Birder K
@birderk.bsky.social
She/her Just another broke girl w/binoculars. Will answer bird feeder & bird ID questions!
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Birder K
@birderk.bsky.social
· Nov 19
I was reminded earlier today that I need to reconstruct my Twitter thread over here at some point on our backyard bird creek we made many years ago. Pinning this as point to start from whenever I can get to it. In the meantime, enjoy this fall Kinglet Pool Party. #birds
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We trying to have most #kakapo chicks hatch in nests on Pukenui, so don't have many eggs in the incubators. But there are ~4 which we're incubating and will put in nests just before they hatch. The Anchor chicks are due to start hatching soon - watch this space! #kakapo2026 #conservation
February 14, 2026 at 8:45 AM
We trying to have most #kakapo chicks hatch in nests on Pukenui, so don't have many eggs in the incubators. But there are ~4 which we're incubating and will put in nests just before they hatch. The Anchor chicks are due to start hatching soon - watch this space! #kakapo2026 #conservation
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Agitating the populace is our goddamned First Amendment right here in the US.
He literally says in this clip that ICE will keep in Minnesota “quick reaction forces” — a military term — to go after “agitators.” Remember that those on the ground in MPLS have spent more than a week trying to tell everyone that Trump’s prior “deescalation” was a ruse and ICE is still operational
Homan: "Operation Metro Surge is ending. In the next week, we're going to deploy the officers here on detail back to their home stations or to other areas of the country where they're needed."
February 12, 2026 at 4:36 PM
Agitating the populace is our goddamned First Amendment right here in the US.
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Yeah nah. They're still knocking on doors in my hood as of this morning, Feb 12.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Federal authorities announce end to Minnesota immigration crackdown that led to mass detentions, protests and two deaths.
February 12, 2026 at 4:36 PM
Yeah nah. They're still knocking on doors in my hood as of this morning, Feb 12.
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🎶🎵If he drives you to the criming he’s a fed
If he drives you to the criming he’s a fed
If he drives you to the criming
And his posts are gross and slimy
If he drives you to the criming he’s a fed🎵🎶
If he drives you to the criming he’s a fed
If he drives you to the criming
And his posts are gross and slimy
If he drives you to the criming he’s a fed🎵🎶
🚨 ICE is authorized to covertly infiltrate and interact with social media accounts under a new program called "masked engagement," per documents leaked to me:
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/exclusive-...
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/exclusive-...
Exclusive: ICE Masks Up in More Ways Than One
Feds could be in your group chat
www.kenklippenstein.com
February 14, 2026 at 8:27 AM
🎶🎵If he drives you to the criming he’s a fed
If he drives you to the criming he’s a fed
If he drives you to the criming
And his posts are gross and slimy
If he drives you to the criming he’s a fed🎵🎶
If he drives you to the criming he’s a fed
If he drives you to the criming
And his posts are gross and slimy
If he drives you to the criming he’s a fed🎵🎶
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Everyone’s talking about Swarovski right now so let’s take a second and dive into the fact that they were NAZI Nazis. Like full-on Seig Heil, prosecuted after the war level Nazis and the modern company has done everything they can to hide all their archives and prevent anyone accessing them.
![Members of the Swarovski family were early, active and enthusiastic champions of Nazism, and at least six of its members maintained membership in the illegal party prior to Austria's annexation to Nazi Germany on 12 March 1938.!23] Three weeks earlier, 500 marchers in the Tyrolean town of Wattens held a torchlight procession that ended with chants of "Sieg Heil" and "Heil Hitler". The majority of the participants, police determined, were Swarovski plant employees, among them Swarovski family heirs Alfred, Wilhelm and Friedrich. 124]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:nvfznp5ls3wcf6aktlfkfkp3/bafkreicscf6waklhijry6fblsvr4psk7yku2jauu5hqsn4n765i4gkl2pe@jpeg)
![In its report to the state police on 14 February 1947, the Innsbruck district administrator called company head Alfred Swarovski "an enthusiastic member of the NSDAP." [25] Alfred Swarovski praised Hitler at business gatherings and took actions as a regional business leader to ensure that "Tyrolean industry could be integrated as smoothly as possible into the enormous gears of the economy of Greater Germany and into the National Socialist economic order." He sent
"grateful loyalty greetings" to Adolf Hitler on his 49th birthday and arranged a donation of 100,000 shillings for Hitler to establish a holiday home in Tyrol.!26]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:nvfznp5ls3wcf6aktlfkfkp3/bafkreifou66ng5baxhiicmm6d3zntcqosn7pqwzafclwf2qs7xtq7wvqku@jpeg)
![In 1994, historian Horst Schreiber wrote about Swarovski's past but was not granted access to company archives. (27]
The contemporary Swarovski company commissioned historian Dieter Stiefel as "a step towards dealing with our history in a serious and very pro-active manner," board spokesman Markus Langes-Swarovski said in
2018; however, the study was not published because, Langes-Swarovski said, "Swarovski is a company that generally tries to keep the owners' personal stories largely out of the public eye because it does nothing for the business." (28]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:nvfznp5ls3wcf6aktlfkfkp3/bafkreift4wajp6nsrzdrumb2cnyv7s5nvswakab7h62jnjqua4i7tf2qeq@jpeg)
February 14, 2026 at 4:24 AM
Everyone’s talking about Swarovski right now so let’s take a second and dive into the fact that they were NAZI Nazis. Like full-on Seig Heil, prosecuted after the war level Nazis and the modern company has done everything they can to hide all their archives and prevent anyone accessing them.
