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@skepticalme.bsky.social
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old woman watching the madness . Love family, democracy, astronomy, cats, birds, nature. Recipes from unusual threads. To relax I try to imagine flying a kite on Venus (it’s a gravity thing)

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Udont Sei @udontsei.bsky.social · 18h
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Small, heart shaped leaf with two water droplets for eyes laying on the forest floor
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donnina.bsky.social @donnina.bsky.social · 11h
Whazzup? #WhiskersWednesday #cats #lazy #pets #photo
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skinskin @skinskintainan.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
#BlueSkyMonday #ECK house of orchids 30 #art #photo #photography #Tainan #dream #LightAndShadow #chair #bluehouse #orchids ©️skinskin
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One Hashtag Birds @one-hashtag-birds.bsky.social · 4h
Spotted Towhee #birds
Spotted Towhee
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Ian Lord Photographer @ilordphotographer.bsky.social · 7h
Misty Rochdale Town Hall. Atmospheric scene reminiscent of Pierre Adolphe Valette. #monochrome #blackandwhite #photography #ClassicMono #noir #atmosphere #fog #mist
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Eine rosa Rose @einerosarose.bsky.social · 5h
Herbstliebe 🍂 #ColorADay #RedWed #Bloomscrolling #thelittlethings 📍Arboretum Ellerhoop
Ein dünner Ast mit mehreren rötlichen Blättern und kleinen, dunkelroten Früchten mit orangefarbenen Samen hängt vor einem unscharfen, dunkelgrünen Hintergrund.
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Kevin Wertman @kevin.wertman.org · 3h
Another shot from yesterdays walk with the 60mm macro. I take a lot of spider photos but rarely post them because I'm a slave to the themes of the day 😀 There's a sprinkling of #WebWednesday tags here and there, so I think I'll hop aboard that one. #Photography #Spiders #Webs
A mabel orchard orbweaver spider sits in the center of its web, still spinning as you can see a web coming out of its body.  Behind is pure green and the web strands stand out clearly.
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Annette ☮️ (annettebeebe.bsky.social) 💙 @annettebeebe.bsky.social · 3h
@annettebeebe.bsky.social Ty @raykwong.lol @rabcomm.bsky.social @bluefriends.bsky.social @daveweasel.bsky.social @porpentina2017.bsky.social @jjraimondo.bsky.social @kepi1107.bsky.social @uh8.bsky.social @bubbles9333.bsky.social @afforsyth.bsky.social @dontdeflect.bsky.social
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Roseate Jewelry @roseatejewelry.com · 04/09/2026
What a delightful symbol is the seahorse! Grace, poise, mysticism, and a surprising savagery: They are ambush predators with a 95% kill rate! This one views the world with a lab grown diamond eye while it cradles the spirit of Poseidon in its tail, a Tahitian pearl.
Sterling silver seahorse brooch.
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Roseate Jewelry @roseatejewelry.com · 10/09/2026
Dawn, the pearl farm on Ahe Atoll, French Polynesia, pop. 550.
A dawn photo of a pearl farm in a tropical lagoon connected to land by a rickety wooden footbridge.
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Roseate Jewelry @roseatejewelry.com · 22/09/2026
Crimson and gold is a longstanding color pairing dating to imperial China, Byzantine culture, and medieval heraldry. Here branded red leather is paired with gold findings and a golden Phillipine pearl, the presentation celebrated by a brilliant tropical setting.
Golden pearl bracelet in a tropical setting.
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Roseate Jewelry @roseatejewelry.com · 24/09/2026
Ordinarily, a piece of jewelry is the centerpiece with everything directed inward toward it. In this design there is an outward radiation from the Philippines golden pearl: The spokes, the arcs, the diamonds, are organized around the pearl as the origin point.
An elaborate jewelry brooch made of gold and diamonds radiating from a central golden pearl.
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Skepticalme @skepticalme.bsky.social · 3h
My garden is getting ready for a good long nap. Hope they are as happy to see me as I will be to see them in spring.
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Vista VFX @vistavfx.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The Coral Pillars of the Eternal Dawn #landscape
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ConNie @connieundnimmer.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
'Typisch für meinen Wohnort / meine Heimat' #FotoVorschlag Hier Heimat.
