Robert Merle
@rmj440.bsky.social
Retired MD, lover of the scenery of nature, wildlife, and dogs. There are beautiful scenes wherever you look in Iceland.
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Quiet morning sky with the sun just starting to hit the hill in the distance...It just gave me a good feeling so I had to stop and take a picture. The Canada geese were silent.
#sunrise #pasturefences #nature #newhampshire #photograhy
#sunrise #pasturefences #nature #newhampshire #photograhy
November 23, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Quiet morning sky with the sun just starting to hit the hill in the distance...It just gave me a good feeling so I had to stop and take a picture. The Canada geese were silent.
#sunrise #pasturefences #nature #newhampshire #photograhy
#sunrise #pasturefences #nature #newhampshire #photograhy
This Basset Hound has his eyes on YOU and is staring deep into your heart.
#dogs #animals #pets #photography
#dogs #animals #pets #photography
November 22, 2025 at 7:16 PM
This Basset Hound has his eyes on YOU and is staring deep into your heart.
#dogs #animals #pets #photography
#dogs #animals #pets #photography
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AI is destroying our ability to educate and robbing students of their opportunities to learn. "Rather than expanding our intellectual horizons, these technologies undermine the very conditions that allow us to think for ourselves."
“While the AI industry claims its models can “think,” “reason,” and “learn,” their supposed achievements rest on marketing hype and stolen intellectual labor. In reality, AI erodes academic freedom, weakens critical reading, and subordinates the pursuit of knowledge to corporate interests.”
AI Is Hollowing Out Higher Education
Olivia Guest & Iris van Rooij urge teachers and scholars to reject tools that commodify learning, deskill students, and promote illiteracy.
www.project-syndicate.org
November 16, 2025 at 6:05 PM
AI is destroying our ability to educate and robbing students of their opportunities to learn. "Rather than expanding our intellectual horizons, these technologies undermine the very conditions that allow us to think for ourselves."
Beautiful clear day with easy viewing of Mt. Washington 70 miles away.
#nature #mountains #snow
#photography #newhampshire
#nature #mountains #snow
#photography #newhampshire
November 20, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Beautiful clear day with easy viewing of Mt. Washington 70 miles away.
#nature #mountains #snow
#photography #newhampshire
#nature #mountains #snow
#photography #newhampshire
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Just one example of a red state shooting itself in the foot.
"SNAP lifted 115,000 people above the poverty line in Alabama, including 51,000 children, per year between 2015 and 2019, on average." www.cbpp.org/research/foo...
"SNAP lifted 115,000 people above the poverty line in Alabama, including 51,000 children, per year between 2015 and 2019, on average." www.cbpp.org/research/foo...
A Closer Look at Who Benefits from SNAP: State-by-State Fact Sheets
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as food stamps) is the nation’s most important anti-hunger program, reaching some 41 million people nationwide in 2024. These...
www.cbpp.org
November 9, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Just one example of a red state shooting itself in the foot.
"SNAP lifted 115,000 people above the poverty line in Alabama, including 51,000 children, per year between 2015 and 2019, on average." www.cbpp.org/research/foo...
"SNAP lifted 115,000 people above the poverty line in Alabama, including 51,000 children, per year between 2015 and 2019, on average." www.cbpp.org/research/foo...
New Hampshire fall foliage colors with a rainbow after an evening shower
#rainbow #fall #foliage
#nature #photography
#StormHour #PhotoHour
#rainbow #fall #foliage
#nature #photography
#StormHour #PhotoHour
October 25, 2025 at 12:07 PM
New Hampshire fall foliage colors with a rainbow after an evening shower
#rainbow #fall #foliage
#nature #photography
#StormHour #PhotoHour
#rainbow #fall #foliage
#nature #photography
#StormHour #PhotoHour
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This is chilling. And it doesn't exist anymore except on the Internet.
October 23, 2025 at 1:06 PM
This is chilling. And it doesn't exist anymore except on the Internet.
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Wow! Love your creativity Ocean Beach (San Francisco)!
October 18, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Wow! Love your creativity Ocean Beach (San Francisco)!
How many Trump family members, Republican members of Congress, cabinet members or White House staff sold stock yesterday before Trump's tariff announcement today?
#corruption #grift #felons #guilty
#corruption #grift #felons #guilty
October 10, 2025 at 9:03 PM
How many Trump family members, Republican members of Congress, cabinet members or White House staff sold stock yesterday before Trump's tariff announcement today?
#corruption #grift #felons #guilty
#corruption #grift #felons #guilty
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Yes, yes you have my vote 💯
August 17, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Yes, yes you have my vote 💯
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August 4, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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When we come together for good, it’s amazing what can happen!
In the 1930s, a young Black man named Vivien Thomas stepped into Vanderbilt University—not as a student or a doctor, but as a janitor. He had no medical degree, no formal training, and no title to reflect the brilliance he carried.
In the 1930s, a young Black man named Vivien Thomas stepped into Vanderbilt University—not as a student or a doctor, but as a janitor. He had no medical degree, no formal training, and no title to reflect the brilliance he carried.
July 21, 2025 at 12:19 PM
When we come together for good, it’s amazing what can happen!
In the 1930s, a young Black man named Vivien Thomas stepped into Vanderbilt University—not as a student or a doctor, but as a janitor. He had no medical degree, no formal training, and no title to reflect the brilliance he carried.
In the 1930s, a young Black man named Vivien Thomas stepped into Vanderbilt University—not as a student or a doctor, but as a janitor. He had no medical degree, no formal training, and no title to reflect the brilliance he carried.
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WILD story. An 82-year-old from Chile lost his green card. In June, he went to pick up a new one at a USCIS office. While there, he was handcuffed and detained by ICE.
An unknown caller claiming to be a lawyer told family she could help. Later, she said he’d died. Now he’s turned up — in Guatemala!
An unknown caller claiming to be a lawyer told family she could help. Later, she said he’d died. Now he’s turned up — in Guatemala!
July 19, 2025 at 5:53 PM
WILD story. An 82-year-old from Chile lost his green card. In June, he went to pick up a new one at a USCIS office. While there, he was handcuffed and detained by ICE.
An unknown caller claiming to be a lawyer told family she could help. Later, she said he’d died. Now he’s turned up — in Guatemala!
An unknown caller claiming to be a lawyer told family she could help. Later, she said he’d died. Now he’s turned up — in Guatemala!
Snail shaped glacier ice at Jökullsárlón, Iceland…this area is known as Diamond Beach due to the bright crystals of ice contrasting with the black sand.
#Iceland #photography #nature #glacier #PhotoHour
#StormHour
#Iceland #photography #nature #glacier #PhotoHour
#StormHour
July 20, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Snail shaped glacier ice at Jökullsárlón, Iceland…this area is known as Diamond Beach due to the bright crystals of ice contrasting with the black sand.
#Iceland #photography #nature #glacier #PhotoHour
#StormHour
#Iceland #photography #nature #glacier #PhotoHour
#StormHour