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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With millions of Bangladeshis active online, platforms such as Facebook and TikTok play an increasingly important role in shaping political awareness. Digital campaigning is no longer peripheral; it has become central to how political messages are delivered and received.
The social media battlefield: Political campaigns in Bangladesh’s national elections
Bangladeshi political parties compete for Gen Z’s attention with viral content, while battling misinformation alongside street campaigning, as Facebook, TikTok, and YouTube become central arenas for political messaging and debate.
advox.globalvoices.org
February 12, 2026 at 1:20 PM
With millions of Bangladeshis active online, platforms such as Facebook and TikTok play an increasingly important role in shaping political awareness. Digital campaigning is no longer peripheral; it has become central to how political messages are delivered and received.
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And please thank lawyers doing this work. We’re carrying a lot of trauma for voiceless clients. We are tired. We have become experts in new law under the most dire circumstances.
If you can, donate to immigration defense funds. They’ve been at it the longest and have the least resources.
30/end?
If you can, donate to immigration defense funds. They’ve been at it the longest and have the least resources.
30/end?
February 11, 2026 at 9:57 PM
And please thank lawyers doing this work. We’re carrying a lot of trauma for voiceless clients. We are tired. We have become experts in new law under the most dire circumstances.
If you can, donate to immigration defense funds. They’ve been at it the longest and have the least resources.
30/end?
If you can, donate to immigration defense funds. They’ve been at it the longest and have the least resources.
30/end?
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According to multiple NYT sources, it wasn’t even military personnel at Fort Bliss that fired an anti-drone laser at alleged cartel drones. It was CBP who used the weapon on loan from DoD against a child’s party balloon they mistook for a drone. The Pentagon gave CBP an anti-aircraft weapon.
February 12, 2026 at 3:28 AM
According to multiple NYT sources, it wasn’t even military personnel at Fort Bliss that fired an anti-drone laser at alleged cartel drones. It was CBP who used the weapon on loan from DoD against a child’s party balloon they mistook for a drone. The Pentagon gave CBP an anti-aircraft weapon.
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We should go through Nena's song catalog to see if she has any OTHER apocalyptic prophecies that might come true because our administration is incompetent.
a person standing in a field with 99 luftballons written on the top
ALT: a person standing in a field with 99 luftballons written on the top
media.tenor.com
February 12, 2026 at 1:05 PM
We should go through Nena's song catalog to see if she has any OTHER apocalyptic prophecies that might come true because our administration is incompetent.
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The short story of the 21st century in the United States is that out of malice or cowardice or some combination of both, every presidency contributed to building and expanding a federal secret police of goons and thugs, despite clear warning and obvious abuses, until we got to this point.
This is the second account - the first being in Chicago - of DHS agents mass detaining people and then *sorting them by race*.
More than 400 people, including hundreds of citizens, were “sorted” at gun point into racial and ethnic groups by 200 ICE agents who fired flash-bang grenades into cars with people inside, pointed guns at children & demanded their zip tied parents not comfort them. apple.news/Ausdx6kWtT0e...
February 12, 2026 at 5:12 AM
The short story of the 21st century in the United States is that out of malice or cowardice or some combination of both, every presidency contributed to building and expanding a federal secret police of goons and thugs, despite clear warning and obvious abuses, until we got to this point.
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They've been saying this since before 2024. It was in Project 2025. They are actively disenfranchised women and LGBTQ+ people.
The vote passed on partisan lines, with only Texas Democrat Henry Cuellar voting for the legislation, and will face an uphill battle in the Senate.
House passes elections overhaul bill that could make it harder for married women to vote
The bill faces an uphill battle in the Senate, where a handful of Republicans have expressed concern about implementing the provisions.
19thnews.org
February 12, 2026 at 1:01 PM
They've been saying this since before 2024. It was in Project 2025. They are actively disenfranchised women and LGBTQ+ people.
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remember kids: if an apology treats the thing they did as some random event occurring externally to them - "sorry if you were offended" - it's not an apology
February 12, 2026 at 1:07 PM
remember kids: if an apology treats the thing they did as some random event occurring externally to them - "sorry if you were offended" - it's not an apology
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It was less than 10 years ago that this was considered impossible. And from what I read there wasn't much dissent. Everyone accepted this was the reality. Time to update some assumptions.
