@jaoryan.bsky.social
Retired teacher, crocheter, cat (and dog) person.
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You know you're being too chatty when you get the "talk to the hand" gesture from a baby great horned owl.
#owls #birds #canada #nature #wildlife #photography #wildlifephotography #birding #nikon #greathornedowl
#owls #birds #canada #nature #wildlife #photography #wildlifephotography #birding #nikon #greathornedowl
April 11, 2025 at 2:26 PM
You know you're being too chatty when you get the "talk to the hand" gesture from a baby great horned owl.
#owls #birds #canada #nature #wildlife #photography #wildlifephotography #birding #nikon #greathornedowl
#owls #birds #canada #nature #wildlife #photography #wildlifephotography #birding #nikon #greathornedowl
Big brother (on the left) is getting used to having his baby sister around.
April 4, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Big brother (on the left) is getting used to having his baby sister around.
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As predicted these clowns are planing to fire sale the nations public lands.
My bet is they transfer most of whatever they gain to themselves.
Call your reps and raise hell.
202 224 3121
PS
Our standing policy is we don't show his ugly mug on our page.
www.americanprogress.org/article/trum...
My bet is they transfer most of whatever they gain to themselves.
Call your reps and raise hell.
202 224 3121
PS
Our standing policy is we don't show his ugly mug on our page.
www.americanprogress.org/article/trum...
February 24, 2025 at 6:12 PM
As predicted these clowns are planing to fire sale the nations public lands.
My bet is they transfer most of whatever they gain to themselves.
Call your reps and raise hell.
202 224 3121
PS
Our standing policy is we don't show his ugly mug on our page.
www.americanprogress.org/article/trum...
My bet is they transfer most of whatever they gain to themselves.
Call your reps and raise hell.
202 224 3121
PS
Our standing policy is we don't show his ugly mug on our page.
www.americanprogress.org/article/trum...
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📸 Jeremy Noyes - Facebook
-INDIAN WINTER-
Here's a shot of a stellar sunrise from Meredith, New Hampshire. This is Indian Island and sits about 100' from shore. When all of the trees have lost their leaves, the statue of Chief Chocorua is so prominent.
-INDIAN WINTER-
Here's a shot of a stellar sunrise from Meredith, New Hampshire. This is Indian Island and sits about 100' from shore. When all of the trees have lost their leaves, the statue of Chief Chocorua is so prominent.
March 10, 2025 at 8:16 AM
📸 Jeremy Noyes - Facebook
-INDIAN WINTER-
Here's a shot of a stellar sunrise from Meredith, New Hampshire. This is Indian Island and sits about 100' from shore. When all of the trees have lost their leaves, the statue of Chief Chocorua is so prominent.
-INDIAN WINTER-
Here's a shot of a stellar sunrise from Meredith, New Hampshire. This is Indian Island and sits about 100' from shore. When all of the trees have lost their leaves, the statue of Chief Chocorua is so prominent.
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“Man, was I wrong.”
March 9, 2025 at 1:51 PM
“Man, was I wrong.”
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Colorado, seven other states sue Trump administration after abrupt end to teacher training grants
Colorado, seven other states sue Trump administration after abrupt end to teacher training grants
Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser called the halt of the federal grant funding “a body blow to rural Colorado” where districts frequently struggle to recruit educators
buff.ly
March 9, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Colorado, seven other states sue Trump administration after abrupt end to teacher training grants
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Got any plans for next Friday? Cancel them and do this instead, we need you. ❤️🇺🇸
March 7, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Got any plans for next Friday? Cancel them and do this instead, we need you. ❤️🇺🇸
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The woman interviewed for the story (pictured here) was a co-worker of mine. It's hard to describe the sacrifice required to move out to rural Alaska. These people are deserving of our gratitude; instead, they were shoved, quite literally, out into the cold.
Fired federal workers in Alaska speak out about chaos of losing jobs, housing, research and more, reports Corinne Smith, @corinne-smith.bsky.social, of @alaskabeacon.com alaskabeacon.com/2025/03/07/f...
