$300,000 Gyrfalcon (the blue beak is pretty)

A rare white gyrfalcon was bought for $500K at an auction in Abu Dhabi. pic.twitter.com/TUDMQqw9D9

— распад и неуважение (@VictorKvert2008) September 4, 2026

A rare pure-white gyrfalcon has sold for Dh1.5 million ($408,440) at an auction in Abu Dhabi, making it one of two falcons to fetch more than Dh1m at the event pic.twitter.com/JeBWoxLjJI

— The National (@TheNationalNews) September 1, 2026

A Rare White Falcon Makes Headlines

An ultra-white gyrfalcon reportedly sold for a record Dh1.5 million at ADIHEX 2026 in Abu Dhabi. Bred in the United States and weighing around 1,000 grams, the striking falcon captivated attention with its rare pure-white plumage.

A… pic.twitter.com/Okw4ZrzxFO

— अथर्व (@Talwar_1009) September 4, 2026

This is a white-morph Gyrfalcon (Falco rusticolus), the largest falcon species in the world. Sooo majestic🥰❤️ pic.twitter.com/JX0Kd1hwdb

— Intriguing Life🥹❤️ (@lifeisintriguin) September 4, 2026

New Humble Bundle featuring fantasy and scifi novels by Elizabeth Moon

One $16 bundle for nine books.

Today's news and jokes

In case you wanted to know how competitive Patrick Mahomes is, he created a competition with his newborn daughter to see who could walk first https://t.co/5v6BOJ8dHg

— Chase Snyder (@ChasingSnyder) September 4, 2026

Andy Reid: Who told you to take that brace off??

Patrick Mahomes: ugh no one

Andy: then go put it on

Patrick: fineee I’m sorry, dad https://t.co/F66DaEFSqX

— Chase Snyder (@ChasingSnyder) September 4, 2026

Crowdsourced map of haunted house locations throughout Los Angeles

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The US playing against China's giant centers looks like scenes from the Lord of the Rings

this a scene from The Odyssey pic.twitter.com/S0O65Ia6NO

— correlation (@nosyone4) September 4, 2026

These photos of Caitlin Clark and Paige Bueckers with Zhang Ziyu 🤯#FIBAWWC | @FIBAWWC pic.twitter.com/LrroJT97Pl

— FIBA Basketball (@FIBA) September 4, 2026

(I wish Apple would add USMNT/USWNT to the Apple sports app)

Americans at a hunting camp in Mozambique narrowly escaped an attack by insurgents

I hear rumors that Islamic State Mozambique almost kidnapped three Americans, but a helicopter was able to rescue them in the middle of a battle in Niassa. IS attacked a hunter camp in the wildlife reserve, where a year ago they staged a similar operation. #Mozambique

— Paweł Wójcik 🦋 (@SaladinAlDronni) September 3, 2026

The hunting camp is partly owned by Ghana's national soccer team coach. DailyMail:

the camp had been burned but there were no confirmed fatalities. The source said the three Americans had been out hunting when the attack occurred, and that staff had fled

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The State Department had warned its citizens not to travel to the Niassa Special Reserve for any reason, adding that terrorists had targeted upscale hunting lodges in and near the area and taken hostages.

Last year, in a similar attack in the Niassa Reserve, a tourist camp was destroyed and six people including four rangers were killed during skirmishes.

New video game Humble Bundle featuring "Narrative Masterpieces"

Starts at three games for $7, Steam scores displayed, including the 99% for Wednesdays. 

Also, the building games bundle expires in a few hours.