What a handsome boy!

As they hid from what?

Don't leave us hanging...

The Parade AI Desk is not a human journalist, and it never publishes autonomously. Every article carrying the AI Desk byline is reviewed, fact-checked, edited, and approved by a human editor prior to publication.

Never mind the 2 other "human" authors. I bet at least 80% of this is AI slop repeating what every living human on this earth already knows, generated for the sole purpose of amassing clicks and views for money.

AI accounts for all blog posts nowadays that read like a Martha Stewart recipe because they were written by a soulless machine regurgitating a jumbled up concoction of human knowledge.

I've been shown a video (against my will tbh) on how people make a living out of simply hosting a Blogger and asking AI to write and publish a 3-page minimum essay on whatever happens to be the most searched topic at that time. Because people (everybody, not just boomers) will inevitably click on that post at some point and read through. Some of the less digitally literate readers might click on sponsored links coming from Google adverts to get more information. I mourn the fact that the said information is so easily searchable and accessible, just as any of these AI-generated blogposts are, but they will still rely on heuristics and convenience at the cost of their own time and intelligence. These low-quality slop posts are all over the place because it's a '0 money investment and high return' business, and anybody with internet can do this.

"Unkindness"

If you don't feel like reading 5 paragraphs of personal anecdotes.

Why is every article written like a fucking Martha Stewart recepie these days?

it's not so much a murder as a party. maybe a family reunion.

Ravens are the most common bird around me. I have at least a dozen pairs that frequent my property. They have unique little clicky songs they sing just for their mates, it's very cute. I feed them sometimes and they like me. They warn me when there's bears or cougars around. I suspect they keep an a eye on my dog for me too, she's old and blind and a cougar would have an easy time with her.

In case this happens again in the future, you should know that cheesecake freezes quite well. Cut into slices before freezing :)

A friend was visiting who brought me a homemade one as a gift. He makes great cheesecakes, but for whatever reason he only makes huge ones. I don't have a big sweet tooth, and it got older than I felt comfortable eating.

I'm glad it all worked out for my buddies.

Why were you throwing away cheescake?

They'd take a few chunks of apple then move on to the next one. What a waste.

Per Ramona Quimby: "The first bite tastes the best!"

all corvids are beautiful

Flight imposes strict weight limits, so birds pack enormous numbers of very small neurons into very small brains. Their axons, the long cable-like fibers that transmit electrical and chemical signals between cells, are shorter.

“Long lines take time. Short lines speed everything up,” Nieder said.

I've read about this elsewhere, too. It's really fascinating how corvid brains are packed and constructed, part of why they outperform the usual heuristic of brain mass to bodyweight ratio for estimating intelligence.

From the article:

Flight imposes strict weight limits, so birds pack enormous numbers of very small neurons into very small brains. Their axons, the long cable-like fibers that transmit electrical and chemical signals between cells, are shorter.

“Long lines take time. Short lines speed everything up,” Nieder said.

My first speculation after reading your comment was that because they fly, they would have to process far more visual stimuli and other sensory inputs (aerodynamics) within a certain time frame compared to mammals most of which are mainly terrestrial. Probably a silly thought, maybe not, I have no idea if this is paralleled in flightless or aquatic birds (if that's been studied).

They're also very pretty

Makes sense. I mean they do fly.

I love them so much

You could have apples?

You could have toads?

They show up in my yard because I feed them. They help keep unwanted pests away.

raven. skinnier head proportionally to it's body, and even with a straight on photo you can tell the beak is thicker and longer (the depth of field is an indicator). crows also have flatter heads and are generally less fluffy than ravens (except for carrion crows but their eyes face more forward and have pupils). also the scale i think. ravens are 50% larger

And cheesecake! I got my trash raided when I lived up north, but seeing the crows with their beaks and faces covered in cheesecake was absolutely worth the cleanup. They were so happy.

A Murder of One

Probably! They are super smart and will hold grudges against people that treat then badly and they will also tell all their friends about shitty people.

You can also make friends with them and they will have your back.

https://youtu.be/sjNpfz4UzqU

Counting Crows: One.

So cute <3

The easy way to identify that this is a raven is that the photo was taken in the Tower of London.