a truck carrying 100k chinook salmon smolts (yay!) crashed in eastern oregon and flipped over (oh no!) but did so right above a creek (yay!) and a bunch died (oh no!) but more than 75k of them were inadvertently released and will likely return there to spawn as adults (yay!)

On the one hand, it's a marvel that AI can do tasks like 'draw a face' or 'write a paragraph' but humans can already do these things, without servers that require massive energy use and depletion of natural resources
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I like to play Connections on the NYT site each day and I've been inspired to make my own version. See if you can get it right! (The answers are revealed in the second image so be careful not to spoil it for yourselves!)

we shared a number.

in reply you all shared something beyond special.

to the more than 1,715 people who called and continue to even today, we are grateful and proud to share a connection with you.

here is just 2 minutes of the nearly 3 hours of voicemails we've received.

Call the NE Ohio Regional Sewer District at +1-216-361-6772 and listen to their voicemail right now. I’m not even kidding, go do it. It’s worth it

God damn. What a start to the piece the Harvard law review refused to run.

Knesset member Ofer Kassif speaks after friend’s death:

“What I’m trying to say is that innocent people, innocent civilians on both sides, Israelis and Palestinians, pay the price of the arrogant, criminal, ongoing occupation that Israel refuses to end.”

democracynow.org/2023/10/9/knes…

This interview would have been unimaginable on CNN twenty years ago. The struggle for Palestinian liberation made this possible. Every protest, every post, every school presentation, every op/ed, every infographic—every action has helped make space for our voice.

2) Why is Novavax’s vaccine unique? For those not familiar, it is the only non-mRNA #COVID vaccine available in the US, and it offers potentially broader protection (earlier studies) against different variants.

🧪APPROVED—The FDA has now authorized #Novavax ’s new XBB-variant booster shot for use in all ages 12+. Anyone previously vaccinated with a #COVID19 vaccine (any brand) are eligible to receive one dose, and unvaccinated may receive 2 doses. #CovidIsNotOver
fda.gov/news-events/pr…

'These same 139 climate-denying members have received more than $61 million in lifetime contributions from the coal, oil, and gas industries.' SAD americanprogress.org/article/climat…

🧵Since it is becoming hard to keep track, here is a list of countries/municipalities that have seen catastrophic flooding in the first 11 days of September 2023:

- Greece
- Turkey
- Libya <--- *thousands feared dead*
- Brazil
- Hong Kong
- Shanghai
- Spain
- Las Vegas

This is what happens when politicians declare war on homeless people instead of homelessness.

this story is not about crows, but you’ll probably like it, too

Hello, I’m doing a new video series this month called 30 Days of US Healthcare. A new video every day, for 30 days. We’re only 4 days in and everybody is already sad and angry! Check it out on YouTube, TikTok, or Instagram.
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