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Jer Thorp @jerthorp.bsky.social · 16h

The art show at my coffee shop goes hard

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Birder K @birderk.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Essentially a billion bird night. #birds #fall #migration

BirdCast map showing 873.7 million birds in flight at 12:30AM EDT on October 3, 2026.

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Dan Baldassarre @evornithology.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Just a quick reminder that the Vietnamese Crested Argus exists. Critically endangered and restricted to humid forests of Laos and Vietnam, it is widely considered to have a huge-ass tail. 📷 Robin Arnold, eBird

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scott b. weingart @scottbot.net · 02/10/2026

Really classy to end with Dr. Hayden, and with that quote specifically.

A lady came in, and as you know, in public libraries, there are a lot of people who are homeless, so they just need a place to be. She comes into the central library and goes up to the information desk.

She has very interesting attire, and this big bag. She asks to see the head of the library. I was the head of the library. The librarian — and this is what they do — tried to get more information from the person. They said, “Well, what would you like to see her for?” She opens the bag and she puts out on the table an injured bird.

And the librarian says, “Oh, what would you like her to do?” And the woman said, “Somebody’s got to care.”
Carla Hayden, Washington, D.C.
14th Librarian of Congress

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Tara R @science-goddess.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

It's a beautiful day to do some birding homework for @jerthorp.bsky.social's Binoculars to Binomials course.

A view of Budd Inlet looking toward the Olympic Mountains.

A poster describing some of the birds present at Budd Inlet.

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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

What a brilliant piece. It reads like a fictional journey to a fictional society in part because she is describing a cult. A man more or less LARPing into oblivion while causing harm in the medium and short term.

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Jer Thorp @jerthorp.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

"What if we just stopped?" Dan makes a lot of good arguments here, I just wish my social media experience weren't so tangled up with another question: How do I pay the rent? dansinker.com/posts/2026-0...

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What If We Just Stopped? | dansinker.com

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Jer Thorp @jerthorp.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Prepping for comiccon next week. Need some tweaks but overall satisfyingly Doom

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Rebecca R Helm @rebeccarhelm.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Fun fact. These guys are SUPER strong swimmers (not this one. This one’s crazy lazy. But IN GENERAL…) They’re really fast. I had one nearly jump out of a jar. Like full Free Willy. Just swim swim and 🐬LEAP🐬

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Danielle Alberti @daniellealberti.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

a few weeks of unemployment have given me plenty of time to quilt, look at birds, and contemplate the terrifying expanse of "transferable skills." anyway, if anyone needs someone who's good at data viz, visual storytelling, and leading creative teams, hello! 👋

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Jer Thorp @jerthorp.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Alas i need them by next week. But thank you!

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Jer Thorp @jerthorp.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I need get a small set (maybe 10) of stencils cut for a project. It's a little no budget thing. Any laser cutter havers in NYC that could help out?

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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

They quoted me in this New Yorker piece about AI today. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

“Let’s say there’s a world or time line I exist in where A.I. has been subject to regulation. It is ethical. It has no footprint environmentally,” the novelist Jeff VanderMeer, a prominent critic of A.I., told me over the phone. “With those guardrails in place, would I read an A.I. book? All I can say is no. And the reason is, in part, because I want to read something coming from a particular mind.” Using A.I., he said, “feels like a betrayal of the whole point of why you’re a writer.”

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🦝 Pepper Raccoon: Trash Priestess 🦝 @pepperraccoon.com · 29/09/2026

🤘 KICK IT 🤘 The Bird of the Year is the Black Robin/Karure, coming in like a tiny wrecking ball to smash the competition. Thread Project premium screenprinted tees in unisex and fitted sizes S-5XL. Pre-order this tee NOW: pepperraccoon.com #birds #boty #kikorangi

A detailed dark fantasy style illustration of a black robin on a branch, holding a tiny spiked mace. The words Black Robin are in high stylised handlettered text, and the border features Chatham Island forget-me-nots.

A flatlay of green t-shirts, featuring a detailed dark fantasy style illustration of a black robin on a branch, holding a tiny spiked mace. The words Black Robin are in high stylised handlettered text, and the border features Chatham Island forget-me-nots.

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Tom Larkin @tomlarkin.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

We’ve spent many, many hours over the past few months searching the rock pools of Cornwall for a rainbow sea slug. Today, we finally found one! Absolutely worth all the time we’ve spent - it was truly breathtaking.

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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I give up. I’m moving into a cave.

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Everest Pipkin @everest.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Handcoded in HTML, CSS and Javascript and running locally, Scrubjay is usable for research, collection, game-building, website construction or simply to hold little fragments of digital things, in the same way that you hold a pebble in your palm on a walk.

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Everest Pipkin @everest.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I'm very please to announce a public release of my drag-and-drop bookmarking, game-making, and wandering tool Scrubjay! Scrubjay is a weird website builder that lets you cobble together web elements, images, links, text fragments, etc into a series of nested rooms...

