Tessera

Teeny tiny pollinator

A v small bee of some sort on a morning glory

Alan H@alan678.bsky.social · last wk.

#BirdOfTheDay #EmeraldBackdrop Columba livia always ready for BOTD photo ops

A pair of Columba livia - one in background photobombing friend with a green background

Good morning birders. Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme: #EmeraldBackdrop – Images where the background colour is green. Alt: #WeatheringTheElements – Birds photographed in rain, snow, mist, wind or dramatic weather conditions. #birds #photography #ECK

A male Eurasian Blackbird perches on the weathered top of a broken wooden fence post, its glossy black plumage slightly fluffed to reveal layers of soft, textured feathers. The bird’s vivid orange-yellow bill and bright golden eye-ring stand out against its dark face as it gazes alertly to the left. Around the fence, bramble stems carry clusters of ripening blackberries, with berries ranging from green to deep red, while fresh green leaves add colour and texture to the foreground. The background melts into a smooth wash of rich green bokeh, isolating the blackbird in warm sunlight and creating a striking contrast between the bird’s dark plumage, the pale weathered wood, and the vibrant summer foliage.

(Knack music plays) Don’t let Bobby Kennedy Sit next to me Don’t you know he’s transmitting Cy-clo-spora Iceberg Lettuce or fresh peas Mystery What’d you eat that carried that Cy-clo-spora

Got caught stealing once #JanesAddiction #squirrel

A squirrel on a branch with a purloined peanut

The squirrel close up, realizing there’s surveillance

In accordance with today’s #BirdOfTheDay themes as set by Alan @alan678.bsky.social #CHE , a Great Egret taking flight

10 years ago at Ars, I wrote a piece on why DBAs still mattered Guess what? Still relavent . arstechnica.com/information-...

It’s the data, stupid: Why database admins are more important than ever

Specialized databases, cloud, and DevOps expand, not eliminate, role of the DBA.

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I found the original Pepe the Frog

A plush frog with a Young Americans for Freedom button

*Fortunate Son plays*

A bee takes off from its thistle operating base

Today I took my dad’s banjo in for repairs, picked up various items for my parents ‘cuz they hate breakfasts at their assisted living , & mounted a 50” TV on the wall after playing find-the-stud in my 100 year old house. My life is so arbitrary and random. There is no god, only some guy w/ a D20.

India's education minister resigns in major victory for youth-led 'Cockroach' movement apnews.com/article/indi... India’s student movement is taking American activism to school.

India's education minister resigns in major victory for youth-led 'Cockroach' movement

India’s education minister Dharmendra Pradhan has resigned after weeks of protests over alleged exam leaks and irregularities in the education system.

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Peck Peck 7 am Time To Fill The Feeders Again

10 years ago this month, the DNC got hacked. It feels like 20.

rogue_corq@corq.bsky.social · 2w ago

Paging Merle Haggard.

lulz "What's OPSEC?" fancybearfriends.org/2026/07/21/t...

Teenage Opsec Lulz

Hey kids! Why use a virtual machine for your skid activities? Here’s the why:

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Gingerspiced@gingerspiced.bsky.social · 3w ago

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Pete Hegseth: "We need our warriors to embrace the Spartan mindset" U.S. Military: *suffers crushing defeat to the Persians*

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 2w ago

I mean…it’s a stunning likeness. It joins these other great works.

From theguardian.com

Sergio Furnari with his statue of Charlie Kirk. Photo credit : Sergio Furnari
Fumari later added: "Why am I making the statue? The same reason why Michelangelo did the Pietà, or Michelangelo did the David, or Leonardo da Vinci painted the Mona Lisa. Why? Just to commemorate a moment, you know, a person.”

Christian’s Ronaldo bust, Ecce Homo “restoration “, Orange Jesus atSte Anne des Pins parish in Sudbury, Ontario.

shout out to The Strand bookstore staffer who did this

sign that says STAFF PICK:
The Ill-Fitting Skin by Shannon Robinson
Please turn to page 108, because I need to tell you something.

page 108 says:

HE'S GOT A KNIFE, AND HE'S RIGHT BEHIND YOU!
PUT THIS DOWN AND RUN AWAY!!!!!!!!
GO THIS WAY. →

*sets table* *goes to fetch plates* *comes back to this*

I understand that things happen, and that HVAC systems fail. But when you consciously put the 3 hour new release film in the only screening room with a cooling failure, and your staff is bringing in bottles of water in hopes of no one expiring as Troy burns on screen, that’s a wtf.

Vintage.

IBM serial joystick on a thrift store shelf.

Security risk as charitable donation at thrift store.

tp-link 5-Port Gigabit Desktop Switch with 4-Port PoE+

Memento (artemis) Morty 🌙@mementomorty.bsky.social · 3w ago

Line must go up.

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i think all raccoons should be shaped like that actually

Incompetence? Or just part of the plan? www.democracynow.org/2026/7/10/he...

Eyewitness and Video Evidence Contradicts ICE Claims in Killing of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo

In Texas, more details have emerged in the fatal shooting of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, the 52-year-old Mexican father killed Tuesday by ICE in Houston during his early-morning commute to work in constru...

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Some thoughts on what it means to be a "patriot" in this particularly twisted time. thepacketrat.com/2026/07/17/o...

On Patriotism in a f*cked up country

A sticker from @she_wants_the_ISRD Two years after America’s second war against the British ended , Stephen Decatur famously toasted, “Our country! In her intercourse with foreign nations may she a…

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