- This is bobby soxer fashion that originated in the 1940s, not 50s. Specifically, this 2016 Tumblr post attributes this photo to Life magazine in 1947
- The style was not considered masculine in its time (for commenters remarking on crossdressing laws); pants had been mainstream women’s fashion since the 30s and especially during WWII due to women in factory work. This was an extremely popular style associated with fans of popular music performers like Frank Sinatra. It was a teenage style in particular; the 40s saw the number of girls attending secondary school rise substantially, as did the number of teens with disposable incomes.
It’s fascinating to me that people under 30 are looking at very trendy look today and seeing gender nonconformity. It says more about what we consider “feminine” clothing to be today (Revealing? Low necklines? Translucent? Form-fitting? Curve-enhancing?) than the image itself.
tech people are always talking about this as the "bus factor": ie, how many people need to get hit by a bus to totally fuck your organization.
A bus factor of 1 is very, very bad. you are one sick person or a sudden retirement/firing away from not functioning.
A bus factor of 2 is clearly an improvement, but what if those two people go on a business trip and the car/plane/whatever crashes?
but yeah, the idea is that you should try to structure your organizations so this doesn't happen: you've got multiple people with overlapping expertise so that even if a very determined bus is taking down your employees in an orgy of violence, you'll have enough time to hire & re-train people to fill their now-absent positions.
The fledgling of the South Philippine Dwarf Kingfisher (Ceyx mindanensis) has been photographed for the first time in 130 years by eye surge
“The fledgling of the South Philippine Dwarf Kingfisher (Ceyx mindanensis) has been photographed for the first time in 130 years by eye surgeon and field biologist, Dr. Miguel David De Leon.
The photograph is the first time anyone is able to see the image of the rare small forest kingfisher found only in Mindanao, since the bird was first sighted in Southern Philippines in 1890 during the Steere Expedition.
“Discovered during the Steere Expedition to the Philippines and published in 1890, the fledgling of this Vulnerable species has never been described nor photographed until today,” wrote De Leon in his Facebook post on March 11, 2020, with the photo of the three-weeks-old Dwarf Kingfisher.
The director of the Robert S. Kennedy Bird Conservancy, a group De Leon founded in 2017 with eight field workers and bird photographers, documents birds and habitats to contribute data towards conservation of species and ecosystems.
The Filipino field biologist and his team spent 10 years searching in the avian field trying to document the species nesting, feeding, and breeding behaviors. The dwarf kingfishers are known to be cavity nesters and eat a variety of small invertebrate creatures.
In the book a Guide to the Birds of the Philippines written by Robert S. Kennedy, Pedro C. Gonzales, Edward C. Dickinson, Hector Miranda, and Timothy H. Fisher, it was written that South Philippine dwarf kingfisher perches quietly and darts invisibly from perch to perch.
“Even if we’re watching them closely, they just disappear,” Dr. De Leon said in an interview with The New York Times.
Ceyx mindanensis is the tiniest species of forest kingfisher found only in Mindanao in the Philippines. Its unique call is described as “high-pitched, insect-like, and almost inaudible zeeep.”
Its population is continuously declining, threatened by habitat loss, poaching, and climate change.
De Leon hopes that the photographs he had taken will help researchers to learn more about the species.
De Leon also praised his colleagues for faithfully and cheerfully adhering to the strictest guidelines in carrying out avian field research, and shared an excerpt of RSKBC’s Guidelines, “In observing and documenting birds, RSKBC upholds the medical principle of primum non nocere–first, do no harm… field work is done with the welfare of the birds as prime import.”
Initiatives to conserve Philippine bird species include sending a breeding pair of Philippine Eagles to Singapore’s conservation bird park, Puerto Princesa City is moving to declare itself as the “Bird Capital of the Philippines”, and the University of the Philippines setting up the “Siyap”, an outdoor exhibit of wild bird sounds in UP Diliman.”
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