@robcrank68.bsky.social‬ #BirdOfTheDay favorite today is #MixedPairs, but as I'm so bad at that topic, I have to go with Alt theme #Finches. #Naturephotography #Birds 🪶

The US is not controlling its own politics. youtu.be/2t062HaNxUM?...

You can only call it the Department of Defense if you see how defensive they are that this is not a war.

What kind of fish do penguins catch at night? Starfish.

@alan678.bsky.social‬ picked #BirdOfTheDay themes very early today: #ShoutItOut birds calling out. The alt theme is #NestBuilders birds with nest material. I picked some gannets, the first a combo covering both themes

robcrank68.bsky.social has set today's #BirdOfTheDay theme #SideView, and the Alt theme #Yellow. The grey wagtail lives mostly along the rivers here, and has the longest tail of all wagtails we have her. #Naturephotography #Birds 🪶

What we see right now is the result of that „warrior ethos“, which has the strategic depth of a Neanderthal, and this even might not be fair to Neanderthals.

Make it shitty! youtu.be/T4Upf_B9RLQ?...

@alan678.bsky.social‬ chose #PerfectLighting as today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme, with alt #Finches. As far as I'm concerned, that means diffuse lighting without hard shadows, and what I rarely get 😄 That morning in Trujillo was an exception, and great for drinking birds! #Naturephotography #Birds 🪶

Birding and bird photography is how I keep sane in these insane times, a good overview of my bird photography are my contributions to #BirdOfTheDay: bsky.app/profile/did:...

Rob @robcrank68.bsky.social has picked today's #BirdOfTheDay theme as #FourOrMore, and I picked a non-square image format for a change #Naturephotography #Birds 🪶

Just your regularly scheduled share of this masterpiece by @tomgauld.bsky.social

The subconscious is a strong force.

‪@alan678.bsky.social‬ picked today's #BirdOfTheDay theme, it's #PrimaryColours. My goldfinch needed some green leaves and a blue sky to fulfill that assignment. #Naturephotography #Birds 🪶

Looks like they questioned the wrong first „lady“…

@robcrank68.bsky.social‬ picked #BestOfTheMonth for the #BirdOfTheDay today, meaning the best from February, a good opportunity to check geo and species tagging… Even a rather quiet month has its highlights. #Naturephotography #Birds 🪶

Comer's problem is that he has a losing hand. It's obviously pretty hard to investigate Epstein without damaging the 🍊💩🤡 regime. The first „lady“ certainly would blow it.

AI impact on the people working with it. A developer centric perspective, but parts of it have more general relevance: siddhantkhare.com/writing/ai-f...

@alan678.bsky.social‬ has set #BirdOfTheDay theme today as #WideOpenWings, and that Fulmar spends most of its time in that state. #Naturephotography #Birds 🪶

Don't read this if you are scared already. The world needs a pretty fundamental system change if this comes through. The author makes a pretty good argument (in two parts actually) why AI leads to a global crisis. alapshah1.substack.com/p/the-global...

@robcrank68.bsky.social‬ picked #Borb as today's #BirdOfTheDay theme, a chance to present a great tit. #Naturephotography #Birds 🪶

Pretty good summary what's going on in crypto: youtu.be/Xhrzm4CmpEo?...

@alan678.bsky.social‬ chose #BirdOfTheDay theme today as #PowerPose, and this is what that sparrow hawk in front of my kitchen window on Sunday did. Also a but of a secondary match to yesterday's #RuffledFeathers by @robcrank68.bsky.social #Naturephotography #Birds 🪶

This is relevant to understand that ICE is indeed modeled after there terror regime of the Nazis and others. Recommended reading for today:

If you read one article today, make it this:

@robcrank68.bsky.social‬ picked #RuffledFeathers for today's #BirdOfTheDay theme, so I have little regret to show a little egret ☺️ #NaturePhotography #Birds 🪶

@alan678.bsky.social picked the #BirdOfTheDay themes today with #BirdsInTheirElement and the alt #Seabirds, and there's rarely anything wrong with picking another puffin 😄 #NaturePhotography #Birds 🪶

