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Mandala-like visualization of colored feathers each representing a single species

Mandala-like visualization of colored feathers each representing a single species. Detail.

Mandala-like visualization of colored feathers each representing a single species. Framed.

10,151 birds.

1 visualization.

Thousands of colours, extracted from Wikipedia descriptions.

This piece is one of my all-time favourites. It took me three months of work and I've been thinking about how to do this for five years.

Prints + posters:

www.jerthorp.me/category/of-...

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Many people sit around tables strewn with carving tools and woodcarvings in progress. Some are intent on their work, while others smile and talk together. Behind them are workshop walls with waterfowl decoys and more carving tools.

Two people (busy carving) are blurred but visible behind a rack of woodcarving gouges.

Carved as relief into a branch, a mustached man's face smiles.

Two unfinished nuthatches (carved in wood) sit on a table behind a carving glove and thumb protector, and in front of a finished (carved and painted) nuthatch and cups of coffee.

Thank you to the Green Mountain Wood Carvers who make this place a hub for learning and making. Your craft and your company inspire, delight, teach …and expand our collection!

Have you taken one of their workshops yet?

#BirdsofVermontMuseum #MonthOfGratitude #Woodcarving #GreenMountainWoodcarvers

A round ceramic dish on a stand, showing a Red-bellied Woodpecker. The ceramic is a carved style, in black, white and red. Artist: S. Morrison.

A watercolor painting of a nest with two eggs and many viney/ferny leaves around. Artist: L. DiSante

A photograph of a male Ruby-throated hummingbird superimposed over texts of many numerical facts about the species. Artists: K. Sultze and J. Hyde

A complex quilt of many bright colors and fabric patterns, showing a Blackburnian Warbler in a tropical forest canopy. Artist: M. Lower

Thank you to all more than 250 creatives who have exhibited in our art shows. From our first named show in 2013 to this year’s, may all of you be filled with tremendous creativity and success!

Art share with permission. More images & artist names, on our Instagram.

#MonthOfGratitude #BirdsInArt

Wicked cool!

Also I'm feeling much more comfortable about being behind in class now! 😁😁😁

Climate Change vs. Coffee, Wine, and Chocolate ☕️🍷🍫 with Sam Kass Listen now | How to Overcome the Coming Food Crisis.

"60% of what we eat comes from 12 plants and 5 animals."

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A small crocheted black spider with four brass bead eyes smiles at you from the top of small pumpkin.

Happy Halloween from a wee #spider!

#amigurumi
#handwork

^the ➡️ them, sorry

#typo

I'd like to make some posts about annoying/sensitive/some-of-us-are-tired-of-this stuff ... and have the tap-to-see.

How do I do that?

The people yearn for (democratic) socialism (this one will make you cry)

I need to sell at least 9 framed pieces to have just what I need for rent. Very nerve racking time! All specials in my feed are valid (just DM to take advantage). Also have this hare painting available at name your own price! ALSO-Get 2 prints & pick out a 3rd on me! www.sol-exposure.com/shop/

a woman with short bown hair, glasses, and tassel earrings, wears a purple KN95 and looks cool as hell in her biology is bigger than binaries shirt, in orange

a woman with green glasses takes a selfie lookin' cool as hell in her pink biology is bigger than binaries shirt. She's also got ice cream, that lucky dog.

a woman with long brown hair and glasses hangs out in the back yard with her pink biology is bigger than binaries shirt

A man with a hat and sunglasses stands in hero-pose with his biology is bigger than binaires shirt (orange)

I'm doing another print run of these "Biology is Bigger than Binaries" shirts!

Back, quite literally, by popular demand. Bullying works, sure, but so does a bunch of nice cutie patooties politely asking!

Order 'em now, I'll mail 'em in early November.

SquidFacts.net

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Something to think about

Prosecuting the Powerful Historical data shows putting leaders on trial is a healthy democratic practice.

Sarkozy is going to jail but he’s not the first one. In our new dataset we track modern leaders who have been prosecuted by their own states. There are 215 of them. Turns out leader prosecution is a common & healthy practice in democracies. Full access link: foreignpolicy.com/2025/10/28/d...

