docdok @docdok.bsky.social · 14hToday's #BirdOfTheDay theme from @helenbennett.bsky.social is #BirdSupermodel Any bird captured looking like it's posing for a magazine cover shoot. Great Egret (American) Din Darling wildlife reserve,FLA, 2016 0211
docdok @docdok.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is: #BlueSkies; any bird against a blue sky Village weaver, Kenya 2026 2191
docdok @docdok.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #WingsOpenNotFlying, birds with their wings open when not flying. The Alt theme is #Blue, any bird with Blue in its plumage. Twofer! White-winged dove display, close up shows Blue lores! 1110
docdok @docdok.bsky.social · 03/10/2026#birdoftheday #Black&Red Scarlet-rumped Tanager Arenal, Costa Rica 060
docdok @docdok.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Public administration is close to non existent other than with the gov.ie peoplegov.ie 000
docdok @docdok.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Helen's #BirdOfTheDay choice is #BestBeaks; a bird with a beak/bill with striking colours, bold profiles or an interesting shape. Greater Frigatebird. Heron Island, Queensland, Australia 2140
docdok @docdok.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Any automation used in military, *medical* or other life-and-death situations must be thoroughly evaluated within its use case and paired with usage norms that keep accountability with people who have actual power to make decisions. My asterisks, radiologists please copy!theguardian.comForget ‘superintelligence’: error-prone AI nearly sparked world war three this month | Timnit Gebru and Emily M BenderThe risks of AI aren’t what we think they are, as a recent security incident between China and the United States reveals 020
docdok @docdok.bsky.social · 01/10/2026@atlanticbirding.bsky.social 's theme for #BirdOfTheDay is #Black&White Pied wagtail, but in colour... 171
docdok @docdok.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Perhaps if the tax cut was passed on to the customer rather than pocketed??? 2102
docdok @docdok.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Today's #BirdOfTheDay is #EFG, birds beginning with any of those letters (1st name). First and last! Great-tailed Grackle 1151
docdok @docdok.bsky.social · 28/09/2026@helenbennett.bsky.social says that oday's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #BokehBirds - any bird captured with a soft, muted or blurry background. Bonus points for any bokeh balls! ☺️🪶📷️ Alt: #AwkwardAvian - any bird captured in a silly, clumsy or strange position! Cattle egret in the heat, panting! 1111
docdok @docdok.bsky.social · 27/09/2026@atlaaas.bsky.social 's theme for #BirdOfTheDay is #Seabirds & alt is #Airborne. So I've gone for a #Twofer Lesser Frigatebirds, Heron Island, Queensland, Australia 290
docdok @docdok.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Pairs. Here's a pair of Tawny Eagles. 0110
docdok @docdok.bsky.social · 24/09/2026www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...theguardian.comRick Wakeman performs piano concert to 150 rescued moon bears in VietnamFormer Yes musician plays at sanctuary to raise awareness of animals that remain stuck in cages at ‘bile farms’ 030
docdok @docdok.bsky.social · 23/09/2026@atlanticbirding.bsky.social has said that today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is: #Raptors; any bird of prey Here's a Black Vulture gliding over a forest in Costa Rica 3100
docdok @docdok.bsky.social · 22/09/2026🪶 Rob’s chosen #RedHeads as today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme; any bird with red on it’s head/beak Alternative is #Gull, any Gull will do Twofer! Silver Gull, Queensland, Australia, 1150
Reposted by docdokRoger O'Keeffe @rogerokeeffe.bsky.social · 21/09/2026We elected a President we can be proud of. Not like some people. 🙄 #speirgorm #Áras25 #Uachtarán 051
docdok @docdok.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Alan's #BirdOfTheDay today is #LightAndShadow #chiaroscura Black Noddy, Heron Island, Queensland, Australia 0100
docdok @docdok.bsky.social · 20/09/2026@helenbennett.bsky.social #birdoftheday is #CaptionThatBird. "He said wait here...!" 4313
docdok @docdok.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Two pillows please. 2 am heartburn alert pending. Ask me how I know….! 011
