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Gordon Jones
@gordonj1s.bsky.social
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I retired after 33 years teaching high school math and coaching golf and have reawakened my inner photographer. I continue to play guitar daily and waste the rest of my time playing with photo editing software.
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So I have been getting weirdly friendly chats on BlueSky and Mastodon that are just not normal, yet. Anyone else think AI bots are working on this platform?
Screenshot showing two chat request threads on my account. Screenshot of one of the chat threads that seems, to me, fake. I wonder if other people are getting these too, or if I'm just "lucky".
July 28, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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Watched some experts at work putting out a blaze and shot a few photos of them in action. The brush fire was about half of a mile north of the 60 freeway, a few hundred yards West of Moreno Beach Drive. Lake Perris is about 4 miles south of the fire.
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Gif made from a series of still photos of a CAL Fire plane dropping fire retardant on a ridgeline above a fire in Moreno Valley, CA. CAL Fire jet dropping a red swath of fire retardant along a ridge as smoke billows up from the fire just beyond the aircraft. CAL Fire helicopter using a snorkel to fill its tank at Lake Perris State Recreation Area while a family in a small boat fishes in the foreground of the photo.
July 15, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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I didn't pay a lot of attention to bird's markings when I lived back East inn60's and 70's (VA, MA, RI). It is nice to see the tail markings and other plumage differences in your photo. Here is a California scrub jay.
Profile shot of California scrub jay, peanut in its beak, perched on a fence board. Carmel Valley, CA
June 9, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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Nice.
Brickwork detail of a corner of a house, Venice, CA
June 9, 2025 at 5:27 AM
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Junco, Carmel Valley, CA.
#birds
Junco, perched on a fence rail.
June 9, 2025 at 3:49 AM
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Thanks for adding me. #birds
Hummingbird perched on a thin branch, Tucson, AZ. Vermillion flycatcher on a branch, Moreno Valley, CA Killdeer wary of photographer near its nest, Moreno Valley, CA Immature and mature Bald Eagle pair on an exposed rock at low tide, La Push, WA.
June 7, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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Venice, CA,
Bird perched on a sign, sidewalk diagonal through image. Man resting on short wall, two bulldozers behind him. Skateboarder holding a drink in left hand, pulled along by two dogs on leashes held in his right hand.
June 4, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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#addBirder I'm interested in learning how to use this platform and I take photos of birds among many other subjects. Pelicans, Mazatlán, Mexico.
Two Pelicans gliding south, one flying north along the coast by Dreams resort, Mazatlán, Mexico.
June 4, 2025 at 9:42 PM