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Standard-winged Nightjar for A.E.! Thank you for your #Waymakers donation! 🎨🪶 #SciArt #BirdArt We're down to the last day for donations, don't miss out! Every dollar goes to helping immigrant kids in the US! Donate here: youngcenter.donordrive.com/campaigns/Bi... @theyoungcenter.bsky.social

Illustration of a Standard-winged Nightjar doing a display flight in front of a big beautiful glowing full moon. The nightjar, a mottled gray/brown/white bird, has long pointed wingtips, a short stubby beak, and a big black eye. It is flying with wings bent low in an upside-down U shape while wiggling its strange "standards" - elongated huge shiny black primaries that bend upward from the wings and look like black pointed flags.

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Lauren @tinylongwing.bsky.social · 10h

For a C.S., a juvenile European Herring Gull! I can hear this pic. Thank you for your #Waymakers donation! 🪶🎨 #SciArt #BirdArt We're down to the last day for donations, don't miss out! Every dollar goes to helping immigrant kids in the US! Donate here: youngcenter.donordrive.com/campaigns/Bi...

Illustration of a set of European Herring Gulls lined up in front of a gray sea. All of the adults are blurred, either close to or far from the "camera", leaving a juvenile in focus with its beak open to the sky as it calls out. The adults are snowy white and pale gray with bright yellow bills, but the juvenile has a black bill, mottled pale gray head and breast, and extensive brown-gray mottling all over the wings and back.

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Lauren @tinylongwing.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Burrowing Owl for meraxes-of-new-albion on tumblr! Thank you for the donation! 🪶🎨 #BirdArt #SciArt The #Waymakers Challenge raises funds for @theyoungcenter.bsky.social to help immigrant kids in the US! Donate by end of day Sept. 30 - not much time left! youngcenter.donordrive.com/campaigns/Bi...

Illustration of a Burrowing Owl standing on a patch of chunky dry dirt in front of distant blurry powerlines. The owl is long-legged and standing tall, with its head tilted to the side as it peers toward the viewer with its huge yellow eyes.

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Lauren @tinylongwing.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Luzon Bleeding-heart for a kind anonymous donor! Thank you for your contribution! 🪶🎨 #BirdArt #SciArt The #Waymakers Challenge raises funds for @theyoungcenter.bsky.social to help immigrant kids in the US! Donate by Sept. 30 - only a few days left! youngcenter.donordrive.com/campaigns/Bi...

Illustration of a Luzon Bleeding-heart, a dove with a patch of deep red feathers in the center of the breast that look as though the bird has a bleeding wound. Otherwise its cap is gray, throat is white, lower belly is orange, and the wings are barred blue-gray and black. It is perched on a mossy log amidst lush green, implying a tropical jungle.

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Lauren @tinylongwing.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The charismatic Coppersmith Barbet for datubooty on tumblr! Thank you for the donation! 🎨🪶 #SciArt #BirdArt The #Waymakers Challenge raises funds for @theyoungcenter.bsky.social to help immigrant kids in the US! Donate by Sept. 30 - only a few days left! youngcenter.donordrive.com/campaigns/Bi...

Illustration of a Coppersmith Barbet, a large-headed, large-billed bird with a clown-like face pattern of red, black, and yellow. The bird otherwise is mostly green with spots of turquoise on the nape and wings. It is perched with its back to us on the branch of a fig tree, and has a piece of fig fruit in its beak - likely torn from the broken fruit on the top of a cluster to the bird's right.

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Lauren @tinylongwing.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Naretha Bluebonnet for @moonsprig.bsky.social ! Thank you for the #Waymakers donation! 🎨🪶 #BirdArt #SciArt The #Waymakers Challenge raises funds for @theyoungcenter.bsky.social to help immigrant kids in the US! Donate by Sept. 30 - only a few days left! youngcenter.donordrive.com/campaigns/Bi...

Illustration of a Naretha Bluebonnet, a slim olive-gray parakeet with a bright blue face, wings, and tail. Vivid yellow and orange dot its rump, belly, and shoulder. The bird is perched amid clusters of small silver-gray leaves.

