🌸🌹2ck 🌱🐇 @2ck@qoto.org

Okay, I'm really proud of this video: An Egyptian goose blinking in slow motion.

First, it closes its half-transparent nictitating membrane and, at the same time, starts wiggling the eye (not sure why, but I captured additional blinks, and it always did that). Then, the normal eyelid closes, after which the nictitating membrane retracts underneath the closed eyelid!

#birding #birds #birdwatching #birdphotography #birdsofmastodon #photography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #naturephotography

It’s my Improbability of Puffins, my submission for Pressing Matters Magazine #pressingmattersinsert23 of black and orange prints!

I love this term of venery for puffins (who are indeed improbable looking sea birds). It’s part of my series of prints of groups of animals and the weird and wonderful collective nouns to describe them.

#linocut #printmaking #lettering #typography #puffins #seabirds #reliefPrint #washi #printmaker #MastoArt

Music pioneer, Delia Derbyshire. She set the stage for a lot of the modern music we hear today. She was an innovative genius. And, yeah, she arranged the original Dr. Who theme.

More on Delia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delia_Derbyshire

#Music #History #WomenInMusic #BBC #DrWho #DeliaDerbyshire #UK

You probably need another couple duckling pictures

These guys are hard to catch! They perch high up in the trees and spy on me, waiting for me to go inside. But in this instance he allowed me to bask in his glory for a moment ☺️
#backyardbirds #birdwatching #birds #nature #wildlife

My four most recent drawings of power lines in Chicago, Detroit, Marine City, and Hamtramck

https://marcusjmerritt.com/power-lines-drawings/
#MastoArt #Drawing

I really enjoyed reading Bubble. Morgan's about-face with her feelings for her father was a bit confusing, but I appreciate them putting together more of an ending than I recall the podcast managing. Also, the art is fantastic: it's what really sold me on picking it up

(comment on "Bubble")

Hi friends!

I AM OFFICIALLY LOOKING FOR A SOURCE OF INCOME.

I can do creative writing, social media, facilitation, admin, and a bunch of other things I'm not thinking about right now, but I'm really funny and a fast learner to boot.

I need an anti-capitalist, worker's cooperative, disabled & queer environment to thrive, but also super happy to work with a like-minded individual.

Not sure if I can even #GetFediHired but you lose all the shots you don't take!

Please share! Thank you!!

Moose calf cuteness overload alert...TWINS!!! Momma moose and her adorable, precious set of twins. 💗 She's such a loving momma.
Photos by Heidi Kroll
#Alaska #AlaskaWildlife #MooseTwins #Moosetodon

The most important social media question for academics right now is: how are we going to create networking opportunities for junior scholars as Twitter declines?

That's why I'm so impressed with #AoIR , the Association of Internet Researchers, who are offering scholars a Mastodon account as part of membership at https://aoir.social/about

Long shot, but anyone with Android / Android Auto experience know what's going on here?

https://stackoverflow.com/q/76297425/467366

#android #auto #androidauto

Radiolarian.

Picturepest, CC BY 2.0 via Flickr: https://flic.kr/p/WabAAG

I'm noticing my ranty political posts travel faster than my positive ones. Let's break that trend.

Boost this after you reply. Let's see if this can get as far as a politically charged post.

What is making you happy today?