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@alan678.bsky.social set today's topic to #snowy, and I tried to use the little snow we have to capture to topic. This little Wren was the surprise of the day. 🪶

Honest to god.

Of course, the rules for foreign presidents doesn’t apply to the handlers of Trump, like Putin, Netanyahu, MBS, etc.

@alan678.bsky.social's theme for today's #BirdOfTheDay is #CaughtInMotion 🪶 A Tufty at start makes pretty huge leaps.

Great analysis of the WH photography in Vanity Fair: youtu.be/uz0oUJZ5t30?...

@robcrank68.bsky.social set today's #BirdOfTheDay theme to #GoodLight with the alt #Gulls, and I'm throwing in a lesser black-backed gull on a slightly hazy day light to cover both. 🪶

@alan678.bsky.social chose #B&W as #BirdOfTheDay topic for Jan 1st. Great opportunity to throw in a Razorbill, which actually flys pretty good with its little wings 🪶

@robcrank68.bsky.social's topic for #BirdOfTheDay for Dec 31st was #Reflections Love how the reflections of the ducklings are highlighting their contrasting colors.🪶

@alan678.bsky.social topic for Dec 30th of #BirdOfTheDay was #Branchingout 🪶

Time to deal with my #BirdOfTheDay debts after 🍾 @robcrank68.bsky.social has set the topic for Dec 29th to #BirdButts 🪶 I have a few duck butts to present, and challenge everybody to identify the species before looking into the alt text 🤣

New Year‘s recommended reading:

Trumpsters claiming they voted for his economic policies remind me of when men would claim they read Playboy for the articles.

Most people who passively absorb dangerous norms: • never kill, • never participate in pogroms, • never act violently. But every pogrom requires those dangerous norms first.

50-70 children and close to nobody sitting in jail and only a few even named 🤮

Short answer: Dumb money. Russia was short of money, so they had to look for efficient investment. Building kompromat and intelligence on your enemy turned out to be the better strategy.

@alan678.bsky.social picked #serenity for #BirdOfTheDay 🪶 This Little Egret flies over former salines in Menorca

another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls

Can someone please respond to Stephen Miller with this message from Frank Sinatra?

@robcrank68.bsky.social chose #Outstretched for the #BirdOfTheDay theme, and I throw in a little altercation between two Gadwalls. 🪶

@alan678.bsky.social #BirdOfTheDay #MostRecent 🪶 2 young hawks about 500m away. Sometimes it‘s not about image quality.

Fusion would be the death of big oil.

@robcrank68.bsky.social #BirdOfTheDay is combined with #HolidayRobin for today.

@alan678.bsky.social set the #BirdOfTheDay theme today to #contrast and the alt theme to #faceoff This razorbill picture is one of my favorites and ticks both boxes. Happy Holidays!

It's pretty evident that many of the redactions are to protect the perpetuators, not the victims.

@robcrank68.bsky.social #BirdOfTheDay theme is #SideProfiles 🪶 Redshanks are good at this.

@alan678.bsky.social has chosen #Grounded for the #BirdOfTheDay theme. I chose an Oystercatcher, who lifted the right foot slightly off the ground to push the beak deeper into the ground. 🪶

For #NationalRobinDay, I went for a winter robin visiting me while I was waiting for arctic loons. #HolidayRobin #FestiveDailyRobin

@robcrank68.bsky.social set #BirdOfTheDay topic to #AboutTheKids To follow up on my yesterday‘s contribution here we see a Merganser chick speeding up to its mum.

NEW: Abrego’s lawyers have proof of Todd Blanche’s direct involvement in his prosecution - after lying to the court about it for months. substack.com/@muellershew...

#BirdOfTheDay theme #QuietMoments A common Merganser sleeping with her young ones on a dead tree on the river. 🪶 Shutter speed 1/10 free hand.

@robcrank68.bsky.social's #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #LongLegsAndNeck, and while a Stilt's neck barely fulfill the long criteria, their legs make certainly up for it 🪶

The jury is still out if his Biden Derangement symptom is secondary to his Obama Derangement Syndrome.

Do you know about gelatinous salps? No? Trust us, you probably want to: www.biographic.com/pelagic-pack...

@alan678.bsky.social & @robcrank68.bsky.social's #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #QuietObservers This female sparrow hawk was sitting right in front of my window staring down to the feeder of our neighbors in the base floor. She regularly goes after the coal tits usually with limited success. 🪶

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A US president who has kinder words for Vladimir Putin than Rob Reiner is a disgrace to his country.

Trump describes himself as the first Jewish President. No. But he is a schmuck, a shlemiel, a meshugge putz who only ever knows how to kvetch. He has done bupkis for America, only himself. He’s all spiel, but he’s just a ligner, a gonif. He’s the ultimate paskudnik. 🖖

It certainly is.

Statistically you are more like to be sexually assaulted by the President than be harmed in any way by a vaccine.

@robcrank68.bsky.social today's #BirdOfTheDay is #Groups, and I can't resist to show some Puffins from Skomer. Every day is better with Puffins 🪶

@alan678.bsky.social set today's #BirdOfTheDay alternative theme to #WinterBirds, and I realized I have too few of those. Still better than #NaturePantry, which points to an even bigger gap in my portfolio. This series motivates to think of new angles to look for. I present a Smew along ice.

No news outlet should repost the AI slob this FBI calls an investigation without a huge asterix.

@robcrank68.bsky.social set today's #BirdOfTheDay theme to #ScratchersAndPruners Despite multiple pruning ducks in my archive, I opt to present one of my favorite sea bird, a Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis) 🪶

Yep. It is. But it‘s not him alone who made it so. It‘s also his enablers, his voters, the non-voters, and the silent majority which is not out in millions each fing Saturday to stop it.

An artist has made it to eternity if you immediately recognize the source of a parody:

@alan678.bsky.social set the #BirdOfTheDay themes to #HeronsandEgrets with the alternative #birdsandrocks . Of course I'm aiming for the extra points for a double theme combo, though I admit that these rocks are rather some concrete lumps 🤭

The alternative #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Finches, which is obviously much easier. These 2 images were taken not even one minute apart, obviously of the same chaffinch, and a nice demonstration how much we can manipulate the background with literally just a few steps. 🪶

@robcrank68.bsky.social has chosen quite a tough theme for today's #BirdOfTheDay: #DucksOnOneLeg I painfully realized that I have very few photographs of standing ducks , and nearly all of them are on both feet. In the end I remembered some pintails (Anas acuta), and one of them was saving me.😅 🪶

Worth reading.