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Tapir enthusiast. D&D nerd. PhD in CS. ML dev in Ads. Aspiring game dev. Chess noob. Novice birder. Mobile gamer. Cat 6 cyclist. Leftist political junkie. Awkward fucking dork. He/Him.

A Blackburnian Warbler high up in the trees. The photo is a bit grainy, but you can make out the flame-orange throat.
A Gray Catbird perched on a thin branch in front of green foliage. The medium-sized bird is gray with a black cap.
A Carolina Chickadee perched on a branch.
A Brown Creeper on a tree trunk. The creeper is white underneath and streaked brown and grey on top.
A Song Sparrows perched in a bare tree. The brown streaked back is visible, with the bird looking back over its shoulder.
A Lincoln's Sparrow perched on a reed. It has a gray belly and brown wings and head, with sharp streaks of dark brown.
A four panel comic depicting MAGA-style Christianity. First panel shows a figure saying "fucking foreigners." Second panel shows the figure approaching a church saying "fucking gays". The third panel shows the figure kneeling before a cross saying "I love you, Jesus". Fourth panel shows the figure leaving the church saying "fucking poor people".
A White-tailed Kite perched at the top of a tree. We see the grey wings and back, black bars on the shoulder, and the white head looking back at us.
A juvenile White-crowned Sparrow perched on a branch, stretched out to eat a berry. The sparrow has a gray underbelly and brown and gray streaked wings.
Back view of a White-crowned Sparrow perched on a dry reed. Its wings are a mix of streaked brown and gray feathers. It is looking over its shoulder in profile so the short orange beak and the bold and distinctive white and black head stripes are on full display.
A Say's Phoebe perched on top of some Curly Dock. The Phoebe is a gray flycatcher with a distinctive salmon-orange belly.
A Spotted Towhee perched in a tree. The towhee has a black head with red eyes, a white underbelly with orange flanks, and black wings with white spots.
A screenshot of Balatro achievements. The "Completionist+" achievement getting a win with every deck on Golf Stake difficulty is selected. This achievement was earned Jan 19, 2026.
A photo of a hand with short, painted nails. The nails are painted black with some dark greenish reflective streaks. The nail polish is chipping on all five fingers, with a large fleck missing from the middle finger.
High aerial shot of the Oct 18 No Kings protest in Pittsburgh. A crowd of thousands can be seen filling the street and parking lotoutside the City-County Building in downtown Pittsburgh.
A tufted titmouse perched on a branch, partially obscured behind a large green leaf. The titmouse has a cream colored belly, with rusty highlights on its flanks, with grey wings and tail, with a black patch above its short black bill.
A Common Kingfisher perched on the exposed roots of a tree overlooking the banks of a lake. The kingfisher is a small bird with vibrant teal upperparts and bright orange underparts.
A female Indigo Bunting perched on a twig up in the green foliage. Unlike the blue males, this female has a light underbelly and brown wings.
The underside of a Scarlet Tanager perched on a thin branch, with green foliage in the background. The breeding male is a brilliant orange-red, except for its wings and tail, which are solid black.
Two red-bellied woodpeckers through the foliage. Center-left is an adult woodpecker with white and black coloration on its back. It stares intently at a tree trunk. On a skinny branch off to the right is a fledgling, which is a bit fuzzier and gray.
A Lesser Finch eating fluffy seed on the end of a stalk. The finch has a black cap, striking yellow underbelly, and an olive back with black and white highlights. The bird holds a seed with fluffy hairs in its beak. Some additional fluff is stuck to its head.
A Barn Swallow perched on a narrow reed in a marsh, with its face and breast illuminated by golden hour sun.
A package of Flamin' Hot Dill Pickle Crunchy Cheetos.
A Black Phoebe perched on the flat top of a fence post. The small bird has almost fuzzy dull black feathers with a white underbelly. It had a small thin black beak and black eyes. The wooden fence post is sun bleached and the vegetation in the background is out of focus.
The dark silhouette of a Double-crested Cormorant swimming in the water. A small wake trails the bird's body, and the reflection of the bird's head can be seen on the water.
A Western Kingbird perched on a wire fence.
A floofed up house sparrow perched on an old wood fence post.
A song sparrow perched on a tangle of small branches. The sparrow has coarse brown steaks, and is looking over its shoulder back at the camera.
