Nick Leiby @nleiby.bsky.social · 14hFor the #BirdOfTheDay theme of #BlueSkies- a Black-winged Kite against a blue sky in Bontebok National Park, ZA. When the bird took off, it had a rodent clutched in its talons. #birds 1160
Nick Leiby @nleiby.bsky.social · 04/10/2026 For today's #BirdOfTheDay theme today of #WingsOpenNotFlying, a classic crucifix pose Anhinga drying its wings. 2151
Nick Leiby @nleiby.bsky.social · 03/10/2026A Scarlet-Bellied Mountain Tanager from Wayqecha, Peru for today's #blackandred theme for #birdoftheday. Please excuse the flashes of bright blue tucked away. 1222
Reposted by Nick LeibyBy Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 24/09/2026Ron Cobb’s original signage designs for Alien, made with felt tip pen and graph paper. humanoidhistory.tumblr.com/post/8286472... 71359376
Reposted by Nick LeibyTom VanAntwerp 🧙♂️ @tomvanantwerp.com · 18/09/2026The first thing people say to me when I tell them about the existence of Flock is, "But don't we want to catch people speeding?" Then I have to explain that these aren't traffic cameras and they aren't used to catch speeders. This is a better explanation of the difference than I've ever managed. 1208
Reposted by Nick LeibyBy Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 18/09/2026And also: the fact that you can use a statistical lookup table to predict what words someone is going to say doesn't mean you *understand* them, a fact that you will learn the minute that person says something *surprising*, like "I want a divorce." 333350
Reposted by Nick LeibyCJ Ciaramella @cjciaramella.bsky.social · 11/09/2026lmao, the fishing bros are developing investigative reporter skills cardinalnews.org/2026/09/11/h...cardinalnews.orgHow trout fishers in Virginia are using FOIA to beat the competitionThe Department of Wildlife Resources receives approximately 700 public records requests related to stocking every year. 2255
Reposted by Nick LeibyBill @bill-of-lefts.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Even from a purely national pride perspective, this requires you to think that the 100 year period from 1926 was a failure for the United States, instead of the zenith of its power, prosperity, and influence 1373717767
Reposted by Nick LeibyJason Song Quinn (Comms Open) @hulkhoquinn.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Think about Miss Piggy. She lost a best friend and now an ex-lover in matter of 24 hours. 117313098382
Reposted by Nick LeibySam Halpert @samhalpert.bsky.social · 24/03/2026A proposed narrative: from 1789-1946, Congresses of the US understood the fundamental importance of their relationship w/all people whose " interests and aspirations [] make up the agenda for potential action by gov't". They guarded this relationship with processes to enforce the Petition Clause. 9/ 1125
Reposted by Nick LeibyJulian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 23/07/2026This feels grimly accurate. I think for most people, engagement with the party feels like getting on Temu’s mailing list: Just a neverending stream of spam asking for cash and no other meaningful call to be part of anything that might generate any sense of identity or community. 422181431
Reposted by Nick LeibyAlexander Lees @alexanderlees.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Our new commentary rdcu.be/ftx6h in @natecoevo.nature.com written with folks from @inaturalist.bsky.social and @cornellbirds.bsky.social shows that use of AI to manipulate existing or create new wildlife images undermines the huge value of vast citizen science databases. 🌍🪰🪶 #Ornithology 🧵 1/10rdcu.beCitizen science platforms must mitigate against the threat of generative AINature Ecology & Evolution - Citizen science platforms must mitigate against the threat of generative AI 5218143
Reposted by Nick Leibyceej @ceej.online · 16/07/2026gonna start talking like this to my boss 6180821214
Reposted by Nick LeibyEd Burmila @edburmila.bsky.social · 14/07/2026The most elegant tense in English, the Law Enforcement Exonerative 252368510
Reposted by Nick Leibypresident, Spreadsheet Persons Local 153 @werrrp.bsky.social · 14/07/2026we effectively cured AIDS and have a pancreatic cancer vaccine that just passed phase 1 trials 1202890440
Reposted by Nick LeibyCoach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 12/07/2026The third act of A Christmas Carol, one of the most famous examples of "don't die a dickhead, " was the ghost showing Scrooge how happy everyone was that he died and it was a big motivator for him to stop being a piece of shit and still we got a bunch of dickhead Dems talking up Lindsey Graham 283050689
Nick Leiby @nleiby.bsky.social · 04/07/2026Hunkering down in the aircon waiting out the heat wave, finally having the chance to process my photos from this spring in Arizona. Marana's Burrowing Owls did not disappoint. #birds 040
Reposted by Nick LeibyChris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 30/06/2026The thing you need to understand is that there are 2 (TWO) different method for amending the constitution 1) The process laid out in the constititon itself (conventions, or 2/3's of both houses followed by 3/4 of states ratifying) OR 2) find five votes on the Supreme Court. 20779591863
Reposted by Nick LeibyPrincess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist @princess-vimentin.bsky.social · 29/06/2026😁😂 So it’s that easy, eh? 3738898
Reposted by Nick Leiby Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 26/06/2026This is basically a Democratic campaign ad. Air it as is with no changes. 792992668
Reposted by Nick LeibyCJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 23/06/2026Chef's kiss, salute, tears, all of it 3144571185
Reposted by Nick LeibyJordan Collver @jordancollver.bsky.social · 21/06/2026Made these in celebration of all the dedicated dads of the animal world, and in memory of my stepdad. 12859224
