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Despite repeated warnings, Albert continued to loiter outside public lavatories dressed as Pestilence.

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cstross, to random
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North Carolina child’s ‘monster in the closet’ was in fact 50,000 bees in the wall

Family discovers ‘terrifying’ gigantic bee colony in wall of home with blood-like honey oozing down wall and $20,000 in damage

(Beekeepers ultimately removed tens of thousands of bees over several extractions, and a honeycomb weighing more than 100lb.)

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/apr/30/north-carolina-bees-house-wall

ScribblersEmporium,
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@cstross

100lbs of honey at $20/lb is good payback.

Personally, I would make mead and call it The Walls Were Weeping Blood. It would sell like crazy.

CelloMomOnCars, to california
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A major US state just achieved a critical milestone for nearly two weeks: 'It's wild that this isn't getting more news coverage'

" has set a benchmark for , with wind, solar, hydro, and geothermal supplying 100% of the state's electricity demand for 25 out of the last 32 days (and counting)."

https://www.thecooldown.com/green-tech/california-renewable-energy-100-percent-grid/

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@CelloMomOnCars

Meanwhile in Alberta...
gas pipeline explosion starts a forest fire.

kaleb, to books
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Parents of teens, I need a book recommendation!

This is to appease some well-meaning but overtly Christian and out-of-touch family members. Something for a 12yo who reads well above his age, along the lines of inspiration/motivation for teens to be good humans and members of society

Rather than have them pushing propaganda on my son I’d like to find a worthwhile read they will feel addresses the insufficient Christian influence in his life

1/2

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@kaleb

CS Lewis - Narnia, or his space trilogy starting with Out of the Silent Planet.

Mary Stewart - The Crystal Cave, the Hollow Hills, etc

John Wyndham - The Chrysalids and The Day of the Triffids and others.

These are not new and may not appeal to modern teen, but the stories are classics, and their morals are solid.

The family overseers will recognize them, but the books are not preachy.

For something more modern, try Connie Willis' Doomsday Book.

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@_L1vY_ @kaleb

Wrinkle in Time 👍👍👍

elaterite, to wildlife
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Wouldn't be cool if Arctodus simus (short-faced bear) were still wandering North American plains and forests? The youngest fossil found dates to 12,770 BP (10,750 BCE). (Drawing from Wikipedia.)

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@elaterite

Yes. Though people would still stop and get out of their cars with their children in order to get a good picture.

ScribblersEmporium, to astrophotography
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Fritz Helmut Hemmerich photographed the comet from Tenerife in the Canary Islands.

Wow!

https://www.spaceweather.com/

justyourluck, to H5N1
@justyourluck@masto.ai avatar

And so it begins.

And make no mistake.

There is big 💰💰💰 in Livestock.

The avian flu / H5N1 / bird flu, has been infecting cows for a couple weeks now. 🐄

And now a human... a dairy worker in Texas... has it.

Even though "it's MILD"... waits until you stop rolling your eyes the CDC put out new guidance. Yesterday.

Recommending lots of precautions. You know, like a Center for Disease Control SHOULD. You know, unless ...
1/

https://www.politico.com/news/2024/04/01/first-human-avian-flu-case-texas-00149949

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@justyourluck

Good stuff. I'm glad to see we have not thrown the baby out with the bathwater and its sanity that prevails.

These protocols have been around for decades. I remember working with them during the last H5N1 incursion ~20 years ago.

RealJournalism, to random
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Bernie Sanders tried to warn us in 2016. Many bridges like the Francis Scott Key Bridge don't have adequate protection against ship strikes. And we need to look at how the ship was manufactured and the company's safety record. There is no way the power should have been lost on that ship. A recent piece in the NYT came out on Boeing's willingness to take shortcuts for the bottom line. I suspect their behavior is hardly unique. https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/3/28/2231894/-Container-Ship-Dali-Power-Failure-What-Happened?pm_campaign=trending&pm_source=sidebar&pm_medium=web

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@RealJournalism
As someone who used to work in food safety, the only protection the public has against corporations that cut corners, or stated correctly, act fraudulently are unsung, unappreciated, and under-paid (for the importance of the work they do) government regulators and inspectors.

It's not the culture of Boeing or a rogue shipping company that went bad. It's ALL companies. Every last one of them would, if given half a chance, act in the exact same way. Any industry you can name.

pressprogress, to random
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Take Back Alberta Founder Vows to Fight Election Watchdog’s Investigation Into Donors.

Far-right organizer David Parker admits there are large donors, warns “It’s a dangerous game messing with the powerful.” https://pressprogress.ca/take-back-alberta-founder-vows-to-fight-election-watchdogs-investigation-into-donors/

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@pressprogress

Who is this guy, Al Capone?

