Andrew

there's so much bad in the world but there's also people who lift up and carry an elderly bat around every day so he can pretend he's flying again, and that's the part of the world I think is worth fighting for

Joan Miró “The Morning Star” (1940) • During WWII, Miró produced 23 paintings collectively known as the Constellations. To create each piece, the artist first applied a soft ground of dry-brushed color that evokes the randomness of nature. Next, he painted fanciful black lines and vibrant flat shapes that change color whenever they cross over a line. Red switches to black…black switches to blue…blue switches to red. Miró’s Constellations pulse, like a universe with music in its soul. • During World War II, the Constellations were the first works of art created by a prominent European artist to reach America. Rumor has it they were secretly transported in a diplomatic pouch.

#ArtHistory 🗃️ 🐡

To escape from the reality of WWII into the comfort of a fantasy world, Miró turned to the sky as a coping mechanism. “I felt a deep desire to flee,” said the artist. “The moon and the stars began to play a major role in my paintings.”

Joan Miró, “The Morning Star” (1940)

Lesser Prairie Chickens Delisted from ESA The U.S. Fish and Wildlife (FWS) recently moved to confirm the delisting of the lesser prairie chicken, a rare and long-embattled species of upland bird. The action is the latest in a back-and-forth o...

Oh for fucks sake

I miss that they delisted the lesser prairie chicken from the Endangered Species Act last week. Ranchers and oil fought tooth and nail for years for the right to destroy habitat

www.themeateater.com/conservation...

Univ of Kentucky AD "retiring" to "executive-in-residence role" at University which will net him $950,000 annually until 2030.

they‘re smoking the paprika, but not the hams, folks. very strange people. nasty people.

… worn-out wood with dead flowers …
or
… a lost seascape and forgotten island …

▫️ small wonders ▫️

SB 178 would be a straitjacket for state environmental regulations

Prove this place is good for culture and post a good book cover

Reminds me of some of the old photos of the sturgeon pulled from the Snake River - 1,500 lbs

What an incredible form of mimicry. My brain is doing loops!

“The Cordyceps spider”: Taczanowskia waska sp. nov. (Araneae: Araneidae), a new spider species and a novel case of mimicry of an araneopathogenic fungus (Cordycipitaceae: Gibellula ) | ...

An amazing new species of Cordyceps-mimicking spider has just been described from the Ecuadorian Amazon - Taczanowskia waska

www.mapress.com/zt/article/v...

Nurul Amin Shah Alam, a Rohingya refugee in the US who didn’t speak English & was nearly blind, was tasered & beaten by the police, detained for a year, & then dropped off by Border Patrol on a street in the middle of winter without informing his family or lawyer. He was found dead a few days later

It's got enough room for me & the whole squad ⚔️

Say👋 to *Gorgonavis alcyone*, the newest enantiornithine bird from the Early Cretaceous of Spain✨🐦

We welcome here the 1st adult cranial remains of a bird from the fossil site of Las Hoyas, and the 1st longipterygid out of China...

Thread!!🧵👇

Paleart by Roc Olivé

Ah, loved this!

EAT YOUR VEGATABLES, YUGI-BOY

[Ginger Nut Mentioned]

You know, I'd never considered that I could bird shitpost my way into learning audio production and composition

This knowledge may have ramifications, Later

Hill by Jean Giono published by NYRB. Impressionist painting of a few white dwellings on a mountainside. The house off to the left has a bright red door.

Giono's debut novel. Although in its original french it wouldn't fit the criteria...

1st one that popped into my head!

One of my favorite warblers to watch forage!

The Spire awakens once more in Steam Early Access on March 5, 2026! ⚔️

New characters, enemies, environments & more await you in Slay the Spire 2, the sequel to the iconic roguelike deckbuilder.

Will you attempt the climb alone... or enlist the aid of your fellow adventurers?

NBC ran a piece where Mary Carrillo went to Norway to find out why they're so good at the Winter Olympics and i was yelling BECAUSE IT'S COLD THERE

then she went to a little tiny ski jump for kids and was like "it's free, equipment is provided, & they don't emphasize results"

and i was like.
oh!

Plugging the Youth $ports Podcast for anyone interested in deep diving this topic. . . Perspectives from Coaches, Athletes, Parents, Researchers, Referees, and anyone in-between!!!

Drogba demanding a ceasefire, Fidel and Diego doing TV together, Menotti playing "left wing" football while winning the WC for the RW dictatorship

"football is NOT a matter of life or death, it's MUCH more important than that." - B. Shankly

I want to take and teach this class in equal measure.

The Elegance of Longing: Prefab Sprout’s Steve McQueen and Jordan: The Comeback

aquariumdrunkard.com/2026/02/13/t...

There are albums that shimmer with impossible ambition -- beamed in from some parallel dimension where pop music never surrendered its claim to sophistication.

Oh to be a little Tardigrade walking around a microscopic volvox algae colony. 🫧🐻🧪

A collection of six ominous bird valentines set against a background of pink hearts. In the first one, a Canada Goose looks angry and hisses and the text says "Baby, I'll make you fall head over heels if you approach within 10m of my nest." In the second, an American white pelican opens its mouth to eat the reader and the text says "There are plenty of fish in the sea, but I want this one." In the third valentine, a Black Vulture looks suspiciously at the reader and the text says "I will love you until you die. And after that, I'll love you even more." A Southern Cassowary stands proudly against the heart-covered background. The text says "My wattles are red. My head is blue. My deadly reputation has been somewhat overblown, but I'd kill for you." In the fifth valentine, a Northern Giant-Petrel stands open-billed next to a large brown furry object, and the text says "Let's seal the deal by sharing a 3000 kg elephant seal carcass." In panel 6, a happy-looking Bearded Vulture holds a bone in its beak, and the text says "I love every part of you, especially your bones."

Ominous bird valentines.

Two edited stills from the animated film "Porco Rosso" 1: A portly human with the head of a cow pours a drink for themself while standing beneath an umbrella on a beach. A phone, a radio, and 4 crudely made tools are scattered about. 2: the cow-person is gearing a long single-lense flight goggle and giving a thumbs up to camera from the open cockpit of a plane they are flying

better a cow than a fascist

Post a banger not in English

Ghariba by Hanan

youtu.be/jEi9bHjOLr8?...