Die mit hellblauem Licht illuminierte Mühle in einem Ortsteil von Bremen zur blauen Stunde, der Himmel ist dämmrig blau-rosa. Sie ist umgeben von einer Hecke, im Hintergrund Bäume. Ein Schotterweg führt zu ihr, links und rechts Wiesen bzw. Ackerflächen. Von oben links ragt ein Ast ins Bild.
Die leere Fläche um die Mühle wird aktuell bebaut - der typische Blick existiert nicht mehr.
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jane phượng, Ph.D (she/her) Ngunnawal Country @janephuong.bsky.social · 12h
Time to go home
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Kari Maaren @angrykem.bsky.social · 8h
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #BestOfTheMonth. I love #CedarWaxwings, and I find the awkward teenage ones especially charming. This one sat in this spot and stuffed its face with every available berry. #birds #photography #BirdPhotography #wildlife #WildlifePhotography #nature #NaturePhotography
A young Cedar Waxwing, a brown bird with a streaky breast, a yellow tail tip, and a white eye mask, perches on a branch and tosses a bright red berry down its own throat.
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Amalia D @amvrpic.bsky.social · 7h
Time is like sand, too precious to try and hold onto. Too beautiful to just let slip through your fingers, and always gone much too fast ⏳️ Over the next few weeks I’ll be online less often. No offense if I don't reply right away. I look forward to your posts when time allows 🫶
A sandy beach by the sea. A hand in the top right of the image lets sand trickle through its fingers, falling onto the beach. In the background, the blue sea and the blue sky.
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I 💙 Dogs @dogs100.bsky.social · 7h
Halloween? Not sure….
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Cordoba Luis Photographer @cordobaluis.eurosky.social · 03/05/2026
Backup my vision to a new node. Here are my top 9 works: from Tokyo’s Sakura to the stories of #humansOfBluesky. Continuing my photographic documentary here. #photography #FineArt #Sakura #NaturePhotography #Portrait #storytelling #luiscordobapharchive #EastCoastKin #BlueSkyArtShow #photographer
3x3 grid showcasing the top 9 most-liked images from the #luiscordobapharchive. This collection represents the core purpose of this account: a professional photographic documentary of #humansOfBluesky, botanical subjects, and urban landscapes. Featured works include lunar scenery, Iguazu falls, Tokyo Sakura, and high-speed hummingbird photography, establishing the visual legacy of Luis Cordoba Photographer on the AT Protocol
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FaunaHub @faunahub.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Myth: brown bears are always aggressive. Reality: most would rather avoid you. Give space, store food properly, never assume a photo is worth the risk. Respect is the strategy.
Image of Brown Bear.
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Dwight @dwightreads.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
From this morning at the #lake for #ColorADay #BlueTue 🕊️🌊 #Woodstork #wadingBird #birds #nature #wildlife #Florida #thelittlethings #ECK #photography Zoom in on its features. Amazing bird.
A close-up head shot photo of a white Woodstork. Blue lake water in the background.
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Paula @totallypaula.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
When I saw this building I was gob smacked! I was in a car moving and it felt like the building was moving too. In a good way. To create movement like that, in a solid structure is truly incredible. I am still thinking about it. Magnificent. 😍 #Architecture #WomanArchitect #ArtSky #JeanneGang 📱
The MIRA residential tower in San Francisco, California.
CAArchitect: Jeanne Gang (Studio Gang)
Height: 422 feet (129 m)Floors: 39 stories
Design: Features twisting, bay-window-inspired shapes that repeat every ten floorsThe MIRA residential tower in San Francisco, California
As seen through a car with a glass roof.
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Dwight @dwightreads.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #EFG, birds beginning with any of those letters. Alt. is #Paridae From this morning at the #lake #Egret on the right #Woodstork on the left.🕊️ #wadingBird #birds #nature #wildlife #Florida #thelittlethings #ECK #photography 🕊️
A white Woodstork with its head turned to the left is standing in the grasses and wild flowers along the edge of the blue lake. To the right is a white egret. You can see its white head sticking up above the bank. 

