We’re getting into the Halloween spirit for #BirdOfTheDay with the theme #FrightfulFeathers - any eerie, mysterious, or spooky birds! 🦉👻 Here's a lovely Barn Owl, not scary but commonly known as the Ghost Owl! 🤍 Alt: #MostSeen - the birds you see most often! Happy Friday! 🕊️👋 #Birds #Owls #ECK

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They may look harmless at first, but they have the eyes of a axe-wielding maniac. 🪓 #birdoftheday #FrightfulFeathers Egyptian Goose / Nilgans (Mannheim) #geese #birds #vögel #nilgans

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I know I ask for this at least once a year, but can some nice historian reassure me that the world has ALWAYS been this stupid?

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By 1490, the Genoese republic got so corrupt that its gov’t was held hostage by 2 forces: 1) the archbishop who was the Doge’s brother and a pirate living in Sardinia spite-raiding his homeland with his pirate fleet 2) a bank which bought up 100% of state debt & also had a rival pirate fleet 1/?

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Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme per @helenbennett.bsky.social is #FrightfulFeathers - any eerie, mysterious, or spooky birds! 🦉👻 Up close, brown pelicans carry a gravitas of menace. #ECK #birds #birding #31DaysofHalloween

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