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The fact that many now turn to Facebook and other social media for their news is part of the problem.  The erosion of the Fourth Estate proves its importance in keeping a democracy running.  

Came upon these just recently:

Songs of disappearance - Australian Bird Calls.

In this ARIA chart-topping recording of pure birdsong you can hear 53 of our most threatened species:

(ARIA is the Australian Recording Industry Association.  Aussie version of the Grammy Awards.)

https://youtu.be/c2M0H9Z1HuQ

Aussie Birds and their calls

https://youtu.be/vhlE13EqjJk

Australia's most common birds

https://youtu.be/T5UEwzp2bWs

max_weisenfeld said:

Less humid now and tomorrow and a nice breeze

I’ll buy that for a dollar!

Smedley said:

I'll rephrase and try again. If the problem on May 23, 2024 is a deluded electorate, how and why was the electorate apparently non-deluded in 2020-21, and what was the inflection point?

Racking my brain for inflection points in 2020. All I can come up with are a pandemic and the murder of a Black man by a white Minneapolis police officer.

Less humid now and tomorrow and a nice breeze

PVW said:

And no, I don't find claims that the U.S. staged a coup -- claims that echo self-serving Russian propaganda and which, let's be honest, almost certainly have their origin there -- to be convincing when compared with objective facts about what happened in 2013-2014 and in the broader context of Russia's attitudes toward Ukraine.

That, and everything said by the people who were actually there.

Total joy of driving to the beach with Motown or Beach Boys on the radio. (sorry lazy re: links, close your eyes and feel the sun)

eta:  long before the sun turned out to be hazardous to health, and cars were recognized as hazardous to life on earth. sigh.

I look forward to seeing what Mark, our Aussie friend, posts regularly. It’s gone.

rcarter31 said:

Am following The Hush Money Trial

Am confused by so many "conservative" commentators saying that they haven't seen or heard what the underlying crime that bumps it up to a felony.  What am I missing isn't it conspiracy to block the publication of the story?

Seems obvious to me?!?!

https://maplewood.worldwebs.com/forums/discussion/subforum/the-trump-indictments/politics-plus?page=next&limit=1260#discussion-replies-3647144

There’s also a thread on Tucker Carlson started by your buddy pal.. have fun. But the trial commentary has been overlapping into a couple other threads.

Not gone.