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Large, white Wood Storks wade through southeastern swamps and wetlands. It’s a good flier, soaring on thermals with neck and legs outstretched. This bald-headed wading bird stands just over 3 feet tall, towering above almost all other wetland birds. It slowly walks through wetlands with its long, hefty bill down in the water feeling for fish and crustaceans. This ungainly looking stork roosts and nests in colonies in trees above standing water. Wood Storks occur only in a few areas in the United States, so to get a look at one, head to a wetland preserve or wildlife area along the coast in Florida, South Carolina, or Georgia. Wood Storks tend to be busily foraging with their head down and body held horizontally, but their large size should help them stand out amongst the other pale herons, ibises, and egrets in wetlands even if you can't see their hefty bill. If they aren't foraging in areas with standing water, check nearby trees for groups of roosting Wood Storks, or look up in the sky for soaring birds with black-and-white wings. They are mostly silent, but during the breeding season, sounds of begging chicks might help you find a colony.
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Sonnenschein @lyphshro.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Mein ganzes Leben lang sehnte sich mein Herz nach etwas, das ich nicht benennen kann. André Breton
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Aj d'Wit (Audrey) @audjde.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
'Heads up. Humans about.' 'When you really look at them ... they are odd.' 'That's what I've been saying for years.' Now, now #Galahs just remember who puts the seeds out for you. #BirdOfTheDay #EFG birds beginning with any of those letters Alt: #Paridae #Birds Thanks @robcrank68.bsky.social
Two Galahs face to the right, and looking towards the camera. They are standing on a flat, elevated platform where a variety of seeds have been placed. The background is blurred green foliage and a brown tree trunk.

The Galah can be easily identified by its rose-pink head, neck and underparts, with paler pink crown, and grey back, wings and undertail. Galahs have a bouncing acrobatic flight, but spend much of the day sheltering from heat in the foliage of trees and shrubs. Huge noisy flocks of birds congregate and roost together at night.
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The Kimono Gallery @roger1952.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The gate of Bishamontang, Emissary Santo, Yamashina District, Kyoto City
Framed by a blazing canopy of Japanese maples (momiji), a steep stone pathway (chokushimichi) rises toward a dark wooden gate, its steps completely buried beneath a thick carpet of scarlet foliage. Slender bamboo handrails flank the stone stairs, leading the eye along a dramatic linear perspective toward the imperial messenger gate at the crest of the slope. Overhead, interlocking branches filter the light, casting a warm crimson glow over the damp stone and moss-covered embankments. The scene evokes an intimate sensory atmosphere: the crisp mountain air of a Kyoto morning, the faint scent of damp moss and aged cedar, the soft crunch of fallen leaves underfoot, and the profound, reverent hush of an ancient temple precinct.
Located at Bishamon-do Temple in the Yamashina District of Kyoto, this approach—known as the chokushimichi (Imperial Messenger Path)—is renowned for its late-autumn sando (shrine approach), where fallen leaves form an iconic momiji no jūtan (maple carpet). Originally founded in 703 AD by the monk Gyōki and re-established at its present site in 1665, Bishamon-dō is a distinguished monozeki temple (traditionally presided over by members of the imperial family or high nobility). The Chokushimon Gate at the top of the stairs was reserved for official imperial envoys, reflecting the sanctuary's esteemed lineage. The seamless integration of stone masonry, timber architecture, and natural forest contours reflects the supreme craft of Japanese zōen (landscape architecture) and monozukuri (artisanal mastery), designed to celebrate the subtle shifts of the seasonal calendar.
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🆂🅷🅴🅴🅽🅰 @sheena-mck.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
#RockinTuesday #TidesOutTuesday Well the tide was on its way out 😂 #ColorADay #BlueTue
Ricky shore looking over sea loch to mountains on the other side
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The English Oak Project @thekentacorn.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
An English Bluebell a day until I run out of photos #107 We have about 500,000 bluebells, so only got 499,893 to go, so finished by the year 2437 Wait, hold on 🤨
An English Bluebell
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The English Oak Project @thekentacorn.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Deadwood is not dead Or the squirrels have started wearing Sombreros
Fungi on deadwood
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Matthew Dowd @matthewjdowd.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
happy bday Spanish writer Miguel de Unamuno, b.1864. “Life is doubt, And faith without doubt is nothing but death.” “We should try to be the parents of our future rather than the offspring of our past.” “My aim is to agitate and disturb people. I'm not selling bread; I'm selling yeast.”
