Amazing work, thank you so much!

Never heard of this species before, very cool looking bird. Great photo!

Here's a link to the original essay on Doctorow's own site (no paywall): https://pluralistic.net/...

Refried beans, sour cream (mixed with seasonings), guacamole, diced tomatoes, cheese, and red onions and jalepenos on top.

Smaller dice on the tomatoes, perhaps. Flavor was good, but it's hard to go wrong with simple ingredients. I know some folks prefer sliced olives instead of, or in addition to, jalepenos, but I didn't have any on hand at the time.

Buy in El Monte, your ancestors will have waterfront land for the new port. https://brilliantmaps.com/los-angeles-under-water/

Those claws mean business. Pity the fish.

The crows and crow-adjacent corvids are so impressive. Good photo!

Captured it really nicely! Any idea what species of bird?

I've found a few, but always looking for more:

https://lemmy.world/c/birding

Species specific: https://lemmy.world/c/cockatiel

Not exclusively birds, but many of them: https://lemmy.world/c/wildlifephotography

Glad to see this made the migration: https://lemmy.world/c/superbowl

The creator has a webpage with more stuff, including a short video giving some history of freeway construction and advocating for an end to expansions.

Not sure why the first image isn't loading. Still getting the hang of posting here. This is what's supposed to be there:

Thank you so much!

Quite a pose you captured! Good light too really showing the color.

If you haven't found them already, here's two communities on maps: https://lemmy.world/c/mapporn https://lemmy.world/c/map_enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz

It's going to take time to rebuild communities to the activity level we're used to. Lemmy's had lots of growth but it's still a tiny fraction of the size of what reddit was. Most people here are still getting their bearings on how to do basics like subscribe, let alone contribute.

I think making comments and having person-to-person engagement is the most critical at this stage. Comments and votes will rise posts up and onto the main page for visibility. That's how a lot of people will find things. A lot of the "active" conversations are dominated by technical Q&A and complaining/schadenfreude about reddit. If we can get on-topic threads going in communities, that will help diversify conversations and seed more discussions.

I'm working to get over my natural lurker inclination because Lemmy needs the human conversations that make threaded platforms useful and engaging.

That is an adorable little predator.

Thanks! It was!

I was so glad to find this community had the correct topic.

That looks amazing, thanks for posting. Do you have a dedicated deep fryer, or just use a dutch oven or something like that?