Reposted by Nick LeibyJohnathan Perkins @johnathanperk.bsky.social · 24/12/2025Christ on a bike, this is brilliant. And disgustingly historically accurate. 10/10 3926911142
Reposted by Nick LeibyDoug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 06/05/2026As we write in the book, we need less focus on adults who scream "I've lived in the city for the last 50 years and don't need bike lanes" and more focus on kids who say "I am going to live in the city for the *next* 50 years and want to be able to get around safely." 135480
Reposted by Nick Leibyc0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 13/04/2026The 'eyelashes' on a southern ground hornbill would make a model envious, but here's a neat trick: Those AREN'T eyelash hairs. They're modified FEATHERS. Let's take a look at these specialized structures & why the southern ground hornbill (Bucorvus leadbeateri) needs these long velvet veils. 121087265
Nick Leiby @nleiby.bsky.social · 09/04/2026#BirdOfTheDay theme is #ManMadePerch A Wood Duck in eclipse plumage perches on a bucket, paused between bites. The bucket reads: "Keep Out Do NOT Feed". The duck cannot read, or chooses not to. #birds 000
Reposted by Nick LeibyJordan @jordanpfot.bsky.social · 26/03/2026Might be the greatest opening paragraph of anything ever. 125140254032
Reposted by Nick LeibyThe Onion @theonion.com · 20/03/2026Trump Adds Name To Kennedy Center Again 662656293
Nick Leiby @nleiby.bsky.social · 18/03/2026Years from now we'll have a specialized Sausage-roll Kite, with a finely tuned beak to extract sausage rolls from their packaging. When the native sausage roll population is impacted by climate change, the Kite will be saved by changing its diet to invasive bao and empanada. #birds 140
Nick Leiby @nleiby.bsky.social · 18/03/2026White-Crowned Pigeon outside our hotel in Manatí, Puerto Rico. Why is the best birding often in parking lots? #birds 070
Reposted by Nick LeibyCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 28/02/2026> @covie93.bsky.social 237256975396
Reposted by Nick LeibyAlex Goyette @alexgoyette.bsky.social · 23/02/2026Excerpt from my written comment to Traffic & Parking Board tonight: 3232
Reposted by Nick LeibyWeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 10/02/2026we need to talk about that Ring Super Bowl ad 9633119213635
Reposted by Nick LeibySal Gentile @salgentile.bsky.social · 09/02/2026this game isn’t boring, the nfl is simply appealing to a global audience by incorporating more kicking into football 514115
Reposted by Nick LeibyDave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 07/02/2026Lucas single-handedly destroying Youngkin’s legacy projects (sports teams in NoVa, suburban GOP that can win) was remarkable to watch 221581165
Reposted by Nick LeibyOregon Zoo @oregonzoo.bsky.social · 06/02/2026Egg-cellent news! The first California condor eggs of the season have been laid at our wildlife conservation center, and more could be on the way. 514445639
Reposted by Nick LeibySteve (low effort Halloween name edition) 👻 @chompmancobra.bsky.social · 05/02/2026Another thing about falcons you might already know: their nostrils have got little cones in them like some jet intakes, so that the high speed air flow doesn't wreck their lungs and they can still breathe. You can see them in your picture. curioussengi.wordpress.com/2016/08/27/n...curioussengi.wordpress.comNose Dive: Falcons & GannetsOf all the powers of the animal world that humans have envied and engineered into submission, nothing has become a more overdone trope of this desire than the flight of birds. In our endeavor to u… 3145
Reposted by Nick LeibyRabih Alameddine @rabihalameddine.bsky.social · 20/01/2026Charley Harper, "Darwin's Finches", from "The Giant Golden Book of Biology", 1961 41008241
Reposted by Nick Leibymattie lubchansky @mattielubchansky.com · 04/02/2026worth noting that the second rich people stopped being afraid of mobs tearing them limb from limb, they stopped building libraries and opera houses and stuff and started ripping the copper wiring out of the walls of society instead 18196395901
Reposted by Nick LeibyDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 02/02/2026Gonna beg media not to just repeat Trump's obviously bullshit framing in the headlines. Tell readers the truth in the headlines. Alternatives: "With Artists and Audience Fleeing, Trump Closes Kennedy Center Indefinitely" "Trump Says Kennedy Center Needs Renovation, Despite Recent $250M Renovation" 1242534848
Reposted by Nick LeibyOlúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 02/02/2026I'm used to having to convince coastal types that there are people out there who genuinely believe in libertarian and traditionalist principles (rather than as laundry for regular bigotry). rarely, however, do you see those types publicly confronted with how little company they actually have 541950354
Reposted by Nick LeibyRodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 01/02/2026He’s just describing The American Dream but you’re supposed to hate it for some reason 8554991016
Reposted by Nick LeibyClara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 29/01/2026This will be, or should be, featured in a million campaign ads 852123521
Reposted by Nick LeibyRyan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 27/01/2026You can’t tell me we have a functioning economic system when the richest man in human history is one of the most profoundly stupid people in human history 16285091794
Reposted by Nick LeibyCongressman Don Beyer @beyer.house.gov · 26/01/2026I voted against funding for DHS. Congress shouldn't pass funding for this lawless agency without major guardrails. And the House should impeach Kristi Noem. 4/4 1116228