Today's enormous red flag: "crypto enthusiast"

Feed cleanse.

"a victim" 😐

A couple of woodpeckers on my back deck, Columbia, MD #birds

I saw a female red-winged blackbird chasing a male red-winged blackbird all over Font Hill Pond, Ellicott City, MD #birds

What I assume is a young male red-winged blackbird at Font Hill Pond, Ellicott City, MD #birds

A male red-winged blackbird at Font Hill Pond, Ellicott City, MD #birds

A rabbit on the sidewalk in front of my home. This is the first one I've seen around my house in years, which might explain why my cat Tippi was so focused on it from the living room window #rabbits

A house sparrow in the park near my home, Columbia, MD #birds

A great blue heron at Font Hill Pond, Ellicott City, MD, posing up a storm (2 of 2) #birds

A great blue heron at Font Hill Pond, Ellicott City, MD, posing up a storm (1 of 2) #birds

A grackle in a tree in my backyard, deciding who to use its Evil Eye against, Columbia, MD #birds

An American Goldfinch on my front feeder, Columbia, MD #birds

Every time I cross this bridge on a path near my house, I see an eastern phoebe, Columbia, MD #birds

Saw a bunch of white-tailed deer today, Columbia, MD

A couple of damselflies I saw today - first is ebony jewelwing, second & third are sparkling waxwing (what a wonderful name!), Columbia, MD #bugs

A cardinal deciding which of my deck bird feeders to visit, Columbia, MD #birds

A cardinal at one my deck bird feeders, Columbia, MD #birds

A cardinal on my front bird feeder, Columbia, MD #birds

A barn swallow at Font Hill Pond, Ellicott City, MD, which let me stand less than 10' away from it and take pictures #birds

A catbird in the park near my home, Columbia, MD #birds

The Moon over two evenings, the first around 8PM, the second around 7PM. This makes me want to take pictures every day at the same time for as long as I can.

This is genuinely encouraging: youtu.be/13-dt_yyXP8?...

For a long time, the New York Democratic machine was corrupt, sclerotic, hostile to progress, and completely implacable. That started to change when 13 women came forward, at great personal cost, about the sexual harassment they experienced from Andrew Cuomo.

Yarp, not rocket science

You can ignore an Israel apologist for the exact same reasons you can ignore a Nazi apologist.

Blaming Ordinary People For The Ecocidal Consequences Of AI The push to offload all the responsibility for the ecological consequences of data centers onto individual users instead of just regulating AI companies is typical capitalist power-serving bullshit. www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/blaming-or...

The young wood ducks at Centennial Lake are growing up, Ellicott City, MD (2 of 2) #birds

The young wood ducks at Centennial Lake are growing up, Ellicott City, MD (1 of 2) #birds

Turtles at Centennial Lake, Ellicott City, MD #turtles

Young starlings at my feeder, Columbia, MD (2 of 2) #birds

Young starlings at my feeder, Columbia, MD (1 of 2) #birds

An osprey flying over Centennial Lake, Ellicott City, MD (2 of 2) #birds

An osprey flying over Centennial Lake, Ellicott City, MD (1 of 2) #birds

I've been thinking these are mallards but I think they are actually mottled ducks, Centennial Lake, Ellicott City, MD #birds

Some mallard ducks at Centennial Lake, Ellicott City, MD (2 of 2) #birds

Some mallard ducks at Centennial Lake, Ellicott City, MD (1 of 2) #birds

Had an amazing, personal record-breaking day photographing great blue herons at Centennial Lake, Ellicott City, MD (8 of 8) #birds

Had an amazing, personal record-breaking day photographing great blue herons at Centennial Lake, Ellicott City, MD (7 of 8) #birds

Had an amazing, personal record-breaking day photographing great blue herons at Centennial Lake, Ellicott City, MD (6 of 8) #birds

Had an amazing, personal record-breaking day photographing great blue herons at Centennial Lake, Ellicott City, MD (5 of 8) #birds

Had an amazing, personal record-breaking day photographing great blue herons at Centennial Lake, Ellicott City, MD (4 of 8) #birds

Had an amazing, personal record-breaking day photographing great blue herons at Centennial Lake, Ellicott City, MD (3 of 8) #birds

Had an amazing, personal record-breaking day photographing great blue herons at Centennial Lake, Ellicott City, MD (2 of 8) #birds

Had an amazing, personal record-breaking day photographing great blue herons at Centennial Lake, Ellicott City, MD (1 of 8) #birds

An eastern kingbird at Centennial Lake, Ellicott City, MD #birds

One of what I believe is a mated pair of double-crested cormorants, Centennial Lake, Ellicott City, MD (2 of 2) #birds

One of what I believe is a mated pair of double-crested cormorants, Centennial Lake, Ellicott City, MD (1 of 2) #birds