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
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.
Missing in the conservation about Grok generating CSAM is the question of how it learned to do this. Was it trained with CSAM material? This seems like a big question that is going unasked and unanswered.
January 7, 2026 at 6:10 PM
Missing in the conservation about Grok generating CSAM is the question of how it learned to do this. Was it trained with CSAM material? This seems like a big question that is going unasked and unanswered.
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January 7, 2026 at 9:30 AM
We are a few weeks out from Trump/Miller talking about a Canadian Terrorist Organization. You wouldn't know her.
January 7, 2026 at 2:20 PM
We are a few weeks out from Trump/Miller talking about a Canadian Terrorist Organization. You wouldn't know her.
The windows driver software for Logi is trying to sell me a mac mouse for some reason. Everything is getting so dumb.
January 7, 2026 at 12:57 AM
The windows driver software for Logi is trying to sell me a mac mouse for some reason. Everything is getting so dumb.
I just stumbled upon featherbase, a database of feather pictures from a bunch of bird species.🪶
So pretty!
www.featherbase.info/zh/home
So pretty!
www.featherbase.info/zh/home
January 6, 2026 at 10:30 PM
AI internet spam pollution is going to destroy hobby interest groups on Facebook. It's already pretty annoying & it's only going to worsen unless platforms work to prevent it rather than actively encouraging & rewarding it. Facebook letting this run amok will kill my primary use case for Facebook.
January 6, 2026 at 7:48 PM
AI internet spam pollution is going to destroy hobby interest groups on Facebook. It's already pretty annoying & it's only going to worsen unless platforms work to prevent it rather than actively encouraging & rewarding it. Facebook letting this run amok will kill my primary use case for Facebook.
My Discover Feed is full of two week out NFL posts for some weird reason. I've already seen them and they are all out date. Some BlueSky wackiness going on here.
January 6, 2026 at 1:42 PM
My Discover Feed is full of two week out NFL posts for some weird reason. I've already seen them and they are all out date. Some BlueSky wackiness going on here.
Some interesting history on the Christmas Bird Count.
#BirdLinks
www.theoaklandpress.com/2026/01/03/m...
#BirdLinks
www.theoaklandpress.com/2026/01/03/m...
Michigan men embrace ‘SOB’ title to continue 126-year-old annual Audubon bird count
Every year, the Audubon Society’s Christmas Bird Count draws tens of thousands of birders (and sometimes “SOBs” and “FOBs” — spouses and friends of birders) for the 126-year-old event that blends b…
www.theoaklandpress.com
January 6, 2026 at 1:29 PM
Some interesting history on the Christmas Bird Count.
#BirdLinks
www.theoaklandpress.com/2026/01/03/m...
#BirdLinks
www.theoaklandpress.com/2026/01/03/m...
I would like to be able to buy some nice middle class stuff from Amazon like nice decorative pillows and such but when you order some it is just incredibly cheap garbage with weird colors and the worst imaginable fabrics.
I need department stores to come back.
I need department stores to come back.
January 6, 2026 at 1:00 PM
I would like to be able to buy some nice middle class stuff from Amazon like nice decorative pillows and such but when you order some it is just incredibly cheap garbage with weird colors and the worst imaginable fabrics.
I need department stores to come back.
I need department stores to come back.
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THIS. Did you know sickle cell is curable, now? FULLY curable.
If you're feeling down or despairing about what FEELS like technology/advancement/science "standing still" or being fully malicious, I have great news: You're not paying attention to actual science. Just tech industry marketing.
If you're feeling down or despairing about what FEELS like technology/advancement/science "standing still" or being fully malicious, I have great news: You're not paying attention to actual science. Just tech industry marketing.
meanwhile.... medicine has taken INSANE leaps and bounds in the last 2 years.
we're out here curing HIV and leukemia and creating 100% efficacy vaccines against all sorts of cancers, and now this??
between this and renewable energy outstripping fossil fuels in efficiency, the future is bright
we're out here curing HIV and leukemia and creating 100% efficacy vaccines against all sorts of cancers, and now this??
between this and renewable energy outstripping fossil fuels in efficiency, the future is bright
Wanna see real-life miracles? Fund scientific research.
A team of US scientists just cured Alzheimer’s in mice — and there is now hope that the disease can be reversed in humans.
futurism.com/health-medic...
A team of US scientists just cured Alzheimer’s in mice — and there is now hope that the disease can be reversed in humans.
futurism.com/health-medic...
December 31, 2025 at 3:44 AM
THIS. Did you know sickle cell is curable, now? FULLY curable.
If you're feeling down or despairing about what FEELS like technology/advancement/science "standing still" or being fully malicious, I have great news: You're not paying attention to actual science. Just tech industry marketing.
If you're feeling down or despairing about what FEELS like technology/advancement/science "standing still" or being fully malicious, I have great news: You're not paying attention to actual science. Just tech industry marketing.
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The whole thing about fascists is that the capitalists admire their total disregard of rules, laws, norms and procedures, they see that the fascists run a state the way they run a business, as dictators, but the capitalists aligned with this regime were already the richest ppl in history
January 4, 2026 at 5:17 PM
The whole thing about fascists is that the capitalists admire their total disregard of rules, laws, norms and procedures, they see that the fascists run a state the way they run a business, as dictators, but the capitalists aligned with this regime were already the richest ppl in history
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posted this morning on fbook by Aragorn Eloff
January 4, 2026 at 5:16 PM
posted this morning on fbook by Aragorn Eloff
I feel like this past year was the start of America's Brexit equivalent insanity.
January 6, 2026 at 2:11 AM
I feel like this past year was the start of America's Brexit equivalent insanity.
Absolutely wild given that the Keyes Constant, the number of people in the US who are batshit crazy in every poll or election, is something like 27%
One of the most lopsided results you'll ever see in a poll, from our weekend Washington Post poll www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
January 6, 2026 at 12:37 AM
Absolutely wild given that the Keyes Constant, the number of people in the US who are batshit crazy in every poll or election, is something like 27%
January 6, 2026 at 12:21 AM
January 5, 2026 at 11:36 PM
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They kidnapped the head of a Latin American country, replaced him with an insecure white racist who has spent his entire life arguing that Latinos are subhuman, and made clear that their primary aim is to plunder the country for its resources.
If it isn't yet clear, yes, we're the fucking baddies.
If it isn't yet clear, yes, we're the fucking baddies.
Per WASH POST, Stephen Miller will play an “elevated role” in Venezuela (what could go wrong!) and Machado won’t be president because she accepted the Nobel Peace Prize Trump wants (yes, seriously)
Couldn’t make it up if we tried
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Couldn’t make it up if we tried
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
January 5, 2026 at 12:53 PM
They kidnapped the head of a Latin American country, replaced him with an insecure white racist who has spent his entire life arguing that Latinos are subhuman, and made clear that their primary aim is to plunder the country for its resources.
If it isn't yet clear, yes, we're the fucking baddies.
If it isn't yet clear, yes, we're the fucking baddies.
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A number of studies show that various vaccines (shingles, RSV, flu) are associated with “off-target” benefits like reduced cardiovascular risk, lower rates of dementia, and lower Alzheimer’s risk for older people. [nytimes.com]
Vaccines Are Helping Older People More Than We Knew
Many shots seem to have “off-target” benefits, such as lowering the risk of dementia, studies have found.
www.nytimes.com
January 5, 2026 at 6:36 PM
A number of studies show that various vaccines (shingles, RSV, flu) are associated with “off-target” benefits like reduced cardiovascular risk, lower rates of dementia, and lower Alzheimer’s risk for older people. [nytimes.com]