"Witness me."
A cloudy, muggy day, but at least there was no rain. Our high was 84˚F, with a heat index of 87˚F.
Here's something to make us all glad we lived to see 2021: "Death’s come knocking a last time for the splendid ivory-billed woodpecker and 22 more birds, fish and other species: The U.S. government on Wednesday declared them extinct." (AP)
Twenty-three birds, two fish species, a bat, eight molluscs, and one plant, all of which had been on the US Fish and Wildlife Service's endangered species list. And as horrible as it is to finally give up hope on these thirty-four species, in truth, this is not even the tiniest tip of the current anthropogenic mass extinction event. It's hard to be sure precisely how many species we are losing per year, between habitat destruction, pollution, poaching, climate change, and...so forth. But it is most likely...you know what? Fuck it. I do not feel like writing this shit down AGAIN. Just look up "Holocene Mass Extinction" on Wikipedia. It's all there.
Meanwhile, the UN estimates that around 385,000 babies are born each day around the world (140 million a year). The last thing this planet needs is even one additional human.
Anyway...
The afternoon's movie was Mad Max: Fury Road. There was leftover stoup for dinner. And a handwritten letter in the mail, which I have not yet read. But thank you, Cristine. I will read it, by and by.
Please have a look at the current eBay auctions. Thanks.
Later,
Aunt Beast
2:45 p.m. (day before yesterday; I'm gonna miss that place so bad when we flee Alabama next spring)
Here's something to make us all glad we lived to see 2021: "Death’s come knocking a last time for the splendid ivory-billed woodpecker and 22 more birds, fish and other species: The U.S. government on Wednesday declared them extinct." (AP)
Twenty-three birds, two fish species, a bat, eight molluscs, and one plant, all of which had been on the US Fish and Wildlife Service's endangered species list. And as horrible as it is to finally give up hope on these thirty-four species, in truth, this is not even the tiniest tip of the current anthropogenic mass extinction event. It's hard to be sure precisely how many species we are losing per year, between habitat destruction, pollution, poaching, climate change, and...so forth. But it is most likely...you know what? Fuck it. I do not feel like writing this shit down AGAIN. Just look up "Holocene Mass Extinction" on Wikipedia. It's all there.
Meanwhile, the UN estimates that around 385,000 babies are born each day around the world (140 million a year). The last thing this planet needs is even one additional human.
Anyway...
The afternoon's movie was Mad Max: Fury Road. There was leftover stoup for dinner. And a handwritten letter in the mail, which I have not yet read. But thank you, Cristine. I will read it, by and by.
Please have a look at the current eBay auctions. Thanks.
Later,
Aunt Beast
2:45 p.m. (day before yesterday; I'm gonna miss that place so bad when we flee Alabama next spring)