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An excellent deep dive intp the dats behind FIRE's "campus free speech" rankings. You won't be surprised to learn they are bullshit, riddled with errors and willful misrepresentions. This is not a serious organization and we would stop treating it as such. www.chronicle.com/article/the-...

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Gotta admit, I do NOT like caves. But today was the day I learned about Stephen Bishop, self taught geologist who explored Mammoth Cave. Many of the features of the cave were named by him. I would gladly tour Mammoth with this man.

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Seems appropriate to bring up the importance of black trans people in the Stonewall riots, since the fuckers have removed any reference to transgendered people on the US Park Service Stonewall Inn Website. aaregistry.org/story/black-...

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I stumbled upon this little gem and thought I would share. youtu.be/rZAZSeeWZO4

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Emmy award winning birder, barrier-breaking comic writer, conqueror of leash-less dog-walking scofflaws, and all-around good egg, I love Christian Cooper.

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Living just an hours drive from the entrance to Sequoia National Park, the story of Charles Young has a special significance. The third Black graduate of West Point, Young was Captain of a company of Buffalo Soldiers when he was appointed acting superintendent of Sequoia NP.

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Vivien Thomas. An amazing man.

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My last offering on the Nicholas Brothers. Long, but worth it.

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The young Nicholas Brothers met Fred Astaire.

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The Nicholas brothers with Gene Kelly.

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Very young Nicholas Brothers. It’s amazing how they make it look so easy.

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The Nicholas Brothers were utterly amazing dancers. In celebration of Black History Month and because things are shitty and you cannot avoid smiling when watching these two artists, today I will be sharing several of their performances. youtu.be/fNKRm6H-qOU

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What the actual fuck?

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I stumbled upon a documentary narrated by Morgan Freeman on the 761 Tank Battalion, a segregated independent (less politely, bastard) battalion in WWII. These men were amazing. Serving primarily under Patton, they penetrated the Siegfried Line, allowing US forces into Germany.

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In honor of Black History Month, I give you the story of Henry Ossian Flipper, first Black American to graduate West Point. After serving with distinction in the Western frontier, he was courtmartialed for embezzlement, eventually being posthumously exonerated. www.blackpast.org/african-amer...

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This photo hits hard.

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Trump's faucet uncovered!

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Burrowing owl, standing at the entrance to his burrow. Taken at Merced NWR. I only recently realized there is a second bird peeking out from the burrow. You can make out a single, out-of-focus eye just below the standing bird’s belly. #birds

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Male cinnamon teal. The red eyes are mesmerizing. Taken at Merced NWR on one of the posing logs that sit out in the ponds. I suspect the refuge staff have placed these logs deliberately, because they almost always provide wonderful photo ops.

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Almost 20 years ago, a doctor on TV was asked, "Isn't 12 a little early for a kid to be deciding to transition?" And her response was, "It's old enough for them to decide that it's not worth living anymore if they can't." That was the only argument I ever needed to hear about gender affirming care.

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I filmed this interaction between a mother otter and pup at Morro Bay. No otters were harmed in the filming of this video, although several human bystanders got the awwwws.

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Kash Patel testified under oath today that he wasn’t sure who right-wing Nazi talk show host Stew Peters is. Stew? Never heard of him …

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One can say, while Lloyd Austin was secretary of defense non of our military aircrafts collided with commercial aircrafts. Not until we got a DEI/DUI hire like Pete Hegseth. On the left a man with honor and qualifications. The right a man with a bottle and no qualifications.

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Golden eagle, near Merced NWR, is not amused by your Tomfoolery.

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Brilliant satirical cover from Private Eye, mocking spineless media organisations and journalists who submit and cower in the face of power 👏

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The overlords I look forward to. Wash on the left, showing off his Black Panther necklace. Zoe on the right, enjoying a well-earned cuddle in the crook of my arm. I can’t express how much I love these little shits, and how they saved me from the depths.

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Sandhill cranes at Merced NWR provide many in-flight photo ops. Their large size and steady flight makes them perfect subjects.

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Sandhill cranes at Merced NWR. An adult (red forehead) with offspring (golden neck), also known as a colt. Adults remain with their colts throughout the winter; groups of parents and colts are common at Merced. #birds

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Ruddy ducks! Adorable little guys, noted for forming rafts of sleeping birds, with their heads tucked down and their tails sticking up. I love compositions like this, where one bird in a line looks at the camera. #bird

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www.tiktok.com/t/ZT21q2Cyf/ More Fox gaslighting. This one is important to know about FDA funding.

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