Sketchy Ben Acker
@saddletrousers.bsky.social
Birds r great n so r u.
I’m Sketchy Ben, a thoughtful, tired birder. I’m “sketchy” because I said I’d bring donuts to game night but then I didn’t :(
I’m Sketchy Ben, a thoughtful, tired birder. I’m “sketchy” because I said I’d bring donuts to game night but then I didn’t :(
Reposted by Sketchy Ben Acker
I don't often post about work, but we have this fascinating free public event next week on Saving Britain's wildlife at LSE.
Come along in person or join us online, www.lse.ac.uk/events/savin...
Please help spread the word about this important topic.
#londonbirds #nature #wildlife #ukbirds
Come along in person or join us online, www.lse.ac.uk/events/savin...
Please help spread the word about this important topic.
#londonbirds #nature #wildlife #ukbirds
November 4, 2025 at 8:59 PM
I don't often post about work, but we have this fascinating free public event next week on Saving Britain's wildlife at LSE.
Come along in person or join us online, www.lse.ac.uk/events/savin...
Please help spread the word about this important topic.
#londonbirds #nature #wildlife #ukbirds
Come along in person or join us online, www.lse.ac.uk/events/savin...
Please help spread the word about this important topic.
#londonbirds #nature #wildlife #ukbirds
October 11, 2025 at 9:47 PM
September 21, 2025 at 7:42 PM
September 19, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Here’s our front porch Lantana for #FlowersOnFriday 🌱
August 29, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Here’s our front porch Lantana for #FlowersOnFriday 🌱
Reposted by Sketchy Ben Acker
okay here we go DRAW A BIRD CHALLENGE y'all! right now, with your own hands, no fukken "A.i." it's fine if it's bad! bad is good because you did it on your own and had fun and learned something and made something literally only you could have!
#DrawABird
#DrawABird
Bird
August 17, 2025 at 6:00 PM
okay here we go DRAW A BIRD CHALLENGE y'all! right now, with your own hands, no fukken "A.i." it's fine if it's bad! bad is good because you did it on your own and had fun and learned something and made something literally only you could have!
#DrawABird
#DrawABird
Hey! Happy Friday yall! This Osprey landed on our back porch in Frisco, NC. I *think* it could be a juvenile that has been hunting from a duck blind nearby. #birds
August 1, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Hey! Happy Friday yall! This Osprey landed on our back porch in Frisco, NC. I *think* it could be a juvenile that has been hunting from a duck blind nearby. #birds
Happy Friday, #birds!!!
I got a new lifer in the Tufted Puffin!!! These were flying around Haystack Rock at Cannon Beach on the Oregon Coast.
I got a new lifer in the Tufted Puffin!!! These were flying around Haystack Rock at Cannon Beach on the Oregon Coast.
June 20, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Happy Friday, #birds!!!
I got a new lifer in the Tufted Puffin!!! These were flying around Haystack Rock at Cannon Beach on the Oregon Coast.
I got a new lifer in the Tufted Puffin!!! These were flying around Haystack Rock at Cannon Beach on the Oregon Coast.
YAAAAAALLLLL We got a new feeder visitor!!! A red-headed woodpecker!!!! Apologies for the dirty window and zoomed-in phone potato quality.
#birds
#birds
June 2, 2025 at 1:38 PM
YAAAAAALLLLL We got a new feeder visitor!!! A red-headed woodpecker!!!! Apologies for the dirty window and zoomed-in phone potato quality.
#birds
#birds
Reposted by Sketchy Ben Acker
Today (May 16) is #EndangeredSpeciesDay ! There are a ton of endangered birds in the world whose populations have dwindled due to habitat loss and illegal pet trade.
I wanted to spread some awareness, so for every comment, I will talk about an endangered bird and share a donation link for them!
I wanted to spread some awareness, so for every comment, I will talk about an endangered bird and share a donation link for them!
May 16, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Today (May 16) is #EndangeredSpeciesDay ! There are a ton of endangered birds in the world whose populations have dwindled due to habitat loss and illegal pet trade.
I wanted to spread some awareness, so for every comment, I will talk about an endangered bird and share a donation link for them!
I wanted to spread some awareness, so for every comment, I will talk about an endangered bird and share a donation link for them!
Reposted by Sketchy Ben Acker
Today was my last day at GitHub/npm.
I've been doing this for nearly 25 years, so I've accrued quite a bit of expertise. If you're looking for someone that is an experienced programmer with a passion for data in all forms (databases, apis, protocols, etc.) please reach out.
I've been doing this for nearly 25 years, so I've accrued quite a bit of expertise. If you're looking for someone that is an experienced programmer with a passion for data in all forms (databases, apis, protocols, etc.) please reach out.
May 13, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Today was my last day at GitHub/npm.
I've been doing this for nearly 25 years, so I've accrued quite a bit of expertise. If you're looking for someone that is an experienced programmer with a passion for data in all forms (databases, apis, protocols, etc.) please reach out.
I've been doing this for nearly 25 years, so I've accrued quite a bit of expertise. If you're looking for someone that is an experienced programmer with a passion for data in all forms (databases, apis, protocols, etc.) please reach out.
If you have a chance, make Bill Smith’s Honeysuckle Sorbet Recipe. It’s amazing, and any leftover syrup goes really well with seltzers.
www.ourstate.com/bill-smith-h...
www.ourstate.com/bill-smith-h...
