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hookem2010

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  1. You call this imbalanced?
  2. Orcas are brilliant, cold-blooded killers. As mentioned upthread, they will often eat only the choicest parts of their kills and let the rest sink to the bottom of the ocean. They take out gray whales just for the tongue, and I just read that there have been several well-documented reports of them taking out adult blue whales, just the largest creature to ever exist on this planet. We're fortunate they don't try to fuck our shit up more. Seeing a pod on a ferry to Vancouver Island was incredible. I think that particular population has really been struggling recently, unfortunately.
  3. Heading out to Colorado Springs and Crested Butte in mid-August, so that will help.
  4. I'm pretty sure I get reverse seasonal affective disorder. This shit sucks. 73/71 here. If it were entirely up to me, I'd bump the daytime temp up to 75
  5. As a parent of one child, my concern for the climate and environment has not waned. However, perhaps my action has, hopefully temporarily, decreased. Prior to the baby, I had quit a job in medicine to pursue a career in natural resources to at least feel like I was attempting to make a difference. This got put on hold in order to care for our child, and my remaining free time is not usually spent working/volunteering outdoors, calling reps (lol, it's Texas), etc. Once the little one (or two, my max), are fully into daycare/school, I hope to make my way back into that sphere, whether it be on an employed or volunteer basis. So I think having young kids especially can shift priorities inward for a time. I hope in my case this is short-lived, and perhaps allows me some time to zero in on the most productive/efficient way to be actionable on climate, while being present and a positive example for my child. It would really help if local/state/federal governments put more of a priority on this shit. It may be a great opportunity to break into the job market for a lot of careers, but it's pretty fucking difficult to do so for something that actually matters.
  6. It's kind of cool to be one of the generations that gets to experience the beginning of the end of a 300,000-year story though, right? Right?!? The warming itself may not directly kill (most of) us immediately, but I'm sure we're going to be real chill about food/water scarcity, climate refugees, etc.
  7. Looking a little dicey for Eubanks here in the 4th set tiebreak
  8. Medvedev is going to start returning serves from the stands.
  9. That's awesome! As of last week, the cordilleran technically no longer exists, as it has been re-lumped as a single species with pacific-slope flycatcher, now called western flycatcher. They had only been split I think a couple of decades ago in the first place, before ornithologists called a mulligan on that decision.
  10. The booby I had mentioned above sadly didn't last a week here before it was found dead. One of the bittersweet aspects of chasing rarities is that some injury or illness may have forced them out of their normal range, or even if healthy, they may never make it back to an area with others of their species, ending their chances of breeding.
  11. Not super familiar with hawks doing this a bunch. Mockingbirds certainly do, and in Australia, magpies will really fuck your shit up.
  12. Something I never considered much until now is do I want my child to have a love of nature like I always have? He's definitely going to be exposed to it plenty, because that's my jam, but I'm starting to hope he finds his joy in something else. Otherwise, I'm worried he's just going to be depressed watching the natural world wilt even further.
  13. Yea, imagining the future we're creating for my kid is the worst part. There are a lot of people on this planet, but if we didn't ALWAYS NEED EVERY COOL NEW THING INSTANTLY!!! the world could still be a pretty cool place, even with 8 billion people.
  14. Looked a little shaky after winning that first break, but came through clutch at the end. Now go kick some Russian ass!
  15. Aaaand he promptly gifts it back to Tsitsipas
  16. Eubanks up a break in the 5th set. At least one American man came to play.
  17. Just dropped my 13 month-old off at daycare for the first time. What a strange feeling...
  18. Hahaha, I saw one of those in the wild for the first time on the hike up to Griffith Observatory in LA.
  19. I may have posted this before, but I camped at the Eagle Creek Trailhead in Oregon (pre-fire) and hiked down the trail maybe 5 or 6 miles, with a half-dozen waterfalls along the way. Incredible.
  20. Epic comeback by Rune in the 5th set tiebreaker after down 6-2, including Fokina attempting a little drop serve that did not work at all to give Rune match point.
  21. Murray looks like he may have pulled his groin while on double set point to go up 2-1. But closes it out the following point!
  22. Brown booby (of the seabird variety) hanging out at a pond in S. Austin. I may need to make the trip tomorrow if he sticks around.
  23. Not good, Bob! Can't stop, won't stop shattering heat records. I continue to struggle with giving entirely in to hopeless pessimism in an attempt to not be constantly bothered by what seems to be the inevitable collapse of the natural world as we know it vs. remaining somewhat engaged and always depressed by the never-ending onslaught of horrible news.
  24. Recs for good hikes in Crested Butte while wearing a 15 month-old, and maybe a good back carrier to upgrade from an ergo baby front carrier?
  25. Calf stretch constantly, get a night splint to hold you in extension while sleeping, silicon heel cups during the day, topical anti-inflammatory cream
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