Flammy has prevailed against two Greats to get to the Final Four and today’s match is the greatest yet. Snowy’s pop culture relevance is going to be tough to overcome. It’s time to organize....
Thanks, I was already wondering about the first (Latin) part of the name. The literal translation of dwerg-oor-uil is dwarf eared owl. Is that the same as scops Owl? Maybe the Ponderosa part doesn’t refer to the trees either, but to Flammy’s fanbase right now; it’s getting quite large now!
https://feddit.nl/pictrs/image/f6ff09ba-538d-451c-a40d-ed65c4dce149.pngScreech Owl is such a great owl, but I’m fully committed to BFO’s cause by now. They’re just so glorious and perfect as the representative of the Superbowl community. Go BFO! (Image from a video geniously called “Blakiston’s Fish Owl” by Ray H)
BFO stands for everything good, so for Big F’n Owl too. Also, they are goong to rename him soon, so maybe Big F’n Owl will be the official name soon (probably not though).
as I’m sure you’re all aware, the sensational ‘owl of the year 2023’ competition is currently ongoing, and one of today’s second round matchups sees the gigantic snowy owl facing off against the titanic short eared owl (making them both seem normal sized - joke by D. Mitchell & R. Webb, 2004)...
Oof! SEO definitely needs some propaganda! They need to overcome a 20 point gap right now! But who knows, the day is still long. Thanks for helping the OOP in getting some well-deserved attention, to stop the hegemony of the Snowy Owl.
https://feddit.nl/pictrs/image/f926474d-1fa7-4359-a4f7-ff09531a39ab.pngSome propaganda for the biggest owl in the world, written by children’s author Roald d’Owl. BFO stands for “Blakiston’s Fish Owl”, or “Big Friendly Owl”, or “Big F’n Owl”… or whatever, I don’t even know anymore. Anyway, don’t forget...
You made a post about this a while ago, didn’t you? I completely forgot about these renamings! I’m also curious what will happen to the names in other languages. In Dutch, my native language, they translated the name from English: I think they’ll rename that too, but I don’t know for sure. Also, that Audubon guy doesn’t seem to deserve the organization being named after him. Ironic indeed!
I must say I expected to read some bad stuff about Verreaux, but digging up a corpse and sending it to another country is on another level of “not okay”. I appreciate that you try to keep out politics. I follow politics quite well, but sometimes it’s nice to have something apolitical as well.
WINNER BY DECISION: FLAMMULATED OWL 55-55 (I saw that one downvote!) For Flammy to hold out for 24 hours against GHO I feel is the greater challenge, and the last 4 votes had 3 go to Flammy....
I wasn’t expecting this either! But we have already seen some surprises this tournament, with the early elimination of the Eurasian Eagle Owl (that one still hurts me) for example. Maybe people are more likely to vote for the underdog in this tournament?
Echt kut dit. Ik doe altijd mijn best om me een beetje in te leven in mensen, ook als ik het met ze oneens bent. Maar dit is gewoon een dikke middelvinger van een deel van NL naar de rest van NL. Stel kleuters die alleen maar lekker ‘nee’ willen schreeuwen de hele dag en anderen de schuld geven. En o wee als je racistisch...
Ik hoop dat er ofwel geen coalitie gevormd kan worden (als Omtzigt zijn woord houdt en dus niet met de PVV samengaat) en er dus nieuwe verkiezingen komen, of dat kabinet Wilders I zo incompetent is dat ze niets bereiken dat niet door de rechter wordt tegengehouden, waarna bij de volgende verkiezingen wellicht competente mensen worden gekozen. Ik vrees dat er de komende jaren veel goeds uit Nederland zal verdwijnen.
Dan kan ik alleen nog hopen dat zijn partij (hierdoor of door iets anders) helemaal uit elkaar valt. Waarschijnlijk is dit ijdele hoop, maar ik kan de realiteit nog niet onder ogen zien.
Dat zou ook kunnen, maar ik denk dat dat wel ophef gaat opleveren omdat ze Wilders weer negeren. Ik vrees dat dat hem alleen maar meer stemmen gaat opleveren in de volgende verkiezingen.
