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Nearly 2000 people participated in the "No Kings" event in Vero Beach, Florida on June 14th, 2025. Resist!
Pássaro popularmente conhecido como Tesourinha (Muscivora tyrannus) ou (Tyrannus savana).
Na Argentina Tijereta e na Venezuela, Atrapamoscas Tijereta.
A tesourinha é uma ave facilmente reconhecível por sua longa cauda bifurcada, que lhe dá o nome. Mede no total 28 cm se for fêmea ou 38 cm se for macho, tendo este cauda mais longa. Tem ventre branco, costas cinzentas e cabeça e face pretas. Entre as penas do alto da cabeça, tem algumas de cor amarela que não costumam ser vistas, a não ser quando está excitada e/ou fazendo galanteios.
Migram para o Norte em fins de fevereiro ou início de março, em bandos que totalizam milhões de indivíduos, segundo Belton. Costuma pousar nos fios, arames de cerca, antenas de televisão, etc. A fêmea costuma botar quatro ovos, no período em que aqui permanece. Alimenta-se de pequenos artrópodes e frutos.
Informações do site: www.paginadogaucho.com.br/faun/pass.htm
A text in english:
Fork-tailed Flycatcher photographed in Brasília, Brazil.
The world of aves contains an order called passeriformes, the largest of the 34 existing orders. The order has an unusual family known as the Tyrannidae and within that family, is a species called Muscivora Tyrannus or Tyrannus savana, most cornmonly referred to as the Fork-tailed Flycatcher. The Forked-tail Flycatcher has a black cap with a yellow crown spot. Its underparts are white and its tail is black, forked and twice the length of its body.
Its nest is an elaborate hanging basket or cup preferably where colonial wasps or ants are nesting, presumably because of the protection from predators afforded by bites or stings of these neighbours. They lay one egg daily until the clutch is complete. The eggs are a white cream to buff with brown spots.
Bubba's new girlfriend gave him a Latin to English dictionary and he's convinced it's the key to a greater understanding of birdwatching. For instance, I would have guessed the Latin name Muscivora Tyrannus would have to do with its incredibly long forked tail or this varasious insectivorous birds appetite for flies but instead it's a description of its personality. Bubba looked it up and interpreted it as the tyrant intruder. A tyrant is defined as a cruel oppressive ruler or master.
The Tyrant Flycatchers all defend exclusive territories and are highly aggressive towards intruders, even intruders like hawks that may be three times their size.
From the site: www.ambergriscaye.com/birds/flycatcher.html
The Forked-tail Flycatcher's song (and others birds songs) is (are) at the following adress:
Hymenops perspicillatus andinus
Estero Mantagua (Posada del Parque), Valparaiso, Chile.
Male. A common and conspicuous bird over much of southern South America.
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Cock-tailed Tyrant - Alectrurus tricolor - Веерохвостый мухолов
Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)
Serra da Canastra National Park, State of Minas Gerais, Brazil, 11\13\2019
A T-Rex robot has been on the build list for a while now. Not overly happy with the black sensor "face"; it's supposed to be a forward-facing LIDAR with a side-mounted radome but it seems a bit messy or unresolved?
A massive villain who relies on a sharp mind and a powerful set of muscles when committing crimes, preferring to think a plan out, then barge into a scene, guns-a-blazing.
Based on Bane from the Batman series, this guy hasn't got Venom pumping around him, instead it's a crude recreation of energized protodermis.
Knipolegus nigerrimus nigerrimus
Santuario de Caraça, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Female, with reddish streaks on the throat.
PB08_7133
The pilot is a little cramped and really needs a mech bay to get in and out comfortably but he's in there and that's all that matters.
Picture taken during the Magic Birding and Wildlife Photography Circuit of Ecuador ! At San Jorge de Milpe Orchid and Bird Lodge.
Best Birding and Photo tours in Latin America ! www.sanjorgeecolodges.com
The HMIS Tyrant was a revolutionary battleship when she was launched. She was the first battleship to feature a uniform main battery and steam turbine power. So revolutionary was she, that all battleships built prior to her launch became known as 'Pre-Tyrants' and subsequent ships built in response to her and her class were known as the 'Tyrants'.
Armed with 10 12 inch guns located in pairs in 5 turrets, 8 6 inch secondary guns located in sponsons and 6 pounder AA guns, she is certainly not to be laughed at.
