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Tom Guzzio

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Husband, father, teacher, writer, birder, progressive💙 and Vegas kid living north of Boston📍Writing is my personal practice; teaching is my public service. The opinions here are mine alone—no homework required.

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Tom Guzzio @tomguzzio.bsky.social · 11h

Today's #BirdOfTheDay is #BirdSupermodel Any bird captured looking like it's posing for a magazine cover shoot bold eye contact, dramatic lighting, uncluttered backdrops. “Today, Hatch is wearing a beautiful spring ensemble in bold grays with black and white accents.” 🤣 #Birds🪶

A white-breasted nuthatch pauses its gravity defying pose to take a look at the photographer.

Tom Guzzio @tomguzzio.bsky.social · 11h

This fits the bill! What a beautiful shot!

Tom Guzzio @tomguzzio.bsky.social · 20h

#IsmuasMonthOfMusic #MusicSky #MusicChallenge Day 6: A song that uses a secondary dominant. Both Lynne’s cover and Bob Dylan’s original fit the bill. So don’t think twice. It’s alright 😉

Shelby Lynne - Don't think twice it's alright

YouTube video by lumaz71

Tom Guzzio @tomguzzio.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Thank you!

Tom Guzzio @tomguzzio.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Thank you! We’re lucky enough to have a bunch of yellow warblers summer in our area, and they like to pose!

Tom Guzzio @tomguzzio.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #BlueSkies; any bird against a blue sky. The Alt. is #BadWeather; any bird in inclement conditions. Here’s a northern yellow warbling being all warbly in the sunshine. #Birds🪶

A northern yellow warbler pops out against a clear blue sky.

Tom Guzzio @tomguzzio.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

#IsmuasMonthOfMusic 🎼 #MusicChallenge 🎶 Day 5: A song that makes you laugh. This song was my introduction to Flight of the Conchords, New Zealand's fourth most popular guitar-based digi-bongo acapella-rap-funk-comedy folk duo.

Flight of the Conchords - "If You're Into It" [HQ]

YouTube video by Rich Mullinax

Tom Guzzio @tomguzzio.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

A classic!

Tom Guzzio @tomguzzio.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Thank you!

Tom Guzzio @tomguzzio.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Cool shot! You have to wonder what the real blue jay thinks of the fake one.

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Tom Guzzio @tomguzzio.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Today's Alt #BirdOfTheDay is #Blue, any bird with Blue in its plumage. This tree swallow was kind enough to pose on top of this signpost for us. #Birds🪶

A tree swallow poses on top of a sign post.

Tom Guzzio @tomguzzio.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

#IsmuasMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge Day 4: A song you wish you could hear for the first time again. This is one of the first songs I remember hearing and thinking “Ooh! What’s that?” When I first saw the video on MTV it started me down a path that led me to “my music.” It’s fresh as ever today.

Dexys Midnight Runners, Kevin Rowland - Come On Eileen (1982 Version)

YouTube video by DexysMidnightRunVEVO

Tom Guzzio @tomguzzio.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

A few artists aside, I’m not much of a country music fan, nor could I name any Zach Bryan songs. But if I wore a cowboy hat, I’d tip it to Mr. Bryan today… Wearing that shirt in that venue was a crossover move… Very punk rock.

Tom Guzzio @tomguzzio.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

#IsmuasMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge #MusicSky 3: A song you would play while watching a sunrise. Shelby Lynne is a God damn treasure. I say it so emphatically because I don’t feel she gets the credit she’s due. Here’s “One with the Sun” — a tune good for any time of day 🌞

Shelby Lynne - One With The Sun

YouTube video by yogarocker

Tom Guzzio @tomguzzio.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Black&Red, any bird with Black & Red in its plumage. The Alt theme is #LongBeak, birds with long beaks. I may have a two-fer with this red-winged blackbird and red-bellied woodpecker (though I admit there are birds with longer beaks than my woodpecker). #Birds🪶

A red-winged blackbird and a red-bellied woodpecker share seed on a memorial plaqued rock.

Tom Guzzio @tomguzzio.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Thank you, kind sir!

Tom Guzzio @tomguzzio.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Today's #BirdOfTheDay is #BestBeaks Celebrating any bird with a beak or bill that has striking colours, bold profiles, or an interesting shape. I mean, come on! Look at the snout on this handsome northern shoveler! What a beauty of a bill on a beauty of a bird. #Bird🪶

A male northern shoveler swims along with a drop of water hanging from his prodigious bill.

