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  1. It's not politicians who will end oppression. It's the radicals, with the stink in their clothes, rebellion in their brain, hope in their heart and direct action in their fists.
    -- David Bowie

    #Wisdom #Quotes #DavidBowie #Change #Injustice #Politics #Revolution #Tyranny

    #Photography #Panorama #Okefenokee #Swamp #Canoe #Georgia

  2. It's not politicians who will end oppression. It's the radicals, with the stink in their clothes, rebellion in their brain, hope in their heart and direct action in their fists.
    -- David Bowie

    #Wisdom #Quotes #DavidBowie #Change #Injustice #Politics #Revolution #Tyranny

    #Photography #Panorama #Okefenokee #Swamp #Canoe #Georgia

  3. It's not politicians who will end oppression. It's the radicals, with the stink in their clothes, rebellion in their brain, hope in their heart and direct action in their fists.
    -- David Bowie

    #Wisdom #Quotes #DavidBowie #Change #Injustice #Politics #Revolution #Tyranny

    #Photography #Panorama #Okefenokee #Swamp #Canoe #Georgia

  4. It's not politicians who will end oppression. It's the radicals, with the stink in their clothes, rebellion in their brain, hope in their heart and direct action in their fists.
    -- David Bowie

    #Wisdom #Quotes #DavidBowie #Change #Injustice #Politics #Revolution #Tyranny

    #Photography #Panorama #Okefenokee #Swamp #Canoe #Georgia

  5. It's not politicians who will end oppression. It's the radicals, with the stink in their clothes, rebellion in their brain, hope in their heart and direct action in their fists.
    -- David Bowie

    #Wisdom #Quotes #DavidBowie #Change #Injustice #Politics #Revolution #Tyranny

    #Photography #Panorama #Okefenokee #Swamp #Canoe #Georgia

  6. The Greater Siren doesn't fear a dry spell. They will burrow deep into the peat, secrete a protective cocoon, and wait out the drought until the blackwater rises again. Southern Cunning Folk know this: They are the *water* that *fire* cannot put out!
    #SwampLifeSunday #Okefenokee #Nature #WitchSky

  7. The Greater Siren doesn't fear a dry spell. They will burrow deep into the peat, secrete a protective cocoon, and wait out the drought until the blackwater rises again. Southern Cunning Folk know this: They are the *water* that *fire* cannot put out!
    #SwampLifeSunday #Okefenokee #Nature #WitchSky

  8. By "educated" I would mean what Jefferson meant...having read the major works of literature, having an understanding of the broad periods of history into which the world's past is divided, perhaps speaking another language or at least being aware of other languages and having some competence. But I don't look to find an educated person in the ranks of university graduates, necessarily. Some of the most educated people I know have never been near a university.
    -- John Keegan

    #Wisdom #Quotes #JohnKeegan #Education

    #Photography #Panorama #Okefenokee #Swamp #Canoe #Georgia

  9. By "educated" I would mean what Jefferson meant...having read the major works of literature, having an understanding of the broad periods of history into which the world's past is divided, perhaps speaking another language or at least being aware of other languages and having some competence. But I don't look to find an educated person in the ranks of university graduates, necessarily. Some of the most educated people I know have never been near a university.
    -- John Keegan

    #Wisdom #Quotes #JohnKeegan #Education

    #Photography #Panorama #Okefenokee #Swamp #Canoe #Georgia

  10. An honor system, properly conceived, is not the concrete representation of the wills of a collection of saints -- our honest nature writ large. If it were, it would be nothing else than a bizarre superfluity. It is instead the proclamation and legislation of the intentions of a community of persons united in mutual agreement to oppose those inclinations and strategies that they otherwise might give in to and adopt to further their individual ends. The members of groups that create honor systems say: We are , all of us, liars, cheaters, theives, - but we want to live another way. We think we can, with others' help.
    -- D. Heim (Rethinking Honor, J Thought 17 (1982) pp3-6))

    #Wisdom #Quotes #DHeim #Honesty #Honor

    #Photography #Panorama #Okefenokee #Swamp #Canoe #Georgia

  11. An honor system, properly conceived, is not the concrete representation of the wills of a collection of saints -- our honest nature writ large. If it were, it would be nothing else than a bizarre superfluity. It is instead the proclamation and legislation of the intentions of a community of persons united in mutual agreement to oppose those inclinations and strategies that they otherwise might give in to and adopt to further their individual ends. The members of groups that create honor systems say: We are , all of us, liars, cheaters, theives, - but we want to live another way. We think we can, with others' help.
    -- D. Heim (Rethinking Honor, J Thought 17 (1982) pp3-6))

    #Wisdom #Quotes #DHeim #Honesty #Honor

    #Photography #Panorama #Okefenokee #Swamp #Canoe #Georgia

  12. #SwampLifeSunday #Georgia #Okefenokee #Culture

    Visit the original post as it has three parts! I find this part of "Swamper Life" from the Okefenokee quite fascinating. Recording link included. 1 of 3 posts in thread.

    RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:quwcokuhlfrvjhdudnmoifi4/post/3ljwupmk63c2n

  13. Those who desire to give up freedom in order to gain security will not have, nor do they deserve, either one.
    -- Benjamin Franklin

    #Wisdom #Quotes #BenjaminFranklin #Freedom #Security

    #Photography #Panorama #Okefenokee #Swamp #Canoe #Georgia

  14. Those who desire to give up freedom in order to gain security will not have, nor do they deserve, either one.
    -- Benjamin Franklin

    #Wisdom #Quotes #BenjaminFranklin #Freedom #Security

    #Photography #Panorama #Okefenokee #Swamp #Canoe #Georgia

  15. The real University... has no specific location. It owns no property, pays no salaries, and receives no material dues.... The real University is a state of mind. It is that great heritage of rational thought that has been brought down to us through the centuries.
    -- Robert Pirsig

    #Wisdom #Quotes #RobertPirsig #Knowledge

    #Photography #Panorama #Okefenokee #Swamp #Canoe #Georgia

  16. The real University... has no specific location. It owns no property, pays no salaries, and receives no material dues.... The real University is a state of mind. It is that great heritage of rational thought that has been brought down to us through the centuries.
    -- Robert Pirsig

    #Wisdom #Quotes #RobertPirsig #Knowledge

    #Photography #Panorama #Okefenokee #Swamp #Canoe #Georgia

  17. Harriet Beecher Stowe found a "perpetual flower-garden" in the blackwater. Today, the blazing Solstice Sun illuminates the proof: a stunning Bartram’s Rose Gentian shining out from the muck. The swamp remains a glorious, beautifully untamed impropriety!

    #SwampLifeSunday #Okefenokee #Nature

  18. Harriet Beecher Stowe found a "perpetual flower-garden" in the blackwater. Today, the blazing Solstice Sun illuminates the proof: a stunning Bartram’s Rose Gentian shining out from the muck. The swamp remains a glorious, beautifully untamed impropriety!

    #SwampLifeSunday #Okefenokee #Nature

  19. Happy 11th Birthday #FolkloreThursday! 🎉 Celebrating with the ultimate Southern icon: the Gopher Tortoise. In regional & Indigenous lore, this ancient architect symbolizes community. Its deep burrows shelter over 300 forest species - a beautiful pattern of living together. #Okefenokee #Nature

  20. Happy 11th Birthday #FolkloreThursday! 🎉 Celebrating with the ultimate Southern icon: the Gopher Tortoise. In regional & Indigenous lore, this ancient architect symbolizes community. Its deep burrows shelter over 300 forest species - a beautiful pattern of living together. #Okefenokee #Nature

  21. Science says the lights are just igniting peat gas, but a wytch knows better. The swamp & its spirits are masters of illusion. Foxfire / Jack'O lanterns glow eerily, distorting the dark and vanishing into nowhere the moment you step closer.
    #WyrdWednesday #Okefenokee #SwampLore #WitchSky
  22. While its kin exist only as impressions in prehistoric stone, the Swamp Darner flies on. As the sole living member of its genus, it is a Sentinel left behind by an older world - a winged relic keeping watch over the swampy basins. #SwampLifeSunday #Okefenokee #Nature #Dragonfly

  23. While its kin exist only as impressions in prehistoric stone, the Swamp Darner flies on. As the sole living member of its genus, it is a Sentinel left behind by an older world - a winged relic keeping watch over the swampy basins. #SwampLifeSunday #Okefenokee #Nature #Dragonfly

  24. The Swamp Darner has been called a "Devil's Darning Needle." Folklore says they would sew up the mouths of wicked folk, liars & their ilk. Their long, tapered bodies evoke a sharp instrument weaving a silent boundary through the swamp. #SwampLifeSunday #Okefenokee #Nature #Dragonfly

  25. The Swamp Darner has been called a "Devil's Darning Needle." Folklore says they would sew up the mouths of wicked folk, liars & their ilk. Their long, tapered bodies evoke a sharp instrument weaving a silent boundary through the swamp. #SwampLifeSunday #Okefenokee #Nature #Dragonfly

  26. Called a "Snake Doctor" in old regional tales, the Swamp Darner was believed to accompany serpents through the swamps, healing and warning them of danger. Watching the Swamp Darner on its winged patrol definitely evokes an ancient allegiance! #SwampLifeSunday #Okefenokee #Nature #Dragonfly

  27. Called a "Snake Doctor" in old regional tales, the Swamp Darner was believed to accompany serpents through the swamps, healing and warning them of danger. Watching the Swamp Darner on its winged patrol definitely evokes an ancient allegiance! #SwampLifeSunday #Okefenokee #Nature #Dragonfly

