love the subtle coloring of the females of the species. Maybe next week I'll post all the girls.

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Amy is not ready to make nice @plus2otto.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

I think this display from the House on the Rock in Spring Green, Wisconsin qualifies as #WackyWednesdayArt

A circus poster in the background proclaims "Frog Girl," while in the foreground various statues and mannequins pose: (l to r)

A monkey stands on a box with weirdly out of proportion arms that seem to be posed as though he is juggling.

Two very odd creatures are riding an emu.

Another weird monkey juggler, and behind is a figure of a woman riding a carousel horse.

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Amy is not ready to make nice @plus2otto.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Since I'm posting #birds I typically ignore while chasing new lifers, here's an underappreciated Grackle preening his beautiful feathers.

Behind a million leaves, a large purplish/blue/black bird sits. His head is visible, but tucked backwards while he cleans the feathers in his wing

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Amy is not ready to make nice @plus2otto.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

I had a day of birding where I only saw the more typical #birds I decided to share this female Brown headed cowbird today.

A brown bird with a lighter brown head in a dead tree branch

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