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"It boggles the mind that these guys can fly over the Gulf of Mexico [...] It's just amazing. But then we take them out, with some glass." 🐦 🪶

...but there are solutions! (No, not hawk decals - "The only thing that does is keep the bird from hitting the hawk decal.")

www.npr.org/2025/10/17/n...
As hundreds of millions of birds head south, the invisible danger is glass
It's the peak of the fall migration season. This is when bird deaths from window collisions tend to spike, even though simple solutions can prevent this.
www.npr.org
November 25, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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This paper finds the same thing I did in my book research. Today's stressors–traffic, work demands, social media, light pollution & noise etc–trigger biological responses for acute stressors but without any recovery. "Our body reacts as though these stressors were lions.” phys.org/news/2025-11...
Humans are evolved for nature, not cities, say anthropologists
A new paper by evolutionary anthropologists Colin Shaw (University of Zurich) and Daniel Longman (Loughborough University) argues that modern life has outpaced human evolution. The study suggests that...
phys.org
November 19, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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We're told one of these land uses is 'productive', while the other is not.

But in terms of photosynthetic levels, as well as the production of clean air, water, no flooding, a stable climate, etc, etc, the natural ecosystem wins hands down.

As for biodiversity, let's not even go there.
November 7, 2025 at 6:34 AM
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Please take action to defend grizzly bears!

Urge your members of Congress to oppose the Grizzly Bear State Management Act of 2025.

wildernesswatch.salsalabs.org/oppose-grizz...
Speak up for grizzly bears!
Urge Congress to oppose the Grizzly Bear State Management Act of 2025.
wildernesswatch.salsalabs.org
October 13, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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The prevalence of a disease is generally linked to the density of the host. Artificially high densities will increase prevalence even when the agent is not transmitted directly between susceptible hosts. In short, the narrow & selfish interests of the shooting lobby put the public health at risk.
September 28, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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Another recent paper in #BirdStudy showed autumn densities of Pheasant & Red-Legged Partridge in southern England can be an astonishing 2,500 birds per km2 on land near releases. After winter, there were still up to 700 birds/km2. That's huge numbers.
Paper: doi.org/10.1080/0006...
#ornithology
Ticks are more likely to carry the bacteria that cause Lyme disease in areas where Common Pheasants Phasianus colchicus are released, according to new research.

Read more: britishbirds.co.uk/journal/arti...
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September 28, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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And that, folks, is why I don't own any Dyson products.
Sir James Dyson says Brexit was worth it – even if it’s made people poorer
Britain’s fourth-wealthiest man has argued it is better to be ‘independent’ than tied to the EU
www.independent.co.uk
September 20, 2025 at 8:15 AM