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artemisaroart.bsky.social @artemisaroart.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I’m back with another bird, this time the blue jay! I’ve had a lot of fun drawing birds that are more local to me, and this one was extra special - it’s a gift for one of my very good friends. #sciart #birds #digitalart #wildlifeart #birdart

a digitally painted blue jay on a navy blue background. the bird is seen from the back with its wings folded and head looking to the right.

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Lauren @tinylongwing.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

King Rail, for a generous anonymous donor to #Waymakers! Thank you, and awesome bird choice, this was a fun one! 🎨🪶 #BirdArt #SciArt The Waymakers Challenge every September raises funds to help immigrant kids in the US! Donate before Sept. 30: youngcenter.donordrive.com/campaigns/Bi...

Illustration of a King Rail in a thick bed of tall yellow-brown reeds and marshy water. The bird is wading foot-deep through the tall grass, here peering out beneath a bent leaf. It has a long pinkish beak, white chin, rufous-orange breast, and barred black and white belly and sides.

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Lauren @tinylongwing.bsky.social · 19/09/2024

For @cassalalia.bsky.social for their Waymakers donation, a Turkey Vulture! Such a fun request, I don't get to illustrate these intelligent, sweet birds nearly often enough, so thank you, truly! To donate to help immigrant kids and pick a bird, see: runsignup.com/tinylongwing Ends Sept. 30! 🐡🪶🎨

Digital illustration of a Turkey Vulture in warm late afternoon sunlight. This vulture's head feathers are tugged up against the evening chill, making it look like it's wearing a cute, snuggly, feathery hoodie. It has an unfeathered pink face, white beak, and purple-copper body feathers.

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Brian Slaby @bslaby.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Finally saw #Spiderman today. Lots of cool stuff in that movie. I loved how they handled Peter being out of balance, expressed through his powers. I was spoiled about who Sadie Sink was playing before going in, but her actual role in the movie was not what I expected. Very enjoyable overall.

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Kelly Lynne D’Angelo ✨ @kellylynnedang.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

The way you’re all feeling about Trump destroying National Parks is how Native people have felt — everyday, for centuries — since your arrival here and destruction of our home for YOU. Your presence here was not created in a vaccum.

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Brian Slaby @bslaby.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

I have slightly revised my opinion. While I still want @mapquest.com to recognize lat/long coordinates, "dealbreaker" was a bit harsh. I've been using MapQuest when I just need to get to an address, and I'm only opening fascist #Apple Maps (very begrudgingly) when I need to navigate to coordinates.

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Brian Slaby @bslaby.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

These motherfuckers keep doing illegal shit, and either suffer no consequences, or occasionally get a slap on the wrist. There better be a fucking RECKONING after the midterms. And if the dems prove spineless as ever, it’s gonna need to come from the bottom up.

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Brian Slaby @bslaby.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Still mad about how #Disney treated #Willow We need the 2nd and 3rd seasons we were promised, but a good first step would be making season 1 available again. #SaveWillow

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Brian Slaby @bslaby.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Fuck you #Apple, you fucking cowards. @mapquest.com I would really love to switch to your app, but the fact that lat/long coordinates don’t work in search is a dealbreaker. This is absolutely mandatory functionality for me (for work in particular).

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Lupita Nihongo @otsumamiboy.blacksky.app · 01/09/2026

The value of Graham Platner is that right up until all his red flags came toppling down upon him is that he is the most naked example of the amount of grace & credibility Simply Being White grants you. Compared to Abdul El-Sayed, who has to re-earn every ounce of credibility he has on a daily basis.

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Lauren @tinylongwing.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Atlantic Puffin for @2manycurls.bsky.social ! Thank you for the Waymakers donation! Did you know this species has a fluorescent beak? See replies for more info. #SciArt #BirdArt 🎨🪶 All donations help immigrant kids in the US! Ends Sept. 30 youngcenter.donordrive.com/campaigns/Bi...

Atlantic Puffin illustration imagined with a visibly fluorescent beak. It is a round dumpling of a bird, black with a white face and white belly, posed at night in front of rocky mountains and a starry sky. The beak's normal striped orange-yellow-gray pattern glows vividly turquoise with the pale stripes forming blue-tinted triangles.

