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King Killifish

@ccgreen.bsky.social

So, when does the regime occupy Greenland?

January 3, 2026 at 2:42 PM

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James Ball

@jamesrball.com

Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts.

Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.

January 3, 2026 at 10:52 AM

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lana del gay

@cajungrannystew.bsky.social

happy new year fellow bird enthusiasts. please enjoy this picture of a Merlin having brunch we saw yesterday morning. #birds
📸: @ccgreen.bsky.social
📍: Hains Point, Washington DC

January 2, 2026 at 3:30 PM

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Leo Write

@leowrite.bsky.social

Lovely Northern Flicker for the first bird sighting of 2026 #birds

January 1, 2026 at 7:20 PM

King Killifish

@ccgreen.bsky.social

Went out to Hains Point in Washington DC this morning to spot some #birds for the new year. Spotted a Snowy Owl across the river by National Airport with the help of some other birders and their telescopes! Also saw a Merlin with prey!

January 1, 2026 at 4:09 PM

King Killifish

@ccgreen.bsky.social

WUT!!

Friends of the Mount Vernon Trail @mountvernontrail.org · 7d

Saw on @inaturalist.bsky.social that a snowy owl is hanging out at Gravelly Point.

Me: Screaming, crying, throwing up!

December 31, 2025 at 10:16 PM

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lauren

@lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com

good piece with an incidental insanely brutal takedown of klein

The media has spent the last few months trying to make sense out of nonsense, attempting to conjure motive, manifesto, and meaning out of the dumbest shit scrawled onto bullets. These were sad attempts to impose meaning on an increasingly incoherent world by a literati that has not yet accepted its irrelevance in a postliterate society. But the most humiliating display of literate obliviousness in the face of the total collapse of meaning, however, was Ezra Klein's bizarre eulogy to Charlie Kirk. The now-infamous column ("Charlie Kirk Was Practicing Politics the Right Way") can best be understood as an expression of class solidarity. Klein, I would argue, sees both himself and Kirk as being Debate Guys, wordcels who engage in the marketplace of ideas and let speech sort itself out into political action.

Kirk did not commit violence, not because he abhorred it, but because committing violence was someone else's job. Last year, he called for using whips against migrants, saying, "Of course you should be able to use whips against foreigners that are coming into your country. Why is that controversial?" In early June of this year, as the president deployed troops to Los Angeles, Kirk publicly advocated for invoking the Insurrection Act of 1807 to crush the immigration protests. And in August, he called for "federalizing" the district of Columbia, saying,
"Roll in the tanks, bring in the military."
With his close relationship to the commander in chief of the United States of America, Charlie Kirk was no mere talker, idea-peddler, or purveyor of discourse. He built an empire on legitimizing violence and harvesting the enthusiasm and glee around it. Even before his death became a pretext to enact violence on American cities, he had already substantively shaped history. Charlie Kirk was a part of the real world in a way that Ezra Klein will never be.

December 31, 2025 at 2:51 PM

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lana del gay

@cajungrannystew.bsky.social

#branchingout for #birdoftheday #birds
- orchard oriole
- fish crow
- cedar waxwing
- band-tailed pigeon

December 30, 2025 at 2:51 PM

King Killifish

@ccgreen.bsky.social

Absolutely miserable bike commute home tonight.

December 30, 2025 at 1:16 AM

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lana del gay

@cajungrannystew.bsky.social

oriole booty for today's #birdoftheday #birdbutts #birds

December 29, 2025 at 5:29 PM

King Killifish

@ccgreen.bsky.social

Blue jay #birdbutts from Roosevelt Island, Washington DC is the #birdoftheday
#birds

December 30, 2025 at 12:17 AM

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TexasBirder

@texasbirder.bsky.social

The other day I visited a pond in Flour Bluff, which is just east of #CorpusChristiTx. Was able to grab a few pics of Crested Caracara, Sandhill Cranes, American Avocet and Spotted Sandpiper. #Birds

Crested Caracara in flight over Caribbean Pond.

A number of Sandhill Cranes on the backside of the pond.

American Avocet showing off its colors in flight over the pond.

Spotted Sandpiper walking along the edge of the pond, bobbing its tail as usual.

December 28, 2025 at 8:08 PM

King Killifish

@ccgreen.bsky.social

This prothonotary warbler from the Occoquan bay national wildlife refuge in May of this year is my #serenity #birdoftheday #birds

December 28, 2025 at 9:28 PM

King Killifish

@ccgreen.bsky.social

Cedar Waxwing in Hoover, Alabama is the #outstretched #birdoftheday
#birds

December 27, 2025 at 8:06 PM

King Killifish

@ccgreen.bsky.social

Looking at photos on my phone from Dec 27th and found this gem from 2020 🔮

December 27, 2025 at 2:55 PM

King Killifish

@ccgreen.bsky.social

Past me left this for present me

King Killifish @ccgreen.bsky.social · Aug 28

So I’m guessing the US is gonna start launching missiles into Venezuela

December 18, 2025 at 1:19 AM

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Don Moynihan

@donmoyn.bsky.social

December 18, 2025 at 1:15 AM

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Tim Onion

@bencollins.bsky.social

The Onion, 23 years ago.

theonion.com/no-blood-for...

Point/Counterpoint: No Blood For Oil vs. Exactly How Much Oil Are We Talking About?

December 17, 2025 at 10:00 PM

King Killifish

@ccgreen.bsky.social

Mallard in Rock Creek Park, Washington DC
#ducksononeleg
#birdoftheday
#birds

December 13, 2025 at 5:26 PM

King Killifish

@ccgreen.bsky.social

Here’s acouple of #fungifriends I spotted last year on a backpacking trip in the Spruce Knob-Seneca Rocks National Recreation Area in the Monongahela National Forest #mushroom