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I tend to end up with very similar compositions when photographing treecreepers, so here’s one with a literal twist added 😏🪶
#土アップ 本日は思い切り首を捻ってるキバシリです。ワタシの首は絶対こんなふうにはならない😅
#nature #photography #animals #wildlife #EurasianTreecreeper #キバシリ #birds #野鳥
#土アップ 本日は思い切り首を捻ってるキバシリです。ワタシの首は絶対こんなふうにはならない😅
#nature #photography #animals #wildlife #EurasianTreecreeper #キバシリ #birds #野鳥
February 14, 2026 at 8:09 AM
I tend to end up with very similar compositions when photographing treecreepers, so here’s one with a literal twist added 😏🪶
#土アップ 本日は思い切り首を捻ってるキバシリです。ワタシの首は絶対こんなふうにはならない😅
#nature #photography #animals #wildlife #EurasianTreecreeper #キバシリ #birds #野鳥
#土アップ 本日は思い切り首を捻ってるキバシリです。ワタシの首は絶対こんなふうにはならない😅
#nature #photography #animals #wildlife #EurasianTreecreeper #キバシリ #birds #野鳥
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Restore Customs and the Secret Service to the Treasury.
Restore TSA and the Coast Guard to the Dept. of Transportation.
Restore FEMA to its original independent status - hell, make it a whole Department, we're going to need it.
Restore all the small random agencies to Justice.
Be done with it.
Restore TSA and the Coast Guard to the Dept. of Transportation.
Restore FEMA to its original independent status - hell, make it a whole Department, we're going to need it.
Restore all the small random agencies to Justice.
Be done with it.
shutdowns aren't generally a negotiating strategy—people don't usually get more than they otherwise would have out of a shutdown.
but in this case I think Ds are hearing from the base that they'd rather the thing just be defunded.
but in this case I think Ds are hearing from the base that they'd rather the thing just be defunded.
February 14, 2026 at 6:58 AM
Restore Customs and the Secret Service to the Treasury.
Restore TSA and the Coast Guard to the Dept. of Transportation.
Restore FEMA to its original independent status - hell, make it a whole Department, we're going to need it.
Restore all the small random agencies to Justice.
Be done with it.
Restore TSA and the Coast Guard to the Dept. of Transportation.
Restore FEMA to its original independent status - hell, make it a whole Department, we're going to need it.
Restore all the small random agencies to Justice.
Be done with it.
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Hey remember the shooting in Minneapolis that happened between Renee Good and Alexi Pretti, the guy they claimed was shot by an agent after he had attacked that agent with a shovel? I know it's hard to believe but the agents' story fell apart and charges were dropped. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/u...
February 14, 2026 at 4:37 AM
Hey remember the shooting in Minneapolis that happened between Renee Good and Alexi Pretti, the guy they claimed was shot by an agent after he had attacked that agent with a shovel? I know it's hard to believe but the agents' story fell apart and charges were dropped. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/u...
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New story up on the Homeland Security Department’s new tactic: flood social media companies with subpoenas to unmask anonymous accounts that criticize ICE or monitor the movements of ICE agents.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
Homeland Security Wants Social Media Sites to Expose Anti-ICE Accounts
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2026 at 11:23 PM
New story up on the Homeland Security Department’s new tactic: flood social media companies with subpoenas to unmask anonymous accounts that criticize ICE or monitor the movements of ICE agents.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
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Bluesky is the new science Twitter, new study by @whysharksmatter.bsky.social and Julia Wester concludes!
"Results show that for every reported professional benefit that scientists once gained from Twitter, scientists can now gain that benefit more effectively on Bluesky than on Twitter."
"Results show that for every reported professional benefit that scientists once gained from Twitter, scientists can now gain that benefit more effectively on Bluesky than on Twitter."
Scientists no Longer Find Twitter Professionally Useful, and have Switched to Bluesky
Synopsis. Social media has become widely used by the scientific community for a variety of professional uses, including networking and public outreach. For
academic.oup.com
February 13, 2026 at 10:08 PM
Bluesky is the new science Twitter, new study by @whysharksmatter.bsky.social and Julia Wester concludes!
