So @paulajgal and I got off to a slow start this morning; a cardinal in molt and a high flying Coopers Hawk were all we saw for the first 20 minutes. Heard others—Carolina wrens and chickadees and blue jays pinging each other. We almost thought the day was going to be a bust. /2
The invertebrate flyers were not as shy, and the milkweed and jewel weed were attracting some butterfly superstars. /3
We walked past the nature center, and a white breasted nuthatch greeted us to tell us everything was going to be ok. “It’s late August, some of us are a little shy right now.” /4
We got a nice vulture flyover as we moved east. /5
We then encountered a squadron of Northern Mockingbirds, probably a family group, patrolling the eastern edge of the park. Things were starting to pick up. /6
In addition to Mockie and Fledge, there were some representatives of @mduv_security providing perimeter surveillance. /7
There were also some other wiresitters nearby- more MDuv, some bluebirds, and an almost unrecognizable House Finch in moltsville. /8
The real action was in a glade between the two sections of the park on the Sherwood Farm Trail, where a Pewee, gnat catchers, and Carolina wrens were super-active along with some tufted titmice. Also a surprise hummingbird flyby. /9
Here’s the Pewee and hummingbird surprise. /10
Also spotted in the glade was an American Redstart—our second spot at Cromwell in two weeks. Maybe they’re hanging out for a bit before they continue to meander south. /11
So it quickly developed into a reasonably ok day, matching our average as first-year serious recoding things birders for Cromwell. /12
Also, there was a very large invertebrate flyer command center which we did not attempt close inspection of. And more hummingbird action. /end.
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Ok, so while it's in my mind, a thread on leadership and management, why they're not the same but complementary, and why so many orgs f*ck up both. /1 of probably infinity
Management is a science...a dismal science, but a science nonetheless. Leadership is an art that can enhance management, but it may sometimes get in the way. But most organizations have no mechanism for developing either managers or leaders. /2
I have been in many organizations that turned competent individual contributors into managers without ever developing their talents in either L or M. The new managers were usually selected because they resembled the boss in background/culture/education/culture. This is a fail./3
"She" wants me to mine ETH. I don't have a system that can mine ETH, I say-- I don't have a CUDA-compatible video card. "She" : ??? No, set up CoinBase and Binance.
I spoke with McAfee a few times. He was the ultimate unreliable narrator, and, let's face it, he definitely had mental health and substance abuse issues. He was a showman, always on stage, always working an angle (mostly with other people's money). He was a human being.
I had empathy for John, like I do for all human beings. I could see the story he was trying to write for himself. He was frequently brilliant and insightful. He could tell a story. He was a pirate, determined to live his life outside the bounds of the establishment. And he had $.
The Ever Given is a monster, and like most stack-on container ships has vast “sail area”— vertical surface area for wind to push against. Drive a van across a bridge on a windy day, and you’ll quickly understand what this means. /2
As anyone who has been through the Suez can tell you, there is very little in the way of terrain to block high winds . And there was reportedly a “severe dust storm” on Tuesday, meaning the winds were high and visibility was shit. /3
@AriellaBrown I would disagree.
BLM is a statement affirming that Black lives ALSO matter, and is a response to systemic racism in the US. I would argue that "All Lives Matter" responses are denial of the underlying conditions that led to the BLM movement.
@AriellaBrown If you can't say "Yes, Black lives have been discounted systemically in the US"—and add to that anyone who is not white and Christian in this country--then by saying "All Lives Matter", it's an erasure of that.
@AriellaBrown I live in a majority-black city, and yet I see the impact of structural racism, government-caused multigenerational poverty (through redlining and previous segregation atop centuries of slavery), and uneven policing. White kid smokes pot, no big deal. Black kid smokes pot...
After further review, including looking at previous downloads of my @Twitter data in addition to the post-account lock download (but with no further info from @TwitterComms or @TwitterSupport, this is what I can deduce about what happened on Sept. 5 between 8 am and 9 am ET: (/1)
At 8:00 AM, I made this reply to a certain Twitter account post: (/2)
At 8:37 AM, someone attempted to connect to my account from the IP address 217[.]138[.]255[.]187. A review of my previous IP access history from various devices does not include this as being a VPN endpoint I have used. (/3)