Corruption so pungent, it wafts right off the page: Lobbyists who do pardon deals “say their going rate is $1 million. Pardon-seekers have offered some lobbyists close to the president success fees of as much as $6 million if they can close the deal.” Gift link www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Taiping hills, Christmas Day. #Taiping #Perak #Malaysia #sunrise

9.6 million NEW Merlin users in 2025 is a phenomenonal statistic #Ornithology 🪶 #UKBirding ebird.org/news/2025-ye...

Common Flameback (Dinopium javanense), male. Always a joy to watch. Sadly, no longer common. #BirdsSeenIn2025 #Ipoh #Perak #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social #birds #nature #wildlife

If ICE can threaten arrest for filming, then journalists, watchdogs, and protesters can all be silenced the same way. You don’t have freedom of the press if recording police is treated as terrorism.  #holdfast www.cato.org/blog/dhs-pol...

Took a disconnected break for Christ-mas morning. Met up with the Rufous-collared Kingfisher (Actenoides concretus), male. Such a beauty. #BirdsSeenIn2025 #Ipoh #Perak #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social #birds #nature #wildlife

“Pope Leo said in a Christmas Eve sermon on Wednesday that the story of Jesus being born in a stable because there was no room at an inn should remind Christians that refusing to help the poor & strangers today is tantamount to rejecting God himself.” Obvious to any REAL Christian. #MerryChristmas

For ID purposes videos can be great for familiarising yourself with seabird flight actions, structure, etc. but it’s a pain tracking down useful clips. I’ve collated video links for various N Atlantic species here #seabirds #seawatching #birding #birdID chatterstanes.wordpress.com/2025/12/23/s...

May all of you have a wonder-filled & bird-full Christ-mas.

Trump has "outsourced torture carried out with American money, American authority, and deliberate deniability." CBS News didn't just cancel the 60 Minutes CECOT report. Weiss yanked it bc she knows Trump is lying about something horrific, and she's covering for him. @cliffschecter.bsky.social

Hume's White-eye (Zosterops auriventer), a small flock feeding on fruit of Macaranga denticulata. #BirdsSeenIn2025 #Ipoh #Perak #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social #birds #nature #wildlife

Plain Sunbird (Anthreptes simplex) female feeding on fruit of Macaranga denticulata. A new food item for the species. #BirdsSeenIn2025 #Ipoh #Perak #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social #birds #nature #wildlife

Eastern Crowned Warbler (Phylloscopus coronatus) with a tasty bite #BirdsSeenIn2025 #Ipoh #Perak #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social #birds #nature #wildlife

The more they desperately (and SO obviously) try to hide Trump’s obvious guilt, the more obvious his guilt is. #EpsteinFiles

Leo Triplet A small group of galaxies about 35 million light-years away in the constellation Leo. The resolution of one galaxy was not so good but overall I was pleased with this image obtained from 1 hour of data. #Ipoh #Perak #Malaysia

Mercury rising above the main range of mountains this morning 6.30am. The star at the top right is the massive red giant Antares in Scorpius constellation. #Ipoh #Perak #Malaysia #Astronomy

There are few birds as magnificently adorned as the Malayan Banded-Pitta (Hydrornis irena), female (left) & male. #BirdsSeenIn2025 #Perlis #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social #birds #nature #wildlife

Lesser Whistling-Duck (Dendrocygna javanica) feeding on duckweed, possibly Lemna minor (common duckweed) which has a high protein content. #BirdsSeenIn2025 #Ipoh #Perak #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social #birds #nature #wildlife

Omega Centauri (C80) Massive globular cluster in Centaurus (diameter 150 light-yrs; 10 million stars). Have often wondered (since childhood) what it would be like to live in the centre of that mass; intense light with no darkness. #BucketList #Seestar S50 #Ipoh #Perak #Malaysia #Astronomy

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Beyond parody. We have an attorney general who is covering up the Epstein Files and a President who is proud he could identify a giraffe

Centaurus A (Caldwell 77) Galaxy in constellation Centaurus. Centre contains supermassive black hole with mass of 55mil solar masses. X-ray/Radio jets of C77 A are moving at about half the speed of light. #Seestar S50 #Ipoh #Perak #Malaysia #Astronomy @seestar.bsky.social @seestar01.bsky.social

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Golden-bellied Gerygone (Gerygone sulphurea). A bird with a ventriloquist call/song. Short clips of a number of birds (possibly males) singing. Perak, Malaysia, Dec 2025. #BirdsSeenIn2025 #Ipoh #Perak #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social

