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David Taylor @davidtaylor.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

There were very loud audible sighs all around me when that one was read out. And the predictive modeling for determining assets most *likely* to fail and thus ripest for preemptive replacement actually sounds like a reasonable application of machine learning tbf.

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David Taylor @davidtaylor.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Had a whole family of them across the street from us in bk that occasionally would even claim our roof as theirs for a day

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David Taylor @davidtaylor.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

For past 14 years -- through Sandy and the days of blackout, through covid lockdown, through everything -- he was always just 100% love and joy. I could not have asked for a better friend.

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David Taylor @davidtaylor.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

Any furniture assembly or appliance repair — just cleaning the dryer filter — and he’d be right there insisting on sniffing and inspecting every screw or tab as it was installed. Jigsaw puzzles required 1000 individual inspections. No box was *ever* opened and unpacked without his participation.

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David Taylor @davidtaylor.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

Any time I returned home, from work or even just running trash out, he’d meet me at the door to lead me to a specific chair where he could stand tall enough to do ritual nose boops and licks. He’d hop up to ride on my shoulders to supervise wherever I was cooking or doing chores (except vacuuming).

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David Taylor @davidtaylor.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

Said goodbye to my absolute best friend and constant companion yesterday. He was by my side through everything over the past decade —literally. He’d wait at the shower curtain every morning to welcome me back when the scary water turned off. The most loyal steadfast little buddy. So long my friend 💖

A senior tabby cat batting at a toy in the air while curled in a man’s arm

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David Taylor @davidtaylor.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

Bond had our cat on blood pressure meds since he always read high during office exams (+it's common in elderly&CKD cats). Monitoring during hospital stay last year found normal BP/suggested at-home check, which is how we found VH did home visits (and indeed, his BP was normal measured at home).

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David Taylor @davidtaylor.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

They bring some equipment, like scale or heart monitor but imagine but imaging I'm sure would still be a clinic visit. It's been great for routine care, but not a substitute for emergency visits.

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David Taylor @davidtaylor.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

Separate clinic: Vinegar Hill Vet Group; their offices are bk heights and dumbo but they do visits around downtown bk. Switched from Bond to them last year and been very happy. Also, their vets follow-up with labs/next steps/etc over text unless you ask to schedule a call, which is a plus for me.

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David Taylor @davidtaylor.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

Bond is indeed great – went there for years – but recently discovered Vinegar Hill offers *home visits* in/around downtown BK. At least for our cat the safety/comfort of staying in familiar environment makes experience so much less stressful. Could be worth trying if Squiggles hates office visits.

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Lilly Dancyger @lillydancyger.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

listen, I didn't stop listening to Nirvana when they started selling the smiley face shirts at Urban Outfitters; I'm not gonna stop using em-dashes just because chatGPT uses them

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David Taylor @davidtaylor.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

Yeah, Boerum hill too. Dip was long enough of fully reboot router and reset my ACs. Back up to a nice, stable 122v now though.

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David Taylor @davidtaylor.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

Was idly clicking around the website of a new condo bldg that went up in my neighborhood and noticed list an in-building pottery studio -- "curated by BKLYN Clay" -- among the building's amenities bergenbrooklyn.com/amenities

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David Taylor @davidtaylor.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

Incredible OHNY boat tour of the Port of NJ last night led by PANYNJ's Director of Ports, Beth Rooney plus an obligatory stop by some local statue. "48m consumers live within four hours of this port, while four hours from the Port of Long Beach doesn't even get you out of LA's traffic" 😂

Ship to shore cranes at the port of new jersey

ship to shore cranes with the sun setting behind them

The Nord Vanquish tanker being escorted by two tugboats into the sunset

The Statue of Liberty backlit be the sun behind her head

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David Taylor @davidtaylor.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

@agounardes.bsky.social given S4091 will likely result in bk constituents like me, who rely on our late night G trains, to see worse service and longer commutes, why support it? Is there any data to suggest that ending OPTO won’t cause an uptick in crew-availability dispatch delays?

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David Taylor @davidtaylor.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

Assume that has something to do with early voting ballots being just-in-time printed to order for your specific council / assembly / etc dist, whereas day-of sites use preprinted ballots to keep up with the rush and it is easier to have one common page and then one per-district page?

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David Taylor @davidtaylor.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

I wanted to say mourning dove at first as well but tail looks pretty triangular rather than diamond?

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David Taylor @davidtaylor.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

Hm, think I somehow disconnected from the #birds feed so I might need to #addbirder again

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David Taylor @davidtaylor.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

A few warblers from WBF walk in Central Park last week 🪶

common yellow throat warbler on a branch

black and white warbler running up the trunk of a tree

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David Taylor @davidtaylor.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

Incredible! iirc you’ve mentioned rocking the z8 before right? Is that paired with the 600 f/6.3? or the f/4? Or something longer?