(Based on HMS dreadnought)
Instructions - studio.bricklink.com/v2/build/model.page?idModel=40916
A massive villain who relies on a sharp mind and a powerful set of muscles when committing crimes, preferring to think a plan out, then barge into a scene, guns-a-blazing.
Based on Bane from the Batman series, this guy hasn't got Venom pumping around him, instead it's a crude recreation of energized protodermis.
Finally back to my house to take some better photos of Pyhrol! Super excited with how this Makuta turned out. I don’t build villains often, but I enjoyed the process! I sent WIP photos of Pyhrol to my friends and they mentioned Ganondorf, so I went with it. Cape is without question my favorite part of this build. Guess the next thing to do is make some allies for the Tyrant King of Evil.
Here's another long thing.
My little weekend visit to Kentucky took me briefly through Louisville, and I spent a half-hour roaming around the University of Louisville campus so I could grab this picture of Grawemeyer Hall. This structure--built to be a library in 1926 and modeled after Thomas Jefferson's Monticello--houses the university's administration and serves as its front door. A lot's been going on in this building over the last year, thanks to a lot of infighting and the "help" of Kentucky's illustrious little tin pot, Governor Matt Bevin.
Little political fights take place in and around public universities all the time, but this one's grown insidious. This has turned into one of those fights that stabs at the heart of representative democracy and the separation of powers and the notions of academic independence and integrity, and it threatens the very existence of this university that's operated since 1798 and currently serves more than 22,000 students.
Here's the short version. For a couple of years now, a growing number of people have alleged shenanigans in the U of L administration. Some members of the Board of Trustees had accused James Ramsey--U of L president since 2002--of conflicts of interest and alleged financial malfeasance. The president survived a no-confidence vote, but the board had subsequently failed to come up with a budget. The board became deadlocked by infighting, so in stepped Governor Matt Bevin to save the day.
Matt Bevin--a Tea Party Republican best known for his love of cockfighting and his tendency toward tax evasion--has spent his year in office picking fights and trying to toss people out of state-appointed jobs he doesn't have the authority to toss out. Evidently, he hates any group anywhere that uses the name "Board." He's tried asserting the Governor has all sort of powers the Governor does not actually have. In fact, the university's financial woes stemmed mostly from an executive order (later deemed unlawful by the state Supreme Court) that cut the school's budget by 5%. So how did Matt Bevin respond to the supposed intransigence of the Board? He fired everybody. The university president offered to instead resign, and Bevin accepted the resignation, but fired everybody anyway. He replaced those fired with a three-person cabal that will eventually appoint 13 or so hand-picked successors.
Now, the state attorney general--who, because it's Kentucky, is the son of the governor Matt Bevin replaced--has sued Bevin on the grounds that the firing of a university Board of Trustees is beyond the authority of the Governor's office. He'll probably win, and it probably won't matter, because the recent election shifted power in both houses of the General Assembly to the Republicans for the first time since the Civil War (if you don't count about five minutes in the 1970s). One of the first things these Republicans did is start pushing through a bill giving Bevin the authority to do what he did, so it'll probably stand.
Which is where the big problem really comes down for the University of Louisville. In the wake of Bevin's mass purge of the board, the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools--the sanctioning body that handles UofL's accredidation--placed the university on probation. In academics, this is a big deal, as it affects funding for all sorts of things, like research, student aid, and participation in NCAA sports. The association's claim is that the board's firing violates rules mandating political independence for academic institutions so that schools can be assured academic freedom outside of political pressures. The university has a year to clear this up or risk losing accreditation. Matt Bevin says the General Assembly's action will take care of it. People from the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools say it will not. So it's entirely possible that this time next year, the 22,000 students of the second largest public university in the Commonwealth of Kentucky could find themselves working toward a worthless degree with no way to pay for it.
Bryan challenged me to create a more powerful example of using the Light Blaster as the main light. And I'm glad he did.
For this image, I'm using a projection of a scale model of ancient Rome. Even though I tried to prevent the projection from striking the background (by positioning it high and pointing it downward), some of the projection appeared in the lower part of my frame. Instead of cropping it out, I decided to paint the out-of-focus projection areas yellow (using a new layer set to Color blend mode and masking out the areas where the "flames" do not appear).
strobist: 1 Canon 580EX, above (and slightly in front of) camera, shot through a Spiffy Gear Light Blaster with a Sigma 50mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art lens attached. 2 Canon 580EX flashes, camera left and right (behind subject), gridded, used as rim lights. Flashes triggered via Cybersyncs. Setup shot here.