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Bird fatalities drop by 72% when one rotor of wind turbine is painted black. #windturbines#greenenergy#birds https://www.ecoportal.net/en/painting-norwegian-island-black-turbine-blade-white-tailed-eagles/29212/

"Overwhelmed" US postal worker in Utah threw away 300 mail ballots and other mail during the recent primary. Due to demanding work loads, 12-14 hour days up to 6-7 days a week, the postal service has a very high turnover rate. Some positions see a 50% or more turnover in the first year. #usps#MailBallothttps://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/postal-worker-tossed-300-mail-ballots-parking-lot-garbage-laziness-rcna599224

EPA allows Bayer to choose the dicamba regulations that it prefers. Besides posing dangers to human health, dicamba tends to drift away from targeted fields. It affects crops and trees and its "drift" has caused hundreds of millions of dollars in damages to crops and forestry. Despite this crisis, EPA is allowing Bayer to regulate itself. #dicamba#epa#deregulation#agriculturehttps://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/20/epa-bayer-regulation-pesticide-dicamba

@Clutha@mastodon.scot Don't know about UK, but a quick search tells me that the bird death toll fron wind turbines is about one million per year in the US. That number pales beside deaths caused by predatory house cats, which is about one billion. As a lover of both cats and birds, I urge cat owners to keep their pets indoors. 🌞

@Nonilex@masto.ai Dr. Fauci was in an impossible situation as a physician and scientist who worked in a regime led by an uneducated dullard who did not believe in science. Fauci persevered. Fauci saved lives. He is, and will be, remembered as a hero.

I couldn't access my account for a couple of weeks due to a weird glitch. Obviously, I am back, and all is well, except that I lost all my follows and followers from Mastodon.scot. I have found a couple of them, and have re-followed. Is there any way to find the remaining two dozen or so? I miss my Scots tooters. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

@michaelgemar@cosocial.ca @Clutha@mastodon.scot In many cases those who oppose wind turbines are not disingenuous, but are simply lying. It's typical of fossil fuel promoters.

Prudence.❤️ #catsofmastodon#allcatsarebeautiful#caturday

@csstrowbridge@mastodon.social @Clutha@mastodon.scot Sadly, there are many, many man-made causes, most of which are swept under the rug, just accepted as the cost of doing business. 😔

@oldclumsy_nowmad@mastodon.social @VeroniqueB99@mastodon.social Here's the link to Major Watson's legal fund. https://www.spotfund.com/story/329d1bd6-55ac-4fdc-832b-33ca935f934e

Recently I decided to help organize an existing small library at our community center. It's been neglected for years, and is overrun with certain genres of fiction, mainly romance and action novels. There is a good reprsentation of other genres too. Space is limited, and I need to cull books to create room for new donations. Looking for advice on how to purge books while creating balance, and maintaining an adequate selection for all readers. I'm stumped. Suggestions? #library#community #books

@dalfen@mstdn.social Oh, FFS! I was naive to think that blaming sexual assault victims was no defense. Screw Uber.

@Free_Press@mstdn.social Texas Paul called the White House current decorative style "Russian Whore House". Fitting. Really interesting photos.

@MaryAustinBooks@mstdn.social Need a cameo about tantric sex gurus. Apparently she has had some experiebce. 😉

@PamelaBarroway@mstdn.social @ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org I have been in actual 117⁰ heat, even up to 121⁰ , in the Palm Desert. Felt like a blast furnace. It's nearly unimaginable to experience it in the smothering wet blanket heat of South Jersey. Stay safe!

@Thorium@social.linux.pizza @ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org Spoke to my grandson in Providence, RI. He felt he had to do yard work this morning! The heat index will be 111⁰ later.

@ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org My family in the east are in areas with a current wet bulb temp of high 80s and low 90s. Extreme danger begins around 88⁰. 🥵😲🔥

@jxwojtowicz@mastodon.social Per Rand Paul "Infection was the best protection" . Tell that to more than 7 MILLION people, a conservative estimate, who died of the Covid infection. Tell that to untold millions who suffered and are still suffering fron long term effects of the disease. It's astounding that Paul is still spouting lies about the pandemic. Much respect and support to Dr. Fauci, a public servant and saver of lives.

@Nonilex@masto.ai LePage was one of the most disgusting, foul mouthed, homophobic and misogynistic governors to ever walk this earth. Check his record. If anyone deserved to be trolled it was LePage. There are much worse things.

@MaryAustinBooks@mstdn.social The 🍊💩 didn't listen to experts who rightly predicted that a darker color on rhe pool's bottom would increase solar heating and encourage growth of even more algae. But who needs experts? US got swindled out of $13 MILLION by the swindler in chief.

@Nonilex@masto.ai Yes! A win for the people! No president, no politician, nobody is permitted to rewrite history. This restoration is an enormous project because of the sheer number of sites that the administation has vandalized. After all the cuts to National Parks I hope there are sufficient staff and resources to undertake this all important job.

