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DrArchivalGenomics @ehekkala.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

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DrArchivalGenomics @ehekkala.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Um. No. Isn’t the name of this journal “Nature”? Know what we know about the environmental and other harms of AI, this is deeply disturbing and hypocritical. 🧪🌏🦠🧬

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Tim O'Connell @tinosaurs.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

When you roll up to the #birding #stakeout to see something really rare and some well-meaning newbie assumes you're equally excited by the "Canadian Goose" right in front of you.

Five still images from 1962's King Kong versus Godzilla depicting military officers pointing and staring through binoculars at Godzilla in the distance. Out of context, they look like they might be birding, and there are text boxes of dialogue indicating that the main character with binoculars is searching for a rare and exciting bird. A subordinate steps into the frame to say "Sir, I think that's Godzilla" and the general with the binoculars seems to sneer at him for stating something so patently obvious as to be silly.

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Tim O'Connell @tinosaurs.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Indeed it matters what we call Great Lakes and Gulfs. Here are a few reasons why. tinosaurs.substack.com/p/farther-be...

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Farther below Lake Ontario

and miles below that is where we’ve sunk

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Bruce Webber @drbrucewebber.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

In an era of predatory journals, substandard reviewing and AI slop, the peer review process is becoming increasingly frustrating. This Freudian slip in our latest cover letter draft might just be the new word that we are all looking for, where revisions and reviews are dominated by rebuttals! 🌐🌎🧪

A new word: revut (verb) /rɪˈvʌt/ : to argue repetitively that statements or claims are not true in order to correct or improve an idea, piece of writing etc.

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Sarah Primate @langurlover.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Today in History: August 23rd 1305: On this day in London, William Wallace was executed for treason, condemned for leading Scottish resistance forces during the first years of the long and ultimately successful struggle to free Scotland from English rule.

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juli g pausas @jgpausas.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

"In the 'Anthropocene', terms like “non-flammable” and “pyrophobic” are becoming increasingly irrelevant." 🧪🌍🔥🪴🌱🍁🌐 wildfire

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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 05/08/2026

From attacks to the #ESA to attacks on #PublicLand, the last few weeks have been especially hard for those who care about the wild. We were made for this moment. We have risen to the occasion, countering each attack with lawsuits and advocacy. Our work has never been more important.

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Harley Winfrey @harleywinfrey.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

We're hiring! We have several positions open for biological monitors on a transmission line project, connecting solar farms near Las Vegas. Details in the link: jobs.rwfm.tamu.edu/view-job/?id... 🐢 🍃 🔬 🌎 🪶

An adult Mojave Desert Tortoise, looking alert and ready to go find some delicious prickly pear to munch on

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Gabriel Ugueto @serpenillus.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

This Thursday’s episode of Surviving Earth dealt with GABI (the Great American Biotic Interchange). I was entrusted with designing several animals including the gigantic ground sloth Eremotherium eomigrans. I am really fond of ground sloths and I love reconstructing them! #paleoart #SurvivungEarth

Concept design of Eremotherium on top and in bottom a screenshot of the species in the episode

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Kate Davies @katedaviesmakes.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

I finished my song sparrow and Ontario spring ephemeral watercolour and gouache painting 8x10". Plants featured are listed in the alt text. available from my InPrnt shop: www.inprnt.com/gallery/kate... #sciart #birdart #botanicalart

A painting of a brown streaky bird on a small stump surrounded by plants including trillium, bloodroot, wild ginger, mayapple, Jack in the pulpit and trout lilly. The ground is covered in leaf litter and branches are in the distance.

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Jan Wilczur @janwilczur.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

‘Little Owl & Fallow Deer’ acrylic, 35 x 24 cms. In my local deer park, Little Owls find the parkland habitat of grassland and scattered old oak trees ideal. They appear before dusk on a summer’s evening to find prey for their youngsters, soon to fledge. #littleowl #owl #birdart

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sarahsmithart.bsky.social @sarahsmithart.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Weathered King A portrait of a Great Hornbill, painted earlier this year. 9x12" oil paint #oilpainting #sciart #birds

Portrait painting of a black and yellow hornbill facing upwards with a mottled green backdrop.

Closeup of the painting showing texture and a deep red eye.

