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Yes, our destruction of the biosphere continues unabated.
Everyone should really enjoy awesome creatures like the leatherback sea turtle while they can because we will likely be the last generation to see them.
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Do you ever just sit back and feel ‘awe’ and ‘wonder’ over the variety
of life-forms on this planet? I do. I mean, think of hummingbirds. And leatherback turtles. And mantis shrimps. And tapirs. Vampire Squids. Luna Moths. Ya know. There’s just a shitload of life-forms on this little dysfunctional planet.w
vYeah, the great diversity is awe-inspiring but what I like is that I share ancestry with all the myriad creatures that comprise that great diversity. It’s the interrelatedness of it all that gets me. I share ancestry with the tapir, giant squid and the redwood tree. I share ancestry with millions of species living and extinct. That includes every species that is living or has ever lived. They are all relatives.
On the other hand, that makes sending Xmas cards a chore…
Amdrewsarchus is often described as wolf-like but it isn’t related to canids at all. It is actually a big nasty pig. It went extinct in the Eocene likely due to climate change and competition from smaller, faster predators called creodonts.
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Pig? Ok, then I’m off the Andrewsarchus bandwagon.Weren’t there any mega-wolves?
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vThere was the dire wolf which was about the same size as a grey wolf but had a really powerful bite.
Maybe the nastiest predator during the Pleistocene was the giant short-faced bear. It had long legs for a bear and likely could run as fast as a horse. It was about 5 to 6 ft tall at the shoulder when standing on all fours. It didn’t spend a lot of time rooting around for grubs and berries like most bears. It was strictly carnivorous and preyed on big animals. There’s speculation that the first small bands of humans to come across the Bering land bridge were probably wiped out by these bears and that humans couldn’t gain a foothold here until they came across in larger numbers due to the strength, size, speed and voracity of this bear. Just speculation though.
That was a seriously empty article as articles go.
Skip it, I say.
Or, free pie to anyone who finds something in it anyone of use couldn’t have written better ourselves.
Plus of course the title is silly. Musical chairs on the OL? Cause Hav is out? Hav coming back sends Saffold back to LOG, and in the meanwhile Wichmann gets reps with the 1s, which is good. Man a newbie. If they think that is Rams OL disruption, then heaven shield them from the horror of knowing what has come before, in previous years.
I don’t always read em before I cut n paste em.
Which btw will probably be the motto on my gravestone.
That article read like a primer but maybe that’s intentional.
Unfortunately the LA Times reporters don’t have an intimate knowledge of the team yet and they’re writing for an audience that doesn’t know much about them either.Everyone thinks the economy is weaker than it really is because all of the money is going to the top 1%.
So. We can do plenty for the less fortunate.
Very true.
The economy is working. The question is for whom.
Well set it up so it works differently and better. For most.
Like, you know…before.
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To do that you have to convince people to vote for their own best interest instead of continually propping up the current system that makes the wealthy even wealthier. But the only viable candidates are committed to maintaining that system. And if you speak out against the system you’re shouted down or dismissed as an America hating commie by the very people you’re trying to help.
“Winter is coming, but we’re gonna deport all Wildlings and we’re not gonna let anymore in. We’re gonna make the wall even higher. It’s gonna be yuuuge!”
Make the North great again.
PA Ram for King of the North
(Paid for by “The Association of Slack-jawed Racists For PA Ram” and the money he saved from yet another huge tax break)
