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Dan Kulkosky

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Lover of music, books, and art. Amateur photographer. World traveler. Manhattan, Upper West Side native. Mets fan. Lover of dark roast coffee and spicy foods. Hater of Trump and all his minions.
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Dan Kulkosky

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#FloralFriday #FlowersOnFriday #PineRose #EastCoastKin

#Flora #Flowers #Morocco

#Photography #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBluesky

December 20, 2025 at 3:03 AM

Dan Kulkosky

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#FloralFriday #FlowersOnFriday #Poinsettia #EastCoastKin

#Morocco

#Photography #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBluesky

December 20, 2025 at 2:55 AM

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Laura Bassett

@lebassett.bsky.social

Muting a Black woman to claim the vote was unanimous is so incredibly on the nose

Rep. Joyce Beatty @repbeatty.bsky.social · 1d

The White House claims the vote to rename the Kennedy Center was “unanimous.” That is false. I was muted on the call and denied the opportunity to speak or register my opposition. That is not consensus. That is censorship.

December 18, 2025 at 10:22 PM

Dan Kulkosky

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#AlphabetChallenge #WeekYforYearPast #EastCoastKin

#GinkgoBiloba #Trees #Leaves #StreetPhotography #Autumn #Fall

#Photography #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBluesky

#See ALTs

And old ginkgo biloba tree spans a side street in New York City. From the fall of this year. Ginkgo trees are popular street trees due to their hardiness (they are said to have survived the Cretaceous extinction). In spring and summer, ginkgos sprout bright green leaves with an usual spade shape. This one is in transition to its bright yellow autumn colors. See the next photo for more.

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When ginkgo biloba leaves make their annual transition from lime green to bright yellow leaves, they shed their entire leaf load in the space of a few days. Streets, and any parked cars underneath the trees, become coated in a yellow carpet.

December 19, 2025 at 9:13 PM

Dan Kulkosky

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Hey @guardtheleaf.bsky.social. Check this out.

Minka @minkab.bsky.social · 21h

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🇨🇦BREAKING: Mark Carney Just Shut Down All Trade Talks With Trump — Until Washington “Stabilizes”

No kneeling. No panic. No tariff-for-favours scams. Just grown-up governance.

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December 19, 2025 at 9:02 PM

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RFK Jr.'s stance on pediatric research is clear: F-ck them kids

The Department of Health and Human Services just terminated seven grants to the American Academy of Pediatrics for daring to criticize Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s unhinged anti-vaccine, anti-...

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December 19, 2025 at 5:28 PM

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Adam Schwarz

@adamjschwarz.bsky.social

Maria Shriver, niece of JFK:

He was a man interested in the arts, culture, education, language, history... It is beyond comprehension that the president has sought to rename this great memorial.

C’mon my fellow Americans! Wake up! This is not dignified. This is not funny... It’s downright weird.

December 18, 2025 at 9:59 PM

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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸

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December 19, 2025 at 12:23 PM

Dan Kulkosky

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#Scapes #Landscapes #Sunsets #EastCoastKin #CloudScapes

#Clouds #WindTurbines #Clouds #Sky

#Morocco #Africa

#Photography #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBluesky

December 19, 2025 at 8:29 PM

Dan Kulkosky

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Two #FoundObjects for #AlphabetChallenge #WeekYforYearPast #EastCoastKin.

#Dolls #StreetPhotography

#Photography #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBluesky

December 19, 2025 at 8:23 PM

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Mrs. Betty Bowers

@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social

Living for the day when that vile gargoyle's name is crowbarred off the building.

December 19, 2025 at 5:15 PM

Dan Kulkosky

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#AlphabetChallenge #WeekYforYearPast #EastCoastKin #WaterfallWednesday

Start of #CheonggeyecheongStream #Seoul #SouthKorea #Waterfalls

#UrbanPhotography #WeAreRoamers

#Photography #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBluesky

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A waterfall marks the beginning of Cheonggeyecheong Stream in Seoul, South Korea. The skyline is visible in the background.

A stream used to run approximately along the path of the modern day stream. After WWII, Seoul and Korea rapidly modernized. The stream was replaced by an elevated highway. By early in the 21st Century, the highway was an eyesore, effecting quality of life in the blocks near it, as well as polluting the air. And it did not even improve traffic.

The city government decided to tear down the highway and replace it with an urban oasis. The result was Cheonggeyecheong Stream, one of the premier examples of the repurposing of a former site. Only the High Line in New York City compares.

The stream runs for more than 6 miles through downtown Seoul. Catfish and smaller fish swim in the water; herons and egrets eat the fish, and smaller birds alight in trees along the paths the run on either side of the stream. The people of Seoul and many visitors flock to it. On warm weekend nights, the paths are so crowded with strollers that traffic jams occur.

So, when you visit Seoul, never mind the Royal Palace or the bars and restaurants, make Cheonggeyecheong Stream your first stop. And you'll go back to it again and again.

December 18, 2025 at 2:10 AM

Dan Kulkosky

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#AnimalArtTuesday #EastCoastKin

#Morocco #Essaouira #Bull #Sculpture #Art #Metal

#Photography #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBluesky

December 16, 2025 at 8:01 PM

Dan Kulkosky

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#TwosDay #EastCoastKin

#ConeyIsland #Subway #Art #Brooklyn

#NYCphotography #UrbanPhotography

#Photography #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBluesky

December 16, 2025 at 7:50 PM

Dan Kulkosky

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#TwosDay #EastCoastKin

My wife and I at #StPetersChurch in #Memphis after #MidnightMass

#Tennessee #WeAreRoamers #Humans

#Photography #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBluesky

December 16, 2025 at 4:39 PM

Dan Kulkosky

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#BirdOfTheDay #NaturesBounty #EastCoastKin

#Mallards ? (1,3,4) #WoodDuck ? (2) #Ducks #Birds #BirdPhotography

#CentralPark #ThePond #NYC

#Photography #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBluesky

December 16, 2025 at 4:32 PM

Dan Kulkosky

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#DongdaemunDesignPlaza for #AlphabetChallenge #WeekYforYearPast #EastCoastKin

#Dongdaemun #Seoul #SouthKorea #WeAreRoamers

#MobilePhotography

#Photography #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBluesky

September this year.

December 16, 2025 at 4:12 PM

Dan Kulkosky

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A #HerringGull by the #Thames for #BirdOfTheDay #ScratchersAndPruners

#Birds #BirdPhotography #Gulls

#London #England #WeAreRoamers

#Photography #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBluesky

December 16, 2025 at 12:53 AM

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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸

@gtconway.bsky.social

Feverishly working on this

December 15, 2025 at 4:28 PM

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Mark Hamill

@markhamillofficial.bsky.social

Still in a state of shock trying to process the tragic loss of one of the most gifted men in the entertainment industry & his wife when the Embarrassment-in-Chief disgraces common human decency with this repulsive, deranged statement.

#NoWords 🤮