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Rick Miller
@millrick.bsky.social
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Mad Artist
Neurodivergent & Dyslexic
Photographer & Documentary Filmmaker
Teacher
Grumpy Old Guy | Empathetic | Hopeful
Fosterer of cats | Dragonfly admirer
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Né en Gaspésie, Québec
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Rick Miller @millrick.bsky.social · Nov 28
“Hope is an embrace of the unknown and the unknowable, an alternative to the certainty of both optimists and pessimists. Optimists think it will all be fine without our involvement; pessimists take the opposite position; both excuse themselves from acting.“

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Rebecca Solnit on Hope in Dark Times, Resisting the Defeatism of Easy Despair, and What Victory Really Means for Movements of Social Change
“This is an extraordinary time full of vital, transformative movements that could not be foreseen. It’s also a nightmarish time. Full engagement requires the ability to perceive both.&#…
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Dramatic sunset

#sunset
#TOPhoto
Wide angle photo of a dramatic urban sunset with a mix of orange and dark grey clouds and a bit of blue sky looming over residential high-rises
October 5, 2026 at 1:16 AM
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#caturday
Photo of the rear of ginger and white cat halfway into an upside down cardboard box labeled “Cat Litter Box“
October 3, 2026 at 3:50 PM
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Good morning Toronto

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Vertical panorama of a streetcar passing on a busy street
October 3, 2026 at 2:56 PM
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Just a bit of rain,
and some dramatic clouds at sunset

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#sunset
#panoramic
Panoramic photo of cloudy sunset viewed from an apartment rooftop
October 2, 2026 at 12:34 AM
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A quiet sunset chatting with friends
while Japan Airways makes a course correction flying from Tokyo to New York.

#TOPhoto
#sunset
#contral
Panoramic photo of an urban sunset In the foreground are the silhouettes of skyscrapers and trees Above the buildings a few pink and orange clouds arc over the horizon below a pale blue sky that fades to dark blue on the top of the image In the middle the orange contrail of a high flying jet curves towards the heavens
September 30, 2026 at 1:06 AM
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Mary Beard, Chair of the Booker Prize 2026 judging panel, on why she dislikes the phrase ‘I really love reading’.

This clip is provided courtesy of the Southbank Centre, and you can watch the full Booker Prize 2026 shortlist event on their YouTube channel: https://youtube.pulse.ly/axkmrdaxr9
September 26, 2026 at 1:55 PM
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Sunsets and falcons are a good mix

#TOPhoto
#sunset
#falcon
September 28, 2026 at 12:42 AM
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Pepper is still not convinced that having a roommate is a good idea;
especially one who likes to snooze in ‘his’ spot, next to me…
Yesterday they had a fight, on my lap.
Nothing was resolved…

I needed antiseptic

🌶️ 🐈‍⬛ 😾 🩸 😾 🐈 🧇
Photo of an orange and white cat sitting on an orange couch, while being glared at by a little black cat
September 27, 2026 at 12:50 AM
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An unexpectedly lovely sunset,
with friends,
and another cloudy full moon

#TOphoto
#sunset
#fullmoon
Panoramic photo of an urban sunset, With a rooftop patio in the foreground, silhouette of skyscrapers on the horizon, and large arcs of orange and pink clouds in a bright blue sky 7:18 PM Vertical panorama of an urban sunset on the bottom of the photo is a walkway on top of an apartment building, In the middle half of the photo are bright, orange, red and pink clouds arcing through a blue sky On the top of the photo, upside down, is another walkway 7:14 PM Photo of a urban sunset. On the bottom of the photo or the silhouette of skyscrapers Behind them, orange and pink clouds reach up towards a dark blue sky 7:20 PM Telephone photo image of the full moon, rising behind some trees, partially obscured by clouds The moon is pale yellow, the sky is a mix of dark, gray, and dark blue, and the trees are very dark green 7:27 PM
September 27, 2026 at 12:32 AM
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The full moon set at 7:03
The sun rose at 7:09

We don’t have a clear view of the horizon in either direction, so my photos are taken before moonset and after sunrise

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#moonset
#sunrise
September 26, 2026 at 12:04 PM
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A lovely evening after a lovely day

#TOPhoto
#sunset
#moonrise
Panoramic photo of an urban sunset. In the foreground are the silhouettes of skyscrapers. Above the buildings are wispy, gray, and red clouds with a sky that goes from bright to dark blue. Telephoto image of the 99% full moon rising behind some trees. The moon is orange, and the sky is a mix of pale blue and peach
September 26, 2026 at 12:54 AM
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This is one of the worst photos I’ve ever taken,
but,
there’s only a few moments every year when,
during the equinox,
Pepper is perfectly backlit.