ScribblersEmporium, to random
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Llamas on the look-out.

chad, to Calgary
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There's demonstrations in both and this weekend.

Saturday, City Hall Municipal Building, 2pm
Sunday, Legislature Building, 2pm

I'll see you at the Legislature. Please boost!

CALL TO ACTION! RALLY TO PROTECT TRANS KIDS ALBERTA LEGISLATURE SUNDAY @ 2-4PM FEB 4

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@chad

Also, please boost.

sharongascoigne, to nature

Here's a close up of a hedge on my way home today. Yes I got some funny looks when I took out my phone, but the din of the hidden house sparrows stopped me in my tracks 😅

video/mp4

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@sharongascoigne

Nice! The signs of spring gives me hope.
Only three more months and we might get there too!

image/jpeg

ScribblersEmporium, to photography
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skykiss, (edited ) to nuclear
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Sevmorput is on fire. Possible nuclear accident in north russia. Docked at the Atomflot pier in 🇷🇺Murmansk.
Sevmorput is a Russian -powered cargo ship. The 1988-built vessel is one of only four nuclear-powered merchant ships ever built

Orcs are towing the Sibir away from the Sevmorput. 🔥

The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire .. 🎶

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@skykiss
Shouldn't it be winter in Murmansk?
Maybe this is an old stock photo.

StillIRise1963, to random
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The only way to get where ALL OF US want to go, is through using JOE BIDEN to get to the NEXT STEP. There is NO OTHER WAY. The only other candidate who can win, will make everything you want to see happen merely ACADEMIC. You'll NEVER be able to fight for whatever it is, EVER AGAIN. You won't be able to BE IT, DO IT, TALK ABOUT IT without serious problems. There's NOTHING TO THINK ABOUT.

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@StillIRise1963

2024 is the last American presidential election.
Discuss. Use both sides of the page, if necessary.
(10 marks)

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@StillIRise1963
Maybe you took it the wrong way. I truly hope this is not the case.

It seems inconceivable that the US is on the brink of having a presidential candidate who speaks of dictatorship. Maybe US citizens need to think about what that might mean. That's all I was getting at.

gratefuldread, to random
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'They’re scared': Republicans 'frightened for their jobs' turn blind eye to Trump’s dictatorial fantasy https://www.alternet.org/trump-republicans-2666546830/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon via Alternet.org

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@gratefuldread

2024 will be the last American election.

Discuss.
Use both sides of the page, if necessary.
(10 marks)

Free_Press, to Ukraine
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"This is either a contest of army paintings that is held on the aggressor's airfields or it's really a cheap way to deceive Ukrainian intelligence, air intelligence, space intelligence. But, of course, it has zero effect" - representative of Ukrainian Defense Intelligence Andrii Yusov told Ukrainian RBK media commented about Russians painting fake aircraft at their military airfields.
️

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@Free_Press
It's done to help the pilots know where to park.
😄

br00t4c, to Alberta
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As Alberta threatens to pull out of CPP, Freeland calls a meeting with other finance ministers

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/freeland-meeting-provinces-cpp-1.7014242?cmp=rss

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@br00t4c
Alberta is in the 'petulant teenager' phase of existence. Self-centred. Self-rightous. Ignorant. And in need of a swift kick in the ass.

croissant, (edited ) to random
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This shit is getting beyond ridiculous.

https://covid19resources.ca/covid-hazard-index/

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@croissant
Can you explain the last sentence of the note, "For reference, the drug death related..."
It's not clear to me what that means.
Thanks.

ScribblersEmporium,
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@croissant
Thank you.

Private
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@Valerie_Lillis @bookstodon

If I borrow an eBook from the library, I can only get it for 7 days. So epic novels are right out. Actually, anything over 100 pages is probably out.

Audiobooks, please. Any length is fine.
These are my number one choice in consuming books.

thetyee, to random
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Over the past two months, there has been intense lobbying to change a coal mining ban on behalf of Gina Rinehart — Australia’s richest person — who wants to resurrect a rejected open-pit mining project on the eastern slopes of the Rockies.

https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/09/27/Australia-Coal-Baron-Gina-Rinehart-Lobby-Alberta-Grassy-Mountain/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial

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@thetyee
The answer is still: Hell No!

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Dunkleosteus - my favourite prehistoric creature.
What is yours?

doomscroller, to random
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There's a long-suffering Tasmanian Blue Gum planted down the road from here which struggles along. About 60 metres shorter than this one (Article from Nov. 2022):
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-11-04/forest-giant-blue-gum-tree-lathamus-keep-photographed/101592128


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@doomscroller
Wow.
In Canada, sadly, loggers would have been allowed to take that down years ago.

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