Synthetic spiderwebs in particular can be a deathtrap for little birds 🐦🎃

"the menswear guy isn't fair and balanced." do you even hear yourself? "fork lady is eroding public confidence." "ladder baby is undermining the credibility of the field." "lemon raccoon is acting without transparency or accountability." that's what you sound like.

weird bird alert

Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin ✨ figured out what stars are made of ✨ when she was just 25. 🔭🧪 Her PhD thesis basically established the Harvard astro department — at a time when Harvard didn't officially allow woman students. I wrote this little profile to mark the 100th anniversary of her thesis:

helpful info for people aging into birdwatching!

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recommendation algorithms should not be pushing weird alt right videos into my feed they should be pushing more of whatever this is

A black-bellied whistling duck coming in for a landing at Orlando Wetlands. #birds #birdphotography #birdsoftheworld

ma'amlet

Learn how to implement practical solutions to address #climatechange in health care. Register for the Oct. 6 webinar hosted by David Suzuki and other health care leaders: ow.ly/pesZ50WXvcA @cape-acme.bsky.social @drmelissalem.bsky.social @courtghoward.bsky.social#climatechange#MedEd #Med#MedEd

imagine fully believing the rapture is happening tomorrow and you go about your day and you're still here. Brutal

I've been doing some film photography lately (with various success). I'm still finding my footing, but I like the nostalgia of it and I like really thinking about a photo before I take it

single best thing help the oceans: eliminate the harmful subsidies given to fishing fleets that make catching the last fish still profitable @wto.org "Fish 1" agreement starts toward that but it's the first step in a journey of many miles - find out why 👇 theconversation.com/what-the-wto...

wine-dark sea

bright light

me after getting pummelled by a set of the 3 most surfable waves in ocean history

BREAKING: The U.K., Canada and Australia officially recognize a Palestinian state, a significant shift away from alignment with the U.S.

attempting to describe the vibes of the moment. have yet to do better than: "imagine watching a documentary reenacting the burning of the Library of Alexandria set to the soundtrack of 'Yakety Sax'"

🦦 Be aware. PSA: A sea otter shell-ebration is sweeping social media next week! Text📲OTTERMEDIA to 54159 to opt into Aquarium texts and stay hip to the coolest sea otter content all week long.

hello again Tofino 🌊❤️

At yesterday's 80th @UN General Assembly, the High Seas Treaty was FINALLY ratified! 🌊 🦑 Aka the Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdictions (BBNJ) Agreement, it now officially enters into force in 120 days, becoming international law in Jan 2026. highseasalliance.org/treaty-ratif...

Inconceivable Mooseness Brandy Saturley 2024

The High Seas Treaty has officially achieved its 60th landmark ratification, a historic milestone for our ocean. 🌍 But ratification is just the start. Now comes the hard work: turning commitments into protections through transparency + accountability. Read our statement: https://bit.ly/3KcA0RJ

US Ambassador threatens to tariff, annex, and bomb Canada if anti-American sentiment doesn't improve

this exists it is called thinking

let's all cool off for a sec and watch this wolf eel eating a crab www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts...

heartbreaking, the worst person you

This may seem cute but if you do this too much the cyclists may become reliant on cars feeding them, disrupting the delicate roadway ecosystem

Happy sea otter awareness week, to those who celebrate. 🦦https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wEIBgyO-XM #ラッコ #seaotters

The boys are back in town 🦫

It's important to celebrate even quite small reasons for climate optimism, because otherwise you will succumb to despair, and that will help nobody. Sure, the line between optimism and delusion is a fine one, but you have to get out of bed in the morning and sometimes for that you need delusion.

LOOK AT THE FANCY KOOKABURRA!

new cryptid just dropped

start with the man in the mirror, bud!

Meet the Swainson’s Thrush! After the breeding season, this long-distance migrant makes its journey from Canada to its non-breeding grounds in South America. Keep an eye out for them as they migrate south - you may spot one fueling up before the next leg of its journey!

Don’t talk to me or my Very Large Gollum ever again

losing my mind over Big Gollum

as good a night as any to revisit Tove Jansson's illustrations for The Hobbit

I’m so glad humor is legal again now that cancel culture is over

today's coding jams 🦦🍂

I think much of this + general phone addiction cause/spawn from loneliness. It's a vicious cycle, but the internet can take away the hard work of knowing and being known. It can leave us with views that are never challenged. (In my experience it isn't a productive place for those disagreements.)

Just finished the first book in Portuguese I've read in over a year; it's a really beautiful one about absence and acceptance. If any of you speak portuguese and happen to be looking for a new read I recommend this one!

BC's premier is holding a presser about LNG expansion and a rare opportunity to ask questions about things like climate goals and Indigenous partnerships, and media keep asking Qs about Eby hiring a comedian as a speechwriter... 🫠

What a way to find out this isn't Zach Galifianakis

Say what you will about Hamlet but "what are you reading?" "words" is so funny

NEW - The BC Conservatives have cancelled a scheduled caucus meeting in Kelowna on Thursday. Leader John Rustad was asked to leave caucus on Friday after concerns were raised about membership sales. When he was gone, MLAs expressed concerns about keeping Rustad as leader. #bcpoli

Commercial fisher fined $15,000 for trawling in marine reserve insidegovernment.co.nz/commercial-f... via @Inside Government NZ

"As these powerful forces [like big oil] gain influence in governments and boardrooms around the world, it is little surprise that many readers feel dismay. Climate scientists do, too. But experts also warn that we underestimate our own agency."

"Ginning up a moral panic over public transportation is a thinly veiled pretext to starve it of the resources that could make it even safer." @via @katearonoff.bsky.social