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New Day Cafe - Saturday: Bits of Vids and Some Stills. [1]

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Date: 2025-01-18

Good morning, Newdists. How the heck are you? We’ve had really cold days, and I’m thinking it will continue for a bit yet. I’m still hoping for a bit more gentle snow. We could use it. So, do you plan on watching the indoor inauguration? I’ve sworn off TV for a while. I still watch Britbox and Acorn though. And still reading mysteries.

What are you doing these days for self care as the days go by and we are inexorable drawn into the Days of Billionaires and Trump?

Onward —

Would be totally cool to be friends with such a serious birb —

x There are animals that look at you, and there are animals who look past your physical self and manage to probe the deep recesses of your frail human consciousness. This Dalmatian pelican is definitely the latter. There is something primal in the bird and myself that creates a… pic.twitter.com/hjsNkMV446 — Mark Smith Photography (@marktakesphoto) January 17, 2025

Jewels of old —

x I love the earrings from the recently excavated Pompeian bathhouse. Pliny the Elder talks about "crotala", i.e. earrings with pearls that click together when the wearer walks. The sound was #apotropaic, designed to distract (& thus disable) evil spirits! 🧿https://t.co/3xIzTDhOOj pic.twitter.com/gU1rUhlD6T — Caroline Lawrence (@CarolineLawrenc) January 17, 2025



How awesome to be a gleaming, spectacular creation of Earth —

x Caterpillar hunters deal with their own predators. They use iridescent colors on their exoskeleton to let anyone that might be thinking they're a snack know that, in fact, they'll just get burned.



We've often wished we could have such effective warning colors.



📷: John Muller pic.twitter.com/xZCMGlGJmj — U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (@USFWS) January 17, 2025



What an image!

x #PhotoOfTheDay



What a stunning image of a Cheetah looking out from atop a sand dune in the Namibian desert.



📹Credit: Martin Harvey.#WildlifePhotography #Wildlife #Nature #Cheetah pic.twitter.com/iuG97IJNqM — PROTECT ALL WILDLIFE (@Protect_Wldlife) January 17, 2025



Everybody likes a small kitty friend.

x Unlikely friends ❤️ pic.twitter.com/7YxuLphM4j — why you should have an animal (@HaveAnimalAi) November 6, 2024



Looks peaceful and cold.

x This winter is starting to look pretty good in my corner of Montana. pic.twitter.com/CyISnMyK8i — D. Scott (@bisontattooguy) January 11, 2025



Sharing can happen even amongst odd family members —

x Tom and Jerry crew on a lunch break..🐈🐾😅 pic.twitter.com/23PBigSkuy — 𝕐o̴g̴ (@Yoda4ever) November 20, 2024



That red and orange pink..

x "I'm not like a regular mom, I'm a cool mom."



Check out this partly leucistic female cardinal! Leucism results in a partial loss of pigmentation, causing white, pale or patchy coloration. It can affect skin, feathers or fur but not eyes.



📷 courtesy of Clare Conoley Bozell pic.twitter.com/pzgBxLucjL — U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (@USFWS) January 14, 2025



I love this photo —

x Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff, Vice-President Kamala Harris, First Lady Jill Biden and Hunter Biden listen to US President Joe Biden (off frame) as he delivers his farewell address to the nation from the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on January 15, 2025. pic.twitter.com/TEGZXONVU4 — Harris Democrat (@kamala_things) January 16, 2025



Is she asking where to find that fella?

x Photobomb of the Day… pic.twitter.com/vshB9wIJT4 — Gillian Flavell (@FlavellG) November 29, 2024



Singing to a president.

x Former US president Barack Obama came across a choir of Danish girls practicing their singing in their apartment with their balcony doors open. He kindly asked them if they would keep singing for him to enjoy. pic.twitter.com/oYzVgZgWTR — non aesthetic things (@PicturesFoIder) January 17, 2025



A backward look

x Tiny Goldcrest looking over its shoulder preening its tail! 😍😁

Taken last weekend at RSPB Greylake in Somerset. 😊

It's Friday.... please do what you do! 😉🙏🐦♥️ pic.twitter.com/32HM9mZIqf — Carl Bovis (@CarlBovisNature) January 17, 2025



I can almost feel the solitude coming off there.



x A view of the Santa Rosa Mountains during yesterday evening's sunset (Photo: Sicco Rood). pic.twitter.com/JL7Ke4nex4 — Anza-Borrego DRC (@AnzaBResearch) January 18, 2025



Foolin’ ya

x Now this is art! pic.twitter.com/Ixeqarykcz — The Figen (@TheFigen_) December 7, 2024



Newdists, please grab a cuppa, a plate of food and join us in the thread.

When April rolls around, I’m gonna make that pizza and eat it!





New Day Cafe is an Open Thread.

What do you want to talk about today?

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