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Steph' Thorpe

@stephbirdart.bsky.social
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Artist who paints the waifs and stray birds that arrive in the UK. Modelmaker, gardener and Derby County fan. 🚫No AI🚫

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Molly Bangles @mollybangles.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Barn Owls! in Manhattan! 🦉🌃 This week, a family of Barn Owls was discovered on a water tower in NYC. Two adults and five young ones have been observed/confirmed so far! 10.9.2026, NYC Photos taken at night, using long exposure and ambient light - it is actually VERY dark up there! #birds
Close up of the top of a wooden water tower at night, with part of a brick and stone building and out of focus light green foliage in the foreground at the right of frame. On the very top of the water tower, a Barn Owl is perched. Another Barn owl is just below/ to the right, and a third one at the bottom of the slope of the tower’s roof, to the far right. A closer look reveals two more Barn Owls peering through a hole in the roof, facing the cameraClose up of the same water tower; three Barn Owls are visible on and near the very top of the towerCloser crop of the top of the water tower in the previous photos - one Barn owl is in profile on the top of the tower, another is just below and to the right, also in side profile. Part of the face of a third owl can be seen in the hole in the roofCloser crop of the top of the water tower - one Barn Owl is perched on the front/left slope, blending in very well with the rust-brown of the roof. Two other owls are peering out of the hole; one owl still has downy baby feathers at the top of their head
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Dr Toby Driver @drtobydriver.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Waking up to a Carnyx 🐗📢 The talented Letty Stott playing a Carnyx last night alongside the sacred waters of Llyn Cerrig Bach votive lake, Ynys Mon/Anglesey 🎶😮 Have a great Sunday everyone 🍻 🎥 My own - volume up!
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Steph' Thorpe @stephbirdart.bsky.social · 13h
Ooo looking forward to seeing that then!
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Robert Vaughan @robertvaughani.bsky.social · 23h
A real treat earlier in the week was this Red-breasted Flycatcher. It was very elusive on a wet and windy day, but was calling regularly making it a little easier to track.
A sketch of the bird at home while it was still fresh in my mind.Another sketch at home, based on my photos and notes while still fresh in my mind.An elusive bird that spent most of its time in the canopy on a dark and wet autumn day. The camera and bins were in constant need of wiping, but a lovely bird to watch.
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 11/10/2026
New cases in eastern DRC and a fatal imported infection in Kenya highlight the challenges of containing Ebola.
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Ebola spreads in eastern DRC as Kenya confirms imported case
New cases in eastern DRC and a fatal imported infection in Kenya highlight the challenges of containing Ebola.
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Julia Is Waving, Not Drowning @booktweeting.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
turns out the real National Treasure was the Nicolas Cage we made along the way
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Steph' Thorpe @stephbirdart.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Ah The Jolly Fisherman! I remember travelling to Skegness (Skeggy) from my home in the Midlands on the excursion train they named the Jolly Fisherman after him. It was the seaside place we all went too hence the special trains.
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Steph' Thorpe @stephbirdart.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
What a great read, thanks for posting! I wonder if that wagtail was Eastern Yellow🤔
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Steph' Thorpe @stephbirdart.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
😂😂
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
👇👇👇👇
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Steph' Thorpe @stephbirdart.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Missed a couple in the coast so 🙏🙏🙏
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Steph' Thorpe @stephbirdart.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
T'other half just suggested a massive pile of peanuts on the coast with a big flashing arrow sign saying NUTS 😂😂
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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
In one stupid phone call to Putin on his birthday, Trump gave him EVERYTHING. He normalized Russian fuel exports, showed contempt for the Lindsey Graham Russian sanctions act he just signed into law, shifted blame to Ukraine, and gave Putin a lifeline by allowing spare parts for his refineries.🙄🤬
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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
A very stylish #Roman woman's shoe with a decorative pattern punched into the leather. Found in 1907 in a well in the civilian settlement of the Saalburg fort, dating first half of the 2nd century AD. Photo: Römerkastell Saalburg
The picture shows a single leather shoe with a decorative pattern of holes of different sizes and shapes (e.g circles, triangles).
