Stephen Boisvert 🇨🇦 🟦⭐⭐⭐⭐🟦
@srboisvert.bsky.social
Pedestrian birder in Chicago. Click on #birds tag to see just my bird photos without the whinging. I'm also sharing bird links using the #BirdLinks tag. I'm embarrassed by my typos but usually not enough to delete them. Gear: OM1 & OM 150-400 & 100-400
MAHA will only make this worse. About 1 in 300 children who get measles will die during the initial infection. 1 in 10,000 children and as many as 1 in 610 infants will have delayed neurological problems leading to death a decade later.
What a crazy time to be trying to stay alive.
What a crazy time to be trying to stay alive.
Measles continues raging in South Carolina; 99 new cases since Tuesday arstechnica.com/health/2026/...
Measles continues raging in South Carolina; 99 new cases since Tuesday
With so many exposures sites, officials can't figure out where people were infected.
arstechnica.com
January 10, 2026 at 2:40 PM
MAHA will only make this worse. About 1 in 300 children who get measles will die during the initial infection. 1 in 10,000 children and as many as 1 in 610 infants will have delayed neurological problems leading to death a decade later.
What a crazy time to be trying to stay alive.
What a crazy time to be trying to stay alive.
I would probably decide to own a car if this was a feature.
#BirdLinks
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#BirdLinks
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Driver Unlocks His Car To Find A Little Owl Already Riding Shotgun
A man discovered a screech owl sitting inside his locked car on New Year's Day. It's a mystery how the bird got inside, but it isn't the first time the owl's rescuer has seen something similar.
www.thedodo.com
January 10, 2026 at 2:16 PM
I would probably decide to own a car if this was a feature.
#BirdLinks
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#BirdLinks
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My “Hey don’t kill people” brand is really breaking people’s brains it seems
You have a brand. Congratulations!
January 9, 2026 at 11:52 PM
My “Hey don’t kill people” brand is really breaking people’s brains it seems
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"It's shameful that the government can come out and lie about what happened when there's video and witnesses who have all come out and disputed what the government is saying."
Warriors coach Steve Kerr was asked about the ICE shooting in Minneapolis. Here are his full comments:
Warriors coach Steve Kerr was asked about the ICE shooting in Minneapolis. Here are his full comments:
January 10, 2026 at 1:45 AM
"It's shameful that the government can come out and lie about what happened when there's video and witnesses who have all come out and disputed what the government is saying."
Warriors coach Steve Kerr was asked about the ICE shooting in Minneapolis. Here are his full comments:
Warriors coach Steve Kerr was asked about the ICE shooting in Minneapolis. Here are his full comments:
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Alexandra Petri: I Tried to Be the Government. It Did Not Go Well. “I have just driven six and a half hours to Ohio in order to forecast my own weather. From a hot-air balloon.” She also inspects milk & does lawn work on National Park land. [theatlantic.com]
I Tried to Be the Government. It Did Not Go Well.
My five-month quest to monitor the weather, track inflation, and inspect milk for harmful microorganisms
www.theatlantic.com
January 9, 2026 at 5:42 PM
Alexandra Petri: I Tried to Be the Government. It Did Not Go Well. “I have just driven six and a half hours to Ohio in order to forecast my own weather. From a hot-air balloon.” She also inspects milk & does lawn work on National Park land. [theatlantic.com]
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Richmond.
Roger Perry, 1976.
Roger Perry, 1976.
January 9, 2026 at 7:41 PM
Richmond.
Roger Perry, 1976.
Roger Perry, 1976.
Clearly uneducated, untrained, unprofessional and unhinged. These brownshirts are going to cost the nation hundreds of millions in legal settlements. That'll come out of the pockets of all Americans left or right. That's the broad financial consequences. The moral ones will be even worse
I think it is probably a bad idea to put clearly unhinged, angry psychopaths in federal law enforcement positions.
