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Biologist 🐍 | Ethologist & Whale Shark Research 🐳🦈 | Nature Photographer 📸 | Oil Artist 🎨 | Field, wildlife, and expeditions 🥾🏔️🏝️🌊 | 🇲🇽 🇺🇸 Joining the fight for our future. 💙 Explore my work here ⬇️ https://website.beacons.ai/austin_montero
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Over the last few weeks, we have seen displays of unfettered cruelty. Cruelty isn’t power. It’s a primal display of weakness and ignorance. Kindness and empathy are intelligence. We must never forget that.

Orange County CA! Protest - Today! Location - Irvine City Hall Every Sunday 2-4pm Park behind Irvine City Hall Restrooms - Bill Barber Park

Maddow: If you don't have Bluesky yet, I recommend it. It is a social media network that doesn't make me want to stab myself in the eye with a rusty fork

Tyranny requires your fear, your silence, and your compliance. Democracy requires your courage.

Pritzker: If we don’t want to repeat history, then for god’s sake, in this moment, we better be strong enough to learn from it.

@gavinnewsom.bsky.social: "We have 8,400 firefighters working the lines; 16,000 personnel; 2,500 National Guard trying to address the issue of looting; 750 CHP as we speak; we have the EPA starting to do phase 1 of the debris removal... All of that [rightwing disinformation] is a deep distraction."

Thank you México. #california #socal #fires #america

Sharing resources. Thank you all. #socal #california #america #fires

Thank you California. #LAFIRES #socal #america

“We are only as strong as we are united, as weak as we are divided.” — Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling. Thank you México. #californiafires #socal #america #fires

So, I went outside last night, joking that I was going hunting for drones. I ended up filming several apparent unmanned vehicles here in Southern California. The 1st video shows a light aircraft for comparison. I used a 250mm lens. #Drones #unmanned #SoCal #california

As we progress from unimodal to multimodal w/foundation models of A.I., we're moving from the "scan era" to the "everything era" in medicine (with radiology the leading force) brief summary of my @rsnasky.bsky.social talk #RSNA2024 today www.auntminnie.com/resources/co... @auntminnie.bsky.social

More flowers for the beautiful people of Bluesky. African daisies (Osteospermum) #AfricanDaisy #Osteospermum #FlowerPhotography #NaturePhotography #Botanical #FlowerLovers #Petals #GardenInspiration #FloralArt #NatureLovers #BloomingFlowers #California #Photography #nature #flowers #art #buyart

Just reported and added like 25 of these gift card scammers to Profile Scams. What’s weird is all of the female names had a profile picture or drawing of a woman wearing a mask. All of the male names had a picture of a soccer (foot) ball. Weird. I wonder why?

"Drawing is a kind of hypnotism: one looks in such a way at the model that he comes and takes a seat on the paper." – Pablo Picasso #art #charcoal #drawing #ArtInspiration #PortraitArt #FineArt #CreativeArt #ArtisticProcess #VisualArt #ArtisticBeauty #portrait #draw #blackandwhite

It’s time to let go the bird. www.nature.com/articles/d41....

🚨PLEASE NOTE: This account is SPAMMING people's replies with this link that might be malicious. I actually blocked it a few days ago, but it's back. Don't click the link, just report it and block it. 👇

Beautiful people of Bluesky! Behold the delicate charm of this male butterfly from the genus Ochlodes, gracefully perched on a Stephanomeria branch in the heart of California. 🌿🦋 #Ochlodes #Nature #Stephanomeria #California #WildlifePhotography #Butterfly #wild #NaturePhotography

A blocklist of scammers giving away lottery winnings, crypto, etc. Feel free to let me know if you find any I’m missing. Please report all of these. bsky.app/profile/did:...

Careful with scam accounts. Here is the explanation for Mavis Wanczyk Lottery Scams @maviss9.bsky.social scamicide.com/2024/01/15/s...

The preliminary sequence from the H5N1 human case in British Columbia has been posted and it is not good news. The virus potentially has a quasispecies at HA residue 226 (H3 numbering). This is bad news because we know that mutations at residue 226 can increase binding to human receptors. 1/

Some time ago, I made a protection for my camera to keep it underwater—the one in my profile photo. It took me some time, but it was worth it. This was one of the results of all that work. #Abudeduf #Ocean #NaturePhotography #MarineLife #Photography #beach #nature #outdoors #undwerwater #fish #sea

Wow. This video is truly eye-opening. Take a couple minutes to watch this. A mind-boggling visual representation of wealth inequality in America. This sh*t ain’t workin’, folks. #TaxBillionaires #UnionsForAll

Another photo to delight your eyes. From my many expeditions to central Mexico, I captured this scene atop a mountain peak in the lush deciduous rainforest of Sierra de Huautla. It unveils the ethereal beauty of dawn's first light. #wild #México #rainforest #mountains #sunrise #outdoors #nature

Make it happen. #forest #wildernes #bosque #naturaleza #nature #wild #iztaccihuatl #popocateptl #mexico #méxico #outdoors #mountains

NIGHT EXPLORER Since 2020, I’ve been visiting a nearby river and aqueduct at night. Sometimes, the night brings exciting surprises, like this juvenile striped skunk (M mephitis) exploring in search of food. #skunk #mephitis #mammal #animal #nature #wildlife #urban #night #wild #acueduct #california

Another flower to make this site more beautiful. From my many expeditions to central Mexico, the wet pines of the Iztaccíhuatl volcano provide a dark trail. The Montanoa genus, a wild daisy native to the country, shines through the darkness. #daisy #flowers #wilddaisy #iztapopo #nature #photography