Stephen
@spmaestro.bsky.social
Semi-retired educator who now works part-time in adult education; I am a husband, father, power walker/hiker, love photography, and I am probably a tree-hugger.
Chiricahua National Monument in southeast Arizona...lots of hoodoos #naturalists
November 18, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Chiricahua National Monument in southeast Arizona...lots of hoodoos #naturalists
Wilson's Snipe at Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge on the Texas Upper Coast
November 18, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Wilson's Snipe at Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge on the Texas Upper Coast
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Powerful.
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Powerful.
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The fact that Megyn Kelly minimized raping 15 year olds and wasn't immediately canceled from every platform, including @siriusxmprog.bsky.social and YouTube, tells you EVERYTHING that is wrong with right wing media and this country in general.
November 16, 2025 at 2:31 AM
The fact that Megyn Kelly minimized raping 15 year olds and wasn't immediately canceled from every platform, including @siriusxmprog.bsky.social and YouTube, tells you EVERYTHING that is wrong with right wing media and this country in general.
Cooper's hawk on brush pile trying to get at house sparrows that are hiding inside the pile #birds #naturalists
November 12, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Cooper's hawk on brush pile trying to get at house sparrows that are hiding inside the pile #birds #naturalists
They lying is so pathological. For die-hard MAGAs it doesn't matter, but any reasonable soul should be concerned as they should have been during the Liar in Chief's first term. #politics #news
open.substack.com/pub/factchec...
open.substack.com/pub/factchec...
FactChecking Trump’s '60 Minutes' Interview
In a lengthy “60 Minutes” interview, President Donald Trump made false and questionable claims about nuclear weapons testing, inflation and military strikes in the Caribbean Sea.
open.substack.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:47 PM
They lying is so pathological. For die-hard MAGAs it doesn't matter, but any reasonable soul should be concerned as they should have been during the Liar in Chief's first term. #politics #news
open.substack.com/pub/factchec...
open.substack.com/pub/factchec...
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Of course @pbs.org is running several shows this month highlighting Native Americans and their history. 💙🪶
Happy #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth! This month, take time to reexamine conventional American history from a Native point of view with Ojibwe scholar Deondre Smiles. At stake is not only a fuller understanding of our history, but also a people erased from the past are easily erased from the present.
Erasing Indigenous History, Then and Now
“We birthed a nation from nothing. I mean, there was nothing here...I mean, yes we have Native Americans but candidly there isn't much Native American culture in American culture.” —Rick Santorum, Apr...
origins.osu.edu
November 3, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Of course @pbs.org is running several shows this month highlighting Native Americans and their history. 💙🪶
Monarch Butterfly in Flight
November 1, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Monarch Butterfly in Flight
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China bought 27 million metric tons of soybeans from US farmers in 2024. But somehow this “deal” to buy significantly less is a huge victory.
October 30, 2025 at 12:39 PM
China bought 27 million metric tons of soybeans from US farmers in 2024. But somehow this “deal” to buy significantly less is a huge victory.
This Norman Rockwell-esque picture with the caption "Protect Your Homeland Defend Your Culture," sounds like a Nazi way to attract new hires. Whose culture? If it's Noem's and tЯump's, that is not a culture to defend. We never were a melting pot. We've always been a mosaic like it or not.
October 29, 2025 at 11:04 PM
This Norman Rockwell-esque picture with the caption "Protect Your Homeland Defend Your Culture," sounds like a Nazi way to attract new hires. Whose culture? If it's Noem's and tЯump's, that is not a culture to defend. We never were a melting pot. We've always been a mosaic like it or not.
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Hours before this he was bragging about how he supposedly aced a cognitive exam.
October 28, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Hours before this he was bragging about how he supposedly aced a cognitive exam.
Squirrel with a mouthful or at least a potential mouthful.
October 28, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Squirrel with a mouthful or at least a potential mouthful.
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This tech has been used to track heads of state, business leaders, journalists, and maybe even you.
@lighthousereports.com uncovered a vast surveillance empire whose untraceable tech has been used to target people in more than 100 countries, including the US.
Read it here: https://bit.ly/3Jcme1g
@lighthousereports.com uncovered a vast surveillance empire whose untraceable tech has been used to target people in more than 100 countries, including the US.
Read it here: https://bit.ly/3Jcme1g
October 16, 2025 at 2:00 AM
This tech has been used to track heads of state, business leaders, journalists, and maybe even you.
@lighthousereports.com uncovered a vast surveillance empire whose untraceable tech has been used to target people in more than 100 countries, including the US.
Read it here: https://bit.ly/3Jcme1g
@lighthousereports.com uncovered a vast surveillance empire whose untraceable tech has been used to target people in more than 100 countries, including the US.
