MichaelLGibbons 🏴📸
@michaellgibbons.bsky.social
Scottish. Photographer. Nerd. Traveler.
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Tiny, fragile, and somehow perfectly composed. The forest is good at making ordinary mushrooms feel a little magical when you get close enough.
#mushroom #fungi #forestfloor #macrophotography #nature #photography
#mushroom #fungi #forestfloor #macrophotography #nature #photography
October 6, 2026 at 3:32 PM
Tiny, fragile, and somehow perfectly composed. The forest is good at making ordinary mushrooms feel a little magical when you get close enough.
#mushroom #fungi #forestfloor #macrophotography #nature #photography
#mushroom #fungi #forestfloor #macrophotography #nature #photography
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SUSAN COLLINS: I was successful in getting road salt removed from the Canada tariff list
TROY JACKSON: What about everything else? We can't eat road salt
TROY JACKSON: What about everything else? We can't eat road salt
October 7, 2026 at 12:24 AM
SUSAN COLLINS: I was successful in getting road salt removed from the Canada tariff list
TROY JACKSON: What about everything else? We can't eat road salt
TROY JACKSON: What about everything else? We can't eat road salt
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October 4, 2026 at 11:28 PM
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"Je Shen" (Chinese Artist, born 1973)
"Meditation" • 2026.
Oil on Canvas • 160 × 120 cm.
Private Collection.
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
"Meditation" • 2026.
Oil on Canvas • 160 × 120 cm.
Private Collection.
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
October 2, 2026 at 4:10 AM
"Je Shen" (Chinese Artist, born 1973)
"Meditation" • 2026.
Oil on Canvas • 160 × 120 cm.
Private Collection.
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
"Meditation" • 2026.
Oil on Canvas • 160 × 120 cm.
Private Collection.
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
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Flamingos are not pink. They are born with grey feathers, which gradually turn pink in the wild because of a dye called canthaxanthin obtained from their diet of brine shrimp and blue-green algae. This is a baby flamingo.
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October 2, 2026 at 11:20 AM
Flamingos are not pink. They are born with grey feathers, which gradually turn pink in the wild because of a dye called canthaxanthin obtained from their diet of brine shrimp and blue-green algae. This is a baby flamingo.
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EXCLUSIVE: A Scottish campaigner has questioned why Scotland's drug deaths crisis has not faced the kind of scrutiny that has followed other major public health scandals
Scotland's drugs crisis deserves a 'non-political' inquiry says campaigner
www.thenational.scot
October 2, 2026 at 7:38 PM
EXCLUSIVE: A Scottish campaigner has questioned why Scotland's drug deaths crisis has not faced the kind of scrutiny that has followed other major public health scandals
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A Democratic-led coalition of cities and states, including Hawaiʻi, is suing the Trump regime for repealing rules limiting greenhouse gas emissions from power plants.
US states and cities sue over Trump EPA’s repeal of emissions rules
Democratic-led coalition says gutting key protections will set US back decades and worsen climate crisis
www.theguardian.com
October 1, 2026 at 10:42 PM
A Democratic-led coalition of cities and states, including Hawaiʻi, is suing the Trump regime for repealing rules limiting greenhouse gas emissions from power plants.
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Trump campaigns for Ken Paxton in Texas: "He can be a pain in the ass sometimes, I'll be honest. Is he here, by the way? Oh, there he is. I didn't even know if he was here! I don't care."
October 1, 2026 at 9:54 PM
Trump campaigns for Ken Paxton in Texas: "He can be a pain in the ass sometimes, I'll be honest. Is he here, by the way? Oh, there he is. I didn't even know if he was here! I don't care."
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it didn't even occur to me that the government might try to execute someone a second time if they torture the person but fail to kill them during a first botched attempt. truly grotesque and a moral stain upon all involved.
October 1, 2026 at 6:44 PM
it didn't even occur to me that the government might try to execute someone a second time if they torture the person but fail to kill them during a first botched attempt. truly grotesque and a moral stain upon all involved.
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The same Brendan Carr who wanted to investigate NBC because Kamala was on SNL?
The same Brendan Carr who wanted to dismantle independent fact checking and accused them of being a “censorship cartel?”
Periodic reminder that the corruption is a feature, not a bug.
The same Brendan Carr who wanted to dismantle independent fact checking and accused them of being a “censorship cartel?”
Periodic reminder that the corruption is a feature, not a bug.
FCC Chair Brendan Carr says that new pro-Trump TV ads paid for with government funds don’t “merit any sort of FCC review.”
FCC head says government-funded Trump ads are ‘normal’ and ‘don’t raise any red flags’
Brendan Carr said the ads are “normal-course public service announcements” and nothing that would “merit any sort of” review by the Federal Communications Commission.
nbcnews.to
October 1, 2026 at 12:42 PM
The same Brendan Carr who wanted to investigate NBC because Kamala was on SNL?
