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Father and Grandfather / Software Engineer / Wood Carver / Colored Pencil Artist / Amateur Microscopist … on Threads https://www.threads.net/@melahn on SubStack https://gregorymelahn.substack.com?r=2cq152&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=profile
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A rotifer harvested from some local moss feeds voraciously. Recorded at 40x on a Zeiss Standard microscope. #microscopy

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This is the ultimate dick boss move from Musk - except he isn’t even the boss, he’s just a dick.

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My daughters Andrea and Alex gifted me a subscription to Storyworth on Christmas 2023. After writing a story every week or so for the past year I just received three copies of a printed illustrated book containing all the stories. Very sweet!

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The suet sure looks good on a frosty 28°F morning 🪶

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Der letzter Republikaner

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Chipping Sparrows congregate in the snow 🪶

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Bullying Bluebird behavior 🪶

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The Bickersons at breakfast 🪶

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Trump’s America www.msn.com/en-us/news/t...

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A Windy Day🪶

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Who you Share it With! 🪶 Audio by Layup

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Assistant U.S. Atty resigns rather than implement Trump order to file a motion for dismissal of the corruption charges against the NYC mayor and writes “I expect you will eventually find someone who is enough of a fool, or enough of a coward, to file your motion. But it was never going to be me.”

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I sampled a nearby sanitary sewer after our recent rains ended and found this lively guy under the microscope, identified by someone more knowledgeable than me as a nematode. 1/2

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First sunshine in three days. Time to stock up on suet!🪶

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We’re supposed to call them Freedom Freckles now… www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/s... #measles

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Mourning Dove looking for breakfast on a wet morning 🪶

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Exactly 80 years today, my uncle PFC Joseph Melahn, my Dad’s twin brother, was KIA near Schmitt, Germany. According to his casualty file, his possessions consisted of some souvenier coins,a knife,a rosary,a wallet and a pen.His last letter home was written two weeks before. @82ndinww2.bsky.social

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A stern Northern Cardinal guarding the feeder 🪶

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A contemplative plump bluebird 🪶

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A Myrtle Warbler who’s proud of that bright yellow patch 🪶

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Now the whole country gets the experience of what it's like when private equity buys the place you work

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Another first of the season … a Goldfinch, feeling very territorial 🪶

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Scientists at the CDC were ordered late on Friday to withdraw any pending publications, at any scientific journal, that mention terms such as “transgender,” “immigrant,” “LGBT” or “pregnant people.”

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More than 8,000 web pages across more than a dozen U.S. government websites have been taken down since Friday afternoon, a New York Times analysis found. The purges have removed information about vaccines, veterans’ care, hate crimes, scientific research and more.

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I did not know until today but the Myrtle Warbler is considered to be a subspecies of the Yellow-Rumped Warbler, which is commonly called the Butterbutt Bird, for obvious reasons. 🪶

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More newcomers. Nuthatches! 🪶

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Yes!! Tonight on #Jeopardy we see @theresthistory.bsky.social Sorry, nothing about Jacco Macacco though

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First I’ve seen a warbler, probably a Myrtle Warbler, at the feeder. Nice bright yellow patch. 🪶

submitted 26 days ago • 1 comment

Fresh suet!🪶

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Carolina Wren, proud of her profile 🪶

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Enjoying the sun on a 22°F morning 🪶

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Birds are hunkered down for the night 🪶

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Bon appétit 🪶

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It was 18° F this morning and this fluffed up Downy Woodpecker really needed this fresh suet 🪶

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Gathering some slides for an intro to #Microscopy session with some local Kindergartners. Struggling to find some local microorganisms still alive in this very cold weather I found this little Euplotes alive in the muck of a mud puddle. Hopefully I’ll find one on the day.

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A Carolina Wren just showing off🪶

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Downy Woodpecker fattening up before the storm hits 🪶

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A Carolina Chickadee likes his suet cake 🪶

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#Verizon continues to punish us long-term customers www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/... @verison.bsky.social

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Given the wind chill, I thought I would add some suet cake 🍰and see how the birds like it 🪶

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A Tree Sparrow and a Carolina Wren enjoy the sun on a very cold Winter morning. Too cold to fight. 🪶

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A red-bellied woodpecker is an early visitor to my new bird feeder on a gray and wet winter morning #bird

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