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5 things:
1) The bluefin tuna popular as sushi are endangered, although they'll probably still be served for a while until they finally get protected or much more endangered than they already are. The NY Times Magazine has a great new article about humanity's systematic destruction of various aquatic species, and approaches being used now to stop it, preferably while continuing to eat delicious foods like sushi.
2) On November 20, 1980, a 14" oil drill bit going down through a shallow lake hit a salt mine, causing 2 days of exceptionally dramatic geological and geographic change and property damage as the lake filled the mine.
3) A lawsuit has come to light revealing that millions of Dell Optiplex computers sold between 2003 and 2005 had faulty motherboard capacitors, causing them to break and/or catch fire unexpectedly, and that Dell covered up the problem instead of dealing with it honestly.
4) Australian [mining] billionaires take to the streets for tax protest
5) a totally awesome Manhattan Pride photo
1) The bluefin tuna popular as sushi are endangered, although they'll probably still be served for a while until they finally get protected or much more endangered than they already are. The NY Times Magazine has a great new article about humanity's systematic destruction of various aquatic species, and approaches being used now to stop it, preferably while continuing to eat delicious foods like sushi.
2) On November 20, 1980, a 14" oil drill bit going down through a shallow lake hit a salt mine, causing 2 days of exceptionally dramatic geological and geographic change and property damage as the lake filled the mine.
3) A lawsuit has come to light revealing that millions of Dell Optiplex computers sold between 2003 and 2005 had faulty motherboard capacitors, causing them to break and/or catch fire unexpectedly, and that Dell covered up the problem instead of dealing with it honestly.
4) Australian [mining] billionaires take to the streets for tax protest
5) a totally awesome Manhattan Pride photo