Violaceous Euphonia (Euphonia violacea)...build distinctive, globular (ball-shaped) nests...range S. America... a bright" forest gardener" that plants mistletoe by rapidly digesting the berries and wiping the sticky seeds onto new branches to grow more mistletoe. #birds #nature #photo #wildlife 🌿🪹

It’s not just the free market element of capitalism, it’s the dog-eat-dog element of US capitalism versus nations like Finland that have the Nordic model that works for everyone. #economics #culture #greed #wages #work #life

Sweet Williams (Dianthus barbatus), they attract bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds. Easy to grow. #plants #gardening #nature #flowers

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One way to start the day. #birds #cats #nature #humans

What if working fewer days actually works better? 4-day workweek trials show lower burnout, better work-life balance and no productivity loss. buff.ly/ptYH73X

Male Australian King Parrot (Alisterus scapularis)..said to be calm and even "friendly" around humans... keystone seed disperser, feeding on the fruits and seeds that help regenerate dense rainforests. #nature #ecology #photo #ecology #wildlife

time.com/5629233/amaz... “Unless you’ve worked a low-wage service job over the past decade or so, it’s hard to understand how stressful widespread monitoring technology in the workplace has made life for the bottom half of the labor market”

Red squirrel and snow, Finland. Via:soosseli t #nature #wildlife

Italian Dolomites, Giau Pass (Italian: Passo Giaut..The Dolomites are home to several "relict" species that survived the last Ice Age; Dolomite Houseleek, European Larch, Marmots, Bearded Vultures and Alpine Ibex among others. #geography #nature #ecology

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Likely, though not certain; sawfly larva (order Hymenoptera, family Tenthredinidae). When at rest or when they feel threatened, these larvae have a characteristic habit of coiling into a tight, watch-spring spiral. 🌀 #nature #insects #biology #photo #ecology #wildlife

Zion National Park, Utah. Zion is ecologically unique as it sits at the junction of three major geographic provinces: the Colorado Plateau, the Great Basin, and the Mojave Desert. This triple-combination location creates a high level of biodiversity. #nature #geography #photography #ecology

The entrepreneur inevitably tends to become a rentier, more and more dominant over those who own nothing - Thomas Piketty #wealth #taxes #merit #health #education

...so industries can mine/drill/log/destroy the environment, without concern for threatened species. You have a chance to say NO! @earthjustice.org makes it fast/easy with a comment you can personalize and they'll send for you: earthjustice.org/action/the-l...? Comments due by Dec. 22. Thank you! 🌎

Black panther cub🐈‍⬛ (Panthera) (a melanistic leopard or jaguar cub), Even though their coat appears black, the classic rosette patterns can still often be seen faintly in the right light (called "ghost spots") 👻 #cats #nature #wildlife #photography

School districts are rushing to adopt "one chatbot per child" models, but decades of research shows learning is fundamentally social. Here’s why isolating students with AI tutors may undermine the classroom interactions that actually support brain development. buff.ly/gv76wEl

Crested Tit (Lophophanes cristatus), resident breeder across central & northern Europe. Spring/Summer: Primarily feeds on insects, spiders & switches to mostly seeds/nuts in Fall...habit of caching (hoarding) food during the autumn. Some humans do the same thing. #birds #nature 🌱 #wildlife #photo

Since it's sleeping💤...we quietly explain the Blue-banded bee (Amegilla). Found in Australia...are solitary bees that sometimes form aggregations...🐝Females dig shallow burrows (5–10 cm deep) in soft materials like soil, sandstone banks & mud bricks if they're soft enough. #nature #photo #wildlife

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Southern Hawker (Aeshna) dragonfly. occurs across Europe..basic insect body plan (head, thorax, abdomen) but odonate specialists usually talk about their abdomen in ten visible segments in identifying them. Takes flying insects. #nature #biology #photo #science #wildlife

the bill effectively enables book bans by using vague standards like “profane content inconsistent with local community values,” which can be interpreted subjectively. Civil liberties and free-speech advocates warn that such language invites ideological or partisan targeting #books #education

Land Hermit Crab or Caribbean Hermit Crab (Coenobita) - a cool large, distinctive claw (usu. the left one). W. Atlantic/East coast, the Caribbean, Belize & Venezuela. They don't own their hard shell, they find empty snail shells or sadly, plastic caps for protection. #nature #photography #animals

European bison/buffalo (Bison bonasus). Europe's heaviest wild land critter... late antiquity and the Middle Ages, bison were hunted to extinction across much of Europe & Asia. By the 20th c. only two wild populations remained (in north-central Europe and the northern Caucasus) #nature #photography

Little Egret (Egretta garzetta) feeding on a mudskipper, possibly a Pseudapocryptes elongatus (Elongate Mudskipper). Not described in the diet of the Little Egret. #BirdsSeenIn2025 #Ipoh #Perak #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social #birds #nature #wildlife

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Scientists now have a high-resolution model tracking CO2 emissions from sources like power plants, fires, and cities. We can literally watch the carbon dioxide spread via global wind patterns and atmospheric circulation! #nature #science 🧪 #climate Video: NASA.

www.instagram.com/reel/DRm05-T... They rank 10th in economic freedom (US is 25th), have more billionaires per capita than America, plus 5 weeks paid vacation, free university, zero-cost healthcare, 52 weeks parental leave. This is capitalism working for everyone who contributes to profit.

