Nordstahl @Nordstahl@qoto.org

Another surprise.

When I first started this hobby, there were a lot of house sparrows and house finches around and I learned to tell the difference between two, or so I thought. What I really did was learn to identify a house finch, once I did that all others were house sparrows. 🙄 This bird is a breeding male.

And I'm out of characters 😠.

"You can find House Sparrows most places where there are houses (or other buildings), and few places where there aren’t. Along with two other introduced species, the European Starling and the Rock Pigeon, these are some of our most common birds. Their constant presence outside our doors makes them easy to overlook, and their tendency to displace native birds from nest boxes causes some people to resent them. But House Sparrows, with their capacity to live so intimately with us, are just beneficiaries of our own success." - allaboutbirds.org

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

Here's tonight's view. There's just not enough time for social media these days, but I can fling up a mountain photo now and then. Hope everyone has a great evening. I'm about to do my old lady routine... succumbing to pillows by 8pm. 😴 💤

#Arizona #sunset

Moon 20230308

The moon finally climbed where I could see it above the tree line.

Moon phase tonight, Waning Gibbous

"As the Moon begins its journey back toward the Sun, the opposite side of the Moon now reflects the Moon’s light. The lighted side appears to shrink, but the Moon’s orbit is simply carrying it out of view from our perspective. The Moon rises later and later each night." - moon.nasa.gov

#photo #photography #photographer #photographylovers #moon

Blue Moon

This is a pic from a month ago. Some additional editing made it a little bluer than the original. I doubt I'll be up to see the moon tonight, perhaps I'll catch it in the morning.

Is this the famous airplane statue on the outskirts of Bakhmut???
#Ukraine️ #Russia #Putin #EU #NATO #Kyiv #Lviv #Bakhmut #Zelensky

Funny to see VCs who generally rail against government intervention making the case for a bailout of Silicon Valley Bank now that there's an intervention that would directly help them and their friends.

Socialism for me, capitalism for thee.

Reminds me a bit of the people I know who went from ardent YIMBY to NIMBY the moment they settled down in a neighborhood and bought a house.

Silicon Valley startups: We're libertarian, hate government regulation and oversight, and believe every person and business should be accountable for its own decisions and mistakes.

Also Silicon Valley startups: OMG,
#SVB has failed. The government better do a bailout, and the FDIC must protect all our assets expediently!

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2023/03/10/investing/svb-bank/index.html

#PeterThiel is behind a bank run at #SVB eh? We definitely need to ask some questions.

Americans in the trenches during the Meuse-Argonne Offensive, October 1918

#WWI #France #History

It’s time for some sleep 💤

Here’s some meow beans for you in the meanwhile!

Good night my dear friends

https://t.me/liveukraine_media/6914 ‼️🇺🇦Ukrainian artillerists fire the 105mm M119 howitzer at Russian targets (VIDEO) #Ukraine #News #Invasion #Russia #9yearsOfWarInUkraine

Happy Friday and Slava Ukraini! 🇺🇦 #Ukraine #UkraineRussiaWar

#Anonymous site is down
Didn’t know we had a “site”
Wait I thought we are CIA, FBI, NSA and every other alphabet. Damn these vatniks are dumb as shit as are Ruzzian sympathizers
#FckPutin
#Ukraine #Russia
#SlavaUkraini
#RussiaUkraineWar #UkraineRussiaWar

My VERY professional map of Bakhmut, #Ukraine

Zelenskyy: Ukraine in talks with Norway over training Ukrainian pilots | Ukrainska Pravda
https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/03/10/7392924/ #Ukraine #UkraineRussiaWar #UkraineUnderAttack #UkraineWarNews

Eric Adams is trying to kill me.

https://www.npr.org/2023/03/07/1161623700/nyc-stores-masking-eric-adams-robberies-shoplifting-bodegas

Miss Moo isn’t much of a lap cat so this is a rare and precious moment. And she’s smiling in her sleep 😻
#CatsOfMastodon

A man files a wrongful death suit against the women who helped his ex-wife obtain medication for an abortion. He is seeking $1M in damages.

We are entering the modern day equivalent of the Salem Witch Trials.

#reproductiverights #women #abortion #democracy #politics #law #lawfedi

https://www.texastribune.org/2023/03/10/texas-abortion-lawsuit/

Joan Jett in Light of Day (1987)

#cine #frame

Be reckless in what you wish for. It’s literally a wish.