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ianballam.bsky.social @ianballam.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
There was just a little bit of excitement at Lytchett Heath this morning when Poole Harbours 1st Radde's Warbler was extracted from a mist net. My 205th bird for Lytchett Bay @narwhalsh.bsky.social @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @harbourbirds.bsky.social @mick666.bsky.social
Radde's Warbler at Lytchett HeathRadde's Warbler at Lytchett Heath
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Naolin Davis @naolindavis.art · 15/04/2026
Hey. :) Trans rights.
4 panel comic. 
Panel 1: Naolin is writing something on a sign.
Panel 2: Naolin looks up to the viewer and stop writing.
Panel 3: Naolin puts the marker down and turns the sign around.
Panel 4: The panel says: "Respect my transhomies or I'm gonna identify as a fucking problem."
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guidegroup.bsky.social @guidegroup.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
He doesn't say it, he exposes it
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alix e. harrow @alixeharrow.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
the year is 2030 and i no longer consume anything that isn't personalized to me. every game, every book, every movie extends to the limits of my own imagination and no further. i haven't been surprised in five years. i cry softly, in bewilderment, if i see a word i don't know
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Steph' Thorpe @stephbirdart.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Just missing the Lancy, all the rest on mainland England same as you.
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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
New working paper: the Norwegian wealth tax was a huge success. The "exodus" of wealthy people never happened (less than 100 individuals left). Tax revenue increased by 71.5%. No changes in business activity or investment. www.nber.org/papers/w35854
Taxing Entrepreneurial Wealth: Evidence from
Norway, 2021-2025
Marius A. K. Ring
WORKING PAPER 35854|
DOl 10.3386/w35854
ISSUE DATE October 2026
Whether imposing higher taxes on business owners adversely affects business activity by constraining investment and inducing capitalist flight is a central question in the ongoing debate on how to tax the ultra wealthy. To shed new light, I exploit a series of related Norwegian reforms during 2021-2024 that increased dividend tax rates, removed migration-related capital gains tax loopholes, and nearly doubled the effective marginal tax rate on business wealth. These reforms spurred international debate and, allegedly, an "exodus" of Norwegian billionaires (Financial Times,
2023). While I document clear effects on migration, these responses are concentrated among the top 0.1% of the wealth distribution and mostly confined to 2022 and 2023. My results indicate that at most 100 individuals left due to the reforms. I find no evidence of significant outmigration or reduced inflows of startup founders or inventors. I estimate that absent any outmigration, wealth tax revenues would have increased by 75% from 2021 to 2024. Reform-driven outmigration lowers the revenue gain to 71.5%. My findings further show that outmigrating owners' firms remain economically active and do not reduce investment. In a broader set of analyses, I examine whether business outcomes are affected, regardless of whether owners outmigrate, since firms may reduce investment both due to liquidity constraints or distortions to owners' savings decisions. I compare firms owned by Norwegian individuals subject to the wealth tax with firms owned by foreigners and other tax-exempt entities. By merging historical ownership data from Orbis with the Norwegian shareholder register, I perform these analyses on both Norwegian and foreign-domiciled firms.
Across settings, I find no evidence that Norwegian-owned firms pay out more dividends or invest less after the reforms,…
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Steph' Thorpe @stephbirdart.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Brilliant wasn’t it! I regret having run out of film when it landed on the abandoned ‘scope right next to me😂 The kid taking pictures with a little Kodak instamatic as it walked past them at about a foot range was good too.
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Steph' Thorpe @stephbirdart.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Yes, but they don't know that till they get here?
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Steph' Thorpe @stephbirdart.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
We are cursed not to get one, no easterlys😢 I was so hoping others would get the Stoke Nutcracker experience this winter.
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Journal of Vertebrate Biology @jvertbiol.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
At Zavodovski Island, chinstrap 🐧 decreased by 63% from 2011 to 2025, while macaroni 🐧 increased. Declining krill availability linked to ocean warming is the likely driver. Could this signal a wider Antarctic ecosystem shift? 🌊 👉 doi.org/10.1016/j.cu... #ornithology @currentbiology.bsky.social
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Brandon Bishop @brandontbishop.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Panama's seismic network has it as a 7.6 magnitude event at 4 km depth (which makes more sense in terms of likely faults--the Panama-Nazca plate boundary is strike-slip in this area). Very bad.
sismosgeociencias.up.ac.pa
Sismos registrados
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Steph' Thorpe @stephbirdart.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Ooo, interesting.
