The Grauniad says that this is an alpine swift, Tachymarptis melba, but it looks like a common swift, Apus apus, to me (Photograph: Buiten-Beeld/Alamy via Grauniad)
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A performative pile consisting of a snail on a cuboctohedron on a Portuguese dictionary
Rob Middleton of Deviated Instinct trusts in the loud
Satellite image of Ireland
A big-wave surfer braves a big wave (image from The Daily Mail, 17xi17)
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Viper’s bugloss, Echium vulgare (L 1753)
Also known as: blue devil, blue thistle, blueweed, snake flower; Gewöhnlicher Natternkopf, Blaue Natternkopf; vipérine commune, vipérine vulgaire, serpentine; viperina azzurra; viborera, viperina; gwiberlys; żmijowiec zwyczajny; naderles; ლურჯი ძირწითელა; 蓝蓟; синяк обыкновенный; etc.
Post-Performative Post-Scriptum…
pard, n.¹ A panther, a leopard; (also) an animal resembling these. Now archaic.
pard, n.² A partner, esp. a male partner; a comrade, a mate.
• Oxford English Dictionary
Astrogenesis in the Carina Nebula (more info at NASA)
Mexican morning-glory, Ipomoea tricolor
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Overlord In Terms of Core Issues Around Maximal Engagement with Key Notions of the Über-Feral 
