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Stephen Boisvert ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ ๐ŸŸฆโญโญโญโญ๐ŸŸฆ

@srboisvert.bsky.social

Pedestrian birder in Chicago. Click on #birds tag to see just my bird photos without the whinging. I'm also sharing bird links using the #BirdLinks tag. I'm embarrassed by my typos but usually not enough to delete them. Gear: OM1 & OM 150-400 & 100-400

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His name is on it. The WaPo website puts their bylines below the paywall fold so it is subscribers (or bypassers) only.

07.03.2026 19:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I can recall the previous Archbishop of Canterbury making common cause with Muslims not because of any real shared religious principles, though they do share a lot, but simply because of religious faith vs secularism. Religious people will overlook a lot because they see atheism as such a threat.

07.03.2026 19:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I think the Supreme Court needs more hobos.

by Me, A hobo.

07.03.2026 18:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Organic only starts at the shell I guess.

07.03.2026 18:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

We call this coverup year long delay maneuver a Rahm Emanuel.

07.03.2026 18:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I remember when Canada used to have legit drivers in F1.

07.03.2026 18:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It probably doesn't help team morale and cohesion when you give a car to your own nepo baby!

07.03.2026 18:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I canโ€™t believe how stupid everything is

07.03.2026 17:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5314    ๐Ÿ” 1620    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 384    ๐Ÿ“Œ 81

They've barely gotten started and they've killed a spectacular run for the US and European markets. They've already made much of the West poorer and the knock on effects of the downturn will take a while to trickle through society. Everybody retiring in the next few years is going to get smoked.

07.03.2026 17:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
The spines of the collected edition of MONK. The final season's spine art is upside down compared to the rest.

The spines of the collected edition of MONK. The final season's spine art is upside down compared to the rest.

The collected edition of a show about a man with crippling OCD...

30.12.2024 20:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 89    ๐Ÿ” 19    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
A very minimalist photograph of the docks in Belmont Harbor with no background visible due to fog.

A very minimalist photograph of the docks in Belmont Harbor with no background visible due to fog.

Docks in Belmont Harbor with no distant background visible due to fog.

Docks in Belmont Harbor with no distant background visible due to fog.

Belmont Harbor in the fog yesterday afternoon. I got soaked in the earlier than expected thunderstorm downpour.
3.6.2026

07.03.2026 11:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
woman bundling a swan into a car, like some sort of avian kidnapping

woman bundling a swan into a car, like some sort of avian kidnapping

William Vanderson, 1936
'The swan was named Leila and belonged to a Mrs. Watson of Chesham, Buckinghamshire. According to Mrs. Watson, Leila could open doors and acted as a guard dog'

07.03.2026 07:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 235    ๐Ÿ” 58    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Street art. Sad eyed robot guy covered in letters from the artists' names

Street art. Sad eyed robot guy covered in letters from the artists' names

Parkchester โ€” zukie_art & John_Paul_OG

06.03.2026 14:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 576    ๐Ÿ” 62    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 8    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4
06.03.2026 16:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1234    ๐Ÿ” 231    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 23    ๐Ÿ“Œ 6

Can't wait to hear the insider trading moves made by all these people calling for the people in America to make sacrifices in the next release of financial disclosures by the representatives.

07.03.2026 01:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

All of this stuff is fundamentally about the erasure of consent. At the core of these products is the assertion that your very existence is a tacit agreement to feed the machine.

06.03.2026 21:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 158    ๐Ÿ” 34    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

Dow 47,000!

06.03.2026 19:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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My ICQ UIN is 7231680. That number is burned into my consciousness. I inadvertently learned that you could see private conversations in public chat rooms when using Telnet instead of a browser on GeoCities. I can tell you the difference in audible dial-up handshakes between 1200, 2400, 14.4 kbps modems. I needed a edu email address to join Facebook after my university was admitted. We were here at the beginning. We made social media. You wouldn't be in my Top 8. I have usernames older than you.
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Threads thread: thriller_instinct 3d Is it okay to bully 40 and 50 year olds who are on social media just for being on it, cuz like why are you here - 254 Q 3.1K G 28 746 corporateash 18h โ€ขโ€ขโ€ข My ICQ UIN is 7231680. That number is burned into my consciousness. I inadvertently learned that you could see private conversations in public chat rooms when using Telnet instead of a browser on GeoCities. I can tell you the difference in audible dial-up handshakes between 1200, 2400, 14.4 kbps modems. I needed a edu email address to join Facebook after my university was admitted. We were here at the beginning. We made social media. You wouldn't be in my Top 8. I have usernames older than you. 852 Q62 G6 72

โ€œI have usernames older than you.โ€.
Holy shit

06.03.2026 01:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 20522    ๐Ÿ” 4358    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 763    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1132

Tabarnac!