The same Brendan Carr who wanted to dismantle independent fact checking and accused them of being a “censorship cartel?”
Periodic reminder that the corruption is a feature, not a bug.
The same Brendan Carr who wanted to dismantle independent fact checking and accused them of being a “censorship cartel?”
Periodic reminder that the corruption is a feature, not a bug.
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[job interview]
interviewer: so god killed all your kids?
job: that's right
interviewer: so god killed all your kids?
job: that's right
September 22, 2026 at 3:35 AM
[job interview]
interviewer: so god killed all your kids?
job: that's right
interviewer: so god killed all your kids?
job: that's right
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Helen Bennett 🌿;'s #BirdOfTheDay ALT theme is #YellowElements
I think you all knew this bird was coming: Sulphur-crested Cockatoo.
#ECK #birds #birdphotography #birdsofbluesky #wildlife #nature #Photography #Nikon #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBlueSky
I think you all knew this bird was coming: Sulphur-crested Cockatoo.
#ECK #birds #birdphotography #birdsofbluesky #wildlife #nature #Photography #Nikon #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBlueSky
October 2, 2026 at 5:44 AM
Helen Bennett 🌿;'s #BirdOfTheDay ALT theme is #YellowElements
I think you all knew this bird was coming: Sulphur-crested Cockatoo.
#ECK #birds #birdphotography #birdsofbluesky #wildlife #nature #Photography #Nikon #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBlueSky
I think you all knew this bird was coming: Sulphur-crested Cockatoo.
#ECK #birds #birdphotography #birdsofbluesky #wildlife #nature #Photography #Nikon #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBlueSky
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Pink oyster mushrooms 🍄
October 1, 2026 at 5:57 PM
Pink oyster mushrooms 🍄
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Turns out we don’t have to invoke weapons of mass destruction when talking about ocean heat uptake.
The ocean absorbed a record-breaking 23 zettajoules of heat last year, equivalent to 40 times the energy used by humanity.
It’s not going to end well.
The ocean absorbed a record-breaking 23 zettajoules of heat last year, equivalent to 40 times the energy used by humanity.
It’s not going to end well.
World’s oceans absorbed record heat equal to 40 times annual global energy use
The injection of thermal energy comes amid an increasing rise in sea levels and continuing acidification
www.theguardian.com
September 30, 2026 at 9:42 PM
Turns out we don’t have to invoke weapons of mass destruction when talking about ocean heat uptake.
The ocean absorbed a record-breaking 23 zettajoules of heat last year, equivalent to 40 times the energy used by humanity.
It’s not going to end well.
The ocean absorbed a record-breaking 23 zettajoules of heat last year, equivalent to 40 times the energy used by humanity.
It’s not going to end well.
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I think we all saw that coming
September 30, 2026 at 2:57 PM
I think we all saw that coming
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September 30, 2026 at 6:29 AM
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September 30, 2026 at 1:34 AM
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This is priceless.
Check out how local news is reporting on Sen Eric Schmidt’s clown-show grilling of Jack Smith.
They found Jack Smith at the game…
“Top corner, section 109, row 1. In fact, that seat doesn’t even exist in Atlanta.”
Check out how local news is reporting on Sen Eric Schmidt’s clown-show grilling of Jack Smith.
They found Jack Smith at the game…
“Top corner, section 109, row 1. In fact, that seat doesn’t even exist in Atlanta.”
September 30, 2026 at 1:25 AM
This is priceless.
Check out how local news is reporting on Sen Eric Schmidt’s clown-show grilling of Jack Smith.
They found Jack Smith at the game…
“Top corner, section 109, row 1. In fact, that seat doesn’t even exist in Atlanta.”
Check out how local news is reporting on Sen Eric Schmidt’s clown-show grilling of Jack Smith.
They found Jack Smith at the game…
“Top corner, section 109, row 1. In fact, that seat doesn’t even exist in Atlanta.”
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I’ve been a writer and illustrator for decades, and the rise of genAI slop has only provided further proof that many of the clients who hire creative professionals need them as much for their judgement as they do for their skills.
The BBC's new director general has described a 50-minute AI-generated episode of Doctor Who as "pretty good," and suggested that the technology now enabled the creation of content "at the standard of a Hollywood studio." https://bit.ly/4rD8rmh
September 30, 2026 at 8:12 AM
I’ve been a writer and illustrator for decades, and the rise of genAI slop has only provided further proof that many of the clients who hire creative professionals need them as much for their judgement as they do for their skills.
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The BBC's new director general's brain is smaller on the inside.
The BBC's new director general has described a 50-minute AI-generated episode of Doctor Who as "pretty good," and suggested that the technology now enabled the creation of content "at the standard of a Hollywood studio." https://bit.ly/4rD8rmh
September 30, 2026 at 7:26 AM
The BBC's new director general's brain is smaller on the inside.