So the #BirdOfTheDay for today is #least. Hmmm. Here is the only #photo I've ever taken of a #Forster's #Tern. I was at #Frank #Lake in #Alberta 🇨🇦photographing pelicans and a friend pointed out this #bird hovering above us. I got off this one shot before it dove. #birds 🪶 #photography #nature #wild
November 10, 2025 at 4:45 PM
So the #BirdOfTheDay for today is #least. Hmmm. Here is the only #photo I've ever taken of a #Forster's #Tern. I was at #Frank #Lake in #Alberta 🇨🇦photographing pelicans and a friend pointed out this #bird hovering above us. I got off this one shot before it dove. #birds 🪶 #photography #nature #wild
(New). On E.M. Forster's 1909 story 'The Machine Stops', eerily prescient about our online world.
'The Machine develops - but not on our lines. The Machine Proceeds - but not to our goal.'
www.juliangirdham.com/blog/em-fors...
'The Machine develops - but not on our lines. The Machine Proceeds - but not to our goal.'
www.juliangirdham.com/blog/em-fors...
E.M. Forster's 'The Machine Stops' — Julian Girdham
E.M. Forster’s 1909 short story ‘The Machine Stops’ is an uncanny predictor of our own tech-saturated existence.
www.juliangirdham.com
November 8, 2025 at 11:27 AM
(New). On E.M. Forster's 1909 story 'The Machine Stops', eerily prescient about our online world.
'The Machine develops - but not on our lines. The Machine Proceeds - but not to our goal.'
www.juliangirdham.com/blog/em-fors...
'The Machine develops - but not on our lines. The Machine Proceeds - but not to our goal.'
www.juliangirdham.com/blog/em-fors...
Good Morning ☀️ and Happy #FlyDay
Forster’s Tern
#EastCoastKin #PhotographersUnited #photography #birdphotography #birds
Forster’s Tern
#EastCoastKin #PhotographersUnited #photography #birdphotography #birds
October 31, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Good Morning ☀️ and Happy #FlyDay
Forster’s Tern
#EastCoastKin #PhotographersUnited #photography #birdphotography #birds
Forster’s Tern
#EastCoastKin #PhotographersUnited #photography #birdphotography #birds
And here's the pics separately. Forster's tern catching a squid at Moss Landing, CA.
October 30, 2025 at 5:01 AM
And here's the pics separately. Forster's tern catching a squid at Moss Landing, CA.
For #WingedWednesday
Forster’s Tern
The moment right before the bird would dart down into the water
Bombay Hook NWR, 25 October 2025
#EastCoastKin #PhotographersUnited #photography #birdphotography #birds
Forster’s Tern
The moment right before the bird would dart down into the water
Bombay Hook NWR, 25 October 2025
#EastCoastKin #PhotographersUnited #photography #birdphotography #birds
October 29, 2025 at 7:53 PM
For #WingedWednesday
Forster’s Tern
The moment right before the bird would dart down into the water
Bombay Hook NWR, 25 October 2025
#EastCoastKin #PhotographersUnited #photography #birdphotography #birds
Forster’s Tern
The moment right before the bird would dart down into the water
Bombay Hook NWR, 25 October 2025
#EastCoastKin #PhotographersUnited #photography #birdphotography #birds
New Lifer ‼️
Forster’s Tern doing its thing trying to catch some food
Bombay Hook NWR, 25 October 2025
#EastCoastKin #PhotographersUnited #photography #birdphotography #birds
Forster’s Tern doing its thing trying to catch some food
Bombay Hook NWR, 25 October 2025
#EastCoastKin #PhotographersUnited #photography #birdphotography #birds
October 28, 2025 at 6:07 PM
New Lifer ‼️
Forster’s Tern doing its thing trying to catch some food
Bombay Hook NWR, 25 October 2025
#EastCoastKin #PhotographersUnited #photography #birdphotography #birds
Forster’s Tern doing its thing trying to catch some food
Bombay Hook NWR, 25 October 2025
#EastCoastKin #PhotographersUnited #photography #birdphotography #birds
The Wolf of Snow Hollow (2020)
Brillant character actor Robert Forster's next-to-last performance.
#Werewolves #Spooktober #CountdownToHalloween
Brillant character actor Robert Forster's next-to-last performance.
#Werewolves #Spooktober #CountdownToHalloween
October 27, 2025 at 9:32 PM
The Wolf of Snow Hollow (2020)
Brillant character actor Robert Forster's next-to-last performance.
#Werewolves #Spooktober #CountdownToHalloween
Brillant character actor Robert Forster's next-to-last performance.
#Werewolves #Spooktober #CountdownToHalloween
EXACTLY! They can start a Civil or World War, save themselves in bunkers all while
reducing to population
to refuse public services.
Read WM Forster's
ONE SECOND AFTER.
Spoiler alert: The government saves themselves and leaves the population to starvation and disease. It's a slow rolling COUP.
reducing to population
to refuse public services.