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Helen Whistberry @whistberry.northsky.social · 26/07/2026

Happy 26th day of #ArtRepostJuly! Today's theme is #realistic Although my heart is with my more stylized drawings, I enjoy trying to achieve a realistic effect from time to time, especially with the fab birdwhisperer monthly challenge. Follow @birdwhisperers.bsky.social for more info! #BirdArt

Digital painting of a green woodpecker clinging to the side of a tree. It has red on the top of its head, black around the eye and bill, cream on the side of the head, neck, and belly, and a soft, dull green on its back, tail, and wings. The background is a blur of greens to indicate out of focus trees.

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Thierry St-Laurent Dion @tstld.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Little sketch of a Hawk Bic pen on paper #art #birds #nature #sciart

Sketch of a Hawk, made with a bic pen on paper.

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Dynamognathus @dynamoterror.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Quick sketch of a large Terror Bird, something along the lines of Kelenken, Titanis, or Devincenzia. These huge flightless birds were apex predators in South America during the Cenozoic, and had a brief reign in southern North America until the beginning of the ice age. #paleoart #sciart #cenozoic

Black-and-white pencil sketch of a large terror bird (a member of the family Phorusrhacidae) in a walking pose with its head held low and its rounded wings spread out like a defensive owl. It is angled slightly towards the viewer with its head directly facing towards the left side of the page.

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Daniel Loxton 🇨🇦 @danielloxton.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Third #WIP of this digital #paleoart painting. Starting to build in diffuse light and define volume

Work in progress digital painting. Brown and white, antlered, extinct giraffe relative against blue sky with white clouds and an olive drab temporary ground plane

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Victoria Woolley @natureartvic.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Kicking the week off with three new members of the Wild Woolley Friends Collection and they're all vultures! Meet the white-headed and lappet-faced vultures and the lammergeier. Needle felted sculptures made from 100% ethically sourced wool #lovevultures #UKMakers #wildlifeartist #birds #sciart

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The Wildlife Society @thewildlifesociety.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

To eat or to be eaten is the question for many animals on the African savanna. Fires can help birds like stone partridges find food—but too much burning may leave them vulnerable to predators.

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JWM: Stone partridges gravitate to recently burned areas

These sub-Saharan birds enjoy their habitat cooked medium over well-done

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Mike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

"AI is operating at a PhD level" oh, so it's replying 'sorry for the late response' to every email and complaining about its labor conditions?

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Her Soldier: 🇺🇦🇨🇦🌈🦄🌸💙💜 No MAGA’s @hersoldier.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Y’all, this presidency is over. We need to figure out next steps NOW.

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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Nearly half of the data centers intended for 2026 have already been delayed or canceled. Keep the pressure on. It's making a difference!

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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

A company that makes a no-tech, repairable tractor is having trouble keeping up with demand from farmers sick of John Deere's repair monopoly and simply want a tractor that turns on and works: www.404media.co/demand-is-bo...

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Demand Is Booming for New No Tech, Repairable Tractor

"There is consumer pressure to back away from technology that is unnecessary to perform everyday tasks."

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Callan Bentley @callanbentley.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Rusty Blackbird, species # 99 for me in Albemarle County this year...🦉

A black + brown bird with a golden eye perched on a branch.

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Lightfall @lightfallphotos.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Sandhill Cranes over the Sangre de Christo Mountains #sandhillcranes #birds #birding #photography #wildlife #colorado

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SoCal Leslie @socalleslie.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Aloha! What’s unusual about the marbled godwits is that they are more beautiful when they are not breeding. Their stomach is a rich cinnamon and their overall plumage is richer in color. Strange. This was in November. 🪶

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SoCal Leslie @socalleslie.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Marbled godwit foraging along the shoreline. 🪶

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Tim O'Connell @tinosaurs.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Doubling down on positivity amid <gestures widely> y'know. Here are some recent lovely things: DR. Matt's defense, #Ornithology students' post-lifer-Northern Parula celebration, a #ChinkapinOak in full flower, and Nellie keeping watch over her family.

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Gwyllm Llwydd @gwyllm.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Cyril Cox – "Late Afternoon Light" (2022)

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Tim O'Connell @tinosaurs.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

Registration is now open for afowos2026.org, the annual meeting of the @Association of Field Ornithologists and the Wilson Ornithological Society, 7–9 July 2026 in beautiful Newport, Rhode Island. *Conference merch* is also available through our Bonfire store: www.bonfire.com/afowos2026/.

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Tim O'Connell @tinosaurs.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

Sometimes, people have me join them on #television, but not so much that it tanks their ratings. #OklahomaGardening #birding #migration #ornithology youtu.be/mG5ro2IfXwM?...

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Mikko Kolkkala @xcsci.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Ihmiset: Kumma kun nuo teidän kypäränne ovat noin tylsän harmaita, vaikka muuten olette niin värikkäitä Kasuaarit: häh, miten et näe näitä koristeluja?

