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Stephen Boisvert 🇨🇦 🟦⭐⭐⭐⭐🟦
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Pedestrian birder in Chicago. Click on #birds tag to see just my bird photos without the whinging. I'm also sharing bird links using the #BirdLinks tag. I'm embarrassed by my typos but usually not enough to delete them. Gear: OM1 & OM 150-400 & 100-400
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BIRDS/EIC_104P.GIF
February 6, 2026 at 5:20 PM
Another tree on the Chicago lakefront cut down. This was a half dead giant willow tree just inside golf course by the lighthouses on the Montrose Harbor entrance piers.

The Sydney Marovitz Golf Course has been heavily cutting back trees and foliage in the last few years to make golf even easier.
February 6, 2026 at 5:12 PM
Big Tech expects us to trust AI. Then you see this:
Hmmmmm, indeed.
February 6, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Hold that ball steady Lucy!
(AXIOS) - Top Republicans are increasingly worried about private polling that paints a dire picture of the midterms — and it's not just the House they're afraid of losing, it's also the Senate.

@axios.com
www.axios.com/2026/02/06/g...
February 6, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Gym thoughts.
February 6, 2026 at 4:05 PM
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To suburban drivers used to having 100% of road space in their suburb, having to slow down a bit in the city because a pedestrian is crossing feels like oppression. I believe this helps explain some of the state laws preventing blue cities from doing traffic calming or road diets
February 6, 2026 at 12:35 AM
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George Gavriel's art is pretty incredible. I'm seeing a few people say some of these are about what's going on in our country but he's from Cyprus and it's a reminder that so many of our struggles are universal.
February 3, 2026 at 7:17 PM
This has me wondering why all motor vehicles are not required to all be painted hi-viz colors. Cars hit cars more than anything else.

irishcycle.com/2026/02/04/a...
All bicycles included in draft plan for mandatory helmets and high-vis, Department confirms
— Plan was expected to be put to the Cabinet today before it was withdrawn from the meeting of Government Ministers. A reported plan by Ireland’s Government to make the wearing of helme…
irishcycle.com
February 6, 2026 at 12:56 PM
My ongoing series of things I have recently found on or near the Chicago Lakefront Trail.
February 6, 2026 at 12:27 PM
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i am trying not to joke about the Epstein stuff because it's so horrible but there's also this ridiculous element where it's like... discovering Dracula is real, he's taken over human society at the highest levels, he's involved in tons of evil and also he's a huge dipshit
February 5, 2026 at 3:43 AM
Yesterday was a duck day in Chicago
2.3.2026
#birds
February 5, 2026 at 2:31 AM
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Really nuts how many men were like "Me Too went too far, and I need to email Jeffrey Epstein about it."
February 5, 2026 at 12:26 AM
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I was referencing the childhood trauma part, but yes it has also been very upsetting having all of my favourite dystopian fiction become playbooks
February 4, 2026 at 8:12 PM
Consequences.
February 5, 2026 at 12:14 AM
‘Sarah Stone’s Unseen World’ Highlights #Avian #Paintings by an 18th-Century Talent #art #birds #WomanArtist #18thCentury

Link for more photos and information about her amazing #watercolor paintings: www.thisiscolossal.com/2026/02/sara...
February 4, 2026 at 1:36 PM
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Just your standard 3000 year old Chinese wine container.
(Seen at Art Institute of Chicago)
February 4, 2026 at 12:54 AM
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Facebook memory has become sadly relevant
February 4, 2026 at 1:33 PM
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I know a post like this is repetitious, but the NYT may as well report the mechanics of how to hire a hit man without noting that it's illegal.
The Key to Managing Tariffs: Be Big and Have the President’s Ear
www.nytimes.com
February 3, 2026 at 1:01 PM
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I can’t believe how stupid everything is. I just hate the stupidity.
February 3, 2026 at 10:20 PM
The dumbest of the dumb are in charge.

arstechnica.com/health/2026/...
February 4, 2026 at 11:17 AM
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Fucking surreal that people dressed like this and carrying assault rifles are permitted to kidnap people off our streets
February 3, 2026 at 11:35 PM