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A photo of Yayoi Kusama’s All the Eternal Love I Have for the Pumpkins. This piece is a mirrored infinity room filled with Kusama’s iconic spotted pumpkins. They are yellow with black dots and lit up, while the room itself is dark. Because the walls are mirrored, the amount of pumpkins appears to be infinite. I wasn’t familiar with Yayoi Kusama until I moved to Japan in 2016. I fell in love with her work, visited her hometown of Matsumoto, and just a few days before I moved back to the US in 2019, I visited her new museum in Tokyo. It is one of my favorite memories. The exhibit at the time was her Infinity Net series.

For my birthday we went to see Yayoi Kusama’s All the Eternal Love I Have for the Pumpkins

#YayoiKusama

An adult Carolina wren is delivering an insect to its young in a birdhouse. One of the baby’s mouths is visible through the opening; it’s wide open waiting for the bug. Whatever the insect is, it’s bright green. At this point, the parent had already taken the insect back from the babies several times, and it is quite mutilated by now…

The five baby Carolina wrens all successfully fledged about a week ago!

#birds #carolinawren

Service Withdraws Land Protection Plan Expansion for Muleshoe National Wildlife Refuge | U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is withdrawing the final Land Protection Plan (LPP) for the Muleshoe National Wildlife Refuge. The withdrawal of the LPP will ensure America’s lands continue to supp...

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#birds #usfishandwildlife #environment

Oh wow! This is so cool! I want to see one myself so badly!

A female mallard is swimming in a very green looking creek with her 5 ducklings all in front of her. Everyone is in profile view. One of the five ducklings is much paler than the others.

Mama mallard escorting 5 little ducklings away!

#MallardMonday #mallard #birds #duck

East Fort Worth birder hot spot closed, wastewater plant tackles Arlington oil cleanup The Village Creek Drying Beds are part of a Fort Worth wastewater system that has historically attracted hundreds of bird species.

This is where I bird. I 've been so upset over the loss of my birding spot the past few months. It's a major hotspot for birds migrating through the Central Flyway. More than 300 species have been seen. The city doesn't yet have plans to reopen it to the public.

#birding #birds #fortworth #texas

When I was little, the U.S. military came to our home at gunpoint and took me and my family away. We were imprisoned for years in barbed wire camps simply because we were Japanese American. I have spent my life telling that story, hoping it would never be repeated.

A Baird's tapir stands on a grassy patch, facing right with its head lowered as if sniffing the ground. The animal has dark brown fur with lighter markings around the face and throat, and a short, prehensile snout. Lush green tropical plants fill the background.

Baby Gaia was very friendly yesterday, coming out to visit us. She's 16 months old now and will start spending time away from her mama as she establishes her own territory. At Tapir Valley Nature Reserve #CostaRica

#tapiroftheday #tapirs #nature

who are your go to fantasy author recommendations for elementary age children? I always struggle to come up with some on the spot!

#library #readersadvisory #booksky #childrenslit #books #fantasy

It’s 95 out. Way too sunny. But I still went out to try to find a painted bunting. I HEARD one, but no luck seeing one yet #birding

A mourning dove is perched on the edge of a birdbath. Its tail and back is facing the viewer but its head is turned in a profile view. The light teal around its eye is very visible in this photo. Some flecks of an almost gold like color are visible on its neck as well.

Mourning doves don’t get enough love… from me included oops

#birds #mourningdove

Colbert has the highest ratings of any late night host.

"Financial reasons" my ass. This is political.

Zohran Mamdani and Mahmoud Khalil Are In on the Joke What it feels like to laugh when the world expects you to disappear.

At a comedy show, Mahmoud Khalil told Zohran Mamdani, “I am excited about the possibility of raising my son in a city where you are mayor.” It was a stunning moment, Hanif Abdurraqib writes.

Court Records Show Texas Flipped Its Stance on Use of Race in Drawing Maps Read more here.

This is a growing scandal, as sworn testimony by GOP officials is in direct tension with Texas' new position vis-a-vis DOJ.

Follow this story closely. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Is there a correlation between hair color and sexual harassment rates? Because every time I redye my hair, a patron is guaranteed to be creepy towards me

#library #librarianproblems ?

He sounds like he’s just making stuff up on the spot. He’s so disgusting.

A State Department employee shared with PBS News an image from inside the department. The image includes a piece of paper taped to a mirror with the words, "Colleagues, if you remain: RESIST FASCISM. Remember the oath you vowed to uphold."

Here’s the 5 baby wrens getting a breakfast delivery 🪶

#birds #carolinawren #nestling

Some of the wrens in my birdhouse have hatched!!! 🪶

A Red-Bellied Woodpecker getting a snack this morning

#birds #RedBelliedWoodpecker #Woodpecker

Black Skimmer with Big Fish - Spent some time with this Black Skimmer and watched it catch several fish. Lots of times you see them with pretty small fish but this one was pretty decent sized. 🪶

Black Skimmer with Big Fish - Spent some time with this Black Skimmer and watched it catch several fish. Lots of times you see them with pretty small fish but this one was pretty decent sized. 🪶

Some very young Muscovy ducklings huddled up together! Centered are two pale brown ducklings. Both have their heads slightly inclined towards the camera. The ducklings are all very fuzzy and lacking feathers still.

Annnnd Muscovy ducklings. These little guys are at my near-by park too.

#birds #muscovy #ducks

A photo of a Canada Goose in profile. Only its head and some of its neck is visible in this photo. This one is a gosling that’s almost fully grown. A few of its baby feathers still remain on its face. In this photo you can see through the goose’s nostrils to the other side!

My local Canada Geese goslings are just about all grown up 🥲

#birds #CanadaGoose

A mallard duckling is swimming in a pond. The duckling is still fuzzy without feathers and is pale brown and yellow. Its head is angled upwards because it has just taken a sip of water. It had two other siblings and its mom with it.

I saw the most precious mallard ducklings yesterday 💕

#birds #mallard #ducklings

Love this! I need to hang mine up too!

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What the fuck is wrong with these people? I never understood how nazis could follow their orders before, and now I see it happening in real time

I get so excited when I’m approved for an advanced reading copy of a book I’m interested in 👀

#booksky #books

Thank you 💕 spending time in nature really does help reinvigorate me

It's interesting to me that even at the time that the Alien and Seditions Acts were initially passed in 1798, they were considered by many to be unconstitutional even then! James Madison even thought of John Adams (president then) as a monarchist. Hmm....

#politics #nokings #immigration