Lauren

White, blue and green. Rota (Luta), Bird Sanctuary overlook and Luta Sihek (Mariana Kingfisher)

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INLAND EMPIRE - His corpse is marked by stars.

YOU - What will mine be marked by?

INLAND EMPIRE - Alcohol and heartbreak.

PHYSICAL INSTRUMENT - Your fist clenches suddenly.

YOU - It will be riddled with disco.

The thought of what is still out there waiting to be found. Preservation continues to matter.

Narratively having Ever Given getting stuck in 2021 to set up Hormuz in 2026 is great foreshadowing. You want your audience to understand the basics of international shipping in a lower stakes context so you drop the real plot without a lot of saggy exposition about the minutiae of cargo logistics.

The current world chicken population is larger than the planet-wide non-chicken bird population not just today, but at any point in the history of earth.

Yes! It's unreal how saturated and beautiful everything is out here. I've been working in these islands for ~15 years and it never gets old.

White, blue and green. Rota (Luta), Bird Sanctuary overlook and Luta Sihek (Mariana Kingfisher)

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Issue 2 cover reveal!

This gorgeous art is "Caballo" by @mxmorgan.com. I instantly fell in love with it, and stars aligned for it to set the tone of the issue.

Issue 2 (and the stories this horse is guarding) land April 1.

Here's the picture worth a thousand exclamation points:

Been sitting on this news for a while! There's going to be a Children of Time TTRPG courtesy of the amazing folk at Rowan Rook and Decard (Heart, Spire, DIE, Eat the Reich and many more).

The track on this storm has been so infuriating lmaoooo it just wants to swing past us over and over, this is the exact same storm that rained like 8 inches of rain on us last weekend and it just did a U-turn!!

Back to my expressive birds collection, this is a Goldfinch. They're often found together in big groups (called a Charm) and have the prettiest fluttery song.

Had to delete the last post as the image loaded up weirdly (just in case you're seeing this twice).

#watercolours #birdart 🪶

"People used to be excited about tech, now they dread what data you're going to steal next, they dread what violation of privacy or the environment will turn up next."

this whole missive will make you want to stand on your desk and yell "O CAPTAIN, MY CAPTAIN!," but that bit really got me good

Astronomers are capturing video of a black hole for the first time | CBC Radio Astronomers are working to capture the first-ever video of a black hole — a groundbreaking effort that could shed light on how these enigmatic cosmic objects behave and offer clues about the origins o...

The first ever #blackhole movie campaign by @ehtelescope.bsky.social kicked off this morning!!! 🔭🧪 I was honoured to represent the team together with Vincent Fish on CBC's Quirks and Quarks science podcast. Tune in if you want to hear about the science and methods for this groundbreaking campaign!!

so *few photos lmao, "phew" is my relief at this one sitting still I guess hahaha

This is actually about as chill as they ever get. I have so phew photos where they're not wiggling ferociously and trying to bite us, haha. They're intense birds, but very smart and very vocal!

Back to setting up a banding crew on Rota, where only perfect birds exist.

Såli (Micronesian Starling) and Na'abak (Micronesian Rufous Fantail), banded and released on site, for @instbirdpop.bsky.social 🪶🧪👩🏼‍⚕️

Thanks Jason!

We're very grateful it was only mildly perturbed, these guys get extra-bitey in the hand most of the time, haha.

Guam raises concerns over deep-sea mining plans by the Trump administration, emphasizing potential impacts on the Northern Mariana Islands.
www.npr.org/2026/03/10/n...

Oooh, yes! Africa has so many amazing birds. I haven't been there yet myself!

Yeah, they definitely have a lot in common with corvids even if they're not super closely related!

I've always felt so lucky over the years for that to be our most common bird we band on these islands! I've handled hundreds and I love every single one of them ❤️

This storm is just out here determined to get us. NORTHEAST? WHY, they're supposed to keep going northwest normally! Not come back after they already passed!!

Yes! I'm a big fan of the whiskers

Back to setting up a banding crew on Rota, where only perfect birds exist.

Såli (Micronesian Starling) and Na'abak (Micronesian Rufous Fantail), banded and released on site, for @instbirdpop.bsky.social 🪶🧪👩🏼‍⚕️

This reminds me of something Toni Morrison wrote.

Throwback to the time This Thing appeared 👀 (giant mayfly, from 2021)

Join Our Team — Erie Bird Observatory

Two assistant banders needed for the upcoming spring banding season at Presque Isle State Park.
#birds #ornithology #migration

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Plus yeah the actual filming of it, like you'd have to have a whole camera crew to pull this off and I don't see how or why that could have happened here when it's meant to be a random lucky thing someone happened to catch on camera.

Yeah, I read the comments on the post and the OP was saying that the fox was "playing dead" and got up and ran away after and like... they don't do that I'm pretty sure. Just feels like so much bullshit.