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Bloom by Sarah Kiser | Storytelling through paintings

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Quick B&W sketch of a juvenile Dark-eyed Junco. Done for The Institute for Bird Populations, as I go about updating some of our training materials for spring and summer bird banding classes.

Juvenile juncos don't look a whole lot like the adults, do they? They have the same sparrow body shape and bill, though, but the most important clue is that they have those same white outer tail feathers as the older birds.

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365 Movies in 365 Days: Nelson Cavaquinho (1969) #AtoZChallenge

This year I’m trying to watch one movie every day of the year, with the provision that the movie be no longer than 36.5 minutes long. I’ll be selecting movies randomly from this list that’s already way too long, but I still welcome suggestions for short films. In April, I will be less random in my selection of movies as I’m folding this into the Blogging A to Z Challenge and will be reviewing 26…

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you were made to love with your whole being. don’t hold back.

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SONG OF THE DAY - The 50s

Throughout April, I will be posting some of my favorite songs from the 1950s.

TITLE: Brown Eyed Handsome Man

ARTIST: Chuck Berry

DATE: September 1956

WHY I LOVE THIS SONG: Early rock & roll songs were not known for political lyrics, but Berry playfully pays tribute to Black and Hispanic men in this time of racial segregation. In fact, the song was originally "Brown Skinned Handsome Man." Appropriate to today, the baseball player described in verse 6 is commonly believed to be Jackie Robinson.

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"Policing is the domination of property over people."

Sticker seen in Surrey, Canada

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I just realized that many many people have jobs

Rb with your job, wtf do you people do while offline???

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(via Why are so many world leaders silent on Gaza? | Fiona Katauskas | The Guardian)

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(via Translating the Attack on DEI | The Nation)