This state’s power prices are plummeting as it nears 100% renewables
South Australia is proving to the world that relying largely on wind and solar energy with battery back-up is incredibly cheap, with electricity prices tumbling by 30 per cent in a year and sometimes ...
www.newscientist.com
February 12, 2026 at 11:19 AM
It was less than 10 years ago that this was considered impossible. And from what I read there wasn't much dissent. Everyone accepted this was the reality. Time to update some assumptions.
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NEW: Oklahoma regulators discovered strong signs of oil pollution, including high levels of salt and toxic metals, in one family’s drinking water.
But for two years, they repeatedly delayed basic tests to find the culprit — then closed the case.
With @readfrontier.bsky.social
But for two years, they repeatedly delayed basic tests to find the culprit — then closed the case.
With @readfrontier.bsky.social
Salty, Oily Drinking Water Left Sores in Their Mouths. Oklahoma Refused to Find Out Why.
State regulators discovered strong signs of oil pollution, including high levels of salt and toxic metals, in one family’s drinking water. But for two years, they repeatedly delayed basic tests to fin...
www.propublica.org
February 12, 2026 at 1:15 PM
NEW: Oklahoma regulators discovered strong signs of oil pollution, including high levels of salt and toxic metals, in one family’s drinking water.
But for two years, they repeatedly delayed basic tests to find the culprit — then closed the case.
With @readfrontier.bsky.social
But for two years, they repeatedly delayed basic tests to find the culprit — then closed the case.
With @readfrontier.bsky.social
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February 12, 2026 at 12:10 PM
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We live near the Tuckahoe Steam & Gas Association, which hosts the the largest display of working steam engines in the country. It's a tribute to engineering and the enduring romance of steam power.
It's also a testament to the reality that there is no such thing as clean coal.
It's also a testament to the reality that there is no such thing as clean coal.
Please who say "beautiful, clean coal" should be made to stand in a coal mine and try breathing for 20 minutes
February 12, 2026 at 1:15 PM
We live near the Tuckahoe Steam & Gas Association, which hosts the the largest display of working steam engines in the country. It's a tribute to engineering and the enduring romance of steam power.
It's also a testament to the reality that there is no such thing as clean coal.
It's also a testament to the reality that there is no such thing as clean coal.
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Not to echo a repost that I just reposted, but this is horrifying and heinous and there has to be accountability for these cruel, cruel inhumanities.
4. Medical malpractice. Here’s why I say stopping this detention-to Texas pipeline is life of death.
An 18-month old hospitalized after nearly dying of three simultaneous respiratory infections. When she returned to the camp, DHS withheld her meds.
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www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
An 18-month old hospitalized after nearly dying of three simultaneous respiratory infections. When she returned to the camp, DHS withheld her meds.
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www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
18-month-old girl hospitalized with respiratory failure in ICE detention, lawyers say
Dilley Immigration Processing Center in rural Texas withheld medication after ‘gravely ill’ toddler was sent back into its custody, according to federal lawsuit
www.independent.co.uk
February 12, 2026 at 12:39 PM
Not to echo a repost that I just reposted, but this is horrifying and heinous and there has to be accountability for these cruel, cruel inhumanities.
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And honestly the shit that incited this? Wasn't about writers. It was about the performing arts, and to a certain extent material artists who need gallery shows to sell their original work. Income in the performing arts TANKED during the initial phases of Covid, especially the lockdowns.
February 12, 2026 at 11:37 AM
And honestly the shit that incited this? Wasn't about writers. It was about the performing arts, and to a certain extent material artists who need gallery shows to sell their original work. Income in the performing arts TANKED during the initial phases of Covid, especially the lockdowns.
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There's that. But I want to note that the Basic Income for the Arts is essentially a lottery for 2000 eligible people, amounting to a grant of €16,900 per year, and it is available for three years. It is less yearly funding than the Govt of Ireland scholarship for postgraduate researchers.
This is wonderful.
