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Venezuelan politician María Corina Machado wins Nobel peace prize
Venezuelan politician María Corina Machado wins Nobel peace prize
Leader of country’s opposition receives award after intense public and private campaign by Donald Trump
www.theguardian.com
October 10, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Venezuelan politician María Corina Machado wins Nobel peace prize
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A really intriguing vagrant Blackpoll Warbler resighting from California; parallels to be made with eastward reorientation in a few Yellow-browed Warblers in Western Europe too movementecologyjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.... @pauldufour80.bsky.social #Ornithology
![Recovery sites (orange) of 22 Yellow-browed Warblers (Phylloscopus inornatus), which were ringed in Europe during a same autumn season (blue; EURING data). The red triangle indicates the interannual and winter ringing recovery from Spain near Tarifa [26]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:sdtiecb2gwh7rvre33iwlt7j/bafkreiaeearc5yczimoowhojpwwa4bzvl6vg6a4ctl5fah3thwnzwq3tsi@jpeg)
October 3, 2025 at 4:04 PM
A really intriguing vagrant Blackpoll Warbler resighting from California; parallels to be made with eastward reorientation in a few Yellow-browed Warblers in Western Europe too movementecologyjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.... @pauldufour80.bsky.social #Ornithology
September 29, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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Gulf of Epstein
August 14, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Gulf of Epstein
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'Bristol Night II' by contemporary UK painter Cath Read #womensart
August 14, 2025 at 7:57 PM
'Bristol Night II' by contemporary UK painter Cath Read #womensart
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There are just so many things to be upset about… but each new thing is upsetting in its own uniquely upsetting way.
The White House plans to conduct a far-reaching review of Smithsonian museum exhibitions, materials and operations ahead of America’s 250th anniversary to ensure the museums align with President Trump’s interpretation of American history. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Exclusive | White House to Vet Smithsonian Museums to Fit Trump’s Historical Vision
Top White House officials will scrutinize exhibitions, internal processes, collections and artist grants ahead of America’s 250th anniversary.
www.wsj.com
August 13, 2025 at 11:05 PM
There are just so many things to be upset about… but each new thing is upsetting in its own uniquely upsetting way.
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We've just launched AviList! - the new unified global taxonomic checklist for the world's birds, developed through the Working Group on Avian Classification, including BirdLife, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, IOC and others @birdlifeglobal.bsky.social @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social www.avilist.org
June 11, 2025 at 2:44 PM
We've just launched AviList! - the new unified global taxonomic checklist for the world's birds, developed through the Working Group on Avian Classification, including BirdLife, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, IOC and others @birdlifeglobal.bsky.social @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social www.avilist.org
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1960s acid jazz album cover.
These birds are way too hip.
Agami Herons, Agami Island #CostaRica
#birds #nature #herons
These birds are way too hip.
Agami Herons, Agami Island #CostaRica
#birds #nature #herons
June 12, 2025 at 12:55 PM
1960s acid jazz album cover.
These birds are way too hip.
Agami Herons, Agami Island #CostaRica
#birds #nature #herons
These birds are way too hip.
Agami Herons, Agami Island #CostaRica
#birds #nature #herons
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WTF? If this Government can’t even agree to this smallest of initiatives, which has no cost to them & absolutely no down-sides, what hope that it will step up to the bigger nature challenges we face? This is a *popular* policy, for heavens sake. Obstinate tin-eared stupidity doesn’t come close …
Labour blocks proposal for ‘swift bricks’ in all new homes
MPs had previously backed Conservative amendment to ask developers to provide hollow bricks for endangered birds
www.theguardian.com
May 23, 2025 at 6:26 PM
WTF? If this Government can’t even agree to this smallest of initiatives, which has no cost to them & absolutely no down-sides, what hope that it will step up to the bigger nature challenges we face? This is a *popular* policy, for heavens sake. Obstinate tin-eared stupidity doesn’t come close …
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On 23 April we should spare a thought for all those who believe that William Shakespeare *didn’t* write the works of William Shakespeare. Their argument often boils down to: “A grammar school boy from the sticks couldn’t have written all this stuff.”