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 30/08/2026

Broken swing sets? Missing basketball nets? Have no fear, Renew Crew is here. Neighborhood parks are meant for recreation — not frustration. If it’s broken, this crew will fix it. If it’s run-down, they’ll renew it. Renew Crew: Coming soon to a park near you.

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Brian Slaby @bslaby.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

I just spent so long staring at Sokka’s ex-girlfriend.

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Lee Cronin’s Pablo Hidalgo @infinata.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

I will never get people’s ability to listen to their devices without headphones in public. I’m mortified just reflecting enough light to be seen.

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 24/08/2026

Sometimes society at large rejects certain ideas because they’ve been thoroughly shown to be wrong and also because they suck and the people who espouse them suck and when someone comes around arguing those ideas should be part of some edgy modern debate we can and should shun them and move on.

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Benjamin Riley @benjaminjriley.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

So we know AI helped a negligible number of students. But how many did it harm? I've crunched the raw data provided by the lead researcher, and what I've found is that ~9,500 students using AI studied less than even the *least* studious, non-AI using student. This should shock the conscience.

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Lauren @tinylongwing.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

For #BirdOfTheDay, this lovely #SunnyDayBirds illustration is of a singing female American Redstart done for @songbirding.com . Many female birds do sing, and yet we still know very little about it! #BirdArt #SciArt 🪶

Illustration of a singing female American Redstart on a bright sunny spring day. Her head is tipped back, beak open, while she is perched on a mottled brown branch. She is overall grayish on the body but has a patch of bright yellow at the side of the breast, and a black and yellow tail. Behind her are pale pastel well-lit dogwood flowers and soft green leaves.

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Brian Slaby @bslaby.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

So, the guillotine worked. Good to know.

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DiscussingFilm @discussingfilm.net · 02/08/2026

‘BEYOND THE SPIDER-VERSE’ is officially the next Spider-Man film. In theaters on June 18, 2027.

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Mekka Okereke @mekka.mekka-tech.com · 03/08/2026

The polarization isn't coming from social media. The polarization is coming from the fact that half of the politicians and 36% of the voters openly support ethnic cleansing policies, and 64% of the voters do not support ethnic cleansing. Normal people don't want to be civil with ethnic cleansers.

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Brandon Bird @brandonbird.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Spider-Man feeding the spiders in the park.

A cartoon of Spider-Man on a park bench with a pouch of Spider Snacks feeding spiders.

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ohhhbrannn🦋🍂🐀 @ohhhbrannn.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

yeah it’s called #willow and we need more of it!

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Dom Ervolina @dominicervolina.com · 31/07/2026

Vivek Ramaswamy tells a crowd of young Libertarians in Ohio "The truth of the matter is, people in my generation have already made it. We're gonna be fine." He is then booed off of the stage

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Brian Slaby @bslaby.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Hard pass, I’ll just keep playing FFG Star Wars. I’m not going from the narrative dice system to lame d20. And 5e D&D is mediocre even by d20 standards. I said it.

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Brian Slaby @bslaby.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

This is embarrassing, even for AI slop. We’re being governed by idiots.

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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Those country shapes are also fictional. Those shapes don't exist in those locations

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Dr Neil & Mr Price @drneil.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

It’s really starting to grind me down

The Barney/Moe’s Tavern meme

“Default AI features” Barney being kicked out
“Finding how to turn it all off in the settings” -satisfied Moe

Third panel Barney coming in behind “software update”

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Ed @notdred.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

To me cutting USAID is like, you put a quarter into a slot every day to keep millions of people alive. You don’t have to do it but it causes you no hardship. Then one day the job falls to people who are overtly white supremacist and they decide to stop doing it. It is most obviously murder

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Maggie Harrison Dupré @mharrisondupre.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

NEW: A large trove of Claude-generated documents have been exposed to the web and indexed by Google. We reviewed what appear to be real medical records, the full names and phone numbers of school-aged children, and company documents marked for internal use only. futurism.com/artificial-i...

