BeaksNBreaks
🦜 Beaks N Breaks 🌊

Commit.
Playa Dominical - first swell of the season.
2026.03.12
@nprofile…uzxr
#surfstr #surfphotography
https://blossom.primal.net/e36668d3a2049af5ed2c7f5a2e0dd26d77118cac56b99dc5f81a6b260c7ec024.jpg

2026-03-22 00:40:20 UTC

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Yes! It’s just about all I use anymore. 😜

2026-03-15 04:30:36 UTC

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I’ve sorted through over 3,000 photos from the last 4 days… 😵‍💫🫣🫠 But if @nprofile…x5qn was in the grey rash guard, I have all y’all in all the tubes! 🤗

2026-02-23 20:37:52 UTC

The darkness is intentional.
This wave wasn’t soft.
Force, contained.
800mm | f/9 |1/4000 | ISO 400
#surfstr #surfphotography #photostr #photography https://blossom.primal.net/5d8930e7de0b91256ce28b4066861005adb465001ca39377d0ceb779eae8cb00.jpg

2026-02-23 16:57:28 UTC

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I'm curious... what part of the Bible were you thinking of?

2026-01-12 12:39:01 UTC

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GM! This was me on my first call at 0530. 😂
#nevent1q…33ze

2026-01-11 19:26:35 UTC

Right light. Right place. Wrong decade of phone...
Shot on an iPhone 8 Plus 🥴
Golden silk orb-weaver, commonly called a banana spider! 🍌🕷️
#photostr #photography #spider #naturephotography
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2026-01-05 13:06:23 UTC

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GM! PV! 😭
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2026-01-03 03:08:11 UTC

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Ahhhhh!! Got your zap! 💃🏻

2026-01-02 18:10:26 UTC

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Thank you! That really means a lot to me. 🤗

2026-01-01 23:50:45 UTC

New year, old backlog — finally (almost) caught up.
Dominical sunset sessions from late 2025, back when the light refused to leave.
#surf #surfstr #surfing #costarica #photography
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2025-12-30 02:24:26 UTC

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You can copy in Primal!

2025-12-29 22:45:45 UTC

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Thank you! 🤗

2025-12-29 21:31:49 UTC

That split second where commitment is already decided.
20 Dec 2025
Domi Sunset Sessions - Playa Dominical, Osa, CR
#surfstr #surfing #surfingphotography #photostr #photography #dominical https://blossom.primal.net/cf35e8419a5f1afe30835f297c3b0f88a9530012a2761a7daaeda730da1cd6b1.jpg

2025-12-28 18:49:36 UTC

Salt air, jungle fog, steady footsteps.
Another good morning on the Pacific.
Punta Banco, Puntarenas, CR
#photography #photostr #nature #costarica #surf
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2025-12-26 02:20:33 UTC

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Thanks for tagging me! I'll share it on my FB and Instagram so the surfers in my area see it!

2025-12-22 18:09:23 UTC

Read the wave. Trust the edge.
Rider: Kevin Grant
Playa Hermosa de Osa https://blossom.primal.net/24ddf55653a8ac772540c28b010715ef6aeb54e647b57deaa863c278c4ee78dd.jpg
#surfstr #surfing #surfingphotography #photostr #photography

2025-12-21 03:11:26 UTC

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Hiiiiii! 👋 Do you surf?

2025-12-20 17:48:26 UTC

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That sounds amazing! I struggle with the acidity. And I just told @nprofile…twnl (who likes the higher acidity) and he goes "Oh, that sounds terrible!" 😂 Guess I'm not bringing any back from India for him... 😬

2025-12-20 14:03:54 UTC

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Feels like it sometimes...

2025-12-19 12:45:12 UTC

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I'm so glad I came across this thread! I just looked up monsooned beans and really want to try them now. I'm going to India next month for work so I'll see what I can find to bring back. 🤗

2025-12-19 12:41:54 UTC

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I had no idea you could roast in an air popcorn popper! I also started drinking coffee just over a year ago... So I'm pretty new to all of this. But I got the hubs a 1Zpresso j-ultra manual grinder for Christmas this year. He has a Flair 58 and I've been learning how to make espresso properly. 🤪

2025-12-19 04:00:01 UTC

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Ohhhhhhhhh... That makes sense 🤦🏻. Do you roast at home? I'd love to see pictures of your setup if you do!

2025-12-19 03:45:41 UTC

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I came here to say this... (Minus the coffee roasting experience 😬)

2025-12-18 13:22:28 UTC

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Saw this one in Christiana a couple weeks ago!

