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@59nationalparks.bsky.social

National Park lover, baseball, all things outdoors, teacher. Co-founder of #ParkChat

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This Wednesday at 9 PM ET #ParkChat welcomes @yellowstonenpgeek.bsky.social as our special guest host. She’ll be cooking up a “Yellowstone Stew” which I suspect to be especially yummy. @naturetechfam.bsky.social and I will have an announcement or two right up top. Don’t be late please.

05.10.2025 18:59 — 👍 10    🔁 6    💬 2    📌 0

Please follow and support a true #ParkChat VIP.

05.10.2025 01:31 — 👍 6    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Hey new(er) #ParkChat people! You might wonder why some of us are regaling @btarrington.bsky.social. If you were on the dead bird site, he is a big reason the Garfield NHS and Homestead were such active participants in our chat.

05.10.2025 01:30 — 👍 9    🔁 2    💬 2    📌 0

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05.10.2025 01:23 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Excellent. #ParkChat I’ll read this book when it’s featured.

04.10.2025 22:31 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Let’s put this on the #ParkChat Book Club list.

04.10.2025 18:34 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Todd you may be new here but you are certainly welcome! In fact, #ParkChat has is presenting an award to you on Wednesday at 9 PM ET if you want to attend. The award has but one responsibility and that’s host #ParkChat once a year. We’d like you to be our guest on 12/10. @naturetechfam.bsky.social

04.10.2025 18:29 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

I’m new here.

04.10.2025 03:43 — 👍 13    🔁 1    💬 4    📌 0
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The Last Lincoln Republican Of all the great “what if” scenarios in American history, the aftermath of the presidential election of 1880 stands out as one of the most tantal...

kansaspress.ku.edu/9780700636037/

Please buy my book. Since I’m unemployed and all.

04.10.2025 04:37 — 👍 19    🔁 15    💬 3    📌 0
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Seems appropriate.

04.10.2025 05:58 — 👍 11    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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@btarrington.bsky.social Hi all. Todd Arrington is on the @bsky.app it seems and I hope everyone will on #ParkChat will follow him. @naturetechfam.bsky.social and I will have some news about Todd on Wednesday. @camarowrx.bsky.social @beckyjlomax.bsky.social @tthrash.bsky.social

04.10.2025 18:00 — 👍 11    🔁 3    💬 2    📌 0

I agree with all of your points. Todd didn’t comply with an illegal order and was fired. Happens a lot with the current administration. #ParkChat

04.10.2025 12:52 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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EXCLUSIVE: NARA Ousts Eisenhower Library Director Over Proposed Trump Gift to King Charles The director, a historian and Army veteran, declined to allow the Trump administration to remove a priceless artifact from the library's permanent collection

A friend of ours and strong supporter of #ParkChat Todd Arrington left his position as director of the Eisenhower Library in Abilene, #Kansas this week after a dispute with the current administration. We are deeply saddened how this fine man was treated.

lastcampaign.substack.com/p/exclusive-...

02.10.2025 18:45 — 👍 9    🔁 4    💬 3    📌 1

She’s a @bsky.app hit! #ParkChat

02.10.2025 02:24 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

A12 #ParkChat Next week @yellowstonenpgeek.bsky.social joins us as our special guest host. I’m opening up for guesses what her topic will be.

02.10.2025 02:01 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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So is my deck. I just made an announcement about it. #ParkChat

02.10.2025 02:00 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Q12 #ParkChat Who would like to pose a question, spin a yarn or volunteer to host a chat in December?

02.10.2025 02:00 — 👍 6    🔁 2    💬 3    📌 0
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Long one. #ParkChat

BTW the year I turn 88 there will be a totality party on my deck. You all are invited. #ParkChat meetup.

02.10.2025 01:58 — 👍 9    🔁 1    💬 2    📌 0

Please show your gratitude for @babyboomersaves.bsky.social because “Sticks and Stones” are cool. We really appreciate what you do for #ParkChat and we admire how much you do for the Parks.

02.10.2025 01:55 — 👍 15    🔁 2    💬 7    📌 0
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How much did we get at Hot Springs, #Arkansas @naturetechfam.bsky.social? #ParkChat

02.10.2025 01:52 — 👍 8    🔁 0    💬 4    📌 0

Funny. #ParkChat

02.10.2025 01:49 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Next time. #ParkChat

02.10.2025 01:49 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I saw it live recently. #ParkChat

02.10.2025 01:48 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Colors forever at Congaree. #ParkChat I once blogged this was the most beautiful National Park on earth.

02.10.2025 01:45 — 👍 7    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

Precisely. A fantastic place really. #ParkChat

02.10.2025 01:43 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Route 66 of course. It runs through our county in Oklahoma. #ParkChat

02.10.2025 01:41 — 👍 8    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
Post image A colorful petrified log with colors of red, orange, grey, purple, black, and brown in Petrified Forest National Park, sitting on the ground. Blue sky and fluffy white clouds above.

A colorful petrified log with colors of red, orange, grey, purple, black, and brown in Petrified Forest National Park, sitting on the ground. Blue sky and fluffy white clouds above.

Q9: Stick or Stone? The stone logs at Petrified Forest NP are known for spectacular colors. Where do the colors come from?
a. Trace amounts of minerals.
b. Fossilized fungus.
c. Bacteria.
d. Tree sap.
Bonus: PEFO NP is the only NP with part of what famous road? Get your kicks on it? #ParkChat

02.10.2025 01:40 — 👍 15    🔁 2    💬 14    📌 0
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Oh yeah? #ParkChat

02.10.2025 01:40 — 👍 7    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Different one. #ParkChat Hi @tthrash.bsky.social

02.10.2025 01:38 — 👍 8    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0

Did I mention that @babyboomersaves.bsky.social are some of our closest friends from ParkChat? Lovely people. If you plan a meetup and invite them they will probably come. 😃#ParkChat They’ve attended three of ours

02.10.2025 01:35 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

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