Private equity carves path in pet care, making it increasingly expensive (this also is happening in EU, making veterinary care almost unaffordable except for the very wealthy)
#pets #Cats #dogs #Birds #greed #VeterinaryCare #PrivateEquity https://www.wwlp.com/news/state-politics/private-equity-carves-path-in-pet-care/
"In Springfield, they’re eating the dogs, the people that came in, they’re eating the cats, they’re eating, they're eating the pets of the people that live there."
-- DonOLD Trump, #Debate2024
omg! these wonderful people are after my own heart
UK Hobby Horse Championships – in pictures
the word is that elon musk has a meltdown whenever someone refers to his tesla cybertruck as a deplorean.
of course, you know what to do!
Kamala Harris Allies Advise: Don’t Get Rope-a-Doped by Trump
Associates of Vice President Harris say she can win Tuesday’s debate by ignoring Trump
#politics #PresidentialDebate #KamalaHarris #TrumpIsADope https://www.thedailybeast.com/kamala-harris-allies-advise-dont-get-rope-a-doped-by-trump
Florida voters who oppose the state's 6week #AbortionBan say they are being visited by police
Critics accuse GovRonDeathSantis of seeking to intimidate supporters of a pro-choice referendum
#AbortionIsHealthcare #WomensRightsAreHumanRights #HealthcareForAll https://www.salon.com/2024/09/08/florida-oppose-the-states-6-week-abortion-ban-say-they-are-being-visited-by-police/
amazing!
Matching #dinosaur footprints found on opposite sides of the Atlantic Ocean
An international team of #paleontologists has found matching sets of Early Cretaceous dinosaur footprints on what are now two different continents
#footprints #science https://www.smu.edu/news/research/matching-dinosaur-footprints-different-continents
i suppose this isn't news to anyone with eyes, but it's still amusing
"MAGA: Protect our ducks and kittens in Ohio!"
"Also MAGA:"
#pets #Ohio #MAGAlies #AnimalRights #AnimalTorture #HuntingIsAnimalCruelty #EndangeredSpecies
Plastic Bags On Beaches Have Reduced By 80% Since Charge Introduced -- now let's do the same for plastic water bottles!
Since plastic bags stopped being free, their use has dropped significantly
#PlasticPollution #PlasticBags #beaches #environment https://plantbasednews.org/news/environment/plastic-bag-beaches-uk/
woah
Video: San Francisco police tackled & handcuffed a woman on the Embarcadero on Sunday morning as her young daughter cried hysterically — during a confiscation of her hot dog stand
#PoliceBullying #SanFrancisco https://missionlocal.org/2024/09/female-hot-dog-vendor-tackled-handcuffed-by-sf-police/
FEC Guts Anti-Corruption Law That Separates Super PACs & Candidates
#SuperPACs are supposed to be completely independent from candidates, but the FEC just approved a plan to let them collaborate on joint #fundraising committees
#politics #corruption https://readsludge.com/2024/09/06/fec-guts-anti-corruption-law-that-separates-super-pacs-and-candidates/
"You don't need to be Ukranian
to support Ukraine
you just need to be HUMAN."
#politics #Ukraine #UkraineRussiaWar #RussiaIsATerroristState
PhD scientist in evolutionary ecology & ornithology, SciComm @forbes Formerly @guardian @EvoInstitute @BirdNoteRadio @ScienceBlogs. Twitter legacy :verified: