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#SaturdayVibes @goldengal31.bsky.social @philliesfan1000.bsky.social @claire1224.bsky.social @karendipitee.bsky.social
TDY in 1975, a 7.7 magnitude earthquake triggered the Kilauea Volcano to erupt in Hawaii. However, since 1952, Kilauea has erupted dozens of times.
Have a peaceful & relaxing day🫶✌️

Profane Wisdom @profanewisdom.bsky.social · 1d

I never thought I’d be keen to run towards an active #volcano but I’ve done it twice now. #hilo #hawaii #kilauea

November 29, 2025 at 2:49 PM

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#FrenchFoodInASongOrMovie
The FrenchToastConnection

November 28, 2025 at 4:37 PM

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#FreedomFriday @goldengal31.bsky.social @philliesfan1000.bsky.social @claire1224.bsky.social @karendipitee.bsky.social
#BlackFriday traditionally marks the start of the Christmas shopping season & is the busiest shopping day of the year in the US.
#RiseAndRelax, shop online & have a peaceful day🫶✌️

Sabrina Mandanas @sgmandanas.bsky.social · 1d

Good morning. Enjoy this day! 😊💙🦋🌱

November 28, 2025 at 2:11 PM

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#ThrowbackThursday TDY on Nov 27, 1924 was Macy's first annual Christmas/Thanksgiving parade.
#HappyThanksGivingDay @goldengal31.bsky.social @philliesfan1000.bsky.social @claire1224.bsky.social @karendipitee.bsky.social
Gobble till you wobble 🦃🫶✌️

Stardust 🌏🎬 @stardustbluepr.com · 2d

1930s photo of the Macys Thanksgiving Day Parade traveling down Broadway from 110th Street

November 27, 2025 at 2:40 PM

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#WildlifeWednesday at the Seine River "We'll always have Paris" ~Rick
TDY in 1942, Casablanca starring Humphrey Bogart (Rick) & Ingrid Bergman" premiered in NYC and in Paris on Jan 23, 1943.
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Torr 🧵 @torrleonard.bsky.social · Jul 7

"In 1970s, the Paris river was considered biologically dead thanks to severe pollution; much of the city’s wastewater poured into it untreated, and wildlife all but disappeared.

After decades of improved sanitation, its ecosystem is thriving, and the number of fish species has tripled since 1990."

Fish Are Thriving in the River Seine

For years, the storied French waterway was nearly biologically dead. Now, it’s teeming with marine life once again, as it did centuries ago.

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November 26, 2025 at 1:31 PM

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#TravelTuesday @goldengal31.bsky.social @philliesfan1000.bsky.social @claire1224.bsky.social @karendipitee.bsky.social
TDY in 1864 Confederate agents plot to burn New York city failed.
I have visited NYC many times; never heard this story.
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November 25, 2025 at 1:44 PM

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#MonetMonday " What I like most of all in London is the fog."~ C. Monet
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TDY in 1715 London's Thames River freezes over.
I had to research to verify and this is what I found:
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The Economist @economist.com · 5d

The river Thames has never been easier to enjoy, which is good news for tourists and Londoners alike

River boats are returning Thames transport to Tudor times

Though Henry VIII might be surprised by their green twist

econ.st

November 24, 2025 at 2:22 PM

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#ShakespeareSunday "...the poet’s pen
Turns them to shapes and gives to airy nothing
A local habitation and a name.
Such tricks hath strong imagination.
#DrWhoDay
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#CarpeDiem 🫶✌️👇

Darryl Cat @darrylcat.bsky.social · 6d

#ASongOrMovieForSciFiTrivia the TARDIS part

a blue police box sits in a grassy field

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November 23, 2025 at 2:21 PM

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#SaturdayVibes @goldengal31.bsky.social @philliesfan1000.bsky.social @claire1224.bsky.social @karendipitee.bsky.social
TDY in 1842, Mount St Helens (Washington) erupted. Since the end of the last ice age, Mount St Helens has erupted more than 40 times.
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Mabes @mabes3.bsky.social · Oct 11

I'm partial to the evocative sense of continuity of scarred places blooming forth again
A reminder of however bad things get
No matter how dark the skies seems
This too shall pass
And the flowers with grow out of the bones of our pain, and ultimately fade them away

A tank, possibly from the Yugoslav wars, sitting rusted in a field of flowers, the implication being the weight of time to erode away this relic of pain, and turn the former mud into vibrant life

Three panel graphic of tree cover on Mt Saint Helens before, after, and now, following the eruption, showcasing the totalizing destruction, but also how quickly life returns and consumes the literal ashes of destruction

A field of red paintbrush flowers on St. Helens

A stand of dead trees all lying at angles on a hill on the mountain, presumably from being blown down in the concussive force, standing like iron pikes stabbing out of the ground, while myriad colorful flowers choke in and around them, giving the impression of life swallowing up this relic of destruction, in a haunting beauty

November 22, 2025 at 1:56 PM

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#FridayTrivia @goldengal31.bsky.social @philliesfan1000.bsky.social @claire1224.bsky.social @karendipitee.bsky.social
TDY in 1920, silent film "The Last of the Mohicans" was released. Adapted from James Fenimore Cooper's novel, it starred Wallace Beery.
Good day to view the 1991 version.🫶✌️
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Dirk Lester 🇺🇸 🇬🇧 🇫🇷 ✌🏾 @dirk2112.bsky.social · 8d

So am the only one in the mood to watch Last of The Mohicans after Ken Burns latest?

a group of soldiers stand in a field with flags and swords

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November 21, 2025 at 1:12 PM

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WOW‼️ @goldengal31.bsky.social @philliesfan1000.bsky.social hard to believe this is not an AI generated photo; but it's real. #Rafflesia 🌱 #bloomscrolling
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November 20, 2025 at 6:23 PM

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#ThrowbackThursdayVibes TDY in 1866, French inventor Pierre Lallement patented rotary crank bicycle. @goldengal31.bsky.social @philliesfan1000.bsky.social @claire1224.bsky.social @karendipitee.bsky.social
When's the last time you rode a bike? Think I'll ride my trike & have a good day.
#CarpeDiem🚴‍♀️🫶✌️

Lior Steinberg @liorsteinberg.bsky.social · 16d

Is it Amsterdam? Copenhagen?

