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Photos by Dan Minicucci (Facebook)

This trio of young barreds continue to be very photogenic and one venturing out to hunt on the forest floor.

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[–] anon6789 15 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] Chetzemoka 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Reminds me of this picture I have of one of my baby nephews staring at the floor, contemplating his life choices lol

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[–] anon6789 11 points 6 months ago
[–] anon6789 11 points 6 months ago
[–] anon6789 9 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Any thoughts on the new source link style, having the source named instead of the creator's name as the link text?

[–] homesweethomeMrL 7 points 6 months ago

I prefer the creators name, but that’s just my $0.02

[–] anthropomorphized 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I think I like the name linked, does that make it harder to copy/paste the text? When I see the source link like that, it looks like it's going to take me to facebookdotcom and I don't want to go there. It's an extra thought I don't trust myself to have: that it would be the creators page. But I also like the warning that I'm going to fb, so interested in your reasons for playing with the credits? Lemmy people wanting warnings before going to zuckerf*cks sites?

[–] anon6789 8 points 6 months ago (1 children)

warnings before going to zuckerf*cks sites?

That was the main reasoning. I haven't gotten many complaints, but it has been brought up before.

Linking the names is quicker for me, but I didn't know if you guys would find value in having the site listed so you know if you want to click or not. Lemmy has always seemed privacy focused, and I've felt that increasingly so lately look at posts and comments in All.

[–] homesweethomeMrL 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Fwiw in voyager the links are usually printed below the post so it’s easy to see it’s a fb site.

Now to convince the world’s owl photographers to revive GeoCities.

[–] anon6789 2 points 6 months ago

Ah, this is true. The apps should have a good handle on this by now. Summit gives me a popup and shows the link.

I will always have a soft spot for the Geocities days... The web may have been crap, but it was largely our crap. Little did we know what Web 2.0 had in store for us. We were so innocent back then.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago

I'm a pretty bird, adore me!

[–] homesweethomeMrL 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] anon6789 8 points 6 months ago (1 children)

They are so cute!

My fav is the one staring intently at the ground.

[–] homesweethomeMrL 6 points 6 months ago

Thinking about . . . Europe.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I like how floof they are. Sleek adults are nice but floof fledglings are cuter!

[–] anon6789 5 points 6 months ago

Hard to argue with that, especially given his fast they grow up!