Peter Barnes1d ago
@alan678.bsky.social #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #Raptors

A repost of detail from a previous #BOTD post
Osprey and moon...

#photography #birds #nature #wildlife #osprey #ECK
Yahooey4d ago

“Neither struck her as particularly experienced. The night would degenerate into the usual problems with an orgy: where to put what and where and when, and how to find room for one’s elbows.” — Kerry Greenwood, Death Before Wicket
#BOTD #KerryGreenwood #QOTD #Quotation #Quote #Awkwardness #Orgy

https://yahooeysblog.wordpress.com/2026/06/17/quote-of-the-day-5516/

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“Neither struck her as particularly experienced. The night would degenerate into the usual problems with an orgy: where to put what and where and when, and how to find room for one’s elbows.” — Ker…

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zbMATH Open4d ago
Julius Plücker https://zbmath.org/authors/plucker.julius, famous for his work in geometry, was #botd 225 years ago. His "Neue Geometrie des Raumes gegründet auf die Betrachtung der geraden Linie als Raumelement" was reviewed in https://zbmath.org/01.0198.01.
gwendolen4d ago
Here’s a twofer for today’s #BOTD. #InFlight & #BlurBirds
Brian Smith5d ago
Alan H suggested #YourChoice as the #BirdoftheDay theme, and I'm going for this Violet-green Swallow from a trip to Mono Lake last week. I was just waiting for a suitable #botd - and this works. #Birds 🪶 #eck
Arno Kuipers6d ago

'Al deze dingen, en nog andere, en de hemel erbij, waren het eiland.'

Maria Dermoût (1888-1962) #botd #15juni

Uit: 'De tienduizend dingen' (1955)

Bij de #bibliotheek: https://www.bibliotheek.nl/catalogus/titel.391887351.html/de-tienduizend-dingen/ #MariaDermoût @kbnationalebibliotheek

zbMATH OpenJun 13
Bruno de Finetti https://zbmath.org/authors/de-finetti.bruno, known for his work in stochastics, was #botd 120 years ago. "Theory of probability. A critical introductory treatment" was reviewed in https://zbmath.org/0328.60002 and https://zbmath.org/0328.60003.
Arno KuipersJun 12

'Ik wil nog voortleven, ook na mijn dood!'

ANNE FRANK (1929-1945) #botd #12juni

Het Achterhuis, #1947

#bibliotheek: https://www.bibliotheek.nl/catalogus/titel.42349435X.html/het-achterhuis/ @kbnationalebibliotheek #annefrank

Darius WhiteplumeJun 10

Reminder on her birthday that the geniuses at MGM wanted to cut Over the Rainbow from The Wizard of Oz.

#JudyGarland #BotD

Darius WhiteplumeJun 10

Now listening.

#JudyGarland #BotD #LizaMinnelli