This is journalism malpractice by @usatoday.com: Trump said some of the most racist things he had ever this week (and that’s saying a lot) and this headline & story completely ignores that. It’s Trump PR, not journalism.

For today's #BOTD, here's a very cute #White-throatedSparrow all puffed up and tucked into the branches of a bush by the trail in Norfolk, Massachusetts (Dec. 2024) 😍 #birds #sparrows #BirdOfTheDay #Borbs #EastCoastKin #BirdPhotography #nature #StickSeason #Massachusetts @robcrank68.bsky.social

For today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme of #Borbs I offer a round robin of choices including a cold American robin, a fluffy white-breasted nuthatch, an introspective Carolina wren and a proud eastern bluebird. #birds #robins #nuthatches #wrens #bluebirds #nature #birdphotography 🪶

Brings back a lot of memories, starting with the newsroom for the Wayland/Weston Town Crier and the Sudbury Town Crier and Fence Viewer.

Here's a #songbird for #BirdOfTheDay, a northern mockingbird warming up for La Traviata in Cape May Point State Park, N.J. Photo'd June 2024. #Photography #NaturePhotography #Birds #EastCoastKin #CapeMay #JerseyShore #Nikon #DSLR #LightroomClassic #PhotographersOfBluesky #PhotographersUnited

And now here’s a #songbirds #fail as I heard this song sparrow up above, finally located him and waited to catch his next tune … #birds #BirdOfTheDay #birdfail #sparrows #nature #birdphotography 🪶

Quiet for the moment, but this northern mockingbird knows the entire #songbirds playlist! #BirdOfTheDay #birds #mockingbirds #birdphotography #nature 🪶

Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #LookingAtYou. This #MourningDove is always looking at me, the big flirt. 🪶

You ever have the feeling someone is #LookingAtYou when you step out in the morning? #birds #BirdOfTheDay #mourningdoves #doves #birdphotography #nature 🪶

For today's #BOTD looking at you, here's a cute Black-capped Chickadee perched on a branch and looking down at me (Topsfield, Massachusetts - Oct.) 😍👁️ #birds #Paridae.#Black-CappedChickadee #BirdOfTheDay #LookingAtYou #EastCoastKin #BirdPhotography #NikonP950 @robcrank68.bsky.social

A Titmouse from this afternoon with a bit of snow in the air. #titmouse #birds #nature #photography #birdphotography

Ok, journalists, can we as an industry talk frankly about the administration’s white nationalism agenda now? I mean everyone other than me?

Happy #TitmouseTuesday ! #birds #titmouse #nature #birdphotography 🪶

A song sparrow proudly shows its #stripes ! #birds #BirdOfTheDay #sparrows #nature #birdphotography

Hey! Heads up! It’s #Mallard#Monday #birds #mallards #nature #birdphotography 🪶

Some sanderlings reflect on their #reflections for the #BirdOfTheDay theme. #birds #shorebirds #sanderlings #nature #birdphotography 🪶

The U.S. president speaks and relates information like a mentally disabled person or a person with a head injury. I will never understand how this is not front-page, top-of-the-hour news.

A+ headline work from the AP apnews.com/article/dona...

This bluejay doesn’t have a berry in its beak — he’s clasping a sunflower seed in his claws so he can break it open — but he is a #corvid and makes it as a #BirdOfTheDay alternate. #birds #bluejays #nature #birdphotography 🪶

Happy Thanksgiving! I hope your day is filled with food, football, friends, and family! #BirdoftheDay #EastCoastKin #birds #birdwatching #nature #wildlife #bird #birding #wildlifephotography #birdsofbluesky #naturephotography #birdphotography #birdlife #photography #turkey #thanksgiving

In honor of our American Thanksgiving here in Massachusetts, our #Headshot for #BirdOfTheDay is a wild turkey who kept his head! #birds #turkeys #nature #birdphotography #GiveThanks 🪶

Well it's Thanksgiving tomorrow here in the US. I am grateful for all the growing followers and the great community here. Thanks everyone! Here's a set of Wild Turkeys from my archive. #birds #WildTurkey

The nuthatch (this one is white-breasted) is the champ when it comes to #HangingAround ! #birds #BirdOfTheDay #nuthatches #nature #birdphotography 🪶

This red-bellied woodpecker is still #HangingAround the suet feeder as the sun goes down! #birds #BirdOfTheDay #woodpeckers #nature #birdphotography 🪶

A beautiful Great Blue Heron surrounded by spent, red-brown foliage and wading in the shallow blue waters of a pond at Great Meadows NWR 💙🤩 Concord, Massachusetts (11/15/25) #birds #herons #GreatBlueHeron #ColorADay #BlueTue #EastCoastKin #Autumn #BirdPhotography #OM-1 #Massachusetts

Why are billionaires buying up media outlets? As a media mogul, you can effectively hedge against democracy by suppressing criticism of yourself and other plutocrats and discouraging any attempt to tax away your wealth. Here's what we need to do about it. robertreich.substack.com/p/billionair...