"Results show that for every reported professional benefit that scientists once gained from Twitter, scientists can now gain that benefit more effectively on Bluesky than on Twitter."
"Results show that for every reported professional benefit that scientists once gained from Twitter, scientists can now gain that benefit more effectively on Bluesky than on Twitter."
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February 14, 2026 at 1:02 AM
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👀 A federal judge has ordered the disclosure of a roster of DOGE employees and affiliates, as well as a text message revealing a top NEH official’s views on “woke” and “progressive” grants. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
February 14, 2026 at 1:43 AM
👀 A federal judge has ordered the disclosure of a roster of DOGE employees and affiliates, as well as a text message revealing a top NEH official’s views on “woke” and “progressive” grants. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Day 1 - done!
Probably won't get many more sp. - but I'll keep checking next 3 days of #GBBC2026 !!
After Day 1 it's always fun to see what surprise birds stop by!
Probably won't get many more sp. - but I'll keep checking next 3 days of #GBBC2026 !!
After Day 1 it's always fun to see what surprise birds stop by!
February 14, 2026 at 1:09 AM
Day 1 - done!
Probably won't get many more sp. - but I'll keep checking next 3 days of #GBBC2026 !!
After Day 1 it's always fun to see what surprise birds stop by!
Probably won't get many more sp. - but I'll keep checking next 3 days of #GBBC2026 !!
After Day 1 it's always fun to see what surprise birds stop by!
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I adore the video of the woman allegedly torching a future concentration camp, but as a blue collar worker, I must implore you all to wear protective footwear if you might be around solvents or open flame. Safety first.
February 13, 2026 at 4:56 PM
I adore the video of the woman allegedly torching a future concentration camp, but as a blue collar worker, I must implore you all to wear protective footwear if you might be around solvents or open flame. Safety first.
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This valentine's day, take some courting tips from these Gunnison Sage Grouse. Go to the club, puff out your chest, dance, and give a complex series of booms, pops, and whistles. 🪶🎨🐡🧪 (for @instbirdpop.bsky.social annual report, 2021)
February 14, 2024 at 4:05 PM
This valentine's day, take some courting tips from these Gunnison Sage Grouse. Go to the club, puff out your chest, dance, and give a complex series of booms, pops, and whistles. 🪶🎨🐡🧪 (for @instbirdpop.bsky.social annual report, 2021)
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Dr. Kirk Moore did not deny giving fake COVID-19 vaccine cards and throwing out vaccine doses. “All that stuff is true,” he told @sltrib.com and ProPublica.
He also repeatedly made the unfounded claim that the vaccines were “bioweapons.”
(Published Dec. 2025)
He also repeatedly made the unfounded claim that the vaccines were “bioweapons.”
(Published Dec. 2025)
Pam Bondi Dismissed Charges Against a Surgeon Who Falsified Vaccine Cards. It Emboldened Others With Similar Cases.
A Utah surgeon’s victory in a vaccine fraud case has encouraged other “medical freedom” advocates to consider seeking leniency for similar charges. “This undermines every layer of the system that prot...
www.propublica.org
February 14, 2026 at 1:00 AM
Dr. Kirk Moore did not deny giving fake COVID-19 vaccine cards and throwing out vaccine doses. “All that stuff is true,” he told @sltrib.com and ProPublica.
He also repeatedly made the unfounded claim that the vaccines were “bioweapons.”
(Published Dec. 2025)
He also repeatedly made the unfounded claim that the vaccines were “bioweapons.”
(Published Dec. 2025)
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Finally, my account has been reopened.
Thank you to everyone who showed support and took the time to speak up and write. You can follow me here.
Thank you to everyone who showed support and took the time to speak up and write. You can follow me here.
palestinian journalist posting on twitter that his bluesky account was immediately taken down purely because he was in gaza. all palestinian accounts are assumed to be spam.
![Tamer Nahed 𓂆🇵🇸
@Tamer_Alnoaizy
BlueSky is one of the worst platforms I have ever dealt with. Within seconds of creating a second account, after my first one was shut down just two days after it was created, my account was closed again. This happened despite the fact that I hadn’t posted anything or followed anyone. I was only in the process of adding a profile photo, yet I received an email claiming that my account was “spam” and that it was “causing harm.” What kind of logic is this?
The painful truth is that the account was shut down the moment it became clear it was created from inside Gaza. It seems we are no longer allowed to write or speak about what is happening to us here. They are not afraid of content itself, but of our voices and the reality we carry with us.
Millions are spent to silence these voices and to erase the truth. I am exhausted by this platform and by how our photos and videos, which document real suffering, are treated as “violations of community standards,” as if pain itself has become a crime.
What is happening is not simple moderation or policy enforcement. It is an attempt to erase our existence and bury the truth. And honestly, this is shameful and unbearably painful.