The tongue is just icing on the cake

🌶️ 🐈‍⬛ 🌞 👅 🧁

#equinox
#cat
Bad, Blurry photo of a fuzzy black cat backlit by the setting sun, with his pink tongue sticking out
September 24, 2026 at 11:44 PM
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some more photos from my equinox series

#TOphoto
#equinox
September 24, 2026 at 7:49 PM
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Sunset, due west

#sunset
#cityscape
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Photo of the sunset between two tall residential buildings, in front of the spire on an old building turret The sun is bright yellow, while the sky is tingled Gold
September 23, 2026 at 11:04 PM
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A cool, cloudy morning that did not result in a spectacular sunrise,
but it was pretty anyway.

Oh, and a falcon showed up.

#TOPhoto
#sunrise
#falcon
Panoramic photo of Dawn in a big city. There’s a bit of yellow on the eastern horizon to the left, but the clouds are mostly gray with some light blue to the right or the north. In the foreground are the silhouettes of trees and skyscrapers. Panoramic photo of an urban sunrise. The foreground is the rooftop of a small apartment building. On the left, to the east, it’s a small yellow dot of the rising Sun, illuminating the clouds are the faint yellow orange. Most of the clouds are blue gray, to the right you can see some pale blue sky. In the middle ground are skyscrapers with faint, red and orange glow from the sunrise. Telephoto image of a small falcon sitting on a church spire, silhouetted against a light blue sky with some faint white clouds
September 23, 2026 at 12:00 PM
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A quiet, cool first sunset of fall 2026

#TOphoto
#equinox
#sunset
Panoramic photo of an urban sunset In the foreground is the rooftop railing of a small apartment building In the middle ground are the silhouettes of skyscrapers, with the sun shining through a building gap in the middle of the photo Above is a pale blue sky
September 22, 2026 at 11:46 PM
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a heron fishing on the fall equinox
~ at the Toronto Brickworks

#TOphoto
#equinox
#heron
virtually colourless photo of silhouetted heron standing in an algae filled pond, with it's shadow mirrored below close up photo of heron wading in an green algae filled pond close up photo of heron wading in an green algae filled pond close up photo of heron wading in an green algae filled pond, with a small fish in its beak
September 22, 2026 at 7:00 PM
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some late summer flowers on the fall equinox

#TOphoto
#flowers
#equinox
September 22, 2026 at 6:54 PM
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First sunrise of fall 2026 at Toronto’s Brickworks.
With a heron feeding.

#TOphoto
#equinox
#sunrise
September 22, 2026 at 2:40 PM
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Last sunset of summer 2026 in Toronto

#sunset
#TOphoto
#toronto
Wide angle photograph of an urban sunset On the bottom 1/6 of the image are the silhouettes of urban skyscrapers, some with construction cranes. Immediately behind and above the skyscrapers are salmon pink clouds fading into dark purple clouds with a light blue sky showing through
September 22, 2026 at 1:46 AM
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Pepper likes it when I go out because then he gets to nap uninterrupted

#caturday
September 19, 2026 at 4:19 PM
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Some sunrise photos in Toronto

#sunrise
#toronto
#flowers
Panoramic photo of an urban sunrise. There are dark trees and high-rises in the foreground. In the background is a dark blue sky with a very few pink clouds. Panoramic photo of an urban sunrise. In the foreground, you can see the rooftop of a small apartment building. On the left, looking east, the sun is just peeking over the horizon. This is illuminating urban high-rises on the right hand side of the picture. This sky is mostly a deep blue. Photo of some silhouetted , mostly battered, late summer flowers There’s a light purple flower near the bottom of the picture, with some dark purple flowers above it, and several stumps where the flowers have lost their petals. On the bottom behind the flowers are out of focus high-rises being brightly illuminated by the rising Sun Behind everything, the sky is a light blue Photo of some bunches of very small yellow flowers illuminated by the rising Sun. One of the flowers is being approached by a small Bee In the background the rising sun is flaring off some urban high-rises The top half of the picture has a light blue sky
September 18, 2026 at 11:51 AM
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Dramatic clouds at sunset

#dramaticclouds
#sunset
#toronto
Panoramic photo of a dramatic sky filled with swirls of dark blue, grey, and a few pink clouds. All above the dark silhouettes of an urban skyline
September 16, 2026 at 12:17 PM
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Condos, construction, and a waxing moon

#waxingmoon
#toronto
Photo taken at dusk of the waxing crescent moon setting behind three highrise construction cranes and the silhouettes of tall condos with illuminated windows The sky is a pale blue, while the moon is a dull yellow There are small red lights atop the cranes
September 15, 2026 at 12:56 AM
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This is Chewy,
who is the boss of his little street.

#caturday
Photo of a ginger and white cat, sitting in a green urban garden while appearing to glare at the camera
September 12, 2026 at 3:20 PM