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The Grande Creuse by the Bridge at Vervy - 1889 https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/10356

This is a new deep-field image from JWST, designed to look for the point of origin of a fast radio burst. The bright, multi-point features are stars in the Milky Way. Everything else is an entire galaxy.

This is a photo of some rocks and sand. It was taken earlier today, with a camera 247,000,000 km away. It was taken on Mars. And now you're looking at it on your screen.

Factory landscape - 1858/1861 https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/3109735

Depeche Mode’s “Music for the Masses” turns 39 today. Of the single “Strangelove”, Alan Wilder said: “I can't even say how many times we had to redo it. We had to change the bass line at least 100 times .. We wanted to do it well — and all that for a result which, in my opinion, is not excellent.”

Waterloo Bridge, the effect of the sun in the mist - 1902 https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/3110600

Up close with Balguda, an icon of Tsavo and one of the many elephants we protect. Born around the time the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust was established, this remarkable tusker has survived decades of drought, poaching and the many challenges of life in the wild. www.sheldrickwildlifetrust.org

Our health care system in America is disgusting. A clear indication that our government doesn't give a fuck if we live or die.

I post this every year on 9/11. Never forget. bsky.app/profile/ronf...

Tonight’s sunset

"Path to Home" Oil on Canvas Created;2004 By Chinese Painter..Wang Long Sheng (B.1944)

I expect economic problems next year, not only because war-caused supply crunches keep growing, trade wars deepening, and uncertainty discouraging business investment, but also because Trump and the GOP Congress deliberately scheduled most of the pain of their healthcare cuts for after the midterms.

The US bombed Iran again, to stop Iran from laying mines in the Strait of Hormuz, which the US president said was free of mines and totally open, using naval capabilities he claimed they didn’t have, thereby restarting fire in a war to reopen the strait that was open before the US started the war.

Jonathan Banks reprises him Mike Ehrmantraut character from Breaking Bad for a message for America’s 250th "There is right vs. left. And there is right vs. wrong"

Hear me out: The John F. Kennedy and Dolly Parton Memorial Center for the Performing Arts

This High Schooler Invented a Plant-Based Plastic That Removes Microplastics From the Environment as It Biodegrades

SCHWAB: “.. The labor force participation rate has given up all gains since February 2021.” #LFPR

The Seine at Lavacourt - 1878 https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/9021

Waterloo Bridge, Grey Weather - 1901/1903 https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/10907

The Odyssey was worth the ticket price albeit some of the dialogue combined with the scenery was an extended version of a Calvin Klein commercial 😅.

Path through the Forest, Snow Effect - 1870 https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/7299

Monet created 108 pastels, often gifted to friends or sold cheaply—revealing a softer, sketch-like side of the master. They remind us Monet wasn’t only a maker of grand masterpieces, but also an artist of unrehearsed creativity.

Here are the top 5 dogs of the week!

Most of all, Lindsey Graham should be remembered as a passionate defender of rapists.

The Stones release “Honky Tonk Women” 57 years ago today — a country/western vibe inspired by the cowboys who worked at the Brazilian ranch where Jagger and Richards were vacationing. Richards said it was “one of those tracks that you knew was a #1 before you’d finished the mother—er.” 🔥

Pearl Jam’s “Alive” turns 35 today. “The original story being told in the song is that of a young man being made aware of some shocking truths,” said Vedder. But after years of audiences singing “I’m still alive .. it’s like they’re celebrating .. They changed the meaning .. They lifted the curse.”

NEW: AP calls CO-1 for Democratic Socialist Melat Kiros over 15-term Rep Diana DeGette (D-CO)

I have an update on Betty, the only person I’ve ever posted a GFM for because I know her so well. She desperately needs our help. If you can lend a hand, it would be greatly appreciate it. If not, I completely understand. A repost reaches far and wide, and it’s free. gofund.me/c20d8437e

We were able to help this dog who was likely the victim of a dog fighting ring ❤️‍🩹

Donald Trump: “OK, but if I do this one war for you, you’ll tear up all of the Epstein dirt you have on me, right?” Netanyahu:

This is bad. At least 9 county prosecutors in pro-Trump areas of Virginia have now openly declared that they won't enforce the assault weapons ban that the Dem state legislature recently passed. It's a MAGA nullification movement. New piece from me: newrepublic.com/article/2114...

If local officials can simply decide which laws they will and won’t enforce based on politics, then what exactly is the point of passing laws in the first place? MAGA spent years demanding “law and order.” Apparently that only applies when they agree with the outcome.

When you run for LA mayor but you’ve never voted for LA mayor before.

Richard Gere on Trump: “We’re living in the darkest moment that I’ve experienced on this planet. Whoever thought America could turn like this? Whoever thought that a maniac like this would become president and dismantle all the good things?”

Maddie Nutt recounts three key mistakes from overnight lightning, rain and endless mud at Unbound XL as 'what could only be described as hell' www.cyclingnews.com/pro-cycling/...

'My friends think I'm completely mad' – 84-year-old scales Alpe d'Huez for charity www.cyclingweekly.com/news/my-frie...

It mightn't look like much. But this little red dot is a supermassive black hole about 50 million times more massive than the Sun, its light dating to just 700 million years after the Big Bang—when the Universe was just 5% its current age. It is insane to me that we can see this far back.

Welcome to Michigan, Stephen Colbert!

This is Edward. He was given 6 months to live after being found as a stray. His family was determined to give him the best few months possible, so they introduced him to the ice cream truck. That was 27 months ago. 14/10 #SeniorPupSaturday (IG: magnificent_foster_dogs)

Just weeks before Howard Lutnick’s testimony in the Oversight Committee on the Epstein investigation, he made a $5 million campaign donation—his first since becoming Secretary. And who did he make it to? A super PAC for House Republicans. Let’s let that sink in.

So openly saying he came back into office to stay out of prison