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[🐢✨America Is Musty✨🐢 @DragonflyJonez]

Hilarious example about how everyone swears Fat Joe is a liar then we always get verification that he was actually telling the truth and just had a few minor details wrong. “I saw Hasidic Jews breakdancing with Black kids” well actually they were getting sturdy Joseph

[Science girl @sciencegirl]

A municipality near Copenhagen, Denmark, is testing an unusual solution to a growing environmental concern: light pollution.

In Gladsaxe, sections of road and a busy cycle path have been fitted with red-spectrum LED streetlights instead of conventional white lighting. The aim is to maintain safe visibility for people while reducing the impact of artificial light on local wildlife.

Research has shown that bright white lighting can interfere with the natural behaviour of many nocturnal species. Bats, in particular, can be affected, with some avoiding lit areas and others changing their feeding habits.

The red lighting used in the Danish trial is designed to be less disruptive to bats. The scheme also incorporates dark gaps between illuminated sections, creating wildlife corridors that allow light-sensitive animals to move more freely through the area.

Despite the change in colour, the lighting still complies with safety requirements for pedestrians and cyclists. Project leaders believe the initiative demonstrates that urban safety and nature conservation can coexist.

As cities continue to grow, light pollution is increasingly recognised as an environmental issue, influencing insects, birds, mammals, and even plant life. Researchers are now monitoring the project to assess its long-term effectiveness.

If the results are positive, the approach could offer a practical template for other cities seeking to reduce their ecological footprint. Sometimes a simple adjustment, such as changing the type of street lighting used, can make a meaningful difference.

[Nomadic Warriors for Pritzker⚔️ @Nomads4Pritzker]

So, I've worked in the beef industry. I have a fairly detailed knowledge of beef markets, the supply chain, parasites and parasiticides, etc. Suffice it to say, this is a nightmare scenario, but one we've known was coming since at least 2022.

New World Screwworm was eradicated from North and Central America in the mid-90's. The US gov't (APHIS) funded a program of screwworm drops, where they bred sterile males so that extant populations couldn't reproduce and move northwards. But in 2022 NWS jumped the Darien gap and started moving northwards once again. It's most likely that they came undetected on livestock brought alongside migrants fleeing political instability in South and Central America. Elon Musk/DOGE, of course, cut several monitoring programs that would have detected this exact scenario. The screwworm drops are still funded, but the monitoring programs are what have been cut - a stupid move if there ever was one.

A serious Central/South America policy would have worked hand-in-hand with CA/SA governments to help contain this, but we've never had a serious policy towards South America, not during the Biden years, and especially not under Trump. The USDA broke ground on a sterile screwworm facility in Texas... last month. I worry it's too little, too late.

Screwworm is so dangerous because, unlike other fly larvae, they lay eggs and feed on living flesh. So something like a small scratch (or even bug bite) can quickly becomes infested, and the larvae will burrow into the flesh, growing the wound and attracting more screwworm. They don't only parasitize cattle, but will also feed on wildlife, domestic pets, even humans. Since they have detected screwworms in domesticated cattle right now, it's likely that there is a wild reservoir as well. We can quarantine herds and pets, but we can't quarantine deer and armadillos. They will move, and so will the NWS.

Under normal circumstances, cattle are moved around - a lot. Calves will be sent to stockers through their adolescence, then shipped to feedlots for finishing. A lot of calving operations (like 70%) are small, and small-time producers don't always catch parasite infestations. Cattle moved in-state don't require a certificate of veterinary inspection, so it's easy for an infested animal to be moved without being noticed. Animals crossing state lines do need a CVI, but Texas has such an enormous cattle population (something like 13 million head) that as goes Texas, so goes the nation.

Fortunately, we have a lot of drugs that treat NWS. The FDA has issued several emergency use authorizations in the last year or so. But every input raises the price of beef, and treatment only makes a difference if producers catch an infestation early. If an infestation spreads unnoticed on a large feedlot, it can hit hard, both in terms of cattle that have to be killed, and treatments that then have to be deployed. Producers will spend days at a time running cattle through the chute, inspecting them and applying parasiticides. It costs a lot of money, which is then passed on to the consumer.

What does that mean for you? Beef is a commodity, and just because there's no NWS up here in Illinois doesn't mean that prices won't skyrocket - and they will skyrocket. US herd size is already at record lows, and this will result in culls. Consumer prices also run 18-24 months behind, which means that shocks to the supply chain now are still going to be felt by consumers in 2028.

It's hard to say if our government will be able to muster an effective response - though I don't trust our current administration, which can't even throw a 250th anniversary party, to be able to deal with an ecological issue of this magnitude. It doesn't help that our current USDA secretary is a lawyer and think-tank creature. I don't much trust the state government of Texas either. The industry has also taken the workforce of large animal veterinarians for granted - a monopoly/market power issue that I just can't get in to here.

For me, it comes back to our federal government having an incoherent policy on Central and South America. We knew what was coming, we know what's going to happen, but we cut the program meant to prevent this scenario. Instead of taking those countries seriously as partners, the government has been stupid and domineering.

Here's the kicker: this is what the industry voted for. They might scream, they might get bailed out, but all that means is that you, the consumer, are going to be paying more for beef, plus whatever bailout gets shoveled their way. Until the industry accepts that they are part of a larger system; that they cannot eternally privatize the gains and publicize the losses of beef production; that they need to consider sustainability and stewardship in the management of their operations, this is only going to keep happening. Eventually, they may find that there is very little goodwill for them among the public, and people will decide that a Brazilian ribeye tastes just as good as one from Texas.

