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A Kingfisher hovers in mid-air, wings outstretched and glinting silver-blue in the light. Tiny droplets of water hang around it like sparks as it poises above an unseen river, framed by a warm golden backdrop: a perfect flash of blue against autumn gold.
A flash of blue against autumn gold. ๐
Happy #FlyDay!
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14.11.2025 07:50 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Maybe it's just me, but there's something haunting about an owl staring straight at you. I took this shot of our guest Barred Owl flitting through Central Park's Loch late on Saturday. Owls are so magical! ๐ฅฐ๐ฅฐ๐ฅฐ #owls #CentralPark #birding
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A 12-foot statue of two sex offenders joyfully holding hands appeared on the National Mall in Washington DC this week.
The sculpture depicts two figures grasping hands and smiling. A plaque at the bottom explains the artwork was erected: "in honor of friendship month."
www.msn.com/en-us/news/p...
One evening, I returned to Central Park to observe our Barred Owl. It was quite active and, at one point, flew out of the Loch and across the roadway. It returned almost immediately with a Robin, which it promptly devoured! ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฒ #Owls #CentralPark #birding
12.11.2025 14:25 โ ๐ 203 ๐ 35 ๐ฌ 5 ๐ 0But what alarms me in all this is how the girls who were victimized by these men are largely forgotten. I want us to find ways of centering them in the discourse.
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An Eastern Gray Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) enjoys a peanut at a local park. Yes, I like to take them a few in trade for photographs.
โIn the summer we lay up a stock of experiences for the winter, as the squirrel of nutsโsomething for conversation in winter evenings.โ โHenry David Thoreau
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Color image of a beach with ocean in background, sand foreground, some grassy cover in right lower corner. The sky seems clear-ish. In mid-ground near beach-water interface is a large explosion in sandy colors and also some red where untrained jackasses have used too much, and wrongly placed, dynamite in an effort to obliterate a rotting whale carcass. Rotting whale proceeded to rain upon the watching crowd and no one was injured. It is glorious.
๐จHAPPY EXPLODING WHALE DAY๐จ
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www.oregonlive.com/travel/2024/...
Photo of Petunia the wood pigeon in leafy foliage in garden
Itโs a two pigeon day. This beauty, called Petunia, shared by @what_emma_did on Instagram.
10.11.2025 16:11 โ ๐ 86 ๐ 8 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0#readandplay
#MusicChallenge
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Patti Smith - Privilege (Set Me Free)
youtu.be/2n-QwLaYblM?...
Giovanna Garzoni (Ascoli Piceno 1600 โ Rome 1670),
Lapdog with Biscotti and a Chinese Cup, c. 1648.
(Gallerie degli Uffizi, Palazzo Pitti, Galleria Palatina)
#PattiSmith performs her song, "Peaceable Kingdom", on the Late Show with Stephen #Colbert.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUlN...
Mamdani elected mayor of NYC, Democrat Abigail Spanberger wins governorship in Virginia, and California passes Prop 50.
(gif from the archives)
It rained last night so everything was wet, but it turned into a beautiful day and we went for a hike
#Saturday #Spike #Dogsofbluesky
Rachel was great. And now it's a radio show. Listen at the link. www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/...
06.11.2025 16:12 โ ๐ 360 ๐ 76 ๐ฌ 5 ๐ 9Watson was deeply influential to me as a genomicist, but not how you may assume
From stealing Rosalind Franklin's lab notes to his frequent sexist & racist bioessentialist comments later in life, he showed how the scientific community would still worship a terrible person
Don't idolize bad people
Priorities. [Cartoon by Michael de Adder]
07.11.2025 22:15 โ ๐ 7388 ๐ 2610 ๐ฌ 134 ๐ 63
New essay in the New Yorker:
archive.is/tjuQT
My being a Patti Smith fanโfor over 50 yrs nowโis the most important fact of my life. I've seen her in concert bunches of times, collected her poetry books, created her 1st website, have her original art, & am honored to have met w/ her one-on-one in person.
Her new memoir is out.
archive.ph/DEMUr
#PattiSmith performs her song, "Peaceable Kingdom", on the Late Show with Stephen #Colbert.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUlN...
Twig with Two Pears, n.d., by #DorotheaStormKreps (Dutch, 1734-72), who died #otd, Nov 5. Held by Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, www.boijmans.nl/en/collectio...
#hernaturalhistory #artherstory #womenartists
A digital poster in the style of a World War II propaganda piece. Isolaed on a yellow background, a normal, squarish, 20-something guy with glasses is sitting working on a laptop. A ghostly figure of Hitler has his arm around the guy and is grinning and shaking a fist triumphantly looking at the laptop screen. On the lid of the laptop where an apple might otherwise be is an openAI logo, bright green, and dripping green ooze down the lid. Text on the poster, in combinations of sans-serif type and brush script reads: Using Generative AI? Youโre prompting with Hitler! GenAI is a Fascist Project! Try using your brain instead Donโt surrender your creativity to the tech billionaireโs control
New awareness campaign
03.11.2025 15:22 โ ๐ 24482 ๐ 11012 ๐ฌ 135 ๐ 184
Those who do not remember history have to watch this video that everyone was talking about in like 2008
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I hope this just adds to the #joy and #hope many of us are feeling today!
#WaterfallWednesday
#EastCoastKin
A refreshing view on a hike near Jasper, Alberta in the Canadian Rockies
A Little-Noted Element Propelled Mamdani's Rise: Gen Z Loneliness Members of Gen Z found something unexpected in the mayoral race: a chance to hang out. Their enthusiasm turned into real votes. Listen to this article โข 7:30 min Learn more Share full article GIRLS
Off their phones and into the streets
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/n...
