A rainbow lorikeet at a nesting hollow. Note about ethical birding: I was far away using a long lens and this is a very public area. I don't think the birds in Adelaide's Botanic Garden are bothered by passers-by.

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My delightfully weird child with zero encouragement from me decided he wanted to be a wildlife snag for Halloween, hahaha. So Laura sewed an old sheet into a tunic that we sponge painted. I then added a little owl for #SciArt. 🪶 #SpookyNature

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Yet again, I scream to the heavens "WHY IS EVERYTHING SO F*CKING COMPLICATED???".

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Left unsaid in all the tributes that I've seen, but very, very much implied, is that Patrick Stewart provided a model of masculinity that was anti-Hegseth. No posing, no false machismo, emphasizing careful thought over violence, full of joy, etc. It's why it feels like a loss for all society.

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Also, biology is WEIRD, which makes it kind of unpredictable. We keep finding surprising, non-canonical stuff that I assume an AI would not predict, at least at this point - since the data that would predict what we are finding have not yet been collected

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