Be ungovernable, like birds who make nests OUT OF ANTI-BIRD SPIKES. A new study describes resourceful Dutch & Belgian corvids besting evil architecture by stealing metal anti-bird strips and using them like thorny twigs, to construct their homes.
Like thorns, the spikes may protect their nests from predators.
Lead author Auke-Florian Hiemstra wrote an epic 🧵 about his research that's worth a read: https://twitter.com/AukeFlorian/status/1678703433900064773
Paper: https://www.hetnatuurhistorisch.nl/organisatie/publicaties/deinsea/deinsea-21/
re: Therapy-adjacent thoughts, food mention
I'm reminded of the "pie of responsibility" exercise that my therapist taught me:
In this exercise you consider a situation, task or event, and cut a circular "pie" into pieces based on the proportion of responsibility belonging to each involved party (or external forces in general). It is meant to help when you take too much responsibility for things out of your control.
Unfortunately in this exercise I am just as much of a glutton for pie as I am in real life.
Rant about stock android issue
It really bothers me that when my phone is in "Mode sans distractions" (whatever it is in English), or even when that mode is temporarily paused, google search stops working 90% of the time.
I really need to block the majority of my phone's features for most of the day just so my silly little brain can get anything done (I shouldn't even be here rn), but I still need search! Especially when I'm stuck working away from my PC and can only really count on my phone for quick questions.
With the search bar being front and center on the stock android homescreen, I am left to wonder how this bug has been left like this for so long.
20-something creature which posts (and sometimes draws) unsavory things.
I am a work-in-progress. If I say or do the wrong thing, please let me know and I'll do my best to improve.
If you are a minor please go away.
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