Michigan House Republicans openly threatening the funding of state courts if the Michigan Supreme Court adopts a rule that would prohibit most immigration arrests in courthouses, is not a side issue according to Michigan Advance Editor Jon King. Instead, he says it’s a canary in the coal mine.

The special little Chestnut-belted Gnateater in the dark forests of Amazonas. #Brazil #birds #nature

Rest in Peace Alex Jeffrey Pretti🙏🏾 The VA ICU Nurses send him off right 💔

Sketch art · donrice.art Support · ko-fi.com/donriceart #ladder #high #winter #snowsuit #overalls #workers #humansofbluesky #blueskyartshow #cold #eastcoastkin #sketch #art Outdoor Sign Removal

fresh snow #BlueSkyArtShow #Cold #photography #winter #chiemsee

In extreme cold, running water turns to ice. Keep on moving now! ❄️❄️❄️ #BlueSkyArtShow #cold #ClassicMono #Monochrome #Stunday #WaterfallWednesday #photography #landscape #scape #Poetry #Senryu #Haiku #MicroPoem #ImageAndVerse #EastCoastKin

#BlueSkyArtShow #Cold #Birds #BirdPhotography

#BlueSkyArtShow #Cold #Winter #Photography

Killdeer #photography #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #thelittlethings

Today I stood in -20 degrees alongside interfaith leaders & community members demanding that ICE stop terrorizing Minnesota. I was struck by three things. 1. People are traumatized, not paralyzed. 2. These are American tax $$. 3. MN is showing what we all could be doing nationally. Read more.

A hungry wee Dipper chick #BirdOfTheDay #TailsUp #EastCoastKin #birds #nature #wildlife #photography

#BirdOfTheDay #WinterLight White-throated Sparrow with a snowflake ornament. #snow #birds #nature

It’s cold and I’ve been on my belly for hours with my Nikon and wide-angle lens hoping to catch an emperor fly like missile from the sea. Although I can barely feel my fingers, I couldn’t be happier. My heart is singing and I can’t help but smile. More: glass.photo/cm/2x0JKhym2...

#One peony, many petals. #BlueSkyArtShow #Flowers

Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.

Purple Gallinule #photography #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #thelittlethings

For three seconds on the floor of a Ford Motor Co. plant in Dearborn, a solitary autoworker did what the political establishment has largely failed to do for three months: remind the country exactly who its president is. Commentary from Michigan Advance Editor-in-Chief @jonkingnews.bsky.social

"Goldcrest" Hand embroidery thread painting artwork #Stunday #embroidery #WildlifeArt #birds

Angry Bluebird posing for my camera - sayin’, hurry-up paparazzi, it’s cold out here #birds

Frosty Yellow Browed Warbler, Hurley, Warickshire. They breeds in the Siberian taiga forests across Russia, and winter in Southeast Asia. #wildlife #naturephotography #nature #photography #birds #naturelovers #birdsofinstagram #birdphotography #animals #travel #birdwatching

Snail Kite #photography #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #thelittlethings

Singing his heart out. #BlueSkyArtShow Theme: #Vibrant #EastCoastKin #Photography #photographer #photograph #Colorado #meadowlark #yellow #dhephotos #more #adventure #Someday

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #MoodyFaces I think I found something Northern Angry bird aka Gannet

The mists below. Photograph taken from Glastonbury Tor this morning.

Roseate Spoonbill #photography #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #thelittlethings

Good Morning from the Sonoran Desert 🪶 (ID in alt-text)

Female Powerful Owl in a Brisbane conservation area* this morning. * Incidentally, an area that the government seems very interested in developing into a "major tourist attraction" in time for the 2032 Olympic Games. Something nobody wants except developers, as far as I can tell. #brisbane #wildoz

"I doubt Senator Kelly will see this blog, and if he does see it, I imagine he will not be pleased with it. He’ll probably find it embarrassing. His humility likely makes him bristle at stuff like this. Well, that’s just too damn bad, Senator."

MICHIGAN: Police arrest protestor of Trump’s attack on Venezuela while she’s live on air 🤔🇺🇸

Nankeen kestrel. I took this a while back. Love these clever birds.

Talamanca Hummingbird #ParaisoQuetzal #CostaRica 3/25 #Sony a6700 #Tamron 50-400 @ 600mm eq.fov Program #birds & wildlife mods. #Photomator #hummingbird #nature #birdphotography #Point’nShootNature

First bird of 2026 was this handsome Pyrrhuloxia navigating a soggy Mesquite tree 🪶

European Crested Tit for the last #BirdWhisperer of the year! What a sweet-looking bird 😍 A thousand thanks to @birdwhisperers.bsky.social and @amandamakepeace.bsky.social for the challenges this year. You make the world a brighter place 💜

Spotted sandpiper #birdoftheday #reflections

Greater Roadrunner hunkered down on a soggy morning… 🪶

For #BirdOfTheDay #Oustretched, an Agami Heron #CostaRica #birds #birdphotography #nature

Alexandra Buckle - Snow Drops. #Linocut

Saw a handful of Long-billed Curlews yesterday on Mustang Island near #CorpusChristiTx. Love their look. #Birds.

This is a red billed oxpecker. Arguably the best bird name.

#BlueSkyArtShow #Holiday #Ornament #Joy

Freaking love this city and all the people in it so much….a bunch of people went and turned the 4 train into the Polar Express giving out toys to kids along the way from the Bronx to Brooklyn….shoutout to the @newyorkers.live account on IG for doing this 🙏 www.instagram.com/reel/DSnsvWS...

Number 6 on my top 10 favourite photos of 2025. I have photographed a lot of elk but this one stands out. I’m always looking for that visible vapour oof the breath in the cool mornings and to get it against a dark background with the bull facing the camera it was perfect! #wildlife #elk #bullelk

🤯 This is an angle I never imagined getting! I wish it was a bit sharper ‘cause I’ll likely never get this shot again. Hard to see it as a hummingbird when frozen in time like this. 🪶 🥶 #BirdPhotography #Hummingbird #naturephotography #wildlife #FeatheredFriends #BirdsOfBsky

A Blue Wave butterfly (Myscelia cyaniris) resting with wings open at the Butterfly Pavilion in Westminster, Colorado. I kept the background subdued so the blue pattern could quietly take center stage. #MacroPhotography #BlueWaveButterfly #ScottKissPhoto

merry abstract Xmas. if you celebrate or not it’s a good day to wish all beings well, with peace and beauty always. 🤍🕊️ . #ArtistsOnBlueSky #BlueSkyArtShow #AbstractArt #AbstractExpressionism #Painter #Art #Artist #WomensArtBlueSky #AbstractArtist #BlueSkyArt  #OregonArtist #Oregon

Some holiday bird art from years past. Wishing everyone a safe and peaceful holiday season. Rest up and we’ll regroup in the new year! #birdart #happyholidays

#ArtAdventCalendar Dec.24 Their slightly nasal sounding beep beep beeps are one of the best sounds during our long winters. This Red-breasted Nuthatch pauses briefly in the frosty branches before checking out the pine cone for seeds! #Birds #photography #wildlife 🪶

#ArtAdventCalendar Day 24. I love this bracelet. The sparkle comes from tiny crystal bicones either side of the glass heart beads, and the silver-swirled green glass rondelles are unusual and very pretty.

A Seagull in silhouette just before sunrise… #bird #birdoftheday #birdphoto #photography #birdsofbluesky #dailyartshow #blueskybirds #nature #sunrise #ocean #canonphotography #silhouette

#ArtAdventCalendar day 24 A favorite photo of an American #Pelican, preening in stereo. #Birds