docdok @docdok.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme chosen by Atlantic Birding is: #Elegant; any elegant looking bird African Paradise-Flycatcher doing what it does best, but so elegantly! 270
docdok @docdok.bsky.social · 17/09/2026@alan678.bsky.social has chosen #ODG - Owl, Duck, or Geese as today's #BirdOfTheDay theme. Here's an Eastern Spot-billed duck from Seoul last year. 0150
docdok @docdok.bsky.social · 16/09/2026BBC broadcast it in the mid-eighties, the set had to be ordered from them, as I recall. Great for long car journeys with younger ones! There was a Hitchhiker's Guide too which I have on CD. 020
docdok @docdok.bsky.social · 16/09/2026"Those are my views, and if you don't like them, I have others!" To paraphrase Groucho.. 020
docdok @docdok.bsky.social · 16/09/2026@helenbennett.bsky.social said today's Alt: #BirdyLongLegs Any bird with legs that look way too long for its body! Marabou stork in flight looking ungainly! #MasaiMara 110
docdok @docdok.bsky.social · 16/09/2026"These are not ebikes. They are illegal electric motorbikes." Irish meejah please copy!theguardian.comWhen is an ebike not an ebike? When it has a powerful illegal engine. Get this menace off our roads | Peter WalkerAs a cyclist I want the authorities to act with clarity. Lime bikes and renters can be annoying, but the true threat is those who dangerously flout the law, says the Guardian’s senior political corres... 020
docdok @docdok.bsky.social · 15/09/2026The lobbyist fails to mention the imperative of the USA mid terms. This was self-serving no more no less. 010
docdok @docdok.bsky.social · 15/09/2026TLDR: Two IT journalists read the SIPO returns. Call it an "investigation". #speirgormirishtimes.comMinister for Agriculture has largest farmlands among TDs and SenatorsIrish Times investigation finds FG TD has largest landholding among Oireachtas members and is among highest EU Cap fund recipients 050
docdok @docdok.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Per @atlanticbirding.bsky.social Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is: #Silhoutte; any bird in silhouette Still identifiable? (Grey crowned cranes, again!) 1141
docdok @docdok.bsky.social · 14/09/2026"GP practices were closed and while the GP out-of-hours service in Donegal had been informed of the service “no referrals or telephone enquiries were received” staff shortages; annual, sick and maternity leave were not routinely backfilled and industrial relations issues prevented additional duties 000
docdok @docdok.bsky.social · 14/09/2026"GP practices were closed and while the GP out-of-hours service in Donegal had been informed of the service “no referrals or telephone enquiries were received” staff shortages; annual, sick and maternity leave were not routinely backfilled and industrial relations issues prevented additional dutiesirishtimes.comSaturday hospital unit staffed by consultants saw just five patients over three monthsWeekend pilot of acute medical assessment unit reports no improvement in ED patient flow 010
docdok @docdok.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Mamas&Papas, The Alt theme is #Robins Grey-crowned Cranes in the #MasaiMara with a well camouflaged chick in the grass ... 1100
docdok @docdok.bsky.social · 12/09/2026for today's #BirdOfTheDay theme: #BirdsInAbstract chosen by @helenbennett.bsky.social Twocan play at that game! (yellow-throated), close up captive. 1181
docdok @docdok.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme Alt. is #Black; any bird with black plumage Migrating black tern, Nimmo’s Pier, Galway. 1102
Reposted by docdokAidan O’Brien @aidanobrien.bsky.social · 10/09/2026To use a metaphor that our Minister for Sport can understand, Mary McAleese plays *senior hurling*, while O'Donovan is warming the subs bench on the club reserve team. 1225
docdok @docdok.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is: #ABCD, any bird name beginning with any of these letters. Alt is #RSTU, any bird beginning with any of these letters. Bonus points for covering all letters in main theme 😁 Rose Throated Becard!!! #costarica 1141
docdok @docdok.bsky.social · 09/09/2026As I previously posted, Bloom County nailed this in about 1989! 0121
docdok @docdok.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Great shot! We almost missed Horshoe Bend when we were there! 110
