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Chris S
@enraptored.bsky.social
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A fan of *all* the wingy-thingies, especially raptors. Also 4-legged friends (wild & domestic) & creatures of the sea & desert.
I was @bruisermom in a former life. 😻
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burrowingowl.bsky.social
Good morning! 🪶
Burrowing owlet looking at the camera as he flies by.
November 14, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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burrowingowl.bsky.social
Good morning! 🪶
Burrowing owl family of three. One is standing guard, and the other two are hunched down in their burrow.
November 13, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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maxkennerly.bsky.social
This is of course a made-up number, and there'd be *fewer* homes/apartments with a construction worker shortages caused by Trump policies, and a million other problems, but

"by right"? So... a right to housing?

Careful there, JD Mamdani, don't want to accidentally screech your way into socialism!
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22h
JD Vance: "A lot of young people are saying housing is way too expensive. Why is that? Because we flooded the country with 30 million illegal immigrants who were taking houses that ought by right go to American citizens."
November 14, 2025 at 3:44 AM
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secondnaturemb.bsky.social
A very stark reminder why no one goes out on foot after dark in Churchill, Manitoba. This mom and her cubs came just off the beach and behind the town complex. The Polar Bear Alert staff gently herded them away from town to keep everyone safe. #mammals #BearSeason2025 🌿
November 14, 2025 at 3:39 AM
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normative.bsky.social
Do political science profs have to explain to their students that, for most of American history, it was actually borderline unthinkable that elected officials and their spokespersons would constantly talk like trashy reality show contestants?
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h
After calling Schumer a "Palestinian," Leavitt refers to "Gavin Newscum." So she's just ripping off her boss's smears now.
November 14, 2025 at 1:29 AM
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crawlieswithcri.bsky.social
So. Was standing at my kitchen sink washing my hands when this bald beauty landed in my yard right in front of me at eye level! 👀

Life in the PNW!

Brain was all "Do not move fast to get camera, do NOT MOVE FAST..." Also "Do not rinse soap off hands, just wipe on towel slowly" #birds #becurious
Photograph of a bald eagle sitting in a big leaf maple tree, the large branches and trunk are covered in moss and ferns. the eagle has their back to the camera and their head is turned to the right in profile.
November 13, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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photosteve.bsky.social
A Red Fox in a tree looking absolutely DEVIOUS 🦊 😈
#mammals #foxes
A red fox sitting in a tree, looking at the camera with its eyes squinted and ears down, giving it a devilish look like it’s planning something
November 13, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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mcnees.bsky.social
Perfect illustration of the “cat software running on dog hardware” definition of a fox.
photosteve.bsky.social Steve McKerrall @photosteve.bsky.social · 1d
A Red Fox in a tree looking absolutely DEVIOUS 🦊 😈
#mammals #foxes
A red fox sitting in a tree, looking at the camera with its eyes squinted and ears down, giving it a devilish look like it’s planning something
November 13, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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richlusc.bsky.social
Quite the sting on Elon Musk here! www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
It soothes my bitter heart to know that no matter how much money Elon Musk has, he will never, ever be funny | Rebecca Shaw
What the Tesla tycoon wants his billions can’t buy: being able to get a true laugh
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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catsofyore.bsky.social
I saw this illustration by @annafollies.bsky.social on Tumblr today and instantly lost it. Still missing Fergus every day. 💔 www.tumblr.com/annafollies
Illustration of a slender, light skinned woman lying on her side in bed with one arm outstretched. In the curve of that arm there is a white, translucent image of a cat as if it is a snuggling ghost.
November 13, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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dannyboywesthawk.bsky.social
I am very excited about getting my first footage of a cougar. This is a rare sight in Manitoba.
November 13, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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angus.bsky.social
He’s on a mission from God.
crobertcargill.bsky.social C. Robert Cargill @crobertcargill.bsky.social · 1d
What's from Chicago, hates Illinois Nazis, and is holy as fuck?

It's the Pope in 1982.
Exactly what it says on the label: The Pope in 1982. He's wearing a black hat, dark RayBans, and looks like he's a member of the Blues Brothers.
November 13, 2025 at 2:32 AM
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joshtpm.bsky.social
what planet do these people live on? now ibuprofen? are we also against bandaids? Vitamin C?
heartlandsignal.bsky.social Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 1d
JD Vance calls ibuprofen "useless medication" and implies it's not "necessary, safe and effective."
November 13, 2025 at 2:42 AM
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anzaborrego.bsky.social
The Northern Lights were visible all the way from Anza-Borrego Desert with the eyes yesterday evening. The camera sees better in this case. This was about 9 pm yesterday evening looking towards the Santa Rosa Mountains. Note that the sun sets here at 4:45 pm, so these were not sunset colors!
The Northern Lights were visible all the way from Anza-Borrego Desert with the eyes yesterday evening. Two Mexican fan palms in the foreground. There was some overcast as well.
November 12, 2025 at 11:55 PM
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premeemohamed.com
"Fiasco am invited to this zoom meeting"

You were not

"Yes! Fiasco am PARTICIPANT."