Fired federal workers in Alaska speak out about chaos of losing jobs, housing, research and more • Alaska Beacon
Three former employees share about the work they did, the experience of being fired and insights into how the job losses will impact Alaska.
alaskabeacon.com
March 8, 2025 at 7:08 AM
The woman interviewed for the story (pictured here) was a co-worker of mine. It's hard to describe the sacrifice required to move out to rural Alaska. These people are deserving of our gratitude; instead, they were shoved, quite literally, out into the cold.
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There's literally a volcano fixing to erupt in Alaska now.
Mt Spurr.
There's actually reportedly an uptick in volcanic activity.
Know how we know?
Mt Spurr.
There's actually reportedly an uptick in volcanic activity.
Know how we know?
March 7, 2025 at 2:37 PM
There's literally a volcano fixing to erupt in Alaska now.
Mt Spurr.
There's actually reportedly an uptick in volcanic activity.
Know how we know?
Mt Spurr.
There's actually reportedly an uptick in volcanic activity.
Know how we know?
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In honor of Women's History Month and before this gets erased, here is General Ann E. Dunwoody, the first woman to reach a 4-star rank in the US armed forces in 2008.
Only 9 others have followed her and as of quite recently there are no women serving with 4 stars.
www.army.mil/article/8560...
Only 9 others have followed her and as of quite recently there are no women serving with 4 stars.
www.army.mil/article/8560...
March 3, 2025 at 2:14 PM
In honor of Women's History Month and before this gets erased, here is General Ann E. Dunwoody, the first woman to reach a 4-star rank in the US armed forces in 2008.
Only 9 others have followed her and as of quite recently there are no women serving with 4 stars.
www.army.mil/article/8560...
Only 9 others have followed her and as of quite recently there are no women serving with 4 stars.
www.army.mil/article/8560...
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By the way, if we want to talk about fraud… guess who has businesses convicted of fraud?
By the way this press release is written, I guess that means we shouldn’t trust him with federal funding?
ag.ny.gov/press-releas...
By the way this press release is written, I guess that means we shouldn’t trust him with federal funding?
ag.ny.gov/press-releas...
Attorney General James Wins Landmark Victory in Case Against Donald Trump
NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James today released the following statement after Justice Arthur F. Engoron of New York State Supreme Court ruled
ag.ny.gov
March 7, 2025 at 9:52 AM
By the way, if we want to talk about fraud… guess who has businesses convicted of fraud?
By the way this press release is written, I guess that means we shouldn’t trust him with federal funding?
ag.ny.gov/press-releas...
By the way this press release is written, I guess that means we shouldn’t trust him with federal funding?
ag.ny.gov/press-releas...
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I am ANGRY & SAD.
They have no right to destroy national artifacts.
They have no right to destroy national artifacts.
The Pentagon has marked 26,000 photos for deletion to purge evidence of diversity.
The photos include the 1st black pilots in WWII, the 1st women to pass infantry training & the plane that dropped the Hiroshima bomb because it’s called the “Enola GAY”.
This is real. We’re living in a horror story.
The photos include the 1st black pilots in WWII, the 1st women to pass infantry training & the plane that dropped the Hiroshima bomb because it’s called the “Enola GAY”.
This is real. We’re living in a horror story.
War heroes and military firsts are among 26,000 images flagged for removal in Pentagon's DEI purge
References to a World War II Medal of Honor recipient, the Enola Gay aircraft that dropped an atomic bomb on Japan and women and minorites are among the tens of thousands of photos and online posts ma...
apnews.com
March 7, 2025 at 9:54 AM
I am ANGRY & SAD.
They have no right to destroy national artifacts.
They have no right to destroy national artifacts.
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Well, America's experiment with free and public education had a nice run:
Trump administration drafting executive order to initiate Department of Education’s elimination | CNN Politics
The Trump administration has begun drafting an executive order that would kick off the process of eliminating the Department of Education, the latest move by President Donald Trump to swiftly carry ou...
www.cnn.com
February 4, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Well, America's experiment with free and public education had a nice run:
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A tall faulty apricot crotch vessel, with azurite filling the cracks.
#art #woodturning #vessel #hollowform #apricot #azurite
#art #woodturning #vessel #hollowform #apricot #azurite
March 2, 2025 at 3:23 PM
A tall faulty apricot crotch vessel, with azurite filling the cracks.