Read WM Forster's
ONE SECOND AFTER.
Spoiler alert: The government saves themselves and leaves the population to starvation and disease. It's a slow rolling COUP.
October 24, 2025 at 11:08 PM
EXACTLY! They can start a Civil or World War, save themselves in bunkers all while
reducing to population
to refuse public services.
Read WM Forster's
ONE SECOND AFTER.
Spoiler alert: The government saves themselves and leaves the population to starvation and disease. It's a slow rolling COUP.
reducing to population
to refuse public services.
Read WM Forster's
ONE SECOND AFTER.
Spoiler alert: The government saves themselves and leaves the population to starvation and disease. It's a slow rolling COUP.
October 20, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Every day we inch a little closer to making Forster's "The Machine Stops" a reality, and I have mixed feelings about it tbh
our "smart" coffee machine at work is broken today. I made a joke about it being related to the AWS outage but then we looked in the back and it's plugged into ethernet
October 20, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Every day we inch a little closer to making Forster's "The Machine Stops" a reality, and I have mixed feelings about it tbh
Forster's terns hanging out on a cool fall morning
📷 #Nikon #Z8 + Nikkor 180-600mm (ISO 400, f11, 1/800s) 🪶
#birds #birdphotography
📷 #Nikon #Z8 + Nikkor 180-600mm (ISO 400, f11, 1/800s) 🪶
#birds #birdphotography
October 17, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Forster's terns hanging out on a cool fall morning
📷 #Nikon #Z8 + Nikkor 180-600mm (ISO 400, f11, 1/800s) 🪶
#birds #birdphotography
📷 #Nikon #Z8 + Nikkor 180-600mm (ISO 400, f11, 1/800s) 🪶
#birds #birdphotography
Before Charlotte Mion (ENS-PSL/Sorbonne) deconstructed and illuminated Forster's use of colour in 'Where Angels Fear to Tread' and 'A Room with a View' (3/3)
October 16, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Before Charlotte Mion (ENS-PSL/Sorbonne) deconstructed and illuminated Forster's use of colour in 'Where Angels Fear to Tread' and 'A Room with a View' (3/3)
#FirstDraftFall
All of them for different reasons
Alstair's disability & attitude
Bast's soft side & vulnerabilities (also his power & strength)
Forster's ace affection & devotion
Trest's cunning & aro devotion
The star's innocence & amoral brutality
All of them for different reasons
Alstair's disability & attitude
Bast's soft side & vulnerabilities (also his power & strength)
Forster's ace affection & devotion
Trest's cunning & aro devotion
The star's innocence & amoral brutality
#WeeknightWriters #FirstDraftFall Of all the characters in your story, who are you most excited to write about?
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October 14, 2025 at 1:38 PM
#FirstDraftFall
All of them for different reasons
Alstair's disability & attitude
Bast's soft side & vulnerabilities (also his power & strength)
Forster's ace affection & devotion
Trest's cunning & aro devotion
The star's innocence & amoral brutality
All of them for different reasons
Alstair's disability & attitude
Bast's soft side & vulnerabilities (also his power & strength)
Forster's ace affection & devotion
Trest's cunning & aro devotion
The star's innocence & amoral brutality
2. The 2nd season got off to a spectacular start with an adaptation of E.M. Forster’s remarkably prescient story ‘The Machine Stops’.
Later that same evening, Brian Aldiss was full of praise for the production, which boasted some extraordinary set design, on the BBC arts show ‘Late Night Line-Up’.
Later that same evening, Brian Aldiss was full of praise for the production, which boasted some extraordinary set design, on the BBC arts show ‘Late Night Line-Up’.
October 6, 2025 at 10:03 AM
2. The 2nd season got off to a spectacular start with an adaptation of E.M. Forster’s remarkably prescient story ‘The Machine Stops’.
Later that same evening, Brian Aldiss was full of praise for the production, which boasted some extraordinary set design, on the BBC arts show ‘Late Night Line-Up’.
Later that same evening, Brian Aldiss was full of praise for the production, which boasted some extraordinary set design, on the BBC arts show ‘Late Night Line-Up’.
Forster’s Tern briefly from our Autumn Safari cruise this PM in the Wareham Channel, also 1 Glossy Ibis, 2 BN Grebe, 1 WT Eagle, 3 RB Merg’s (first of autumn), 113 Spoonbill, 3-4 Marsh Harrier, 2 Spotshank @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social
October 3, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Forster’s Tern briefly from our Autumn Safari cruise this PM in the Wareham Channel, also 1 Glossy Ibis, 2 BN Grebe, 1 WT Eagle, 3 RB Merg’s (first of autumn), 113 Spoonbill, 3-4 Marsh Harrier, 2 Spotshank @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @birdguides.bsky.social
You could try James Ivory's adaptation of E.M. Forster's long-unpublished gay novel Maurice, or if you can find it, "Killing All the Right People," the AIDS episode of the sitcom Designing Women.
