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21st April 2026 - Link Blog

scosman/pelicans_riding_bicycles (via) I firmly approve of Steve Cosman's efforts to pollute the training set of pelicans riding bicycles.

The heading says "Pelican Riding a Bicycle #1 - the image is a bear on a snowboard

(To be fair, most of the examples I've published count as poisoning too.)

Posted 21st April 2026 at 3:54 pm

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