Thinking it wouldn’t be necessary if artists could still profit commercially from the success of our work.
But multi billion dollar corporations decided they’d like it all for free, thanks, to offer to the public for almost nothing.
Irish taxpayers will now subsidise that.
Thinking it wouldn’t be necessary if artists could still profit commercially from the success of our work.
But multi billion dollar corporations decided they’d like it all for free, thanks, to offer to the public for almost nothing.
Irish taxpayers will now subsidise that.
Ireland: a proper country.
February 12, 2026 at 11:18 AM
There's that. But I want to note that the Basic Income for the Arts is essentially a lottery for 2000 eligible people, amounting to a grant of €16,900 per year, and it is available for three years. It is less yearly funding than the Govt of Ireland scholarship for postgraduate researchers.
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oh so just dumb luck these idiots didn’t shoot down a passenger aircraft
According to multiple NYT sources, it wasn’t even military personnel at Fort Bliss that fired an anti-drone laser at alleged cartel drones. It was CBP who used the weapon on loan from DoD against a child’s party balloon they mistook for a drone. The Pentagon gave CBP an anti-aircraft weapon.
February 12, 2026 at 11:36 AM
oh so just dumb luck these idiots didn’t shoot down a passenger aircraft
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Anyway what are vampire hunters doing with the price of silver these days
Are they just like... thinning out the electroplating on their gear or like what
Are they just like... thinning out the electroplating on their gear or like what
February 12, 2026 at 11:34 AM
Anyway what are vampire hunters doing with the price of silver these days
Are they just like... thinning out the electroplating on their gear or like what
Are they just like... thinning out the electroplating on their gear or like what
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Remember Canada’s lucky loonie? Royal Canadian Mint launches ‘good luck charm’ as Canada’s hockey teams go for gold at 2026 Winter Olympics www.insidehalton.com/news/lucky-l...
Remember Canada’s lucky loonie? Royal Canadian Mint launches ‘good luck charm’ as Canada’s hockey teams go for gold at 2026 Winter Olympics
The lucky loonie tradition can be traced back to the 2002 Winter Games in Salt Lake City, where a Loonie embedded at centre ice apparently brought luck to Canada’s men’s and women’s hockey teams.
www.insidehalton.com
February 12, 2026 at 10:33 AM
Remember Canada’s lucky loonie? Royal Canadian Mint launches ‘good luck charm’ as Canada’s hockey teams go for gold at 2026 Winter Olympics www.insidehalton.com/news/lucky-l...
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Marimar Martinez is a hero. Please keep her safe.
And please remember every time you hear a claim from the DHS that they will lie. Constantly. Blatantly. Without remorse.
And please remember every time you hear a claim from the DHS that they will lie. Constantly. Blatantly. Without remorse.
Chicago's U.S. attorney's office has released evidence from the case against Marimar Martinez, pre-empting her press conference later today.
It even released text messages it once claimed would "sully" a Border Patrol agents's rep.
From @chicago.suntimes.com: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
It even released text messages it once claimed would "sully" a Border Patrol agents's rep.
From @chicago.suntimes.com: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
Border Patrol agents say 'time to get aggressive' in footage that contradicts claims against Marimar Martinez
Martinez is expected to announce a new lawsuit stemming from her Oct. 4 shooting by a Border Patrol agent at a press conference Wednesday. Her attorneys say newly released evidence will show an agent ...
chicago.suntimes.com
February 11, 2026 at 5:52 PM
Marimar Martinez is a hero. Please keep her safe.
And please remember every time you hear a claim from the DHS that they will lie. Constantly. Blatantly. Without remorse.
And please remember every time you hear a claim from the DHS that they will lie. Constantly. Blatantly. Without remorse.
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I heard about a killing of a Black man in DC by US marshals on a call from someone in the neighborhood then saw it confirmed by the organization @harrietsdreams.bsky.social & here. A Black man in DC was killed by the state today. Make the same noise for him as for anyone else when we have his name.
