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Robert King

@gigalu69.bsky.social

Retired Army and VA nurse, medical supply tech & medical biller. Animal/Nature lover, gardener (indoors and out), rock painting artist, hat loomer, amateur photonut, lives with Jodi (spouse of 29+yrs) in south Oregon (surrounded by MAGA). No DM's please.

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A fern after the first frost

A fern after the first frost

Ferns after it gets cold turn into this really cool white color before they go all brown. You can see all the extra detail in the leaves
#ferns #plants #macro #photography #forestfriends #forest #fall #frost #walkingpics #hiking #Minnesota

21.10.2025 13:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 33    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Sunrise over TMobile park mourning the demise of the Mariners. ๐Ÿ”ฑ

21.10.2025 14:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 40    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A small, peachy-orange pepper with distinctive lobes that look like curled fingers

A small, peachy-orange pepper with distinctive lobes that look like curled fingers

Maybe Iโ€™m just weird, but this aji mango hot pepper looks like a tiny fist to me๐Ÿ‘Š
#hotpepper #gardensky ๐ŸŒฑ๐Ÿ’š

21.10.2025 15:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 30    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Nikonโ€™s Small World #Photomicrography Competition Reveals the Vastly Unseen #photography

Link for more pics and info: www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/10/niko...

21.10.2025 21:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 372    ๐Ÿ” 58    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 11    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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Forest facts:

- Trees grow exponentially faster as they age.

- Older forests do more to moderate climate and are more resilient than young forests.

- Biodiversity = resiliency.

- Death and decay are normal and healthy.

- Natural succession has no easy shortcuts.

21.10.2025 04:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 89    ๐Ÿ” 14    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It's wild that we've reached a point where the President openly admits to firing people for political reasons, and his OMB director tweets about it like it's a victory. This is page one of the authoritarian playbook, happening in plain sight.

11.10.2025 16:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12097    ๐Ÿ” 4039    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 436    ๐Ÿ“Œ 150
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Joliet banquet manager asked ICE to leave parking lot and agents complied ICE agents showed up at the parking lot of Azteca de Oro in Joliet on Saturday but left upon a request from the banquet hall manager.

Ivette Nunez, a business owner in Joliet IL asked her local police department to remove Gestapo (=ICE) goons hanging out her businessโ€™s parking lot

The police told ICE to beat it & they did

Ivette Nunez is a Great American

#AztecaDeOro #ManyAmericansDespiseICE

www.shawlocal.com/the-herald-n...

10.10.2025 22:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 90    ๐Ÿ” 20    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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Good morning ๐ŸŒป
The look on kitty's face when he asks me what has been happening in America this week. #caturday

Hope everyone is taking care of their hearts ๐Ÿซ‚๐Ÿ’ช

11.10.2025 15:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 79    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A painting of a river flowing through a forest. The water is a light blue color and reflects the orange and red colors of the trees on the banks. The trees are bare and their branches are silhouetted against the sky.

A painting of a river flowing through a forest. The water is a light blue color and reflects the orange and red colors of the trees on the banks. The trees are bare and their branches are silhouetted against the sky.

Thereโ€™s a definite #glow in this painting inspired by the Finnish coastal landscape #BlueSkyArtShow #ArtYear #smArtist #EastCoastKin

Available as handmade greeting cards
cardsbymormorjan.etsy.com/listing/1908...

@ukgiftam.bsky.social @craftbizparty.bsky.social @mhhsbd.bsky.social

11.10.2025 05:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 44    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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To all foreigners who plan on visiting United States. Don't

You may have Blackhawk helicopters attack your Hotel, elite Army military strike Force soldiers and ICE thugs pull you out of your rooms, naked, separate & zip-tie your kids, go through all your clothing & belongings. Imprison you.

05.10.2025 01:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 44    ๐Ÿ” 22    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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White House official inadvertently reveals plans to send elite army unit to Portland Anthony Salisbury displayed chat about deployment of 82nd airborne division on cellphone while in Minnesota

Oh look, another White House Signal scandal.

This time it was an aide to Stephen Miller who was using Signal so openly in a public space that a bystander captured images of the chat.

Oh and the messages were about sending the *82nd Airborne* into Portland.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

04.10.2025 16:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5158    ๐Ÿ” 2843    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 265    ๐Ÿ“Œ 201
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Rite Aid closing all locations after decades in business Rite Aid announced on its website that all locations will be closing.

Trump doesnโ€™t need to post a job report.

The signs are all around us.

๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿ‘‡

www.cbsnews.com/news/rite-ai...

05.10.2025 01:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The cat always waits until I have a stomach perhaps too full of tea or coffee to do this. Oof.

04.10.2025 17:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 45    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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Trumpโ€™s ICE Has Started Targeting Activists, Not Just Immigrants ICE demanded Meta hand over personal information attached to Instagram accounts that track immigration raids.

truthout.org/articles/tru...

05.10.2025 01:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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A start

03.09.2025 02:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Best meme of the month

03.09.2025 02:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 38    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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8/19/25๐Ÿ˜ณNat guard is armed, adding states, focused on Blue cities..๐Ÿ™๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ™
youtu.be/P4nZoDd3KRw?...

19.08.2025 18:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 26    ๐Ÿ” 34    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5
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insane dictator wanna-be hosts batshit European leader playdate just another perfectly normal day in the White House

open.substack.com/pub/jefftied...

19.08.2025 18:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

True. Figurr-8 knot. You can always untie a figure eight.

I'm 75. I once had some of my children's friends help me with a trailer load. One day they asked where the binders were. I pulled out a rope & started tying a bowline, a figure-8, a trucker's hitch, & they all went. "Wow, he's using a rope!"

19.08.2025 18:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Funny how when they cut human staff and use machines, kiosks, AI, Chatbots, the prices never, ever go downโ€ฆโ€ฆ (like did your airline ticket price go down now that you use kiosks?)

19.08.2025 18:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Now THAT'S going BACK!

19.08.2025 18:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The senile piece of shit fascist wants museums to stop displaying pieces and exhibits that talk about the history of the US
The fascist in the White House only wants Americans to be able to see the history that Trump and Republicans think is acceptable
This is one of the definitions of fascism

19.08.2025 18:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Grandma's two passions were LSD and ducks.
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19.08.2025 19:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 45    ๐Ÿ” 11    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 9    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Cropped closeup photo of a textile with little poofy bits in a grid pattern

Cropped closeup photo of a textile with little poofy bits in a grid pattern

#photography #art #texture #fabric #indoor #interior #upholstery

04.08.2025 03:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Yuko Shimizu

Yuko Shimizu

Yuko Shimizu

04.08.2025 17:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 383    ๐Ÿ” 53    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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An Enormous Plasma Wall Captured on the Sun.

04.08.2025 16:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3795    ๐Ÿ” 562    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 77    ๐Ÿ“Œ 31

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