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https://www.audubon.org/news/the-klamath-basins-water-crisis-growing-disaster-waterfowl

https://www.opb.org/article/2024/10/15/klamath-basin-oregon-refuge-botulism-outbreak-wildlife-rehabilators-treat-birds/

Another case where wetlands should have remained rather than trying to ‘reclaim’ them for homesteading.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/you-could-be-identified-through-genealogy-databaseeven-if-your-dna-hasnt-been-tested-180970532/

Perhaps. I was thinking in the last 1-2 years. Maybe it was that long ago.

Who was the other famous old country singer who died recently? I want to say he even resembled Kristofferson a bit.

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There are some Frank Herbert books you’re gonna love.

And Seveneves.

Who is Zambada?
Born in 1948 in the western state of Sinaloa, Zambada has been widely known by his nickname “El Mayo,” short for Ismael.

You just can’t get away from them.

You know you’ve watched Dune too many times when you start to see parallels between the way prepared by Jessica and Stilgar, and the current jockeying by Pelosi and Schumer. Are we chanting Lisan al-Gaib at the postponed DNC? Schiff of Tabr? To November! The choice was the Dem nominee or the end of democracy, so you’ll forgive me if I’m not flattered.

The building of the best narrative, the gathering of a large tent, the necessity of correct timing. Then the almighty talk. If not Dune then Kingdom of Heaven or Royal Gemstones. God wills it, Jesse! Things gotta look right for the people.

Or a Mel Brooks film.

It’s a lot of plastic. What if a canning jar was used instead? Then we just have to convince Packaging to switch to waxed paper bags or something.

That has a nice ring to it. You’re on to something here.

“People are taking the piss out of you every day. They butt into your life, take a cheap shot at you and then disappear. They leer at you from tall buildings and make you feel small. They make flippant comments from buses that imply you’re not sexy enough and that all the fun is happening somewhere else. They are on TV making your girlfriend feel inadequate. They have access to the most sophisticated technology the world has ever seen and they bully you with it. They are The Advertisers and they are laughing at you. You, however, are forbidden to touch them. Trademarks, intellectual property rights and copyright law mean advertisers can say what they like wherever they like with total impunity. Fuck that. Any advert in a public space that gives you no choice whether you see it or not is yours. It’s yours to take, re-arrange and re-use. You can do whatever you like with it. Asking for permission is like asking to keep a rock someone just threw at your head. You owe the companies nothing. Less than nothing, you especially don’t owe them any courtesy. They owe you. They have re-arranged the world to put themselves in front of you. They never asked for your permission, don’t even start asking for theirs.”

Banksy

This really needs to be rescheduled for the winter, and/or pilgrims encouraged to travel by night. But then the AC tents might not sell as well.

So in other words, less Hannibal Lecter and more Robin Hood/Hackers/Mr. Robot?

You haven’t lost your mind at all. It is squarely atop your shoulders.

Certainly feels as if my flank is covered.

The front will fall off.