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Julie Edwards

@jed71.bsky.social

Viola. Photo. Teacher. Dogs. https://www.alto-photography.com/

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I walked into a wind storm at Great Salt Lake so you don’t have to β€” Julie Edwards Viola and Photography On May 12, 2025, northern Utah was under a wind advisory. Communities and neighborhoods lost power from the wind. From above the valley, one could look to the west and see the dust blowing in plumes a...

www.alto-photography.com/blog/i-walke...

14.05.2025 03:20 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Happy #globalbigday and #worldmigratorybirdday to those who celebrate! Here are some of my local favorites! American Avocet with Red Necked Pharalope, Avocet acting weird while the neighborhood Long-Billed Dowitchers are over, Burrowing Owl not burrowing, and the songiest songbird Western Meadowlark

10.05.2025 21:25 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Beautiful images!

10.05.2025 20:34 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œThe Trump Administration is Looking at Ways to Burn the Constitution and Piss on the Ashes” should be the headline

10.05.2025 14:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1259    πŸ” 387    πŸ’¬ 29    πŸ“Œ 10

I just really need everybody to understand that everything that’s happening in and to the global economy now (and all the businesses and people in it) is the entirely predictable result of the intentional decisions of one guy who doesn’t understand how the global economy works.

10.05.2025 14:53 β€” πŸ‘ 25734    πŸ” 5656    πŸ’¬ 853    πŸ“Œ 345
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Funding for water and wildlife conservation in Utah now on Trump’s list of budget cuts β€’ Utah News Dispatch The Trump administration's budget recommends cutting funds for the Central Utah Project, which has supported habitat projects in Utah.

A recent budget request from the White House asks Congress to slash $609 million for the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and the Central Utah Project, which have funded a number of successful habitat restoration projects in the Beehive State #utpol
utahnewsdispatch.com/2025/05/09/t...

09.05.2025 17:10 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

When you post images made with generative "A.i.," you're participating in the iconography of bullshit, trolling, and fascism. Just stop.

07.05.2025 14:43 β€” πŸ‘ 658    πŸ” 141    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 8
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Great Salt Lake prints for sale! β€” Julie Edwards Viola and Photography Last month I was lucky enough to have 6 prints in two different shows, showcasing Great Salt Lake. Three of the prints sold! Thank you!!!! And I have three left over! FOR SALE! Here’s the deal, I wi...

Buy art, donate to Great Salt Lake Watershed Enhancement Trust! www.alto-photography.com/blog/prints-...

07.05.2025 20:28 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Last night, under the cover of darkness without an opportunity for review by other members of Congress or the public, Rep. Celeste Maloy introduced an amendment that would result in the sell-off of over 10,000 acres of federal public land in Utah.

For more info, visit: suwa.org/suwa-stateme...

07.05.2025 16:55 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Same.... I heard him for the first time on a podcast just a couple months ago and I nearly cried from the pain

17.04.2025 00:11 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Can’t emphasize this enough: if you’re feeling overwhelmed by the debased assault on our country, the antidote is connecting with other people in the flesh who are feeling the same way. There are millions of us.

15.03.2025 18:14 β€” πŸ‘ 69909    πŸ” 12129    πŸ’¬ 2063    πŸ“Œ 711

Chuck showing us a new way to deal with bullies… hit yourself in the face before they hit you in the face

14.03.2025 17:22 β€” πŸ‘ 99    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Gwynne Wilcox, a member of the National Labor Relations Board, arrived at headquarters on Monday to a crowd of supporters after being reinstated by a federal judge.

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Trump’s firings reach into a Rapid City museum and derail an expert’s career β€’ South Dakota Searchlight A Rapid City museum lost a curator with decades of experience as part of a far-reaching effort to shrink the size of the federal government.

southdakotasearchlight.com/2025/03/07/t...

08.03.2025 14:43 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Two Group Exhibits! β€” Julie Edwards Viola and Photography It is an embarrassment of group exhibit riches this month.

www.alto-photography.com/blog/twogrou...
#photographersunited
#greatsaltlake

08.03.2025 04:16 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

BREAKING: In response to our lawsuit, the National Endowment for the Arts will no longer force grant applicants to certify that they won't promote "gender ideology."

This is a big step toward defeating the NEA's unconstitutional censorship.

07.03.2025 23:46 β€” πŸ‘ 8250    πŸ” 1550    πŸ’¬ 47    πŸ“Œ 65
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Last day of Unrighteousness Dominion at the Utah Legislature

07.03.2025 16:49 β€” πŸ‘ 36    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 1
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Typical Republican legislators

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This is not an industry that β€œfeeds America.” This is an industry that feeds off Americaβ€”off taxpayer subsidies, off gutted environmental regulations, off the destruction of public lands.

Check out the full piece on our brand new substack. πŸ’˜ substack.com/@westernwate...

06.03.2025 14:20 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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Jacobs School of Music violist named distinguished professor Atar Arad has received the university's most prestigious appointment

www.thestrad.com/news/jacobs-...

05.03.2025 05:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I read this and thought "wait, who did this? Oh eff, of course it was her, what a clown."

04.03.2025 15:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Very cool, happy to see my very own @sltrib.com .

Would you consider adding @southdakotasearchlight.com They do great work not only in SoDak, but regional, too.

03.03.2025 22:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

If it makes sense to YOU then it's probably OK!

02.03.2025 16:34 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yes! Lovely first blog! I hope your life is messy in a good way. :) I also started writing blog posts as I basically leave IG, mostly letting it be loose and learn about writing. Sometimes it comes out and sometimes it doesn't.

02.03.2025 16:27 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Public lands and our National Park system is the hill I'm willing to die on. I will chain myself to whatever I need to.

01.03.2025 00:17 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Feds pause $50 million Biden-era investment in Great Salt Lake β€’ Utah News Dispatch The federal government has paused $50 million in funding meant for habitat restoration and securing more water to flow to Great Salt Lake.

Feds pause $50 million Biden-era investment in Great Salt Lake utahnewsdispatch.com/2025/02/27/f...

28.02.2025 15:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Art auction to benefit Grow the Flow! www.32auctions.com/replenish2025

www.alto-photography.com/blog/replenish

28.02.2025 04:13 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm starting to think it's time to quit my job and go to law school. there aren't going to be enough lawyers and judges to do all this.

24.02.2025 16:04 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is for @gtconway.bsky.social

Five things I did last week.

1. Took too much ketamine
2. Danced onstage with a chainsaw
3. Ignored my new baby momma
4. Laughed at my own jokes.
5. Neglected all of my children except for the one I use as a human shield.

23.02.2025 00:28 β€” πŸ‘ 15877    πŸ” 3474    πŸ’¬ 377    πŸ“Œ 136

Excellent 5 things. Your work is a treasure!

23.02.2025 01:04 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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