Jerry Coyne
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Jerry Coyne
@evolutionistrue.bsky.social
The second installment of Scott Ritchie's favorite bird photos of 2025.

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January 16, 2026 at 2:21 PM
All the news that's fit to post and, in Dobrzyn, Hili bucks up Andrzej.

Hili: You’re doing fine.
Andrzej: Why do you think so?
Hili: Because you’re a pessimist, and every time you’re wrong, it’s something to celebrate.

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January 16, 2026 at 1:42 PM
Rodney Graetz's lovely photos of a sea trip from Darwin to Broome in NE Australia,

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January 15, 2026 at 3:47 PM
All the news that's fit to post. Meanwhile in Dobrzyn, Szaron has become woke.

Szaron: You’re using your white privilege.
Hili: Spare me that fashionable nonsense.

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January 15, 2026 at 1:26 PM
Black-and-white photos, mostly of mountains, from James Blilie.

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January 14, 2026 at 2:27 PM
All the news that's fit to post and, in Dorzyn, Hili is trying to control Andrzej's diet:

Hili: What’s that?
Andrzej: Gingerbread in chocolate.
Hili: That’s unhealthy for you.
Andrzej: Et tu, Brute?

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January 14, 2026 at 2:08 PM
Photos of North American river otters by Christopher Moss.

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January 13, 2026 at 2:46 PM
All the news that's fit to post and, in Dobrzyn, Hili is peeved at Andrzej (again):

Andrzej: Why did you look at the ceiling?
Hili: I’m praying to regain my patience with you.

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January 13, 2026 at 12:49 PM
Athayde Tonhasca Júnior's photo journey to Meteora in Greece, where monasteries are perched on high rock columns.

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January 12, 2026 at 3:04 PM
All the news that's fit to post, and, in Dobrzyn, Hili is lonely but not alone.

Hili: Loneliness is a very painful feeling,

Andrzej: But you’re not alone.

Hili: Sometimes the presence of others only deepens the feeling of loneliness.

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January 12, 2026 at 1:17 PM
A progressive phrasebook from Frederick Alexander.

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January 11, 2026 at 5:26 PM
Photos of Atlantic puffins by Neil Dawe (taken on an island just off the west coast of the UK):

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January 11, 2026 at 2:38 PM
All the news that's fit to post, and, in Dobrzyn, Hili is angling for beef:

Hili: My energy’s dispersed.
Andrzej: Off you go, I have to fix the bed.
Hili: A promise of meat could give me just enough strength to reach the kitchen.

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January 11, 2026 at 1:03 PM
Butterfly photos from Germany taken by Ruth Berger.

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January 10, 2026 at 2:43 PM
All the news that's fit to post and, in Dobrzyn, Hili speaks of "Providence" but Andrzej tells me that, as an atheist cat, she's
joking:

Andrzej: Can you see anything out there?
Hili: No, I’m hearing the voice of Providence.’

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January 10, 2026 at 12:49 PM
Ephraim Heller's photos of flycatchers from Brazil's Pantanal region.

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January 9, 2026 at 2:29 PM
All the news that's fit to post, and, in Dobrzyn, Hili wants to be an "influencer":

Hili: Good day, everyone. Thank you all for showing up in such great numbers.
Me: Who are you talking to?
Hili: What do you mean, who? To my readers, of course.

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January 9, 2026 at 12:55 PM
Duck photos (woodies and mallards) taken by Bruce Lyon of UC Santa Cruz.

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January 8, 2026 at 2:19 PM
All the news that's fit to post and, in Dobrzyn, Hili and Szaron discuss food for thought.

Hili: Have you thought about the question of good food being better than bad?

Szaron: That’s for the deep thinkers. I’m a food lover – some things I gulp down, others I chew over.

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January 8, 2026 at 12:50 PM
Jesus 'n' Mo 'n' theism. I don't quite get this, because where else but in your head would you imagine having a discussion with the Savior?

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January 7, 2026 at 3:32 PM
Pratyaydipta Rudra's photos of birds (and a squirrel) in an Oklahoma ice storm.

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January 7, 2026 at 2:19 PM
All the news that's fit to post. It's National Bobblehead Day (see below), and, in Dobrzyn, Hili and Andrzej have an arcane exchange:

Hili: Sometimes a part seems bigger than the whole.
Andrzej: That depends on the kind of measures you’re using.

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January 7, 2026 at 1:01 PM
Wildlife and landscape photos by Richard Pieniakowski:

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January 6, 2026 at 2:38 PM
All the news that's fit to post, and, in Dobrzyn, Hili professes premature ignorance.

Szaron: Do you know the answer to the question…
Hili: I doubt it, but you can always ask it to keep the old tradition alive.

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January 6, 2026 at 12:48 PM
Susan Harrison's successful hunt for the elusive Black Rail.

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January 5, 2026 at 2:39 PM