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David Taylor @davidtaylor.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

Seeing a California towhee side by side with a golden crowned sparrow makes the fact the towhee is a (large) sparrow pretty apparent — or at least more so than with, say, the easter towhee 🪶

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David Taylor @davidtaylor.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

As a New Yorker it is always a treat when traveling to warmer places in winter to spot birds that we’d usually only get to see briefly as they pass through on migrations. These bright little warblers are so cheerful 🪶

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David Taylor @davidtaylor.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Bewick’s Wren is hunting for bugs 🪶

Bewick’s Wren under a leaf looking at the camera

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David Taylor @davidtaylor.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Anna’s Hummingbirds in the morning rain 🪶

Anna’s hummingbird mid-flight visiting a flower

A hummingbird is in flight above flowers

A hummingbird is perched on a bench with raindrops falling in the foreground blur

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David Taylor @davidtaylor.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Pied-billed grebes, golden eyes and buffleheads and one very content looking a seal in Tomales bay 🪶

Harbor seal floating with its eyes closed in the sun

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David Taylor @davidtaylor.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Chick-a-dee has places to be 🪶

a chick-a-dee taking flight from a branch

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David Taylor @davidtaylor.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Osprey watching to see what the ferry churned up as we got into Larkspur right at sunset. Had several grebes and a harbor seal following us as well by the time we reached the dock. 🪶

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Jason Rabinowitz @airlineflyer.net · 05/01/2025

Happy Congestion Pricing Day to all who celebrate!

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David Taylor @davidtaylor.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

I’ve watched three b65’s gather at Smith and Fulton so that all three can start their trip _on the same light cycle_. I don’t understand why the drivers _intentionally_ platoon like this?

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Michael Haslam @twigtechnology.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Some days the mirror is not your friend. New #animaltooluse report by Jason Love et al. in @wilsonornithsoc.bsky.social. A Northern Cardinal repeatedly picked up gravel, flew to a car mirror and struck the mirror with the stone. (It's a Ford Escape SUV, not clear if that mattered to the bird) 🧪🪶

A composite set of photos showing a small red bird picking up a rock from a gravel carpark beside a car tyre, then successively carrying the rock up to a car mirror and striking the mirror with the stone before dropping it. The car is a white SUV. This is Figure 1 from the research paper by Love et al. titled: 'Agonistic tool use? A Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) uses pebbles to strike its reflection', published in The Wilson Journal of Ornithology.

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David Taylor @davidtaylor.bsky.social · 25/10/2024

Recent scritches have been insufficient, so given you seem to value this 600mm prime, I shall lie directly on it, my comfort be damned, until arrears are paid in full.

A tabby cat curled into a ball on and up against a pile of camera gear and binoculars looking less than comfortable.

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David Taylor @davidtaylor.bsky.social · 14/10/2024

I think that is Borough Hall (the overpass over the 4/5 tracks), or if not it has the same sign.

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David Taylor @davidtaylor.bsky.social · 09/10/2024

Angry lil falcon fledge on my roof... with its even angrier (at me) mama 🪶

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David Taylor @davidtaylor.bsky.social · 09/10/2024

huh, I never realized the black was a layer on top of the yellow that they could shed! The only juveniles I've spent much time close to day after day are my local cardinals and their beaks seem to turn orange gradually from edges then inward fading from black to orange gradually.

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David Taylor @davidtaylor.bsky.social · 07/10/2024

Some serious attitude from these little guys in prospect park today. 🪶

Golden crowned kinglet standing and flapping its wings

Black throated green warbler giving side eye

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David Taylor @davidtaylor.bsky.social · 07/10/2024

Here are some clearer shots. I still think it is a white-throated, but I’m nicknaming it the “bald eagle sparrow” 🪶

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David Taylor @davidtaylor.bsky.social · 06/10/2024

… White throated sparrow? I think? 🪶

A sparrow with a completely white head and yellow patch above the eye

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David Taylor @davidtaylor.bsky.social · 05/10/2024

That’s all the Z8’s doing; its autofocus speed is just incredible. I’ve made the trip a few times in past years and couldn’t get a single shot in focus but this year with the new camera was like night and day.

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David Taylor @davidtaylor.bsky.social · 05/10/2024

Vaux's Swifts at McNear's Brick Yard in San Rafael 🪶

A flock of swifts descending into a chimney

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David Taylor @davidtaylor.bsky.social · 05/10/2024

Tried to get a video of the Vaux's swifts coming in to roost in San Rafael a few weeks ago. Not the steadiest hands shooting hand-held with a 600mm 🫣 🪶

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David Taylor @davidtaylor.bsky.social · 02/10/2024

I too just snapped my second ever shot of one this past weekend! 🪶

Belted kingfisher in flight in Central Park

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David Taylor @davidtaylor.bsky.social · 02/10/2024

Finally working through the of shots I took on visit to Bay Area couple weeks ago, starting with this Common Gallinule family (plus a mute swan) in San Rafael 🪶

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