Birds give up the complexity of song for volume in noisy places - so they sing louder but less interesting (to both humans & mates) songs in cities. When traffic noise in San Francisco fell due to COVID, birds began to sing more complex, quieter songs like they did 50 years ago!
There's a word you should *just* never use when describing a person, because it erases all the nuance of their experiences and views.
Learn how to cultivate curiosity and relationships across differences at an upcoming EP workshop: https://t.co/BeJbjzDXFh
Here's a few glimpses of that AMAZING #Seattle#sunrise this morning. I have some timelapses going, and have photos from earlier in the morning when it was even more fabulous! Stay tuned!
Do a handful of students occupy most of your class discussions—especially online? These 3 tools from @essentialprtnrs will help you engage your entire class in a new way. https://t.co/Cq9N5VxJKA
Hey there! Guess what! Godcast is coming back after quite a hiatus. Our first interview back is with Alex Cook, whose murals appear across the united states and internationally. In the meantime, you can check out his work at https://t.co/eiKkPKue8W and https://t.co/rJxJMU3knG
I believe the world is beautiful
and that poetry, like bread, is for everyone.
—Roque Dalton, tr. Jack Hirschman (from Poetry Like Bread: Poets of the Political Imagination from Curbstone Press, ed. Martín Espada)
Please take this brief survey on air travel. We teamed up with @kcchamber, @kcadc and @KCCivicCouncil to gain insights. We want to hear from you, so please give us your feedback! #KC#Travel
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"Recycling can also be a lesson in the art of attention, of noticing the many and diverse relationships between humans and waste. We can begin to ask ourselves questions: How does waste enter my household? ..."
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Perhaps the greatest anti-slavery speech ever uttered is “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July,” by Frederick Douglass, in 1852. I wanted to make the speech more accessible. Here’s a thread with an abridged version of the speech we should reread every #FourthofJuly. 1/
We’ve had some dapper guests visit the museum before but these little tuxedoed visitors are our favorites. The @KansasCityZoo treated the penguins to a little culture before the Zoo re-opens. Watch an extended video on our website https://t.co/WUpsHRDNEg.
#BuildKCI alert: Beginning April 28, the traffic pattern at @KCIAirport will change and remain that way through the opening of the new terminal. Read more here: https://t.co/3DWS5njr2T