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Leslie Richter @rock-skipper.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Cuteness overload! Great Gray Owl fledgling.

Portrait of a fuzzy baby great gray owl in the wild - with captivating yellow eyes and beak.

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The Joe Gross @joegross.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

Literally a publication for eight-year olds 40 years ago

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Leslie Richter @rock-skipper.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

Congress must retake its oversight responsibilities!

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Leslie Richter @rock-skipper.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

Yes! Congress needs to get off its collective ass and protest!

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Leslie Richter @rock-skipper.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

Wishing everyone joy and peace this holiday season — Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Joyous Kwanzaa, Happy Winter Solstice, and don't forget Festivus for the rest of us!

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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 17/09/2025

Speak up to protect our public lands and submit your comment here: www.regulations.gov/commenton/FS...

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Leslie Richter @rock-skipper.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

I lost my husband to cancer 12 years ago. Participation in a clinical trial extended his life by 2 years. Now, there are at least 3 new drugs that could have extended his life much, much longer, thanks to our extraordinary system of medical research. Cutting medical research funding is lunacy!

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Leslie Richter @rock-skipper.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

Gorgeous common loon - back and front. Known for their eerie, echoing calls, loons can dive over 200 feet and stay underwater for minutes at a time. Their eyesight is adapted to focus both in air and water.🪶👀🪶 #birds #Gaviaimmer #blueskybirds #WildlifePhotograpy #birdphotography #NikonZ9

The backside of a common loon as it lifts itself out of the water to stretch its wings. This position shows all the beautiful black and white patterns.

The front side of a common loon as it raises up to stretch and flap its wings. The front appears to be soft white downy feathers. 🪶

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Peter Morley ♿️ @petermorley.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

I absolutely love the FEARLESS Dr. Peter Hotez!!!!!

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Leslie Richter @rock-skipper.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

When mom and baby both have something to say - perhaps protesting cuts to the National Park Service. Western grebes🪶, Klamath Basin National Wildlife Refuge in July. #birds

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Leslie Richter @rock-skipper.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

There’s nothing common in the grace and elegance of the common loon!🪶 #blueskybirds #birdphotography #NikonBirdPhotography

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Leslie Richter @rock-skipper.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

Adorable burrowing owlet siblings seeking respite from the desert heat. 🪶🦉💕 #blueskybirds #owls #RockskipperPhotography

Portrait of four baby burrowing owls standing in the shade on a day when the temperature was over 106 degrees F. The owls have big yellow eyes and long legs.

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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

There are 2 previous historical cases of countries destroying their science and universities, crippling them for decades: Lysenkoism in the USSR and Nazi Germany. The Trump administration will be the 3rd. It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.

Graphs showing 25 years of budgets for the National Institute of Health, NASA, and the NSF. In all cases, the proposed budget for next year is far, far below any year of the previous quarter century.

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Leslie Richter @rock-skipper.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

#FoxyFriday - 🦊a nice distraction! This patient vixen was nursing her own four kits (about 8weeks old), and several from another mom. An ill advised neighbor across the road feeds them dog biscuits and hot dogs. 😢 #RedFoxes #wildlifephotography #PacificNorthwes #RockskipperPhotography #NikonZ9

Female red fox patiently standing and nursing her 4 kits as well as a few more from another mom. Two of the kits are black and the others are various shades red fox.

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Leslie Richter @rock-skipper.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

Happy Earth Day! This image reminds me of the tragic loss of ice in the arctic and the species that are threatened, like this polar bear - who should be sleeping on ice, not rock😢. #EarthDay #PolarBear #Svalbard #ArcticCircle #ClimateChange #NaturePhotography #RockskipperPhotography

Image of a polar bear sleeping on a rock with a receding glacier in the background.

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Leslie Richter @rock-skipper.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Tulip Tuesday🌷 Tulip season is almost over for the season in Skagit Valley, WA. Enjoy this boost of colorful beauty - it lifts my spirits… #TulipTuesday #MagicSkagit #BloomScrolling #FlowersofBluesky #RockskipperPhotography

This images shows a bright yellow tulip amongst a sea of magenta tulips.

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Leslie Richter @rock-skipper.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

#Stunday beauty from the tulip fields of Skagit County, WA. The sweet Savannah Sparrows flit among the tulips singing the songs of love. 🪶🌷🐦‍⬛🎶 #SkagitValleyTulipFestival #SavannahSparrow #MagicSkagit #Tulips #BlueskyBirds #RockskipperPhotography #NikonZ9 #NikonPro

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5 Calls @5calls.org · 19/04/2025

For those wondering if this whole "defying the Constitution to unlawfully detain people and send them to foreign prisons" thing is a worthwhile focus, it has been a hotter 5 Calls topic than both tariffs and Signalgate over the last month...

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Leslie Richter @rock-skipper.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

@gluesenkampperez.house.gov I’m extremely disappointed in you for voting FOR the voter suppression SAVE Act. This act will make registering to vote extremely difficult for many legitimate voters who have changed their names by marriage and adoption. No more campaign donations from me!

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Leslie Richter @rock-skipper.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

One the signs I created for the Hands Off protest on 5 April 25 in Friday Harbor, WA. Where will you be? #HandsOff #50501

Hands Off Tariffs text with a cartoon on a king penguin holding a machete that looks like a fish.

