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The Romance of the Gas-Station Sign A few glowing roadside numerals set the national mood.

From @ibogost.com in @theatlantic.com: The history of gas station signs, America's most direct price signal to consumers.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

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TIDINGS: An extremely affordable newsletter

New Tidings out today! Click through for your weekly recommended links from the Seabird community.
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Changing our name to Seasaur Reader.

Screenshot of the post compose window in Seabird showing fields for a link and a blurb.

Some other social networks: links in posts are penalized.

Seabird: links in posts are a required field.

If only there were a social network designed for users clicking on links: www.seabirdreader.com

Seabird - Apps on Google Play Find great writing

Android users, our completely rebuilt app is now available! Just like on our web version, you can sign up on our new app without an invitation code. Come check out what we've been working on.
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An additional feature new to the app: posting links direct from the share tray so that you no longer need to copy and paste URLs.

Seabird - Apps on Google Play Find great writing

Android users, our completely rebuilt app is now available! Just like on our web version, you can sign up on our new app without an invitation code. Come check out what we've been working on.
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Seabird Reader A new way of finding worthwhile writing and other media on the internet

We're making it easier to join Seabird, our minimalist app for sharing worthwhile links. Starting today, you can sign up on web without an invitation code. Come check it out! seabirdreader.com

TIDINGS: Prime cuts

New Tidings is here with prime selections for your weekend reading: seabird.kit.com/posts/tiding...

I Just Hoarded Away Some of the Last Cans of an Essential American Cooking Staple. Here’s Why You’d Better Do the Same. Make some room in your freezer.

Obituary for Minute Maid's frozen concentrated orange juice, a twentieth century food innovation now making its way into its final punches and marinades.
slate.com/life/2026/03...

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What I Found When I Tried to Walk Across Dallas in a Day Determined to find adventure in my own backyard, I tramped across my famously pedestrian-averse hometown. The most memorable part turned out to be the serendipitous encounters with neighbors I met alo...

From @texasmonthly.bsky.social: Traversing the length of car-centric Dallas on foot, in words and photos.
www.texasmonthly.com/news-politic...

Every issue of Tidings includes at least one link about birds. This week: @asherelbein.bsky.social in @foreignpolicy.com on the long ecological relationships between birds and humans around the world. foreignpolicy.com/2026/03/27/b...

TIDINGS: Concentrate!

New Tidings is out! Catch up on the stories you may have missed, all shared by the Seabird community this week.
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The pet I’ll never forget: Harriet, the hedgehog in my airing cupboard Her job was to tackle slugs in the garden, but she soon found a way into my home – and my heart

The charming story of Harriet the hedgehog, hired to eat grubs in the garden but claiming a cozy place in the home.
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Everyone Cheering The Social Media Addiction Verdicts Against Meta Should Understand What They’re Actually Cheering For First things first: Meta is a terrible company that has spent years making terrible decisions and being terrible at explaining the challenges of social media trust & safety, all while prioritiz…

From @masnick.com at @techdirt.com: One needn't be a fan of Meta to be worried about the implications of recent cases for smaller platforms with much smaller budgets.
www.techdirt.com/2026/03/26/e...

If Liberals Get Tougher, What Will They Become? If American liberals deploy aggressive tactics against the right, will they lose what makes them good?

From @kjephd.bsky.social at @liberalism.org, thoughts on the temptations that "fighting liberals" may need to resist.
www.liberalism.org/p/if-liberal...

TIDINGS: Time for some game theory

It's Tidings time. Go into the weekend with this week's recommended reads from Seabird.
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TIDINGS: Going to the dogs

Our latest round up of recommended stories is here in this week's Tidings.
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They Came to Spy on America. They Stayed to Coach Little League. In the wake of the Cold War, some Soviet bloc spies decided their fake American lives weren’t so bad.

From @zachsdorfman.bsky.social in @politico.com: the Czech spies who decided they rather liked their undercover lives in America, pursuing New Age spiritualism and coaching Little League.
www.politico.com/news/magazin...

Consider the Rattle In a state that still hosts grisly “rattlesnake roundups,” human Texans should learn to see something of themselves in their ancient, slithering kin.

From @asherelbein.bsky.social in the @texasobserver.org: a sympathetic look at the rattlesnake, a creature long sentenced to be killed on sight or exterminated in celebratory "rattlesnake roundups," the latter now on the wane.
www.texasobserver.org/consider-the...

St. Paul shop creates 'National Loon Day' The first ever National Loon Day will be celebrated this Friday.

We already sent out this week's Tidings newsletter, but we should still recognize the inaugural National Loon Day. www.kare11.com/article/news...

TIDINGS: Snake, rattle, and scroll

Weekend reading in this week's Tidings: snakes, spies, sea lions, and much more...
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Tech legend Stewart Brand on Musk, Bezos and his extraordinary life: ‘We don’t need to passively accept our fate’ He was at the heart of 1960s counterculture, then paved the way for the libertarian mindset of Silicon Valley. At 87, Brand is still keen to ensure the world is maintained properly – not just today, b...

Profile of Whole Earth Catalog founder Stewart Brand, now 87 and publishing the first of a planned 13 new books.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Millions of New Englanders may now be eligible for 'proof' they are Canadian citizens “Close to one million French Canadians left Québec between 1840 and 1930,” says Quebec journalism professor Patrick White.

Potentially good news for Americans looking to move up north: a new law in Canada opens citizenship to many more people with documented Canadian descent.
nationalpost.com/news/canada/...

Tiny recording backpacks reveal bats’ surprising hunting strategy By listening in on their nightly hunts, scientists discovered that small, fringe-lipped bats are unexpectedly able to efficiently take down prey nearly their own size.

Not birds, but very cute: what mounting tiny backpacks on bats reveals about their hunting strategies.
theconversation.com/tiny-recordi...

TIDINGS: Seabirds and sea shanties

Today's new Tidings is out! Seabirds, sea shanties, and much more.
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