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Mark Reeder @orgreavebirder.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
A year tomorrow since I saw this magnificent beast. Still buzzing my tits off 😜
White-throated Needletail, Scarborough Castle 10th October 2025.
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Steph' Thorpe @stephbirdart.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The waters of the Gulf are so warm, basically hurricane fuel. It's not one to take lightly.
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Steph' Thorpe @stephbirdart.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
So we have a cat3 hurricane in the Gulf. Not good.
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Steph' Thorpe @stephbirdart.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
True about the EBW. Those classic weather systems seem to have stopped though don't they. All we can hope for is trickle down I suppose. Seems Shetland is the place that has a monopoly on the east now.
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Steph' Thorpe @stephbirdart.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Thinking that even with the Eyebrowed at Spurn this might be the quietest East coast autumn I can remember for some time
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Steph' Thorpe @stephbirdart.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Thank you! That little subsong from Chiffys is great, I remember seeing one near me tootling away in sunshine with snow on the ground in the middle of winter.
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Steph' Thorpe @stephbirdart.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
It's fascinating to speculate where these odd birds come from. I remember years ago seeing a striking. Willow Warbler at Spurn that was very brown and white with slightly darker legs and I seem to remember it being touted as a Siberian Willow Warbler. It proves we still don't know everything.
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Steph' Thorpe @stephbirdart.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Thank you! And thanks for picking up on the spelling mistake! Exactly what I needed. Once you have read it over and over you get blind to the errors😂
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Jamie McKelvie @mckelvie.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Really glad all the media guys have put their heads together and decided that neurodivergent people are the next group to go after. Fair enough, we've had it far too easy for far too long.
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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
“If you don’t like public executions just don’t watch it” says the crowd trying to ban drag shows and books
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 09/10/2026
I am angry tonight. Because tonight ICE shot a New Yorker. They shot a New Yorker while his five year old child was in the car. ICE makes this city less safe. We want them out. Now.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 09/10/2026
How a plant selfie in Colombian jungle led to ‘jaw dropping’ giant waterlily find
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How a plant selfie in Colombian jungle led to ‘jaw dropping’ giant waterlily find
Species with leaves large enough to be seen from space is already critically endangered – and plans are afoot to protect it A chance social media encounter has led to the race-against-time discovery of a new species of giant waterlily that has until now been hidden in the depths of Colombia’s jungle. But the plant, which is so huge it is visible from space, is already considered critically endangered. Continue reading...
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Dex Anderson @dexanderson.com · 09/10/2026
From Minneapolis to y'all: Three quick bursts if you see ICE. Long loud blasts if they're actively detaining someone. Form a crowd, stick together, and film everything.
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Ghostly Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 09/10/2026
We can still get 3k+ whistles out the door to people in need in under 24 hours and they are free.
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Kimista @kimista.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I need about 30 more participants for my research project. If you haven't already please share your thoughts about snacks for adults and kids with me. You don't need to know anything about kids. Bonus if you're male because the responses are overwhelmingly female so far (non-binary heroes too).
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Peter Whitewood @pwhitewood.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
A shadowy network of hedgehogs and owls, operating at the highest levels of the British establishment.
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Steph' Thorpe @stephbirdart.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Really looking forward to this one!
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Brett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 09/10/2026
Found this old picture I took that looks like a cat in front of the sunset.
The Sun setting behind clouds, and the cloud looks like a cat sitting on a pillow
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Steph' Thorpe @stephbirdart.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Makes sense that it would be the juvs now you say it🤔
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Steph' Thorpe @stephbirdart.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The bloodthirsty comments on posts about this and the failed execution are horrifying, but even I as a Brit acknowledge this is how a % of both our populations are.
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Steph' Thorpe @stephbirdart.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Sick fucks🤬🤬
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Steph' Thorpe @stephbirdart.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Interesting. It’s a striking individual too🤔
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Steph' Thorpe @stephbirdart.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
They have walled up the other guy in the chimney…
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 08/10/2026
Trump tries to start a race war: "The once Great State of Minnesota is being taken over by Somali Immigrants ... The Somalians should not be allowed to get away with what they are doing. They view you as weak and stupid people. Fight back Minnesota, fight back!"
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