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Lev Parikian @levparikian.bsky.social · 1h

Different bird. Although the ones on your aunty’s farm aren’t doing so well either.

Lev Parikian @levparikian.bsky.social · 1h

Ah yes.

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Lev Parikian @levparikian.bsky.social · 1h

Depends what you mean by ‘serious’…

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Lev Parikian @levparikian.bsky.social · 1h

What?

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Angus Main @angusmain.bsky.social · 2h

Unsolicited diptych

Photo of Diptych of Federico da Montefeltro and Battista Sforza (c. 1473 – 1475) by Piero della Francesca

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Lev Parikian @levparikian.bsky.social · 2h

And don’t get me started on insects. Butterflies, dragonflies, you name it – tiny dudes flying halfway round the world.

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Lev Parikian @levparikian.bsky.social · 2h

Excellent! Always a treat. I hope you commended it on its wise decision not to fly to Africa.

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Lev Parikian @levparikian.bsky.social · 3h

That’s like me walking 130,000 miles. Except it’s not. It’s not like anything we can do. Bird migration is off the scale bonkers.

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Lev Parikian @levparikian.bsky.social · 20h

I wrote about birds. AGAIN.

This week, a life-saving sandpiper and a disdainful owl, with bonus redstart and albatross.

open.substack.com/pub/levparik...

The Year of A Hundred Birds, Week x

where x is a positive integer between 1 and 52

open.substack.com

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Lev Parikian @levparikian.bsky.social · 3h

There are four house martins feeding above my head. They’re six inches long and are about to travel 6,000 miles. That’s about 63 million times their body length. The lunatics.

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Lev Parikian @levparikian.bsky.social · 14h

If only there were a French expression to denote an uncanny feeling of having experienced something before

Sophie Pedder @sophiepedder.bsky.social · 14h

France’s new prime minister is…the very one who resigned on Monday, Sébastien Lecornu. It rounds off the most chaotic and absurdist week in French politics in modern times

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Lev Parikian @levparikian.bsky.social · 4h

Superb

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Lev Parikian @levparikian.bsky.social · 12h

Is Lucy doing Italy wrong?

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Lev Parikian @levparikian.bsky.social · 13h

With long hair!

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Lev Parikian @levparikian.bsky.social · 14h

If only there were a French expression to denote an uncanny feeling of having experienced something before

Sophie Pedder @sophiepedder.bsky.social · 14h

France’s new prime minister is…the very one who resigned on Monday, Sébastien Lecornu. It rounds off the most chaotic and absurdist week in French politics in modern times

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Lev Parikian @levparikian.bsky.social · 15h

Caught up with #CelebrityTraitors a day late. Noticeable lack of “I’m 100% faithful” so far.

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Lev Parikian @levparikian.bsky.social · 15h

Ah right. I’m not a dog owner, so…

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Robert Francis @birdhistory.bsky.social · 15h

A list of birds that once frequented New York City, but had disappeared by 1923. It's encouraging that nearly every one that has not gone extinct can at least occasionally be spotted in the city.

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Lev Parikian @levparikian.bsky.social · 17h

I mean, I know it’s true, but it seems completely unrelated to my post!

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Lev Parikian @levparikian.bsky.social · 17h

Sorry what?

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Lev Parikian @levparikian.bsky.social · 18h

You interest me strangely

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Lev Parikian @levparikian.bsky.social · 18h

“Hmm, this dish is turning out not quite as interesting as I’d hoped, I wonder BACON what I can BACON do to BACON improve BACON it?

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Lev Parikian @levparikian.bsky.social · 20h

I wrote about birds. AGAIN.

This week, a life-saving sandpiper and a disdainful owl, with bonus redstart and albatross.

open.substack.com/pub/levparik...

The Year of A Hundred Birds, Week x

where x is a positive integer between 1 and 52

open.substack.com

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Lev Parikian @levparikian.bsky.social · 1d

The winner of the Nobel Piss Prize is announced tomorrow, so he still has a chance.

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Lev Parikian @levparikian.bsky.social · 1d

Thoughts and prayers

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