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Nov 19 β€’ 7 tweets β€’ 3 min read
By the end of the day tomorrow one of these 4 birds will hold the #WorldCupOfBirds aloft.

πŸ‡ΉπŸ‡³ The Cream-colored Courser.
πŸ‡°πŸ‡· The Oriental Magpie.
πŸ‡¦πŸ‡Ί The Laughing Kookaburra.
πŸ‡§πŸ‡ͺ The Common Kestrel.

Which one will it be?

Let's find out. Image
πŸ‡ΉπŸ‡³

In flight, the Cream-coloured Courser has jet-black upper primaries and underwings.

This is the last thing that the Andean Condor and the Golden Eagle saw in this tournament, as two of the world's most impressive raptors saw defeat at the hands of this diminutive wader. Image
πŸ‡°πŸ‡·

I would not have picked the Oriental Magpie as a semi-finalist, but then again I am not one of the smartest birds on the planet.

I'm starting to get the feeling this bird knows *exactly* how the game works. Image
Who are we sending to the big game?

#WorldCupOfBirds
πŸ‡¦πŸ‡Ί

It's all been giggles so far for the Laughing Kookaburra: no bird in the #WorldCupOfBirds has so efficiently swept aside the competition.

An easy draw?

Or pure class? Image
πŸ‡§πŸ‡ͺ

We started this tournament with 13 raptors.

20 matches later, the only one left is the smallest: The Common Kestrel.

Can this pint-sized Belgian hunter put an end to the Kookaburra's sweep?

#WorldCupOfBirds Image
Which bird goes to the #WorldCupOfBirds final?

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If you notice a strange quiet from the🐦 in your neighbourhood today, it's because they are all watching the #WorldCupOfBirds finals!

This might seem strange to you, but it is a very popular tournament across the rest of the animal kingdom. Image
If you want to know how we got here to the finals today, here are three threads for you:







They are packed with information about all 32 competing World Cup nations' national birds! Image
Right now, though, the vuvuzelas are droning, and the stadium is veritably hopping with excitement. So let's kick this thing off.

(You have 6 hours to place your vote!)

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2022, folks.

2022.
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My PCR was negative but I'm definitely under the weather.
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Jan 3
It's the first Monday of the year, so I'm going to try to conjure some things into reality for this strange and alliteratively new year:

1. Living in Data was translated last year into Mandarin for the Taiwan version. I'd love to see it in Spanish and Japanese and ? Image
2. Still on Living in Data, the paperback comes out from Picador on May 3rd. We didn't get a tonne of mainstream reviews of the hardcover... I'm hoping we can rustle some more up for this release.

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3. I'm working on a new book project, about birds and counting: specifically how the premise of 'nature as inventory' mediates our relationship with wildlife.

If you're a researcher who's involved in interesting work counting πŸ¦πŸ¦‰πŸ¦†, I want to know about it!
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I had a new therapist in the spring of 2020. He wasn't a perfect fit, but I was making progress & feeling better than I had for the previous months. In our last meeting in early March, I told him I was having trouble trusting any kind of stability.

"What if it all falls apart?"
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By the time NYC shut down I was already in quarantine.
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This already tenuous safety net has been pulled every which way over the last 21 months.
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Here are a few book pairings for you to consider if you're ordering Living in Data in the next two weeks. Because the only thing better than a new book is two new books!

And the only thing better than two new books?

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