Your butthole is TOUCHING MY WORK

"Fiasco am part of authorial process"
in a zoom window, a fluffy grey tabby is sitting on an extra table i got to specifically get some more work space that did not have a cat butt on it, and yet. in the middle of the window is me, a brown woman with black hair and glasses, wearing over-ear headphones.
November 13, 2025 at 1:21 AM
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rosemarymosco.com
Part 2/2
On page 5, they fly up through a spiral of aurora. He says "We could stop flying!" and she says "We'd lose time if we stopped!" She says "Do you think this thing is dangerous? Is it... alive? Can it hear us?" And he replies "I don't know." Pause. "But I like the way it matches your feathers." On page 6, the female bird pauses, aurora reflecting in her eye and dancing behind her, close to the same color as her feathers. She says "Let's keep flying." They fly through swirls of green and pink aurora. On page 7, they fly through the aurora that arcs and dances. They're having fun. A close up on the female's eye shows the aurora reflecting. A shooting star streaks by. The birds fly on through the night.
November 12, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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rosemarymosco.com
With the aurora popping up again last night, I thought I'd repost this adventure from last year. I drew this when the great @nepeteaa.bsky.social wondered what night-migrating songbirds might make of it all. Part 1/2
A seven-page comic. On page 1, the sun begins to set over an autumnal scene in a forest. The sun continues to set, reflected in the eye of a bird. The sun finishes setting, reflected in the bird's eye and zoomed out a bit. The bird has various hues of stormy blue feathers. The sun has fully set and the stars are out, and the bird, a female Black-throated Blue Warbler, says "It's time." On page 2, the bird says "Ready for another night of migration?" to a male Black-throated Blue warbler, who replies "I ate all the good bugs in this forest, so, sure." She says "Okay. Let's do this." They take off from a branch, saying "Up up up." They hit their cruising altitude and fly through the starry darkening sky. On page 3, they are flying along and the male says "I think this trip is going pretty good so far-" And the female interrupts "Wait." There's a green reflection in her eye. She says "There's something behind us." They turn and see the eerie glimmer of aurora. The male says "Oh" On page 4, the male says "What is... Is that wildfire smoke?" And the female says "I don't think so." They book look alarmed. He says "Should we fly faster? Try to get away?" and she says "No, now it's in our flight path, too!" The aurora has spread and dances through the sky. Some of it becomes pink. He says "It's everywhere!" and she says "I... I don't understand."
November 12, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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onlyveesaz.bsky.social
First of Season Prairie Falcon! 🪶🌵☀️
Prairie Falcon with prey
November 12, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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burrowingowl.bsky.social
Good morning! 🪶
Three burrowing owls standing near their burrow, all glaring at the camera.
November 12, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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photosteve.bsky.social
A male American Kestrel on the morning hunt
#birds #raptors
A male American kestrel sitting on a thick metal wire against a dark blue sky A male American kestrel standing in the grass with its wings held up
November 12, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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frwildflowers.bsky.social
Pulsatilla nuttalliana, our Prairie Pasqueflower, blooming at Meyer Ranch Open Space #nativeplants

#FallBackFlowers #FallBack to May 12 🌿
Three lavender color flowers with numerous yellow anthers
November 12, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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burrowingowl.bsky.social
The #aurora reached at least as far south as here in El Centro, California, a few miles north of the Mexican border! So cool!
Pink sky with a little bit of yellowish green as seen from the desert.
November 12, 2025 at 4:00 AM
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kylegriffin1.bsky.social
Jack Schlossberg says he'll run for the New York congressional seat being vacated by Rep. Jerrold Nadler. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/n...
Jack Schlossberg, Kennedy Heir, to Seek Nadler’s N.Y. Congressional Seat
www.nytimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:30 AM
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banditelli.org
And this absolute banger that I captured with my 2nd camera body because I had dropped my z8. This body broke 3 days later too 😂
banditelli.org Brett "Solidarity 2025" Banditelli @banditelli.org · May 11
We're going to create a world without war.

We're going to stop and reserve the effects climate change.

We're going to unionize every workplace.

We're going to defeat hatred and bigotry.

I see your #Auroraborealis, and I raise you the Milky Way as seen from Cedar City, Utah🧵🛰️
the milky way in a blue and pink sky, presumably due to aurora effect, also white balance (lol) 6 shot panorama, 60 second exposures at 800 ISO f1.8, shot on a nikon z6II using a move shoot move, stacked and edited in lightroom, white balance 3900 kelvin, satellites removed in photoshop
November 12, 2025 at 3:21 AM
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jhmsparky.bsky.social
Y'all love a blue bird, so here's your chance to step outside your comfort zone and grow as a person.

Green Honeycreeper.

Like, follow, comment.
Costa Rica #birding
November 12, 2025 at 12:31 AM