"SCRUBJAY" sits over a bunch of images of frogs, birds, doors. it's a very 90s look

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Jay Edidin @edidin.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I've had this shirt for sale for longer than LLMs have been a Big Thing; but it's still a "fuck you" to them. www.teepublic.com/hoodie/23562...

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make bad art by chekhovsraygun

you have permission

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Jer Thorp @jerthorp.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

One last plea: The morning cohort of my strange and wonderful birds + data + art class starts tomorrow at 9am ET. There are still SIX spaces left to fill. If you're looking for a creative kickstart and/or a way to get outside more... join me?

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Jer Thorp @jerthorp.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Last year I walked for an hour in the dark in the forests of Western Papua to see this bird display at dawn. 100% worth it.

Male and female 12-wired bird of paradise

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Jer Thorp @jerthorp.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

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Jer Thorp @jerthorp.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Amazing! What a pretty bird.

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Tim Graves @ibirdsometimes.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The nor’easter brought a Black-legged Kittiwake to City Island in the Bronx 🪶

A mostly-white gull with bold black markings on the wings and tail tip.

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Laine Nooney @ 🔥🗑️🔥 @lainenooney.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

This is such an unbelievably, historically unserious bad take from Steven Levy, the light from bad takes would take a million billion years to reach it. www.wired.com/story/war-br...

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War Bros Didn’t Always Rule Silicon Valley

Some say that tech was always about the money and the military. Don’t buy that argument.

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Jer Thorp @jerthorp.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Posting this @nsousanis.bsky.social mini comic about AI and creative work for no particular reason

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Fall 2025 Syllabi!

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morrowind.txt @morrowind-txt.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Just a friendly warning. Don't spook the netch. Don't worry -- they're completely safe if you don't bother them -- but get them riled up, and they're trouble. Especially the betty netch.

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Shannon Mattern @shannonmattern.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

On Tues evening we launched our first two Cross-Reference Coalition publications at the Ctr for Bklyn History 🥰 Anyone can download digital copies — libraries (we’ll prioritize Metro members) can request FREE print copies — via the pubs’ respective pages! crc.metro.org/projects/ (📸 by Mina Leazer)

Four people on a stage in a fancy room, with a set of zines projected on a screen behind them

The crowd at the end of the night, holding candles to recognize the equinox. Xinan Helen Ran, a member of the Search & Discovery cohort read a lovely acknowledgment

Our colorful Misfit book and Search & Discovery zine set

A cross-cohort planning team planned a range of activities — like bingo (card displayed here) — to help folks meet one another at the event, to promote social
“cross-referencing” :)

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Jer Thorp @jerthorp.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Not pictured: Mud up to my ankles. Cursing when my camera chose focus on a leaf.

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Jer Thorp @jerthorp.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

LOOK AT THIS BIRD ebird.org/species/bllt...

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Jer Thorp @jerthorp.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The male called and displayed for about 20 minutes and then not one but two females arrived. There was just barely enough light to get these photos, and the backlighting was for reals... but it was magic.

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Jer Thorp @jerthorp.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Last year I walked for an hour in the dark in the forests of Western Papua to see this bird display at dawn. 100% worth it.

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Jer Thorp @jerthorp.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Not going to lie: watching my career shrivel like a raisin these last two years has made me regret not making evil tech bank when I could have claimed innocence

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Aled Thompson @aledthompson.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Daily bird 71 - Twelve-wired bird-of-paradise

A black bird with red eyes, a purple patch on its wing, an elongated yellow backside with thin curved wires coming out of it

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Shannon Mattern @shannonmattern.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

So much money to be made by monetizing a calculated break from the Apocalypse Agent company that, much to your surprise, has suddenly shown itself to be less than upstanding 😲

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Western University @westernu.ca · 25/09/2026

Literary icon Margaret Atwood has gifted $1M to #WesternU, honouring her longtime partner Graeme Gibson, BA'58, to establish the Graeme Gibson Chair in Avian Biology - advancing research on how birds move, behave and adapt in a changing world. #AllinWesternU news.westernu.ca/2026/09/grae...

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javier @bartlebooth.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Exactly this: bsky.app/profile/inte...

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Jer Thorp @jerthorp.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Quite the pre-storm sunset in Brooklyn tonight

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Jer Thorp @jerthorp.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Morning cohorts of my bird + data course start Monday morning! There are still SIX spaces open which means SIX of you can change your 🧠 with me t I us Autumn!

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Robin Hayward 🌳 🏳️‍⚧️ @canopyrobin.com · 25/09/2026

We're publishing new guidance to support trans people who do fieldwork (any work outside the office)! Now we need your help to get them seen so please share! inclusivefieldwork.leeds.ac.uk/trans/

a cartoon of three fieldworkers. One has a small trans flag. The logos of the university of leeds, research england, and canopy robin are shown, as well as the URL: InclusiveFieldwork (dot) Leeds (dot) AC (dot) UK (slash) trans

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Theo Watson @theowatson.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Omg yes!! I used an earlier version of this to send post cards to an elderly relative. It absolutely rocks!! I used the scheduled queue feature too. Glad it to see it being relaunched .

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