Terrible news. Broadcast giant Sinclair makes bid to buy out EW Scripps for $7 per share apnews.com/article/sinc...

I'm going with the #BirdoftheDay alternate: #YellowEyes osprey giving me the "don't EFF with it" look! #EastCoastKin #birds #birding #birdnerd #birdwatching #birdsofprey #osprey #PhotographersOfBlueSky

Behold my #YellowEyes for the #BirdOfTheDay alernate theme! Ospreys rule! #birds #ospreys #nature #birdphotography 🪶

All waterfowl is welcome on #MallardMonday! A Mallard drake on Autumn-coloured water. #birds #photography #EastCoastKin

Here’s a black and white #warbler who barely stayed still for the camera while perched on a cypress tree at the Audubon Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary in Naples, FL #birds #BirdOfTheDay #nature #birdphotography 🪶

#Mr&Mrs mallard go out on a dinner date. And it’s an early start to the #MallardMonday celebration! #birds #BirdOfTheDay #nature #birdphotography 🪶

This #GroundedGull in Santa Cruz, California says he has a leg up on the #BirdOfTheDay competition! #birds #gulls #nature #birdphotography 🪶

You know what media is NOT bending the knee in the Trump era? College journalists! The Harvard Crimson's brutal takedown of the lecherous ex-prez Larry Summers is just the latest example of students showing a failing 'grown-up' media how it's done My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...

Today's #birdoftheday theme is grounded gulls. @robcrank68.bsky.social #Eastcoastkin #Annapolis #SandyPoint Freeze Frame : )

The domino meme and the smallest domino is "Craigslist destroys classified ad revenue for local newspapers" and the big domino is, well, everything happening now

Compare to Democracy Docket's coverage on its from page. This is why we need to support independent media.

It’s a #BirdOfTheDay daily double with a #GroundedGull not very happy that its friend is #Singing — which is really a loud and annoying squawking! #birds #gulls #nature #birdphotography 🪶

Here’s a #GroundedGull who is not very happy about it! #birds #BirdOfTheDay #gulls #nature #birdphotography 🪶

His nomination sends an unambiguous message that Trump intends to continue dismantling and privatizing public lands. You can send an unambiguous NO! @wilderness.org makes fast & easy with a letter you can personalize; they'll send it to your US senators: act.wilderness.org/a/steve-pear...? 🌎

One of our most common #thrushes, bluebirds are vibrant, lively little birds who brighten the landscape year round. #BirdOfTheDay #EastCoastKin 🪶

Thanks Alan and Rob. Until today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme, I did not know that #Thrushes include my favorites, bluebirds! #birds #bluebirds #nature #birdphotography 🪶

Today's #BOTD is Thrushes, so I chose a pretty American Robin perched in a shrub with red berries for the holidays (Concord, Massachusetts) ❤️😍 #birds #AmericanRobin #thrushes #BirdOfTheDay #HolidayRobin #EastCoastKin #BirdPhotography #Olympus #Massachusetts @alan678.bsky.social

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It’s #ThursJay but this blue jay appears uninterested. #birds #bluejay #nature #birdphotography 🪶

The Trump Administration is looking to decimate the Endangered Species Act. Proposed changes would: - LIMIT new species from being listed - REMOVE protections for federally-threatened species like Piping Plovers - REDUCE critical habitat protections

Look at this happy girl. #birds #photography

#BREAKING: Former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers will immediately leave his role as an instructor at Harvard while the University investigates his ties to child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. Dhruv T. Patel and Cam N. Srivastava report.

The media story of our time… Why are we still getting sanewashing coverage of POTUS? Is there any credible journalist who believes this man is mentally fit to be President? #ShouldBeFrontPage but isn’t bsky.app/profile/atru...