2025-12-18 02:08:23 UTC

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2025-12-15 12:42:25 UTC

GM! Post surfing/bodyboarding 🏄🏻‍♂️ breakfast from yesterday. 🤤 Choreada prensada and a new type of coffee (made with a vandola) I haven't tried before. Think I still prefer the Milenio F1! ☕️🇨🇷
#gm #breakfast #desayuno #photostr #beyan
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2025-12-14 03:40:36 UTC

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Welcome!!! 🤗

2025-12-13 13:32:52 UTC

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I have some nice shots of you surfing at sunset the other day! I'll send them over when I get them downloaded. 🤗

2025-12-13 02:58:35 UTC

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THE BEST COFFEE IN 🇨🇷!!!

2025-12-12 14:23:47 UTC

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Why is it so funny to watch them prance across the snow? 😂

2025-12-10 13:11:21 UTC

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Thank you! My husband had a fantastic idea the other day to turn some of my photographs into puzzles to give my mom for Christmas. I think this is one of the shots I'll use!! 🤗

2025-12-07 17:24:36 UTC

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Some of the smartest and dumbest people I've ever met have been homeschooled... Totally lottery!

2025-12-06 20:35:09 UTC

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🥳🥳🥳

2025-12-05 00:27:01 UTC

Spent a cold, windy, rainy week in Sweden for Thanksgiving... Happy to be back in CR with some warmth and sunshine! Caught up on some editing while traveling so new pictures comin' in hot...
First up:
Domi serving up another "hope you stretched today" special!
#surfstr #surfing #surfingphotography #photostr #photography #dominical
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2025-11-22 17:57:33 UTC

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Where is this? Cool shot!

2025-11-15 23:35:20 UTC

Been 🌧️ rainy 🌧️ and gray ALLLLLLLLLL day... Guess this is jungle-style soup weather! First time cooking with a "zapallo tico," a common Calabaza / West Indian Pumpkin that’s grown all over Costa Rica. Made a zapallo and achiote creamy soup. I am NOT disappointed. 🤤
#foodstr #cookingstr #soupstr #drool #squashstr
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2025-11-15 03:39:33 UTC

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The single ear turn... *squeeeeee* 🤗

2025-11-15 01:57:12 UTC

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...through the existential crisis or... 😂

2025-11-14 18:34:58 UTC

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I came here to say this! 🌸

2025-11-13 23:32:07 UTC

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☺️☺️☺️

2025-11-12 11:57:51 UTC

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Welcome!!! 👋

2025-11-12 11:55:39 UTC

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🌊🌊🌊

2025-11-11 18:45:57 UTC

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Great shot! Is that a red-tailed hawk?

2025-11-03 13:43:33 UTC

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Oooooh... With the salt 🤤

2025-11-02 03:19:23 UTC

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Better hard than soft (that's what she said!). Can you imagine trying to drink out of a floppy square glass? 🥃

2025-11-02 02:02:00 UTC

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2025-11-02 01:52:51 UTC

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2025-11-02 01:36:29 UTC

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@nprofile…cgpy This was quite the rabbit hole I just went down... 🚽😂

2025-10-31 21:29:55 UTC

GM! ☕️🦜🪴 (only 7 hours late... 😂)
#gm #goodmorning #mascafeporfavor
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2025-10-29 22:08:25 UTC

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Welcome! 👋🏻 Recovering perfectionist here! 🥴

2025-10-26 11:32:03 UTC

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🤢

2025-09-04 16:45:29 UTC

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It's been too many years since I've seen it in person. 😞

2025-08-22 11:57:49 UTC

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@npub13pp…fflu

2025-08-21 22:05:54 UTC

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Fun fact: back then (around the time Jesus lived), wine almost certainly had a lower alcohol content. Most natural (wild) yeast used for fermentation actually stopped working around 4-7% ABV. Modern strains have been developed to allow fermentation up to 12-15%, but these didn't exist back then. Also, it was very common practice in the Greco-Roman world to dilute wine with water in a 1:2 or 1:4 ratio and was considered barbaric and inappropriate to drink it straight. So, not exactly a direct comparison. Also, my high school Latin teacher would be very proud of me right now for remembering this!
Just thought you might find that interesting... Carry on and enjoy your wine! Cheers! 🍷

2025-08-21 19:32:49 UTC

Buff-throated Saltator (Saltator maximus) seen out at our farm. These guys sing a loud, melodious song, and I spent probably 20 minutes trying to find it after I heard it singing! Fun fact - the genus name Saltator comes from Latin saltātor, meaning “dancer” or “jumper" and was coined by early naturalists because these birds were often seen making little hopping or bounding movements in the trees while foraging. The species name "maximus" means “greatest” or “largest” in Latin. So, they are literally named "the big jumper" 🐸 or "the largest dancer." 🕺
#birdstr #birding #photostr #photography #birdphotography #naturephotography #wildlifephotography
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2025-08-21 14:40:35 UTC

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Muchas gracias!! I'll give it a try!

