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Aaah, photographier les oiseaux, un passe-temps qui apprend la patience et l’humilité.
#Photography #Nature #Bird #Birds #BirdPhotography #PhotoFail #BadBirdPhotography #FridayFails #CapucinBecDePlomb #EuodiceMalabarica #IndianSilverbill #CoteDAzur

Photo de deux capucins bec de plomb (petits oiseaux beige-brun au bec gris bleuté) posés sur une fine branche au milieu d’un tamaris. Leur tête est légèrement penchée vers la droite et ils font face à l’objectif. On dirait qu’ils vous regardent d’un air à la fois moqueur et attendri, comme on regarde un petit chaton maladroit. Mais surtout, ils sont flous. Deux bulles de conversation ont été ajoutées sur la photo pour les faire parler :
Oiseau numéro 1 dit : Regarde, elle n’arrive pas à faire le point sur nous, haha
Oiseau numéro 2 dit : MDR oui, trop nulle, mais elle est si mignonne avec son petit trépied!

Les deux mêmes capucins bec de plomb de la photo précédente, au même endroit, toujours aussi flous. Sauf que cette fois ils se regardent.
Deux bulles ont été ajoutées à la photo pour les faire parler :
Oiseau 1 dit : Elle est passée au focus manuel, on s’en va avant qu’elle y arrive?
Oiseau 2 dit : Yep!

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I don’t want to be beautiful, I want to be unsettling.

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@Lana
BUS Rider by War

All my friends know the bus rider
The bus rider is a little higher

Bus rider drives a little slower
Bus rider is a real goer
Hey

Bus rider knows every street, yeah
Bus rider is the one to meet, yeah

Bus rider don't use no gas now
Bus rider don't drive too fast

Take a little trip, take a little trip
Take a little trip and see
Take a little trip, take a little trip
Take a little trip with me

#altTransitASongOrPoem #hashtagGames

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We have been doing bananas all wrong.

Bananas in different animal shapes. There are banana giraffes, banana penguins, banana beavers and banana lamas.

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Well, Fred, he's down there again, but I'll be damned if I can tell what he's up to.

#photography #birds #wildlife #birdphotography #nature #masswildlife #norfolk #massachusetts #wildmassachusetts #naturalmassachusetts #massachusettswildlife

A photograph of a Cedar Waxwing looking down from above, surrounded by the leaves and a few berries of a mulberry tree.

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It’s live: The Anti-Autocracy Handbook- The Scholars’ Guide to Navigating Democratic Backsliding. The need for this is self-evident given current events around the world and in particular in the U.S. The team of authors includes experts from relevant fields and several authors with first-hand experience of living under autocracy.

a pdf of the handbook is freely available for download at the short link https://sks.to/autocracy and there is an associated Wiki that will continue to be expanded and updated.

Please share!

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Gary, Indiana has a Juneteenth Gospel Celebration scheduled for June 21 at 3 pm hosted by the Westside Theater Guild.

https://www.facebook.com/events/671958259000828/

#indiana #nwindiana #HoosierMast

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今日心に書き留めた言葉は、中島さち子さんの
「創造性の民主化」
「できなくても楽しい」

うおー😃ずっと思っていたことを聡明な人が鮮やかに言語化してくださっていた✨

クリエイティビティを特権者に独占させず、誰もが自分のありようのままで創造性を発揮できる世界がいい。「才能」なんて言葉で人の創造性に甲乙つけたりやる気を削いだりしない世界がいい。

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Look at these fluff-balls!

Masked Lapwing chicks in the coolish morning (13ºC).

#bird #UQ #AustralianWildlife #WildOz #MaskedLapwing #chick

A very fluffy small bird with white chest and belly, brown mottled wings and head, yellowing beak and the beginnings of the yellow face-mask that they get their name from. It is standing on a lawn.

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In other news, yesterday I spent a short time with the cutest barred owlets (Strix varia) on Vancouver Island. Parents were nearby and there were lots of talk back and forth.

#birds #wildlife #photography #BirdsOfMastodon #PNW #VancouverIsland #BritishColumbia #VancouverIslandWildlife #owl

Two young barred owls on a branch. They both look slightly to their right because they just heard something. There is light green foliage in the background. The birds are backlit.

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I saw flashing fireflies in my back yard! (protected from the mosquitoes by my screen door)

Then I walked through the house and saw a skunk rooting around in the front yard! (protected by my window and by being on the second floor)

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FYI: We are not in debt because seniors get Social Security and Medicare. We are not in debt because single moms get food stamps. We're in debt because the rich dodge their taxes.

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HAPPY JUNETEENTH EVERYONE!!!

I live a couple of miles from the Ohio River, where the river represented the border between freedom and slavery.

This painting honors John P Parker, who lived just 7 miles from my home in Ripley, Ohio. Born into slavery, Parker learned to read, bought his freedom, owned his own business and helped hundreds of slaves cross the river.

His home is depicted on the far left of the painting.

#juneteenth #art #blackHistory #ohio #painting #kentucky #mastoArt

acrylic painting depicting john p parker helping a family cross the ohio river. the village of ripley ohio is i the background.

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Benny and the Jettas
#AltTransitASongOrPoem #HashtagGames

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Loggerhead shrike

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Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea). Breeds across most of the U.S. and migrates to the southern U.S., Mexico, Central America & the Caribbean for winter. They’re tiny, 5-7 grams. #birds #birdsofmastodon #nature #wildlife #photo #biology

Polioptila caerulea, known as the blue-gray gnatcatcher, is a small songbird native to North and Central America. It has a slender build, long tail, and blue-gray plumage. Active and agile, it flits through trees in search of insects. Its high-pitched calls and constant movement make it easy to spot.

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Gartered Trogon (Trogon caligatus), also known as the northern violaceous trogon: from Mexico throughout Central America and into northern South America, including Colombia, Ecuador, Peru & Venezuela. Takes a mix of fruits and a variety of insects. #birds #nature #birdsofmastodon #biology #wildlife #Reels

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US tech companies rip us all off in the same way, no matter where we live - so it's only natural for Australia to import the EU's Digital Markets Act to take on Big Tech downunder. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/06/apple-australians-youre-too-stupid-choose-your-own-apps

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