Smewgal
@smewgal.bsky.social
Birding, hiding in the woods, wandering cemeteries.
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Caring is an act of resistance in a system that thrives on indifference.
December 13, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Caring is an act of resistance in a system that thrives on indifference.
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Honestly such a relief when you find the one perfect gift that will work for everyone on your holiday list.
December 5, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Honestly such a relief when you find the one perfect gift that will work for everyone on your holiday list.
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Trump Announces 5,000% Increase In All Numbers https://theonion.com/trump-announces-5000-increase-in-all-numbers/
December 2, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Trump Announces 5,000% Increase In All Numbers https://theonion.com/trump-announces-5000-increase-in-all-numbers/
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Nature Begins Reclaiming Chuck Grassley
December 1, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Nature Begins Reclaiming Chuck Grassley
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In this house, we mostly celebrate Thanksgiving as the beginning of Pumpkin Pie For Breakfast Week.
November 29, 2025 at 7:08 PM
In this house, we mostly celebrate Thanksgiving as the beginning of Pumpkin Pie For Breakfast Week.
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With his ultimatum that Ukraine surrender to Russia, Trump finally wins a prize:
The Neville Chamberlain award for betraying peace, freedom, and justice.
The Neville Chamberlain award for betraying peace, freedom, and justice.
November 21, 2025 at 11:49 PM
With his ultimatum that Ukraine surrender to Russia, Trump finally wins a prize:
The Neville Chamberlain award for betraying peace, freedom, and justice.
The Neville Chamberlain award for betraying peace, freedom, and justice.
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Peak Midwest beach experience.
“We like to pack coffee and a few sandwiches and spend the day out here watching the ore ships get loaded.”
Marquette, Michigan
Marquette, Michigan
November 16, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Peak Midwest beach experience.
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Nov 11-12, 1940: Unseasonably warm weather turns into a raging snowstorm without warning, trapping hunters in Minnesota and sinking 3 ships on Lake Michigan. By the time it's over, the "Armistice Day Blizzard" kills 154 people in one of the worst weather disasters in the Upper Midwest.
November 12, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Nov 11-12, 1940: Unseasonably warm weather turns into a raging snowstorm without warning, trapping hunters in Minnesota and sinking 3 ships on Lake Michigan. By the time it's over, the "Armistice Day Blizzard" kills 154 people in one of the worst weather disasters in the Upper Midwest.
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Study Finds Most Americans Can't Find Where They Are Being Deported On Map
November 11, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Study Finds Most Americans Can't Find Where They Are Being Deported On Map
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Whenever some sanctimonious Dem announces that America needs a functioning Republican Party, I always think “I’d settle for a functioning Democratic Party.”
November 10, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Whenever some sanctimonious Dem announces that America needs a functioning Republican Party, I always think “I’d settle for a functioning Democratic Party.”
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On this eve of fifty Novembers
the winds still howl
the bell still tolls.
My breath turns heavy
as we drift into the long cold night.
The Fitzgerald stirs beneath.
I harbor their echoes
and cradle her steel.
My waves bear the sorrow
of all I have taken.
the winds still howl
the bell still tolls.
My breath turns heavy
as we drift into the long cold night.
The Fitzgerald stirs beneath.
I harbor their echoes
and cradle her steel.
My waves bear the sorrow
of all I have taken.
November 10, 2025 at 12:45 AM
On this eve of fifty Novembers
the winds still howl
the bell still tolls.
My breath turns heavy
as we drift into the long cold night.
The Fitzgerald stirs beneath.
I harbor their echoes
and cradle her steel.
My waves bear the sorrow
of all I have taken.
the winds still howl
the bell still tolls.
My breath turns heavy
as we drift into the long cold night.
The Fitzgerald stirs beneath.
I harbor their echoes
and cradle her steel.
My waves bear the sorrow
of all I have taken.
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By far the loudest pop of the night inside the Kohl Center as Isaac Gard hits a three on one possession and draws a foul on the next.
He has a career-high five points.
He has a career-high five points.
November 8, 2025 at 3:44 AM
By far the loudest pop of the night inside the Kohl Center as Isaac Gard hits a three on one possession and draws a foul on the next.
He has a career-high five points.
He has a career-high five points.
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Young and Restless star Peter Bergman revealed how his friendship with Bryan Cranston led to his top-secret role on the sci-fi drama Pluribus. #YoungandRestless
Y&R's Peter Bergman Had To Sign An NDA For Top-Secret Role on Pluribus - Soap Opera Digest
Young and Restless star Peter Bergman revealed how his friendship with Bryan Cranston led to his top-secret role on the sci-fi drama Pluribus.
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November 7, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Young and Restless star Peter Bergman revealed how his friendship with Bryan Cranston led to his top-secret role on the sci-fi drama Pluribus. #YoungandRestless
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Zohran at the rally for trans youth on february 8 ❣️ he was polling single digits.
