White people: oh no, the immigrants are such good workers, they do so much work, good work, the work they do is so good, we need them working so much
Cis people: oh no, the trans people are such good canaries, they alert us so well, their alert of danger is so good, we need them alerting us to dang
Two black and white birds perched side by side on a branch surrounded by other bare tree branches. They are looking in opposite directions.
Thinkin’ about nestin’ #birds
(Black-billed Magpie)
As if it weren't annoying enough that they moved half the main menu buttons off to the right side of the screen just to be quirky. 🙄
Whyyyyy would you get rid of the "save as" function??? Or hide it so thoroughly that a longtime user can't find it?? Why is overwriting an existing document suddenly the only option when I'm trying to combine PDFs into a single document? 🥴
maybe it will happen tomorrow
“Non-diverse participants” is the euphemism of the year
the whole piece was fun but this is the part i am still thinking about tonight
Some folks treated me like a naive child for believing we had the money to cancel a portion of student loan debt
absolutely jaw-dropping levels of Being Too Offline To Realize You're Literally a Meme
Libraries should be safe spaces for everyone. 📖❤️
Oh, I *know* someone following #birds is going to want this.
It's me. I am the someone. 😍😊
Bird fight!!!
🧵🧵
Undiagnosed AuDHD is all of the above. And even though I finally understand why I am the way I am, it doesn’t stop the constant automatic thoughts of “what’s wrong with me” or “I’m bad” that I’ve built up over a lifetime.
My autistic version of this was being called "embarrassing" as a kid, and blamed for the times I did something unexpected, and never told in detail what it was exactly or how to avoid it next time. Just accepting that you're hard to be around and will never understand why.
To be fair if I were born a Cybertruck I would also try to jump off a bridge
"social issues" are not distinct from economic issues, part ten million bsky.app/profile/the-...
Difficult to emphasize just how much a generation of kids has been taught that being dishonest, superficial, and narcissistic is the pathway to attention and therefore success
a neil gaiman defender contests a response of 'no' to a link to a substack, and is told 'I see that like Neil Gaiman, you don't understand that no is a complete sentence'
you want to see a murder
"I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by."
Raven peeking around a juniper bush
Raven looking into the sky against a lilac background
Raven calling
Raven with a mod do.
Ravens of Grand Canyon National Park 🪶
Me, photographing a raven in the Grand Canyon
I think this looks like a museum diorama—up to and including the photographer.
I have never met anyone who is more adept at tracking every last cent they have than people who live or have lived in poverty
it is a skill developed out of necessity and it never leaves you
I too would rather ignore politicians but alas they have too much power over how I live.
Being old is regularly: ah i have stumbled across this quirky new song from what must be a niche little band waiting to be discovered which [checks] came out 8 years ago and has been streamed 47 million times
Canada geese fracas at Graceland Cemetery
Screen shot of WGN tv news weather forecast showing tornado zone in chicago area.
Tornado 🌪️ season has officially begun here in Chicago. Where are we with all those DOGE cuts to the national weather service?!
Quarter-size hail in Forest Park just now
NWS says these clouds have tennis-ball-sized hail, don't try to outrun this (I am sorely tempted to but staying out)
