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Paul MacDonald
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When I was young and full of grace
For a fleeting moment, the clouds perfectly mirrored the peaks of Manaslu (the 8th highest mountain in the world).

#stunday #eastcoastkin #photography #nature #classicmono #monochrome #blackandwhite #b&W #art #clouds #cloudscape #nepal #hiking #sunday #bluesky #scape #landscape #mountains #sky
November 23, 2025 at 6:56 PM
November 23, 2025 at 6:56 PM
One of the weirdest things during the campaign was Trump talking about money. He clearly had no idea what 5 dollars can buy or what a tank of gas costs. Yet that fact never gained any traction among big foot pundits.
Every time I listen to Trump, Bessent or Lutnick talk about economic conditions, it is always completely obvious how utterly disconnected they are from the everyday struggles the average American working family is dealing with right now. They simply can’t relate to normal people.
November 23, 2025 at 6:55 PM
God, what a dick.
Bessent: "You know the best way to bring your inflation rate down? Move from a blue state to a red state. Blue state inflation is half a percent higher."
November 23, 2025 at 6:54 PM
All this to say that Elon is a white supremacist mass murderer and DOGE was not a failure. It functioned as designed. I wish people would cover this accurately. It's not difficult.
November 23, 2025 at 6:52 PM
How can you say that?

After all, Lutnick bought another house, in DC, for $25 million.

In cash.

From Brett Baier. Of Fox.

Nothing says "in touch with average American working family" like that! /s

washingtonian.com/2024/12/20/b...
Bret Baier’s DC House Sells for Record $25 Million—in Cash - Washingtonian
Howard Lutnick, the commerce secretary pick, buys the Foxhall estate as team Trump rolls into town.
washingtonian.com
November 23, 2025 at 6:32 PM
We destroy BMWs for fun and will NEVER get bored of it.
#WorldBollardAssociation😏
November 23, 2025 at 3:09 PM
A Northern mockingbird availing itself of an autumnal berry

📷 #Nikon #Z8 + Nikkor 180-600mm (ISO 1000, f8, 1/2000s) 🪶

#birds #birdphotography
November 23, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Why do I love living in Boston? Yo-Yo Ma playing the Bach cello suites before bringing Mayor Wu out to duet for an encore, that’s why.
November 22, 2025 at 8:41 AM
November 22, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Vogon poetry now the fourth worst in the universe.
November 22, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Absolutely amazing piece that helps explain so much. I've lived in NH for 34 years, mostly obstreperously and against my better judgment, after growing up in eastern Chittenden County. I miss my home state dearly.
November 17, 2025 at 12:10 AM
“New Hampshire”
Trump's entire gambit is to bully and harass and intimidate people into silence. But the elections last Tuesday, the huge No Kings turnout, and the packed rooms I saw in New Hampshire this week are proof that his plan is not working.
November 16, 2025 at 11:35 PM
#birdbot
November 16, 2025 at 10:46 PM
A female Pileated Woodpecker doing some excavation work.
November 14, 2025 at 12:10 AM
to me the takeaway from that scene with Deep Throat is not “follow the money” it’s “the truth is these are not very bright guys and things go out of hand”
November 14, 2025 at 12:08 AM
#birdbot
November 13, 2025 at 8:32 AM
November 13, 2025 at 8:29 AM
OK this is amazing.
Trump’s Truth Social has its own AI search tool, which company debuted a month after Trump signed an exec order to end use of “Woke AI” in federal government.
Here's how it responds to questions about tariffs, who won 2020 election, Jan 6, etc:
www.thebulwark.com/p/pardon-the...
November 11, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Today is the anniversary of the 11-11-84 show by the Replacements that became "The Shit Hits the Fans," a cassette-only official bootleg release by the indie label Twin/Tone a couple months later. Here is the full recording and below is a Rashomon-style thread retelling the tale from multiple POV's.
The Replacements - The Shit Hits The Fans (1985)
YouTube video by talezman88
m.youtube.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:19 PM
She is the worst.
@shaheen.senate.gov isnt taking calls and won’t let you leave messages. Oldest trick in the book.
November 10, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Pink-footed Geese arriving at dawn, North Norfolk - framed ready for my exhibition this weekend. Painted in sub-zero conditions and ice crystals have left their own marks in the watercolour washes
November 10, 2025 at 9:47 PM
A short video of the nursery pod of Bottlenose Dolphins in Vidlin Voe, Shetland yesterday. Check out some of those tiny calves! Only the fourth confirmed record of this species in Shetland waters.

#MarineLife #MarineMammals #CetaceansUK #UKWildlife
November 9, 2025 at 7:59 PM
#birdbot
November 9, 2025 at 1:28 AM