very funny to me that reddit libs are acting like it's an own to point out that the mcdonalds trump "worked at" wasn't actually open. like wow, real shit? you're telling me they didn't just let random people drive up next to the guy that has had three assassination attempts on him in as many months?

off topic but his voice sounds strangely modulated or AI generated in that video

no they are still doing it very publicly, all the time. felix from chapo said that it was their way of violating women when there aren't any women physically present and i think that's a good analysis

1000+ upvotes, no serious pushback

i forget sometimes that we are one of the only places on the internet that has a grounded view of world affairs

guy who thinks that trump won the 2020 election and has been shadow governing ever since and that this asshole running in 2024 is obviously a CIA body double since trump would not be constitutionally allowed to have a third term

happy to finally see some real pushback. the muntadhair al zaidi treatment would be too good for him and the other genocide salesmen in the white house at this point. seppuku with no assistant, performed live right behind that fucking podium, would be the only way i would be able to absolve myself of the shame and guilt if i were in their shoes. just a suggestion

local JC offers classes pretty cheap on sailing, i'd like to take it but they require you to be able to swim 50 yards, i think i could but i've never been much of a swimmer. i'd appreciate it more if they only allowed in people who can't swim at all. whatever happened to the good old days of the age of sail, sailing was so good back then they named the whole age after it and few of the sailors could swim, they had good reasons for that i'm sure

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

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This is the worst botulism outbreak in the recorded history of the refuge, surpassing the 2020 outbreak, and will likely continue into early October. Since no more water will be released this year, the only thing that will stop the spread of botulism is the return of rain and cooler weather, as botulism thrives in warm, stagnant water. In the coming weeks it’s likely that thousands, or even tens of thousands more birds will die. [article was published on 9/20. looking at the weather in tulelake, it's supposed to continue to free of rain for the next week at least]

Historically, botulism outbreaks would have infected perhaps hundreds of birds. But, as wetlands continue to shrink and dry up across the Intermountain West, birds are forced into smaller bodies of water. This creates larger concentrations of birds than would occur in a more natural system. In the Klamath Basin alone, more than 90% of wetlands have been lost. This packs birds into available wetlands. Combined with longer warm, dry periods in summer and early fall, this creates perfect conditions for massive, non-natural, outbreaks.

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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

ISIS?

being a groyper in 2024 is so lame lol. always funny when someone tries to be edgy by doing something that wasn't even that edgy nearly a decade ago

vibes based ranking of the last 7 centuries by how interesting i think they are:

20th

16th

19th

17th

21st (so far)

15th

18th

here's a very interesting article from Tony Dokoupil: https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/2014/04/my-adult-circumcision-how-i-made-cut-my-new-religion URL ought to tell you everything you need to know

adult converts, we need to figure out what's going on there. i'm used to adult catholic converts being weird so this is a nice change of pace if nothing else

the CA congress hasn't over-rode (overriden? overrid?) a veto since somewhere around 1980. the point of passing the bill but not overriding the veto is that way the congresspeople can signal to their constituents that they are progressive but they don't actually have to change anything or make anything better.

Missile sirens in Tel Aviv and across central Israel. Another missile from Yemen fired right at Tel Aviv.

i was pretty mad that they took out liars dice in rdr 2. its a fun game that few people like/know how to play irl so it was nice being able to play in the game

i'd like to have a cabinet of curiosities

they should make an oceans 11 style ensemble movie where all the countries that bribed eric adams team up to break him out of prison

this is not exactly headline news to most, but the US Forest Service will not be hiring any seasonal employees at all next year, except for firefighters, due to budget constraints. the forest service employs thousands of seasonal workers across the country in trails, maintenance, archaeology, natural resource management and science positions, etc. without seasonals it'll be a hell of a lot harder to keep the millions of acres of forest service land well maintained - especially considering that many non-fire seasonals are called in to help fight the fires in one way or another when they begin, and since so much FS land can hardly be called "well maintained" already. i have to imagine this will also put a strain on the national park service and other land management agencies who'll have to deal with thousands of applicants to a far fewer number of jobs - not to mention the seasonals at those agencies who'll be looking at this and seeing that their departments could be making the same decisions a few years down the road.

as always, congress can spend billions at the drop of a hat for bombing children across the planet, but breaks out the fucking abacus when it comes to hiring people who actually do useful and decent work. wonder how long before they just decide to straight up sell entire forest service ranger districts to timber companies or ranchers. can't be too long, at this rate!

i remember at the time chuds saying "well you have to hand it to him, he is a hard worker, doing two rallies a day, hillary can't even go to an event without collapsing afterwards"