Carol Beasley
@beasleycl.bsky.social
Retired from health care quality organization. Conservation volunteer, native plant enthusiast, birdwatcher, childless cat lady (and Democrat, of course). All bird photos my own unless otherwise indicated.
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On a lake in the Adirondacks in 2019 I captured a series of images of an adult common loon offering a small fish to one of its chicks. I especially like the one with the chick’s beak open…“Mine! Mine!” #FeedingTime #BirdOfTheDay #Birds
January 20, 2026 at 9:21 PM
On a lake in the Adirondacks in 2019 I captured a series of images of an adult common loon offering a small fish to one of its chicks. I especially like the one with the chick’s beak open…“Mine! Mine!” #FeedingTime #BirdOfTheDay #Birds
Admittedly not my favorite bird species but in #WinterLight this one had some compositional charm.
#Birds #BirdOfTheDay #BostonBirds. 🪶
#Birds #BirdOfTheDay #BostonBirds. 🪶
January 19, 2026 at 1:50 PM
Admittedly not my favorite bird species but in #WinterLight this one had some compositional charm.
#Birds #BirdOfTheDay #BostonBirds. 🪶
#Birds #BirdOfTheDay #BostonBirds. 🪶
A pair of northern jacanas and a pair of screech owls Costa Rica 3/2025 🪶
#birds #BirdOfTheDay #TwoOfAKind
#birds #BirdOfTheDay #TwoOfAKind
January 19, 2026 at 1:02 AM
A pair of northern jacanas and a pair of screech owls Costa Rica 3/2025 🪶
#birds #BirdOfTheDay #TwoOfAKind
#birds #BirdOfTheDay #TwoOfAKind
#birdoftheday #short #birds 🪶
Can you believe this little fella with the stubby beak (and tail) is a woodpecker? One of the smallest—Olivaceous piculet. Costa Rica, March 2025.
Can you believe this little fella with the stubby beak (and tail) is a woodpecker? One of the smallest—Olivaceous piculet. Costa Rica, March 2025.
January 16, 2026 at 5:41 PM
#birdoftheday #short #birds 🪶
Can you believe this little fella with the stubby beak (and tail) is a woodpecker? One of the smallest—Olivaceous piculet. Costa Rica, March 2025.
Can you believe this little fella with the stubby beak (and tail) is a woodpecker? One of the smallest—Olivaceous piculet. Costa Rica, March 2025.
#TwoSpecies, #TwosDay, #Birds 🪶
A Great Kiskadee dive bombs a Yellow-Headed Caracara. Costa Rica 3/2025
A Great Kiskadee dive bombs a Yellow-Headed Caracara. Costa Rica 3/2025
January 14, 2026 at 1:50 AM
#TwoSpecies, #TwosDay, #Birds 🪶
A Great Kiskadee dive bombs a Yellow-Headed Caracara. Costa Rica 3/2025
A Great Kiskadee dive bombs a Yellow-Headed Caracara. Costa Rica 3/2025
In honor of #speckles&spots day, red tailed hawk enjoying the sunbeams on a cold morning. Cambridge MA. #birds 🪶
January 5, 2026 at 6:51 PM
In honor of #speckles&spots day, red tailed hawk enjoying the sunbeams on a cold morning. Cambridge MA. #birds 🪶
Preening Red-tailed Hawk, Cambridge MA
December 22, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Preening Red-tailed Hawk, Cambridge MA
I was on this call. Well worth your time. Go!!
Erica Chenoweth and Steven Levitsky talking about the struggle for democracy in the US. Recorded Monday.
Only 269 views!! The fuck!
Only 269 views!! The fuck!
The Breakdown
YouTube video by Harvard Ash Center
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October 22, 2025 at 7:10 PM
I was on this call. Well worth your time. Go!!
I’m proud to have participated in in the first offering of RMIA 101. Sobering how much was omitted in my 60s/70s education. Never too late to learn. Highly recommend. On to 102!
Despite the academic capitulations, media collapse, and Trump's attacks on history and race, it's now more important than ever to teach on all of these issues.
So I will.
I have set up an independent course to teach Race, Media and International Affairs 101 and 102 in October.
Sign up here!
So I will.
I have set up an independent course to teach Race, Media and International Affairs 101 and 102 in October.
Sign up here!
Fall Registration for Race, Media & International Affairs with Karen Attiah — Resistance Study Series
A virtual, seven week beginner and intermediate course on the history of race, mass media, and the modern world order.
www.resistancesummerschool.com
August 30, 2025 at 4:45 PM
I’m proud to have participated in in the first offering of RMIA 101. Sobering how much was omitted in my 60s/70s education. Never too late to learn. Highly recommend. On to 102!
Reposted by Carol Beasley
If you saw the clip, watch the whole 12 minutes. This is it. Electeds—everyone around Pritzker is knowingly putting themselves at risk—meeting the moment. It’s not glib, it’s not a meme, it’s clear-eyed, brave, & necessary. www.msnbc.com/deadline-whi...
'We are watching and taking names': Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker responds to Trump's threats to Chicago
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker holds press conference in response to recent threats made by President Donald Trump to send the national guard to Chicago, in a similar manner that he has done so in Los ...
www.msnbc.com
August 26, 2025 at 1:00 AM
If you saw the clip, watch the whole 12 minutes. This is it. Electeds—everyone around Pritzker is knowingly putting themselves at risk—meeting the moment. It’s not glib, it’s not a meme, it’s clear-eyed, brave, & necessary. www.msnbc.com/deadline-whi...