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A Whole Bunch of People's Claude Chats Are Publicly Accessible Online, and There's Some Wildly Private Stuff in There

A trove of documents generated by Anthropic's Claude were indexed by Google. They included medical records and student information.

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Mekka Okereke @mekka.mekka-tech.com · 27/07/2026

A lot of what's written in this article is true, with Trump giving or withholding federal funds depending on whether the recipient state voted for him or for Harris. But that is absolutely not why the Democratic National Committee is broke. It's broke because voters won't donate to non-fighters.🤷🏿‍♂️

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Jude @jude.athrabeth.com · 27/07/2026

this guy is either profoundly fucking stupid or trolling specifically to try and prop up his company because he knows its a house of cards made out of flash paper and the torches are getting closer

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Mekka Okereke @mekka.mekka-tech.com · 26/07/2026

Trump thinks he's winning because he uses US offensive missiles to strike Iranian drone sites, and defensive missiles to protect against drone strikes. Iran thinks it's winning because the US spends billions on missiles to fight millions in drones. Their strategy is to deplete the US. It's working.

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Carl Bovis @carlbovisnature.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

If you think photographing birds in flight is difficult, you want to try moths!😅 This is a wonderful Hummingbird Hawkmoth, photographed yesterday from my bedroom window, just as it banked around to change direction!😀😍 Just look at that proboscis 🦋 (The moth looks a bit like a fish doesn't it!)😁

A Hummingbird Hawkmoth banking around with its body turned but its wings and head vertical against a dark blue background of a neighbour's car

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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Let me get this straight. Hegseth is asking for $1.5 trillion to fight a war that was started for no reason to reopen a strait that was open before they started the war but we don’t have money to forgive student loans, for universal healthcare or even free f*cking school lunches?

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Denzel Washington Says GTFO

ALT: Denzel Washington Says GTFO

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 22/07/2026

Benjamin Netanyahu is a war criminal.

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Mariah McCourt @monsterteatime.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

:;sigh:: Tolkien actually describes hobbits as brown skinned, never describes dwarves skin color at all because he was too busy identifying them via hat, and "fair" the way he used it meant pretty. Yeah, some individuals are described as white skin but lots aren't at all. Also, it's 2026 & made up.

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 14/07/2026

This morning in Biddeford, Maine, a 26-year-old man said goodbye to his wife and daughter and left for work. Moments later he was dead, shot in the head by ICE agents, the second man ICE has killed in six days. ICE is killing our neighbors. ICE cannot be reformed. Abolish ICE.

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Jeremy Yoder says no war @jbyoder.org · 13/07/2026

Holy COW. Text analysis of comments on the OMB rule: overwhelming opposition, overwhelmingly not form letters. (But 9 in 10 comments supporting the rule ARE form responses, LOL) Whatever happens next, folks have stepped up.

Screenshot text: Between May 29 and July 9, roughly 51,000 comments were posted to regulations.gov (and over 200,000 more had been received but not yet published). The verdict on public sentiment is clear and lopsided: about 94 percent oppose the proposed rule and only 6 percent support it, with fewer than one percent marked as unclear. The opposition is overwhelmingly grassroots rather than orchestrated. Form letters make up only about 16 percent of all comments (roughly 8,400 comments across 210 distinct campaigns), and only about one in eight opposing comments came from a form-letter campaign. Support for the rule, by contrast, was almost entirely organized: nearly nine in ten supportive comments (about 2,500) came from a single form-letter campaign. Opponents mostly wrote their own comments; supporters mostly signed the same form-letter.

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Brian Slaby @bslaby.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

This took me way more than a few minutes, even with this tool, but it was worth doing.

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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Don’t live your life so that when you die people say “oh I was hoping it’d be the other guy, but I’ll take it”

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Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 08/07/2026

absolutely insane story, and yeah, just looking at this chart... with the exception of maybe two people, this entire class was cheating like motherfuckers

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Get To Know Nature @gettoknownature.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Y'all, I generally keep things family friendly on this account. But I have to say: FUCK THIS SHIT Ok, now I'm going to go see what photos I have of endangered species so I can share how important they are.

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