2025-08-21 13:13:13 UTC

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🤤🤤🤤 Did you make the cream sauce??

2025-08-20 19:24:29 UTC

Scarlet-rumped tanagers (male and female) out at the farm... More and more birds are showing up with all the fruit trees growing now! Can't wait to see this place in another year!
#birdstr #birding #photostr #photography #birdphotography #naturephotography #wildlifephotography
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2025-08-20 17:23:13 UTC

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😂 Never fails!

2025-08-19 03:33:04 UTC

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😂 I may have made it to the 5th or 6th... 🤦🏻

2025-08-17 22:25:30 UTC

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15.2 lbs

2025-08-16 22:03:07 UTC

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How do you find out if you were muted? I made one comment about a potentially fragile ego and now he doesn't exist when I search for him...

2025-08-16 18:06:23 UTC

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That's super cool!

2025-08-16 17:05:30 UTC

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It gets easier, especially after doing it a couple hundred times! 🤙

2025-08-15 15:17:21 UTC

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GM!!! Admittedly, I'm struggling a bit as well this week. Worked my butt off on a major project for the last 5 months only to have it not receive approval last minute because board members were not properly briefed several months ago. 😩 Corporate absurdity.
BUT, one thing that helps me when I'm feeling unmotivated is that I have a little sticky note on my monitor that says "You did not wake up today to be mediocre." It helps to remind myself that what I'm striving for long-term is far beyond mediocrity and mediocre effort only leads to mediocre results... Don't waste today being mediocre. 😛

2025-08-13 20:14:58 UTC

Few get to witness a moment like this - an Agami Heron’s vibrant plumage blending into the forest as it guards its nest.
Taken in early July 2025 at Agami Island near Katira, Gautuso, CR.
#birding #birdstr #photostr #photography #wildlifephotography #birdphotography #naturephotography
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2025-08-13 01:09:26 UTC

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Oooooh... What's wrapped in bacon!?! 🤤

2025-08-13 01:08:25 UTC

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Cool shot! Link your wallet so I can zap you some sats. 😬

2025-08-12 18:27:35 UTC

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We've all been there. 😂

2025-08-10 15:48:07 UTC

Beautiful morning flight after a small line of showers passed through. (Don't judge the quality... This was taken on my iPhone 8. Yes, I said 8. 😂) #photostr #photography #Rainbow
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2025-08-06 20:06:28 UTC

GRACKLES!!! Bossy, bold, and always busy -- this female Great-tailed Grackle isn't messing around!
Female Great-tailed Grackles may not have the flashy iridescence of the males, but they’re just as bold. They build the nests, raise the young, and are excellent scavengers. Scientists actually study grackles to understand how animals adapt behaviorally and cognitively to human-dominated landscapes. Their ability to thrive in cities makes them a model species for resilience!
#birdstr #birding #photostr #photography #birdphotography #naturephotography #wildlifephotography https://blossom.primal.net/fbbb9f720edd1062a0c59373a9e85c3d1f405501f454cbdeddbafb1f8c69b559.jpg
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2025-08-06 17:56:34 UTC

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Absolutely! I don't think I even fully appreciated them until I started taking pictures of them and then digging into their behavior and evolutionary development. They're also really curious and I had 6 of them flying right next to my wing, checking me out, when I was paragliding earlier this year!

2025-08-05 18:35:12 UTC

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I still miss Astroworld. 😩 Have the best time ever! 🎢

2025-08-05 18:04:55 UTC

See the big difference in the skin on these 2 Black Vultures (Coragyps atratus)? Juvenile black vultures often retain short, dark bristle-like feathers on their heads, giving them that scruffy punk look. As they mature, these feathers are lost, revealing the adult’s classic bald, wrinkled skin, a hygienic adaptation that makes their head easier to keep clean after feeding on carrion, reducing the risk of bacteria buildup.
#birdstr #birding #photostr #photography #birdphotography #naturephotography #wildlifephotography
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2025-08-04 20:23:58 UTC

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I'm good with anything up to 18ct. After that, I need readers and a good light. 🤶🏼 I think the LASIK is partly to blame though... But at least I'm not legally blind without my contacts in anymore!

2025-08-04 19:00:59 UTC

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Welcome!!

