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wildlife, birds, landscapes; 322 ppm; dad vibes; science, critical thinking; woke = compliment; views mine; don't care if you call them "seagulls". Assoc. Prof. in NREM, OKState. Past-President, Wilson Ornithological Society https://timoconnell.wordpress.
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We have the most anti-free speech government in modern American history. (And yet, in true Orwellian fashion, they claim to be champions of free speech.)

submitted 10 hours ago • 473 comments

Invisible Island in the Pacific Ocean 🏝️ The Great Pacific Garbage Patch 🤯

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Good afternoon from the Kingdom ☀️

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We’re rapidly reaching peak birdsong, as breeding season is in full swing and resident birds are being joined by migrants, so maybe now’s a good time to be reminded of the existence of the Swedish word ‘gökotta’ – getting up early to listen to birdsong.

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Fowler’s Toads are out there singing tonight, and it’s pretty magical! #wildlife #Oklahoma #diversity #amphibian #spawning #anuran #toads

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Winner:

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There's a LOT going on and so I just wanted to share something different. This box came the other day and this little guy immediately sat in it, started purring. And I mean PURRING, he was so happy! Sometimes little cats find a box that is the perfect fit and it's just the best! 💓

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in case you're wondering, "what's the harm in claiming an extinct species has been brought back from the dead" when it most certainly has not, our interior secretary is already using it to justify taking animals off the endangered species list

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Resurrecting the Dire Wolf, or Clickbait Science for the 21st Century Dr. Adam Johnson explaining how the so-called Dire Wolves recently produced by Colossal Biosciences are, in fact, not.

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So the bounce back in the stock market that's happening right now is because China "unleashed a series of measures to stabilize stocks," because China is the country the world turns to now in order to being stability. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/b...

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COVID didn't "turn out fine." Over 1 million people died in just the US. People are still dying. 100s of thousands of people are still dealing with the effects of Long COVID. And the entire country lost its shit and is still unwell. Tariffs will not "turn out fine." Effects will be experienced.

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Again, worth at the last considering the possibility that he’s a malevolent idiot who has no idea what he’s doing.

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Protest energy is fine, but we’re still 3 yrs away from the next fight over the next Dem nominee being simultaneously too far right and too far left. Now what? Then what?

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Just to give everyone a reminder: you should never have to get a loan for a graduate program in ecology, evolution, & organismal biology. #🧪

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We need to focus more broadly than events in the White House. The entire GOP is working to give our Federal lands to private interests. Eliminating Federal land jobs will discourage public visitors. Extractive industries will do permanent damage. We must stop the privatization of our land.

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youtu.be/ZWzWL-S05fg?...

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The birds of Europe. London, Printed by R. and J.E. Taylor, pub. by the author, 1837. http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42174399

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I don’t usually photograph vertebrates, aside from the occasional wedding or some such, but this Panamanian Agouti was irresistible.

submitted 6 days ago • 13 comments

Of all the things he’s stolen from us, our national dignity is the worst.

submitted 7 days ago • 315 comments

We just want to say—we’re sorry. We know how emotionally exhausting all of this is, and we truly understand. But you’re not alone. We’re in this together.

submitted 7 days ago • 365 comments

The White House just issued this statement: “The President won his second round matchup of the Senior Club Championship today in Jupiter, FL, and advances to the Championship Round tomorrow.” How’s this real life?

submitted 7 days ago • 1710 comments

Protest video shared with me from Massena, New York, a rural town on the Canadian border of ~12k people. Estimated 250+ in attendance. Amazing.

submitted 7 days ago • 22 comments

This is part of what’s so insane. As they talk about re-shoring and manufacturing they are actively trying to destroy an entire us manufacturing industry that already exists.

submitted 8 days ago • 627 comments

I should have made more AOCs.

submitted 8 days ago • 973 comments

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... Our own Riley Lawson led this work to study #seabird #collisions using long-term data from the #USGS #BirdBandingLaboratory. Yep, seabirds hit #windows, too. #ornithology @wilsonornithsoc.bsky.social #BirdWindowCollisions #OKState #NREM

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No tariffs on Russia. Huh?

submitted 9 days ago • 675 comments

Will this increasingly-likely #recession be the stupidest #OwnGoal in #American #history? #tariff #StockMarket #unemployment

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We all know what's going on here, right? Tariffs not as economic policy, but purely to consolidate political power. From here on out, every day for Trump will be one of CEOs, presidents, prime ministers showing up to grovel, kiss the ring, ask for special favors.

submitted 9 days ago • 14 comments

Really important point here!

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We take tariffs on our beautiful Heard Island very seriously. We will be consulting all mammals and flightless birds and will make an announcement in the near future detailing our response. #heardisland #tariff #mcdonaldisland #trumptariff

submitted 10 days ago • 354 comments

A reminder that collapsing the economy is not an unintended consequence of autocracy, it’s a feature.

submitted 9 days ago • 95 comments

me to the united states: this could be us but you playin’

submitted 10 days ago • 375 comments

It's time to take action!

submitted 10 days ago • 684 comments

It's not a rejection of #EV cars, just of Muskmelon. There are lots of great EV cars on the market now. Hey #Chevrolet, we getting a new #Bolt next year or nah?

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It’s stunning to me that the New York Times did not put the story on the bloodbath at the NIH, CDC, and FDA on its front page this morning.

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Periodic reminder for our #BlueSky peeps: #REPOST = #Like. 😘

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China reduced extreme poverty rapidly, but Indonesia hasn't been far behind

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Elon Musk is politically toxic, in one image.

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Here are 30 secs of #birdsong and #woodpecker #drumming from central #Oklahoma, 3/29/25. It's recorded using #Merlin to show #spectrograph and highlight each species. The stars are a scolding #TuftedTitmouse, singing #LouisianaWaterthrush, and drumming #RedBelliedWoodpecker. #birding #wildlife

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Including one in which I was involved that would very likely have been funded in a normal world, but for which the entire program was shuttered in January.

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