Read it here: https://bit.ly/3Jcme1g
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From @juliepoole.bsky.social: When callers pose even basic questions about how to get claims on their family homes dismissed, they are often left without answers. When families are hit with enormous six-figure claims, no one advocates on their behalf.
One Woman's Fight Against Texas' Medicaid Estate Recovery Program
Her mother had been in a nursing home paid for by Medicaid. Now, the state wanted its money back: “It was like wild animals pouncing on meat."
www.texasobserver.org
October 12, 2025 at 3:01 PM
From @juliepoole.bsky.social: When callers pose even basic questions about how to get claims on their family homes dismissed, they are often left without answers. When families are hit with enormous six-figure claims, no one advocates on their behalf.
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Hayley Williams joined David Byrne in NYC, and responded to Kid Rock dissing “some of these Nashville rock singers [and] chicks with blue hair” on Fox News
Hayley Williams Joins David Byrne In NYC, Responds To Kid Rock Dissing “Nashville Chicks With Blue Hair”
Yesterday, David Byrne and Hayley Williams teamed up for a track called “Open The Door” for The Twists soundtrack. In the evening, David Byrne surprised his New York City audience by inviting the Para...
www.stereogum.com
October 11, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Hayley Williams joined David Byrne in NYC, and responded to Kid Rock dissing “some of these Nashville rock singers [and] chicks with blue hair” on Fox News
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After months of layoffs and funding cuts by the Trump administration, the government shutdown has given some federal employees hope that their voices are finally being heard.
'I'm done being afraid': How the shutdown has led federal workers to speak out
After months of layoffs and funding cuts by the Trump administration, the government shutdown has given some federal employees hope that their voices are finally being heard.
n.pr
October 11, 2025 at 5:02 PM
After months of layoffs and funding cuts by the Trump administration, the government shutdown has given some federal employees hope that their voices are finally being heard.
We are living in precarious times when one has to be careful not to say something that will "offend" the conservative self-righteous folk.
Texas History Offers Warnings amid Rash of Faculty Firings
Lessons to learn from the politically motivated firing of a UT president in the 1940s
www.texasobserver.org
September 28, 2025 at 3:13 PM
We are living in precarious times when one has to be careful not to say something that will "offend" the conservative self-righteous folk.
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Earlier: “Allegations that might suggest abuse of marital assets, concealment of financial information, or personal conduct inconsistent with public responsibility are not merely private — they are of public consequence.”
News Orgs Fight to Unseal Records in the Paxtons' Divorce Case
The media outlets, including the Texas Observer, argue that the Paxtons are elected officials subject to public scrutiny.
www.texasobserver.org
September 23, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Earlier: “Allegations that might suggest abuse of marital assets, concealment of financial information, or personal conduct inconsistent with public responsibility are not merely private — they are of public consequence.”
I thought this had to be AI slop, but no, it is real. Dear Leader wants to go after people that do not share his warped POV. It is not a surprise to those that follow politics, but to leave it in writing? Dissent is part of any democracy, but without dissent, you are only left with an autocracy.
September 21, 2025 at 5:41 PM
I thought this had to be AI slop, but no, it is real. Dear Leader wants to go after people that do not share his warped POV. It is not a surprise to those that follow politics, but to leave it in writing? Dissent is part of any democracy, but without dissent, you are only left with an autocracy.
Male ruby-throated hummingbird suspended in mid-air; My shutter speed was somewhere between 1/4000 and 1/6000 of a second to freeze the action. #birds #birdphotography
September 15, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Male ruby-throated hummingbird suspended in mid-air; My shutter speed was somewhere between 1/4000 and 1/6000 of a second to freeze the action. #birds #birdphotography
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Do you eat at restaurants?
Immigrants likely prepared your food and washed your dishes.
Do you live in a house or an apartment?
Immigrants likely built your home.
Do you buy groceries?
Immigrants picked your fruits and vegetables.
Now you want to deport immigrants?
Enjoy the pain that follows.
Immigrants likely prepared your food and washed your dishes.
Do you live in a house or an apartment?
Immigrants likely built your home.
Do you buy groceries?
Immigrants picked your fruits and vegetables.
Now you want to deport immigrants?
Enjoy the pain that follows.
September 4, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Do you eat at restaurants?
Immigrants likely prepared your food and washed your dishes.
Do you live in a house or an apartment?
Immigrants likely built your home.
Do you buy groceries?
Immigrants picked your fruits and vegetables.
Now you want to deport immigrants?
Enjoy the pain that follows.
Immigrants likely prepared your food and washed your dishes.
Do you live in a house or an apartment?
Immigrants likely built your home.
Do you buy groceries?
Immigrants picked your fruits and vegetables.
Now you want to deport immigrants?
Enjoy the pain that follows.