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Lev Parikian @levparikian.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

250 million birds flew across America last night, tracked by radar. Migration season is upon us, and it’s wilder than you could imagine. Birdcast’s live migration maps and forecasts (from Cornell Lab of Ornithology) are brilliant, and you can find them here. birdcast.org/migration-to...

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RoseMarie @rosesbloom24.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Two Black mayors took cities that the country loves to write off and made them measurably safer. That’s not a fluke. That’s a blueprint. Chicago and Baltimore just posted numbers that should be front-page news. They’re not. We need to talk about why. 🧵 www.theroot.com/opinion-blac...

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David Powe @davidpowe.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

CDOT lost the best of our team yesterday. We're heartbroken. In memory of Riley O'Neil, please refer to these bike racks as "Riley Racks". He led Chicago's bike parking program for several years. Our hearts are broken, but we want to make sure his legacy lives on 💙🚲 Please spread the word

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Erick Masias (he/him) @emasias.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Unedited humming bird photos. This account will now serve as my place to photo dump bird pics 😈

Hummingbird perched on a plant with colorful background

Hummingbird in flight flashing pink from its face

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Brandy Zadrozny @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

Alex Pretti "used to tell people off when they made sexist comments to female physicians. He bought me coffee when I had a really bad day as an intern...I laughed alongside him daily. He made a point to teach medical residents without judgement, but with a smile on his face and a joke."

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NPR @npr.org · 22/12/2025

CBS News Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss pulled a 60 Minutes segment on allegations of abuses at an El Salvador detention center where the Trump administration sent hundreds of Venezuelan migrants. n.pr/4pagOTD

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CBS News chief Bari Weiss pulls '60 Minutes' story, sparking outcry

CBS News Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss pulled a 60 Minutes segment on allegations of abuses at an El Salvador detention center where the Trump administration sent hundreds of Venezuelan migrants.

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Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

This is the teacher federal agents grabbed yesterday at Rayito De Sol daycare in front of children. Attorneys for Diana Santillana have filed a petition in federal court to have her freed from ICE custody.

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Dexter Patterson aka Wisco Birder @wiscobirder.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

During the Q/A at Call & Response Books, someone asked me about a funny bird story… and let’s just say my daughter will never forget the day a juvenile Cedar Waxwing chose her as the perfect landing spot 💩😂 #WiscoBirder 🪶

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

A program in Flint, MI, gave $1,500 to any/all pregnant people and $500/month for the first year of their infant’s life. Among the benefits, those babies experienced lower rates of prematurity and low birth weight, which resulted in fewer NICU admissions, saving the city of Flint $6.2 million/year.

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The US town that pays every pregnant woman $1,500: ‘We’re not OK with our babies being born into poverty’

Infants in Rx Kids in Flint, Michigan, saw lower rates of prematurity and other issues, saving millions in NICU visits

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Dr. Lawren is Openly Ya Ya @lwpedsmd.blacksky.app · 14/09/2025

Too many of yall follow this man.

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Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere @tylerplariviere.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

An airplane flying around Soldier Field ahead of the Chicago Bears home opener, is dragging a banner that reads “HEY ICE MASKS ARE FOR CUCKS”

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

yea i’m surprised to see nazis marching down an american street with nazi flags shouting nazi things and if that doesn’t surprise and scare the shit out of you then lmk which meds you’re on

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lumberjack wharfie @lumberjackwharfie.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

chicago flags at half mast for the little piping plover that got killed by a hawk

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Dr. Hilary Agro, PhD 🍄 @hilaryagro.com · 26/07/2025

Like me, you will think this is a parody video, but she is actually embarrassingly serious about this lmfao

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Alt Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives @anarchobara.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

We need a leftist Dave Matthews Band bus incident

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michelle⁷ @poisonivy47.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

white women need to keep doing this shit.

