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Kevin is not doing any more work
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“… gotta find just the right acorn.”

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#squirrels
#wildlife
#backyardcritters
A grey squirrel with a shiny grey coat and a fat, fluffy grey and white tail is searching behind a tree for an acorn. The foreground is dark brown soil with a few scattered brown leaves “… found one!” The squirrel, sitting on its haunches, now has a fat, chestnut-brown acorn in its mouth, and is holding it stogie-style In this photo the squirrel is sitting on its haunches, tail curled at its back, with the acorn in its front paws. Squirrel is peeling off the dark brown shell revealing a creamy white center! The squirrel is now sitting on a fence with the acorn in its front paws, chowing down. In this photo the squirrel is a little shaded by the fence
November 10, 2025 at 12:41 AM
kevinhamel.bsky.social
It was an unpopulated day in black and white - this photo shot in color, no adjustments. The surf was REALLY big and the tide was heading out, so all the footprints on the beach were either mine or theirs.
#sonomacoast
#wildlife
#photography
🌊 🪸
Rocky beach scene with heavy misty sea and sky, rough surf. In the lower half of the photo a rock juts up from the sand, a California gull perched on top. The sand patch is dark grey and untouched. In the right foreground a shallow stream flows down to the sea. Another California gull stretches its wings high next to the stream, In the center right, wading in the stream is a Black Oystercatcher. The photo appears as if in black and white, though it was taken in color.
November 7, 2025 at 9:54 PM
kevinhamel.bsky.social
Feels like the narcissus might be answering the bell a little early this year. But we have had some rain, so here we go!
🌱 🌿
#gardening
#flowers
#justaddwater
Close in ground level photo of a patch of brown soil littered with dry oak leaves and quite a few green spears - narcissus leaves - poking up
November 6, 2025 at 6:46 PM
kevinhamel.bsky.social
“Hey! Are you lookin’ at my butt? You’re lookin’ at my butt, aren’t you?”

#birds
#wildlife
#atthebeach
Foto of a seabird (shearwater?) standing on a rock at a, um… rocky beach. The bird has complicated patterns of brown and white bars and is looking back over its shoulder with an annoyed expression.
October 28, 2025 at 10:44 PM
kevinhamel.bsky.social
Mushroom riot!
#fungifriends
#mushrooms
#gardening
🍄‍🟫 🍄‍🟫 🍄‍🟫
A big clutch of mushrooms growing under a garden shrub. The mass of fungi takes up most of the frame with shades of white to tan to brown. The background is brown soil with dry leaves mixed in
October 27, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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heidikitrosser.bsky.social
And because it can't be said enough: Shame on every last person who enables this.
October 24, 2025 at 5:52 PM
kevinhamel.bsky.social
I transplanted this lavender from a pot, where it was anemic looking and leggy, to open ground.

It seems happy!

#gardening
#lavender
🌱 🌿 🪻
Close photo of two lavender blooms; one with its stem wrapped around the other. The elongated cone-shaped flowers are deep blackish purple at the center and base, rich violet at the top. Grey green foliage fills out the background
October 22, 2025 at 6:30 PM
kevinhamel.bsky.social
I voted extra hard this time
#vote
#votingrights
#voteharder
#Prop50
#NoKings
Photo of the voter instruction page for the 2025 California special election, printed in Spanish and English. At the top of the page is a peel-off ‘I Voted’ sticker, also in S & E
October 17, 2025 at 5:30 AM
kevinhamel.bsky.social
mythbri.bsky.social mythbri 🏳️‍🌈 @mythbri.bsky.social · Oct 8
That’s not great, and I would not be surprised if we see class action lawsuits against tech companies by firefighters given what’s in that smoke.
pkashwan.bsky.social Dr. Prakash Kashwan @pkashwan.bsky.social · Oct 8
"The fire department in Jerome Township, Ohio has grown increasingly annoyed at two Amazon data centers...Since the first site was approved by local officials in 2021, first responders have answered a combined 84 emergencies...on top of regular safety inspections" #AI futurism.com/future-socie...
October 8, 2025 at 6:25 AM
kevinhamel.bsky.social
Pelicans patrolling the shore at Carmet Beach/Sonoma Coast
#pelicans
#sonomacoast
Shoreline photo with a large chunk of dark brown/ black rock reaching into the surf. The sky is a clear, pale blue. A flock of six pelicans flies by above the rock.
October 5, 2025 at 2:39 AM
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kevinhamel.bsky.social Kevin is not doing any more work @kevinhamel.bsky.social · Oct 2
I bought this book during the Arab Spring, to try and understand how effective resistance against fascism is staged. I am now re-reading it from the perspective of ‘how are we gonna put this country back together’, because it sure feels like we’re passed the point of prevention
Cover of the most recent edition of “From Dictatorship to Democracy” by Gene Sharp. The cover shows cut and paste images of political resistors, a flag, fists raised
October 2, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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newrepublic.com
The same forces breaking down democracy have succeeded in undermining key institutions: the judiciary, the integrity of religious institutions, and the guardrails of one of our two political parties. trib.al/wrt6zhk