2025-08-04 01:39:19 UTC

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Also, I have only taken 1 sick day in over 4 years... So, ya know, maybe it's time. 😂

2025-08-04 01:36:18 UTC

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😭😭😭
Ok, but what if I wake up sick tomorrow...? 😈 Maybe I just happen to get food poisoning tonight? I mean, it could happen! 😬
Target time to get there?

2025-08-04 01:28:03 UTC

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What time??? I have some early morning meetings with the corporate overlords, but I could swing something after 8am!

2025-08-03 23:53:47 UTC

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Bummer! Still better than a day with no surfing, eh? 🤗

2025-08-03 23:45:27 UTC

When my 2 photography worlds collide... 🌊 🦜
Tough shot through the pouring rain with cloudy skies and a camera that likes to focus on rain droplets... 🤣
#birds #birdstr #photography #surfstr
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2025-08-03 23:40:55 UTC

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@nprofile…9p7d Caught a couple of you before I had to bail out... Is the guy in the green shirt on nostr? I have some other nice shots of him from late June. 🤙

2025-08-03 23:38:00 UTC

All I was able to get this morning... Bummer that I had to leave to go meet a friend for 🧘‍♀️ shortly after they paddled out. Still fun to see their warm-up waves! #surfstr #surfing #photography #photostr #surfphotography
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2025-08-03 23:27:50 UTC

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I feel your pain! I started a huge cross-stitch doing 1-over-1 on 22ct Aida (because apparently I hate myself) over a year ago. It was supposed to be an anniversary present for my best friend who got married last May. But it kills my hands and my eyes and makes me not want to work on it. 😩 Why do we do this to ourselves!?! Sounds like we both know better... and yet, here we are! 🤣
Hope the stretches help! Good luck!

2025-08-03 17:55:37 UTC

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Melodious Blackbird! Their songs and calls are really amazing and they make a LOT of different sounds. Seems like this one wanted to serenade y'all. 😊 Happy birthday, @nprofile…ume0 !!

2025-08-02 17:58:02 UTC

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C! 🤠

2025-08-02 17:54:33 UTC

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Wavertree? ⛵️

2025-07-31 22:16:48 UTC

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I love these little chonks! 🤗

2025-07-31 18:32:22 UTC

High-protein is the trend, right? Well, this Southern House Wren (Troglodytes aedon musculus) snatches Black Soldier Fly larvae - super rich in fat and protein - from our compost bin all day every day! The holes are just large enough for it to climb inside, grab a snack, and climb out to feast. Sometimes, when the compost is really raging, the larvae just fall out and there's a full buffet on the ground! #SCORE
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2025-07-30 17:30:22 UTC

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I'm 2 cups in (usually my max)... Pretty sure that won't be all based on how this morning has gone. 😩😵‍💫😂

2025-07-28 19:20:21 UTC

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Love this design! Any plans to have women's fit hats? I (apparently) have a tiny head, but I would love to rock this design. Also, howdy from someone who spent many years in West Texas! 🤠

2025-07-28 18:21:13 UTC

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I'm mildly obsessed with their little pink beaks and their mini mohawks! *squeeeeeeee*

2025-07-28 18:00:12 UTC

Been a long week of traveling for work with entirely too much socializing... I'm exhausted. But you know what makes everything better? BIRDS. Birds make everything better!
These are black-bellied whistling ducks (Dendrocygna autumnalis) that I spotted in the Southern Zone of CR.
#birdstr #photostr #photography #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #naturephotography
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2025-07-27 16:57:11 UTC

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I set up my Nostr account before I set up Instagram and FB accounts. I was so reluctant... Now I use the Meta scheduling tool for my posts so I can be on there once every few weeks, post to both without having to actually get on there, and then check in once a week or so. This is the only way I've been able to manage it healthily. I get on and start scrolling and it's over... 🫤 But yeah, for businesses, it has (unfortunately) become critical.

2025-07-27 16:48:05 UTC

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I would be interested in knowing which countries were included in this. I can honestly say that traditional social media has done nothing good for my mental health. In the last couple years, I have tried to fix my algorithm, but man they push the false beauty standards on women so hard, and at every age! I'm thankful that social media didn't really blow up until I was in my late 20s.
It's also interesting that the data here shows male suicide rates have decreased... when, at least in the US, we're constantly being bombarded with "the male loneliness epidemic"... I wonder what's driving the decrease in suicide rates for males, in general. Any ideas?

2025-07-26 12:00:04 UTC

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Cool shot!!

2025-07-22 13:27:22 UTC

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Ahhh! I didn't realize that! 🤗 I just started following you when I saw something about a giant yarn penis? 😂