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[fandjango]

It’s demographic momentum and planet earth may need such a break.

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Long Slide Looms for World Population, With Sweeping Ramifications (Published 2021)

Fewer babies’ cries. More abandoned homes. Toward the middle of this century, as deaths start to exceed births, changes will come that are hard to fathom.

www.nytimes.com

The planet needs a time out from us humans ...

 

[Sassy Colombian]

The planet needs a time out from us humans ...

Mother Earth definitely deserves better from humans than the way we treat her and other creatures.

 

[verreauxi]

Hell of a play by the Cubbies! (there's no MLB 21 thread)

 

[fandjango]

Decided to french polish this one myself ... slow but lovely work to do

 

[Toast]

 

[Sassy Colombian]

An earthquake lasted 32 years, and scientists want to know how — National Geographic

The slow quake—the longest ever recorded—ended in disaster in 1861. Experts are racing to find today’s equivalents.

apple.news

 

[LinekersLegs]

 

[larbert toffee]

@COYBL25 or any other keen birdwatchers, would anyone know what this is? Sorry it's ñot a great photo, new phone, no glasses on melol
I've been walking past this local pond for 30years and never seen one of these, I thought it may have been a crested grebe.
It was slightly larger than a duck, it was solitary, constantly diving and swimming underwater.
I would be interested to know what it was, cheers.

 

[COYBL25]

@COYBL25 or any other keen birdwatchers, would anyone know what this is? Sorry it's ñot a great photo, new phone, no glasses on melol
I've been walking past this local pond for 30years and never seen one of these, I thought it may have been a crested grebe.
It was slightly larger than a duck, it was solitary, constantly diving and swimming underwater.
I would be interested to know what it was, cheers.

If you’re up in Scotland, my money is on - the Goosander ( female )

 

[larbert toffee]

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If you’re up in Scotland, my money is on - the Goosander ( female )

Good shout mate, that is very possibly what it was.

 

[johnnydawg68]

I get absurdly annoyed at people who walk slowly.

 

[Sassy Colombian]

My nephew showed me this weekend this video of a girl fishing a catfish with her fist, quite impressive but I still rather do any fishing the old way: with a pole lol

 

[Alanbileysfeathercut]

Any twitches know what splendid thing is?

 

[Alanbileysfeathercut]

 

[Bluesaint]

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Any twitches know what splendid thing is?

I can categorically state that that is a bird.

Sorry, couldn't resist.