Kypäräkasuaari - pitkäkypäräinen värikäs lintu profiilikuvassa. Kirkasta ja sinistä kaulassa, mutta kuva oikealla paljastaa sen hehkuvan ultraviolettina

Kuvateksti: Exemplar adult casque biofluorescence among live cassowaries. (a, b) Casuarius casuarius (rostrolateral), (c, d) Casuarius unappendiculatus rothchildi (right lateral), and (e, f) Casuarius unappendiculatus rufotinctus (left lateral) under (a, c, e) visible and (d) 365 nm and (b, f) 385–395 nm ultraviolet light with regions of keratin biofluorescence evident in light blue and green. To accurately depict in vivo biofluorescence visually, the contrast and color balance are accentuated with a yellow filter in figure images at 385–395 nm (note: no adjustments were made to images used for data collection and analysis). Photos: T.L. Green.

Isokasuaari sivuprofiilikuvissa, kypäräpäinen keltakaulainen sinipäinen suuri lintu, punainen silmä ja suuri korva-aukko. Kypärä näyttää harmaalta, mutta uv-kuva paljastaa siinä värejä, joita kasuaarit näkevät

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Kirsten Sneath artist @kirstensneathart.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Happy Thursday! Today we have a Purple Finch. I think I've seen one.... definitely heard one around and about. 😁💜 I hope you are having a great week! #bainbridgeislandbirds #pacificnorthwestbirds #birdart #purplefinch

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Rebecca Gelernter @nearbirdstudios.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

I'm not sure exactly when the book that changed my life entered our house - sometime in early 2001. Anyway, it's my 25th birdiversery! This guide was my constant companion for several years and came on every family trip. So much of who I am today is because I love birds, and that started here 🪶

Cover of the first edition of The Sibley Guide to Birds, with its soaring Red-tailed Hawk. The book is battered and extremely well-used.

Front/spine/top view of the book on a grey carpet. The book is really very worn.

Title page of the book, signed by David Sibley ("To Rebecca - Good Birding!), with a little pen illustration of a singing starling, because I love them.

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Wilson Ornithological Society @wilsonornithsoc.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

The frontispiece of the current issue of The Wilson Journal of #Ornithology is this beautiful watercolor and gouache illustration of a juvenile and adult Rufous-thighed Kite by artist Carl Christian Tofte, inspired by a paper in the issue on this species' migration within South America.

artist's illustration of adult and juvenile rufous-thighed kites

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Dave @albatrossity.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Today's Alt #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Gulls — any Gull will do. Franklin's Gull, Kansas 2021 #Birds #NaturePhotography #Nature #Wildlife #BirdPhotography #Gulls #FlyoverCountry

small flock of mostly white birds with black heads, gray backs, and reddish bills, flying from left to right

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Tim O'Connell @tinosaurs.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

@courtneyellis.bsky.social is lovely and insightful and brilliant at recording conversations with occasional rambling buffoons yet somehow finding a way to make a coherent and (I hope you'll find) enjoyable podcast. courtneyellis.substack.com/p/118-the-st... #birds #birding #HOPE #ornithology

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118: The State of Ecology

Tim O’Connell on birds, habitats, and caring for the earth

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Reader, Birder, Herper, Guy @motherflicker.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

The #birdoftheday theme today is #grounded, so how about this rather soggy female Great Curassow (Crax Rubra)? Arenal Observatory Lodge, Alajuela, Costa Rica, January 2026. 🌿🪶 #birds #birding #nature #wildlife #photography #birdsseenin2026 #costarica

A large, turkey-like bird walks across a lawn, its back to the camera. Its tail is black barred with cream; wings cinnamon barred with darker brown and slick with morning damp; neck and head black with small white spots, and a Mohawk creat in white, then black again. Its bill is black with a yellow tip.

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FidelisToJustice1 @fidelistojustice.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

A vile empire that is 5% of the world population, consumes 25% of it's resources while building more bombs and prisons than schools is not sustainable. Epstein Class laughs as we fight over dwindling scraps and scapegoat each other. We need truth and accountability resulting in reconciliation.

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ALT: two men are standing next to each other with the date 1992 on the bottom

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Tim O'Connell @tinosaurs.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Truly grotesque human beings, obvious from the get-go. As the creepy Christian head of the household or whatever in this patriarchal hellscape, Jim-Bob is the chief villain. But do NOT absolve Michelle. She is every bit as culpable.

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