Andy McGlashen

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Senior Editor at Audubon magazine. Proud Bird Union member. Michigander.

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Right now my favourite photos from my weekend birding in minneapolis are this turkey snatching a dragonfly in flight

Obviously Trump has never seen MICHAEL CLAYTON (2007)

What I take from this is that Trump was a fan of ER

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The governors of a dozen Republican-led states — AL, AK, FL, GA, IA, MS, OK, SC, SD, TX, UT, WY — opted out of a new federal food assistance program, leaving about 9.5 million students without the aid this summer

Republican-led states are blocking summer food benefits for hungry familieswww.usatoday.com Money for food is especially tight for families in a dozen states where Republican lawmakers declined to accept federal food assistance.

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showers of gore

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’tis true that we are in great danger, The greater therefore should our courage be.

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Sotomayor says this decision gives the US president a "loaded weapon" to use for his own interests. "Orders the Navy's Seal Team 6 to assassinate a political rival? Immune. Organizes a military coup to hold onto power? Immune. Takes a bribe in exchange for a pardon? Immune. Immune, immune, immune."

www.supremecourt.gov

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Sometimes it feels like nothing is changing: as if we’re climbing the tallest mountain in the world, and the summit is no closer than when we started. But if we stop for a minute and turn around and look back, we can see how far we’ve actually come. Progress is happening, step by step.

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I recapped the debate wapo.st/3L2dzf9

Opinion | What I think happened at the debate that was maybe a nightmarewapo.st We do have a fact-checker! His name is Joe Biden, but he seems to have something else going on tonight.

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it's easy to debate if all you do is lie

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Oh no. Dropping everything immediately to look at this

Welp, looks like you’re not getting any work done this morning 🪶 www.audubon.org/magazine/202...

The 2024 Audubon Photo Awards: The Top 100www.audubon.org Each year of the Audubon Photography Awards is exciting, but this one is especially celebratory: 2024 marks the 125th anniversary of Audubon magazine—and the 15th installment of our annual photo...

Look at these knuckleheads

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hell yeah north side

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Prickly Pear Cactus blooming in the sand dunes north of Chicago. 🌵 🌱 🪴 📸

One of the zillion or so lovely spots on Michigan State’s campus.

This is why I can’t live west of the 100th meridian

I am a woodland fellow, sir, that always lov’d a great fire

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Looking for an interesting read this Monday? We liked this recent Audubon Magazine story on efforts to benefit raptors by reducing rodenticide use in cities. #ornithology www.audubon.org/magazine/cit...

City Life is Hard for Raptors. Can Removing Rat Poison Make it Easier?www.audubon.org Birds of prey have long been casualties in the war on rodents. In the wake of celebrity bird deaths, advocates are pushing for us to be better neighbors.

Had just ordered a pint through the window at beloved Tandem Ciders when a bird—I believe it was an Eastern Kingbird—hit me right between the eyes with its excreta. Still, idyllic.

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Most people probably don't know that tricolored blackbirds exist, and until recently they were hurtling toward extinction. How many other little-known animals don't have intervention plans? How many have we already lost without knowing it?🪶 www.audubon.org/news/tricolo...

Biden could gain 2 or 3 points in the polls by shaving his head.

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The eerie calls of the common loons have managed to show up on tracks spanning multiple genres and appear alongside many famous artists. @maddieburakoff.bsky.social joins us to discuss how this bird’s call became a regular in pop music.

Common Loons Are Pop Music Iconswww.sciencefriday.com The eerie calls of the common loons have been heard in songs by Michael Jackson, Lady Gaga, Lana Del Rey, and more.

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Read this, share this, write your representatives and senators to demand they back this.

Gift link: Jamie Raskin. www.nytimes.com/2024/05/29/o...

Opinion | Jamie Raskin: How to Force Justices Alito and Thomas to Recuse Themselves in the Jan. 6 Caseswww.nytimes.com Can they really decide for themselves whether they can be impartial?

Very plant-based weekend so far

Wife caught me birding through the sunroom skylight. (Yellow-rumped Warbler.)

Ospreys in the Chesapeake Bay last year had breeding success even lower than at the height of the DDT era, and scientists say it's due to a scarcity of menhaden. www.audubon.org/news/researc...

Researchers Sound the Alarm Over the Chesapeake Bay’s Ospreyswww.audubon.org In the world’s largest population of the fish-eating raptors, reproductive rates have fallen below DDT-era lows. Scientists say overfishing by one company is to blame.

Shoutout to Mom for giving me life so I could hear a Henslow’s Sparrow this morning 🙏🏻

So ashamed that we have not yet put this headline on a piece of service journalism over at audubon.org

It’s Warbler Season Mother Fucker

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Top Republicans, led by Trump, refuse to commit to accept 2024 election results www.washingtonpost.com/elections/20...