June 25, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Zohran at the rally for trans youth on february 8 ❣️ he was polling single digits.
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This is the president of the United States taking a break from gold-and-marble interior renovations to say he’ll defy a court order to feed hungry Americans.
Nero would be proud.
Nero would be proud.
November 4, 2025 at 7:47 PM
This is the president of the United States taking a break from gold-and-marble interior renovations to say he’ll defy a court order to feed hungry Americans.
Nero would be proud.
Nero would be proud.
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"You sense the silences and threats of the deep forest. You taste the pungently Siberian flavor of the desperately remote towns." Nice review of TIGERS BETWEEN EMPIRES from The Times (of London). Owls of the Eastern Ice won Times Nature Book of the Year in 2021. www.thetimes.com/culture/book...
On the trail of the Siberian tiger — ‘a knot of muscle and rage’
In Tigers Between Empires, Jonathan Slaght follows the daring conservation project which is saving these big cats from extinction
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November 4, 2025 at 2:14 PM
"You sense the silences and threats of the deep forest. You taste the pungently Siberian flavor of the desperately remote towns." Nice review of TIGERS BETWEEN EMPIRES from The Times (of London). Owls of the Eastern Ice won Times Nature Book of the Year in 2021. www.thetimes.com/culture/book...
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Russian tigers!
From one of the few people alive who really knows them.
From one of the few people alive who really knows them.
"a captivating account....vivid detail and suspense."
Nice review of "Tigers Between Empires" (November 4 from @fsgbooks.bsky.social) at @publisherswkly.bsky.social: www.publishersweekly.com/9780374610982 📚💙🐅
Nice review of "Tigers Between Empires" (November 4 from @fsgbooks.bsky.social) at @publisherswkly.bsky.social: www.publishersweekly.com/9780374610982 📚💙🐅
November 1, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Russian tigers!
From one of the few people alive who really knows them.
From one of the few people alive who really knows them.
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This 2022 photo remains one of my all time favourites. Thanks to a birding friend in N. Ontario, I was invited to watch his feeders after he'd identified a Boreal Chickadee coming to them. I got lucky and got this comparison shot of our regular Black-capped and the Boreal. #birds #birding #Algoma
October 25, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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Suck it robots!
The latest on Wing Beat: "Humans outperform Merlin Sound ID in field-based point-count surveys" by Brooke Goodman
americanornithology.org/humans-outpe...
Related paper: doi.org/10.1093/orni...
#ornithology #pointcountsurvey #soundID #birdsong
americanornithology.org/humans-outpe...
Related paper: doi.org/10.1093/orni...
#ornithology #pointcountsurvey #soundID #birdsong
Humans outperform Merlin Sound ID in field-based point-count surveys - American Ornithological Society
Merlin’s sound classifier feature has revolutionized interaction with the avian world since its release in 2021. It works by learning the unique features of a species’ vocalization, and then recognizi...
americanornithology.org
October 24, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Suck it robots!
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ok who did this? ☹️
October 22, 2025 at 9:52 PM
ok who did this? ☹️
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Our national parks are increasingly stressed because of the government shutdown. With a large portion of National Park Service staff furloughed, there are fewer personnel available to enforce rules or care for the land. Across parks, reports are emerging of trash accumulating,
October 23, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Our national parks are increasingly stressed because of the government shutdown. With a large portion of National Park Service staff furloughed, there are fewer personnel available to enforce rules or care for the land. Across parks, reports are emerging of trash accumulating,
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right now! Goodreads Giveaway for one of three copies of TIGERS BETWEEN EMPIRES from @fsgbooks.bsky.social. Enter here: www.goodreads.com/book/show/22... #booksky 🌍
Tigers Between Empires: The Improbable Return of Great …
The thrilling saga of the great Amur tiger and the scie…
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October 20, 2025 at 1:23 PM
right now! Goodreads Giveaway for one of three copies of TIGERS BETWEEN EMPIRES from @fsgbooks.bsky.social. Enter here: www.goodreads.com/book/show/22... #booksky 🌍
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Which cover do you prefer? Now that I have author copies of both US and UK editions of TIGERS BETWEEN EMPIRES, I am giving away 1 of each, signed, to 2 random people who like/reskeet this. US addresses only. Will announce winners on Friday, Oct 24, 2025, before official release (Nov 4). 🐅🌍 #booksky
October 20, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Which cover do you prefer? Now that I have author copies of both US and UK editions of TIGERS BETWEEN EMPIRES, I am giving away 1 of each, signed, to 2 random people who like/reskeet this. US addresses only. Will announce winners on Friday, Oct 24, 2025, before official release (Nov 4). 🐅🌍 #booksky