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A black tshirt design with a bald red cardinal in a circle surrounded by flames, with the word bloodcheep in red death metal style letters above it.

Working on a bloödcheëp shirt. I'm proud of those letters.

Large black and white raptor with yellow eyes flying by, looking at the viewer.

Saw this osprey on Oct 5. Light was terrible so I slid the sliders and recovered this pic. Checking eBird records I see Oct 8 is my latest sighting, so I guess this means farewell for now, you beautiful, yellow-eyed, fish-grabbing monster. Have a great winter in the Gulf of Mexico, friend #birds

Humpbacks are known to intervene during orca hunts. On Saturday, the T46B1s were craving seal for lunch while BCX1377 "Nike" was nearby. Nike positioned himself between the seal and the orcas, but in the end, his efforts were unsuccessful.

📷: Mollie Cameron, @whalewatchingbc.bsky.social

Bari Weiss becoming head of the news division at CBS does not just tarnish the legacy of Murrow and Cronkite, it tarnishes the legacy of fucking Hee Haw.

A road runs through it - The Boston Globe America’s wild lands are already home to vast networks of paved and dirt roads. Now the Trump administration is about to expand their reach.

"Today the consequences of excessive roadbuilding are perfectly foreseeable; it’s the wisdom that remains scarce."

For @bostonglobe.com's Wild Issue, I wrote about Trump's plan to rescind USFS's Roadless Rule, which — spoiler — is a terrible idea. #roadecology

www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/04/o...

Did u know? Moths are significant pollinators in our gardens. As they're often nocturnal, they've evolved clever ways of evading predators during the day. The Plume moth hides by folding its wings up like a concertina, so that it looks like a teeny twig, rather than a tasty bird meal. 🌿🌱🇬🇧🌱🌍🪲🦋

Bonta: Just minutes before the hearing, we got word that the Texas National Guard has been federalized.

We asked the judge to issue a broad order — one that applies to every National Guard unit in every state — stating that none of them can be deployed to Oregon.

She issued that order

Chicago priest Father Michael Pfleger: "The state of emergency is in AMERICA, not Chicago. It's birthed from this president and his admin's reign of terror."

( ht: @mikenellis.bsky.social )

😭

IG newberlinlibrary

‘What the F**k?’ CBS News Insiders Prepare for Takeover by Self-Described ‘Zionist Fanatic’ Bari Weiss is expected to be announced as editor-in-chief of CBS News, as employees worry her new role will bring a pro-Israel bias, more censorship, and lower editorial standards.

‘What the F**k?’ CBS News Insiders Prepare for Takeover by Self-Described ‘Zionist Fanatic’

Bari Weiss is expected to be announced as CBS News' editor-in-chief. Employees worry her new role will bring a pro-Israel bias & more censorship, writes @premthakker.bsky.social:

zeteo.com/p/bari-weiss...

🌎 Happy #WorldHabitatDay!
Birds can’t thrive without healthy forests, grasslands & wetlands — but these vital habitats are disappearing fast.

At ABC, we’re restoring & protecting spaces birds need to survive.
Support this work by joining today:
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Please enjoy 10 seconds of a fat groundhog enjoying an apple at my sister's house 😊

Halloween is going to be weird now that there are scary masked people on the streets all year long.

🔊ON & UP
😍👇🏾'Sacred Springs #PowWow. Grand #Entry. San Marcos TX'
(FB VID: glowwithmichelle71. Oct 4, 2025)
#GrandEntry #NativeAmericans #Indigenous #FirstNations

Exactly, there are a few other islands off Maine where these puffins nest (including Seal Island and Matinicus Rock), though Project Puffin was begun on Eastern Egg Rock.

We learned this from the great Audubon Seabird Institute guide on a puffin tour back in July 🙂

A bingo card for the ghost stories of M.R. James. Boxes read: "Spiders Terrible hotel stay Narrator makes fun of golf Latin passages Eerie disembodied voices Confirmed bachelor main character Vengeful spirit Evil magician Working-class character as comic relief Bleak East Anglian coast Visit to an archive Narrator in guidebook mode FREE SPACE Unholy doings in a church Frogs or toads Queen Anne style house Cursed artifact Don't buy that rare book! Something hairy and horrible Someone gets too curious Tentacles Story told via old manuscript Research trip gone horribly wrong Beds are scary Tactile horror

I couldn't resist. #pleasingterror

ICE is hog tying protesters in Portland and removing them on Dollies.

This is dangerous and could cause serious injury.

The Department of Homeland Security thinks it’s a joke.

They’ve shared this video with the tagline “Refuse to Walk? We’ll give you a ride”.

Stay strong Portland.

PBS is different from commercial broadcasting because it receives funding, not from advertising, but from viewers who support individual stations. Those stations pay PBS to run its programs. Any entity – from individuals to private foundations to corporations – can give money to PBS. But all proposed funding for programming is subject to a set of standards that ensure the program is free of influence from the funding source. PBS got a boost in ratings when it began broadcasting the court hearings on the widening political scandal of Watergate in 1973.

The PBS logo, circa 1971

On this day in 1970, the Public Broadcasting Service or PBS was launched in the United States. It essentially replaced National Educational Television.
#History #OTD

43 MCPS families opted out of books largely centered around LGBTQ+, cultural diversity, social justice MCPS approved 58 requests to opt out of specific books and readings from 43 families, following the U.S. Supreme Court’s June ruling.

So after screaming hysterics and a lawsuit that went all the way to SCOTUS a grand total of...

43 families opted out of LGBTQ+ inclusive literature in Montgomery County Public Schools:

There's 160,000 students total...

bethesdamagazine.com/2025/10/02/4...

One of the sick-day superfoods 👍

I’ve lived in GOP-dominated states my entire life, and I can tell you one thing about Republican lawmakers: they don’t care about us.

Viewed from behind, a silky grey cat is sitting on a beige carpeted floor looking up at a television. There is a California full on the screen.

Atlas loves to watch nature shows #CatsOfBluesky

They’re using American tax dollars to fund infrastructure in Argentina because that’s where they’re all going to flee when we kick them out of office

Trump tries to goad the Navy into booing "Barack Hussein Obama" but is met mostly with silence

Trump to the Navy: "We have to take care of this little gnat that's on our shoulder called the Democrats."

If you watch closely, you'll see they're doing this opposite an actual funeral procession.

You Can Just Push Shit In Back Seat Out Of Way

You Can Just Push Shit In Back Seat Out Of Way

This cheeky busy body came so close to me I had to put my camera down. I shook a few plants for him and he dashed over in the hope that I might dislodge and insect or two. When I held my hand out he hopped to within 2 or 3 centimetres hand. Certainly the friendliest Willie Wagtail I've ever met!

KAEX – KBED

🧊⚠️✈️ MASSACHUSETTS ‼️

👉 ICE Air inbound to Hanscom

GlobalX A320 – Tail: N291GX

Arriving now 👀

The logo for the social media platform Threads, in white on a solid black background. The logo looks like the "at" symbol with a schwa in the middle instead of a lowercase letter A.

I hereby name this symbol "the schwat".

I will be taking no questions.

#linguistics #phonetics #threads #schwa #schwat