Missed this obituary a couple days ago. Victor Willis, the cop in Village People, has died at 74. He co-wrote YMCA. It's an iconic, joyous dance tune, too good to allow trump to appropriate it. RIP Victor, and thanks for the music. #VillagePeoplehttps://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/jul/02/victor-willis-obituary

@AnnieBuddy@thecanadian.social Could be the cost of fuel for motorized watercraft? Prices are way up, and marine fuel is more expensive than gasoline. Who can afford to blow hundreds of dollars on gas in this economy?

@MaryAustinBooks@mstdn.social As a child I hid my little transistor radio under the covers and stayed awake past bedtime to listen to a faraway AM station broadcasting comedy records late at night. I was introduced to Mel Brooks by recordings of his "2000 Year Old Man". I have loved Brooks and laughed with him all my life. He is a champion of freedom and the arts, a truly great American. ❤️

@LJ@sunny.garden I hate cars, but due to circumstances I've needed one most of my adult life. I have called every one of those SOBs names that can't be said in polite company.

@wdlindsy I heard trump sent letters to Congress saying that because of the ceasefire the war was not ongoing so he needed no authorization. Typical of trump's "logic" and the sophistry of his regime.

@samlitzinger@journa.host Hope to see Scott Pelley on independent media soon.

@skykiss@sfba.social He has also been a defendant in 4,000 lawsuits.

Scientists may have found a way to re-establish extinct American chestnut trees. 4 billion of these beautiful giants perished a century ago due to chestnut blight. #science #forests https://www.freep.com/story/news/environment/2026/07/04/american-chestnut-tree-genetic-modification/90764786007/

The sloop Clearwater was forced by Coast Guard to leave the Sail4th 250 tall ships parade today because it carried signs advocating for clean water, racial justice, and climate solutions. It was unclear who made the decision. Clearwater was launched in 1969, is owned by an environmental protection group founded by Pete Seeger. #sloopclearwater#sail4th250#environmenthttps://www.chronogram.com/river-newsroom/trn_environment/sloop-clearwater-removed-from-sail4th-250-parade/

@Nonilex@masto.ai Finally, the end of the line, and there's no way out for trump. Pay up!

@MHowell@kolektiva.social @aadeacon@mastodon.social @MaryAustinBooks@mstdn.social I stumbled upon the Martin Short movie. It is wonderful!

@MaryAustinBooks@mstdn.social It's a start, but the woman who won the primary is trump's handpicked candidate. We will see how it plays out. Mace is clearly suffering from emotional issues and is not fit for elected office. Glad she's out.

@dalfen@mstdn.social Killing the Affordable Connection Program was one of the first steps in this scheme. Millions of families lost subsidies that helped them connect to broadband at reduced cost. Other funds helped families defray the cost of equipment. All gone. Now they are coming for schools, one of the few resources for poor kids. It's infuriating.

@dalfen@mstdn.social Of course any reduction in funds will primarily affect low income communities. It's a scheme to create a permanent underclass.

@djwtwo@mastodon.social Great capture! Thanks!

@solveig@toot.cat#everydayiscaturday 😻

@anja@chaos.social Gorgeous! My black cat, Raz, was the most loving cat I ever knew. He has been gone for 9 years, and I still miss him. 😻

Sweet deal for prison for profit corporation. Private prison company, CoreCivic, sells two immigant detention centers to federal government for about $1.5 BILLION. The company will continue to operate the facilities under federal DHS contracts. The company is a major trump donor. #graft #prisons#playforpayhttps://apnews.com/article/corecivic-california-sold-immigration-detention-facilities-dhs-78fe5f3d486ee2c803c44f2302b936b3

@nikhilk@mastodon.social Heavenly blues!

@chessert Those poor boys.💔

Gloria Steinem, feminist icon, has died at 92. #gloriasteinem#feminismhttps://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/sep/03/gloria-steinem-groundbreaking-feminist-campaigner-dies-aged-92

NE Pacific Gray whale population plunged catastrophically over the past year, with up to eight thousand whales perishing in that period. There are only about 13,000 remaining. Deaths are accelerating due to loss of food sources caused by climate change. Gray whales were removed from the Endangered Species List over 30 years ago after population rebounded. Trump has severely weakened the ESA. It is unlikely that federal government will act to protect these massive marine mammals. #graywhales#climatechange#pacificoceanhttps://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jul/10/pacific-gray-whales-population-climate-change

@SecureOwl@infosec.exchange 😲

@olap@mastodon.world I estimate about 500-600 books. This is an over 55 community, all homeowners, and there is a steady turnover of population for the usual reasons. It is hard to say how many use the library because there is no checkout system. I have tried polling the community, but folks here don't seem to like polls and responses have been poor.

@GertrudeZane@c.im So ladylike! Sweet girl. 😻

"Wives and Lovers" Jack Jones This kind of stuff was still around in the early 1960s. Women started burning their bras shortly thereafter. Coincidence? "Day after day There are girls at the office And men will always be men Don't send him off with your hair still in curlers You may not see him again" #JukeboxFridayNight #stereotypeshttps://youtu.be/rZ7WT02wFOk?is=cecFWicsysEQS4-_

@Nonilex@masto.ai Threatened by faded numbers in the grass? Is it an omen? We have regressed to a pre-Enlightenment era of black magic and superstition.