David
LightNews LightNews
banner
shawniganlaker.bsky.social
David
@shawniganlaker.bsky.social
1.4K followers 6.1K following 1.7K posts
Theatre tech on Vancouver Island
🐘 @shawniganlaker@mas.to
Posts Replies Media Videos
Reposted by David
mossworm.bsky.social
Whenever I feel like I'm being too harsh on the genAI peddlers worming their way into science (and the many weenies meekly going along with them), I listen to the recording of the last Kaua'i O'o to remind myself what is at stake.
November 17, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Reposted by David
gettoknownature.bsky.social
Local grackle convention at the creek. They sounded like a gaggle of squeaky metal gates.

#birds 🌿
A group of blackish birds are down by a creek covered in fallen brown leaves. Really they're black, blue, green and purple birds and they have striking light eyes.
November 15, 2025 at 11:15 PM
shawniganlaker.bsky.social
Most obnoxious "I've got mine" union on the continent.
November 15, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Reposted by David
rincewind.run
in case you’re still furious at the state of *gestures broadly* it is always a good day for rage-lifting at the gym
November 13, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Reposted by David
dov.bsky.social
of course no integralist will ever do this because that leads you naturally to getting very angry that we are at risk of actually destroying everything beautiful in the nature around us if we keep going like this, and that's too vulgar and mundane and materialistic
dov.bsky.social Dunland National Party 🇺🇦🇱🇹🇵🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @dov.bsky.social · 4d
Like Christ. Instead of supporting a theocracy, can I suggest just wandering a beautiful forest for two hours?
November 13, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Reposted by David
mossworm.bsky.social
hung out with some beetle people, mentioned fairy shrimp, and they mentioned a specialist ground beetle which is a fairy shrimp predator. how can you know that much of the story and then not know the best part, which is that the beetles only hunt at night because the shrimp GLOW IN THE DARK
November 12, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Reposted by David
oldenoughtosay.com
i fully agree with this theory and in my actual field, british architectural history, The Problem is that Salisbury Cathedral is built on top of a lake and no i am not exaggerating
zoealicempls.bsky.social God’s Little Ravioli 🏳️‍⚧️ @zoealicempls.bsky.social · 5d
between this and the FSO Safer (another ship at serious risk of exploding) I’m convinced every field has its “yeah, this is the problem that keeps me up at night” and I’m on a quest to learn about all of them
oldenoughtosay.com madeline odent @oldenoughtosay.com · 6d
yes yes we all know about the Edmund Fitzgerald, rest her soul, but did you know about the ship laden with explosives that sank in the mouth of the Thames in 1944 and could explode at any minute and which attempts to disarm keep failing
November 12, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Reposted by David
sanmarcos.bsky.social
Remember that Poltava swan that was rescued after a Russian attack a few weeks ago? It was able to go home today. All rehabbed.

📹 t.me/poltava91/30...
November 11, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Reposted by David
spindlypete.bsky.social
stan rogers' shipwreck song was so inspiring it saved a man's life in an actual shipwreck, hard to beat that
~ Connection to the sinking of the Marine Electric On February 12, 1983 the ship Marine Electric was carrying a load of coal from Norfolk, Virginia to a power station in Somerset, Massachusetts. The worst storm in forty years blew up that night, and the ship sank at about four o'clock in the morning on February 13. The ship's chief mate, 59-year-old Robert M. "Bob" Cusick, was trapped in the deckhouse as the ship went down. His snorkeling experience helped him avoid panic and swim to the surface, but he was left to spend the night alone on a partially deflated lifeboat he eventually reached, in water barely above freezing and air much colder. Huge seas washed over him, and each time he was not sure that he would ever reach the surface again to breathe. Battling hypothermia, he was tempted to allow himself to fall unconscious and be washed away. Just then he remembered the concluding stanzas of "The Mary Ellen Carter". (9) 12:43 三 And you, to whom adversity has dealt the final blow With smiling bastards lying to you everywhere you go Turn to, and put out all your strength of arm and heart and brain And like the Mary Ellen Carter, rise again. Rise again, rise again -though your heart it be broken Or life about to end. No matter what you've lost, be it a home, a love, a friend, Like the Mary Ellen Carter, rise again. As Cusick tells in One Warm Line, a documentary about Rogers, he started to sing it and soon was alternately shouting out "Rise again, rise again" and holding his breath as the seas washed over him. (10](11) At seven o'clock that morning a Coast Guard helicopter spotted him and pulled him to safety. 19 Only three men of the thirty-four who had been aboard survived the wreck. After his ordeal, Cusick wrote a letter to Stan Rogers telling him what
November 10, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Reposted by David
tkingfisher.com
“I am very tired and I just got out of the bath but if you post this picture on the internet, I swear to Christ, I will find the strength to fuckin’ END you.”

