Robert Rio @robertrio.bsky.social · 3hExplore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/06/r...nytimes.comTurn Your Backyard Pond Into a Hotbed of Biodiversity, Even in Winter (Gift Article)Create a “water garden” to support the vulnerable creatures, animals and organisms that make up your hyperlocal food chain. 010
Robert Rio @robertrio.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Better than mine, that is a beatifully clear image. 120
Robert Rio @robertrio.bsky.social · 30/09/2026wapo.st/4rHJ4jlwapo.stScientists identify new species of penguin, first in more than a centuryResearchers were able to show that over hundreds of thousands of years, the gentoo penguin has diverged into four distinct evolutionary lineages. 010
Robert Rio @robertrio.bsky.social · 29/09/2026See how much coverage it gets on the cable finance channels. 021
Robert Rio @robertrio.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Have to rename them "pretty cool bonds," most people recoil at them due to the word "junk." 020
Robert Rio @robertrio.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/w...nytimes.comIn Backyard Ultramarathons, the Race Goes On Until Everyone Gives Up (Gift Article)Runners complete the same lap every hour for as long as they can — sometimes for days. The brutal format has become surprisingly popular. 001
Robert Rio @robertrio.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I was up 80% for the year in February of 2000, investing in the fiber optic buildout, gave it all back. Now I allocate 1% to the AI buildout. I was a lot cockier back then. 110
Robert Rio @robertrio.bsky.social · 28/09/202610 year appears to have hit 5.25 /file under "Bad Choices I Have Made" 020
Robert Rio @robertrio.bsky.social · 28/09/2026At the Circle B, I just fire off a bunch of shots at the sky and hope I get lucky. 110
Robert Rio @robertrio.bsky.social · 28/09/2026wapo.st/4d6dwxBwapo.stOspreys are disappearing along the East Coast. Scientists think they know why.At the center of a widening crisis for one of the nation's great wildlife comebacks is a fish most Americans would hardly recognize. 021
Robert Rio @robertrio.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Pretty cool that we have pro football, college football, MLB and WNBA at the same time. 010
Robert Rio @robertrio.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I used to sell my tickets outside the stadium when I was there, 90,000 in attendance and I am claustrophobic. I like the new coach. 010
Robert Rio @robertrio.bsky.social · 27/09/2026www.wsj.com/business/ret...wsj.comThese $10,000 Cameras Are a Rare European Manufacturing SuccessLeica’s retro designs have survived various crises, but its playbook may not work for everyone. 010
Robert Rio @robertrio.bsky.social · 24/09/2026People like to argue with me about this, but FedEx is not good for parcels. 1141
Robert Rio @robertrio.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/s...nytimes.comNew Study Illuminates Bats’ Murky Origins (Gift Article)The largest analysis of bat genomes and fossils suggests that the first bats emerged in Europe roughly 65 million years ago and that echolocation evolved early. 010
Robert Rio @robertrio.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/m...nytimes.comThey Kept Outsiders Away for 500 Years. Their World Is About to Change. (Gift Article)My father dedicated his life to studying the Indigenous group, and they may soon allow unprecedented development through their land. I went on a trek through the jungle to find out why. 031
Robert Rio @robertrio.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/22/s...nytimes.comFat Bear Week Returns to Alaska: Meet the Contenders (Gift Article)Call them fat. Call them corpulent. Call them rotund. The bears are back in town and bigger than ever. 010
Robert Rio @robertrio.bsky.social · 22/09/2026That one with The Judge was great. Also read the one with the guy and his kid. on the road. 010
Robert Rio @robertrio.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I read his novels, there was that one about the Shrike. And there was another author who used to write historical fiction about Black Beard, Lord Byron was plagued by vampires, etc. Used to have some great independent bookstores back in the '80s. 030
Robert Rio @robertrio.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Would like to see a real primary this time, she is welcomed. 040
Robert Rio @robertrio.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Irony is the MAGA people actually created a deep state out of fear of the deep state. 000
Robert Rio @robertrio.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Cooler weather this weekend, going to be able to get out for a while both mornings. 110
Robert Rio @robertrio.bsky.social · 21/09/2026wapo.st/4roaN8rwapo.stScientists heard a knock at the door. It was a pelican in need of help.“This is kind of just a once-in a-lifetime experience,” said marine researcher Annsli Hilton. 022
Reposted by Robert RioMatthew Paulson @matthewpaulson.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Mama lets the sand fly. Baby Burrowing Owls have to be cautious where they are standing or they will get a face full of sand. 🪶 32910
Robert Rio @robertrio.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/u...nytimes.comAs Millions of Birds Migrate, Residents Are Asked to Turn Off the Lights (Gift Article)Birds are drawn to lights, and more than a billion die each year after crashing into buildings, experts said. 020
Robert Rio @robertrio.bsky.social · 17/09/2026wapo.st/46yoE2uwapo.stSome people hate pigeons. This couple’s bird tour aims to change that.The Philadelphia pigeon tour was intended to be a one-time event, but demand has kept it going, despite a few pigeon poop mishaps. 010
Robert Rio @robertrio.bsky.social · 16/09/2026The Museum of White South Africans is going to be lit. 000
Robert Rio @robertrio.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/14/u...nytimes.comAn Armadillo Arrives in… Ohio? (Gift Article)Traditionally found in warm climates, like the American Southwest, armadillos have been migrating farther and farther north, researchers say. 020
Robert Rio @robertrio.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Should have started with the huge fire bees hate huge fires. 000
Robert Rio @robertrio.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/11/c...nytimes.comRacing to Contain Invasive Green Crabs in Puget Sound (Gift Article)Tribes and scientists are mounting an urgent trapping effort to keep European green crabs from devastating a corner of Puget Sound. 010
Robert Rio @robertrio.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/04/b...nytimes.comThe Secrets of the World’s Most Elusive Cat (Gift Article)In “The Ghost of the Mountains,” Kulbhushansingh Suryawanshi proves there is no substitute for old-fashioned field study. 020
Robert Rio @robertrio.bsky.social · 11/09/2026They are focused on the whales these days, don't know if that will pan out. VICI which owns a lot of the casino real estate on the strip has been tanking really hard. 011
Robert Rio @robertrio.bsky.social · 10/09/2026wapo.st/4xMgmQowapo.stOpinion | ‘I felt so small’: Five writers on the best national parksThis natural beauty is not to be missed. 010
Robert Rio @robertrio.bsky.social · 08/09/2026He spends most of his time trolling these days. We are captives of his mental illness. 001
Robert Rio @robertrio.bsky.social · 07/09/2026wapo.st/3SRbbiTwapo.stGuest Column | I put a tiny backpack on a warbler. It revealed an epic migration.Cutting-edge tracking is illuminating the migratory journeys of warblers and dozens of other species at a scale not previously possible for small birds. 010
Robert Rio @robertrio.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/04/u...nytimes.comPhoto of Road Runner Snagged by Coyote Shows That Cartoons Were a Lie (Gift Article)Here’s some bad news: Sometimes the coyote does win. 000
Robert Rio @robertrio.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Artwork by Olafur Eliasson apparently, wouldn't work in Florida, hot as Hades in there. 110
Robert Rio @robertrio.bsky.social · 04/09/2026When I was young I used to trespass on private docks in Palm Beach to fish (not Mar-A-Lago at the time it had no dock), but I was always very well dressed and groomed so if anything, the owner would come out and ask me for fishing tips instead of calling the cops. How you present yourself matters. 0280