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Fliss
@flisswave.bsky.social
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Howling into the void since dinosaurs roamed. From Carolina, now Oregon coast. Dogs, art, photography, books, expressions of despair. Black & trans lives matter, no gods no masters. She/her. Portfolio: https://6000onions.wordpress.com/portfolio/
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Fliss @flisswave.bsky.social · Nov 15
Attempting to bridge the gap, i think this account replicates me on mastodon, where I am somewhat more active: bsky.app/profile/flis...
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flisswave.bsky.social
For Friday, from my best of November 2025 folder, here's a #scape - I call these #waterylandscapes because they're natural liminal places in between - not all water, not all land and usually deep in the mists. #eastcoastkin #oregoncoast #blueskyartgallery #landscapephotography #photography #fog
A horizontal color photo of an expanse of absolutely still water with a bridge crossing it. There are trees, perfectly reflected, on the right and pilings, also reflected, in the water. The sky is very gray.
January 9, 2026 at 6:33 PM
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helldude.bsky.social
there needs to be a sex offender registry but for ice guys. you should have to go door to door when you move to a new area and inform your neighbors that you used to be an ice guy. they shouldn't be allowed with 500 feet of a school
January 9, 2026 at 12:24 AM
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oregonian.com
UPDATE:

Portland police said Thursday that federal agents shot and injured two people in east Portland.
January 8, 2026 at 11:52 PM
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tomtomorrow.bsky.social
we’re never returning to “normal “

that world is dead and gone

we create a new one, or we live in hell
January 8, 2026 at 3:51 AM
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andrewstroehlein.bsky.social
"...we are not simply a strong midterm-showing away from fixing this."

This is the most important thing both Americans and the rest of the world have to realise asap if they haven't already.
paulecohen.bsky.social Paul Cohen @paulecohen.bsky.social · 1d
My take is that calling it fascism matters for three reasons

First because I'm a historian, and I believe we need to get it rigorously right

Second because explaining why it's fascism is an important step in convincing ordinary folks and Dem leaders alike that we are not simply a strong ...
January 8, 2026 at 1:52 PM
flisswave.bsky.social
This is what broke me last night when I came home & saw nbc news. They didn’t use the word lie.
petefrasermusic.bsky.social Pete Fraser @petefrasermusic.bsky.social · 1d
This case really is as good an example of a black and white moral test for news organisations as you’ll get, and many of them are failing it.

You cannot both-sides a factually unequivocal event unless you use ‘a lie’ as one of those sides.
sturdyalex.bsky.social Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 1d
Sky News on Renee Nicole Good murder: "There are deeply conflicting accounts of what happened."

REALLY? Gonna both-sides this? One "account" can be seen on video and is confirmed by a dozen eye-witnesses. The other is a social media post by history's most notorious pathological liar.

Grow a spine.
January 8, 2026 at 3:26 PM
flisswave.bsky.social
Reading a new book by an author I like so I won’t say who it is but. She has a quirk where she constantly describes her characters saying something with a “gentle smile” or giving a “gentle smile” & I can’t unsee it now. So every time I have to stop reading and do a weird gentle smile & snicker.
January 7, 2026 at 6:01 AM
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gbbranstetter.bsky.social
Love this from Guillermo del Toro
“Be kind, be involved, believe in your art,” he said. “At a time when people tell you art is not important, that is always the prelude to fascism. When they tell you it doesn’t matter, when they tell you a fucking app can do art you say, if it’s that important, why the fuck do they want it so bad? The answer is because they think they can debase everything that makes us a little better, a little more human. And that, in my book, and in my life, includes monsters.”
January 5, 2026 at 2:16 AM
flisswave.bsky.social
Last day of vacation wherein I try frantically to do all the tasks and chores I didn't get done for the last two weeks while I was busy playing minecraft, drinking too much wine, doomscrolling and cookies.
January 4, 2026 at 8:35 PM
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jdbatts79.bsky.social
Remember how appalled we all were in 2022 when Russia completely unprovoked attacked Ukraine? That is what we’re doing tonight with Venezuela. We are the bad guys here. Everyone who supports this is supporting unprovoked murder. Fuck every last one of them
January 3, 2026 at 6:49 AM
flisswave.bsky.social
Black eye peas soaked, now cooking, Hoppin’ John, collards & cornbread 4ish is the plan. Used to think you had to eat them first thing in the morning; glad I grew out of that nonsense.

