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he/him retired teacher active reader, hiker, bicyclist, trail builder, amateur photographer blocker of trolls Photos are mine unless noted. I don't do follow backs. Post things that make me want to follow you.
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Tonight I am making Sergeant Angua's Vegetable Stew With Dumplings, from Nanny Ogg's Cookbook. It is simmering now.

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My wish to you is that you find true happiness. 🫶🫂🫶 #eastcoastkin #scape #escape #blackandwhite #photography

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Last night's Moon. 6 June 2025. 🔭 🧪 🎨 #astrophotography #SciArt #photography #StormHour #ThePhotoHour

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Åland, Finland, 2015 The glow from my tail lights add to the beauty of this aurora #blueskyartshow #vibrant #green #red #northernlights #auroraborealis #lake #reflection #nightscape #scape #nature #landscape #photography #fotografie #fineartphotography #art #landscapephotography #eastcoastkin #sea

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Nature at the spillway. #photo #photography #nikon #nikonz5ii #z5ii #flowers #flowerphotography #trees #flowingwater

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7 June 1903 | A French Jewish woman, Alice Elisabeth Metzger, was born in Strasbourg. She was deported to #Auschwitz in November 1943 from Drancy. She did not survive.

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7 June 1900 | Czech Jew Erwin Haas was born in Olomouc. An electro-mechanic. In #Auschwitz from 11 June 1942. No. 39282 He perished in the camp on 26 June 1942.

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7 June 1932 | French Jewish boy, Georges Grynspan, was born in Paris. He was deported to #Auschwitz from Drancy on 18 September 1942. He was murdered in a gas chamber after arrival selection.

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7 June 1921 | A Polish Jew, Henryk Ornstein, was born in Tarnów. A clerk. In #Auschwitz from 26 February 1942. No. 25501 He perished in the camp on 13 March 1942.

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The blowup between Elon and Trump hasn’t ended DOGE, it’s still expanding. Russ Vought now plans to institutionalize DOGE across the federal government, and Elon’s staffers are embedded deep within key agencies.

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7 June 1933 | An Italian Jewish girl, Nedda Segrè, was born in Venice. In February 1944 she was deported to #Auschwitz. She was murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.

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Here we have a senior golden living their best life and a young golden just trying to make it to the end of their shift. Both 13/10 #SeniorPupSaturday

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With the Supreme Court now handing DOGE access to Social Security data, it’s becoming undeniable, the Trump administration is building the “deep state” themselves. Don’t get distracted by the noise.

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7 June 1906 | A Polish woman, Zofia Piotrowska, was born in Tarnopol. A nurse. In #Auschwitz from 19 January 1943. No. 29901 She perished in the camp on 24 February 1943.

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Congratulations to Coco Gauff for winning her first French Open title! We really LOVE this.

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7 June 1904 | A Jewish man, Salvatore Capelluto, was born on Rhodes Island. He arrived at #Auschwitz on 16 August 1944. He did not survive.

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"Schrader's resignation was prompted by concerns that the case was being pursued for political reasons, the sources said."

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How can we repair these broken ties that bind, Us to a promise Twin flames divined, To teach each other The path to awakening Healing pain and trauma, We've both awakened. #WokeToJoy

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#vibrant Mr Happy Face! Bleu And his stick of choice #blueskyartshow #goldenretriever

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This work was painted at Gerald Gardiner’s home in Gloucestershire in the mid 1930s and is a good example of his depiction of a night-time scene, showing the light, the reflections and shadows cast by the gas lamp and fire as his wife, Evelyn contentedly, reads a book.

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My son got a vasectomy today and his M.D. wife bought treats and added her own quotes. I love these two so so much!!

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white chrysanthemums #photography #macrophotography #PhotographersofBluesky #EastCoastKin #bloomscrolling #flowers #art taken early this morning. just as the sun was coming up. i'm always happy to see the sun. photograph.

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Explaining how he arrived at this picture, Alberto Giacometti took away the crockery and a vase of flowers from his mother's sideboard. 'I was left with three apples; have you tried to see three apples simultaneously at a distance of three metres? So I took two of them away.'

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6 June 1880 | Jewish woman, Ester Chajes, was born in Brzeżany (then in Russian Empire, today Ukraine). She emigrated to Belgium. She was deported to #Auschwitz from Kazerne Dossin in Mechelen on 18 August 1942. She was murdered in a gas chamber after arrival selection.

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6 June 1900 | A Jewish man, Leopold Mendlinger, was born in Frydek. He lived in Bratislava. In 1942 he was deported to #Auschwitz. He did not survive.

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6 June 1880 | Italian Jewish woman, Emma Forti, was born in Florence. She arrived at #Auschwitz on 23 October 1943. She was murdered in a gas chamber after arrival selection.

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6 June 1897 | A Scottish woman, Jane Haining, was born in Dunscore. A Church of Scotland missionary in #Budapest. In #Auschwitz from 14 May 1944 No. 79467 She perished in the camp on 17 July 1944. Haining was recognized by Yad Vashem as Righteous Among the Nations.

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Trojan Horse xkcd.com/3098/

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And THIS is why we don’t privatize this shit, thank you.

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I wonder what gibberish RFKjr will have to say about this. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

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Here's a fun #WindowsOnWednesday shot, a window inside of a window with windows inside the inside window......

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Built in the latter part of the 12th century by King Jayavarman VII, Bayon is one of the most widely recognized temples in Siem Reap because of the giant stone faces that adorn the towers of Bayon. There are 54 towers of four faces each, totaling 216 faces.

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The Laotian government has universal education in mind for all of its citizens, and has embarked on a national program for building primary schools where pupils learn for 6 years. The quality of the facilities (and of the teachers too) may still leave much to be desired in certain rural areas.

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Painted in 1920, a companion to his 'First Light,' made a year earlier, Harold Harvey's 'The New Book,' shows his wife Getrude reading up against a window of their home Maen Cottage overlooking Newlyn Harbour, Penzance and Mount’s Bay in Cornwall.

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This Muscovy duck caught my attention the other day, as I walked along the river through our village. I thought it had amazing black and white feathers. #birds

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4 June 1890 | A Polish woman, Anastazja Onik, was born in Żuków. In #Auschwitz from 15 January 1943. No. 28821 She perished in the camp on 29 June 1943.

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4 June 1937 | A French Jewish girl, Simone Sommer, was born in Strasbourg. She arrived at #Auschwitz on 12 February 1944 in a transport of 1,500 Jews deported from Drancy. She was among 1,229 of them murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.

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