Share an angry bird and the curse you think it embodies.
A curve-billed thrasher on a birdbath who is having something of a bad feather day
November 2, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Reposted by David
himmapaan.bsky.social
'Henny Halloween, Too'

Ink and gouache on Fabriano Medioevalis, approximately 95 × 64 mm.
Silhouette drawing in black ink of a hen dancing with a pumpkin bearing a mischievous grinning expression like a carved jack-o'-lantern, with its leaves standing in for limbs. The hen's comb and wattle are the only touch of red gouache.
October 31, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Reposted by David
pandangit.com
Ea-Nasir
Had no fear
Of the kingdom's crime stoppers
As he knew they were inferior coppers
July 23, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Reposted by David
bencollins.bsky.social
Do not be a doomer about this. Just call your New York friends and remind them to vote, and tell them to do the same. He is more popular and will win with good turnout.
janus.bsky.social The PS1 startup sound as a lesbian @janus.bsky.social · 21d
i hate to be that bitch, but my sources are telling me this early voting data has gotten Zohran's people rightly spooked and y'all better stop assuming this one's in the bag. GOTV
Voter turnout surges in NYC mayor’s race, with Boomers and Gen X leading the charge
The data so far is good news for independent candidate Andrew Cuomo, a political scientist said.
gothamist.com
October 29, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Reposted by David
veronicaf.bsky.social
Fuck this horrible human being and don't support her.
elierlick.bsky.social Eli Erlick @elierlick.bsky.social · 23d
A portion of every dollar spent on Harry Potter merchandise goes to anti-transgender campaigns.
October 27, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Reposted by David
agtmadcat.bsky.social
If your complete street can't accommodate 200' of electric interurban it's not complete at all!
Vintage photo of 3 Pacific Electric interurban railcars coupled together into a >200' consist running down the middle of a city street in Long Beach, CA in 1952.
October 26, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Reposted by David
tarasmithson.bsky.social
Little Black Comorants don't worry about Monday on a Sunday.🐦🤔😊

#BirdOfTheDay #birds #birdphotography #birding #birdwatching #birdwatchers #nature #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #wildlife #Canon #R5 #Australia
Two Little Black Cormorants are perched side-by-side on a thick, dark brown, horizontal arched tree branch. Both birds have sleek black heads, necks, and chests. Their backs, displaying a detailed, silvery-blue-grey scalloped pattern on their feathers, are mostly turned towards the camera. Both cormorants have turned their heads sharply to look towards the right. They have long, pale bluish-white bills and striking green eyes, with a visible area of bright blue-green skin near their eyes. The background is a soft, warm, out-of-focus brown, which makes the detailed texture and color of the birds stand out sharply.
October 26, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Reposted by David
louisathelast.bsky.social
We are ruled by people who would never give a sweet goddamn about the Christmas Island Shrew. It was worth more than all of them
October 25, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Reposted by David
delaneyking.bsky.social
Every executive who pushed for software to be rental than buy to own should be tied to trees, covered in honey and left for the insects.
October 24, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Reposted by David
jeffvandermeer.bsky.social
i think you need a baby sea otter swimming with mom right about now...
October 23, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Reposted by David
somuchpingle.bsky.social
For #TurtleTuesday, a profile of an Indian Flap-shelled Turtle (LIssemys punctata), at night in Goa province, India. "Flap-shelled" refers to flaps of skin on the plastron that partially cover the limbs. A creature of still waters - check out that snorky nose! #herps #turtles #NaturePhotography 🌿
Side view of a turtle's head, facing left. The turtle's head is partially retracted into the loose and wrinkled skin of the neck. The ground color of the head is a pale blue, almost a powder blue, with a faint touch of green. Overlying this are blotches of a dark charcoal gray; one large blotch covers the nose, another the eyes, and then there are smaller spots and streaks elsewhere on the head and neck. The nose is elongated, resembling that of a tapir. The iris is bright gold, and the pupil is round and black.
October 21, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Reposted by David
stealmyposts.bsky.social
to be specific about the "they"

ACECO demolition company is doing the work:

Mid-Atlantic Office

+1 301-588-0707
901 Stoddard Place
Silver Spring, MD 20910
October 21, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Reposted by David
himmapaan.bsky.social
Some recent hens. They do look good together like this. 🐔

Friendly reminder that I have a Ko-fi by way of a tip jar, if you enjoy my work and would like to send a little material support. Thank you so much to everyone who contributes. ☺️🥲🙏💙

Link also in profile.
ko-fi.com/himmapaan
Four small silhouette drawings in black ink, each about the size of a business card, of a hen encountering another small animal in each one: a dragonfly, a frog, a wren, and a squirrel.
October 20, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Reposted by David
kortizart.bsky.social
Canadian friends, your government is seeking commentary on GenAi strategies and policies.

Please let them know exactly how you feel about GenAi, it’s impacts, and what next steps should be! Perhaps it’s respecting artists works, environmental considerations and so on! Share your thoughts here 👇
Help define the next chapter of Canada's AI leadership
Current status: Open from October 1 to October 31, 2025 Canada helped invent modern AI. To stay a leader—and protect our digital sovereignty—we're running a 30-day national sprint to shape a renew...
ised-isde.canada.ca
October 19, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Reposted by David
karidru.bsky.social
Oh, Happy Fuckin Halloween, everybody!

Save yourselves some headaches!
rahaeli.bsky.social rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · Oct 18
I haven't had the capacity to keep up with moderation lists for a bit, but this one is really obvious, so I'm stealing some energy from Future Me: a list for the extremely obvious wave of inauthentic accounts following today's newly-created US gov accounts

bsky.app/profile/did:...
October 18, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Reposted by David
ok2panic.bsky.social
So I heard these coo gurgle noises and thought it was the Red Bellied Woodpeckers that hang out here year round but... it was this male Northern Flicker doing a display for a female (upper left. ) First time I've seen that. Probably should have videoed it but I was busy watching it! 😂 #birds
Two Northern Flickers. A male lower right does a side to side rocks, like he's disco dancing. The female, barely visible in the upper left, look on!
October 19, 2025 at 11:17 PM