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Jo Hofmann
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Birder, woodworker, recovering servant of public health, exFed
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Forward facing Honeycreeper, Panama.
A honeycreeper: tropical bird perched on a branch, facing forward. She is yellow-green w/ a blue and white striped chest and pure yellow beneath her throat. She has a long decurved black beak, gray and white head and one luminous black eye is looking at you.
November 14, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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OMG. I thought they were federal-style finials.
Picture of a Federal flame finial on a high boy chest. Dark wood-turning of an urn with a twirled flame arising from the top.
November 14, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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Mamdani is going to institute Shangra-Las. All must wear beehives and flattering sequined onsies
B&W picture of a 1960s girl group, the Shangra-las. 4 white girls lined side to side w/ 1 hand on hip and the other at their chin: they have beehive hairdos, white go-go boots, ruffled white shirts. They are all stuffed into corseted glittered onesies and the neckline plunges to emphasize their breasts.
November 9, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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Happy James Watson finally died day.
Rosalind Franklin, British chemist and Xray crystallographer who was an unacknowledged member of the team that discovered the structure of DNA. A B & W photo of a woman with short hair in a short sleeved shirt intently looking into a microscope
November 7, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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Doorknob, National Academy of Medicine.
Photo of an ornate brass doorknob. The base plate is oblong with the round knob on the left. The knob has a sunburst pattern and the plate behind has two rosettes above and below the knob. On the right side of the plate is a depiction of Apollo driving a chariot drawn by 4 rearing horses. Apollo is naked but holds a rod in his left hand, a cloak dangling from his arm. A sunburst halo surrounds the top of his head - 7 spikes that decrease in size from tallest in the middle to shortest near his neck. He is triumphantly raising his right arm to the sky.
October 20, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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Not sure the cat was involved.
A firetruck w/ ladder and a Firepanda in uniform, saving a cat
October 19, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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His hair appears to be blocking Liberty.
B&W drawing of a proposed Trump $1 coin. At the top left is the front of the coin w/ a not very flattering profile of Trump. Lettering at the base of the coin says “1776 -2026,” across the bottom of Trump’s profile says ”In God We Trust.” Letters encircling the top say “Liberty,” and the BER is obscured by Trump’s hair. At the bottom right is Trump pumping his fist surrounded by Fight Fight Fight.
October 6, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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Is it my fault the guy turned himself in? I cudda found him, really.
A picture of FBI Director Kash Patel. He stares straight into the camera w/ eyes opened unnaturally wide and a generally robotic expression on his face. He is wearing a gray suit white shirt and blue tie. In the background is the flag of the US and the FBI
September 12, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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Wow. Someone finally leaked it. Memorable Memoli’s 2024 NIH DEI statement.
www.reddit.com/r/NIH/commen...
DEI as the acronym and terms are being usedvcurrently by the US government is not something I believe in. This is political terminology created by politicians to divide and control people, while promoting while promoting policies and ideas that are demeaning to some, patronizing to others, and discriminatory to all. I find the term DEI offensive. Therefore I do not participate in anything labeled DEI…
September 10, 2025 at 12:37 AM
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New stamp.
William F Buckley Stamp w/ a mustache.
September 10, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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Unbelievable
Nazi propaganda poster: a blonde boy in a Nazi Youth uniform is in the foreground holding a Nazi flag. In the background are multiple Aryan-looking boys.
September 7, 2025 at 1:22 AM
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Oddly calm and warm on the beach tonight while Erin passes by. Minor flooding here in Cape May, but we feel lucky.
The south NJ beach facing northeast w/ Hurricane Erin 350 miles offshore. A beach with rough waves and an ominous dark sky of close puffy grey clouds and an almost black sky above the horizon to the northeast.
August 22, 2025 at 12:58 AM
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I hate flying through spider webs!
Purple Martin, male. Lily Lake, Cape May Point, NJ.
A Purple Martin perched on a wire. A deep blue bird with a large mouth, sitting on a wire, facing the camera. Its head is turned to the sky, with its mouth wide open while it scratches its face with its left foot.
August 18, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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Whoa. Deodorant does not last 48 hours.
Photo of a Green Heron feeding in a pond. Slate gray bird with a darker slate cap, beady yellow eyes, white neck and chest with chestnut stripes, bordered by chestnut. It has a long neck and bill, with a wide wingspan. Bird is facing the camera, but bent forward and to the left, bill in the water, left wing raised while it darts for food.
August 16, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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I really should be skimming.
Black Skimmer, South Cape May Meadows, NJ
Photo of a bird skimming along water to catch food. The bird seen from the side, moving right to left. It is black on top, white underneath with long pointed wings and a long orange and black beak. The bird is flying low above still blue water with opened beak in the water. The beak has left a trail in the water and the bird’s relection on the water surface is sharp.
August 15, 2025 at 11:44 PM
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Why are you all the way over there?
-Tree Swallows, Cape May Point, NJ.-
2 Tree Swallows sitting on a wire, w/ a pale sky as a background. Both birds have tail, back, wings, top of head and back of neck of deep blue w/ light gray elsewhere. Bird on right is facing away from the camera and looking to the right, beak open. Bird on left is facing camera and looking at the bird on the right. There is a wide space separating them on the wire.
August 14, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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One weird bird. Or actually 2. Juvenile Juvenile White Ibises on their way from NJ to somewhere south. South Cape May Meadows TNC Preserve.
2 birds standing in water. Gray birds w/ long pink legs and very long pink down-curving beak. One has their beak wide open like they are yawning. The water is clear and still and both birds are reflected on the surface of the pale blue water.
August 13, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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August 12, 2025 at 12:43 AM
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Plus!! How to accessorize a
Kevlar vest!
www.cdc.gov/coca/hcp/tra...
Picture of a grey Kevlar vest with details highlighted: canteen pouch, magazine pouch and hook & loop fasteners for patches.
August 11, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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He’s all over the MAHA manosphere.
Screen shot of Bluesky post by right wing substacker re: his interview w/ Jay Bhattacharya.
August 11, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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RFKjr - great timing re: pulling out of mRNA vaccine research. They are completely ineffective and don’t have any potential for helping millions w/ HIV, COVID-19, influenza, cancer or other problems people brought on themselves
by not eating beef tallow.
Screen shot of a Science Translational Medicine article abt. very promising results of a trial of an mRNA vaccine against HIV.
August 6, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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So many despots to compare him to, hard to choose the best.
1940s Soviet propaganda poster showing Josef Stalin on the left, shaking the hand of a man in uniform on the right. Title says “Work so Comrade Stalin Can Thank You”
August 2, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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Sploot
Fawn and white Italian Greyhound splooting on a bunch of blankets
August 1, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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Lilypad Forktail (Ischnura kellicotti). Cape May Point, NJ
Black Damselfly w/ brilliant turquoise markings on thorax, tail, legs and head. Widespread eyes are black, deep blue and turquoise. Against a green Lilypad leaf.
August 1, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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Another.
Black beetle with large white spots on wings, orange thorax, black head and antennae on a bright green leaf that has a yellow and tan edge.
August 1, 2025 at 12:08 PM