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lucaisharsh @lucaisharsh.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

Yep, that's Bean *laugh track plays*

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Erick Masias (he/him) @emasias.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

Last spring this park was getting some serious attention from the birding community. It’s a truly magical place

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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

a simple reminder that Bret Stephens once wrote a column describing hatred of Israel as a “disease of the Arab mind” and got hired by the Times AFTER that

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Seth Trueger @mdaware.org · 22/07/2025

my experience with Herbalife was taking care of a handful of patients in residency who were critically ill after ingesting Herbalife of course it’s all horrible and lots of things @yrfatfriend.bsky.social and @michaelhobbes.bsky.social say here resonate with my experience and what I’ve found.

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Podcast Episode · Maintenance Phase · 07/10/2025 · 57m

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˗ˏˋ･ﾟ ʏᴇᴇɴɪᴇ [ᴀꜰ: ᴛᴇᴀᴍ ʀᴜʙ] ˚｡⋆ˎˊ˗ @yeeniebeans.art · 21/07/2025

How to spot if it’s AI or not: - is the anatomy of the animal accurate? - do feathers seem to have fur-like rendering? - does the video look almost TOO cinematographic? - does the plumage match the actual species? - are the proportions of the eyes/body designed to be cute/marketable? This is AI.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

i'm just as frustrated as anyone at how the NYT does news, but maybe it's simply time to accept that their front page is no longer the yardstick for what's actually important and relevant.

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

Type 1 Diabetes is not reversible but acknowledging that would get in the way of the ableism that allows the organization our Health Secretary founded to grift off parents of sick kids

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Instead of normalizing diabetes for our children, our federal health agencies need to be educating the public on how to PREVENT and REVERSE this chronic disease. Is anyone else repulsed that companies like Mattel are capitalizing on sick children?
(Quote tweeting a headline that reads:)
Mattel launches Barbie with Type 1 diabetes and a glucose monitor
The company said the new addition expands its representation and encourages play extending "beyond a child's own lived experience."

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Lakeshore Drive Slut @shredded-teat.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

hold the line folks you're doing important work. live every day with the goal of making these chuds miserable

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Screamer Jim @screamerjim.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

A liberal Minnesota politician was murdered along with her husband and another was shot along with his wife by a right wing anti-abortion psycho and I haven’t seen 1/100th the coverage that Luigi, a man with severely muddled politics, received for shooting a healthcare executive

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Chicago Piping Plovers @chicagopiping.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

🐣🐣🐣🐣 The day we have waited for, worked for has come! All 4 chicks have hatched. Our work carries on as we continue to support Imani and Sea Rocket and their chicks. Thank you, as always, for your support. 📸: Chicago Piping Plovers (Imani removing an eggshell from the nest, June 20, 2025) 1/2

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

My latest for American Scientist Magazine helps give scientists the tools to fight back against politicized charges that our research is silly or pointless- tools that will work whether you’re asked “why are we funding this” from your asshole uncle at Thanksgiving or an asshole US Senator. 🧪🌎

americanscientist.org

“Why Are We Funding This?”

Long-standing myths about “silly science” have contributed to the reckless slashing of government-supported research.

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Rosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com · 19/05/2025

A woman at Biggest Week told me that the Eastern Foxsnake is the Blackburnian Warbler of the snakes and it was the kind of sentence that I both completely understood and realized would only make sense to a microscopic group of people of whom I'm a proud member

A beautiful male Blackburnian Warbler singing.

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Dexter Patterson aka Wisco Birder @wiscobirder.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

New Bird Joy Podcast episode just dropped! 🎧 We sat down with our dream guest, Dr. J. Drew Lanham, for a powerful convo on land, legacy, birding while Black & why joy is justice. Don’t miss it. This one’s special. 🐦🪶🖤 Listen Wherever You Get Your Podcasts: zencastr.com/The-Bird-Joy...

Promotional graphic for The Bird Joy Podcast. At the top, the title reads “The Bird Joy Podcast” in bold yellow and white font. Below, it says “With: Dexter Patterson & Jason Hall” in a light green bubble. Centered is a circular photo of Dr. J. Drew Lanham, a Black man wearing glasses and a blue shirt, smiling slightly against a blurred outdoor background. Below the image, the text reads: “Season 3 Episode 2: Dr. J Drew Lanham” and “Listen Now Wherever You Get Your Podcasts!” The background is light blue with decorative sound wave graphics.

