Kes Bird
@no-egrets.bsky.social
you can't believe everything on the internet
for example i actually love egrets
for example i actually love egrets
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it called fashion sweaty
February 4, 2025 at 5:42 PM
it called fashion sweaty
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Instead of March Madness this year I’ll be doing Starch Sadness which is where I just eat potatoes until I feel better
March 9, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Instead of March Madness this year I’ll be doing Starch Sadness which is where I just eat potatoes until I feel better
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It has come to my attention that in order to make new friends you have to talk to people you don’t already know so like THAT’S a big ole bucket of no thank you and
February 22, 2025 at 4:24 PM
It has come to my attention that in order to make new friends you have to talk to people you don’t already know so like THAT’S a big ole bucket of no thank you and
Today I learned: Jupiter has rings
February 23, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Today I learned: Jupiter has rings
“I feel truly unhappy that I have to neglect my plants… so completely” - Mendel’s comment on his promotion is so ridiculously relatable (quoted in The Gene: An Intimate History)
February 23, 2025 at 10:54 AM
“I feel truly unhappy that I have to neglect my plants… so completely” - Mendel’s comment on his promotion is so ridiculously relatable (quoted in The Gene: An Intimate History)
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Fun fact:
Trees exchange nutrients with one another through underground fungal networks that connect them.
Trees also exchange nutrients with the fungal networks themselves. They’ll give sugars to mycelium in exchange for phosphorus, for example.
Trees exchange nutrients with one another through underground fungal networks that connect them.
Trees also exchange nutrients with the fungal networks themselves. They’ll give sugars to mycelium in exchange for phosphorus, for example.
February 16, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Fun fact:
Trees exchange nutrients with one another through underground fungal networks that connect them.
Trees also exchange nutrients with the fungal networks themselves. They’ll give sugars to mycelium in exchange for phosphorus, for example.
Trees exchange nutrients with one another through underground fungal networks that connect them.
Trees also exchange nutrients with the fungal networks themselves. They’ll give sugars to mycelium in exchange for phosphorus, for example.
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ROBBER: everybody lie down!
ME: [already setting my alarm and away message] take your time thx
ME: [already setting my alarm and away message] take your time thx
February 12, 2025 at 8:27 PM
ROBBER: everybody lie down!
ME: [already setting my alarm and away message] take your time thx
ME: [already setting my alarm and away message] take your time thx
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Nothing to see here, just a Blackbird keeping an eye on things. Carry on...
📷 @kiransimpson.bsky.social
📷 @kiransimpson.bsky.social
February 12, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Nothing to see here, just a Blackbird keeping an eye on things. Carry on...
📷 @kiransimpson.bsky.social
📷 @kiransimpson.bsky.social
That Kiwi millennial conditioning to reply to any statement of “not many” with “if any”
February 11, 2025 at 12:44 AM
That Kiwi millennial conditioning to reply to any statement of “not many” with “if any”
The worst thing about wearing glasses is how much it ruins going for walks in the rain
February 10, 2025 at 2:54 PM
The worst thing about wearing glasses is how much it ruins going for walks in the rain
TIL about mushroom plugs; I have an awkward shaded space in the allotment that can’t really be dug, considering rummaging around old wood and making a mushroom spot
February 10, 2025 at 1:52 PM
TIL about mushroom plugs; I have an awkward shaded space in the allotment that can’t really be dug, considering rummaging around old wood and making a mushroom spot
any party, actually
Don’t invite me to your Super Bowl party if this isn’t the vibe
February 10, 2025 at 1:51 PM
any party, actually
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February 10, 2025 at 9:06 AM
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In 5 hours, at 18h UT on 9 February, the Moon will pass close to the red planet Mars (mag. −0.8). The event will be visible worldwide in the evening sky. However, from parts of Russia, China, Canada & Greenland the Moon will actually pass in front of Mars.🔭
Details:
Details:
Lunar occultation of Mars
9 February 2025: The Moon will pass in front of Mars, creating a lunar occultation visible from countries and territories including Russia, China, Canada and Greenland amongst others. –…
in-the-sky.org
February 9, 2025 at 12:44 PM
In 5 hours, at 18h UT on 9 February, the Moon will pass close to the red planet Mars (mag. −0.8). The event will be visible worldwide in the evening sky. However, from parts of Russia, China, Canada & Greenland the Moon will actually pass in front of Mars.🔭
Details:
Details:
TIL that Sonic 2 (Megadrive) almost had a zone called “Genocide City”
February 9, 2025 at 1:21 PM
TIL that Sonic 2 (Megadrive) almost had a zone called “Genocide City”
Today I learnt that red fire ants can build themselves into a raft when their nest is flooded, with workers at the bottom, the queen in the middle, and larvae at the top, and it looks like this!
