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Gorgeous. Must have.

A Burrowing Owl wears a bright green towel or towel-adjacent fabric like a headscarf. His eyes are wide and yellow, with oval pupils reflecting a trio of ceiling lights. Feathers are brown and white, with a thatch of tan across the chest. His rictal bristles around his pale yellow beak are damp and pink, presumably from his latest meal, but due to lack of time / awareness / shame / napkins he has been unable to clean himself for the photoshoot.

Burrowing Owl 'Marathon' in Arizona received laser treatment for a leg injury when one of the volunteers snapped this cute picture. Want to donate to Wild At Heart Raptors? wildatheartraptors.org/donate/?refe... Source: fb.com/526080430065... #owlsintowels 💛🦉

I became a historian because of sf/f: LEST DARKNESS FALL. Then, when I couldn't make a living at it, I poured what I'd learned back into sf/f. The river of branching and intersecting streams...

Letter: Utah broke the Great Salt Lake, so Utah should fix it — without federal dollars Letter: Utah overallocated water in every watershed in the state. Now, in a show of greed and hypocrisy, state leaders want the federal government to bail them out for their bad decisions.

Letter: Utah overallocated water in every watershed in the state. Now, in a show of greed and hypocrisy, state leaders want the federal government to bail them out for their bad decisions.

me paying $30 in gas to buy imported things that have been hit with tariffs bc joe rogan is learning about politics at age 58

Kind of weird when you can watch the global market collectively go "oh shit he is that crazy".

I ain’t so smart neither. I constantly think somebody is texting me.

He understands the assignment.

I bet that rabbit has a spinnable coat!

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Me too. Surely he earned a roster spot SOMEWHERE!

Love that Scoot took the floater there with the big going with Clingan on the dive - teams are going to stay with him at the rim, being able to take and make that shot will unlock SOOOOO much for him.

So much fun when he plays! But haven’t we about run out of games he can play?

Legitimately might be the best Scoot Henderson has ever looked - he's just making the reads and going, full commit. It's just feeding on itself.

Filthy live dribble, 1-handed scoop lob from Scoot Henderson to Robert Williams III - just nasty stuff.

Deni Avdija and Kris Murray are both going to play unless something crazy happens in warm ups. - Coach Spiltter

Avdija will be on a minutes restriction.

“He’s got to play better. He’s gotta find his rhythm…this is just me being honest - he’s gotta be better.” - Coach Splitter on Scoot Henderson

Splitter mentioned his defense, his focus, and his shooting - but also said his mindset is still positive.

This podcast and enclosing thread: difficult but excellent.

Soviet realist painting of a woman operating a port crane. Our perspective is from behind her so we see the lofty view of the port out the window of the crane’s cab

“From the height of the port crane” Rudolf Baranov, 1974

Nothing is going to significantly change until we let the patriarchy die.

Country Joe McDonald holding a guitar in 1981. A card reads: "1942-2026: Country Joe McDonald, Artist Whose Antiwar Song Became an Anthem, Dies at 84. Photo by United Archives, via Getty Images."

Country Joe McDonald, one of the starring acts at Woodstock whose satirical anti-Vietnam War song “I-Feel-Like-I’m-Fixin’-to-Die Rag” became an anthem, died on Saturday. He was 84. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/08/a...

Nike Is Moving Jobs to Low-Wage Regions of Indonesia After moving manufacturing to the developing world to save on labor, Nike and other apparel brands are shifting employment in their Indonesian supply chain away from high-wage parts of the country and...

After moving manufacturing to the developing world to save on labor, Nike and other apparel brands are shifting employment in their Indonesian supply chain away from high-wage parts of the country and into less-developed areas.

With @oregonian.com

Judge says Kari Lake unlawfully ran USAGM, voids Voice of America layoffs | CNN Business In a victory for Voice of America staffers, a federal judge ruled Saturday that Kari Lake unlawfully ran the US Agency for Global Media (USAGM) for several months last year.

‘Proof that fighting for press freedom matters’

@brianstelter.bsky.social on Kari Lake and the Voice of America lawsuit

www.cnn.com/2026/03/07/m...

Orbán’s Hungary robbed Ukraine’s state bank of $82 million — Oschadbank launches international legal fight to recover it The Ukrainian state-owned bank confirmed the shipment was conducted under a valid international agreement with Raiffeisen Bank Austria, fully documented under European customs procedures, and carried…

Which DG in Brussels regulates EU Member States' robberies of state banks from EU candidate countries? euromaidanpress.com/2026/03/08/o...

As a book dealer with 30 years in and around the biz, I can say this store is super dope and you should check it out.

Scene is a suburban street. A green RANGE ROVER is parked on the kerb. We see two men approach it. We'll call them MAN 1 and MAN 2. MAN 1 [showing Man 2 the Range Rover] So yeah here it is 59,000 on the clock Nice racing green MAN 2: Looks lovely MAN 1: It's got the heated seats, auto headlights [Man 2 looks in the front seat] MAN 2: Really nice [man 2 now opening the back door] MAN 1: Reverse camera, air quality sensor Leather upgrade - MAN 2: What's that? MAN 1: What  MAN 2: There's something on the back seat there  [we now see what he is looking at on the back seat. it is the tiny, shrivelled, calcified form of ANDREW MOUNTBATTEN WINDSOR, claw-like hands laced, his tiny body all grey, his hunted eyes glowing red] MAN 1: I can't see anything. MAN 2: You've got Andrew Mountbatten Windsor MAN 1: That's just light wear MAN 2: It's not light wear mate, it's the former Prince  It's completely ingrained in the leather [he scratches disdainfully at the melted form of the royal wraith] MAN 2: Is this why you didn't show the back seat on the listing? MAN 1: It's a design feature. MAN 2: I've come down from Suffolk mate. [Ends]

Country Joe McDonald, Whose Antiwar Song Became an Anthem, Dies at 84

RIP, Country Joe McDonald. Time to make popular his "Fixin'-To-Die-Rag" -- an anti-war song -- again. "Yeah, come on all of you, big strong men, Uncle Sam needs your help again. He's got himself in a terrible jam."

Demystifying Anthropic and ClaudeAI with Gideon Lewis-Kraus Podcast Episode · Why Is This Happening? The Chris Hayes Podcast · March 3 · 1h 1m

Highly recommend this pod on AI where @chrislhayes.bsky.social interviews Gideon Lewis-Kraus, author of a big recent New Yorker piece on the subject. Tons of interestng discussion, especially for us ex-philosophy geeks.

Forthwith, a short 🧵

your second moment of calm

YouTube video by tvtestcard Tv Theme Avengers (Full Version)

So good.

‘The Avengers’ was a close second.

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