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'Birdbrain' benefits: How being an expert birdwatcher may boost cognition New research shows that seasoned birders — including older adults — had denser tissue in parts of the brain tied to attention and perception.

For all you #birders out there (including me) -
'Birdbrain' benefits: new research shows that seasoned birders had denser tissue in parts of the brain tied to working memory, spatial awareness & object recognition. #BirdBrain

Link for more information: www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

A Supreme Court Shield for Big Oil Would Come at Your Expense When we talk about someone wanting to both eat their cake and still have it, we’re using a logical impossibility to highlight the cake-haver’s delusional mental state. When it comes to the fossil-fuel...

"If you want to know who will ultimately pay in this scenario, just look in the mirror. Even as your home-insurance rates rise, so will your taxes. All of this will drive down property values, especially in the places most at-risk from climate disasters. And that will hurt muni finances even more."

Know one will convince me that the cruelty and brutality wasn’t the plan all along….

Our smallest owl, the well-named Little Owl. Seen today at Deeping Lakes nature reserve.

Little Owl in its roosting tree on the other side of the river at Deeping Lakes nature reserve today. Hidden away in a hole in a tree on a dull day at extreme range for my camera. Quite pleased with the results for #BitdsSeenIn2026

During the marathon campaign rally that Trump called his SOTU speech, he "unveiled" a proposal for the federal government to provide matching contributions of up to $1,000 per year to the retirement accounts of low-wage earners.

It's a great idea. It is also already a law signed by Biden in 2022.

Left-wing MEPs push Commission to finance abortions in the EU Signed by 105 MEPs, the letter to Ursula von der Leyen calls for a European fund to ensure effective access to reproductive healthcare, a move one million European citizens have requested. #EuropeNews

105 members of the European Parliament sent a letter to the Commission’s President Ursula von der Leyen, putting pressure on her to support the European Citizens’ Initiative “My Voice, My Choice”. It could improve access to safe abortion in Europe by funding travel from countries with less access.

National grocery store chain to shutter 60 stores after reporting sales decline The national chain is shuttering 60 "underperforming" stores across 13 states.

making life harder

National grocery store chain Kroger is in the midst of shuttering dozens of locations.

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Clinton: It then got at the end quite unusual because I started being asked about UFOs and a series of questions about Pizzagate. One of the most vile bogus conspiracy theories that was propagated on the internet.

Woke up early, so what better way to start the day than a walk along the #Victorian promenade. Such a spectacular sky this morning! #photooftheday #NatureIsMagic #photography #Wales

The golden hour of light a Great Crested Grebe at Stodmarsh

This

A watercolour painting of a dunnock

This is a watercolour painting of a Dunnock (previously know as hedge sparrows). Small little ground feeders with a beautiful song 🎶

#watercolours #birdart 🪶

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Hillary Clinton: "It then got quite unusual because I started being asked about UFOs and Pizzagate"

As ex-DOJ officials slam FBI seizure of Fulton County ballots, judge sends worrying signal for future elections The officials said the DOJ recklessly failed to uphold constitutional through the raid.

🚨BREAKING: The DOJ recklessly failed to uphold constitutional rights and liberties by allowing the FBI to seize 2020 election records in Fulton County, Georgia, using a faulty search warrant application, former top department officials alleged Thursday. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

When the President of the United States views "We the People" as a threat to his power, he has abdictated his sworn duty to serve us and must be immediately removed from office.

When we regain power, I'd like to see a new law passed that states if Congress supports declaring war on another country, they, & the President must have someone from their family enlist in military service.
No more sending faceless, nameless soldiers to die for their politics. Send one of your own.

First poppy in the garden this spring and Ginty sees something… (probably a bird 😆)

The light shines on this grouping of different varieties of sweet potato vines. The burgundy, lime green and chocolate coloured plants all glow with a little extra beauty in this picture.

#gratitude
Foster that light within you. It will show the way.

“LIGHT
be a seeker of light a keeper of light extinguish the dark with the might of that bright”
Donna Ashworth

Just reupping this image from my newsletter last week, that I hope people will feel free to save and liberally spred around the interwebs. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

Orange and white cat, smug. His behavior report is 95% good, 5% knocked 2 remotes to the floor in a fit of pique.

Behaviores Report: 95% goode, 5% knokt 2 remotecontroles to tha floore in a fit of pique

Orange and white cat looms from above. He says, "Good morning Gonzobongos! As you can see I am very tall, but worry not- I shall be a benevolent overlord."

Goodemorning Gonzobongos! As yu can see I am varry tall, but worrynot- I shallbe an benevocent overlord.

Measles was wiped out in the U.S. 25 years ago and now we’re already past 1,000 cases in February because vaccination rates dropped below the safety line. This is what happens when public health gets gutted and people stop trusting basic science.

Full bowls of food and these two act as if they're starving every time I make meatballs.

Trump’s Epstein Scandal Takes Damning Turn as Dem Drops New Bombshell As new revelations in the Jeffrey Epstein saga threaten the president, a legal expert decodes what we just learned—and lays out a roadmap to what will happen now.

"We are dealing now with an allegation that the president of the US raped and sexually assaulted a child and is now using his DOJ to try to cover that up."

If you want to understand latest Epstein revelations, @leahlitman.bsky.social explains them clearly on our pod:
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Spirit Airlines Strikes Deal To Exit Bankruptcy Later This Year—Parent Firm Shares Surge The ultra-low fare airline entered bankruptcy for a second time last year.

The ultra-low fare airline entered bankruptcy for a second time last year.

May 29, 2022. American wisteria. A surprise. I didn’t plant it. It just showed up in my backyard.

How did you like Putin’s “spew”last night?