A reminder, as the news is awash with the death of Charlie Kirk, a known fascist, xenophobic, antisemitic hate preacher; 1) Everything he did and contributed to was political violence. It is the only reason we even know who this fucker was. It was why he was out in the open, in the path of that bullet; 2) The instant blaming of 'the radical left' (Trump) and 'the progressive-liberal left' (Orbán) while the identity of the shooter and their motives remain a mystery is calculated, premeditated political violence; 3) The lionisation of this fucker by people in power, pretending that he did not sow this himself, that his hateful rhetoric was somehow part of some bullshit 'debate' is political violence, and a slap in the face of anyone ever targeted by this asshole and the movement that survives him; 4) Being forced to pay attention to this because it might have a real-world impact on the continued safety of you and your loved ones is political violence. #News #OrganisedAffiliatedFuckers #USpol

SLOPSHAM, noun; Like 'flugsham' or 'flygskam', but for the shaming of the continued use of generative 'AI' after being made aware of the broad variety of societal and environmental impacts.

"Releasing just 20 lynx in Northumberland would be enough to create a healthy wild population, research has found, and most people in the area would support the practice. Northumberland Wildlife Trust has been working to see if the wild cats, which became extinct in Britain about 1,300 years ago as a result of hunting and habitat loss, could be returned to the area. In a paper published in the Journal of Environmental Management, modelling studies found that lynx would be able to thrive in the area." Lynx lynx lynx! 😻

the Guardian

Lynx could thrive in Northumberland with most in area supporting return, study finds

Release of 20 lynx over several years into Kielder Forest area would create population of about 50 animals

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