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DOGE Wasted Tens of Billions While Chainsawing the Government in the Name of ‘Efficiency’: Senate Report byteseu.com/1246032/ #America #Politics #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #US #USPolitics #USA #USAPolitics
DOGE Wasted Tens of Billions While Chainsawing the Government in the Name of 'Efficiency': Senate Report

DOGE Wasted Tens of Billions While Chainsawing the Government in the Name of ‘Efficiency’: Senate Report

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Canada recognizing Palestinian state not a dealbreaker in trade: Trump byteseu.com/1246030/ #Canada
Canada recognizing Palestinian state not a dealbreaker in trade: Trump

Canada recognizing Palestinian state not a dealbreaker in trade: Trump

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Elections Alberta approves Thomas Lukaszuk’s ‘Alberta Forever Canada’ citizen initiative petition byteseu.com/1246027/ #Canada #CanadaPolitics #Politics
Elections Alberta approves Thomas Lukaszuk’s ‘Alberta Forever Canada’ citizen initiative petition

Elections Alberta approves Thomas Lukaszuk’s ‘Alberta Forever Canada’ citizen initiative petition

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Oregon is home to over 3,200 parks. One of them is the world’s smallest, comprising exactly one tree.

Mills End Park resides in a median strip in downtown Portland.

In 1946, Dick Fagan worked near what was then a hole in the ground, where a broken light post had not been replaced. He planted flowers in the hole and named it the world’s smallest park. In 1971 the Guinness Book of World’s Records confirmed it.

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Mill Ends Park

The smallest park in the world!
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Australian flotilla activists welcomed home after Israeli detention byteseu.com/1246025/ #Australia
Australian flotilla activists welcomed home after Israeli detention

Australian flotilla activists welcomed home after Israeli detention

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Father Chris Riley, founder of Youth Off The Streets, dies aged 70 byteseu.com/1246023/ #Australia #Sydney
Father Chris Riley, founder of Youth Off The Streets, dies aged 70

Father Chris Riley, founder of Youth Off The Streets, dies aged 70

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Attaque israélienne contre la prison d’Evin : une enquête pour crime de guerre doit être ouverte
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L’attaque délibérée le 23 juin 2025 de la tristement célèbre prison d’Evin à Téhéran, la capitale iranienne, où sont notamment détenus...
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Over 300,000 Cosco Kitchen Stepper Stools Recalled for Fall and Injury Hazards
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Over 300,000 Cosco Kitchen Stepper Stools Recalled for Fall and Injury Hazards

Cosco Kitchen Stepper stools are being recalled after reports of the safety bar detaching, creating a fall risk for children.
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Why That Can of Celsius Energy Drink Might Actually Contain Vodka
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Why That Can of Celsius Energy Drink Might Actually Contain Vodka

A manufacturing mix-up at a High Noon plant led to cans labeled as a Celsius Energy Drink being filled with vodka seltzer. A recall has been issued.
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Lunchly Not a Healthier Option Than Lunchables
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Lunchly Not a Healthier Option Than Lunchables

CR looked at the nutritional content of Lunchly kits and tested them for lead, other heavy metals, and plasticizers. Are they a better option than Lunchables?
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Kaz Hamad crew member killed in suburban daylight execution byteseu.com/1246021/ #Australia #Melbourne
Kaz Hamad crew member killed in suburban daylight execution

Kaz Hamad crew member killed in suburban daylight execution

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Star Entertainment misses deadline to offload stake in Brisbane’s Queen’s Wharf byteseu.com/1246019/ #Australia #Brisbane
Star Entertainment misses deadline to offload stake in Brisbane's Queen's Wharf

Star Entertainment misses deadline to offload stake in Brisbane’s Queen’s Wharf

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Key things to know about how Elon Musk has boosted hard-right figures in Europe
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Some of the really good things about this tree: blooms at just-above-eye-level, surrounded by other green plants with good pink/white contrast, and the contours of the blooms complement the shape of the feeding hummingbird.

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An Allen’s hummingbird hovering near pink and white flowers

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I had to wait a couple hours to get the shot in my previous post. It was a bloom at the outer edge of the tree. Most of the feeding action happened in a much messier interior environment with better cover.
An Allen’s hummingbird is hovering at pink and white flowers, surrounded by green foliage. The bird has iridescent feathers.
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Shots like the one in the previous post are good practice though. I found at times I needed to bump my manual focus ring in a bit so it would “find” the bird, which was important to learn for when it came out into the open. Sometimes you only get one good chance and it’s a heartbreak if you miss it!
An Allen’s hummingbird is hovering in front of pink and white flowers against a blurred green background
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It was also good to understand something about hummingbird behavior. Apparently they are able to make mental maps within their territory to maximize the flower’s replenishment of nectar. They won’t usually return to the same bloom in consecutive feeds if there are other options. So—theoretically—if I waited long enough, it would eventually get to the grouping of flowers that I wanted to shoot.
An Allen’s hummingbird hovering at pink flowers
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So I guess the lesson from that is, if you’re patient, you can get what you want. Maybe.

I think this one is my favorite shot of the set. The light was just right. 👌

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For bird photography, everything is light. I’ve never been moved to tears by a camera or a tripod, but there are plenty of moments at the beginning of a day when I’m out with the birds, and I need a moment to take in how fortunate I am to be alive.
A close-up of a male Anna’s hummingbird perched on a branch, showcasing vibrant plumage with a striking iridescent magenta head and throat

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And the offshoot photography tip: make sure your hands know which direction your knobs and the rings on your lens go. You can probably see it in the viewfinder but sometimes that split second can make a huge difference. I couldn’t actually TELL you which way the knobs go (aperture is on my thumb and shutter is on my index) but when my hands are on the camera, it’s automatic.
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Haha the muscle memory thing is so weird. I was trying to think of how I do exposure compensation but I’m not 100% sure! I think I hold down a button with my index finger and there’s a dial for my thumb on the back? If I think about it I don’t remember but with the camera in my hands, I know.

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Musk, a social media powerhouse, boosts fortunes of hard-right figures in Europe
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Infantry from the 98th VDV’s assault group were eliminated by the Donbas Battalion of the 18th Sloviansk Brigade (Part 2) byteseu.com/1246017/ #CombatFootage #CombatFootage #Conflicts
Infantry from the 98th VDV's assault group were eliminated by the Donbas Battalion of the 18th Sloviansk Brigade (Part 2)

Infantry from the 98th VDV’s assault group were eliminated by the Donbas Battalion of the 18th Sloviansk Brigade (Part 2)

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A crow is walking on a dark pavement beside a red curb

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various experiments with bouncing neon rays

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