[the original poster has included two screenshots showing the email from bluesky admin informing him that his account has been taken down for being 'spammy, inauthentic or disruptive to users'. it's the standard boilerplate you get when they take moderation action.]
2:45 PM · Feb 10, 2026
https://twitter.com/Tamer_Alnoaizy/status/2021234178461704409](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2l6seozmjsqc4kfukjejat77/bafkreiga45xjdal6lfcqt2zmambaymeoelxafbrlt7fi2nmoahpbqj3cja@jpeg)
February 13, 2026 at 10:49 PM
Finally, my account has been reopened.
Thank you to everyone who showed support and took the time to speak up and write. You can follow me here.
Thank you to everyone who showed support and took the time to speak up and write. You can follow me here.
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This is some brutal lighting and example number all of them why I should put my filters WHICH ARE IN THE BACK OF MY VAN in the front of my van so I grab them, but it's still adorable as hell. About 15 minutes after birth they were already taking their first swim.
February 13, 2026 at 8:52 PM
This is some brutal lighting and example number all of them why I should put my filters WHICH ARE IN THE BACK OF MY VAN in the front of my van so I grab them, but it's still adorable as hell. About 15 minutes after birth they were already taking their first swim.
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I saw a live birthed harbor seal pup for the first time in my life today. I thought it would be horrifying because I have a weak stomach, but it turned to UNGODLY CUTE very fast!
Using this thread for some moments in the minutes after. All shot on my z8, edited on phone for now. 🦭 🦑
Using this thread for some moments in the minutes after. All shot on my z8, edited on phone for now. 🦭 🦑
February 13, 2026 at 7:36 PM
I saw a live birthed harbor seal pup for the first time in my life today. I thought it would be horrifying because I have a weak stomach, but it turned to UNGODLY CUTE very fast!
Using this thread for some moments in the minutes after. All shot on my z8, edited on phone for now. 🦭 🦑
Using this thread for some moments in the minutes after. All shot on my z8, edited on phone for now. 🦭 🦑
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Parents - what's the best way to rekindle romance? Take a tip from the pygmy seahorse!
Holding tails and swaying in perfect harmony, the pair strengthens their bond through this mesmerizing dance.
Go a little deeper with these courtship tips from beneath the waves: go.whoi.edu/ocean-lovers
Holding tails and swaying in perfect harmony, the pair strengthens their bond through this mesmerizing dance.
Go a little deeper with these courtship tips from beneath the waves: go.whoi.edu/ocean-lovers
February 13, 2026 at 11:59 PM
Parents - what's the best way to rekindle romance? Take a tip from the pygmy seahorse!
Holding tails and swaying in perfect harmony, the pair strengthens their bond through this mesmerizing dance.
Go a little deeper with these courtship tips from beneath the waves: go.whoi.edu/ocean-lovers
Holding tails and swaying in perfect harmony, the pair strengthens their bond through this mesmerizing dance.
Go a little deeper with these courtship tips from beneath the waves: go.whoi.edu/ocean-lovers
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DOGE allegedly used ChatGPT to identify 1,400 NEH grants it said were DEI. Grants were terminated April 2025, according to a court filing. E.g.
Film: 1873 Colfax massacre
Film: first female pilots flying for U.S. military in WWII
Film: “Untold Story of Jewish Women Slave Labor in the Holocaust"
Film: 1873 Colfax massacre
Film: first female pilots flying for U.S. military in WWII
Film: “Untold Story of Jewish Women Slave Labor in the Holocaust"
ChatGPT cuts in action
www.politico.com
February 13, 2026 at 11:49 PM
DOGE allegedly used ChatGPT to identify 1,400 NEH grants it said were DEI. Grants were terminated April 2025, according to a court filing. E.g.
Film: 1873 Colfax massacre
Film: first female pilots flying for U.S. military in WWII
Film: “Untold Story of Jewish Women Slave Labor in the Holocaust"
Film: 1873 Colfax massacre
Film: first female pilots flying for U.S. military in WWII
Film: “Untold Story of Jewish Women Slave Labor in the Holocaust"
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Amazing find. Humans have likely been using thread and string for hundreds of thousands if not millions of years, but truly ancient material evidence of these practices is rare bc they often decay so easily. hakaimagazine.com/features/the...
February 13, 2026 at 11:57 PM
Amazing find. Humans have likely been using thread and string for hundreds of thousands if not millions of years, but truly ancient material evidence of these practices is rare bc they often decay so easily. hakaimagazine.com/features/the...
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as a person who can sometimes take a little while to buffer big news, this is so relatable
my fave part of the event: misha's coach whispering in his ear that he just made the olympic podium and his full 10 seconds of buffering #MilanoCortina2026
February 13, 2026 at 11:55 PM
as a person who can sometimes take a little while to buffer big news, this is so relatable