February 6, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Today I learnt that red fire ants can build themselves into a raft when their nest is flooded, with workers at the bottom, the queen in the middle, and larvae at the top, and it looks like this!
The other day, I learnt that there may be more than one star in the solar system!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nemesis...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nemesis...
Nemesis (hypothetical star) - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
February 5, 2025 at 5:39 PM
The other day, I learnt that there may be more than one star in the solar system!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nemesis...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nemesis...
touch of insomnia last night so i read the wren, the wren. tbh for a book set in Ireland, i didn't expect Rangitoto to be catching criticism
February 3, 2025 at 12:11 PM
touch of insomnia last night so i read the wren, the wren. tbh for a book set in Ireland, i didn't expect Rangitoto to be catching criticism
Today I’ve learnt:
- the glymphatic system of the brain was only discovered in 2012
- female artists weren’t allowed to study nudes from life until c 1900
- the glymphatic system of the brain was only discovered in 2012
- female artists weren’t allowed to study nudes from life until c 1900
February 2, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Today I’ve learnt:
- the glymphatic system of the brain was only discovered in 2012
- female artists weren’t allowed to study nudes from life until c 1900
- the glymphatic system of the brain was only discovered in 2012
- female artists weren’t allowed to study nudes from life until c 1900
Today I completed Thin Places. It’s a bit of a difficult read (in the best of ways), I think I’ll be keeping this one for the rest of my life.
February 2, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Today I completed Thin Places. It’s a bit of a difficult read (in the best of ways), I think I’ll be keeping this one for the rest of my life.
One of the things I absolutely love and admire in plants is their ability to keep going despite how hopeless things can seem; this wee baby was dying when I got it, had bugs and pests and was stressed, and spent the last six months as nothing more than stalks. Look at that recovery, she has leaves!
February 2, 2025 at 2:38 PM
One of the things I absolutely love and admire in plants is their ability to keep going despite how hopeless things can seem; this wee baby was dying when I got it, had bugs and pests and was stressed, and spent the last six months as nothing more than stalks. Look at that recovery, she has leaves!
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The Andromeda Galaxy CREDIT!NASA
February 1, 2025 at 3:05 PM
The Andromeda Galaxy CREDIT!NASA
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[someone offering me good advice]
oh no thank you I’m allergic
oh no thank you I’m allergic
February 1, 2025 at 1:00 PM
[someone offering me good advice]
oh no thank you I’m allergic
oh no thank you I’m allergic
I finished this 26th January. Loved it, loved it; fantastic writing, sardonic, made me think - my favourite characters were Lee and Samuel (though I think Samuel's written to be admired by anyone reading)
February 1, 2025 at 1:13 PM
I finished this 26th January. Loved it, loved it; fantastic writing, sardonic, made me think - my favourite characters were Lee and Samuel (though I think Samuel's written to be admired by anyone reading)
I completed this also 19th January. It was okay, but I don't think I've ever read a book and gone "I know exactly when this was written", the subtitle might as well be "Written in 2010"
February 1, 2025 at 1:08 PM
I completed this also 19th January. It was okay, but I don't think I've ever read a book and gone "I know exactly when this was written", the subtitle might as well be "Written in 2010"