Goed punt! Negeren was inderdaad niet echt het goede woord. Ik ben wel bang dat als PVV heel hard gaat huilen ze de mensen die nu niet hebben gestemd overtuigen. Dat zijn mensen die vaak geen verstand hebben van politiek en dus zo’n situatie niet goed begrijpen. De BBB had bij de provincies ook veel stemmen van deze mensen gekregen. Laten we hopen dat dit niet gaat gebeuren
This may be true, but reduced car ownership will not solve many issues with cars, like the vehicle miles travelled. If we don’t change our lifestyles, we will still emit a lot of CO2. Here is a Dutch graph (maybe you can translate it, otherwise let me know!) showing that only that the production of the car causes less than half the CO2 emissions for EV’s (the second to last one in the graph). https://feddit.nl/pictrs/image/8e2d47e6-4a1a-4220-83dc-164744ba913e.jpegIf we want to reduce emissions more than that, which we really need to do, we need to find something else, like biking, which is way cleaner.
I completely agree with this and I would never blame anyone who doesn’t bike without good infrastructure. What I meant was that instead of hoping that self-driving cars will solve all issues, we should be pushing for better alternatives, beginning with improving infrastructure. Maybe I wasn’t clear in my previous comment, because as a Dutchman I am used to safe bike infrastructure (public transit is not so great). To summarize my opinion: we need policies that support safe infrastructure to create alternatives to driving, because cars are never the solution to climate change. Biking should be made safe and convenient, so people will actually use it.
That sounds like a fun job! I personally don’t particularly dislike commuting, but that’s probably because I have short commutes by bike; I can understand it may be a significant downgrade if you have to sit in traffic for an hour a day now. Anyway, I hope you’ll meet some nice coworkers and I hope to see you back with another post soon!
📣 Team Flammy 📣 (lemmy.world)
Flammy has prevailed against two Greats to get to the Final Four and today’s match is the greatest yet. Snowy’s pop culture relevance is going to be tough to overcome. It’s time to organize....
Owl of the Year Match 27 - Snowy Owl vs Flammulated Owl (lemmy.world)
WINNER: SNOWY OWL 85-70...
Owl of the Year Match 26 - Blakiston's Fish Owl vs Screech Owl (lemmy.world)
WINNER: SCREECH OWL 80-38...
Owl of the Year Match 25 - Buffy Fish Owl vs Little Owl (lemmy.world)
WINNER: BUFFY FISH OWL 62-57...
Short Eared Owl Propaganda (startrek.website)
as I’m sure you’re all aware, the sensational ‘owl of the year 2023’ competition is currently ongoing, and one of today’s second round matchups sees the gigantic snowy owl facing off against the titanic short eared owl (making them both seem normal sized - joke by D. Mitchell & R. Webb, 2004)...
Blakiston's Fish Owl Propaganda
https://feddit.nl/pictrs/image/f926474d-1fa7-4359-a4f7-ff09531a39ab.pngSome propaganda for the biggest owl in the world, written by children’s author Roald d’Owl. BFO stands for “Blakiston’s Fish Owl”, or “Big Friendly Owl”, or “Big F’n Owl”… or whatever, I don’t even know anymore. Anyway, don’t forget...
Meme template (lemmy.world)
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Owl of the Year Match 15 - Flammulated Owl vs Great Horned Owl
WINNER BY DECISION: FLAMMULATED OWL 55-55 (I saw that one downvote!) For Flammy to hold out for 24 hours against GHO I feel is the greater challenge, and the last 4 votes had 3 go to Flammy....
Wat een kloteverkiezingsuitslag! Dutch
Echt kut dit. Ik doe altijd mijn best om me een beetje in te leven in mensen, ook als ik het met ze oneens bent. Maar dit is gewoon een dikke middelvinger van een deel van NL naar de rest van NL. Stel kleuters die alleen maar lekker ‘nee’ willen schreeuwen de hele dag en anderen de schuld geven. En o wee als je racistisch...
Owl Banding (lemmy.world)
Saw Whet Owl getting a shiny new bracelet.
Why we need fewer driverless cars and more carless drivers (electrek.co)
Project Owlnet - Saw Whet Owl banding program (lemmy.world)
Project Owlnet...