A downy woodpecker perched on a reed.
A bluejay perched on a bare branch.
A Carolina Wren perched on a branch. The wren is a small rusty brown bird with a short tail and a distinctive white eye stripe.
A Red-tailed Hawk on the ground. Its wings are outstretched and its talons are buried in tangled dry grass.
A Red-tailed hawk perched a branch looking back over its shoulder. The hawk has a brown patterned back, with its namesake tail clearly visible.
A white mug with printed latte art of a llama wearing a baseball cap.
A male House Sparrow perched on a power line in front of a red brick house. The sparrow has bright brown wings with black streaks, a cream underbelly, and a black bib under creamy cheeks. The short black beak holds a yellow seed.
A Golden-crowned Kinglet clinging to the trunk of a tree. The tiny songbird has olive-green plumage, a creamy underside, and a bright yellow crown stripe, bordered by black lines.
A Downy Woodpecker hanging on a narrow tree trunk staring intently at a small hole. The woodpecker has a fluffy white underbelly, black wings with rows of white spots, and a red spot on the back of its head.
A red-tailed hawk sitting on a branch looking off into the distance.
A White-Throated Sparrow perched in the middle of a thicket. The sparrow has fluffed up its feathers so much that its body appears to be a feathery orb. The head poking out of the orb has a white throat, yellow lores, and white stripes on its black crown.
A Belted Kingfisher perched on a branch.
A photograph of La commedia illumina Firenze by Domenico di Michelino on the wall of Florence Cathedral. The painting depicts Dante holding his famous poem in front of Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise.
A Cooper's Hawk perched in a bare tree. The hawk has a gray cap and back, white underside with rusty barring on its chest, and barred tail. The hawk is perched upright on a branch and is looking to the left so its face and beak are visible against the cloudy sky.
Screenshot of a tweet by @daisyowl which reads, if you ever code something that "feels like a hack but it works", just remember that a CPU is literally a rock that we tricked into thinking. They reply to themselves to add not to oversimplify: first you have to flatten the rock and put lightning inside it.
A Cooper's Hawk perched on a branch.
A Blue Jay perched on a sawed off post. The Blue Jay has iridescent blue feathers, fluffy white belly, and a black collar.
A male Northern Cardinal perched on a thin branch in the snow. The cardinal is entirely red except for it's black face and orange beak. It's a bit fluffy looking, presumably because of the cold snow.
A Tufted Titmouse perched on a lone branch. This bird has greyish upper parts, white underparts, and rusty flanks. It has a distinctive pointed crest, and a black forehead.
A Dark-eyed Junco perched on a snow-covered branch. The bird is dark gray on top, and white underneath. The bird is small, nestled in the branches of the leafless, snow-covered tree.
A tufted titmouse on snow covered ground. The bird is grey with a white underbelly, with rusty-orange just under its wing.
Black background with white text that reads, "Poorly explain what you do for a job."
An American Crow perched on a branch. The crow is a large jet black bird. The branch is bare and the background is the dusk sky.
A Downy Woodpecker hanging upside down from a branch. The bird has a white underbelly and back with black wings dotted with rows of white spots. Its face is black with white streaks. It has a short black beak and is staring intently at the branch, probably looking for a meal under the bark of the branch.
An American Goldfinch grazing in the dry brush. The finch is olive with black wings and white wing bars.
A photo of a Northern Cardinal. The cardinal is bright red, with a red crown, black face, and orange-red beak. Unfortunately, the bird is in the background, and is quite blurry and out of focus. Sticks and branches are in the foreground in front of the cardinal, and the closest sticks are the only thing in focus. Obviously this photo was taken by a complete novice.
Close-up of black wrapping paper with solid gold silhouettes of reindeer.
A sparrow staring and right at the camera.
Headline from the New York Times Opinion which reads Brian Thompson, not Luigi Mangione, Is the Real Working-Class Hero By Bret Stephens Opinion Columnist
A brown thrasher, except you can really only see the underside of its reddish-brown tail feathers and a bit of white with brown streaks from the bird's rear end. Otherwise, this is a picture of some leaves and thin branches in the early fall.
A house sparrow perched on an old wooden fence post. The underside of this sparrow is pale gray, with vibrant browns on the wing. The cap is brown, with a black bib under the small black beak.