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This hits hard.

At what point do leaders in the GOP band together (since they seem to lack courage individually) & say enough is enough? The party of Reagan becomes the tool of Putin if they don’t, especially after last night.

Rabbit, Hangry oil on Yupo 12 x 19 Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, signifies in the final sense a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and not clothed. - DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER www.lolajovan.com/store/p720/r... #art #painting #rabbir

Chiricahua Mountains in Arizona C Magical Places

Grok AI chatbot suggested that both President Donald Trump and Musk deserve the death penalty. xAI has already patched the issue and Grok will no longer give suggestions for who it thinks should receive capital punishment. /1

Mōrena e te BlueSky whānau. Here is your sunrise for 22 February from Makorori Headlands, Aotearoa / New Zealand.

Waste, fraud and abuse. The repubs been singing that song since the creation of social security. Bill Clinton was all about it, Obama too. All dem electeds chirp it up as convenient. But the repubs always come back wanting more cuts. Because they hate helping vulnerable people. That’s woke and gay.

Monsterverse Goji, little recolor with the raspberry flavor colors.

A former Soviet intelligence officer alleges Trump was recruited by the KGB in 1987 and given the codename “Krasnov.” Alnur Mussayev served in the 6th Directorate, responsible for counter-intelligence support in the economy. One key objective was “recruiting businessmen from capitalist countries.”

Maybe we should strand him in space for a long while, too.

Here’s your deep breath. Everything will be ok

Liminal, oil on panel, 12 x 18” 2023 #painting #art #landscape

Lean Closer…🌺

Vincent van Gogh, Bois de Boulogne with People Walking, 1886. #art Private Collection. Oil on canvas | 46.5 x 38cm.

Winter light Acrylic on paper @bsky.art #art #artwork #painting #landscape #winter

Been doing a MR. FREEZE warmup doodle when my kids have a snow day so, not wanting to break the streak…

Ralph M Larmann, Bottom Dwellers, 2001. Acrylic on panel, 18 x 36 inches. Courtesy of the artist. #art #painting #river #bottomland #riverbottoms #floodplain #fishing #fish #catfish #angler #camp #cabin #Ralph #Larmann #Indiana #Evansville #stormy #artsky #landscape #figure

This is a 20x20 made from a ref photo a few posts back. "After the Rain" #oilpainting #landscapepainting #art #prairie #clouds #painting #sunset #rain

“Art is knowing exactly how to not know what you’re doing,” said the wizard. #poetry #writing #quote #art #clouds #photography #create #bskypoets #writer #poet #sky #creativity #imagination

Don’t forget to go outside, don’t forget to look at the sky.

A little slow-mo of Morgan Falls, part of the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest in NW Wisconsin for #WaterfallWednesday

Calm. Peaceful breaths. It’s needed

This is happening, right now. The great "arribada" (arrival) of mother Olive Ridley sea turtles on the Odisha coast, where they dig sand-nests & lay their eggs, driven by ancient instinct. Heart-lifting, magnificent, moving: part of a geography of hope. 🎞️ by Bivash Pandav via my friend Yuvan Aves.

Firemore Beach, Wester Ross 🔥🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

#Connect2Nature Keeping up the #PSA theme... Keep your eye on what's important. Focus. Do not let yourself be drawn into the crazymaking that is the news cycle today. This Great White Egret was outside my patio yesterday looking for geckos. #Nature #Birds #Photography

The Rosette Nebula rendered using the "Hubble Palette" developed by the Hubble team at NASA. This SHO narrow band image shows the dominate areas of ionized gasses: Sulfur(reds), Hydrogen(yellows) and Oxygen(blues) within the region. #astronomy #astrophotography

Forest Giant in the Snow Bernheim Forest, KY . . . #photography #bluesky #OutdoorPhotography #BlueSkyphotography #HikingPhotography #Outdoors #ThomasDambo #blueskyphoto #staywild

Back road through the forest . . . . . . #landscapephotography #backroad #forest #landscape #fujixseries #photosbymattjames #forestphotography #fujifilm #redwoods #photography #trees #nature #redwoodforest

Good morning BlueSky Family 😎🌞☕🤗 Patience is not about waiting — it’s the ability to keep a positive attitude while working hard for what you believe in.

Critical thinking skills are necessary for all

Good morning, Bluesky! 😁

Large epidemiologic studies have consistently shown an association between coffee and improved health outcomes. This may be one of the reasons: favorable changes to the gut microbiome 🏢🏢 www.scientificamerican.com/article/coff...

"In America, THE LAW IS KING." Thomas Paine, 1776. www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Bjj...

So if Russia invaded America, we should just surrender?

“We are reaching out for the daybreak of freedom and justice and equality.” - MLK Jr. #RadioFreeAmerica

Air pollution has dropped significantly in #Paris in the last 15 years as a result of a deliberate strategy. Mayor @annehidalgo.bsky.social’s leadership has traded car space for green space, safe bike space, kid space.. and traded pollution for people. Good trade.

Relatable.

The Loneliness of Being Ourselves oil on plywood 19 x 29 …the outer edge of the other, which is all we can ever touch — and still it is enough, this sliver of salvation from the loneliness of being ourselves. - THE MARGINALIAN www.lolajovan.com/store/p719/l... #art #painting #landscape

Good morning #BlueSkyMonday. Hoping everyone has a great week and all our problem go away 🫣 #photography #EastCoastKin

#BlueSkyMonday Seaside solitude 💙🌊 #photography #landscape #ThePhotoHour #Cornwall #naturephotography #EastCoastKin

Spot the imposter 💥🔭 The sparkling spiral galaxy gracing this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image is UGC 5460. In this image, there is also a far closer object: a star just 577 light-years away in our own galaxy. Can you spot it? 🔗 esahubble.org/images/potw2...