Unless, of course, he was a genius ❤️ 📚 🙏🏼
Unless, of course, he was a genius ❤️ 📚 🙏🏼
Since it's Shakespeare's nominal birthday, let's take a moment to reflect on the life of John Thomas Looney - the er... brilliant academic who, having read A Midsummers Dream a dozen times ... came to the conclusion that Shakespeare's plays had been written by Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford 1/6
April 23, 2025 at 8:03 AM
On 23 April we should spare a thought for all those who believe that William Shakespeare *didn’t* write the works of William Shakespeare. Their argument often boils down to: “A grammar school boy from the sticks couldn’t have written all this stuff.”
Unless, of course, he was a genius ❤️ 📚 🙏🏼
Unless, of course, he was a genius ❤️ 📚 🙏🏼
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The @wildjustice.bsky.social petition to ban driven grouse shooting has passed 97,000 signatures thanks to you. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
Even I am fairly confident that we'll get 100,000 signatures, triggering a Westminster parliament debate, by 22 May. 22 April would be even better!
Even I am fairly confident that we'll get 100,000 signatures, triggering a Westminster parliament debate, by 22 May. 22 April would be even better!
Petition: Ban driven grouse shooting
Chris Packham, Ruth Tingay and Mark Avery (Wild Justice) believe that driven grouse shooting is bad for people, the environment and wildlife. People; we think grouse shooting is economically insignifi...
petition.parliament.uk
April 18, 2025 at 6:03 AM
The @wildjustice.bsky.social petition to ban driven grouse shooting has passed 97,000 signatures thanks to you. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
Even I am fairly confident that we'll get 100,000 signatures, triggering a Westminster parliament debate, by 22 May. 22 April would be even better!
Even I am fairly confident that we'll get 100,000 signatures, triggering a Westminster parliament debate, by 22 May. 22 April would be even better!
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It’s all a matter of angles.
And from this angle, it makes total sense.
🇨🇦🇬🇱🇮🇸🇬🇧🇳🇴—-> 🇪🇺 🙌
And from this angle, it makes total sense.
🇨🇦🇬🇱🇮🇸🇬🇧🇳🇴—-> 🇪🇺 🙌
April 14, 2025 at 9:46 PM
It’s all a matter of angles.
And from this angle, it makes total sense.
🇨🇦🇬🇱🇮🇸🇬🇧🇳🇴—-> 🇪🇺 🙌
And from this angle, it makes total sense.
🇨🇦🇬🇱🇮🇸🇬🇧🇳🇴—-> 🇪🇺 🙌
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Just a reminder...
March 18, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Just a reminder...
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This is absolutely hilarious.
Russell Brand shares fake redacted file claiming that Penelope Keith shot JFK.
Clearly didn't read it.
Mind you, it's no madder than some of the other theories.
Russell Brand shares fake redacted file claiming that Penelope Keith shot JFK.
Clearly didn't read it.
Mind you, it's no madder than some of the other theories.
March 20, 2025 at 8:36 AM
This is absolutely hilarious.
Russell Brand shares fake redacted file claiming that Penelope Keith shot JFK.
Clearly didn't read it.
Mind you, it's no madder than some of the other theories.
Russell Brand shares fake redacted file claiming that Penelope Keith shot JFK.
Clearly didn't read it.
Mind you, it's no madder than some of the other theories.
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Report: Americans Waste Enough Food Each Year To Give Over 1 Billion Third World Residents Diabetes
theonion.com/report-...
theonion.com/report-...
March 16, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Report: Americans Waste Enough Food Each Year To Give Over 1 Billion Third World Residents Diabetes
theonion.com/report-...
theonion.com/report-...
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Education pays for itself.
March 15, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Education pays for itself.
March 15, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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This animation shows the incredible migration of the Beijing Swift (Apus apus pekinensis). Each coloured dot is an individual bird tracked from the Summer Palace. See https:wildbeijing.org/the-beijing-swift-project/
January 2, 2025 at 6:43 AM
This animation shows the incredible migration of the Beijing Swift (Apus apus pekinensis). Each coloured dot is an individual bird tracked from the Summer Palace. See https:wildbeijing.org/the-beijing-swift-project/