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The Road Not Taken - SATB
YouTube video by Choral Clarity with Adam Paltrowitz
https://youtube.com/watch?v=03ajPt-c4ow
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Mark Jacob
26 days ago
Go ahead and slam journalists when they deserve it. I certainly do. But also realize that New York Times journalists Declan Walsh and Arlette Bashizi willingly traveled to an Ebola ward in the Democratic Republic of Congo in order to inform the world. Many journalists are heroes. (NYT gift link)
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Inside the Ebola Epicenter, the Virus Rages With Little to Stop It
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/30/world/africa/ebola-epicenter-congo.html?unlocked_article_code=1.mVA.C8Iz.J6vIlQvN1_bV&smid=url-share
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Discovery of severe pneumonia subtypes could lead to tailored treatments for life-threating disease
Cambridge researchers have shown that severe pneumonia has three different subtypes, helping explain why some patients in intensive care units (ICUs) recover from their illness faster than others, whi...
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/discovery-of-severe-pneumonia-subtypes-could-lead-to-tailored-treatments-for-life-threating-disease?utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c515600ae150759ad257
about 22 hours ago
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Dovewoman ๐ ๐บ๐ฆ ๐
3 days ago
Some people have it Some people donโt โฆ The Barack Obama Presidential Center Reflecting Pond
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Gina
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I am celebrating one year on BlueSky๐ I never anticipated I would be in a community that shares such magnificent artistry of words & photos, while also showing so much kindness & support -and joy & fun!! You are awesome people Thank you my friends I posted this tree my first day on BlueSky
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Digital Brain
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๐ฅsurrounded by Grey-headed Albatross chicks
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#Huntsville
#Botanical
#Garden
Aquatic Garden we had an
#algae
problem in a similar setting. Organic black dye solved it and the frogs and koi were hidden from the Herons.
www.lakerestoration.com/product/refl...
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Reflection Black Pond Dye - Quart, Packets - Lake Restoration
Highly concentrated black pond dye enhances color, blocks sunlight, and is a natural and positive approach. Beautify your water with food grade dye.
https://www.lakerestoration.com/product/reflection-black-pond-dye/
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#Rudbeckia
maxima with flower stems to 8' high.
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'Golden Splendor' in the tomatoes.
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Romek66
6 days ago
#ForestFriday
the heatwave is coming, itโs time to hide in the forest fields of wild bearโs garlic on the Beskid slopes
#hiking
#Beskid
#mountains
#Poland
#forest
#wildflowers
#nature
#flowers
#bloomscrolling
#scape
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netherfield
6 days ago
Today's Old Rose is the Gallica 'Tricolore de Fandre' (Parmentier, 1844). An eye-catching compact 3ft bush with intensely striped medium double blooms of blackberry purple & raspberry pink on cream. Very pretty & sweetly fragrant. I am surprised it is not more widely known. ๐น๐ฑ
#Roses
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#Daylily
#Hemerocallis
'Little Grapette' is just over twelve inches tall and 2-1/2" in diameter
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#Zephyranthes
tubispathacea or Rio Grande Copperlily have naturalized here and there in the garden.
6 days ago
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7 days ago
#California
is testing water conservation and
#renewableenergy
generation. Instead of building solar farms on new land, engineers are installing
#solarpanels
above irrigation canals, allowing the same space to produce electricity while helping reduce water loss.
#ActOnClimate
#Renewables
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๐จ๐ฆJOY ๐จ๐ฆ
7 days ago
There are exactly three known species of sea dragons, all of which are found only in the coastal waters of southern and western Australia. They are close relatives of seahorses, known for their elaborate camouflage and graceful, drifting movements. This is the Weedy sea dragon
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Mack Butterfield
8 days ago
No lies detected.
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Ricky Davila
7 days ago
Michelle Obama appreciation post just because.
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Japan fans use blue bags to uphold a cleansing World Cup tradition after draw
Japan fans are still cleaning up after themselves at the World Cup. Those blue bags they were waving in a frenzy after their team got a late tying goal were then used after the final whistle to pick u...
https://apnews.com/article/japan-world-cup-fans-cleaning-fd7289c5351f6a59e679fbd8a5327e0f?utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c515600ae150759ad257
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๐๐ค๐ก๐๐ญ๐๐ฅ๐ข ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ฌ
11 days ago
A shepherd films his flock under a dense hailstorm:
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Teresa Martinez
16 days ago
For those who want to donate land such as this, ALWAYS remember to check whether the holder of these Conservation Easements have included a stipulation indicating whether or not these agreements can be AMENDED AT THE DISCRETION of these so-called "conservancies"
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Farmer donates land for a park, city sells it for data center development โ $10 gift became $10M for city government, with $30M tax expected over next decade
A solemn Texas deed ignored for profit.
https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/farmer-donates-land-for-a-park-city-sells-it-for-data-center-development-usd10-gift-became-usd10m-for-city-government-with-usd30m-tax-expected-over-next-decade
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Death Comes Quietly
www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
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Death Comes Quietly
In 2002 I had a massive heart attack. It started slow; discomfort in my left shoulder that no amount of stretching could ease. As I began feeling worse and worse I went to the bathroom and tried toโฆ
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2026/6/13/800041111/community/death-comes-quietly/
11 days ago
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Honey Girl Grows
13 days ago
โฆโcatchโ or be infected with DWV from honey bees via flowers. YOU can help by planting flowers! More flowers, less spread!๐ฑ๐ (Cornell University repeat research - it is depressing how many beekeepers do not know this, and ask for proof). Worth watching!
youtu.be/i1WUxk9HZU8
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Jeffrey J. Hall
9 months ago
Video: a Japanese scientist was attacked by flies while giving the acceptance speech for his Ig Nobel Prize-winning research paper that proved painting Zebra-like stripes on cows led to a decrease in biting fly attacks.