May 11, 2025 at 8:06 PM
If you have a chance, make Bill Smith’s Honeysuckle Sorbet Recipe. It’s amazing, and any leftover syrup goes really well with seltzers.
www.ourstate.com/bill-smith-h...
www.ourstate.com/bill-smith-h...
Picked 4 cups of honeysuckle to make Bill Smith’s honeysuckle sorbet this weekend.
May 10, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Picked 4 cups of honeysuckle to make Bill Smith’s honeysuckle sorbet this weekend.
Reposted by Sketchy Ben Acker
This is the kind of footage you give away for free the first time and after that you charge for only half the amount of footage.
Just real baby bird hard drug stuff.
Always for free here on bluesky.
A solid addiction.
🪶 🐣
Just real baby bird hard drug stuff.
Always for free here on bluesky.
A solid addiction.
🪶 🐣
May 8, 2025 at 8:26 PM
This is the kind of footage you give away for free the first time and after that you charge for only half the amount of footage.
Just real baby bird hard drug stuff.
Always for free here on bluesky.
A solid addiction.
🪶 🐣
Just real baby bird hard drug stuff.
Always for free here on bluesky.
A solid addiction.
🪶 🐣
Reposted by Sketchy Ben Acker
Elon's influence in Trumpworld may be waning, but the DOGE wrecking ball is still going full speed. Yet this *is* a good window for federal workers to organize to stop it.
Labor studies prof @ericblanc.bsky.social has ideas, drawn from past successful labor movements, for how they might do so:
Labor studies prof @ericblanc.bsky.social has ideas, drawn from past successful labor movements, for how they might do so:
How federal workers can organize to stop DOGE
With Elon Musk’s influence waning, fed workers have a window to push back. Rutgers labor studies professor Eric Blanc explains how.
www.bloodinthemachine.com
April 23, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Elon's influence in Trumpworld may be waning, but the DOGE wrecking ball is still going full speed. Yet this *is* a good window for federal workers to organize to stop it.
Labor studies prof @ericblanc.bsky.social has ideas, drawn from past successful labor movements, for how they might do so:
Labor studies prof @ericblanc.bsky.social has ideas, drawn from past successful labor movements, for how they might do so:
Reposted by Sketchy Ben Acker
Great news! The award-winning SoCal Snowy Owl short documentary will be on SoCal PBS streaming on APRIL 1!
They used my pictures on key promo materials of the film.
It's a very cute film about community and nature. Super clutch in this moment. #birds (1/3)
They used my pictures on key promo materials of the film.
It's a very cute film about community and nature. Super clutch in this moment. #birds (1/3)
April 2, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Reposted by Sketchy Ben Acker
Looks like the flycatchers win. I made a little documentary reel about this family last year. my favorite bird family. the fact im AT HOME and not at the park is a real testament to my dedication to the working class! #birds
April 22, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Looks like the flycatchers win. I made a little documentary reel about this family last year. my favorite bird family. the fact im AT HOME and not at the park is a real testament to my dedication to the working class! #birds
This White-eyed Vireo was hanging out in Bynum today!
April 5, 2025 at 11:18 PM
This White-eyed Vireo was hanging out in Bynum today!
April 5, 2025 at 11:17 PM
This White-eyed Vireo was hanging out in Bynum today!
Reposted by Sketchy Ben Acker
#Connect2Nature
Some birds look good from any angle, like this Eurasian Eagle Owl at the Canadian Raptor Conservancy. Others, like turkeys and vultures, well... that's another story. They are beautiful in their own way.
#Nature #Birds #Owls #Raptors #Photography
Some birds look good from any angle, like this Eurasian Eagle Owl at the Canadian Raptor Conservancy. Others, like turkeys and vultures, well... that's another story. They are beautiful in their own way.
#Nature #Birds #Owls #Raptors #Photography
March 18, 2025 at 12:46 PM
#Connect2Nature
Some birds look good from any angle, like this Eurasian Eagle Owl at the Canadian Raptor Conservancy. Others, like turkeys and vultures, well... that's another story. They are beautiful in their own way.
#Nature #Birds #Owls #Raptors #Photography
Some birds look good from any angle, like this Eurasian Eagle Owl at the Canadian Raptor Conservancy. Others, like turkeys and vultures, well... that's another story. They are beautiful in their own way.
#Nature #Birds #Owls #Raptors #Photography
Reposted by Sketchy Ben Acker
A call to arms for eBirders and iNaturalists. 🚨
We want your bird photos! If you photograph feeding birds with flowers, fruit, seeds or prey, upload the image with locality details. We are data-harvesting species, size and type of food/prey to study foodwebs and species interactions. Thanks! 🧪🌐🪶
We want your bird photos! If you photograph feeding birds with flowers, fruit, seeds or prey, upload the image with locality details. We are data-harvesting species, size and type of food/prey to study foodwebs and species interactions. Thanks! 🧪🌐🪶
March 18, 2025 at 12:51 PM
A call to arms for eBirders and iNaturalists. 🚨
We want your bird photos! If you photograph feeding birds with flowers, fruit, seeds or prey, upload the image with locality details. We are data-harvesting species, size and type of food/prey to study foodwebs and species interactions. Thanks! 🧪🌐🪶
We want your bird photos! If you photograph feeding birds with flowers, fruit, seeds or prey, upload the image with locality details. We are data-harvesting species, size and type of food/prey to study foodwebs and species interactions. Thanks! 🧪🌐🪶