January 9, 2026 at 8:02 PM
Clearly uneducated, untrained, unprofessional and unhinged. These brownshirts are going to cost the nation hundreds of millions in legal settlements. That'll come out of the pockets of all Americans left or right. That's the broad financial consequences. The moral ones will be even worse
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During my walk to Sultan's Market in Lincoln Park today at lunch time I noticed that the telepresence delivery robots have changed their self-driving safety parameters or operator behaviors to be much more aggressive and come alot closer to pedestrians and not to yield right away. So they suck more!
January 8, 2026 at 7:27 PM
During my walk to Sultan's Market in Lincoln Park today at lunch time I noticed that the telepresence delivery robots have changed their self-driving safety parameters or operator behaviors to be much more aggressive and come alot closer to pedestrians and not to yield right away. So they suck more!
In good news: I finally ate a meal from Sultan's Market and it was delicious. I only regret I took this long to get around to trying them.
January 8, 2026 at 6:54 PM
In good news: I finally ate a meal from Sultan's Market and it was delicious. I only regret I took this long to get around to trying them.
This is America until you change it.
January 8, 2026 at 6:51 PM
This is America until you change it.
This is America until you change it.
January 8, 2026 at 6:49 PM
This is America until you change it.
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I have believed for a long time that White racists know in their hearts that they are monsters and they are not wrong in that. Where they err is that they believe others are also racist monsters just like they are and they are terrified that if White Supremacy falters they will be the subjects of
In my book I wrote about research from NYU’s Eric Knowles and others into the “minority collusion” fear: that White Republicans in particular have a bizarre idea that non-Whites act collectively against Whites.
January 8, 2026 at 4:20 PM
I have believed for a long time that White racists know in their hearts that they are monsters and they are not wrong in that. Where they err is that they believe others are also racist monsters just like they are and they are terrified that if White Supremacy falters they will be the subjects of
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I hate to break it to you, but heavily-armed government militias are roaming unchecked through US cities and shooting human rights observers dead in the streets. That's happening in our country.
January 7, 2026 at 11:36 PM
I hate to break it to you, but heavily-armed government militias are roaming unchecked through US cities and shooting human rights observers dead in the streets. That's happening in our country.
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They're not just doing tyranny, they're doing the *exact* things listed in the Declaration of Independence that the colonists accused the king of. It's surreal
January 8, 2026 at 12:37 AM
They're not just doing tyranny, they're doing the *exact* things listed in the Declaration of Independence that the colonists accused the king of. It's surreal
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This is not a structurally sound pyramid
January 7, 2026 at 8:02 PM
This is not a structurally sound pyramid
For me it takes effort to see this image correctly and if I don't continue the work it flips back. Very strange feeling.
January 8, 2026 at 1:22 PM
For me it takes effort to see this image correctly and if I don't continue the work it flips back. Very strange feeling.
Saw a weird moment of informal "wealth redistribution". This beater of a car was parked for a delivery blocking the driveway of a $30 million mansion in Lincoln Park, Chicago. A poor man stealing some of a rich man's time. Needless to say the rich man subjected his entire 'hood to non-stop car horn.
January 8, 2026 at 2:43 AM
Saw a weird moment of informal "wealth redistribution". This beater of a car was parked for a delivery blocking the driveway of a $30 million mansion in Lincoln Park, Chicago. A poor man stealing some of a rich man's time. Needless to say the rich man subjected his entire 'hood to non-stop car horn.
Saw a delivery telepresence robot glitching out on North Sheridan Road in Chicago today. Glad it didn't hurt anyone.
January 8, 2026 at 2:06 AM
Saw a delivery telepresence robot glitching out on North Sheridan Road in Chicago today. Glad it didn't hurt anyone.
It's a Bro Country now.
RFK, Jr., Upsets Food Pyramid, Urging Americans to Eat More Meat www.scientificamerican.com/article/rfk-...
RFK, Jr., Upsets Food Pyramid, Urging Americans to Eat More Meat
Nutritional guidelines released on Wednesday by Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., and the USDA emphasize “real food” that is high in saturated fat, departing from decades ...
www.scientificamerican.com
January 7, 2026 at 8:36 PM
It's a Bro Country now.