  28. The Golden-silk Orbweaver runs three silk production lines at once. Her anchor lines are stronger than high-grade steel and flex like Kevlar to absorb a full-speed cicada, while the inner spirals stay wet, sticky, and deadly. Magical architects! #SwampLifeSunday #Nature #WitchSky #Okefenokee

  29. Spanish Moss is "The Veil" in my magical writings. It isn't a parasite - it's an air plant; absorbing only what the wind, fog, & bark from tree bring to it. The ultimate architecture for listening to unseen currents. What might it teach you? #SwampLifeSunday #Nature #Okefenokee #FolkWitch

  30. Spanish Moss is "The Veil" in my magical writings. It isn't a parasite - it's an air plant; absorbing only what the wind, fog, & bark from tree bring to it. The ultimate architecture for listening to unseen currents. What might it teach you? #SwampLifeSunday #Nature #Okefenokee #FolkWitch

  31. Mass intoxication first requires small, private capitulations. The force of the group substitutes for the weakness of the individual.
    -- Alexander Karn (@xankarn)

    #Wisdom #Quotes #AlexanderKarn #Cowardice #Propaganda

    #Photography #Panorama #Okefenokee #Swamp #Canoe #Georgia

  32. Mass intoxication first requires small, private capitulations. The force of the group substitutes for the weakness of the individual.
    -- Alexander Karn (@xankarn)

    #Wisdom #Quotes #AlexanderKarn #Cowardice #Propaganda

    #Photography #Panorama #Okefenokee #Swamp #Canoe #Georgia

  33. It's difficult to get a man to understand something when his cash flow depends on his not understanding it.
    -- Paul Krugman

    #Wisdom #Quotes #PaulKrugman #Greed #SelfDeception

    #Photography #Panorama #Okefenokee #Swamp #Canoe #Georgia

  34. It's difficult to get a man to understand something when his cash flow depends on his not understanding it.
    -- Paul Krugman

    #Wisdom #Quotes #PaulKrugman #Greed #SelfDeception

    #Photography #Panorama #Okefenokee #Swamp #Canoe #Georgia

  35. Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom recently joined the UGA Coastal Ecology Lab for a fantastic journey into the Okefenokee Swamp. If you get a chance to see the whole segment, do it! Here is the promo for it: #Nature #Okefenokee #FolkWitch #WitchSky #Ecology youtu.be/n10G5Qp0Wio?...

    How American Alligators Shape ...

  36. Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom recently joined the UGA Coastal Ecology Lab for a fantastic journey into the Okefenokee Swamp. If you get a chance to see the whole segment, do it! Here is the promo for it: #Nature #Okefenokee #FolkWitch #WitchSky #Ecology youtu.be/n10G5Qp0Wio?...

    How American Alligators Shape ...

  37. An alligator bellow is one of the most incredible sounds of the Okefenokee. Alligators bellow for several reasons - to attract mates, establish their size, intimidate their rivals, & to socialize. There's nothing quite like hearing this in person! #FolkWitch #Nature #Okefenokee #WitchSky

  38. An alligator bellow is one of the most incredible sounds of the Okefenokee. Alligators bellow for several reasons - to attract mates, establish their size, intimidate their rivals, & to socialize. There's nothing quite like hearing this in person! #FolkWitch #Nature #Okefenokee #WitchSky

  39. "I enter a swamp as a sacred place - a sanctum sanctorum. There is the strength - the marrow of Nature." ~ Henry David Thoreau, from "Walking" #SwampSunday #Okefenokee #Nature #WitchSky

  40. "I enter a swamp as a sacred place - a sanctum sanctorum. There is the strength - the marrow of Nature." ~ Henry David Thoreau, from "Walking" #SwampSunday #Okefenokee #Nature #WitchSky

  41. "I enter a swamp as a sacred place - a sanctum sanctorum. There is the strength - the marrow of Nature." ~ Henry David Thoreau, from "Walking" #SwampSunday #Okefenokee #Nature #WitchSky

  42. "I enter a swamp as a sacred place - a sanctum sanctorum. There is the strength - the marrow of Nature." ~ Henry David Thoreau, from "Walking" #SwampSunday #Okefenokee #Nature #WitchSky

  43. "I enter a swamp as a sacred place - a sanctum sanctorum. There is the strength - the marrow of Nature." ~ Henry David Thoreau, from "Walking" #SwampSunday #Okefenokee #Nature #WitchSky

  44. Happy #WorldCarnivorousPlantDay! Meet the Swollen Bladderwort. She floats on the Okefenokee like a yellow star, but beneath her "snowflake" arms lies a hungry Mother. Her tiny bladders are vacuum traps that snap shut in a blink, sucking life into a watery grave. #WyrdWednesday #Okefenokee #Nature

  45. Happy #WorldCarnivorousPlantDay! Meet the Swollen Bladderwort. She floats on the Okefenokee like a yellow star, but beneath her "snowflake" arms lies a hungry Mother. Her tiny bladders are vacuum traps that snap shut in a blink, sucking life into a watery grave. #WyrdWednesday #Okefenokee #Nature