Related, I eat them every year for luck. I don’t have much luck- but I’m afraid to stop in case things get worse.
January 1, 2026 at 7:33 PM
flisswave.bsky.social
Mr. Binks, left, and Harvey, right, hanging out in the holiday haze.
A color photo of a black cat lying on a kitchen counter in bars of sunlight from the window behind him. A color photo of a large reddish brown dog of uncertain ancestry on a couch in front of a window. The dog is caught in mid scratch with one hind leg in the air.
January 1, 2026 at 3:49 PM
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flisswave.mefi.social.ap.brid.gy
This nightmare year is indeed ending; I watched the sun sink into the ocean from the far western edge of the continent myself just an hour ago. Happy new year and may it be better than the last, oh please oh gods. #photography #phoneography #sunset #NewYearsEve
A horizontal color photo of the sunset over the pacific ocean. In the foreground is the reflection of the sunset in an undulating car hood, which at first glance looks like a pool of water. There is a dark beach in the middle with a few scattered people near the waterline.
January 1, 2026 at 1:44 AM
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beatgrrrl.bsky.social
Gingerbread 2025 Dumpster 🔥
2025 "dumpster fire" gingerbread house made for the holiday season.
December 26, 2025 at 3:52 PM
flisswave.bsky.social
Maybe making two big main dishes and an array of nibbles and cocktails is actually too much for someone who Santa gifted with a horrible streaming cold for Christmas. #selfpity
December 25, 2025 at 10:54 PM
flisswave.bsky.social
#ArtAdventCalendar 24/24 finishing out the year with one of my favorite photos of 2025, my granddaughter, taken with my #half-frame Chaika that made my 2025 bright. Merry winter holidays to all and to all a good night! #believeinfilm #crappycommiecameraparty #chaika #analogphotography #photography
A somewhat blurry vertical color photo of a small child in a yellow dress running away from the camera on a foggy deserted beach.
December 24, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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spidermax3000.bsky.social
Merry #crustmas Eve!
Rusty #crayfish - Faxonius rusticus
(Shot near Cincinnati 7-24-25) 🦞 #photography #wildlifephotography #wildlife #nature #animal #invertebrate #crustacean #crawdad #crawfish
A rusty crayfish (Faxonius rusticus) shot from the top down through the water as they face the left of frame between two smooth river rocks
December 24, 2025 at 4:30 PM
flisswave.bsky.social
#ArtAdventCalendar 23/24 a somewhat overwrought film photo of the Cape Disappointment lighthouse. This is a cell phone photo of a glossy print, so, uh, it is what it is. I was trying hard to sell it as a postcard a few years back but alas. #photography #believeinfilm #lighthouse #landscape #pnw
A very highly colored photo of a lighthouse on a rounded rocky outcrop above the green sea.
December 24, 2025 at 5:03 AM
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yamagata-art.bsky.social
Fantasy horizon

#photo #photography #bluesky #thephotohour #nature #landscapephotography #minimal #Joy #skyphotography
December 22, 2025 at 10:34 PM
flisswave.bsky.social
FFS
opb.org OPB @opb.org · 18d
A windstorm packing gusts of up to 65 mph could hit western Oregon and Southwest Washington on Christmas Eve, triggering power outages and downing trees, forecasters and electric utilities warned Monday.
Oregon, SW Washington brace for a possible windstorm on Christmas Eve
A windstorm packing gusts of up to 65 mph could hit northwest Oregon and Southwest Washington on Christmas Eve, triggering power outages and downing trees, forecasters and electric utilities warned Monday.
www.opb.org
December 23, 2025 at 3:22 AM
flisswave.bsky.social
#ArtAdventCalendar 22/24 some relative scale at the mouth of the Columbia River. From April 2024. #photography #oregoncoast #shipping #sealion #waterylandscapes
A color photo of the wide Columbia River with a sea lion poking its head out of the water in the foreground and a huge commercial vessel in the background.
December 23, 2025 at 2:16 AM
flisswave.bsky.social
#ArtAdventCalendar 21/24 coming toward the end of the day and the calendar with another elk, this one from this morning in the mist and rain. #elk #photography #oregoncoast #canonphotography #eastcoastkin #silentsunday
A hazy color photo of an elk standing by a body of water. The elk is small in the landscape, which is very foggy.
December 22, 2025 at 6:33 AM
flisswave.bsky.social
#ArtAdventCalendar 20/21 cheating slightly with two photos but they really are a #diptych - both taken in the same place last August. I give you young elk and old elk. #photography #canonphotography #elk #wildlifephotography #oregoncoast
A color photo of a young - probably two or three years old - bull elk walking through a parking lot. He is next to a bike rack and approaching a yellow traffic stanchion. A color photo of an old bull elk with a huge rack of antlers lying comfortably in the grass. He is alert but relaxed.
December 21, 2025 at 3:41 AM
flisswave.bsky.social
#ArtAdventCalendar 19/24 , squeaking in just under the wire with a photo of some sea lions in some December’s fog. #photography #canonphotography #oregoncoast #fog #sealion
A photo of sealions on a dock in thick fog. There are piling around the sea lions and an old fishing boat behind and to the right.
December 20, 2025 at 7:47 AM
flisswave.bsky.social
Seeing a lot of that "#1 movie when you were 10 predicts 2026" meme going around.

Abandon all hope, y'all: the #1 movies when I was 10 are either The Exorcist or Towering Inferno. Possibly the Poseidon Adventure. Looks like 2026 is right on track!
December 19, 2025 at 6:26 PM