Penguin On A Bike
@blueforestpenguin.bsky.social
• Teacher & legal researcher/writer • Lover of the sky, mountains, the arts, science, nature, & running • Fight climate change, hate, inequality, & fascism • Vote Blue 🩵 • Eyes open, heart pure • 📷 & 🎨 mine unless otherwise credited •
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"Men have forgotten this truth," said the fox. "But you must not forget it.
You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed."
- Antoine de Saint-Exupery
(My original #watercolor #art)
You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed."
- Antoine de Saint-Exupery
(My original #watercolor #art)
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Night sky above the mouth of Minnesota's Temperance River, where it empties into Lake Superior.
#photography #nature #landscape #landscapephotography #night #nightsky #milkyway #minnesota #river
#photography #nature #landscape #landscapephotography #night #nightsky #milkyway #minnesota #river
October 30, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Night sky above the mouth of Minnesota's Temperance River, where it empties into Lake Superior.
#photography #nature #landscape #landscapephotography #night #nightsky #milkyway #minnesota #river
#photography #nature #landscape #landscapephotography #night #nightsky #milkyway #minnesota #river
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November 7, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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The centrists in the Senate Democratic caucus saw that the country was rallying to the party in the 2025 elections and resolved that they would do anything they could to kill that momentum.
November 10, 2025 at 12:52 AM
The centrists in the Senate Democratic caucus saw that the country was rallying to the party in the 2025 elections and resolved that they would do anything they could to kill that momentum.
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Prescient
Chris Murphy: "There will be pretty substantial damage to a Dem brand that has been rehabilitated if on the heels of an election in which the people told us to keep fighting, we immediately stop... if we surrender without having gotten anything, I worry it'll be hard to get them back up off the mat"
November 10, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Prescient
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BUT WAIT, HERE COME THE SENATE DEMOCRATS TO SAVE THE TURKEY!
November 10, 2025 at 1:09 AM
BUT WAIT, HERE COME THE SENATE DEMOCRATS TO SAVE THE TURKEY!
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The Bavarian Supermoon
My idea for this supermoon was to capture it with typical Bavarian landscape elements: an old tree and a little chapel. Everything turned out well.
Upper Bavaria, Germany
#landscapephotography #landschaftsfotografie #supermoon #supermond
My idea for this supermoon was to capture it with typical Bavarian landscape elements: an old tree and a little chapel. Everything turned out well.
Upper Bavaria, Germany
#landscapephotography #landschaftsfotografie #supermoon #supermond
November 6, 2025 at 1:34 PM
The Bavarian Supermoon
My idea for this supermoon was to capture it with typical Bavarian landscape elements: an old tree and a little chapel. Everything turned out well.
Upper Bavaria, Germany
#landscapephotography #landschaftsfotografie #supermoon #supermond
My idea for this supermoon was to capture it with typical Bavarian landscape elements: an old tree and a little chapel. Everything turned out well.
Upper Bavaria, Germany
#landscapephotography #landschaftsfotografie #supermoon #supermond
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This week, Maine became the twenty-second state to adopt a “red flag” law for regulating guns, with the approval of nearly 59 percent of voters.
It will allow families to petition a judge to remove firearms temporarily from a family member who appears to pose a threat to themselves or others.
It will allow families to petition a judge to remove firearms temporarily from a family member who appears to pose a threat to themselves or others.
Maine voters approve new law to prevent suicides and mass shootings
The red flag policy follows the worst mass killing in the state's history.
www.motherjones.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:35 PM
This week, Maine became the twenty-second state to adopt a “red flag” law for regulating guns, with the approval of nearly 59 percent of voters.
It will allow families to petition a judge to remove firearms temporarily from a family member who appears to pose a threat to themselves or others.
It will allow families to petition a judge to remove firearms temporarily from a family member who appears to pose a threat to themselves or others.
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BREAKING: Men who can’t even keep the government open write letter to a third man, whose high court regularly publishes anonymous orders, to complain about anonymous criticism from lower court judges.
November 6, 2025 at 6:18 AM
BREAKING: Men who can’t even keep the government open write letter to a third man, whose high court regularly publishes anonymous orders, to complain about anonymous criticism from lower court judges.
