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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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Dr. SkySkull @drskyskull.bsky.social · 7h

It’s gonna be wild when they start arresting people for being part of an organization that they cannot prove exists

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Stephen Boisvert 🇨🇦 🟦⭐⭐⭐⭐🟦 @srboisvert.bsky.social · 3h

Dialup 0-3day warez on PCBoard. All files in 1.4MB segments and ZModem protocol for downloading. GIFs render one line at a time. Messages downloaded in a packet for offline reading. Response uploaded in a packet when back online. 3:1 warez dl/ul ratio to remain in good standing. Also ANSI ART!

Stephen Boisvert 🇨🇦 🟦⭐⭐⭐⭐🟦 @srboisvert.bsky.social · 4h

Come to Chicago in the summer. There's usually 10-15 in the area with several known nest sites on specific buildings. Even one in the downtown Loop!

Stephen Boisvert 🇨🇦 🟦⭐⭐⭐⭐🟦 @srboisvert.bsky.social · 4h

A heron at North Pond, Chicago.
#birds

A heron perched on top of a log in the middle of a pond at night. It is in the middle of a reflected beam of light from pathlamp

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Stephen Boisvert 🇨🇦 🟦⭐⭐⭐⭐🟦 @srboisvert.bsky.social · 7h

When I lived in England they would treat American friends who needed care when they visited and did it for free because dealing with American health insurance, even the travel insurance, was more hassle than it was worth for them.

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weeder @weeder.bsky.social · 1d

National Guard deploying in Chicago need to take a long hard look in The Bean

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Stephen Boisvert 🇨🇦 🟦⭐⭐⭐⭐🟦 @srboisvert.bsky.social · 7h

Chicago skyline from Montrose Point Bird Sanctuary after the Tuesday morning rains. It was very birdy!
10.7.2025

Residual storm clouds over downtown Chicago's skyline viewed from Montrose Point with the natural meadows in the foreground.

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Felicia Davin @feliciadavin.com · 1d

here it is, my medically necessary daily dose of good news www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Global renewable energy generation surpasses coal for first time

Record solar expansion and steady wind growth driving world’s shift away from fossil fuels in 2025, report finds

www.theguardian.com

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Stephen Boisvert 🇨🇦 🟦⭐⭐⭐⭐🟦 @srboisvert.bsky.social · 9h

I wonder what the market for Michael Jackson memorabilia is like now.

Stephen Boisvert 🇨🇦 🟦⭐⭐⭐⭐🟦 @srboisvert.bsky.social · 13h

We're having trouble finding agricultural workers so the Trump admin issued a rule to pay them less?

These are spectacularly dumb and dangerous people.

David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 16h

So this is funny.
The administration just issued a rule slashing foreign agricultural worker wages. And to justify it, in a public filing, Trump's Labor Department alleges that Trump's immigration enforcement has devastated the Ag workforce and caused a "risk of supply shock-induced food shortages."

Trump Labor Department Says His Immigration Raids Are Causing a Food Crisis

In a filing in the Federal Register, the Labor Department argues there are “immediate dangers to the American food supply” due to a lack of migrant agricultural workers.

prospect.org

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Stephen Boisvert 🇨🇦 🟦⭐⭐⭐⭐🟦 @srboisvert.bsky.social · 13h

Peregrine Falcon in flight over Montrose Point Bird Sanctuary, Chicago.
10.07.2025
#Birds #BirdsOfPrey

Peregrine Falcon in flight from left to right banked showing its top while it's head remains focused down and ahead.

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Patrick Cosmos @veryimportant.lawyer · Sep 8

“I’m strong and I want to have like fifty kids and a farm” of course you do. You’re twelve. “I don’t want to eat vegetables I think steak and French fries is the only meal” hell yeah homie you’re twelve. “Maybe if there’s crime we should just send the army” bless your heart my twelve year old buddy

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Patrick Cosmos @veryimportant.lawyer · Sep 8

working on a new unified theory of american reality i'm calling "everyone is twelve now"

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 19h

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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Stephen Boisvert 🇨🇦 🟦⭐⭐⭐⭐🟦 @srboisvert.bsky.social · 14h

Why you rabble rousers!

Stephen Boisvert 🇨🇦 🟦⭐⭐⭐⭐🟦 @srboisvert.bsky.social · 15h

Belmont Harbor yacht people saw they were accidentally on the Lakefront Trail and just decided to floor it half a mile up to Recreation Drive. As one does when one is high on automotive clout. #Chicago

An SUV driving north on the Lakefront Trail pedestrian and cycling path at Belmont.

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Stephen Boisvert 🇨🇦 🟦⭐⭐⭐⭐🟦 @srboisvert.bsky.social · 15h

Only by the lake itself and it chooses not to!

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 1d

These people are evil. Never stop saying so. Don’t be intimidated into shutting up.

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 1d

Here’s video of the incident

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Stephen Boisvert 🇨🇦 🟦⭐⭐⭐⭐🟦 @srboisvert.bsky.social · 18h

Good morning Chicago

A wide angle view from up high in East Lakeview looking south. Fall clouds, sun rising in the East. Rooftops and tall buildings dark with some lights on.

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Stephen Boisvert 🇨🇦 🟦⭐⭐⭐⭐🟦 @srboisvert.bsky.social · 1d

not the domized i was expecting.

Stephen Boisvert 🇨🇦 🟦⭐⭐⭐⭐🟦 @srboisvert.bsky.social · 1d

It's not just Dubai. Look into the luxury yacht scene and its connection with lower level female actors. They just head out into international waters and all behavioral standards are set to off.

Stephen Boisvert 🇨🇦 🟦⭐⭐⭐⭐🟦 @srboisvert.bsky.social · 1d

They're not even robots. They're R/C coolers on wheels. They have remote drivers.

Stephen Boisvert 🇨🇦 🟦⭐⭐⭐⭐🟦 @srboisvert.bsky.social · 1d

They're going to fight a war over who gets to coopt it. Lyft lytter vs Burrito R/C coolers.

Stephen Boisvert 🇨🇦 🟦⭐⭐⭐⭐🟦 @srboisvert.bsky.social · 1d

Without that call we would never have gotten the Trevor Lawrence game winning double stumble TD run. The chaotic serendipity of sportsballin!

Stephen Boisvert 🇨🇦 🟦⭐⭐⭐⭐🟦 @srboisvert.bsky.social · 1d

Google: Torment nexus is now part of your phone OS.