1 person shot and killed by U.S. marshal in Northeast DC
A U.S. marshal shot and killed a person Wednesday afternoon in Northeast D.C. This shooting happened on Hay Street right in front of the Cesar Chavez Middle Public Charter School and not far from the ...
www.nbcwashington.com
February 12, 2026 at 2:28 AM
I heard about a killing of a Black man in DC by US marshals on a call from someone in the neighborhood then saw it confirmed by the organization @harrietsdreams.bsky.social & here. A Black man in DC was killed by the state today. Make the same noise for him as for anyone else when we have his name.
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Random Fact of the Day
In January of 2025 Altmetric had recorded 212 million posts on all of Twitter/X that cite research.
As of today that number has dropped to 203 million total.
A lot of posts being deleted and/or migrated to Bluesky it seems.
In January of 2025 Altmetric had recorded 212 million posts on all of Twitter/X that cite research.
As of today that number has dropped to 203 million total.
A lot of posts being deleted and/or migrated to Bluesky it seems.
February 12, 2026 at 11:03 AM
Random Fact of the Day
In January of 2025 Altmetric had recorded 212 million posts on all of Twitter/X that cite research.
As of today that number has dropped to 203 million total.
A lot of posts being deleted and/or migrated to Bluesky it seems.
In January of 2025 Altmetric had recorded 212 million posts on all of Twitter/X that cite research.
As of today that number has dropped to 203 million total.
A lot of posts being deleted and/or migrated to Bluesky it seems.
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A few years ago, I realised that any artist needs to somehow raise their own UBI. That’s what all the Patreons and Ko-Fis and Substacks are about. So the tech guys stole our work. Then developed some platforms where they could skim a bit off the top of the busker’s hat as we passed it round. Cool.
February 12, 2026 at 7:49 AM
A few years ago, I realised that any artist needs to somehow raise their own UBI. That’s what all the Patreons and Ko-Fis and Substacks are about. So the tech guys stole our work. Then developed some platforms where they could skim a bit off the top of the busker’s hat as we passed it round. Cool.
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Man I'm so goddamn sick of ai. "Wahhh you can't have a reasonable conversation about ai on here," yeah maybe be mad about the two year parade of scam artists and financial charlatans and environmental ruiners who have radicalized everyone against the spell check that agrees with you
February 12, 2026 at 2:45 AM
Man I'm so goddamn sick of ai. "Wahhh you can't have a reasonable conversation about ai on here," yeah maybe be mad about the two year parade of scam artists and financial charlatans and environmental ruiners who have radicalized everyone against the spell check that agrees with you
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I have 2 short-term goals: Get rent paid, and get braced for an incoming emergency.
I'm all stocked up on shiny things, now just need to get them in front of people:
oishiny.etsy.com
Free international shipping (and US tariffs taken care of).
#DisabledArtist #Helpsky #💕💸
I'm all stocked up on shiny things, now just need to get them in front of people:
oishiny.etsy.com
Free international shipping (and US tariffs taken care of).
#DisabledArtist #Helpsky #💕💸
February 12, 2026 at 12:57 AM
I have 2 short-term goals: Get rent paid, and get braced for an incoming emergency.
I'm all stocked up on shiny things, now just need to get them in front of people:
oishiny.etsy.com
Free international shipping (and US tariffs taken care of).
#DisabledArtist #Helpsky #💕💸
I'm all stocked up on shiny things, now just need to get them in front of people:
oishiny.etsy.com
Free international shipping (and US tariffs taken care of).
#DisabledArtist #Helpsky #💕💸
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This is incredible. Like the previous few years, near all of the electricity capacity added to the grid was clean energy. The Inflation Reduction Act helped this - it made solar & wind cheaper but it also for the first time had a standalone incentive for grid storage. Look at the growth in storage!
Final EIA-860 is out, and 2025 really did it: 54 GW of new U.S. electric capacity, 96% clean. Solar again carries the offense, and we built more storage in 2025 than the cumulative total through 2023. More and more and more additions... but also record low retirements.
February 12, 2026 at 4:38 AM
This is incredible. Like the previous few years, near all of the electricity capacity added to the grid was clean energy. The Inflation Reduction Act helped this - it made solar & wind cheaper but it also for the first time had a standalone incentive for grid storage. Look at the growth in storage!