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I wish I could say that I was surprised. The same could be said of every single scientific researcher on the topic.

Certainly not, not in degree of blood spilled anyway. I was more stating the fact that domestic cats aren't the only animal to engage in such behaviour.

And the worst thing about it all is that behind all this sensationalist bluster, real, tangible harm is being done to people and to the future itself, in Trump's name and with his approval.

Fair to say. The above being true, however, there are quite a few other species that do engage in surplus killing without then eating what they kill.

I'm not sure I or anyone else really wants to know the answer to that question tbh.

Another corollary of human activity and its effect on global biodiversity.

A lot of people appear to have their cause celebre regarding match officials/VAR and will use a lot of different incidents to make reference to it. That being said, I can't comment on that much lest I appear a hypocrite because goodness knows I have my own hobby horse(s).

Some other animals (like foxes) also spree kill for sport, but yes, domestic cats are responsible for a truly huge death toll of other animals purely for that sake and I've no idea why it's still considered socially and legally acceptable to let them roam in areas that do not require pest control and for reasons beyond only that specific purpose.

The man isn't a private citizen off the street. He's the Secretary for Health and Human Services for the United States of America.

The key word in this sentence. He'll, he, himself, singular. Self being the only important thing. He may well be fine (naegleria being something that will mess you up regardless of immunity to other things notwithstanding), but it's not exactly the best example to set to follow for other people, is it?

I emphatically agree there.

Might I ask why?

That sounds about right. And this all is yet another reason for as much of the world as possible to get off fossil fuel reliance as much as possible as soon as possible - it funds shitty power mongering gestures like this one.

On the above: https://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/articles/c5y64p3m7pyo While some parts of the United Kingdom experienced heavy showers and thunderstorms early this week, the warm and dry weather has been dominant. This spring is currently running at the driest on record according to the Met Office. And the mostly dry weather is expected to continue across the UK for at least another 10 days. The Environment Agency has said that while reservoirs are currently fairly healthy, there is a "medium" risk of a summer drought. Welcome to the future, I guess.

$142 billion in one nation to nation arms sale. Does that seem utterly obscene to anyone else?

And those are just the ones that lived past a few years old. Just looking at the infant mortality rate in any era other than the present one really makes me wonder why anyone would want to live in that previous time and/or romanticise it.

Yep, money through convenience to the end user. So we either need a marketable alternate that fits the uses plastics play in our lives, or do without them, with all the consequences for quality of life that entails.

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/robert-kennedy-jr-swimming-park-water-high-bacteria/story?id=121734979 Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. shared photos of himself submerged in Washington, D.C.'s Rock Creek with his grandchildren, despite longstanding warnings that high bacterial levels make the Potomac River tributary unsafe. "Mother's Day hike in Dumbarton Oaks Park with Amaryllis, Bobby, Kick, and Jackson, and a swim with my grandchildren, Bobcat and Cassius in Rock Creek," RFK Jr. wrote alongside four photos from the outing posted to X on Sunday. The photos show the 71-year-old member of President Donald Trump's administration both sitting in the water and completely submerging in the shallow creek. Turns out that even if you don't believe in naegleria fowleri, it may believe in you, Mr Kennedy. I guess we'll find out.

And depending on one's amount of cynicism towards the future, that word could mean any one of a range of things in this context.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crljn5046epo A US-funded flight carrying the first group of 59 white South Africans has landed in Washington where the Trump administration is to grant them refugee status. President Donald Trump has said the refugee applications for the country's Afrikaner minority had been expedited as they were victims of "racial discrimination". ...Asked directly on Monday why Afrikaners' refugee applications had been expedited compared with other groups, Trump said a "genocide" was taking place and that "white farmers" specifically were being targeted. "Farmers are being killed, they happen to be white, but whether they're white or black makes no difference to me." As Trump whoppers go, that one is a pretty decent-sized one.

More on this: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwynl8jv4gjo Apparently, people of colour don't deserve due process. Saying the quiet part rather loudly now.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp3q5xl9wqwo A top general who failed to report evidence of alleged SAS war crimes in Afghanistan later oversaw the rejection of hundreds of UK resettlement applications from Afghan commandos who served with the elite regiment, BBC Panorama can reveal. Gen Sir Gwyn Jenkins led UK Special Forces (UKSF) in Afghanistan at a time when alleged war crimes were committed. He later appointed a UKSF officer under his command, who had also served in Afghanistan, to assess the Afghan commando applications after special forces headquarters was given a controversial veto over them. Thousands of applications from individuals with credible evidence of service with Afghan Special Forces, including the units known as the Triples, were then rejected, leaving many of the former commandos at the mercy of the Taliban. The rejections are controversial because they came at a time when a judge-led public inquiry in the UK had begun investigating the SAS for alleged war crimes on operations on which the Triples were present. If the Afghan commandos were in the UK, they could be called as witnesses - but the inquiry has no power to compel testimony from foreign nationals who are overseas. Some of those denied visas were subsequently tortured and killed by the Taliban, according to former colleagues, family members and lawyers. Not exactly cricket from the UK military establishment, that.

Most likely, yes. Destroying the civilisational future of our species to "own the libs" (including that rather mythical ideal of "Western civilisation" that they like to go on about).

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... why isn't Alex Jones bankrupt and begging on the street for the money he has to give to the relatives of Sandy Hook victims yet?