[BBC no longer free to access online :(] I just realized that BBC.com no longer free to read ONlY from the USA. Can someone outside the USA please confirm if they are able to access bbc.com and click on news articles without hitting the paywall? What gives?? Is it another form of retaliation??

[Indian cuisine - comfort food.] Nothing like kerala naadaan chicken curry when you’re having a cold! Almost boiled over… Yummy even though I say so myself. Literally drank it like soup.

Battersea Power Station, London, UK, 2024. All the pixels, newly renovated, at https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/54079042655 #photography

I have quite a few Kestrel photos, but invariably all of them are in unflattering light… They are very beautiful birds and I love watching them hunt, but have not had a shot of them that I will count as a keeper yet. Here is one that will have to do for now… Some […] [Original post on sfba.social]

When dowitchers do their witching and you are too slow to catch them ;-) #photography #bird #birdphotography #birdsofmastodon

[Just a rant about the notorious Dutch rudeness…] Hmmm… was booking hotels for an upcoming week-long vacation to the Netherlands and was mildly surprised at the response I received from a highly-recommended hotel near Amsterdam city centre. It looks like they […] [Original post on sfba.social]

[Uspol] So... just clarifying… do all of us have to carry papers now or only some?? #disgusted and #exhausted :(

[Uspol] Just cannot concentrate on getting anything done today after reading this 🤦🏾🫩 https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/01/15/native-americans-ice-minneapolis/

What total chaos is #la traffic. I thought #SanFrancisco had bad drivers but LA is at a whole new level. At every intersection we saw at least 2 vehicles running red lights that it was downright dangerous to start moving as soon as you get green! I once also got […] [Original post on sfba.social]

Resilience #photography #iphonephotography #landscape

Huh! And I naively thought I was escaping an impending dictatorship when I naturalized 🤦🏾

After quite a few years… no birding happening on the New Year’s Day… looks like 2026 is going to be different ;-)

Back from Death Valley… with some abstracts… #landscape #photography #landscapephotography #abstract

#vim #pf

Tatooine #landscape ;-) #photography #deathvalley #landscapephotography #abstract

Being aesthetically impaired I rarely post photos or art, but this… A Man Feeding Swans in the Snow, Poland | Marcin Ryczek

A moonlit Zabriskie… #zabriskiepoint #naturephotography #stargazing #photography #landscape #landscapephotography #deathvalleynationalpark

Speeding down the I-5 :) Merry Christmas folks! #photography #iphonephotography

The king of the night shows up just after sundown for the hunt... #bird #photography #birdphotography #birdsofmastodon

A Gret Photobomber Egret… #bird #photography #birdphotography #birdsofmastodon

#silentsunday #landscape #photography #landscapephotography

RE: https://flipboard.com/@bbcnews/world-c8sqdvr9z/-/a-g5oGkqnWQ5iuEOVWJzOA3w%3Aa%3A3199692-%2F0 Hmm... not been a bonne année for La Louvre!

Some days... many days to be honest... this is what wildlife photographers face... subjects that are least interested in posing for a good shot and walk away from their responsibilities - much like what I do - walking away from responsibilities to go out birding […] [Original post on sfba.social]

A #songbird singing for #BirdOfTheDay: Male lazuli bunting in Oregon. 📷🌿🪶

I forgot our anniversary (yesterday)… I’m still alive because the other half is the perfect other half - not the better half that I made her out to be … She forgot too 😜

The Kildeer in the mirror is closer than it appears :-) #iphonephotography #birds #bird #photography

[Just another cat doing code review work!] Meet my personal AI assistant shadow.ai 😜 #catsofmastodon #cats

Was a special day for raptors despite the gloomy and foggy weather. Good time was had and just the one Sunday made up for the lazy long weekend ;-) I hope you all had a good time with family and gave your thanks for everything under the sun… It’s a new day, week […] [Original post on sfba.social]

Looks like a survivor from the Jurassic era! #photography #macro #macrophotography #iphonephotography

It's just midweek and yet I feel like I need a break... wait... it's also a weekend... Hope you all get some recharge...Happy Thanksgiving... #photography

Now you know why its called a “Gull Wing" door ;-) #bird #photography #birdphotography #birdsofmastodon

Happy Friday folks! #bird #photography #birdphotography #birdsofmastodon

Finally managed to remember not to forget taking the camera batteries ;-) #bird #photography #birdphotography #birdsofmastodon

Planning another trip to this place…. Last time was in early spring when it was a nice and cool 90 F at 5 AM … I thought there wouldn’t be another crazy soul like me… yet it looked like I was late to the hot party ;-) So… here’s to those crazy ones… This time […] [Original post on sfba.social]

This photo reminds me of those wedding video/photographers doing the rounds of the dining halls during Indian weddings 🤦🏾 The scoter would have turned into the quintessential angry bird if he'd known I was taking paparazzi shots of him gobbling down the clam ;-) […] [Original post on sfba.social]

Really?!! I just overheard someone at the trailhead say to fellow hiker: “I forgot my sunglasses… BRB”!! Exactly that - “BRB”!! As if these lingo jargons making their way into office communications was not enough… We are now talking in SMSese too?? Now THAT makes me feel old 🤦🏾

I'm down with covid, therefore recycling my archive. Bearded tit ♂︎ (Panurus biarmicus, 🇩🇪 Bartmeise, 🇵🇱 wąsatka). #birds #birdphotography #birdsofmastodon #birdwatching #nature #naturephotography #vogelflausch #ptaki

So... I went out for photography after a really long break. I made sure the batteries were charged the previous night. I checked that I had a warm jacket and that the tripod was in the car. I went out found a good frame, set up the camera on the tripod, but the […] [Original post on sfba.social]

I felt very guilty dishing out sugar (poison in my opinion) to kids in cute costumes yesterday! After a few handouts I shut down all lights and went out in despair to find Wife and kid who were already going around the block! What a useless festival. Why not just a block fancy dress competition […]

The odd one… #bird #photography #birdphotography #birdsofmastodon

Art for the Eyes photographed in Western New Mexico! #shiprock #artforsale #artlovers #NewMexico #wallart #wallartforsale #artistry #art4sale #blackandwhitephotography #art #travel #interiordecor #wallart #homedecor Click link for info and pricing buff.ly/4gthv7q

Hey, so as a veteran and incident responder I need to warn you to pay attention to something in America. The human brain is resilient. While you’re watching kids get dragged away from the parents and people being beaten in the streets, you’re accumulating trauma but also being desensitized.

New, long, oral history of Ken Thompson, my and everyone's hero. From the Computer History Museum: https://computerhistory.org/blog/a-computing-legend-speaks/ Click thru a while to get a text transcript.

Early morning capture of a peafowl in the jungle, perfectly #sunlit and a great candidate for today's #BirdOfTheDay theme #Birds #Photography #Nature #Wildlife #EastCoastKin

Haven't been able to shoot much or even edit old things due to current existential dread period wrt lack of new work, and feeling bad about not sharing enough Big Cat photos especially on #Caturday So meet Tigress Raa #Mammals #Photography #ForestScape #EastCoastKin #IndianJungle #wildlife #nature

Arashiyama #kyoto 8:56 am on a Friday July 1, 2016 Wow I guess it was mostly/relatively empty and I managed to snag a shot with no one around #FootpathFriday

Damn! I hate this part of life called “growing old”! Looks like my left and right eyes are not seeing eye-to-eye 🤦🏾 They are both focusing at different planes apparently and my brain can’t take the strain apparently at any speed above 60mph… so I now need special glasses for driving fast! All […]

A selfie on Haight :) #street #photography #streetphotography