No, it's Paris!

In the last few years, the French capital has done so much to make cycling a great and efficient way to move around the city. And now they have one of the best problems a city can have: bicycle congestion.

November 20, 2025 at 2:35 PM

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#WildlifeWednesday haiku
stillness and silence
hallmark of dark winter days ~
sheltering begins ~✍️unknown
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Happy Birthday Jodie Foster, born today in 1962🤫🐑
Have a good day🫶✌️

Chris Brooking @chris108.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 10d

Sheep in the snow.

#SheepOfMastodon #northumberland #uk

Looking over a grey drystone wall sheep are in a field with a light covering of snow. Bright sunshine catches their white wool and coloured identification marks

November 19, 2025 at 2:04 PM

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#TravelTuesday TDY in 1626, St. Peter’s Basilica in The Vatican City was consecrated, becoming the world’s largest Christian basilica. It took 120 years to build the Basilica.
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Historia – the HWA @historia-hwa.bsky.social · Jul 27

Richard Kurti writes about the inspiration behind his Basilica Diaries thrillers, set in Renaissance Rome at the time of the rebuilding of St Peter's Basilica.
He finds some contemporary echoes...
Read more at historiamag.com/rebuilding-st-peters

November 18, 2025 at 1:49 PM

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#MonetMonday "Flowers, always and always"-C. Monet
#Haiku #PerroDelLaCalle
#StreetDog 🌱#bloomscrolling
A mesmerized dog
Admiring a flamboyant
Tulum Burning Bush~ ✍️rTe

mullicannot.bsky.social @mullicannot.bsky.social · 12d

Un perro en Tulum en infrarrojo (A dog in Tulum in infrared)

#irphoto #irphotography #infraredphotography #infrared #kolarivision #590nm #tulum #mexico #streetphotography #dog #streetdog #colorswap

A small black-and-white dog sits on a concrete sidewalk in front of a modest home. Vivid infrared foliage surrounds the entrance, with bright pink leaves covering the doorway, balcony, and potted plants. Laundry hangs above the scene, and the dog faces slightly downward in the foreground, framed by the dense pink vegetation.

November 17, 2025 at 4:13 PM

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#MesaMonday @goldengal31.bsky.social @philliesfan1000.bsky.social @claire1224.bsky.social @karendipitee.bsky.social
#TakeAHikeDay encourages us to get out and hit the trails. The National Trail System across the 50 states has over 60,000 miles of trails.
Hiking or walking, what's your favorite?
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Leenie @leenie-da-meanie.bsky.social · Nov 11

Just some pictures of what I really love. Hiking and exploring the desert southwest. This was at Mesa Verde National monument in October

November 17, 2025 at 2:04 PM

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#ShakespeareSunday "a brave vessel (Who had no doubt some noble creature in her) Dashed all to pieces! O, the cry did knock Against my very heart! Poor souls, they perished!"
A fitting prelude to Haiku, 0311 by #DavidHoffmann 👏👏👏

DavidtheDreamer @davidthedreamer.bsky.social · 13d

HAIKU 0311

ribs rising— heaving—
held her breath— in the graveyard—
taken by sand— rust

Copyright David Hoffmann © 2025 - All Rights Reserved

#HAIKU0311 mastodon(dot)world #dailyhaikuprompt #rust #ekphrastic #haiku #Peter #Iredale #wreckage #senryu #senryusunday #poem

November 16, 2025 at 1:43 PM

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#ShakespeareSunday "The moon shines bright, in such a night as this" @goldengal31.bsky.social @philliesfan1000.bsky.social @claire1224.bsky.social @karendipitee.bsky.social
#IndianaDay celebrates the 19th state to join the join.
Claire, have you had the pleasure of seeing the Northern Lights?
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🦋 Morg the Porg 🦋 @circlingsea13.bsky.social · 18d

Medora, Indiana @ 9:29pm

November 16, 2025 at 1:36 PM

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#SaturdayVibes @goldengal31.bsky.social @philliesfan1000.bsky.social @claire1224.bsky.social @karendipitee.bsky.social
TDY in 1939, Pres. Roosevelt attended the laying of the cornerstone for the construction of the Jefferson Memorial in Washington, D.C.
Find your place & have a relaxing day🫶👏
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LightMikey @lightmikey.bsky.social · 15d

If you are a cormorant, you really like hanging out on the containment boom at the Tidal Basin.

Cormorants on a containment boom in the middle of the Tidal Basin.

Closeup of Cormorants on a containment boom in the middle of the Tidal Basin.

November 15, 2025 at 1:44 PM

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#FridayFlightVibes TDY in 1910, Aviator Eugene Ely successfully performed the 1st takeoff from the USS Birmingham. His flight marked the beginning of carrier aviation.
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OSINTRadar @osintr.bsky.social · 15d

South China Sea.

A helicopter captures an F-18 Super Hornet carrier-based fighter jet flying near the U.S. Navy’s nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Nimitz at the moment it breaks the sound barrier.