06.03.2026 18:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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This is not good.

06.03.2026 13:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9641    ๐Ÿ” 3691    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 756    ๐Ÿ“Œ 468
Apple presents the iRack
YouTube video by MadtvOnFox Apple presents the iRack

From the MadTV archives... Sadly still relevant. Watch to the end.

02.03.2026 02:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
Looking down from a bridge at the river, where sharp reflections of the skyscrapers are visible

Looking down from a bridge at the river, where sharp reflections of the skyscrapers are visible

Chicago River was surprisingly undisturbed this morning
#chicago

05.03.2026 22:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 307    ๐Ÿ” 22    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

When I lived in England one of my fav local pubs was right outside the entrance to a fantastic moss covered forested church cemetery. It also had lawn bowling. Super common in England to have pubs right outside churches so the apostates had a place to "wait" (The Bell, Harborne Birmingham UK).

06.03.2026 14:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It might be that you ran your finances through the model more times than your financial planner or estate attorney did.

06.03.2026 14:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Reaping/Sowing | Me Sowing / Me Reaping See more 'Me Sowing / Me Reaping' images on Know Your Meme!

How was the sowing/reaping tweet only from 2019?? knowyourmeme.com/photos/24528...

06.03.2026 00:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 39    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
RollingStone

Among the names that have already tossed around to fill Durbin's seat are former Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel. "I think it would be catastrophic at every level if he were to become a United States senator," Shiner says. In every role he's held, she says, Emanuel "has consistently shown that he's been willing to compromise core values if he thinks that it's politically expedient. At the end of the day, our country and the people of Illinois are not well served by someone who thinks that political expedience is a priority - and who has also completely misread what is politically expedient. He was quoted in Politico saying that Democrats just could concede USAID as a little treat to Donald Trump, because maybe he'll be satisfied, and USAID might not be popular. We're going to put millions of lives across the world at risk. Why isn't that something worth fighting for?" ยฎ

RollingStone Among the names that have already tossed around to fill Durbin's seat are former Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel. "I think it would be catastrophic at every level if he were to become a United States senator," Shiner says. In every role he's held, she says, Emanuel "has consistently shown that he's been willing to compromise core values if he thinks that it's politically expedient. At the end of the day, our country and the people of Illinois are not well served by someone who thinks that political expedience is a priority - and who has also completely misread what is politically expedient. He was quoted in Politico saying that Democrats just could concede USAID as a little treat to Donald Trump, because maybe he'll be satisfied, and USAID might not be popular. We're going to put millions of lives across the world at risk. Why isn't that something worth fighting for?" ยฎ

if something happens to me, check with Rahm. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

25.04.2025 01:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 240    ๐Ÿ” 38    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 14    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
Pyramidion of the royal scribe Ramose (Deir el-Medina, New Kingdom, 19th Dynasty, reign of Ramesses II (1275-1240 BCE))

Museo Egizio, Turin, Italy

Pyramidion of the royal scribe Ramose (Deir el-Medina, New Kingdom, 19th Dynasty, reign of Ramesses II (1275-1240 BCE)) Museo Egizio, Turin, Italy

Pyramidion of the royal scribe Ramose (Deir el-Medina, New Kingdom, 19th Dynasty, reign of Ramesses II (1275-1240 BCE))

Museo Egizio, Turin, Italy

05.03.2026 15:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2844    ๐Ÿ” 381    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 57    ๐Ÿ“Œ 17

Particularly as it was an unarmed ship and likely would have surrendered if the sub had surfaced and offered the option. It likely couldn't escape even knowing the sub was there.

05.03.2026 23:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Dow Jones Industrial Average showing a decline since Feb 11 when it was invoked as a get out of questions defense by the the United States AG and seemingly personal attorney for Donald J. Trump, Pam Bondi.

Dow Jones Industrial Average showing a decline since Feb 11 when it was invoked as a get out of questions defense by the the United States AG and seemingly personal attorney for Donald J. Trump, Pam Bondi.

Your semi-regular reminder of Pam Bondi's "DOW is 50K defense" of Trump's performance and how things have gone ever since she said it.

05.03.2026 20:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

In the summer that space will be restaurant patios. The sidewalks on Broadway are already congested with privatized public property for restaurateurs and now they want to take even more public space for parking and operating 20 2ft square lurching burrito taxi robots. Yet we can't have food trucks!

05.03.2026 15:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0