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Birder K
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She/her Just another broke girl w/binoculars. Will answer bird feeder & bird ID questions!
PayPal @birderk, CashApp $KBirder
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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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That's 100% why I created leavesubstack.com -- got tired of re-hashing the points; wanted to make a simple 1-pager.
You Should Probably Leave Substack
You should probably leave Substack. Here’s why and how.
leavesubstack.com
February 12, 2026 at 4:54 AM
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VENEREOLOGY (Sexually Transmitted Infections) is up!

A brand new Valentine's Day ep on the health of your junk, how to have an STI chat w/ a partner, testing, vaccines and why you should be horny, authentic & safe with THE Dr. @inaparkmd.bsky.social.

We ❤️ her.

www.alieward.com/ologies/vene...
February 12, 2026 at 5:48 AM
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This article is a Holy Fucking Shit article. Would be an absolute bombshell if it was published in the NYT.
February 12, 2026 at 4:28 AM
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too many kids today have never destroyed the family PC with sketchy downloads

you must learn to fear Computer before you can properly wield Computer
folks today don't know the abject fear of inadvertently downloading, for the first (and only lol) time, a .exe file from kazaa or limewire and it shows

def one of those "it only takes one time to learn" but oooo boy at what cost for that single instance
February 12, 2026 at 2:08 AM
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Amazing
The only Republican challenging Dem Sen. Ben Ray Lujan is disqualified by New Mexico SoS. The ABQ Journal says this would leave the GOP without a Senate candidate for the first time in "modern history," and just six years after Lujan won by only 6 points. www.abqjournal.com/news/four-ne...
February 12, 2026 at 4:53 AM
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I look for the exceptional over the glamour of the ordinary. I’m probably not alone in that. I will look for extraordinary plumage or character and ignore the Brewer’s black bird and its glowing eye and otherworldly, green, iridescent tibia even as it sits in the sun at a truck stop.
February 12, 2026 at 4:43 AM
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Great Blue Heron for today's #BirdOfTheDay #Waterbirds #Blue
February 12, 2026 at 2:22 AM
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When the size per camp exceeds 2500, there will be mass graves. It is inevitable.
February 12, 2026 at 3:48 AM
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… and then what???

What happens to all the detainees of each background once they’ve been… sorted according to “perceived” immigration status?*

Mind you, the first 1/2 of the story @chrislhayes.bsky.social is quote skeeting is horrific enough, even before they sorted anyone.

*next skeet
February 12, 2026 at 3:27 AM
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Adventures in auctioning and refurbishment. I showed this piece when it was black, dingy and dirty earlier to @shivaniswriting.bsky.social and @bardiclady.bsky.social and said I was really excited about cleaning it up tonight.

I thought it was sterling silver.

It's gold vermeil over silver.
February 12, 2026 at 3:58 AM
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"Why can't we have a calm discussion about AI?"

Because folks don't actually want to discuss AI, they want blind submission to the ideological structures that motivate the contemporary use cases and deployments of AI. They don't want to hear the concerns except to dismiss them out of hand.
February 12, 2026 at 3:39 AM
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One of the things you learn in mine safety training is to watch out not only for yourself, but for others. Everyone wants everyone else to go home safe. Giving in to the coal companies who don’t want to hurt their profit by limiting silica exposure, is basically condemning them to die
February 12, 2026 at 12:40 AM
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NEW: “CBS Evening News” producer Alicia Hastey sends a bombshell farewell note:

Stories are “evaluated not just on their journalistic merit but on whether they conform to a shifting set of ideological expectations.”
February 12, 2026 at 3:22 AM
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Hey definitely call your senators about this. Like seriously.
BREAKING: The House passed the so-called SAVE America Act which threatens to upend our freedom to vote.

The bill could disenfranchise millions of eligible voters by requiring documents like passports or birth certificates to register to vote and forcing voter roll purges. The Senate must reject it.
February 12, 2026 at 3:29 AM
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In London 2009, Gary Numan made a surprise appearance with NIN to play Numan's "Metal" & "Cars." I filmed it in one unbroken shot from the middle of the stage with a handheld DSLR.

Here's the full video, savor the Dudes Rock energy of two legends doing a big mutual respect ("Cars" starts at 6:38):
NIN + Gary Numan: "Metal" / "Cars" Live in London 2009, Single-Shot On-Stage Video by Rob Sheridan
YouTube video by Rob Sheridan
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February 12, 2026 at 2:54 AM
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One of my fav's - the Snowy Egret.🐦

#birds
#photography
#nature
#wildlife
February 12, 2026 at 2:48 AM
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The Birds Canada avian ambassador for 2026! That means I get to see one this year, right? #birds
Introducing Birds Canada’s 2026 Avian Ambassador: the Evening Grosbeak.

Throughout the year, we'll be connecting you with stories, conservation work and researchers who are working to better understand this enigmatic finch.
February 12, 2026 at 1:46 AM
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Small grippy friend reporting for #WoodpeckerWednesday duty

(Downy Woodpecker) #birds 🌿
February 12, 2026 at 3:05 AM
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I hear a lot of people saying that ai makes art accessible.. well I personally think that's bullshit- so I made this to drive my point home.
#regalsart #illustration #fuckai #digitalart
February 11, 2026 at 10:31 PM
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The love-fest is HEATING UP and two more Penguin Power Couples are facing off in Semifinal 1: Kianga & Dunker versus Ty & Robben 🐧🐧✨
February 11, 2026 at 5:25 PM
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The entire ethos of the Trump administration is that nobody who disagrees with them, nobody who fails to support them, is legitimate or entitled to any rights in any way. It is the ethos of thuggish tyranny.
I can't think of an attorney general ever showing this much open contempt for Congress before.

Not only would most of them think this kind of conduct was beneath them, they'd have known that the Judiciary Committee chair, whatever the party, would never stand for clownish antics like this.
Bondi is now just straight up ignoring questions from Democratic members
February 12, 2026 at 1:14 AM
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Share this Aquarium valentine with someone you love to have in your arms 🐙 🧡
February 11, 2026 at 7:10 PM