#art #woodturning #vessel #hollowform #apricot #azurite
#art #woodturning #vessel #hollowform #apricot #azurite
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Musk's censorship algorithm on Twitter reduced our audience by about 95% since he bought it.
So we moved over to blue sky.
Help us build another great following right here where the skies are clear and the water is fine ;-)
Please do
Follow
Retweet & repeat
So we moved over to blue sky.
Help us build another great following right here where the skies are clear and the water is fine ;-)
Please do
Follow
Retweet & repeat
February 11, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Musk's censorship algorithm on Twitter reduced our audience by about 95% since he bought it.
So we moved over to blue sky.
Help us build another great following right here where the skies are clear and the water is fine ;-)
Please do
Follow
Retweet & repeat
So we moved over to blue sky.
Help us build another great following right here where the skies are clear and the water is fine ;-)
Please do
Follow
Retweet & repeat
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I’m thinking we should spread this news about the firings at NOAA as far and wide as possible. Like cancer research, weather forecasting seems likely to be broadly popular across the political spectrum. apnews.com/article/nati...
Hundreds of weather forecasters fired in latest wave of DOGE cuts
Federal workers who were not let go said the afternoon layoffs included meteorologists who do crucial local forecasts in National Weather Service offices across the U.S.
apnews.com
February 28, 2025 at 3:03 PM
I’m thinking we should spread this news about the firings at NOAA as far and wide as possible. Like cancer research, weather forecasting seems likely to be broadly popular across the political spectrum. apnews.com/article/nati...
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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration houses key groups like the National Weather Service. Experts warn the consequences of employee cuts could be drastic.
Trump administration layoffs hit NOAA, agency that forecasts weather, hurricanes
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration houses key groups like the National Weather Service. Experts warn the consequences of employee cuts could be drastic.
www.npr.org
February 28, 2025 at 5:50 PM
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration houses key groups like the National Weather Service. Experts warn the consequences of employee cuts could be drastic.
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The 1946 tsunami from Alaska killed ~170 people in Hilo (red line, 26 ft/8m). A tsunami originating from the 1960 Valdivia quake killed 61 (white line, 15 ft/4.6m). One of those people was the grandparent of a current student.
The firing of PTWC scientists will have deadly consequences for us.
The firing of PTWC scientists will have deadly consequences for us.
February 28, 2025 at 8:15 AM
The 1946 tsunami from Alaska killed ~170 people in Hilo (red line, 26 ft/8m). A tsunami originating from the 1960 Valdivia quake killed 61 (white line, 15 ft/4.6m). One of those people was the grandparent of a current student.
The firing of PTWC scientists will have deadly consequences for us.
The firing of PTWC scientists will have deadly consequences for us.
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For those who missed it!! #Altgov had a story written about them!!
Calling themselves #AltGov, the network has developed a visible, public-facing presence in recent weeks through Bluesky accounts.
#AltGov: the secret network of federal workers resisting Doge from the inside
www.theguardian.com
February 27, 2025 at 12:33 AM
For those who missed it!! #Altgov had a story written about them!!
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Good morning Bluesky #birds #photography #nature #owls
Tell all your friends.
#blackout
#trumpisacunt
Tell all your friends.
#blackout
#trumpisacunt
February 28, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Good morning Bluesky #birds #photography #nature #owls
Tell all your friends.
#blackout
#trumpisacunt
Tell all your friends.
#blackout
#trumpisacunt
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From Heather Cox Richardson ...
@hrexach.bsky.social
@hrexach.bsky.social
Folks: I am NOT affiliated with the group that is using my name to support an economic boycott. Please spread this post, if you would.
February 13, 2025 at 4:23 PM
From Heather Cox Richardson ...
@hrexach.bsky.social
@hrexach.bsky.social
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JUST IN: A federal judge in Massachusetts has blocked the Trump administration's rate change to NIH grants.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
February 10, 2025 at 10:25 PM
JUST IN: A federal judge in Massachusetts has blocked the Trump administration's rate change to NIH grants.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...