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Fiery-throated Hummingbird (Panterpe insignis), male, family Trochilidae, order Apodiformes, Panama

SF Night in Red, 2016

Jeremy Mann - American, b. 1979

Taiwan Firecrest aka Flamecrest (Regulus goodfellowi), male, family Regulidae, order Passeriformes, endemic to the mountains of Taiwan

photograph by @joinus12345

Golden-crowned Kinglet (Regulus satrapa), family Regulidae, order Passeriformes, western Canada

photograph by Mike Ashbee

Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Corthylio calendula), family Regulidae, order Passeriformes, North TX, USA

photograph by Howard Wu

Rifleman aka Titipounamu (Acanthisitta chloris), male, family Acanthisittidae, order Passeriformes, New Zealand

photograph by Mike Ashbee (@mikullashbee)

American Bushtit (Psaltriparus minimus), family Aegithalidae, order Passeriformes, found in the Western US and Canada

photograph by Colin Franks

Wrentit (Chamaea fasciata), family Paradoxornithidae, order Passeriformes, Western US

photograph by Matt Davis

White-browed Tit-warbler (Leptopoecile sophiae), male, family Aegithalidae, order Passeriformes, Qinghai, China

photograph by David Irving

Crested Tit-Warbler (Leptopoecile elegans), male, family Aegithalidae, order Passeriformes, Gansu, China

cost of education acting as class barrier

exploitation of graduate workers

colonialist past and present

ties to military industrial complex

danger of power structure entrenching and justifying orthodox views on social issues

criticisms of academia that get made: