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Botulism Outbreak Kills Over 75,000 Birds and Counting at Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuge

very sad news. i passed through this area last summer and was astounded at the number of birds - i don't think i've ever seen so many anywhere else before. we've fucked up the west so bad

biden won both humboldt county and mendocino county pretty handily in 2020 and i would bet real money he will win them again this year. my guess is that the real heart of reaction in norcal is in ranching and ag, just like elsewhere in the west

by any sensible definition of northern california, yes, easily and obviously, since it includes the bay area. if you are only talking about the state of jefferson area in the far north then he would probably lose but idk there are still lots of libs in those parts

maybe that's whats happening here, logically you would think that hunter would want to do whatever he could to get out of the spotlight. secret republican agent hunter is making 4D chess moves, he knows that any non-senile dem would probably do better than his dad against trump

Biden’s family is urging him to stay in the race despite last week’s disastrous debate performance, even as some privately express exasperation at how he was prepared for the event. The strongest voice for staying in has been Hunter.

https://nitter.poast.org/peterbakernyt/status/1807503368820064331#m

new consoles push the technological limits -> game dev costs more money and takes longer -> fewer games coming out -> fewer people bothering with buying new consoles when there are so few games -> less money to keep up with ballooning costs of game dev -> layoffs in the industry -> games take even longer to come out

haven't actually looked into the sales numbers to see if any of this is actually correct but it's how it feels vibe wise

i figured things were trending this way when i tried to play a dvd on a laptop a few years ago and it turns out they don't include the software to play dvds anymore and msft just took me to their store page where i could buy it. thankfully i knew about vlc player but i wonder how many people get swindled every year from shit like that

the dispossessed by ursula leguin mentions a character having fur or something similar like halfway through the book and until then i thought all the characters were humans living on other planets, not aliens. got a kick out of me

it was actually kellogg the kellogg's guy, not the oatmeal guy (william penn)

i remember seeing a chart with quality of life on one axis and sustainability on the other and cuba was already in a league of its own. hopefully there will be many more of these solar parks and other renewables to come

Armed conflicts hit post-WWII record in 2023

More armed conflicts took place in 2023 than in any other year since the end of World War II, a new study has found. The Peace Research Institute of Oslo (PRIO) said 59 armed conflicts took place worldwide last year, led by the wars in Ukraine and Gaza. Twenty-eight of the conflicts were in Africa, followed by Asia with 17 and the Middle East with 10. Just three conflicts were recorded in Europe and a single example in the Americas. Although the number of conflicts grew last year, the number of countries that experienced conflicts declined from 39 in 2022 to 34.

Peace Research Institute of Oslo sounds like a typical western scam NGO but i haven't actually looked into them. even if it isn't 100% accurate it does feel like the amount of violence around the globe has been increasing, and with climate change and declining capitalism/american imperial position i worry it's gonna get worse before it gets better