Nick Leiby
@nleiby.bsky.social
Alexandria, VA.
Data, science, climbing, urbanism, sci fi, birds.
Data, science, climbing, urbanism, sci fi, birds.
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Another thing about falcons you might already know: their nostrils have got little cones in them like some jet intakes, so that the high speed air flow doesn't wreck their lungs and they can still breathe. You can see them in your picture.
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Nose Dive: Falcons & Gannets
Of all the powers of the animal world that humans have envied and engineered into submission, nothing has become a more overdone trope of this desire than the flight of birds. In our endeavor to u…
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February 5, 2026 at 7:59 PM
Another thing about falcons you might already know: their nostrils have got little cones in them like some jet intakes, so that the high speed air flow doesn't wreck their lungs and they can still breathe. You can see them in your picture.
curioussengi.wordpress.com/2016/08/27/n...
curioussengi.wordpress.com/2016/08/27/n...
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I voted against funding for DHS. Congress shouldn't pass funding for this lawless agency without major guardrails.
And the House should impeach Kristi Noem.
4/4
And the House should impeach Kristi Noem.
4/4
January 26, 2026 at 9:41 PM
I voted against funding for DHS. Congress shouldn't pass funding for this lawless agency without major guardrails.
And the House should impeach Kristi Noem.
4/4
And the House should impeach Kristi Noem.
4/4
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The Department of Homeland Security is murdering American citizens.
Congress cannot allow that to continue.
Getting these people out of Minnesota and cutting off funding should be a minimum response.
This is an outrage and an assault on our rights and freedom and it must stop.
Congress cannot allow that to continue.
Getting these people out of Minnesota and cutting off funding should be a minimum response.
This is an outrage and an assault on our rights and freedom and it must stop.
January 24, 2026 at 9:47 PM
The Department of Homeland Security is murdering American citizens.
Congress cannot allow that to continue.
Getting these people out of Minnesota and cutting off funding should be a minimum response.
This is an outrage and an assault on our rights and freedom and it must stop.
Congress cannot allow that to continue.
Getting these people out of Minnesota and cutting off funding should be a minimum response.
This is an outrage and an assault on our rights and freedom and it must stop.
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King about Albany: “The mistake I made there was to protest against segregation generally rather than against a single and distinct facet of it. Our protest was so vague that we got nothing, and the people were left very depressed and in despair.” /10
January 19, 2026 at 3:24 PM
King about Albany: “The mistake I made there was to protest against segregation generally rather than against a single and distinct facet of it. Our protest was so vague that we got nothing, and the people were left very depressed and in despair.” /10