Dan Chibnall

@bookowl.bsky.social

STEM Librarian & Associate Professor in Iowa Expect science, baseball, St. Louis Cardinals, #STLCards, progressive politics, astronomy, owls, beer, & pretzels

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Barn Owls! in Manhattan! 🦉🌃

This week, a family of Barn Owls was discovered on a water tower in NYC. Two adults and five young ones have been observed/confirmed so far!

10.9.2026, NYC
Photos taken at night, using long exposure and ambient light - it is actually VERY dark up there!
#birds

Close up of the top of a wooden water tower at night, with part of a brick and stone building and out of focus light green foliage in the foreground at the right of frame. On the very top of the water tower, a Barn Owl is perched. Another Barn owl is just below/ to the right, and a third one at the bottom of the slope of the tower’s roof, to the far right. A closer look reveals two more Barn Owls peering through a hole in the roof, facing the cameraClose up of the same water tower; three Barn Owls are visible on and near the very top of the towerCloser crop of the top of the water tower in the previous photos - one Barn owl is in profile on the top of the tower, another is just below and to the right, also in side profile. Part of the face of a third owl can be seen in the hole in the roofCloser crop of the top of the water tower - one Barn Owl is perched on the front/left slope, blending in very well with the rust-brown of the roof. Two other owls are peering out of the hole; one owl still has downy baby feathers at the top of their head
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😂 good luck! Upper deck behind home plate. We sat down in late May or early June that season together and did the math on when he'd approach the record. We bought cheap tickets for five games in early September. We nailed it. Also hope your fever breaks and you feel better soon.

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Russian bot traffic has dropped to nearly 0 after Ukraine struck a Yandex data center in Vladimir, Russia

• Source Network: AS13238 YANDEX – Yandex LLC (Russian Federation) • Traffic Breakdown: Prior to the drop, bot traffic accounted for roughly 99.6% of requests compared to 0.4% human traffic. • Event Cause: The sudden plunge to zero on October 11, 2026, corresponds to a reported military/drone attack on Yandex's data center facility in Vladimir, Russia—marking the third reported attack on Yandex data infrastructure since October 8.
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Ukrainian drones struck three Yandex data centres in Russia, shutting down two and crippling the third. The attacks disrupted more than 80 services, including banking, transport and cloud infrastructure, following Russian strikes on Ukrainian data centres.

yacnews.comDrone strikes hit three Yandex data centres in four days as Ukraine responds to Russia's attacksUkrainian drones struck three major Yandex data centres in Russia over four days, shutting down two and crippling the third. The attacks disrupted more than 80 services, including banking, transport a...
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"Whereas the AI users got answers wrong or gave up entirely when the AI assistance was withdrawn, the group without AI stuck with the task and were more successful at the end."

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Why not? It doesn't hurt to root for different teams in October. It's just great baseball and we're celebrating it. We can still retain our fandoms. It's not cheating.

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The Spanish call of Jose Ramirez's 2-run home run by Rafa Hernández-Brito in the decisive Game 5 of the ALDS. It ended up being the shot that sent them to the ALCS against Tampa Bay.

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