If Trump pardons Ghislaine Maxwell can she later be called to testify under oath about the criminal acts of others?
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July 28, 2025 at 4:46 PM
If Trump pardons Ghislaine Maxwell can she later be called to testify under oath about the criminal acts of others?
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@schumer.senate.gov
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It remains a mystery how the @nytimes.com comes up with its headlines. Today’s lead editorial had a headline so inane (and ungrammatical) I nearly skipped it. The actual piece has a much better headline and some punch. Why do they play the fool?…
May 1, 2025 at 11:08 AM
It remains a mystery how the @nytimes.com comes up with its headlines. Today’s lead editorial had a headline so inane (and ungrammatical) I nearly skipped it. The actual piece has a much better headline and some punch. Why do they play the fool?…
@nytimes.com, will you never stop being a journalistic embarrassment?
April 3, 2025 at 12:28 PM
@nytimes.com, will you never stop being a journalistic embarrassment?
Of all the very, very bad things the Trump administration is doing, this one strikes directly at our fundamental rights—for citizens and non-citizens alike. (Gift link)
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/o...
Opinion | Unmarked Vans. Secret Lists. Public Denunciations. America’s Police State Has Arrived. (Gift Article)
Those of us who’ve seen secret police in action can’t shake a feeling of dreadful familiarity.
www.nytimes.com
April 2, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Of all the very, very bad things the Trump administration is doing, this one strikes directly at our fundamental rights—for citizens and non-citizens alike. (Gift link)
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/o...
Massachusetts leaders, what are you DOING (not saying) to challenge this. It happened HERE.
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Rumeysa Ozturk must not be deported. You can't kidnap someone off the street for their political views — this isn't Moscow.
She has every right to speak her mind. I've contacted the Administration. I want answers.
She has every right to speak her mind. I've contacted the Administration. I want answers.
March 29, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Massachusetts leaders, what are you DOING (not saying) to challenge this. It happened HERE.
@warren.senate.gov
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@pressley.house.gov
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Reposted by Carol Beasley
Dear Democratic Members of Congress,
Stop telling me about what he's doing. We can all see it.
Start telling me about what you're doing to stop it!
Signed,
Americans
Stop telling me about what he's doing. We can all see it.
Start telling me about what you're doing to stop it!
Signed,
Americans
March 28, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Dear Democratic Members of Congress,
Stop telling me about what he's doing. We can all see it.
Start telling me about what you're doing to stop it!
Signed,
Americans
Stop telling me about what he's doing. We can all see it.
Start telling me about what you're doing to stop it!
Signed,
Americans
Little can take on big with enough guts and determination. Great Kiskadee has Yellow-headed Caracara backing off. A good lesson for our times? 🪶
#birds
#birdingCostaRica
#birds
#birdingCostaRica
March 22, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Little can take on big with enough guts and determination. Great Kiskadee has Yellow-headed Caracara backing off. A good lesson for our times? 🪶
#birds
#birdingCostaRica
#birds
#birdingCostaRica
Trying not to think about US politics on a birdwatching trip to southern Costa Rica. I much prefer the cuckoos here than the ones ruining our poor country. This one is a striped cuckoo. 🪶
#birds
#birdsofcostarica
#cuckoos
#birds
#birdsofcostarica
#cuckoos
March 17, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Trying not to think about US politics on a birdwatching trip to southern Costa Rica. I much prefer the cuckoos here than the ones ruining our poor country. This one is a striped cuckoo. 🪶
#birds
#birdsofcostarica
#cuckoos
#birds
#birdsofcostarica
#cuckoos
March 7, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Even ordinary backyard birds console. Set up my trail cam to catch these city dwellers. Northern mockingbird, American robin, mourning doves.
#birds! 🪶
#bostonbirds
#birds! 🪶
#bostonbirds
March 5, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Even ordinary backyard birds console. Set up my trail cam to catch these city dwellers. Northern mockingbird, American robin, mourning doves.
#birds! 🪶
#bostonbirds
#birds! 🪶
#bostonbirds
One more disastrous Trump plan that will hurt every American.
Trump wants to privatize and pay-wall information that lets you know when to evacuate for a hurricane or a wildfire, or when to shelter for a tornado. NOAA’s forecasting centers keep Americans safe and informed every day—we can’t afford to lose this lifesaving public service.
DOGE moves to cancel NOAA leases at critical forecasting centers
NOAA's nerve center of national weather forecasting is on a lease cancellation list.
www.axios.com
March 4, 2025 at 3:39 AM
One more disastrous Trump plan that will hurt every American.
Excellent idea. A practical way to establish a counter-narrative. These should happen in every state.
Arizona AG Kris Mayes, New Mexico AG Raul Torrez, and Oregon AG Dan Rayfield will begin holding Community Impact Hearings — a national series of townhalls "to hear from the public about the impact of federal firings and DOGE funding freezes across the country."
The first will be in Phoenix March 5.
The first will be in Phoenix March 5.
February 27, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Excellent idea. A practical way to establish a counter-narrative. These should happen in every state.
This week’s letter: TAKE BACK THE NARRATIVE
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February 25, 2025 at 2:33 PM
This week’s letter: TAKE BACK THE NARRATIVE
@warren.senate.gov
@markey.senate.gov
@pressley.house.gov
@schumer.senate.gov
@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social @kenmartin.bsky.social
@warren.senate.gov
@markey.senate.gov
@pressley.house.gov
@schumer.senate.gov
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