Phil Landmeier @shuttersparks@social.cleverlibre.org

Elusive

This is a red-headed woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus). I've probably posted this photo before, a long time ago. I took this photo in 2014 and am hoping to see one again this year. But so far, no luck.

"The gorgeous Red-headed Woodpecker is so boldly patterned it’s been called a “flying checkerboard,” with an entirely crimson head, a snow-white body, and half white, half inky black wings. These birds don’t act quite like most other woodpeckers: they’re adept at catching insects in the air, and they eat lots of acorns and beech nuts, often hiding away extra food in tree crevices for later. This magnificent species has declined severely in the past half-century because of habitat loss and changes to its food supply." - allaboutbirds.org

#photo #photography #photographer #photographylovers #birds #birdsofmastodon #birdwatching #RedHeadedWoodpecker

Steve Herman, Voice of America chief national correspondent among other things, announced that he has stopped cross posting to X. That's worth a follow, right there!

https://journa.host/@w7voa/111450380949902830

@w7voa

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A drone crushes a site of Russian invaders on the East bank of the Dnieper.

It is a new kamikaze drone called “Mammoth” that was tested by developers from Eskadron. A special feature of this drone is its increased warhead, up to 4 kg of explosives.

The test, as expected, took place with the participation of the occupiers. The drone successfully delivered the “gift” to the room where Russian soldiers were hiding in the village of Krynki, Kherson region.
#AureFreePress #Ukraine️ #Russia

Weizenbaum, 1985: “What the coming of the computer did, "just in time," was to make it unnecessary to create social inventions, to change the system in any way. So in that sense, the computer has acted as fundamentally a conservative force, which kept power or even solidified power where it already existed.”

A lot of you probably don't know this, but 'mansplaining' is a portmanteau of 'man' and 'explaining'

(you're welcome)

I know I am like a week late, but I wanted to wait until I knew my candidate was going to win. (Live in a mail-in state, totally fine with this)

The reason this is great 1)It was a school board election 2)There was “Mom’s 4 Liberty” money supplied to the opposition. 3) None of the M4L candidates won.

This, again was for the F’ing school board! These people are crazy. I saw YouTube ads, my kids had ads on mobile games against the non-M4L candidates. Glad they did not triumph.

I am grieving for my friends in Argentina, which has just elected a genuine monster to its highest political office.

(BTW journalists, Javier Milei is not a libertarian. He is a fascist.)

When he tried to get his case transferred out of Georgia state court to federal court, Trump argued he was entitled to do that because he was a federal officer performing his official duties. But now that he’s facing removal from state ballots under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, which forbids officers of the U.S. who have taken an oath to support the Constitution but engaged in insurrection from holding federal public office, he’s claiming he’s not an officer of the U.S. He can’t have it both ways.