“There is considerable overlap between the intelligence of the smartest bears and the dumbest tourists.” -Yosemite Park Ranger, explaining how the NPS threads the needle on bear-proof trash can design without going too far to raise accessibility concerns for humans.
Breathing in hefty lungfuls of smoke as I get explosive diarrhea from salad, the sky turns apocalyptic orange while oil companies drill in protected lands, screwworms are eating cattle alive and the president just paid $6 million for rape. And I’m also able to bet on all of it!