[Big Knick Energy @BigKnickEnergy_]

Jalen Brunson arrives for the NBA Finals

[EL MONO 🐵 @kingzeek_]

they hung timbs on the knicks subway entrances lol I love this city.

[John Frankensteiner @JFrankensteiner]

On Clint's birthdate: James Dean and Elvis weren't born yet. Wonder Bread started selling sliced bread a year prior. Chocolate chip cookies didn't exist. Picasso was the same age as Charlize Theron right now. The first documented high five wouldn't occur for another 46 years.

[The Sting @TheStingisBack]

The “Marcus Brody cut” in Indiana Jones is a masterclass in comedic editing. It works flawlessly because Spielberg isn’t just subverting the scene, he's weaponising our own knowledge of his filmmaking style against us.
Happy heavenly birthday, Denholm Elliott

[Ahmed/The Ears/IG: BigBizTheGod 🇸🇴 @big_business_]

👤JAY-Z👤

💿FULL FREESTYLE AT THE ROOTS PICNIC💿

⬜️GETS AT DAME DASH & DRAKE⬜️

“A rapper can’t be my opp”

"niggas teeth tumbling out their mouth"

"The jig is up, I'm up 10, wrong chart champ, niggas looked up to Hov, I never looked up to them"

[Lucas Star Wars Girl @LucasSWGirl]

RIP Marcia Lucas, ex wife of George Lucas and Oscar Winner for her editing of Star Wars.

She let rip on the Disney Sequels and every single word was true. They never did call her.

[troy bond jr (grand admiral) @TroyHasEbola]

This woman saved Star Wars. Without her there would be no Star Wars. She went in and re-cut the trench run scene so it actually made sense after Lucas showed it to a bunch of people and they laughed at it. Seriously a legend. May the force be with you. Thank you.

[Tommy Stella @tommy_stella]

I know we all treat him like a creative god on here because he made the cool space franchise, but it is genuinely so cool and inspiring that in his retirement he made a museum love letter to storytelling. Like thank you, George. That's genuinely so important right now.

[Favian Renkel @FavianRenkel]

MLS is averaging 22,109 fans per match through May, with more than 4.8 million fans attending matches through the first three months of the season -- both up from 2025 and ranking as the second-highest average and total attendance figures in league history behind 2024’s record-breaking season.

Three matches this season surpassed 72,000 fans, each ranking among the top 10 largest crowds in MLS history.

#MLS

[Hater Report @HaterReport]

Underdog is REFUSING to bend after an attorney for SGA sent a cease and desist about the “Unethical Hoops” board game making fun of him for foul bating, per @FOS

Underdog will not stop promoting the game 😭

[predo @P3droHB_]

Once, my psychologist told me "People can understand your pain, your traumas, and where they come from, and still find your actions unacceptable. Your trauma doesn't justify your mistake, it only explains it."

[red butler @MarilynLynch]

My weird little hill to die on is what a great dancer Dan Ayckroyd actually is

[Guillermo del Toro @RealGDT]

This was done with tight resources and endless effort and imagination. Humanware!

[Michelle Maxwell ™ @MichelleMaxwell]

With everything we are hearing right now about ticks this seems like good information to share.

“Here’s what I’ve learned after more ticks than I care to count.
First, whatever your uncle told you, forget it. No matches. No nail polish. No Vaseline. No soap on a cotton ball. All of those do the same terrible thing, they stress the tick out, and a stressed tick empties its gut back into the bite before letting go. Which, if you think about what that actually means for a second, is literally how Lyme and the rest get transmitted so you’re not speeding up its exit. You’re making it throw up into you.
Fine-tipped tweezers. Grip right where the mouthparts enter the skin, not the body, the head. Pull straight up, steady, no twisting, no jerking. It’ll feel like it’s resisting because it is, the mouthparts are barbed. Just keep the pressure on and it lets go in a few seconds. If a piece breaks off in the skin, leave it alone. Your body pushes splinters out. Digging around with a needle does more damage then the fragment ever would.
Clean it with alcohol or soap. Wash your hands.
Now here’s the part most people skip: don’t flush the tick.
Tape it to an index card. Clear packing tape right over the body, write the date and where on your body it was, and stick the card in a drawer. If you come down with anything weird in the next 30 days, rash, fever, joint pain, that flu-that-isn’t-flu feeling, that tick goes with you to the doctor. Some labs will test the tick itself, which is faster and often more reliable than waiting for antibodies to show up in your own blood. A dated tick taped to a card is one of the most useful things you can hand a doctor who’s trying to figure out what’s wrong with you.
The other thing worth saying out loud: if the tick was engorged when you pulled it, and you can’t swear it was off your body within 24 hours, call your doctor that same day. Don’t wait for a rash. Fewer than three out of four Lyme cases even produce the classic bullseye. A single preventive dose of doxycycline within 72 hours of a deer tick bite cuts the Lyme odds way down, and most docs in tick country will write that prescription without giving you a hard time, especially if you walk in with the tick taped to a card and a clear timeline.”

[アメリカ製のヴィンテージ・ガラクタ!🇺🇲 @VaporSoup7]

remembering that one time when stan lee dressed as revolver ocelot to present hideo kojima an award

[Sergio 🇫🇷 @Seergiot3ck]

🇧🇷 | En Brasil estaban tan descontentos con la segunda camiseta de su selección que la modificaron para incluir a Cristo en ella.

ES BELLÍSIMA.

[Hater Report @HaterReport]

The Spurs have the ball down 98-88

• Refs miss a goaltending call
• Ball goes off Chet’s foot
• They ignore the coach’s challenge request
• SGA gets free throws
• Mitch Johnson is hit with a tech
• Lu Dort and Tony Brothers laughing on the sideline

Us fans deserve better than this smh