Tom Guzzio @tomguzzio.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

#IsmuasMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge Day 2: A song with a wah-wah guitar. Isaac Hayes’s “Theme from Shaft” fits the bill… Can you dig it?

Isaac Hayes - Theme From Shaft (1971)

YouTube video by Alamo YTC Germany

Tom Guzzio @tomguzzio.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Thank you!

Tom Guzzio @tomguzzio.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is: #Black&White; any shot in black and white. Putting a monochrome filter on this picture of a mourning dove gives it a noir-ish feeling. It’s turned into a mystery, and we’re all suspects. #Birds🪶

A mourning dove shot in black and white sits mysteriously on a branch.

Tom Guzzio @tomguzzio.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Thanks!

Tom Guzzio @tomguzzio.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

#IsmuasMonthOfMusic 🎼 #MusicChallenge 🎶 Day 1: A song with a slap bass. “So why you want to give me that/Funny Vibe!” Fun (and funky) song with a serious message from an amazing band.

Living Colour - Funny Vibe

YouTube video by LivingColourVEVO

Tom Guzzio @tomguzzio.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

For today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme of #BestOfTheMonth I present this photo of a massive turkey sauntering around a used car lot. The coloring on this beauty is amazing ! #Birds 🪶

A beautifully colored and quite large turkey makes his way through a used car lot.

Tom Guzzio @tomguzzio.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

#IsmuasMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge Day 30: A song that represents your dreamy future self. This song by Fontaines D.C. seems like a counterintuitive choice… “But I sang them every word I had/Seems like they're never gonna understand/That the cost/Brings you down/But it's amazing/To be young”

Fontaines D.C. - It's Amazing To Be Young (Official Video)

YouTube video by Fontaines DC

Tom Guzzio @tomguzzio.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #EFG, birds beginning with any of those letters (1st name). Here’s a gray catbird grousing in the glowing green grove (maybe a stretch, but you get the picture… literally).

A gray catbird perched deep within the green of a tree.

Tom Guzzio @tomguzzio.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

#IsmuasMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge Day 29: A song with a synth-heavy arrangement. “Don’t over think it, boy…” I’m going with a relatively new song from The Killers for this one. Here’s “boy” from 2022. Viva Las Vegas.

The Killers - boy (Official Music Video)

YouTube video by TheKillersVEVO

Tom Guzzio @tomguzzio.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

About me… I’m a writer, teacher, husband, father & birdwatcher. From LV to MA to wherever my head takes me. My writing explores family, memory & becoming functional after a turbulent upbringing. What winds up here is washed through the lens of pop culture, often political, and sometimes polemical.

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Tom Guzzio @tomguzzio.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Thank you!

Tom Guzzio @tomguzzio.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #BokehBirds; any bird captured with a soft, muted or blurry background. The Alt is #AwkwardAvian; any bird captured in a silly, clumsy or strange position! Double-crested cormorants seem inherently silly, so perhaps this counts for two?

A double-crested cormorant looks up from preening and over towards the camera.

Tom Guzzio @tomguzzio.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

#IsmuasMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge Day 28: A song with a tritone substitution. Both The Beatles version and this version of “If I Fell” from Across the Universe use tritone substitution in the vocal intro. And both are beautiful songs!

Across the Universe - If I Fell - Evan Rachel Wood

YouTube video by rtp062366

Tom Guzzio @tomguzzio.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Seabirds; any bird found at sea or the coast. The Alt. is #Airborne; any bird in flight. Here’s a few herring gulls , including one in flight, a bit inland, maybe messing up someone’s cell service. #Birds🪶

Herring gulls make themselves comfortable on some form of electrical tower.

Tom Guzzio @tomguzzio.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

#IsmuasMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge Day 27: A song for your "I told you so" moment. Arctic Monkeys are always good with a turn of a phrase. “You're not the only one That time has got it in for, honey That's where you're wrong”

That's Where You're Wrong

YouTube video by Arctic Monkeys - Topic

Tom Guzzio @tomguzzio.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

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Smiling Dog Says Thank You

ALT: Smiling Dog Says Thank You

Tom Guzzio @tomguzzio.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Pairs, photos with pairs of the same species in them. If these Canada geese were a synth-pop duo this would be the cover of their 12th album. #Birds🪶

A pair of artfully posing Canada geese preps for the water.

Tom Guzzio @tomguzzio.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

#IsmuasMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge Day 26: A song for a solo dance party in your kitchen at midnight. Solo dancing is preferable, mostly for the benefit of anyone unlucky enough to see my horrendous moves. New Order gets my toes tapping, and this one’s an all-timer for me. It’s brilliant.