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Duncan Borman
24 days ago
So very true โIt's not mud or grass or sand... It's the barriers that we put in. We design people out of nature. "We don't think who we're excluding when we put up some kind of boundary... padlocked gates, stiles or tiny kissing gates which are all barriers."
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Huge Kraken-like Octopus may have ruled the seas 72 million years ago
A new study finds a giant octopus may have prowled the seas 72 million years ago and may have been at the top of the food chain.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/graphics/2026/06/04/prehistoric-kraken-octopus-discovered/90385755007/?utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c515600ae150759ad257
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UNITED24
18 days ago
Defenders not only keep Ukrainians physically safe but also help protect their mental well-being, offering moments of humor and recreation that provide relief for both themselves and others amid hardship.
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#Spiderlily
#Hymenocallis
pimana has been in flower since late May. It grows from central Mexico into the Caribbean islands. Found in damp places but tolerates drier gardens.
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#Salvia
officinalis purple-leaf
#Sage
and golden leaf forms have grown to 4 feet in diameter.
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LAFAYETTE
18 days ago
This is moss agate from Indonesia, the ''moss'' is actually iron and other mineral inclusions in the stone that make it look like it contains a forest
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๐ฑโ๏ธ๐ช๐progressing to with
#Archie
and the new stone retaining wall.
18 days ago
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๐ฆ kris๐ปโโโ
20 days ago
This makes me miss my Great Dane. I laughed so hard I had tears in my eyes. ๐คฃ๐๐๐ญ๐ญ
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#Ruscus
aculeata 'Wheeler' is a self-fertile form of Butcher's Broom. Tolerates dry shade. The fake leaves (cladodes) are tipped with sharp prickles.
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Anna B.
23 days ago
Aria Upon the Water
#Art
#SynthArt
#Nature
#Birds
#ProthonotaryWarbler
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Papakila (Chief Chief Antifa)
27 days ago
Hereโs the finished birthday card I did for a friend of a friend. I didnโt realize it at the time but the person itโs for is the restorer who did the Salvatore Mundi by DaVinci ๐
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#Rosa
'Gold Medal' from several years ago. At my cousin's funeral I took a stem and grew her family a plant.
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#Discocactus
crystallophyllus flowers several times during the summer. Sweetly scented of lemon magnolia and marigold tagetes foliage, the blooms will be wilted by dawn.
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Anton Gerashchenko
26 days ago
A little girl came to her dad on her graduation day. Damn this war. ๐น: oksankaborukh / Instagram
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#native
#Hypericum
aureum (frondosum) starting the summer season. It grows mainly along the upper Cumberland escatpment here. Small shrubs with flaky mahogany stems are attractive in winter.
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๐ฑ Asiatic hybrid
#Lilium
'Orange Ton' or Tone? with
#Clematis
texensis 'Gravetye Beauty' still going.
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#native
Silverling
#Paronychia
in flower with Spanish
#Sempervivum
minutum (nevadensis). Conditions are too lush here for Hen and Chicks to color up.
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#Lilium
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Tina Winsett
26 days ago
First white spider lily blooms of the year. Benefit of the rain weโve been getting! ๐ฑ
#FlowerReport
#CoastalSouthTexas
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Botanical University Challenge
26 days ago
๐ฑ๐พ๐๐บ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ก๐ด๐๏ธHoneysuckle (Lonicera periclymenum) inspired 1883 wallpaper design by May Morris, daughter of William & Jane Morris. Popular design still available today. The design, with some writing about printing it, is on the left, and the finished wallpaper on the right.
#BUC2026
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#Crinum
'Big Baby Boy' first flowers at three years old. Should remain about 24" tall.
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#Parthenium
auriculatum with perennial
#Lamium
orvale at top amid grassy leaved Carex.
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#Pepe
with yellow
#Hemerocallis
'Suzie Wong' by Grady Kennedy and the Tawny Orange Daylily H. fulva.
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Indivisible โ๐
about 1 month ago
โItโs just burning. I just wanted to try to keep people safe.โ ICE fired pepper spray at Senator Andy Kim and protesters outside a detention facility in New Jersey. Not another penny should go to these out-of-control agencies โ and when we regain power, we will hold all of these thugs accountable.
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ICE agents pepper spray protesters, N.J. senator in clash outside Delaney Hall in Newark
โItโs sad, itโs a sad day," says pepper-sprayed senator.
https://www.nj.com/news/2026/05/ice-agents-pepper-spray-protesters-nj-senator-in-clash-outside-delaney-hall-in-newark.html
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ContempraInn ๐น
about 1 month ago
Fun fact: Crows ๐ฆโโฌ wag their tails when theyโre happy.๐
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