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Paul M Niles

@paulmn.bsky.social

Doing my best to retain the wonder and slow the rate of decay. Retired from a happy career in education. Expertise in educational innovation and translating scientific ideas into conceptual models suitable for middle schoolers.

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This โฌ‡๏ธ

07.10.2025 12:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 103    ๐Ÿ” 41    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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There ainโ€™t no cure for love #leonardcohen

29.08.2025 13:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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One old beast riding another old beast on PEI

03.08.2025 02:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Oh oh. Looks like Iโ€™m gonna have to hold it. #capecod #eastham

04.07.2025 01:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Canโ€™t make this stuff upโ€ฆ

13.06.2025 11:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

He saw the rise of anti-science coming and did his best to fight it, but the scope of what weโ€™re witnessing from our government now is hard to bear.

28.05.2025 03:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Carl Sagan, Frank Zappa, George Carlin. They got a lot of things right.

27.05.2025 14:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 36    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Beware! I deconstructed a box spring and used it to reduce the entropy in my garage. According to the Laws of Thermodynamics, disorder must increase somewhere else in the universe. It may be coming for you!

06.05.2025 11:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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If anyone needs lifting up today, just think of the ASB bridge along the Missouri River in Kansas City. Lifting things up since 1911!

29.04.2025 14:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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A scene to match my mood amongst the saguaro

22.04.2025 15:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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When the world is crumbling around you, itโ€™s OK to dance a little, right?

14.04.2025 03:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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They are snatching people off the street and sending them away to brutal prisons in foreign lands with zero due process - and they won't even bring them back when they realize a mistake was made.

That's frightening stuff for any American who actually loves their country.

#StopTrumpsTerror

08.04.2025 09:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 20226    ๐Ÿ” 7533    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 545    ๐Ÿ“Œ 291
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Used Jimmy Carterโ€™s desk today to rescind all the executive orders! Think that will work?

06.04.2025 12:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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In case you were wondering where they lived. #richmondva

05.04.2025 02:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Fallen hardware under a bridge in Richmond, VA. Who says we need more investment in infrastructure?

02.04.2025 02:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Camping in the spot where Stonewall Jackson suffered the wound that killed him. Think weโ€™ll be safe.

31.03.2025 23:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Ready for anything !

27.03.2025 11:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

What kind of future are we setting ourselves up for?

22.03.2025 11:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The first picture is a spotted salamander. They mostly live underground but they came to the water to mate

21.03.2025 02:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This was on a beach. Must have cut loose from somewhere and brought in by the water. These are the tidal flats at low tide.

21.03.2025 02:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Annual tradition to hit the bog the first rain after the first full moon in March. Photos courtesy of Peter Trull.

18.03.2025 02:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Sorry to interrupt your day with animal waste, but what in the world was this critter eating?

12.03.2025 17:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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From the dead tree series #capecod #brewster #mothersbog

12.03.2025 17:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Wow! 1912!

04.03.2025 12:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Letโ€™s hope this empty scene from the Cape Cod National Seashore is not a sign of things to come for our magnificent system of National Parks.

03.03.2025 22:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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In Provincetown, everything leans left.

02.03.2025 03:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Old guy ready to play basketball outside in winter.

Old guy ready to play basketball outside in winter.

OK, if the Red Sox are on TV today, I can play basketball outside.

22.02.2025 20:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Come on out to help us celebrate our wonderful community.

22.02.2025 04:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Still havenโ€™t recovered from this.

11.02.2025 16:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Well said, Pete Buttigieg

30.01.2025 17:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 52346    ๐Ÿ” 12120    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 949    ๐Ÿ“Œ 613

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