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

Come on @cbsnews.com.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

ooo she sounds smart and hot wonder if she has a name!!!

The Rwanda arrangements were first reported by the Washington Post, which also cited work by an independent journalist who had uncovered the recent deportation from the U.S. of an Iraqi national to Rwanda.

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

Toxicologist here! This will improve the health of zero Americans. Current synthetic food dyes are not causing health problems, and are often times used because they are actually safer than natural food dyes. Reminder that guns are the #1 cause of death of children but we are going to ban food dyes.

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

More of this please

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Jacob Pomrenke @buckweaver.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

On another fantastic Brick of Chicago walking tour, this time in Old Town. In addition to bricks, we inadvertently learned about lots of birds.

A bearded man in a red hat points up toward a large vertical window of a 1928 brick home on Wells Street in Old Town Chicago. One row of bricks on the sidewalk entrance next to a red door is covered in colorful tile designs.

An 1874 two-story workers’ cottage with a black staircase leading to the entrance. Outside is a small pond with three ducks swimming in it.

An extravagant three-story brick home in Chicago’s Old Town with a wraparound porch on the second level that was built for Chicago beer baron Frederick Wacker and is now a historic landmark. It’s currently being renovated and the bricks have been stripped of paint. A large garden fountain sits overturned in the front yard. In the background you can see a small portion of the Louis Sullivan row houses next door.

A hawk holds its baby bird prey in a tree that is just starting to bloom in early spring. The roof of a brick apartment building can be seen between the branches.

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Robert Loerzel @robertloerzel.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

Audio on: Chorus frogs are singing this morning at the Marian R. Byrnes Natural Area on Chicago’s Southeast Side.

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Dexter Patterson aka Wisco Birder @wiscobirder.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

My book is officially available for presale—and it’s already the #1 New Release on Amazon! I’ve been working on this since 2023, and I’m so proud to share it with the world. Thank you for the love! Amazon: a.co/d/0aY6NIL Timber Press: timberpress.com/titles/dexte... #WiscoBirder 📗🪶

Screenshot of the Amazon listing for Birds of the Great Lakes (Best Little Book of Birds) by Dexter Patterson. The listing shows the book as the “#1 New Release” in Birdwatching Travel Guides. The description highlights the book’s focus on identifying birds in the Great Lakes region, birding tips, and habitat conservation. The release date is October 7, 2025.

Book cover of Birds of the Great Lakes by Dexter Patterson. The background is green with white and light blue text and icons. It features a bird silhouette, binoculars, a musical note, a leaf, and a location pin. The title highlights the book’s content: how birds look and sound, where to find them, and how to protect them.

Graphic showing retail availability of the book. It includes buttons for online bookstores where the book can be purchased: Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Books-A-Million, Bookshop, Target, and Walmart.

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

ELECTION RESULT: A team of city council members in Rolla, Missouri, have been pushing anti-LGTB policies, including a ban on drag shows and book censorship. Voters just ousted all three of these city councilors who were running for reelection, backing candidates backed by a local LGBT group.

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Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

For the amusing file: Lori Lightfoot getting her early morning hating in on LinkedIn against one of her favorite people to hate

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Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley @pressley.house.gov · 29/03/2025

This week, my Somerville constituent Rümeysa Öztürk was abducted in broad daylight by DHS officials and sent to Louisiana to be locked in a detention center. She has not been charged with any crime.

A graphic that reads Free Rümeysa Öztürk with a photo of her.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

sorry but you don't get to participate in meme discourse when you're still voting to confirm trump nominees bye

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Erick Masias (he/him) @emasias.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

Future fam!!! So grateful to be a part of this class and to have found my people #fmrevolution #matchday2025 #numatchday #westcoastbound

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