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By Lambert Strether of Corrente. Bird Song of the Day Canyon Towhee, San Juan Wash, south side of the Black Hills, Pima, Arizona, United States. “‘Complex song’, blending into normal song later in the cut, from a bird moving at mid-height in a dense bush.” * * * Politics “So many of the social reactions […]

By Lambert Strether of Corrente. Patient readers, I am more than a little behind the eight-ball today, because my tiny little inoffensive — except to somebody! — Twitter account was permanently banned. As you know, I, whale-like, ingest enormous amounts of “krill” from the newsflow, and Twitter remains, even under Elon Musk’s gentle ministrations, the […]

By Lambert Strether of Corrente. Bird Song of the Day I thought of jackdaws because of Konrad Lorenz’s wonderful King Solomon’s Ring, which I read when I was quite young (and unaware of Lorenz’s views on “social decline”). Eurasian Jackdaw, Marche, Italy. A pretty duet, although short. * * * Politics “But what is government […]