If we want better outcomes, we must commit ourselves to restoring them.
Trump Is Steadily Pushing the Republic Toward the Edge of Oblivion
The administration has entered its most anti-Constitutional phase yet. We must call a regime that’s a danger to our way of life what it is.
trib.al
October 2, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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drronholt.bsky.social
This is a welcoming account.
May 9, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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energy9086.bsky.social
October 1, 2025 at 7:53 PM
kevinhamel.bsky.social
“Rollin’ in the grass is a gas
Baby can you dig it?”

music.apple.com/us/album/gra...
Black and white terrier dog rolling on his back in a green lawn
September 29, 2025 at 9:11 PM
kevinhamel.bsky.social
Wohler bridge, steel truss built in 1921, over the Russian River in Sonoma county, CA
Forested hillside/river photo with a 100 year-old steel truss bridge in the center. The bridge structure is visible as crisscrossing and vertical grey lines tucked into the forest. Much of the background is lush green - Redwoods on the hillsides, oaks, alder, and willow near the river. There is a sandy beach in front of a placid river in the foreground.
September 25, 2025 at 7:27 PM
kevinhamel.bsky.social
Good morning all. Hope everyone has a brilliant day!
Sunrise photo with two Redwood trees in silhouette in front of clouds on fire - brilliant yellow and orange make up most of the frame. The sun is just peeking over the horizon in the lower right corner
September 24, 2025 at 2:26 PM
kevinhamel.bsky.social
How it’s done…
September 23, 2025 at 5:18 PM
kevinhamel.bsky.social
Right photo: A grove of redwoods which has regrown after being logged about 150 years ago. The left photo is of an ancient redwood tree growing just down the road. The property owner estimates it is 1200 to 1500 years old. Note the massive branching, which is typical in old-growth trees.
#redwoods
Photo of a massive redwood tree with many old and twisted branches. The property owner guesses it 12,000 to 15,000 years old. The view is from the base of the trunk, which has a large fire scar and utility lines hung on it. The canopy, which fills all the background, is bright green against the blue sky Photo of a redwood forest that recently had a controlled burn. Many reddish brown trunks stretch to the sky. The bases of the trunks are blackened and understory plants are brown from the burn. Note the tall, straight trunks with simple branches spreading horizontally
September 21, 2025 at 4:37 AM
kevinhamel.bsky.social
Last weekend a Hoodwinker Sunfish/Mola tecta washed up on Doran beach. Rare in these parts, apparently. Taken Tuesday and it hadn’t started to stink yet. When a couple birds landed on it, it looked kinda springy. So it’s gotta be getting ripe by now.
#marinelife
#sunfish
#sonomacoast
#doranbeach
A large ‘Hoodwinker’ Sunfish/Mola tecta lies washed up on Doran beach on the Sonoma coast. Its mouth is in the lower right and its tail fins are in the upper left. Its coloring appears light grey, but the fish also has a lot of grey sand on it. Two seagulls are picking tentatively at the tail end Another photo of the fish, this time the gulls are squabbling over something or other. Three more tranquil gulls stand in the background, no doubt thinking “Hey guys, it looks like a pretty big fish.” One gull is missing a foot (fishing line) but is the most aggressive and combative when it comes to the fish
September 12, 2025 at 12:50 AM
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reallyseansmith.bsky.social
September 4, 2025 at 12:16 AM
kevinhamel.bsky.social
Yes, looking a little disheveled. But hey, it’s end of summer, the new asparagus bed looks promising, and there are still tomatoes to pick!
🌱 🌿 🍅
#gardening
#homegardening
#endofsummer
#asparagus
#tomatoes
Home vegetable garden view. In the foreground, green-gold wispy, ferney spikes of a first year asparagus bed lean in all directions, giving a disheveled look to the place. In the background is a deeper green tomato with fruit still to go. Across the top is a line of dark green oaks, bays, and alders
September 3, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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akhateli.farm
AND MORE. A daily harvest of these sunlit micro-tomatoes, which go on to prove their heritage by micro-splitting. 🌱🍅
a hundred micro tomatoes heaped in a paper carton
August 31, 2025 at 8:55 PM
kevinhamel.bsky.social
Here’s to the voices reminding us that, amid all the chaos and ugliness, we can and should live the resistance:

“I don’t need your
virus of the mind…”

#resist
#livetheresistance
#music

music.apple.com/us/album/vir...
Virus of the Mind by Heather Nova on Apple Music
Song · 2001 · Duration 4:12
music.apple.com
August 30, 2025 at 7:30 PM