I love odd duck season. Even though the mergansers are theoretically here year round the seem to disappear in summer. 🪶 #EastCoastKin

Pease activist Ayman Ghraieb kidnapped but Shin Bet (Israeli Security/Intelligence Force) Call to action: Email/call Israeli Embassy in you region and demand his immediate release. In Canada: (613) 750-7500 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

I'm really thrilled to be putting on this one-day version of my Fighting to Win course for union and community activists for tfhe Kingston and District Labour Council. kingstonlabour.ca/events/fight...

Stop saying the Senate Dems lost. This was a forfeit, not a loss.

this was a great result to wake up to NYC. And, to paraphrase @gianmarcosoresi.bsky.social since Zorhan can never be president it’s less likely that he will later become a war criminal, like so many politicians before him.

Remember that Trump barely won the popular vote which comes out to just about half of the people who voted which comes out to about 25% of the US population.

Marvin’s opinions do not reflect my own about humanity. But I appreciate his actions immensely. If you see this, quote with a robot that isn't from "Star Wars", "Star Trek", "Doctor Who", or "Transformers".

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Another angle on this morning’s altercation. 🪶

Woody in the Woods Pileated woodpecker mid-peck pause. #woodpecker #pileated #bird #birds #photography #daily

And I especially love weird duck season at sunrise and sunset. (forgot the tags in the original post...Bluesky really needs a fully accountable editing option) #EastCoastKin 🪶 #Ontario #BirdPhotograpy #MigratoryBirds

I love weird duck season!

A very welcome elbows down for one of Canada's predatory #miningcompanies.

Since I’ve been taking pictures of birds, I’ve lost my neck for more abstract landscape. But autumn colours and changing light makes it very tempting. #AlphebetChallenge #QforQuiet #BlueSkyArtShow #EastCoastKin

this is pretty #vertical for a Merganzer! #BlueSkyArtShow #EastCoastKin 🪶

this was one very tall, vertical... #BlueSkyArtShow #Vertical

Nation’s Indigenous People Confirm They Don’t Need Special Holiday, Just Large Swaths Of Land Returned Immediately https://theonion.com/nation-s-indigenous-people-confirm-they-don-t-need-spec-1839033177/

They’re still pretty elusive to my lens, but I feel like after a year of hunting I can pretty reliably eyeball them when I hear them. And once in a while, they pose for me. All hail the belted kingfisher 🪶

All hail the Mikeno! It broke through the Israeli offensive and made it! That is bad ass folks!!!

Unsurprising that Israel has intercepted the first of the Sumud. But there are still ships sailing, and we can still exert pressure in our own ways. Various European countries have condemned the attack, but not very many have been so strong. Where is Canada at? globalsumudflotilla.org/tracker/

I realize I probably should’ve also tagged #canadaPoli in the post below

Please, let’s keep signing this. Genocide is not a Jewish value. #NotInMyName #FreeGaza #FreePalestine #NeverAgain means now.

I particularly love the cormorant migration. And they often look like a keffiyeh in the sky. And as an aside, know what? When birds gather they don’t RSVP. If you’re newer to resisting this level of repression, please listen to those who know. Don’t RSVP to a protest. 🪶

The Birds feed just passed 14,000 likes! Do you know what time it is! Post celebratory birb... 🪶 This great egret is celebrating a nice little snack. I don’t think the fish is quite as celebratory though.

Hey guys, where you going? Wait up! Guys… Guys...? #cormorant #EastCoastKin #NaturePhotography 🪶

Some personal news: I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting. Thread incoming. substack.com/@karenattiah...

Extremist murders by ideology, 2013 to 2022. www.pbump.net/o/reassessin...

Accessibility matters. you can turn on a feature that prompt you to include all text every time. ironically, the share button didn’t work for me so I had to post this as an image, but here’s the link to checkyour own score cred.blue/alt-text #photography #eastCoastKin

I was hoping to catch a night heron in the moonlight last night, but a great blue will have to do. if only I had a full frame and a tripod, I would’ve gotten some really interesting shots, but this cleaned up OK I think . 🪶 #heron #naturephotography #EastCoastKin #SuperMoon

Kayaking gives you shakes, but it also gives you great angles. 🪶 #GreatBlueHeron for great #BlueSkyMonday #EastCoastKin

Shooting #birds in flight from a kayak is an interesting endeavor #BlueSkyMonday #EastCoastKin #Kingfisher

singhsukhjot Sukhjot Singh "No fancy edit this time, just a continuous smooth flight of this majestic peregrine falcon. I was so lucky to share a few moments with her as she approached head on while patrolling her airspace. Note: Footage shot from the top of a trail with a telephoto lens at 630mm"

For folks whose resistance has been through electoral politics, here’s a starting point for thinking through how to prepare to engage in defense in your neighborhoods. #BlueStormMovement #BlueStormComin1 #MakeAmericaSmartAgain

A lesson in how to respond

Sometimes it’s worth chasing a rainbow. 🪶 #photography #EastCoastKin

'Beyond these local die-offs, ecologists are only just beginning to grasp the full threat that extreme heat poses to the world’s wildlife populations, and how quickly it can drive species towards #extinction.' www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Icarus? Or maybe it’s a #bird... hard to tell from this distance #AlphabetChallenge #WeekFForFire #EastCoastKin #Stunday

2nd ever Cedar Waxwing (guys, they’re all around us!) 🪶 #birdwatching #birdphotography #EastCoastKin

This is interesting for sure, but instead of farmers why wouldn’t we mandated in corporate and commercial spaces. Or I mean, why don’t we just stop destroying meadows, forests, and wetlands

I’m an empathetic person…this must be terrible for the daughter who didn’t choose a vanity millionnaire for a dad. But I celebrate that bull who showed much more patience than expected when being hunted. Long live the bull

My first ever cedar waxing. Pretty far from my camera, but it was exciting to catch. 🪶

Recent announcements by France, EU, Arab League, Canada is not them 'changing' - it is another two-state attempt at Oslo pacification and normalization. There can be NO "solution" that demands disarmament of the resistance, maintains apartheid & occupation, denies the right of return for refugees.

“A fresh, charming, socially conscious tour of the mysteries of space-time” I don’t just post about birds

People love my bird posts, but I wonder why you don’t engage with the politics. I know it’s a hard world and I tell you birds keep be going right now. But ostrich is not the approach we can take in this time. Keep fighting please.

Once you learn how to look for a killdeer, you really understand why it’s so hard to see a killdeer 🪶

From the US, call @statedeptus.bsky.social at 2026474000 x4 and demand the US intervene and support of their citizens who are being illegally held by Israeli forces. The world has seen that it is not safe to be captive of Israel.