A long-tailed tit sitting in a tree on a branch, the eye is half hidden by a branch.
A long-tailed tit sitting in a tree (September 2025).
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#photography
#wildlife
It's coughing uncontrollably in public (transport) season. It's gross and I don't think people notice it anymore.
I'm still recovering from my thyroidectomy from last week. Painwise I'm good, but I'm still hoarse from the intubation. I'm also experiencing some of the symptoms of an underfunctioning thyroid: feeling extra cold, low energy, dry skin and a loss of appetite.
May his pillows never be cool.
Yellow Swallowtail with open wings sitting on lavender
New Swallowtail butterfly sitting on lavender (July 2025).
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#butterfly
#swallowtail
European Peacock (Red wings with blue & white eyes) butterfly with open wings sitting upside down on lavender.
European Peacock butterfly sitting on lavender (June 2025).
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#butterfly
#peacock
Have you seen this video? This is where I first heard of Flock www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pp9M...
Alles Gute zum Geburtstag wünsche ich deiner Mutter.
Hätte ich nicht gedacht, dass es 997 Müngers gibt. Und am meisten im eingetragenen Heimatort (Wohlen b. Bern).
So sorry for your loss.
FYI, googled something and Google now shows completly wrong AI slop in their picture search. Dreamstime seems to be the source. Really hate Enshittification.
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Fieldfare (grey crown, neck and rump, a plain brown back, dark wings and tail and white underwings. The breast and flanks are heavily spotted) sitting in grass.
Fieldfare sitting in grass (August 2025).
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#photography
#fieldfare
We live in the stupidest timeline. I went to my thyroid specialist today, who is located in a hospital. I got asked about my mask & was told it was good that I was protecting myself, but the KN95 was "too much" & I should wear a surgical instead 🤦♀️.
White wagtail (long-tailed bird with distinctive black, gray, and white plumage) sitting in a grass field. Wagtails are known for constantly wagging their tail.
White Wagtail sitting in a grass field (June 2025).
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![Well, everything. The death of art. [Laughs.] A thing that I’ve been struck by in the last year of tech development around art is that what makes us human is making art, even if you’re not a professional artist. This is kind of corny, but I think about cavemen, right? One of the first things we ever did as a species was put our handprints on a wall, and it’s just this drive that has always been there. It’ll always be there. And I think it’s preposterous that these people are suggesting that they develop this technology, and the first thing they want to eliminate is art, so you have more time to…what, email? I don’t know what they think I’m going to do with my fucking day. Most of the population is not artists, but a lot of the population has artistic hobbies, and if you replace that with a computer doing it for you or whatever, it’s just pointless. I think there’s a death drive in these people, almost, and an actual hatred of artists; they are jealous of people with imagination because they don’t have one, and they almost consciously want to eliminate it.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:obalt57atoxc2zooldtuur75/bafkreifnjtvupzmkqg7cggiv2z5nckzpp5yd2sm7h5gg2kq3plbwv2btuy)
Well, everything. The death of art. [Laughs.] A thing that I’ve been struck by in the last year of tech development around art is that what makes us human is making art, even if you’re not a professional artist. This is kind of corny, but I think about cavemen, right? One of the first things we ever did as a species was put our handprints on a wall, and it’s just this drive that has always been there. It’ll always be there. And I think it’s preposterous that these people are suggesting that they develop this technology, and the first thing they want to eliminate is art, so you have more time to…what, email? I don’t know what they think I’m going to do with my fucking day. Most of the population is not artists, but a lot of the population has artistic hobbies, and if you replace that with a computer doing it for you or whatever, it’s just pointless. I think there’s a death drive in these people, almost, and an actual hatred of artists; they are jealous of people with imagination because they don’t have one, and they almost consciously want to eliminate it.
My wife is in Vogue shitting on your AI-generated "art" 💜 www.vogue.com/article/matt...
Überleben in der Verdrängung statt Leben mit der Lösung: Ein Versuch einer Zustandsbeschreibung unserer Gesellschaft mit Blick auf den Umgang mit Covid, Long Covid, Klimakrise und Co.
dasmediumonline.com/2025/07/08/k...
Olympic level cope, what with the male loneliness epidemic and all.
Starling looking left sitting on a tree stump with a hole in it. In the Background green leaves.
A starling sitting on a tree stump (May 2025).
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#starling
It's hot. On one side of the apartment they are redoing the pavement directly in front of my building and on the other side my neighbours are playing music and smoking directly beneath my window. I can't win (or open any windows).
Ich habe mich im Dez. bei der SUSO Apotheke in Konstanz mit Novovax impfen lassen, da könntest du anfragen.
In my case, "the city" is Zurich.
European Goldfinch (red face with black markings around the eyes, and a black-and-white head. The back and flanks are buff or chestnut brown. The black wings have a broad yellow bar. The tail is black and the rump is white) sitting in a tree with red fruit and green leaf.
European Goldfinch in a tree in the middle of the city (June 2025).
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#photography
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#finch
Some stellar reporting from the BBC on the ice and rock slide upon the Swiss mountain village of #Blatten.
www.bbc.com/news/resourc...
Yellow Swallowtail butterfly (Yellow wings with black markings, red spots) sitting on a small scabious.
Yellow Swallowtail butterfly sitting on a small scabious (May 2025).
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#butterfly
#swallowtail
