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🔥 Hot ▲ 10.5k r/bankaifolk+7 crossposts

This ape is smart enough to know how to unwrap the straw and use the juice box.

u/ORGrown — 2 months ago
▲ 24 r/Type1Diabetes

Today's cgm graph drawing, again courtesy of my wife. I wasn't low this time, but she looked at it and said "I can work with this"

u/ORGrown — 2 months ago
▲ 3 r/FeatherIdentification

Edmonton, AB, Canada

Found near the river valley. Quite small. Possibly a cooper's hawk or sharp-shinned? Roughly 3.5-4 inches long.

u/ORGrown — 2 months ago
▲ 1.4k r/Republican_misdeeds+6 crossposts

Police removed top diabetes researchers from the American Diabetes Association annual conference for speaking out against the Trump administrations cuts to the NIH

For anyone who thinks that diabetes research isn't being affected by the ongoing, systematic destruction of the NIH and US biomedical research, please watch the video attached. All these scientists did was write an editorial article condemning the actions that the NIH has been taking against the institution of biomedical research. For that, forced removal from the conference. These are some of the top diabetes researchers in the world, at one of the highest regarded conferences in the world. Scientific discourse, including disagreement, is foundational to progress, both at the scientific and societal levels. It's a constitutionally protected right. This is fascist authoritarianism. That's not hyperbole. It's not an exaggeration. This affects every single one of us.

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u/Equalizer6338 — 4 months ago
▲ 118 r/Edmonton

What's the story with this place?

We've been living near here since last August. This building has been..."under demolition"...ever since. It seems to be 1-2 guys, with nothing but a jackhammer and a dream. The hammering starts at 8am every day, and goes until 8 or 9pm most nights. Every day of the week. It's relentless. I'm as impressed by their single minded focus as I am at their inability to actually finish the task at hand.

Does anyone know what the story is? What's going on with this place? Will I ever not hear jackhammering for as long as I live here? There seems to be at least 1000 or so apartments in direct line of sight to the offending building. Surely someone knows what's going on. Who is the jackhammer guy? How can we convince him to take some time off? Maybe even just 1 day a week.

u/ORGrown — 4 months ago
▲ 819 r/BirdPhotography

Some of my favorites from the last few months

All were taken with a Canon 80D and EF 100-400L II. Bird IDs:

  • Tree swallows in the depths of a heated argument
  • Black crowned night heron attempting to become a Mobius heron
  • Pair of accurately named yellow-bellied sapsuckers
  • Canada goose being subtle
  • The incredibly inaccurately named least sandpiper (they are obviously the best sandpiper)
  • Hard to tell for certain, but likely an American tree sparrow. Also an American kestrel.
  • American white rhinoceros pelican
  • Osprey summoning the wrath of nature to strike fear into the heart of all earthly fishes
  • Pileated woodpecker, taken aback by a brief flash of sunlight in an Albertan winter
  • Black-necked stilt experiencing an infinite snoot glitch
  • Rough-legged hawk...legs appear to be the same smoothness as any other hawk legs
  • Juvenile bald eagle that was definitely not a baby golden eagle who was adopted/chicknapped by a pair of bald eagles who ensure it that it is just "growing into its plumage"
  • Snowy owl, the only owl kind enough to be awake during normal business hours
  • Great horned owl, reinforcing the previous comment
  • American Kestrel, wondering why he didn't bring her back any of that sparrow to share
u/ORGrown — 5 months ago
▲ 10 r/Edmonton

Home visit vet available for euthanasia tomorrow?

Does anyone know of someone who might be available for this? Thank you

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u/ORGrown — 5 months ago
▲ 374 r/BirdPhotography

Kestrels are my favorite little murder falcons, and I was lucky enough to come across this guy with a freshly caught sparrow. He let me sit and watch for a while as he enjoyed the spoils of his hunt. Easily one of my favorite sequences I've ever captured. Bonus photo of his mate (taken on a separate day) which was my favorite kestrel photo until I was able to witness this.

u/ORGrown — 6 months ago