Join me in Colombia for @jerthorp.bsky.social's Living in Data Retreats!! 5 days in the jungle with a group of curious people, exploring and making collaborative art. It'll be incredible!!! Week 1 is Jer + @birdturntable.bsky.social Week 2 is Jer + me www.jerthorp.me/lid-retreat-...

Living in Data Rainforest Retreat: 2026

Spend five days in the lush and bird-filled jungle of Santa Marta, Colombia with Jer Thorp and a small group of curious bird + data + art enthusiasts. We'll wander the forest with local guides, learn ...

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Mark the end of the summer with an adventure that'll change your brain. Join me and MacAurthur Fellow Walter Kitundu for five days in the Colombian rainforest. Learn new skills and approaches, visit indigenous communities, and make collaborative artwork! www.jerthorp.me/lid-retreat-...

I've re-named by rainforest retreats to make it a bit more clear that they're open to anyone. 9 spots left for the two cohorts in September. "Traveling to Colombia with Jer was a magical experience I’ll never forget." - Matt R. "My trip with Jer was absolutely life changing." - Hope F.

Living in Data Rainforest Retreat: 2026

Spend five days in the lush and bird-filled jungle of Santa Marta, Colombia with Jer Thorp and a small group of curious bird + data + art enthusiasts. We'll wander the forest with local guides, learn ...

jerthorp.me

I don't want to hear another word about how much white European visitors are enjoying ranch dressing while team officials, Africa's top referee, and now one of the world's most celebrated fans are turned away from the World Cup. The USA is an utterly unfit host — it's as simple as that

DR Congo superfan denied US visa to support team at World Cup

Michel Kuka Mboladinga is iconic for his motionless tribute at DRC games, but a US World Cup repeat has been denied.

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If you had a trillion dollars and spent half a million dollars a day. You’d get an overdraft notice 5480 years from now. Except that your money makes money by existing, so even spending at that rate your account balance would increase.

Racist trillionaire is an unsurprising word pairing.

Sparrows in my yard acting strangely. I looked up to see a bird waaaaay up in the sky looking like a chimney swift. Until they came to a stop in the sky and then plummeted into a stoop! Legs extended just as the female kestrel disappeared behind a neighbors house only to emerge empty taloned.

Putting the gory into allegory. A Bald Eagle on a not so fresh roadkill raccoon. Northern Iowa.

Let's GOOOOOOOOO! Spots are filling up fast for my retreats in Colombia this September. We'll spend five days immersing ourselves in nature, visiting indigenous communities and making things together. Use the code DUET for $200 off registration for two or more. www.jerthorp.me/btb-retreat-... 🪶📊

Rose-breasted Grosbeak in the canopy. #birds 🪶

For the first cohort, Sept. 4th - 9th, my co-facilitator will be Walter Kitundu, a person whose work I've admired for a decade. Walter is a phenomenal artist mixing performance and sculpture into a practice that speaks about place, nature and community. kitundu.com

For my inaugural BtB Retreat last year, I was lucky to have the writer and naturalist extraordinaire @ryanfm.bsky.social as my co-facilitator. I'm happy to say that Ryan will be back in Colombia in 2026, for our 2nd cohort, running Sept. 11 - 16th. www.jerthorp.me/btb-retreat-... ❤️🪶🐛🌿

I’ll be co-facilitating the first week of this with @jerthorp.bsky.social who invited me along! I’m beyond excited to think and imagine with this group, and receive the gifts the surroundings will offer during our time there.

Jer Thorp@jerthorp.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Last year I convened a group of people at a jungle lodge in Colombia to immerse ourselves in nature, to slow down, and to think about the ways data and story might be grounded in place. It was one of the most rewarding things I've ever done... so I'm doing it again!

Eastern Red Bat in the neighbor’s tree.

Rainbow generating waves. Point Reyes, CA

Jeffries is incapable of meeting the moment.

Check out this eagle-eyed traffic reporter! We spotted this beauty perched over I-35W in Minneapolis 🦅 Want to see road conditions, traffic impacts and some more wildlife? Explore our cameras on 511mn.org today.

One of the 50 people that ICE kidnapped today is a mother from the Democratic Republic of the Congo who has a pending asylum application and no criminal record It’s an ethnic cleansing campaign. Pure and simple. www.instagram.com/p/DTyFTp8E9k...

A Black man was killed by ICE (off duty) in Los Angeles on New Year’s Eve. And like Renée Good, he was an American citizen. But most people have not heard about Keith Porter. I need y’all to realize this. Black people experience this lack of visibility all the time when it comes to being victims.

More than 5,000 people here in Powderhorn Park protesting ICE’s occupation of Minneapolis. #FuckICE #iceout #mpls #FuckTrump

Translation: Have you not learned that we can kill you without consequence?

Dom Ervolina@dominicervolina.com · 7mo ago

A woman recording an ICE agent tells him "Shame on you." The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?" "Learned what?" she asks Then he knocks her phone out of her hand

We evacuated our kids out of Minneapolis this weekend and my spouse reports that as she drove them out of town she saw "multiple freeway exits where people are being pulled over." It feels like the Twin Cities is being subjugated by a hostile occupying force.

they didn’t leak it to make the shooter look innocent, but to make the victim look guilty. not guilty of a crime. guilty of having a visibly queer wife. guilty of liberalism. guilty of opposing the regime. they don’t seek to exonerate themselves, only to demonstrate who deserves to die.

Chris Hayes@chrislhayes.bsky.social · 7mo ago

In the video that the shooter took, which I believe was leaked to be exculpatory, he appears to yell “fucking bitch” after he shoots Renee Good.

School has been cancelled tomorrow and Friday across the city of Minneapolis, because our federal government has made it unsafe for children here.

MAGA and Donald Trump want Americans to literally reject the evidence of their eyes and ears. The way they shamelessly lie to us should infuriate everyone, including their voters. We have the video of January 6th. We have the video of an ICE agent murdering a woman in cold blood in Minneapolis.

The squirrel has inspired others!

Natizilda on VGen - Commissions open!@natizilda.art.br · 7mo ago

Inspiration strikes in the form of a pissed off squirrell #art #BRArt #nature

Hope to see my first this year!

Jer Thorp@jerthorp.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Screenshot this GIF. The bird you end up with will be your guide for 2026.

Golden Eagle 🪶

Stellar Oak in Browns Valley, CA. Yes, there’s a hawk in the tree too.