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Bernadette van der Vliet
@bvdvl.bsky.social
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Photographer and graphic designer living in Rhode Island, USA. But born and raised in the Netherlands! Still a proud Dutchie. www.bmtphotos.com. All photos I post are taken by me unless noted otherwise.
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A lone leaf caught by a branch. Fall in New England.

#nature #photography #naturephotography #photography #photographylovers #photographyeveryday #visuals
#photographysouls #through_the_lens #photographyisart
A orange leaf stuck to a branch
October 27, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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A little hummingbird getting ready for the big migration south. She is a regular visitor at my hanging flower basket. I will miss her!

#🪶 #birds #nature #wildlife #birding #photography
#birdphotography #wildlifephotography
A hummingbird feeding on a red flower against a white background.
August 23, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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Papa sparrow and his two daughters

#🪶 #birds #nature #wildlife #birding #photography
#birdphotography #wildlifephotography
A sparrow feeding one of his daughters while the other is waiting to be fed, sitting on a fence.
August 3, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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A Carolina Wren is building its nest in a flower box on my deck. I love watching these small birds with their mighty voice!
#🪶 #birds #nature #wildlife #birding #photography
#birdphotography #wildlifephotography
A Carolina Wren with some nest material in its beak.
July 15, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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goodtroubleliveson.org. Be there!
Good Trouble Lives On
On July 17, five years since the passing of Congressman John Lewis, communities across the country will take to the streets, courthouses, and community spaces to carry forward his fight for justice, v...
goodtroubleliveson.org
July 15, 2025 at 1:34 PM
bvdvl.bsky.social
It is hot out there. A little sparrow trying to cool off. As of 11:00am, it is already 102 F (39 C) in the sun...

#🪶 #birds #nature #wildlife #birding #photography
#birdphotography #wildlifephotography
A little sparrow sitting in a bird bath cooling off.
June 24, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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I'm attending Not Above the Law's event, “Disappeared in America Visual Action” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve...
Disappeared in America Visual Action · Mobilize
**In America, the government doesn’t get to grab people off the streets, skip the courtroom, and send them straight to a foreign prison.** Disappeared in America is a national day of action to stand u...
www.mobilize.us
June 21, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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Yesterday so many people showed up at the No Kings Day protest in Providence RI. They all send a clear message to this fascist administration.
#resist #resistance #BuildTheResistance #USprotests #ConstitutionalCoup #50501ri #NotMyPresident #FiftyFiftyOne #VoicesUnheard #hellno
June 15, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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June 14: It's Time to Take Back America!
open.substack.com/pub/malcolmn...
June 14: It's Time to Take Back America!
HERE IS YOUR CALL TO ACTION: 76.5 million of you voted against Trump. June 14th we start the Liberation of America
open.substack.com
June 6, 2025 at 2:45 PM
bvdvl.bsky.social
As part of a nationwide action, Rhode Islanders let passersby know that we fight fascism.

#resist #resistance #BuildTheResistance #USprotests #ConstitutionalCoup
#NotMyPresident #FiftyFiftyOne #VoicesUnheard #hellno
June 1, 2025 at 12:35 AM
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I'm taking action on June 14 to remind Trump and his enablers that America has No Kings. Join me in Providence to reject authoritarianism and show the world what democracy really looks like. app.sosha.ai/s/k9zX7whk
Join me on June 14
app.sosha.ai
June 1, 2025 at 12:23 AM
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One of the many overpass gatherings going on today. This was in Rhode Island. #resist #resistance #BuildTheResistance #USprotests #ConstitutionalCoup
#NotMyPresident #FiftyFiftyOne #VoicesUnheard #hellno
Two signs at an overpass reading 'Defend the Constitution' and 'Hands off Medicaid' Two signs hanging on an overpass reading 'Hands off immigrants' and United for Veterans'
May 26, 2025 at 11:49 PM
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This is how I feel these days... (a Crackle in the rain, looking angry)
#🪶 #birds #nature #wildlife #birding #photography
#birdphotography #wildlifephotography #naturephotography
A Crackle in the rain, looking angry
May 20, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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Always have a soft spot for a nonconformist!
A tulip field in the Netherlands, April 2025
#photography #Holland #Netherlands #flowers #travelphotography #flowerphotography #sonyalpha
A red tulip stands above other tulips
May 12, 2025 at 3:08 AM
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elizabethjacobs.bsky.social
Kilmar Abrego Garcia needs to come back to the U.S.

The Regime keeps trying to convince us that he’s a “bad hombre”.

He’s not, but it would not matter if he were. Their personal attacks on him reveal their utter disregard for the Constitution.

Due process: Everybody counts or nobody counts.
May 7, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Reposted by Bernadette van der Vliet
societyschild.bsky.social
Linda McMahon wrote Harvard a letter to which they responded by noting areas that are in need of corrections and then posted it on social media.
Great job Harvard!👏👏👏
May 6, 2025 at 11:21 PM
bvdvl.bsky.social
No Kings, national protest on June 14. In Providence Rhode Island: 12pm at the State house www.mobilize.us/nokings/
NO KINGS Rhode Island · No Kings
**In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.** NO KINGS is a national day of action and mass mobilization in response to increasing authoritarian excesses and corruption from Trump and his allie...
www.mobilize.us
May 6, 2025 at 4:05 AM
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Two young squirrels are starting to explore the outside world. It obviously is scary out there, because they only leave their nest for a few seconds at a time. It is a real treat to watch them from my office.
#nature #wildlife #photography #wildlifephotography #naturephotography
Tho young squirrels leaving their nest in an old tree
May 5, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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Spend three weeks in the Netherlands, visiting my family and friends, and of course doing a lot of photography.
This is a photo I took in Amsterdam of a bike parked in the middle of the Dam.

#photography #urbanphotography #netherlands #travelphotography #amsterdam
A colorful bicycle in the center of Amsterdam
May 2, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Reposted by Bernadette van der Vliet
samwang.bsky.social
In the wake of what Judge Dugan did (100% legal), now is a good time for everyone to know what she knows:

An immigration or administrative warrant is *not* a judicial warrant. You are not obliged to obey it. Indeed, you can let the person out the back door. docs.google.com/presentation...
April 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM
bvdvl.bsky.social
Spending a few weeks in my home country. It is good to be in Holland again.
#photography
April 16, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Reposted by Bernadette van der Vliet
vanhollen.senate.gov
I’m about to board my flight to El Salvador, where I hope to meet with senior government officials to discuss the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia.

I also hope to see Kilmar and check on his condition — and remind him that we won’t stop fighting until he’s home.
Headed to El Salvador to meet with government officials and discuss return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia
YouTube video by Senator Chris Van Hollen
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April 16, 2025 at 10:13 AM
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Yesterdays rally to save the USPS in Providence, RI. People were fired up! #resist #resistance #BuildTheResistance #USprotests #DOGE=Dodgy #ConstitutionalCoup
#NotMyPresident #FiftyFiftyOne #VoicesUnheard #hellno
Showing postal workers rallying against the closure of the USPS
March 24, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Reposted by Bernadette van der Vliet
lakotaman.bsky.social
Trump’s America
March 19, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Reposted by Bernadette van der Vliet
chrislhayes.bsky.social
They want the unreviewable power to grab people and render them to a foreign gulag.
joycewhitevance.bsky.social Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · Mar 17
If the Supreme Court ultimately agrees with what the gov't is arguing today, that the President has broad Article II powers that would permit it to deport people & there can be no judicial review, then literally no one is safe.
March 17, 2025 at 10:12 PM