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“Who doesn’t in these times,” indeed. 1939 advertisement for Dr. Miles Effervescent Nervine tablets. “Use for: Nervousness, Sleeplessness due to nervousness, Minor Hysterical conditions, Nervous Headache, Nervous Indigestion, Travel Sickness.”
Exciting news: The two baby robin nestlings in a tree just outside our back door have fledged. One flew and hopped hilariously, learning how it all worked. They seem to have joined up with their parents for flying lessons in the brush across the road. Feeling like a proud grandparent today.
Bird Feeding Chicks in Nest
ALT: Bird Feeding Chicks in Nest
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Film you've watched more than six times with a gif.
Shawshank Redemption: Iconic Rain Scene
ALT: Shawshank Redemption: Iconic Rain Scene
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More choice words for the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service from concerned Americans worried about possible plans to roll back protections from the Prairie Pothole region. #ducks
Look who submitted a comment on the Fish & Wildlife’s advancing effort to overturn regulations that protect migratory birds and especially waterfowl…
It appears that Washington Post commenters do not agree with the president's assessment of what caused the problems with the reflecting pool renovation.
For those in the #Berkshires, regardless of your interest in #philately, this is playing at the Berkshire Jewish Film Festival on Monday at 3:30pm at the Lenox Middle-High School. Tix are $15, includes a talkback with director Dan Sturman.
THE STAMP THIEF | Trailer | 2025
YouTube video by Jüdisches Filmfestival Berlin | Brandenburg
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This has always been such a beautiful, heartbreaking song. And now even more, dammit. #GlenHansard
Glen Hansard, Marketa Irglova - Falling Slowly (Official Video)
YouTube video by GlenHansardVEVO
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Yep, our flourishing garden means we’re gonna be eating a lot of fresh lettuce this month, and I expect it will be explosively delicious! (Not that way.)
Description of freshman year of college? Or a textbook’s description of waterfowl pair formation? “Before breeding episodes commence, individuals assess and choose mates, and the type of mate acquired may influence whether reproduction is successful.” Hint:
Ah, was just reminiscing over coffee about the good old days of international treaties and efforts to create peaceful global cooperation. Yeah, miss those times… #philately
Didn’t know anything about the relocation of the Nubian Monuments in the 1960s until I found these stamps (and two Haute Volta imperforate proof sheets) in a mixed lot o’ things this morning and then proceeded down the rabbit hole. Yep, I like learnin’. #philately
DENZEL WASHINGTON: “What’s the definition of a ‘Hollywood actor? I don’t know what ‘Hollywood’ means. I’m a Stage actor who does Film.”
“WAR is a racket. It always has been. It is possibly the oldest, easily the most profitable, surely the most vicious. It is the only one international in scope. It is the only one in which the profits are reckoned in dollars and the losses in lives.” — Major General Smedley D. Butler, 1935
Iran War Drives Oil Profits to Highest Levels in Years
The world’s biggest oil companies are benefiting from the high commodity prices that have been a drag on the rest of the economy.
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New (local) reporting from me: More than six months after nonfunctioning crosswalk signals on South Main Street contributed to the death of a Great Barrington resident, the same faulty equipment remains in place. MassDOT provided the town with a replacement in April, but it has not been installed.
Six Months After a Fatal Crash in Great Barrington, the Same Malfunctioning Crosswalk System Remains
The town promised immediate improvements after Gary Fretwell’s death. Six months later, the old warning lights still malfunction, and a MassDOT-provided replacement delivered in April has not been ins...
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I love that one of my monitors got fried by a power surge (despite being plugged into a hefty backup battery unit) and now does this when it’s supposed to go into low power sleep mode. Tried all sorts of fixes without success. Oh well. It’s kind of mesmerizing/hypnotic, tho. Om mani padme hum, baby!
“But researchers and architects point out that bird-safe glass represents a negligible increase in construction costs for typical buildings, and solutions involve using the same manufacturing techniques as popular privacy glass and heat-reduction coatings.”
Dan Baldassarre@evornithology.bsky.social · last wk.Great piece here by @brendonstuff.bsky.social on the need for widespread use of bird-safe glass to prevent window collisions theconversation.com/bird-safe-gl...