A ProPublica review found a wide gap between the reality on the ground and the characterizations by the president and the Department of Homeland Security, which said ICE facilities like Portland’s were under “coordinated assault by violent groups.”
ICYMI: What Really Happened in Portland Before Trump Deployed the National Guard
What Really Happened in Portland Before Trump Deployed the National Guard
In the two months before Trump’s decision, criminal charges were announced against only three people. On nights when physical conflict did erupt, it often came from police firing on, shoving, pepper-s...
www.propublica.org
November 6, 2025 at 1:28 PM
A ProPublica review found a wide gap between the reality on the ground and the characterizations by the president and the Department of Homeland Security, which said ICE facilities like Portland’s were under “coordinated assault by violent groups.”
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Let silence set the world in tune
September 6, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Let silence set the world in tune
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One of the greatest. I recently saw a car with a bumper sticker that said "Remember the Edmund Fitzgerald."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuzT...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuzT...
Gordon Lightfoot - Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Gordon Lightfoot
www.youtube.com
November 3, 2025 at 2:24 AM
One of the greatest. I recently saw a car with a bumper sticker that said "Remember the Edmund Fitzgerald."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuzT...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuzT...
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Ladies and Gentlemen: The President of the United States.
Only about a third of the Trump interview aired on "60 Minutes." CBS has published the transcript of the complete interview here —> www.cbsnews.com/news/read-fu...
Read the full transcript of Norah O'Donnell's interview with President Trump here.
Read the full transcript of Norah O'Donnell's interview with President Trump here.
www.cbsnews.com
November 3, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Ladies and Gentlemen: The President of the United States.
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The beautiful real-time motion of the aurora
November 3, 2025 at 12:16 AM
The beautiful real-time motion of the aurora
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October 21, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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"I believe that there is a subtle magnetism in Nature, which, if we unconsciously yield to it, will direct us aright."
~ Henry David Thoreau
The Wooded Lane
🎨 Claude Monet (1876)
~ Henry David Thoreau
The Wooded Lane
🎨 Claude Monet (1876)
October 19, 2025 at 8:23 AM
"I believe that there is a subtle magnetism in Nature, which, if we unconsciously yield to it, will direct us aright."
~ Henry David Thoreau
The Wooded Lane
🎨 Claude Monet (1876)
~ Henry David Thoreau
The Wooded Lane
🎨 Claude Monet (1876)
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Morning on Lake Langlois. Carnation. Washington. #photography #art #color #clouds #landscape #scape #lake #PacificNorthwest
October 24, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Morning on Lake Langlois. Carnation. Washington. #photography #art #color #clouds #landscape #scape #lake #PacificNorthwest
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He is the enemy within
October 21, 2025 at 7:22 AM
He is the enemy within
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Repubs won’t even acknowledge that Dems are trying to keep health insurance premiums from skyrocketing for 20+ million Americans?
They are just going pretend that isn’t happening & keep repeating this “free healthcare for illegals” bs?
What do the 20+ million think about that?
They are just going pretend that isn’t happening & keep repeating this “free healthcare for illegals” bs?
What do the 20+ million think about that?
October 3, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Repubs won’t even acknowledge that Dems are trying to keep health insurance premiums from skyrocketing for 20+ million Americans?
They are just going pretend that isn’t happening & keep repeating this “free healthcare for illegals” bs?
What do the 20+ million think about that?
They are just going pretend that isn’t happening & keep repeating this “free healthcare for illegals” bs?
What do the 20+ million think about that?
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If ACA subsidies expire, more Republicans will get hurt than Dems. R voters need to understand just how profoundly they will be impacted if their GOP leaders fail to act! They want to own the Libs? They won’t even be able to rent them if they lose their subsidies! 🤷♂️
acasignups.net/25/09/09/red...
acasignups.net/25/09/09/red...
October 3, 2025 at 12:49 PM
If ACA subsidies expire, more Republicans will get hurt than Dems. R voters need to understand just how profoundly they will be impacted if their GOP leaders fail to act! They want to own the Libs? They won’t even be able to rent them if they lose their subsidies! 🤷♂️
acasignups.net/25/09/09/red...
acasignups.net/25/09/09/red...
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North Window Arch - From Bill (ridingrobots.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/2oepxk8
September 30, 2025 at 1:00 PM
North Window Arch - From Bill (ridingrobots.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/2oepxk8