...with land management responsibility/expertise from key decisions over public lands within 100 miles of the northern & southern borders. @morethanjustparks.bsky.social provides more information and a sample letter to tell your US senators NO: morethanjustparks.substack.com/p/mike-lee-i.... 🌎

Striped Marlin, Aka…Nairagi, Barred marlin, Striped swordfish - Kajikia audax. Striped marlin are highly migratory, top-of-the-food-chain billfish in the Pacific & Indian Oceans. Didn’t know this fish existed until recently. #nature #wildlife #ocean #reel

...energy and environmental policies. The U.N. report took 3 years of work and found that transitioning to clean energy and a cleaner environment would deliver global economic benefits that could reach $20 trillion per year by 2070: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/c... (gift). 🌎

The scars of clear cutting, as opposed to selective cutting of a forest...Usma, Usma parish, Ventspils Municipality, in the Courland region of Latvia. #nature #geography #ecology #photo

www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res... Originalism forces judges to follow a nebulous original meaning, limiting modern rights to the views of earlier Americans. It is not time-tested; conservative movement lawyers popularized it in the 1980s to advance their policy goals under the guise of law

Glencoe, Scottish Highlands...part of the Ben Nevis and Glen Coe National Scenic Area. Glencoe and the surrounding area have pockets of ancient Atlantic woodland or "Celtic rainforest" #nature #geography #ecology #photo

The Emperor shrimp (Periclimenes imperator) are tiny crustaceans that thrive on their host in a commensalistic relationship…riding sea cucumbers, nudibranchs and other invertebrates. They enjoy a gourmet diet of detritus, mucus, and ectoparasites. #ecology #science #biology #nature #wildlife

Evolutionary trade-off: Long necks access tree-top food (huge advantage), but force an awkward, vulnerable drinking stance. They drink quickly (up to 10 gallons) and infrequently, often relying on lookouts. #nature #wildlife #biology #ecology

Australian Pelicans (Pelecanus conspicillatus)... holds the world record for the longest bill of any living bird. The largest one ever recorded was a huge 50 centimeters (nearly 20 inches), which they're hiding in the pic. #birds #nature #biology #photography

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Indian Ocean, world's third-largest ocean, covering about 20% of the Earth's water surface... an estimated 33,000 tonnes of seafood are taken from the Indian Ocean every day.. #nature #geography #food #environment

www.commondreams.org/news/joe-lon... “Peter Thiel is ranting about the Antichrist in a global tour. And now Lonsdale—a Thiel protégé—is fantasizing about a future in which he will have the power to unleash state violence at mass scale.”

Gives a great perspective on the size of Kenyan elephants. Via “Reilly Travers - Director @imire.zimbabwe Protecting rhinos & wildlife through community conservation & volunteering. Creating heaven on Earth” © reilly. travers @ Reilly Travers #nature #wildlife

Blue-footed Booby (Sula nebouxii). A strictly marine bird found in the eastern Pacific Ocean. The name "booby" comes from the Spanish word bobo, meaning "stupid fellow." #birds #nature #photography #biology

Ever wonder what 3.5 billion people have in common? They have less wealth, combined, than just 62 individuals! #economy #wages #family #greed #history

Instagram password reset scams involve unsolicited texts from # like 32665 saying “Tap to reset your Instagram password” with an ig.me link, often after a DM from a hacked friend account. Scammers request the link via your phone number (linked to Instagram), then use it to hijack your account

A bite sized summary of a half dozen recent articles on green tech in transportation. #technology #environment #business #trends #science

Great Gray Owl (Strix nebulosa) - the "Phantom of the North." The largest owl in the world by length. They're a circumpolar species, preferring mature forests. #birds #nature #wildlife

After attaching new strings to counterterrorism and emergency management money for “sanctuary” states, the Trump administration went further by adding requirements that even Republican-majority areas find hard to meet.

Dunes on the Curonian Lagoon, separated from the Baltic Sea by a curved sand-dune, the Curonian Spit. Parts of it are in Lithuania and parts in Russia's Kaliningrad Oblast. #nature #geography #photo

"When models were optimized for maximum persuasiveness (using the information-dense strategy), they systematically decreased in factual accuracy. the most persuasive models were also the most likely to generate misinformation or "hallucinate" claims." 🧠📘 #psychology arstechnica.com/science/2025...