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fromwww.theguardian.com
4 days ago

The hill I will die on: Pigeons are working-class heroes and deserve some respect | Toussaint Douglass

Is there something I would figuratively die on a hill for? Yes, there is and as it happens, I'm sitting on a literal hill right now, feeding them. Pigeons. Why pigeons? Because it's about time they get the respect they deserve. I like pigeons. Because they're like me, working class. You can tell pigeons are working class because every pigeon looks knackered. It's about this point in the conversation that people politely make their excuses and slowly back away (literally) while avoiding eye contact.
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fromNature
1 month ago

Daily briefing: Where pigeons get their sense of direction

Pigeons detect Earth's magnetic fields via tiny electrical currents in inner-ear cells; Paradromics begins an FDA-approved BCI trial and COP30 faces fossil-fuel phase-out disputes.
fromBoston.com
2 months ago

What to know about the dead pigeons at the MBTA's JFK/UMass station

"It might only be a pigeon, but that was disgusting," says Stacie Delzingo, the founder of Safe Hands. "And it's cruelty."
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fromwww.theguardian.com
4 months ago

Toussaint Douglass: Accessible Pigeon Material review an eccentric hour from a fringe fledgling

Douglass promises that pigeons, pigeons and more pigeons will be all we're getting, and, to stress the point, there's one circulating the stage strapped to a remote-controlled car.
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Brooklyn
fromCbsnews
8 months ago

Bird lovers in Brooklyn concerned about poaching as pigeons go missing

A community in Bushwick is alarmed by the illegal trapping of pigeons for live shooting events.
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