Michael Beggs
East Coast Tasmania Australia

Virginia Democrats Win Redistricting Referendum, Potentially Flipping Four House Seats By turning Trump's own redistricting gamble against him, Virginia just changed the math on Congress.

By turning Trump's own redistricting gamble against him, Virginia just changed the math on Congress.

A beautiful #TreeSwallow guarding the entrance to its nest hole in a standing snag at #FernhillWetlands in #ForestGrove #Oregon

#birds #birding #birdwatching #pnw #ornithology #pnw #swallows #nesting #ECK #birdphotography #wildlife #nature #WildlifeRefuge #vögel #pájaro #oiseaux #oiseauxsauvages

Hummingbird with iridescent blue and green feathers in flight past a green bush with long reddish-orange flowers.

#BirdOfTheDay theme is #Perches&Petals any bird with flowers in the capture. A Mexican violetear flying past a cigar bush. Take in San Gerardo de Dota, Costa Rica.

#birds
#photography
#birdsofbluesky

Columbia River Gorge sunrise w/Mt Hood #photo #photography #mthood #pnw #oregon #landscape #landscapephotography #landscapephoto #nature #naturephotography #naturephoto #travel #travelphotography #gorge #portlandoregon #MtHood #Cascades #mountain #portland #sunrise #morning #clouds #PDX

This is your reminder that it's been ten months since the assassination of Melissa Hortman, her husband and her dog, and there hasn't been even a hint of justice for her family, friends or colleagues.

View from my office window tonight over West Field, Co. Galway, Ireland. Clouds lit orange and red behind silhouetted trees on the horizon.

View from my office window looking over West Field, Co. Galway, Ireland. #Sunset #Horses #Ireland #Scape #Landscape #Sky #Clouds #CloudScape #IrishSunset #SkyScape #Photography

oil on canvas composition, Impressionistic abstraction, layered brushwork, thin glazes, scumbled highlights, surreal dunes seamlessly rise into elegant slender towers, flowing geometry with elongated smooth vertical curves, clean surfaces, sharp elegant edges, calm and majestic negative space, bright crescent moon, wet-in-wet blending, luminous atmospheric haze, impasto accents, strong visual flow --ar 5:7 --stylize 400 --v 8.1

"Goodnight moon" #synthart

Several people with signs like this at the Boston Marathon today

Not off to a great start

This👇🏼. AOC is the only one stating it clearly and plainly. Do I have any faith that the American people will ever elect a woman president someday? No. I hope I’m proven wrong.

Tim Curry was initially cast as The Joker in Batman: The Animated Series (1992). However, after recording only four episodes, he quit the show after he developed bronchitis. The part was then given to Mark Hamill. #TheGoreYouKnow #MutantFam @themutantfam.bsky.social

"Woman at the Station" by artist Ewa Tudorska. A woman waiting for a train

Morning Bluesky

Crazy sunset 🌅

Sunset on Mt Rainier

Good night, Bluesky!

Last light on Tahoma from Puyallup, Washington
📸Brian Foley

You can call it a hoax. You can call it a staged event. But mostly you can call it the workings of a sick, demented man.

Effective 2025 federal tax rates paid by these corporations:

Alphabet: 8.01%
AT&T: 4.6%
Meta: 3.57%
General Motors: 3.09%
Amazon: 1.37%
Exxon Mobil: 1.31%
Disney: -1.57%
CVS Health: -3.88%

Income tax rate paid by the typical American: 14.5%

This is what a rigged system looks like.

Wakey, wakey

bugleweed, azalea, dogwood, and my hidden forest goblin house down the path

This photo captures a beautifully atmospheric scene along a former railway line that has since been transformed into a peaceful greenway path. The old stone bridge arches overhead, its weathered masonry framed by dense foliage that glows with autumn colors—rich golds, reds, and deep greens. The ground is carpeted with a thick layer of fallen leaves, still glistening slightly from recent rain, reflecting the warm yellow glow of the lampposts that line the path. The lighting adds a magical, almost storybook quality: dusk has fallen, so the sky above is a deep, clear blue fading into evening, while the lamps create cozy pools of light along the trail. The trees arch inward, forming a natural tunnel that complements the old railway arches, giving a sense of depth and quiet continuity as the path disappears into the distance. It feels calm, nostalgic, and slightly mysterious—like a place where history lingers in the brickwork, and where a quiet walk might let you step out of the present for a while.

Love this photo from last night’s walk along the Blackrock Passage Greenway, Cork 🇮🇪

#photography
#nature
#landscape
#autumn
#train
#EastCoastKin
#speirghorm
#PhotoHour

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Moss-covered fallen tree trunk in a lush woodland, with ferns growing on its surface and a carpet of bluebells in the background. Thin tree branches arch overhead, framing a narrow dirt path that winds throughout the green, spring-like forest.

Back in the woods

Blackrock, Cork, 🇮🇪

#photography
#nature
#landscape
#springtime
#tree
#bluebells
#moss
#ferns
#woodlands
#PhotoHour
#spéirghorm
#EastCoastKin
#ECK

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A tranquil woodland scene on the grounds of the former Bessboro mother and baby home: a moss-covered fallen tree arches low across the frame, surrounded by slender, leafing branches. The forest floor is carpeted with vibrant green moss, ferns, and clusters of delicate purple-blue wildflowers, likely bluebells, creating a soft, almost luminous contrast against the earthy browns. Sunlight filters through the canopy, dappling the scene with warm highlights, lending a sense of quiet beauty and stillness to a place with a notorious history.

Blown away by the reaction to yesterday’s photo. Thanks for all the shares and likes. Here’s another from the opposite direction.

Blackrock, Cork, 🇮🇪

#photography
#nature
#landscape
#springtime
#tree
#bluebells
#moss
#ferns
#woodlands
#PhotoHour
#spéirghorm
#EastCoastKin
#ECK

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Absolutely incredible.

NASA Astronaut Reid Wiseman, who commanded Artemis II, took this footage from the far side of the Moon with his iPhone.

Watch with sound on.

A vivid digital artwork of a planetary nebula resembling a glowing cosmic eye, with a bright central star surrounded by concentric rings of blue, gold, and white gas. Wispy, luminous filaments radiate outward into a dark star-filled background, creating a dramatic, swirling halo effect.

The void blinked, and in the gap between darkness and forever, an iris of azure flame and gilded interstellar dust unfolds. Tendrils of dying starlight comb the black for a last embrace—a universe-wide sigh dressed in a halo of final, radiant breath.

Asking them to defend their positions as SURVIVORS is like TELLING THEM THEY DESERVE TO BE MOLESTED AGAIN.

WE HAVE THE FILES
RELEASE THEM 🤬😬😬

Xiao Qi. I love her art.

This war is so damn confusing. It’s why we shouldn’t let drunks and dementia patients run it.

Love, That Little Band From Texas !🎸🎶♥️🎯🎉🎊🕶🥁🧰⚠️🔞♋️‼️☑️

"Late Evening" - my oil painting

Evening grosbeaks.