Barely 48 hours into 2026 and the U.S. government is kidnapping foreign leaders and committing war crimes.

This matters. A full slate drives turnout, especially in a state with chronic voter apathy. www.texastribune.org/2025/12/17/t...

Some really fantastic #birds right there!! We have flickers year round but they really shine on a winters day.🪶 You'll notice this couple has yellow shafts, generally Eastern. The male on the left has red on the back of his head and a black marking under his eyes near the bill - a malar stripe.🪶

I wonder with whom I will be besotted.😏 #words

Make 2026 the year you finally ditch gasoline. This is undoubtedly easier for people in single family homes with driveways and garages where they can charge overnight, but finding a quality EV on the used market is a great way to go. ⚡🔌🚘🔋

Let's see your #ebird count for 2025. #birds #birding 🪶

#branchingOut is #birdoftheday theme so I’ll contribute a Silver-throated Tanager from Arenal Observatory, Costa Rica this November. Cheers!

✨ GOAT 🎤

I need to do some more travel, perhaps, especially among National Parks. whereidlive.com

How people in Portland are feeling about this...

And it's still pretty shitty healthcare coverage that costs too much. 😕

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #BirdButts. Here's a male Common Kingfisher butt especially for @alan678.bsky.social 🤣 A #Kodachrome from the early 1990s photographed in south Cheshire. #EastCoastKin #birds #birdphotography #nature #wildlife #photography

Cedar Waxwing, Richmond, Kentucky. #birds #birdoftheday #serenity

And now for something completely different. Irl watercolor birb

64 percent of American adults plan to avoid using AI for “as long as possible,” according to a recent Gallup report. news.gallup.com/poll/692435/... One study found 31 percent of employees (and 41 percent of Gen Z workers specifically) are actively working against their company’s #AI initiatives. 👻

Almost two years since I took this photograph ❄️ stay warm, friends. #photography #landscapephotography #nature #winter #frozen #blackandwhite #composition

"Making pictures can be a substitute for seeing and participating. The person who sees is involved. The person who looks is not." - Freeman Patterson May your new year be filled with moments of seeing ✨📷

Merry Christmas everyone! This Sandhill Crane pic shouted red and green today, so up it came from the archives! Hoping you have a wonderful Christmas!

#WaterfallWednesday Madison Creek Falls has a 60 foot drop & is assessible from a paved road. #PortAngeles #WashingtonState #PNW #Nature #Waterfalls #Photography #WestCoastKin #ArtOfPhotography 12/10/25

How I'm showing up to the Bluesky Christmas party:

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Alight my followers, let's hear it. My 2026 resolutions will be thankful for your feedback. ✌️

Trump began this administration with an executive order attacking offshore wind. A federal court held it to be illegal. 🧵

Clever birds 🪶

Sunlight between gates Firm hands tend to the garden The wet rose blushes #haiku #poetry

Oh how I miss these days. Late summer in the North Cascades. #Stunday #EastCoastKin #BlueSkyArtShow #Landscape #Landscapephotography #nature #naturephotography

I wonder if Weiss would decline to air any investigative story that highlighted mistreatment of Jews. An administration given this kind of free pass will absolutely run with it to commit even more atrocities. #cbs

No, but seriously, lookit him.

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Big blizzard day in Manitoba. From the comfort of my kitchen, I watched this downy woodpecker get absolutely buffeted by the nasty wind – and for some reason, preferring to peck at this fencepost over snacking the suet log a few metres away. #birds

The #EpsteinFiles 👇

Good morning. Fish for breakfast? #photography #birds

Stock dropped almost 5% on this news, but I doubt it holds up. This is also a bit harsh (and dumb) in my opinion. Tesla remains the top selling EV brand, like it or not. Generates significant state revenue.Advances decarb transportation goals

How your email finds me during the holiday season....

An important thread 🌍🌎🌏

I had an interview yesterday that seemed like it went well but I didn't have much time to prepare and now I'm awake at 2am thinking I definitely blew it. 😮‍💨

The clown thinks Venezuela belongs to the United States? It never did according to the U.S. Department of State 2021-2025.state.gov/u-s-relation...

May the Force be with us. ✨

Every time your imposter syndrome creeps up, just remember who leads each branch of the United States federal government.

This is the third night in a row that I've heard fireworks after 9pm. What are y'all celebrating? 🤨

Song Sparrow singing out my window on December 13th. What a treat 🪶

Cottonwood Creek at the outlet of Jenny Lake in Grand Teton National Park. "When man moves away from nature his heart becomes hard." (Lakota) Proverb

Yellow-rumped #warbler likes to eat the suet that is on the table Doesn't care so much about the pomegranates #bird #birdphotography 🪶

Stunning scenery 🍂 Autumn has almost fully passed. Few leaves now on the trees here. Winter holiday is almost upon us ❄️

No joke. The rivers are full. The highways are closed. The farms are washed out. Never have I heard of a flooding evacuation notice. And something the headlines won't tell you. The most affordable, lowest cost homes where people of modest means live are square in the flood plain.

Frosty perch (2025) #ArtAdventCalendar #Photography #birds

Tumalo Falls Deschutes National Forest #WaterfallWednesday #Oregon #EastCoastKin #Landscspe #photography

Barnacle geese #photography #birds

In Norse mythology, the woodpecker is primarily associated with the god Thor, god of thunder and lightning. The connection stems from the bird's characteristic hammering, which is thought to mimic the sound of thunder or the striking of Thor's magic hammer. Art my own. #ArtAdventCalendar #Folklore

Steller’s Jay. Idyllwild, CA 🪶