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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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Now the whistles will be EVEN MORE RAINBOW (how was it possible) so remember that we are now accepting requests for up to 3,000 (or more if you're part of a large org planning an event, just email us!) and they are 100% free & I guess now 1000% gay.

linktr.ee/3Dwhistles
February 13, 2026 at 4:40 AM
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Part of why we were so excited about these is that he designed them to print on their sides, so you can pack 100 onto the A1 mini plate easily! I did my first 100 whistle test run and omg I LOVE THEM NOW THE RAINBOWS GO ACROSS THEM???

(teeth grooves added by suggestion of folks using them!)

😍
February 13, 2026 at 4:38 AM
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Memories of sunsets past. When I think of the number of photos I’ve taken of this river valley...
February 13, 2026 at 1:07 AM
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I can think of several dozen historians who would be happy to lecture @jaketapper.bsky.social about why "concentration camp" is, in fact, an apt term.
God the gall of @jaketapper.bsky.social lecturing that Minneapolis small business owner about the meaning of the word "concentration camp" while people are being crammed into poorly resourced buildings by the thousands and shuttled off never to be heard from again
February 13, 2026 at 1:00 AM
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With most of the water frozen over, any pocket of open water is packed with ducks.
#birds #ducks #LakeErie
February 12, 2026 at 10:16 PM
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Got outside this morning. Saw some sun. Saw some gulls. Saw some frozen lake bits. Saw some weird ducks. It was a good morning. (Camera wasn’t happy about the light, distance, and cold, but 🤷🏻‍♀️).
#winter #LakeErie #birds #WeirdDuckSeason
February 12, 2026 at 8:14 PM
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I also saw a smol owl friend. That was good too.
#birds #owls
February 12, 2026 at 8:37 PM
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Incredibly powerful opinion chronicling the awfulness in Whipple and the ways it interfered with the right to counsel.

One key part of the ruling (that ICE will likely appeal ASAP); Judge Brasel bars ICE from transferring anyone out of Minnesota within 72 hours of arrest.
February 13, 2026 at 1:01 AM
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Your Daily Merp – lookit those grabbers! #birds #HellYeahNuthatches
February 12, 2026 at 4:59 AM
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We do have to admit it

Marx failed to predict the robot cars driven by workers in the global south calling on the human treat delivery workers to come shut the doors of the robot cars when their riders just apparently leave those doors just open? When they exit? The robot cars?
February 13, 2026 at 12:09 AM
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"You said it feels like there's a barrier between you two, can you build on that?"
I need to know everything about job #6 right now
February 13, 2026 at 12:16 AM
It was good to get out, for sure!
Duck diversity is still low, but that’s expected with everything frozen up. I’m hoping for a slow retreat of the freeze so we get a nice concentration of ducks in March.
February 12, 2026 at 11:24 PM
😂😂😂 these are so good, as always!
February 12, 2026 at 10:54 PM
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We have shipped 325,686 whistles in February (these last 12 days) so far.

This is about 651 kg of filament that we have gone through. It really does help to get gift cards for non-Amazon sources!
Hello folks! In our neverending quest to get our filament needs away from Amazon, I'm doing a call today specifically for elegoo gift cards!

They have really nice affordable bundles & a few of our printers love their PETG!

Send to [email protected] 💓

us.elegoo.com/products/ele...
ELEGOO GIFT CARD
ELEGOO gift card -- the perfect present for any occasion! Whether you're searching for a Christmas gesture, a birthday surprise, or simply a token of appreciation, our Gift Card is the ideal choice.
us.elegoo.com
February 12, 2026 at 9:31 PM
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Bad Bunny occupies the top 5 on Global Spotify for a third consecutive day:

#1: DtMF — 12.89M
#2: BAILE INoLVIDABLE — 8.886M
#3: NUEVAYoL — 8.776M
#4: Tití Me Preguntó — 7.066M
#5: EoO — 7.03M
February 12, 2026 at 10:49 PM
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Ominous bird valentines.
February 12, 2026 at 2:18 PM
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Best advertisement I’ve seen so far at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival
February 12, 2026 at 10:19 PM
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Working people should not have to sell their PLASMA to make ends meet.

In this economy, corporations and billionaires are getting richer, while working people are scraping for crumbs. A union contract is how we start to level the playing field.
Middle-class Americans are selling their plasma to make ends meet
Last year, people in the U.S. made an estimated $4.7 billion selling their plasma. Donation centers are popping up in middle-class neighborhoods, including suburban strip malls and college towns.
www.nbcnews.com
February 12, 2026 at 10:44 PM
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NEW: "We — as people in an ever-changing D.C. that is not at all reflective of where we grew up — occasionally see these special glimpses and you're like, 'Oh, shit, it's still there.'"

Meet two co-founders of The Pack World, who work to capture how the D.C. that raised them is still alive:
How these D.C. natives are fighting to preserve the city's Black culture
By creating content, merch, and experiences that are for and about Chocolate City
51st.news
February 12, 2026 at 10:33 PM
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Went out to the East Park ponds to check for newts. Aaaaand ... found newts!
February 12, 2026 at 10:45 PM
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5. Abraham Lincoln's birthday was also the reason James Wheldon Johnson wrote "Lift Every Voice & Sing," otherwise known as the Black National Anthem in 1900.

The first time it was performed as a song was at a Lincoln birthday celebration in a segregated Black school
February 12, 2026 at 10:29 PM
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Today, the Trump administration repealed the endangerment finding: the ruling that served as the basis for limits on tailpipe emissions and power plant rules. Without it, we’ll be less safe, less healthy and less able to fight climate change—all so the fossil fuel industry can make even more money.
WATCH: Trump, EPA's Zeldin announce end of scientific basis for U.S. action on climate change
The Trump administration on Thursday revoked a scientific finding that long has been the central basis for U.S. action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change, the most aggressiv...
www.pbs.org
February 12, 2026 at 7:46 PM
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February 12, 2026 at 10:40 PM
With most of the water frozen over, any pocket of open water is packed with ducks.
#birds #ducks #LakeErie
February 12, 2026 at 10:16 PM
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I bought cheap notebooks as reading journals for my class this semester, and just about halfway through, it’s been a huge success. I’ve never a higher percentage of the class participating, and coming to class having read well with good questions. In a 2000 level Gen Ed class of mostly non-majors.
Last semester, I shifted what had been a 4-part series of online discussion posts to a 4-part series of in-class, pen and paper short essays. I've never received more positive feedback in student evals from a single pedagogical decision ever. www.chronicle.com/article/to-s...
To Solve the Student-Attention Problem, Professors Turn to Pencils and Paper
Some say it’s a better way to keep students focused and engaged.
www.chronicle.com
February 12, 2026 at 10:06 PM