I shot this image from inside my car, which is probably why this female American kestrel (Falco sparverius) let me get closer than usual. Photo taken at the Ladd S. Gordon Waterfowl Complex, central New Mexico, on February 12, 2025. #nature #naturephotography #birds

What’s crazy is that in every single movie everyone had to call her by a more boring name. Just call her Moon Bloodgood. You think Terminator Salvation is improved by calling her Lieutenant Blair Williams? No way you need to go the other way and call her Hercuella Explodio or something

Everybody should know that the newest episode of @boxofficegross.bsky.social dropping this coming Monday is covering a film that has a supporting role from Moon Bloodgood!!!

TAKE HEED, PLANET EARTH.

Sanchez tacos #3 🥰

a few years ago -- before emerald fennell even announced she was adapting WUTHERING HEIGHTS -- I wrote about how much I personally vibed with andrea arnold's 2011 adaptation, and how clear it was that fennell was mimicking elements of it in SALTBURN. anyway you should watch

Heather!😍 💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖

Do you like pirate history? If you buy one of my books, DM me and I’ll send you a free signed bookplate sticker 🏴‍☠️🫶🏻

Congratulations to my longtime collaborator Bad Bunny on his Super Bowl halftime show. (I only told this joke like this one time I think, and I just found the video this morning.)

Reading about Lake Kivu on the Rwanda DRA border that stores huge amounts of CO2 and methane that it releases once roughly every 1000 years and kills everything around and they can't actually clear it because if they drained all the CO2 from that lake it would be like 3% of annual global emissions

I did the exercise thing that I didn't do in the morning. Whew.

Tempting.... www.harebraineddesign.com/collections/...

Yes, we can co-exist. It just takes a little forethought and a larger amount of caring.

dumplingsssssss

yup www.santafe.edu

Such a beautiful man pieceworkmagazine.com/george-washi... via MetaFilter www.metafilter.com/212176/Not-j...

Why yes, we have Studio Ghibli cookbooks, puzzles, stickers, coloring books, chopsticks, playing cards and more. They're in our dedicated Hayao Miyazaki section, which you can peruse here: mzs.press/Hayao-Miyaza...

If you know anyone getting older, read this. Wholly seconded. www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/202...

Really is the cops who are defunding our cities. You rarely hear Democratic politicians state the obvious.

RFK Jr/MAHA world say they're not reducing access to vaccines for anyone who wants them, only giving people "choice" to opt out. But by refusing to even review new vaccines, yes, they are absolutely blocking those who want a new immunization from ever having access to it.

Good morning! 🪶

Oh we posting the blue? 🪶

A completely preserved #Roman syrinx (#panflute) made of one single piece of boxwood, length 11cm. It features seven precisely drilled pipes. Dating around 50/60 AD, found in Eschenz, Switzerland. On display at Archäologisches Museum Frauenfeld 📷 me 🏺 #archaeology

"Barrett, an ecologist and thermographer with Oilfield Witness, has made a name for himself in recent years by finding and reporting oilfield spills across New Mexico." That is one of Charlie's photos. You can see why the industry might want to make taking these photos illegal.

I just received confirmation that the FAA is lifting the Temporary Restricted Airspace, and flights should resume as normal very shortly. As I’ve said, there is no national security threat, and I will continue pressing for answers and accountability for the chaos this has caused.

Post a tree you photographed

Twilight is the best

The HPV vaccine has prevented more cancer than any medical intervention in history after tobacco control. It's been studied in 70+ randomized trials. Now a reconstituted ACIP wants to reexamine whether it works. My new piece in @cidrap.bsky.social breaks it down. www.cidrap.umn.edu/human-papill...

Someone from the Polish Olympic team better give Tara Lipinski a pierogi stuffy.

Got hit with a $3000.00 vet bill yesterday. Still looking for work. So, uh, buy my books, maybe? www.penguinrandomhouse.com/series/EC2/e...

USCIS has an office by mine in south Denver. They have a large parking lot full of brand new black Suburbans lined up. Looks like they are getting ready to ramp things up in Denver.

Want to stand with the baristas fighting for a better future at the world's largest coffee company? It's easy: Stop buying Starbucks and delete the app. ✊

Toronto’s Don River was declared “biologically dead” decades ago — now fish are returning after a major wetland restoration. The rebound follows a C$1 billion renaturalisation that rebuilt wetlands, reshaped the river’s course, and restored spawning habitat. buff.ly/Mm6gOi1 #ShareGoodNewsToo

People on Reddit are getting Amazon to refund their Ring products because of their partnership with Flock and that creepy Super Bowl ad www.reddit.com/r/FlockSurve...

This aptly strong and sturdy figure stands outside the Sheet Metal Workers Local Union No. 49 building in Albuquerque, New Mexico (2021-01-17.) By: Highsmith, Carol M., 1946- #publicdomain #historicalphoto #libraryofcongress https://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/highsm/item/2020743358/

Patron saint of all sorts of great stuff, including weather issues and telling one's overly-scrupulous family to chill out. 🙏 ⛈

I once was asked by a kindergartner if clams sleep. I was stumped, and we actually have no idea! We know many bivalves have strong biological clocks, often showing circadian rhythms in activity. But as to whether they sleep? No one knows! (169)

In my fundraising efforts to sustain things while I get this season off the ground, I’m going to do a listing for these cowl vests that I wear regularly. This is my absolute favorite cold weather gear. It’s like wearing a hug. It doesn’t fall up in my face when I’m working. 10/10 will keep you cozy

A lovely pyramid of diva

This. If you were waiting for a sign. This is it.

Jayhawk connection I just learned about

“Ring is rolling back many of the reforms it’s made in the last few years by easing police access to footage from millions of homes in the United States … police have used Ring footage to spy on protestors, and obtained footage without a warrant or consent of the user”

Does anyone have a copy of the halftime show that includes the sign language interpreter?

The amount of sports betting ads last night has turned me into a full-on prude about gambling.

Issue 12 of my newsletter, This, Not That, will hit the mail tomorrow. It's a commonplace book issue, gathering quotes on winter from dozens of writers, including Thoreau, Elizabeth Hardwick, John Clare, Stevie Smith, Ali Smith, Charles Lamb, E. B. White, and many more. Sign up to get it tomorrow!

Wednesday night 2/11 from 7-7:30 EST I will be doing the first of a series of brief online gatherings with the good folks at the Ashland (MA) Public Library, where I will recommend some science fiction books you might like to read! ashlandmass.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/vir...

Pencil aficionados, talk to me about sharpeners. My old workhorse of an electric sharpener is dying and I need to replace it soon. I haven’t found manual sharpeners as satisfying as electric ones, FWTW. ✏️📚

No Kings includes Draft Kings

You’ve seen the halftime show … now read my friend Petra’s new book from @dukepress.bsky.social about how Bad Bunny became the global voice of Puerto Rican resistance! 👏🏽👏🏽 www.dukeupress.edu/p-fkn-r

If anyone wants to know more about Puerto Rico and the other US territories/colonies, I will also recommend this book! (If I may...)