back in the real world—today is the ninth anniversary of the death of Heather Heyer, murdered by a white nationalist. from the AP live reporting that day: apnews.com/general-news...

replace Task Manager with "my brain" and now we're talkin'!

Chris Tebbens@christebbens.bsky.social · 2h ago

Is this a good sign for my computer?

Your reminder that Common Eider sound like this. It would take a stronger man than I to keep a straight face during mass every time I looked at that window. Just constant surprise and delight over the Eucharist. Anyway, I love everything about this. www.youtube.com/watch?v=yh5r...

Common eider courtship display and vocalisations

YouTube video by Paul Rose

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Jay Hulme@jayhulmepoet.bsky.social · 2d ago

The modern stained glass on Holy Island goes HARD.

Strongly endorse this praxis.

Robyn Shepherd@robyniwitz.bsky.social · 3d ago

Buy your bros some flowers. Who doesn’t like flowers.

I love seeing libraries explicitly be acknowledged as anti-fascist. Kill the thought that libraries are neutral, non-political spaces. Every choice for the existence or non-existence of material in a library is a political act. Leftists get onboard and FIGHT for your library.

Brandi Buchman@brandibuchman.bsky.social · 2d ago

Library funding is tied to usage.

I need everyone to appreciate just how adorable this Barnacle Goose is.

Toby Moran Mylett@tobymoranmylett.bsky.social · 3d ago

In the absence of a full round-up, I was honoured to be asked to manage this summer's goose ringing efforts at @ldnwildlifetrust.bsky.social Walthamstow Wetlands. A nice selection of geese and other wildfowl, including a Barnacle!

This is a great thread.

victoria zeller🫛 (RISEBALL, summer ‘27)@dirtbagqueer.rocks · 5d ago

3. i say this as someone who works in children’s literature right now: there is a severe lack of new books for boys of all ages. a SEVERE lack. and it is a problem and we are all talking about it behind the scenes

At a Single A baseball game and saw someone wearing a Kruk jersey right before I ate a hotdog decorated with pork roll.

Cancer meds out here kicking my ass today

If you're a trans person who isn't a journalist and you see a big, scary claim from a small independent publication, it's always worth taking a closer look at how that publication verified the claims, what evidence they provide, and how they describe uncertainty. trustingnews.org/what-informa...

What information from independent creators can you trust? This checklist will help - Trusting News

With more influencers and news sources emerging each day, it’s becoming harder and harder to tell what's true.

trustingnews.org

Aleksandra Vaca@transiticsnews.com · 7d ago

1. Recent reporting has sparked fears that the Trump admin is beginning to revoke trans people's passports by declaring us 'national security risks.' But is it true? As per Transitics' investigation, no. There is no evidence to suggest that trans people’s passports are being revoked. Here's why.

Ended up dropping Cryptopsy as well, replaced with Funebrarum. As stupid as it is to make calls about "age-appropriate themes in death metal," I think my line here is overt sexualized violence. Every track or band I've axed has been because of this. Gender-agnostic disembowelings only, tysm!

Joyce Feral Oates 🏳️‍⚧️@marthaharbison.bsky.social · 2w ago

Making an extreme metal playlist for my 13th-year-old nephew and I have never been sadder than the moment I realized I had to delete the GWAR track.

man, I do not want to have to mute "boots."

I get that people are trying to be inclusive, but the number of places that are like "we define women as including nonbinary people" in their women focused event descriptions makes me stabby. I don't want to be defined as a woman! That's like... one of the main things about being nonbinary!!!

Making me work in the summertime is transphobic. somebody's gotta PAY for this.

I'm not going to QT a really good post because I don't want to put him or his followers on blast, but it's really goddamned grim when a trans guy posts about how introspection and transition made his life immeasurably better and the replies are a bunch of cis people (and an egg) shooting him down.

Oh whoa the Orioles' kit (City Connect?) is really good. Love the colors, love the blocking, love the accurate oriole perched on the logo.

they did not need to go so hard with this cover photo but I am glad that they did.

American Birding Association@aba.org · 2w ago

The Tennessee & Kentucky: Fall 2024 Regional Report is out! Highlights include Clapper Rail, Inca Dove, and Townsend's Solitaire. Read the full report here: www.aba.org/tennessee-ke...

Highly endorse this book if you like good things. Does everyone and everything in it feel a little awkward? Yes! Being human is awkward.

mattie lubchansky@mattielubchansky.com · 2w ago

SIMPLICITY has been out for ONE YEAR today!!!! happy birthday to my little book :) we don't get paperbacks very often in the graphic novel world so it's tough to keep attention on something when it's no longer new, but i still think it's the best thing i've ever made. simplicitybook.xyz

Making an extreme metal playlist for my 13th-year-old nephew and I have never been sadder than the moment I realized I had to delete the GWAR track.

the way I want to go to this talk

Dan Baldassarre@evornithology.bsky.social · 2w ago

Pack it up folks. We’ve got the greatest talk title of all time, courtesy of @kristencovino.bsky.social.

Seeing John Kruk in a suit: Look how they massacred my boy!

Went to the gym for the first time since cancer and surgery, after a few months of physical therapy. I'm proud of myself but also processing a lot of emotions right now.

snail-paced straight couples = history's greatest monsters

Sacha Coward@sachacoward.bsky.social · 2w ago

Sing, goddess, the rage of the mildly inconvenienced homosexual stuck behind a slow moving heterosexual couple.

Watching the Phillies game under blackout conditions and my god the Yankees announcers are dogshit.

this is correct and Mark is right to say it

Mark Slutsky@slutsky.bsky.social · 3w ago

The next James Bond should do dressage

Did our annual pilgrimage to look at baby Black Skimmer, American Oystercatcher, Common Tern, and Piping Plover and the beach did not disappoint. So many doofuses and I love them all. We turned it into a Feminist Bird Club outing and was pleased that seven or eight people made the trek too!

lol I use net news wire everyday. I’m reading like 25 year old blogs that are still going. It’s fun.

da share z0ne@dasharez0ne.bsky.social · 3w ago

DA REAL INTERNET MUST COME BACK - dashare.zone ADMIN

We stan female bird art in all forms. Especially love to see that Sooty Oystercatcher has subtle sexual dimorphism likely tied to competition for food. (Eurasian Oystercatchers also have bill dimorphism.)

Tristan A.F. Long@thelonglab.bsky.social · 3w ago

For Owen’s (now traditional ?) grad student painting I chose to depict a pair of male and female sooty oystercatchers (Haematopus fuliginosus), a species in which sexually dimorphic beaks is thought to de driven by ecological competition! #SciArt

Spending so much time in medical offices. At least they're air conditioned.

reminder that "fuck you, make me" is a surprisingly effective strategy that more institutions should try once in a while 👀

Kyle Goon@kylegoon.bsky.social · 3w ago

In February, USA Rugby banned trans women from all levels of one of the world’s most inclusive sports. What happened next was telling. Across the country, teams refused to comply. The story of the Baltimore Ferals, who are pushing back: www.thebanner.com/sports/rugby...