Joe Voelker

a canoe on the lake at sunset with a Black Spruce in the left of the frame

The skies are so smoky here right now there is no blue to be seen! So into the archives I go for #BlueSkyMonday. #Photography #EastCoastKin #Ontario

They’re moving ahead.

E.P.A. Plans to Revoke the Legal Basis for Tackling Climate Change

I remember when Jill Stein told me there was no difference between the GOP and the Dems on climate change. 🤷🏽‍♂️
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/29/c...

"Americans are increasingly quite negative toward ICE and skeptical of its actions," writes Aaron Blake. cnn.it/45gHQSp

The Discover page of Bluesky is just American and Canadian shitlibs and unhinged “leftists”. The most annoying, too online, Nextdoor.com mfers that exist. This place had the potential to be what Twitter was before and instead has turned into Facebook for lefty boomers and zoomers. Blows.

He was incredible for the organization. I remember his “Giants Way” binder that really did set the stage for a dynastic decade. Here’s to Bill Neukom! 🍻

That #AllStarGame player introduction thing in Atlanta was atrocious

"Win the Era" is some shit an nba team on a 12-game losing streak would say to try to hype fans up for a post-all star break run en route to a 29-53 season

the Milky Way, rising in full splendor above a tranquil riverbank, where the frogs sing loud as they wants to Talk to the stars. And they, the stars, shimmer densely across the sky, revealing the galaxy’s core with extraordinary clarity and depth. Below, a peaceful mirror of water reflects the surrounding trees, the faint hues of the night sky, the stars.. creating a poetic dialogue between the heavens and the earth, just broken by the wind, that wanted to be part of this magic moment. The entire scene is bathed in serenity, as if time itself had paused to admire the cosmos, from the space to the waters. Stack of 175 photos x 25s. Somewhere in the Pyrenees Orientals, France.

I'm mirrored in your eyes..✨

✨📷🌿📸

#astrophotography #photography #nature #nightsky

The vibes are good around #SFGiants baseball again. Dodgers in town. Webb on the mound. Devers first game against them. Dodgers reeling coming in. Last series before the break. Hottest weekend of the year. Good vibes.

Susie Essman, the brilliant comedian from “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” recently offered some wise advice: focus on the small things in life that give you happiness. As Susie memorably put it, “The macro is fucked. We gotta go micro.” — @borowitzreport.bsky.social (July 11, 2025)

It’s wild how much Ohtani’s shine faded after signing with the #Dodgers. He was the unicorn. The face of baseball. One of the most gifted athletes on Earth. Had he picked any other team, he’d still have that magic. Now? He’s just another Dodger. He’s got 31 HR’s in July & no one’s talking about it.

Patrick Bailey: the first catcher in 99 YEARS to hit a walk-off inside-the-park home run 🤯

Trade Birdsong and others to the Twins for Joe Ryan and the playoff roster is set with this lineup. Flores/Smith alternate at 1B.

Farm workers will be replaced by MEDICAID RECIPIENTS in these people's sick fantasies.

imagine watching this and thinking “let’s make sure they can’t have that”

🚫🔥 One spark is all it takes.
Every year, wildfires start from everyday activities. CAL FIRE is asking everyone to do their part.
One less spark means one less wildfire. Be safe. Be fire smart.
🔗 ReadyForWildfire.org
#OneLessSpark #WildfirePrevention #FireSafeCalifornia

If I had said this last year, that Trump would try and deport US citizens in his first year, all Republicans and a nontrivial number of liberals and centrists would have attacked me for behind hyperbolic, and fear-mongering, and of having Trump Derangement Syndrome.

And yet:

A wood duck perched on a wooden fence rail

Enjoy this wood duck for your #DuckOfTheDay.

Flemming makes every #sfgiants broadcast where the team isn’t hitting so much more frustrating than it needs to be. “Well I think!” “I say” “I know” me me me me me. Stfu Dave and call the game as if it’s you alone in a radio booth.

- Religious exception rulings apply only to the plaintiffs.

- Environmental regulations continue to be enforced despite rulings against them (just not against plaintiffs).

- and on and on.

The left has to use this decision, not just criticize it.

It'll be chaos, but that's what the Justices get.

The left better start figuring out how to weaponize today's decision rather than just (rightfully) criticizing it.

- Go back into Judge Kaczmaryk's court to dissolve all of his nationwide orders.

- Pass gun bans and insist any order applies only to plaintiffs.

Perfection.

Imagine a Democrat calling for the deportation of a Jewish Republican.

You can’t. It would never happen.

Our political and media elites talk nonstop about antisemitism while totally normalizing and amplifying the worst and most vicious Islamophobia.
Sickening:

Dave Flemming on the radio: Calls the baseball game in front of him.
Dave Flemming on the television: Provides his opinion on every single aspect of the game he never played, occasionally calls baseball plays.
Not going to be fun when Kruk, Kuip, and Jon Miller are gone. #SFGiants

90 day pause on tariffs is about to end, I think Wall Street will have bigger problems this summer than the guy who thinks buses should be free

Giants CEO Larry Baer subtly confirms statue for Barry Bonds at Oracle Park is in the works San Francisco Giants CEO Larry Baer confirmed the team is planning to build a statue for franchise icon Barry Bonds at Oracle Park.

Larry Baer confirmed to @957thegame.bsky.social that the Giants are planning to build a statue for Barry Bonds at Oracle Park 🤩

CNN Exclusive: Early US intel suggests American strikes did not destroy Iran's nuclear sites and likely only set the program back by months, sources say. cnn.it/4nh2JUF

Sunrise 6-24-2025 #photography #colors #TwinLakes #nature #Iphonephotography #naturephotography #EastCoastKin #PhotographersofBluesky #sunrise