New Order - Bizarre Love Triangle (Official Music Video) [HD]

YouTube video by New Order

Tom Guzzio @tomguzzio.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme, is #Borbs, birds looking plump. The Alt theme is #Brown, birds with Brown in their plumage. This hermit thrush is a very borbtacular brown bird, and it knows it. #Birds🪶

A hermit thrush poses for a golden hour photo.

Tom Guzzio @tomguzzio.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

#MusicChallenge #IsmuasMonthOfMusic Day 25: A song with a passing chord. St. Vincent’s “New York” uses a passing F# as a bridge in the bass line. At least according to the Google machine. Either way, it’s a beautiful song. Annie Clark is a fantastic artist.

St. Vincent - New York (Official Video)

YouTube video by St. Vincent

Tom Guzzio @tomguzzio.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Good morning For #BirdOfTheDay today it’s #TheDivers: fab photos of any diving bird... The Alt theme is #BirdStare: any bird captured staring right back at you. Here’s a double-crested cormorant giving me a blue-jeweled side eye. #Birds 🪶

A double-crested cormorant watches carefully from atop a fallen tree.

Tom Guzzio @tomguzzio.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

#IsmuasMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge Day 24: A song for your “sad girl/boy autumn” playlist. I’m gonna extend my Roddy Frame appreciation post from yesterday with a track from his most recent (relatively speaking) solo release. Here’s “English Garden” from 2014’s Seven Dials.

YouTube video by Roddy Frame - Topic

Tom Guzzio @tomguzzio.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Thank you! He made it easy.

Tom Guzzio @tomguzzio.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is: #Raptors; any bird of prey. The Alt. is #Corvids; any member of the crow family. You may have a crappy camera and/or a bad eye, but sometimes the birds just work with you. This American crow was generous with its time. #Birds🪶

An American crow seemingly poses among spring in a nearby tree.

Tom Guzzio @tomguzzio.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

#IsmuasMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge Day 23: A song you associate with autumn. East Kilbride’s Roddy Frame was the prodigy behind Aztec Camera. He’s released four albums under his own name—all of them brilliant and criminally underrated. This beautiful song is from his first solo LP.

YouTube video by Roddy Frame - Topic

Tom Guzzio @tomguzzio.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

#IsmuasMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge Day 22: a song for your most delusional moment. “And I'll keep hoping you are the same as me…” I sang this song as a prayer once. Lonely, in love; and, oh, so so very young. Reading, Writing, & Arithmetic—The Sundays’ first record was absolutely glorious.

The Sundays - My Finest Hour (Peel Session)

YouTube video by Vibracobra23 Redux

Tom Guzzio @tomguzzio.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

The #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #LightAndShadow, any bird capture that has both. This house finch catches the sun on her back and casts her shadow onto the flat face of the fence picket. The geometry of it is kinda cool. #Birds 🪶

A female house finch is perched atop a fence picket with the sunlight playing off her back.

Tom Guzzio @tomguzzio.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Froom had left, they became a 4-piece, and crafted a retro album with a 60s feel. Produced by Mark Ronson, Release Me was a great record, but it went nowhere. It and their first record called Are You Thinking What I’m Thinking—which is quite different—are worth listening to.

Tom Guzzio @tomguzzio.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

#IsmuasMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge Day 21: A song for the walk of shame (or walk of fame). The Like was 3-piece alt-rock band comprised Z Berg, Tennessee Thomas, and Charlotte Froom—all talented daughters of some industry heavyweights. By the time this song came out their sound shifted.

The Like - Walk of Shame

YouTube video by Kind Regards

Tom Guzzio @tomguzzio.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Today's #BirdOfTheDay is #CaptionThatBird “Excuse me!?! My eyes are up here!”

A combination of wind and shadow not only makes it seem like this mockingbird has a large pair of, well, boobs… its expression reminds us it’s impolite to stare, let alone objectify.

Tom Guzzio @tomguzzio.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

#IsmuasMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge Day 20 - A song with retrograde (melody backwards). In “Message In A Bottle” Andy Summers plays the song’s main riff in retrograde as a pivot to the bridge.

The Police - Message In A Bottle (Official Music Video)

YouTube video by ThePoliceVEVO

Tom Guzzio @tomguzzio.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Found it:

Trump ally Stephen Miller leads sweeping push to accelerate removal of migrant children

Exclusive: key White House loyalist orchestrating multi-agency effort condemned by critics as cruel and racist

Tom Guzzio @tomguzzio.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Thank you!