A murmuration of starlings above Sardinia, Italy. One of my favorite natural phenomena.
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WE HAVE AVOCET NEWS!!! An Avocet spotted at RSPB Middleton Lakes has been confirmed as the oldest ever recorded in the UK. At 36 years old, it's lived more than five times longer than the species' average lifespan. First ringed in 1990, it's still out there doing Avocet things. Go on Avocet. 😍
White-crested Helmet-shrikes of sub-Saharan Africa, highly gregarious birds live in close-knit, cooperative flocks of up to 16 individuals. They forage insects, build nests, and defend their territory together as a cohesive social unit. Male and female are identical. Famous for "Sunflower eyes"
ANY other President would have been removed, disgraced, and castigated.
I remember all my life, raining down as cold as ice... open.spotify.com/track/3r5Sue...
Oh Mandy
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Former Washington Post journalists have launched a GoFundMe to help repatriate fired staff members who are effectively stranded in foreign countries. One of the richest men in the world fired them from the paper and didn’t even pay to ensure they got home. Abolish the billionaire class:
Donate to Support for Washington Post international employees, organized by Michelle Lee
Among the hundreds of journalists laid off by The Washington Post on … Michelle Lee needs your support for Support for Washington Post international employees
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Since #bbclaurak is trending, let’s remind ourselves that ONE MONTH ago, the BBC invited Mandelson on for a soft-ball interview on her show. While HIS CLIENT , Palantir’s Louis Moseley appeared as a pundit Both, as I wrote at time, were ‘abject failures of journalism’ 1/
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minneapolis protester fatally shot by a federal officer was ICU nurse Alex Pretti, his parents say.
Expect to see a lot of this classic Onion headline, from 23 years ago, over the coming weeks.
Antifascist stickers spotted in Dundee, Scotland
Ed Luce watching democracy die in the United States of America
This is what the Stasi did in East Germany - it's crazy how fast and how unopposed the US is falling into this
Andrew Couts@couts.bsky.social · 11mo agoNEW: ICE is planning to hire a team of nearly 30 people to surveil social media 24/7, build dossiers on people, and flag them for arrest and deportation. @dell.bsky.social has the scoop: www.wired.com/story/ice-so...
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Another closeup of Mr Cardinal on birdcam. #birds
In a horrifying article about the dangers of Teslas, one point stands out: Teslas automatically disengage self-driving mode <1 second before an imminent crash--not enough time for the driver to react, but enough for Tesla to deny responsibility for fatal crashes, since self-driving "wasn't engaged."
I received a heartbreaking email today: A paper in a special issue I’m editing is being retracted because one of its authors is afraid of losing their job and their legal status in the U.S. if they publish a scientific study on evolution. Yes, on evolution, nature's engine of diversity.
This video has been around a long time and I still laugh Every. Time. I see it.
shauna@goldengateblond.bsky.social · last yr.watched this like 8 times and laughed harder every time (sound up)