Bwahahahahaha! 😂

FYI (may be updated as more info comes in)

Thank you so much to everyone who bought something, reposted, or liked the post 🙏💚!!!

You saved the end of my month, and it will even pay Jettes 🐕 meds in November.

You are an awesome community! Wishing everyone a restful weekend 🌿!

Trees with autumn colours beside a clear blue river.

'Autumn in Oirase' from 'A Collection of Scenic Views of Japan; Eastern Japan Edition' - Kawase Hasui, 1933.
#JapaneseArt #shinhanga

Justice Department Will Monitor Elections in California and New Jersey

Voter suppression.

Trump and MAGA are planning for permanent power. All in front of us.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/u...

DHS Wants a Fleet of AI-Powered Surveillance Trucks US border patrol is asking companies to submit plans to turn standard 4x4 trucks into AI-powered watchtowers—combining radar, cameras, and autonomous tracking to extend surveillance on demand.

NEW: DHS is asking companies to submit plans to turn standard 4x4 trucks into AI-powered watchtowers—combining radar, cameras, and autonomous tracking to extend surveillance on demand.

by me @ wired:

This should be seen as what it is: a huge step towards ending free and fair elections.

Was it Bezos in exchange for Trump dissing SpaceX?

A comic called halloween costume ideas for birders. In panel 1, labeled easy, there's a person labeled northern cardinal wearing a party hat, a beak, and red clothes, and a person labeled roseate spoonbill wearing pink clothes and a wooden spoon on their nose. In panel 2, labeled harder, there's a person labeled merlin sound ID wearing a big green circle with a microphone modeled after the button on the merlin sound ID app, and a person labeled hybrid green x blue jay wearing a complex costume with a mask and robe and hat modeled after a recently discovered hybrid bird. In panel 3, labeled challenging, there's a person labeled baltimore oriole nest wearing an enormous accurate woven oriole nest suspended from their arms and shoulders, and a person labeled african jacana carrying chicks with a hideous costume of long-toed bird feet hanging from their armpits. In panel 4, labeled hot, there's a person labeled high quality spotting scope who is shirtless and is wearing a spotting scope mask on their head, and a person labeled sexy owl pellet wearing an owl pellet top and bottom with a mouse skull on their head.

Halloween costume ideas for birders.

I can't wait to see the whole thing!

Laugh of disbelief ("it never was as far as I know") or rue ("it was, but isn't now") or...?

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Regal Turkey Vulture perched on a tree branch, seen in side profile. The branch extends into the background and branches off in opposite directions. Description from Wikipedia: The body feathers are mostly brownish-black, more black around the head and neck, but the flight feathers on the wings appear to be silvery-gray beneath, contrasting with the darker wing linings. The adult's head is small in proportion to its body and is red in color with few to no feathers. It also has a relatively short, hooked, ivory-colored beak.

Calling all bird loving artists! This month's bird is the Turkey Vulture! 🩷 Draw! Paint! Sculpt! We hope you'll join us. Posting day is Oct 29th.

Rules and Full Size Ref. Photo here: birdwhispererproject.com/participate/

Free Use Photo: pixabay.com/photos/turke... #birds #BirdWhisperer #art

Woot!! may the journey be joyful!

Exclusive | Trump Hosts Corporate Ballroom Donors at Glitzy White House Dinner The event included representatives from Lockheed Martin, Microsoft, Meta, Google, Amazon.com and Palantir.

Edward and Shari Glazer
Harold Hamm
Benjamin Leon, Jr.
The Lutnick Family
The Laura & Isaac Perlmutter Foundation
Stephen A. Schwarzman
Konstantin Sokolov
Kelly Loeffler and Jeff Sprecher
Paolo Tiramani
Cameron Winklevoss
Tyler Winklevoss
3/3

Source: www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

There's so much joy in the furry art I've seen. It makes me smile and my heart lifts.

Yay Drusilla!

🔊Announcing a new Physics/Astro PhD scholarship scheme in Edinburgh, for students from a Black heritage, inc mixed Black background. Please help me spread the word. The scholarship covers all tuition fees, living costs & research travel. #blackinSTEM 🔭👩‍🔬⚛️

ℹ️: www.ph.ed.ac.uk/studying/pos...