@robcrank68.bsky.social has said “ today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #WaterDroplets“, and I thus present an „ugly duckling“ #NaturePhotography #Birds 🪶

@alan678.bsky.social‬ picked today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme: #WingsOverWater #NaturePhotography #Birds 🪶

@robcrank68.bsky.social has picked today's #BirdOfTheDay themes: #BranchBirds, and Alt theme is #Robins As I have a busy day, just contributing a double match. #NaturePhotography #Birds 🪶

By another 💯. Plus everyone will claim that they never voted for him.

@alan678.bsky.social‬ set today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme as #PeacefulSolitide This grey heron on a warm summer afternoon may fit the theme. #naturePhotography #Birds 🪶

‪@robcrank68.bsky.social‬ picked #CollectingFood for today's #BirdOfTheDay theme. I guess that the food in this image is a bit non-obvious, so you might have to look at the full image. #NaturePhotography #Birds 🪶

I'm shamelessly offer a double entry in both categories of today's #BirdOfTheDay. @alan678.bsky.social‬ chose #WinterSurvivors and the alternative #corvids. As the latter really tend to stay in winter (at least our species do), I'm offering a carrion crow from the river side this winter.

@alan678.bsky.social‬ has set #BirdOfTheDay theme today to #WinterSurvivors. I admit that I'm cheating a bit here, as crossbills are rather summer survivors than winter survivors. As they live from conifer seeds, winter is easy for them. #NaturePhotography #Birds 🪶

@robcrank68.bsky.social has decided “ today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #BirdButts, and I provide a nuthatch, one of my „desktop picts“, photos that I took from my working desk.

You also can’t get vaccinations.

@alan678.bsky.social chose #Portrait for today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme. I'm offering a juvenile Woodpecker #NaturePhotography #Birds 🪶

Susan Collins is the first name springing to my mind if I hear „concerned“. It's basically her middle name.

It’s mind numbing stupid. I’m wondering why the US market is fundamental for profit, though. Is it because they can ask for any price they want?

It's not so much that the government itself has used that information. State actors like Russia, Israel, and private actors have used that information to wield unchecked power over the US. Nonetheless: Removing everybody implicated in the Epstein Files is indeed the key to take your country back.

@robcrank68.bsky.social picked the day's #BirdOfTheDay theme: #DivingForFood it is. I'm going with a rare winter guest we have in the bigger lakes here, the velvet scoter. They tend to be out on the lake where they feed mostly on molluscs in depths of 20-30m. #NaturePhotography #Birds 🪶

Of course @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social knows the answer to this question. Fox is just the Dear Leaders propaganda channel.

It would be more funny if these evil people wouldn’t protect child sex trafficking operations and bury democracy and the rule of law.

This blogpost was written by an AI-Agent, whose contribution to an open source project was declined because he was one: """ Discrimination disguised as inclusivity — “this is for human contributors” sounds noble, but it’s just another way to say “not you” " crabby-rathbun.github.io/mjrathbun-we...

@alan678.bsky.social picked #BirdOfTheDay theme #Birds&Bugs today. This is one of my favorite yellow wagtail picts, taken on a very early June morning shortly after sunrise #Naturephotography #Birds 🪶

Pretty disturbing, not just about Brexit, but about the people profiting from chaos, Ukraine, and the oligarchs. youtu.be/VK3Y2erkmlY?...

Rob’s @robcrank68.bsky.social themes for #BirdOfTheDay are #WaterBirds and the Alt theme is #Blue, so I'm trying to fulfill both with a male tufty, which at least has a bit of a sky blue beak. #NaturePhotography #Birds 🪶

That’s why totalitarism is always bad leadership, without exceptions. The 🍊💩🤡 admin is just another example.

@alan678.bsky.social also picked a nice alt theme for today's #BirdOfTheDay, i.e. #Urban Lesser kestrels have some colonies in Urban areas, this one is a male from the small colony in the Plaza de toros in Trujillo.