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Leslie Richter @rock-skipper.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

A moment of zen for this tumultuous day… Snow Geese in the Skagit Valley, Washington State. Turn up the volume!🪶 #snowgeese #SkagitValley #MomentOfZen #birdsofBlueSky #SnowGeeseinFlight

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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

T’wasn’t a flask of Old Crow, so t’wasn’t Hegseth’s kin.

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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Can you IMAGINE if Kamala Harris did something like this. Don't EVER say a WORD about DEI. So far we see a bunch of white male clowns making a mistake so egregious as likely to warrant a criminal investigation in a normal world. Imagine a lowly military grunt doing this.

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Leslie Richter @rock-skipper.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

@cantwell.senate.gov your constituents expect a loud and relentless response to the egregious Hegseth and cabinet member security lapse! Democratic leadership as well as the rank and file must take all available actions to ensure this never happens again.

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Leslie Richter @rock-skipper.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

The Skagit Valley, WA is a major stop in winter for migrating snow geese. I was lucky to find a field with thousands of birds this week -- simply amazing to watch and photograph! They will soon be heading N. 🪶 #SkagitValley #SkagitSnowGeese #SnowGeese #BlueSkyBirds #RockskipperPhotography #NikonUSA

A green grassy field in the foreground with snow geese feeding on the ground and in flight, in front of some snow capped hills in the Skagit Valley region of Washington State.

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Leslie Richter @rock-skipper.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

Happy Vernal Equinox - Happy Spring! Nothing says spring like daffodils -- and the Skagit Valley in Washington State is home to some beautiful fields. #SkagitValley #SkagitDaffodils #BlueSkyYellowFlowers

Closeup of brilliant yellow daffodils in a field with blue sky and puffy clouds in the background.

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Leslie Richter @rock-skipper.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Welcome my friend and amazing bird photographer to Bluesky!🪶

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Leslie Richter @rock-skipper.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

A different composite of Blood Moon Total Eclipse March 13-14, 2025. Images are ~2min apart, clockwise from the bottom. Do you prefer the linear or circular composite? #TotalLunarEclipse #BloodMoonTotalEclipse #BloodMoon2025 #YakimaRiverCanyon #astrophotography #NikonPro #RockskipperPhotography

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Leslie Richter @rock-skipper.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

@cantwell.senate.gov Please vote NO on cloture! Hold the republicans accountable for the budget. Schumer is off his rocker - this is the time to fight, not capitulate!!

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Leslie Richter @rock-skipper.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Tariffs will negatively impact Washington State’s agriculture, driving up costs, reducing exports, and squeezing farmers. The retaliatory tariffs will only make things worse, harming businesses and consumers alike. An economic disaster in the making! @murray.senate.gov @repricklarsen.bsky.social

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Leslie Richter @rock-skipper.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Beautiful, fierce, short eared owl huntress with her breakfast vole. Bird photography = mental health break! 🪶 #ShortEaredOwl #birdsofbluesky #SkagitValley #NikonZ9 #RockskipperPhotography

Image of a short eared owl with bright yellow eyes staring straight into the camera, and holding a vole in her beak.

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Axios @axios.com · 04/03/2025

Some estimates suggest just Tuesday's tariffs alone could cost the average U.S. household $830 a year — and that's before you factor in the cost of anticipated retaliatory tariffs from Canada, China and Mexico.

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How Trump's tariffs will impact everyday Americans

One estimate suggests the tariffs would cost the average U.S. household at least $830 a year.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 03/03/2025

NEW: One million children will go untreated for severe malnutrition, up to 166,000 people will die from malaria and 200,000 more children will be paralyzed by polio over the next decade, internal memos estimated. The USAID programs were cut anyway. By Brett Murphy and @annamaria.bsky.social

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Internal Memos: Senior USAID Leaders Warned Trump Appointees of Hundreds of Thousands of Deaths From Closing Agency

One million children will go untreated for severe malnutrition, up to 166,000 people will die from malaria and 200,000 more children will be paralyzed by polio over the next decade, the memos estimate...

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Leslie Richter @rock-skipper.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

How can such cruelty go unchecked!

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

A grassroots movement is calling on all Americans to abstain from shopping with major retailers tomorrow, February 28, as part of an “economic blackout.” I encourage you to join. robertreich.substack.com/p/boycott

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Leslie Richter @rock-skipper.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

The Dance of the Jugglers, performed in the Man region of Côte d’Ivoire was for me, very disquieting. Little girls are tossed into the air and caught by a man wielding knives. #danceofthejugglers #Côtedivoire #IvoryCoast #WestAfrica #VisualStoryTelling #TravelPhotography #RockskipperPhotography

The Danse des Jongleurs (Dance of the Jugglers) performed by members of the Yacouba group in the Man region of Côte d’Ivoire was for me, very disquieting. The dance involves a man who throws little girls up into the air and then catches them, often while holding knives. The girls were maybe 5 or 6 years old, and did not appear at all happy to be a part of the spectacle. At times when the man would call them up, they literally dragged their feet and drooped their heads.
The dance is said to highlight the strength, agility, and precision of the man, as well as the courage and trust of the young girls who participate. The male performers are often trained from a young age, and must possess strength, coordination, and confidence. The knives symbolize danger and the ability of master perilous situations, reinforcing the theme of bravery and control.
This image shows one of the little girls in the air after having been tossed, with a man with knife pointed skyward ready to catch her.

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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

RFK Jr. thinks that a clinical trial should be done for the entire childhood vaccine schedule. Here’s why that will never happen. 1. You can’t do a randomized trial of something that we already know is safe and effective. There would have to be a placebo group that didn’t get vaxxed. Unethical.

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