Cotton Pygmy-Goose (Nettapus coromandelianus) feeding on duckweed, possibly Lemna minor (common duckweed) which has a high protein content. Lemna minor is used as a food supplement/fodder for fish and poultry/ducks. youtu.be/tBeBvY-F528 #BirdsSeenIn2025 #Perak #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social

Cotton Pygmy-Goose (Nettapus coromandelianus) #BirdsSeenIn2025 #Ipoh #Perak #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social #birds #nature #wildlife

Just when I thought I couldn't admire the man more... 🎯 🎯 🎯 💯 💯 💯 👍 👍 👍

🧵A leaked DOJ memo shows the Trump FBI is drawing up an enemies list that could encompass well over half the US public. If you align with any of the following, congrats. You may be headed for Bondi's list. Also set up a cash reward system for people who turn in anyone who promotes these thoughts.

The editor-at-large of Christianity Today magazine on Monday sharply condemned Donald Trump’s deranged post about the murders of Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele. Russell Moore called Trump’s comments “vile, disgusting, and immoral behavior.” newrepublic.com/post/204457/...

Many of us struggle with Snipe ID – one useful feature is the white trailing edge along wing secondaries for the Common Snipe, best seen in flight (even obvious in poor quality images). #BirdsSeenIn2025 #Ipoh #Perak #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social #birds #nature #wildlife

The Dec 2025 issue of the Malaysian Bird Report is now available & is a bumper publication. Please feel free to download & share the link to the report: malaysianbird.report/report/vol-4... @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social

Brown Shrikes can look very different - 4 subspecies in my region. 1st bird is a male Lanius cristatus cristatus. 2nd image a possible adult female Lanius cristatus lucionensis. #BirdsSeenIn2025 #Ipoh #Perak #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social #birds #nature #wildlife

Sorry I cannot stop to chat with you, the missus is waiting for a delivery. Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea) with nesting material. #BirdsSeenIn2025 #Ipoh #Perak #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social #birds #nature #wildlife

Crested Goshawk (Lophospiza trivirgata) with Plantain Squirrel (Callosciurus notatus) prey, possibly to feed young. #BirdsSeenIn2025 #Ipoh #Perak #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social #birds #nature #wildlife

Grey-headed Lapwing (Vanellus cinereus) #BirdsSeenIn2025 #Ipoh #Perak #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social #birds #nature #wildlife

Little Tern (Sternula albifrons). You fly that way, I fly this way. #BirdsSeenIn2025 #Ipoh #Perak #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social #birds #nature #wildlife

Kingfisher Blues (the blues that don't get you down) #BirdsSeenIn2025 #Ipoh #Perak #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social #birds #nature #wildlife

Stork-billed Kingfisher (Pelargopsis capensis) #BirdsSeenIn2025 #Ipoh #Perak #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social #birds #nature #wildlife

Collared Kingfisher (Todiramphus chloris) #BirdsSeenIn2025 #Ipoh #Perak #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social #birds #nature #wildlife

Whiskered Tern (Chlidonias hybrida) #BirdsSeenIn2025 #Ipoh #Perak #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social #birds #nature #wildlife

Brahminy Kite (Haliastur indus) – different juveniles in various light conditions & an adult for comparison. Such beautiful raptors. #BirdsSeenIn2025 #Ipoh #Perak #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social #birds #nature #wildlife

Black-crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) juvenile #BirdsSeenIn2025 #Ipoh #Perak #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social #birds #nature #wildlife

Love the golden sheen on the feathers of this beautiful Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos). #BirdsSeenIn2025 #Ipoh #Perak #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social #birds #nature #wildlife

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

Made an ID error & re-posting. Common Flameback (Dinopium javanense), male #BirdsSeenIn2025 #Ipoh #Perak #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social #birds #nature #wildlife

Black-capped Kingfisher (Halcyon pileate) #BirdsSeenIn2025 #Ipoh #Perak #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social #birds #nature #wildlife

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Collared Scops-Owl (Otus lettia). Such magnificent birds. The feathers in the face almost look like there are stitched together. #BirdsSeenIn2025 #Ipoh #Perak #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social #birds #nature #wildlife

Golden-bellied Gerygone (Gerygone sulphurea). A bird with ventriloquist call/song. #BirdsSeenIn2025 #Ipoh #Perak #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social #birds #nature #wildlife

Black (Malayan) Giant Squirrel (Ratufa bicolor), Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia, December 2025. One of the largest species of squirrel in the world.

Diet of the White-breasted Waterhen (Amaurornis phoenicurus): Bananas, grass seeds, bivalve mollusc, small snails, worms, insects, larvae, small fish, shoots/roots of marsh plants. #BirdsSeenIn2025 #Ipoh #Perak #Malaysia @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social #birds #nature #wildlife