Mastodawn

A really fun read for anyone into birding, as the writer investigates how the bird in Charlie’s Angels wound up being all wrong.

Some excerpts:

A bird flies to the window of Bosley’s cell. And at our heroes’ darkest moment, it sings its song.

“It’s a Sitta pygmaea!” observes Cameron Diaz’s Natalie, who is allegedly a bird expert. “A pygmy nuthatch! They only live in one place: Carmel!”

The problems with the scene are as follows:

First, the pygmy nuthatch does not “only live in one place.”

Second, the bird shown on-screen is not a pygmy nuthatch. … Instead, what’s on-screen is a Venezuelan troupial.

Finally, and this might be the most baffling thing, the bird heard on the soundtrack is neither a pygmy nuthatch nor a Venezuelan troupial.

The story behind cinema’s most mysterious bird.

Slate

It feels so dumb and selfish to feel this lonely the day after I've had friends and family over to celebrate my birthday

Singez la petition pour l'interdiction des pratiques de conversion dans l’Union européenne.

Le seuil n'est pas atteint, même si la france a déjà son propre seuil atteint ça vaut le coup de signer.
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Being stood up the one day I felt too vulnerable to be alone just stings so much harder than it would any other day

Trans rights are human rights.

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They target trans folk because they think cishet folk will look away. They're counting on you not defending those who aren't like you.

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