Doublythumbs

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Just sharing with the world the things I find fascinating around the Ohio Valley. Vintage Purveyor | Outdoor Enthusiast | Metal Detectorist | Amateur Cook | Small Town Liberal | LGBTQ+ Ally | Introvert | Gardener (Zone 6B)
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Every once in awhile, I see posts that make me curious about what’s happening in mastodon or the fediverse, but I usually give up because it feels like I’m missing important context. Regardless of all that, I like this site and it’s too complicated to move away to something else. I love birds and I love photography. What I share is free because birds are free and people should be free too.

NASA's photo galley from yesterday's lunar fly-by are bonkers gorgeous

full gallery here: https://www.nasa.gov/gallery/lunar-flyby/

Your ballot is a weapon. Republicans want it neutered. We want it loaded. Vote YES on the redistricting amendment April 21 and redraw the map that protects Virginia from Trump’s power grab. No mercy.

#VirginiaVoteYes

RT: @EdKrassen BREAKING: Greta Thunberg just eviscerated Trump for his comments about wiping out an entire civilization, dropping multiple F-bombs in the process.

"The President of the United States just said that a whole civilization will die tonight and never to be brought back again and

Because we all need something amazing today.
#artemisII

And finally for now, the great slapstick comedian of the garden, the varied carpet beetle (Anthrenus verbasci; 🇩🇪 Museumskäfer or Wollkrautblütenkäfer).

This little fellow must've been drunk on the pollen & nectar that's now available. It flipped on its back spontaneously, & when I helped it up, it flew to the edge of the tulip & then fell off 😬

#Heidelberg 🏰
#Photography 📷️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️
#BugOfTheDay 🐞
#MacroPhotography 🔬
#InsectsOfMastodon 🪰
#BackGardenEntomology 🪲

A few of the many beautiful Kay Nielsen illustrations for East of the Sun and West of the Moon (1914), a book of Norwegian fairytales. See more illustrations, and read the stories, here: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/east-of-the-sun-and-west-of-the-moon-illustrated-by-kay-nielsen-1922-edition
A small, arbitrary fraction of today's bugs (the term 'bugs' being used particularly loosely):

Andrena cineraria, mining bee
Nomada sp.?, nomad bee
Wolf spider from the Lycosidae
Palomena prasina, shieldbug

#Derbyshire #insects #spiders #bees #shieldbugs #macrophotography #macroMonday
White Crab Spider on echinacea
Foxborough, Massachusetts, United States

Taken on 2006-07-30 18:32:24 with EF180mm f/3.5L Macro USM on Canon 30D with exposure 1/6s @ f/16 @ 180mm @ 400 ISO with flash

Critiques welcome. Thank you for taking the time to look at my photo.

'Pretty in Pink' #FotoVorschlag

#Photography #AmateurPhotography #MyPhoto #PhotoOfTheDay #Flower #BloomScrolling #MacroPhotography #Nature #NaturePhotography #CanonPhotography #Massachusetts #PhotoCritique