October 2, 2025 at 7:12 PM
You could try James Ivory's adaptation of E.M. Forster's long-unpublished gay novel Maurice, or if you can find it, "Killing All the Right People," the AIDS episode of the sitcom Designing Women.
For today's #BirdOfTheDay, I've picked a Snowy Egret who coincidentally also has its Tongue out for Tuesday! And also a Forster's Tern demonstrating its aerodynamic ability
#birds #wildlife
#birds #wildlife
September 30, 2025 at 3:57 PM
For today's #BirdOfTheDay, I've picked a Snowy Egret who coincidentally also has its Tongue out for Tuesday! And also a Forster's Tern demonstrating its aerodynamic ability
#birds #wildlife
#birds #wildlife
Today's #BirdOfTheDay is any bird who's main colour is 'White'. I couldn't narrow down to one, so here we have my shortlist. A Great Egret, Snowy Egret, Forster's Tern and White Pelican. #Birds 🪶 #EastCoastKin #Photography
September 30, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Today's #BirdOfTheDay is any bird who's main colour is 'White'. I couldn't narrow down to one, so here we have my shortlist. A Great Egret, Snowy Egret, Forster's Tern and White Pelican. #Birds 🪶 #EastCoastKin #Photography
On terribly windy days, with birds blowing one way and my camera the other, I'm happy to even get them in the frame. If they're recognizable, I call it a win and walk away content.
Forster's Tern
#birds #nature #wildlife #photography #TernTuesday #BirdOfTheDay
Forster's Tern
#birds #nature #wildlife #photography #TernTuesday #BirdOfTheDay
September 30, 2025 at 12:05 PM
On terribly windy days, with birds blowing one way and my camera the other, I'm happy to even get them in the frame. If they're recognizable, I call it a win and walk away content.
Forster's Tern
#birds #nature #wildlife #photography #TernTuesday #BirdOfTheDay
Forster's Tern
#birds #nature #wildlife #photography #TernTuesday #BirdOfTheDay
So, EM Forster's most famous short story is The Machine Stops (1909), very prescient about physically isolated, always-connected internet culture.
One of his last stories, Little Imber, was an incomplete work set against a future world fertility crisis, concluding with 2 men making a jizzbaby.
One of his last stories, Little Imber, was an incomplete work set against a future world fertility crisis, concluding with 2 men making a jizzbaby.
September 28, 2025 at 4:58 PM
So, EM Forster's most famous short story is The Machine Stops (1909), very prescient about physically isolated, always-connected internet culture.
One of his last stories, Little Imber, was an incomplete work set against a future world fertility crisis, concluding with 2 men making a jizzbaby.
One of his last stories, Little Imber, was an incomplete work set against a future world fertility crisis, concluding with 2 men making a jizzbaby.
#BookWormSat 📘
Marking the first public railway (1825) with E.M. Forster’s evocative lines from 'Howards End' (1910):
"London was beginning to illuminate herself... it was the hour of a change, and all the rails led to the station."
#OnThisDay #RailwayAnniversary 🚂
Marking the first public railway (1825) with E.M. Forster’s evocative lines from 'Howards End' (1910):
"London was beginning to illuminate herself... it was the hour of a change, and all the rails led to the station."
#OnThisDay #RailwayAnniversary 🚂
September 27, 2025 at 1:48 PM
#BookWormSat 📘
Marking the first public railway (1825) with E.M. Forster’s evocative lines from 'Howards End' (1910):
"London was beginning to illuminate herself... it was the hour of a change, and all the rails led to the station."
#OnThisDay #RailwayAnniversary 🚂
Marking the first public railway (1825) with E.M. Forster’s evocative lines from 'Howards End' (1910):
"London was beginning to illuminate herself... it was the hour of a change, and all the rails led to the station."
#OnThisDay #RailwayAnniversary 🚂
September 24, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Forster's terns with winter/non-breeding plumage. During the summer/breeding season, the top of their heads down to their eyes are jet black. 🪶
(14 September 2025 / Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge / Cambridge, Maryland, USA)
(14 September 2025 / Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge / Cambridge, Maryland, USA)
September 23, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Forster's terns with winter/non-breeding plumage. During the summer/breeding season, the top of their heads down to their eyes are jet black. 🪶
(14 September 2025 / Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge / Cambridge, Maryland, USA)
(14 September 2025 / Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge / Cambridge, Maryland, USA)
THE INTERN—
Juvenile Forster's tern w the sea and sky made suddenly gorgeous tonight by Tropical Storm Mario 🌀🪶
Juvenile Forster's tern w the sea and sky made suddenly gorgeous tonight by Tropical Storm Mario 🌀🪶
September 22, 2025 at 2:58 AM
THE INTERN—
Juvenile Forster's tern w the sea and sky made suddenly gorgeous tonight by Tropical Storm Mario 🌀🪶
Juvenile Forster's tern w the sea and sky made suddenly gorgeous tonight by Tropical Storm Mario 🌀🪶