Flaco, the beloved Central Park owl, died with high levels of rodenticide in his system. Center for Biological Diversity is working to reduce the devastating collateral damage of these poisons. Follow them to learn more.

Just a mama coati & her six coati kittens crossing a stream in Arizona's #borderlands .

With headquarters near the border in Arizona, we've worked to preserve and protect the rich biodiversity of our borderlands for decades. Info➡️ biodiv.us/3Wbu7YW

📹 by Russ McSpadden

Healthy puma in the Chiricahua Mountains of southern Arizona.

Awesome to see Ryan Hartley Smith’s beautiful piece at Floyd Bennett Field! Public Arts Festival & a line of giant Piping Plovers, Rockaway’s endangered species, projected on the facade of the historic airplane hangar.
Thank you @jbrpc & Gateway Natl Rec Area for an outstanding event!

It’s Earth Day. Did you know that more than 1 million species are barreling towards extinction & most North American shorebird species are in decline, with many losing more than 50% of their population over the last three decades?

‘Eee, look it’s Peter Gabriel’ I said to the people who were sitting next to me at Eno at Barbican than I realised I was talking to Stephen & Gillian out of New Order - who were lovely

Last night I returned to the site of this mock-assassination attempt (101 Avenue A, longtime home of the Pyramid and current home of the Knitting Factory. Last night someone called Avenue A “the Champs d’Elysees of the East Village.”

I’d be terribly remiss if I didn’t wish Warren Defever 🆗 a very happy birthday. Glad you survived this assassination attempt back in 1993. (Photo taken at the Pyramid, NYC.)

The Company of Wolves (1984).

Start the day with Jonathan Richman and a precariously perched cat.

NYC ghosts & flowers.

Finally made it to Superiority Burger! The Pearl pie was everything I’d hoped it would be. 🥹

Yesterday I had the privilege of watching a Japanese buckwheat farmer (he doesn’t want to be called a chef) make his specialty, soba. The finished noodle was flavorful and wonderfully chewy – so different than anything in the supermarket.

“I’m very inspired by them and everything they stand for. They are absolutely iconic, and playing these shows with them has been a surreal honor.” - Olivia Rodrigo on The Breeders, via The New York Times.

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Photo by Jutharat Pinyodoonyachet

Inside The Wire 483: Kristin Hersh's Invisible Jukebox

Each month we play an artist a series of records which they are asked to comment on – with no prior knowledge of what they are about to hear.

Read the interview by Emily Pothast inside our new issue: thewire.co.uk/issues/483

Thank you Olivia Rodrigo for having us open MSG. It was a blast ♥️

📸 Kristin Sollecito

Boys in Zinc by Spoonfed Hybrid

The original album plus a bonus disc of outtakes & demos, available on double black vinyl (one-time pressing) this Saturday for Record Store Day 2024.

Here's a few photos of Graeme Naysmith (Pale Saints). Extremely sad news, some treasured memories ♥️

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Your Ghost by Kristin Hersh (kristin hersh) featuring Michael Stipe 🕯️

Hips & Makers expanded 30th Anniversary green 2LP featuring b-sides, string versions and sleeve notes by Kristin. Out this Saturday for Record Store Day 2024. CD available 26th April, pre-order now.

Remembering Graeme Naysmith

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