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Ed Gaillard

@edgaillard

Birder. Leftist. I was @EdwardGaillard on Twitter, I am on Mastodon as @edg@mastodon.social The duty of the Opposition is to oppose. - Benjamin Disraeli 🇺🇦

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Ed Gaillard@edgaillard· 19d

Neither a place nor a person I expected at all.

Ed Gaillard@edgaillard· Jul 1

Pretty much identical. I can get "The Labor Organizer" or "The Skeptic" depending on which questions with unsatisfying choices I leave out.

"AI Compass" chart labeled "The Conscientious Objector"

Ed Gaillard@edgaillard· Jun 14

Bernie meme: I AM ONCE AGAIN ASKING FOR MORE BITCHES

Ed Gaillard@edgaillard· Apr 7

Ceci n'est pas it, chief. (Magritte pipe meme.)

Ed Gaillard@edgaillard· Feb 13

My desktop background is a slideshow of my bird photos. Today it reminded me that Spring is coming soon.

A Red-winged Blackbird in a tree with white blossoms, informing the world that Spring is coming.

Ed Gaillard@edgaillard· Feb 8

In honor of the day, here's a Superb Owl. (Burrowing Owl, Florida, 2019)

A sleepy Burrowing Owl standing upright on a fence post, looking right at the camera. There is a rope around the post, part of the cordon around the owl's nest area, one of several in this public park. The background is out-of-focus grass.

Ed Gaillard@edgaillard· Jan 2

Also, you can totally select a whole county for a checklist, it's right on the location page. Guy's a moron, don't care what kind of fancy degree he claims. Very tempted to track down this list and give him some publicity.

Location selection page for submitting an eBird checklist

Ed Gaillard@edgaillard· Dec 30

Foggy morning, Randalls Island. The day's #birding highlights: Black-headed Gull, Red-throated Loon.

Foggy morning, Randalls Island. Tire tracks through snow lead towards a railroad bridge. The photo is technically in color, but is all shades of gray.

Ed Gaillard@edgaillard· Dec 25

Search your first name + 'glamour shot' I wish!

Edward Steichen, self-portrait with his camera, circa 1917. A handsome man in a tuxedo standing next to a large view camera.

Ed Gaillard@edgaillard· Nov 29

"Shut up, Eccles"

Keir Starmer at a podium. Caption text: "there's a famous slogan in the United Kingdom"

Ed Gaillard@edgaillard· Nov 18

Angry goose meme: WHICH FACIAL CHARACTERISTICS, MOTHERFUCKER?

Ed Gaillard@edgaillard· Nov 17

There's also:

eBird range map for... Barn Swallow

Ed Gaillard@edgaillard· Oct 26

“You may choose one person to tell you the Aristocrats joke.”

Werner Herzog (By Flickr user "erinc salor" https://www.flickr.com/photos/espressoroast/ - https://www.flickr.com/photos/espressoroast/493657105/, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=4424356)

Ed Gaillard@edgaillard· Oct 18

"What some say they see as".

"your boot, sir" meme.

Ed Gaillard@edgaillard· Oct 3

This is from "Tilly Norwood"'s IMDB page. I don't think I've ever seen IMDB editorialize like this.

Tilly Norwood is known for Coprophagia Island and AI Commissioner (2025)

Ed Gaillard@edgaillard· Sep 2

Using one photo already on your phone, what is the announcement tomorrow at 2?

The Untitled Goose mene, "I think I will cause problems on purpose."

Ed Gaillard@edgaillard· Jul 26

No cheating: post your lock screen.

a lurid sunset over New York City, seen from the Bronx.

Ed Gaillard@edgaillard· Jul 22

Ed Gaillard@edgaillard· Jul 6

Sign on the street in Yorkville (Manhattan): "Work Sucks. Let's find a Liquor Store."

Ed Gaillard@edgaillard· Jun 8

Ed Gaillard@edgaillard· Mar 29

The energy I bring to your comments section.

Rembrandt - Self-portrait as Saint Paul

Ed Gaillard@edgaillard· Mar 14

Ok, hear me out. A Lord of the Rings re-make, but with these two taking the One Ring to Mordor:

Ed Gaillard@edgaillard· Mar 13

Ok, hear me out. A Lord of the Rings re-make, but with these two taking the One Ring to Mordor

Harold and Kumar Go To Mordor

Ed Gaillard@edgaillard· Mar 13

Ed Gaillard@edgaillard· Dec 14

The pipe: Ceci n'est pas it, chief.

Ed Gaillard@edgaillard· Dec 13

Here's a Mourning Warbler from the #StrategicBirdPhotoReserve (June 2019, Bryant Park NYC)

A male Mourning Warbler, a small yellow bird with a dark gray head and a black band at the top of the chest, perched on a twig against a background of pale green leaves.

Ed Gaillard@edgaillard· Nov 20

Name a tv show you're positive no one remembers but you.

Carl Betz in "Judd, for the Defense"

Ed Gaillard@edgaillard· Nov 13

Screenshot of a Twitter post: @EdwardGaillard commenting:
THE SEAGULLS DON'T WORK FOR US.
THE SEAGULLS OWN THEIR OWN LABOR.

NO GODS, NO MASTERS,
ONE BIG FLOCK

below that , a retweet of Sara @tinyredbook, commenting"I don't make the rules sorry" on a photo of a sign on a food cart:

ONCE THE FOOD IS
GIVE IT TO YOU
IF A SEAGULL TAKE IT
FROM YOU
WILL BE NO REFUNDS.
THE SEAGULLS DON'T WORK FOR US.
SORRY FOR THE INCNVENIENCE." title="Screenshot of a Twitter post by @EdwardGaillard:

THE SEAGULLS DON'T WORK FOR US.
THE SEAGULLS OWN THEIR OWN LABOW.

NO GODS, NO MASTERS,
ONE BIG FLOCK

below that , a retweet of Sara @tinyredbook, commenting "I don't make the rules sorry" on a photo of a sign on a food cart:

ONCE THE FOOD IS
GIVE IT TO YOU
IF A SEAGULL TAKE IT
FROM YOU
WILL BE NO REFUNDS.
THE SEAGULLS DON'T WORK FOR US.
SORRY FOR THE INCNVENIENCE.