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Prismaぷりすま🤍💙💚💛 @bluetauri.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
お空はご機嫌斜め☔ 見ても、食べても、 そして店の雰囲気も素晴らしい ダイエット中と言ってる長女が 大好きなお店…😆 📍Princess Tart目黒 The sky's in a mood today ☔ Gorgeous to look at, delicious to eat, and the vibe of the place is amazing too 😍 My eldest daughter, who swears she's on a diet 😆 absolutely loves this place… 📍Princess Tart/Tokyo #素人のAi遊び
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Doing My Own Research @doingmyownresearch.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Support us ➡️ bluehorizons.pudgycat.io 💙
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🩷🧸yuuutan🧸🩷 @hanahanaiceice.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
#photography
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Luca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
They should consider themselves lucky this time. #wildlife #nature #bullelk #estespark IG: @goodbullguided www.instagram.com/goodbullguid...
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Creight Photo 🌱☮️ @afewfromtheforest.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
#MondayMood
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📷 Sveinn Nifl 📷 🇮🇸 Landscape and nature photos @svenninifl.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
A lone lake on the mountain. #Iceland #Stunday #EastCoastKin
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Paul Bavister @paulbavister.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
ivy-leaved toadflax #photography
two light violet toadflax flowers against a wall
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tmphoto.bsky.social @tmphoto.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Iceland Waterfall #iceland #waterfall
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🩷🧸yuuutan🧸🩷 @hanahanaiceice.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
#photography
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Coral King @rocketcoral.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Old snap - raining out at sea ☔️💛 #rain
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Amalia D @amvrpic.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Hummel beim Blütenbesuch an einer Schneebeere 🌸🐝 A bumblebee visiting a snowberry blossom #MacroMonday #ColorADay #PinkMon #EastCoastKin #ECK
A close-up shot of a bumblebee hanging upside down from a small pink blossom. The flower is part of a snowberry bush, which also displays prominent, cluster-like white berries and small green, unripe fruits. The background consists of softly blurred green foliage in a natural outdoor setting.
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Luca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The cutest nutcracker 🐿️ IG: @lord_of_squirrels Warsaw, Poland www.instagram.com/lord_of_squi...
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skinskin @skinskintainan.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
小南城隍廟 夜 4 #art #photo #photography #nightphotography #streetphotography #festival #culture #Tainan #LightAndShadow #temple ©️skinskin
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James Petruzzi @hawaiianimages.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
For the #BirdOfTheDay theme #BokehBirds, remember bokeh can be foreground too! Here's a Maui 'amakihi with blur before and behind :) #birds 📷🌿🦉
An 'amakihi, a greenish-yellow honeycreeper with a dark curved bill and black face mask amid dappled light and leaves
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Alex Rimberg @ajrimberg.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Misty morning pond. Norwich VT, September 2026 #ECK #Photography #PhotographersOfBluesky #Scape #Landscape #Stunday
This image shows a view of a still, reflective pond on a misty morning seen from behind a set of tall green bullrushes.  The eye is captured by a central rush, rising from the lower right corner, whose tip ends in a brownish-orange seed head at nearly the center of the image.  This rush draws the eye to the far left shore of the pond, where another set of rushes and bushes are reflected in the nearly mirror-like surface of the pond.   Behind the central rush, other slightly more distant rushes rise from left to right, framing a tree on the right shore of the pond, and its reflection in the water.  The image is finished by the appearance of part of a willow on the left border of the frame, and more distant trees behind the pond that gradually vanish in the mist.


Nikon Z8 + Nikkor Z 14-24mm f/2.8 S @ 14mm, ISO 1250, 1/500, f/9.0
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SkandiPhotographer @skandiphotographer.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
A quiet stretch of coast beneath a sky caught between light and shadow. - #skandiphotographer #photography #naturephotography #fujifilm
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El @el42000.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
#artel
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~ Shanna Lee James~ Author @2bdynamic.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
#spiritual #BlueSky I wrote “How to Reserve Your Place in Heaven” after retiring. As a nurse who had worked in ICU I saw firsthand how very fragile life is. In the blink of an eye a life can end. It is something we need to take care of while we are alive. My website is shannaleejamesauthor.com
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