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Jon
@asaphus.bsky.social
Historian, wargamer, bird watcher, collector of trilobites, walker, cyclist, avid traveller, socialist, ‘not my king’ and proud European. Cambridge. Servant to Zoe, the long-haired Mediterranean cat.
Cormorants at dusk, Lake Kariba.
#birdphotography #birds
November 19, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Village weaver bird, Zimbabwe.
#birdphotography #birds
November 19, 2025 at 2:55 PM
White-crowned lapwing, Chobe river for #waderswednesday

#birdphotography #birds
November 19, 2025 at 10:13 AM
This
Sometimes you just have to murder and dismember a critical journalist. Things happen!
November 18, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Ruffs #mottled on the Chobe river, Namibia.
#birdoftheday #birds #birdphotography
November 18, 2025 at 6:15 PM
So confused? But I’m sure what will eventually be released will be so redacted as to be useless…
November 18, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Nooooo! I hate the damn scooters. Apparently there are ‘only’ 870 in Cambridge…most of them littering the pavements around me… Why can’t the kids of today just walk?
November 18, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Playing on a loop all tomorrow!
Every breaking news notification
November 17, 2025 at 10:30 PM
A Zimbabwean Lilac-breasted Roller.
#bluemonday #birds #zimbabwe
November 17, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Reed cormorants and an African darter roosting on the flooded trees of Lake Kariba, Zimbabwe. A magical evening.
November 17, 2025 at 7:32 PM
African fish eagle for #staredown #birdoftheday #birds
November 17, 2025 at 1:45 PM
I’ve just seen a water vole in Hobsons Brook downtown Cambridge. Made my day!
November 17, 2025 at 12:40 PM
So believable - who says Americans can’t do satire!
November 14, 2025 at 7:25 PM
If this is real, not AI generated, then it is terrifying!
Chinese company UBTECH Robotics has assembled an army of humanoid robots for factory work.

They don’t need recharging - the humanoids are capable of changing their own batteries, making their presence in production almost independent of humans.
November 14, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Now abolish!
November 14, 2025 at 12:02 PM
A magnificent African Fish Eagle on the Chobe river, Zimbabwe.
#birds
November 12, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Cape Robin-chat looking very haute as it well might…
#birds
November 12, 2025 at 5:18 PM
A Greater Blueeared Starling in Matusadona National Park, Zimbabwe. One of the characters we met along the way…
November 12, 2025 at 5:06 PM
African penguin, Boulder Bay on the Cape.
#Penguins
November 12, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Even with low water Vic Falls is a spectacular sight!
November 12, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Yesterday morning’s view!
November 12, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Last night’s sunset on Lake Kiriba, Zimbabwe.
November 7, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Full moon over Lake Kariba Zimbabwe with Black Oystercatchers chuckling and squeaking all around.
November 6, 2025 at 7:19 PM
The Zambezi from 10,000 feet.
November 6, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Sunset tonight on Lake Kariba.
November 6, 2025 at 5:23 PM