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Dogs as Covid Detectors

Trained dog sniffed sweat samples from 355 human volunteers and the dogs were 97% accurate in identifying people who had previously tested positive for Covid through a PCR test. They were also 100% accurate in detecting COVID-19 in people who did not have any symptoms.

Drones to Combat Elephant and Rhino Poaching
Small, battery-powered UAV’s are much more mobile than park rangers, fly high, see far, and virtually silent, making them ideal for spotting poachers who think they’re alone in the bush.

Tragedy or Comedy?

Aeschylus, the father of the Greek tragedy died after a vulture dropped a tortoise on his bald head, thinking it was a rock that would break it open.

Open With Care

The United States Postal Service will allow you to ship bees and scorpions, but not dogs or cats.

Paid by the Foot
Florida has a Python Elimination Program where they pay by length for individuals to hunt pythons. The pay is $10.00 or $15.00 per hour, depending on the area, for up to ten hours each day while actively searching for pythons on designated lands, and an additional incentive payment of $50.00 for each python measuring up to four feet plus an extra $25.00 for each foot measured above four feet.

The Fraud That Is the NRA

The National Rifle Association says its School Shield program makes it "America’s Leading Charitable Organization Helping to Protect Our Children." But, according to internal financial documents, the NRA spent just $13,900 on the program in the first 8 months of 2021.  The whole thing was always a scam.

What Gun Would Jesus Kill Your Kid With? 

Evangelical Christian nationalists have devolved into a racist, gun-obsessed cult complete with AR-15 assault weapons inscribed with Bible verses "so that no 'Muslim terrorist' can use it".  The gun problem is NOT lack of "Christianity" -- it's that there's too damn much of it.  As Thomas Lecaque notes on Twitter: "It's the little things too. A company deciding to choose the name Templar Rifle Company.' A black powder manufacturer whose website says everything they do is for God's glory. It's the bullet rosaries sold on Etsy and the comments on them. This stuff is everywhere.  This is not a slippery slope, this is the direct road leading to the writings all of the Christchurch shooters' gun. This is the same ideology."

The Horror and Shame of Belgium

The term "crimes against humanity" was first used to describe the atrocities committed under orders of Belgium's King Leopold II in the Congo Free State. Mercenaries hired by Leopold had to show a human hand for every bullet they used to prove the bullet wasn't used for hunting.

Diabetes Drug Sheds Pounds

Overweight people lost 35 to 52 pounds on newly approved diabetes drug called Tirzepatide, which is sold under the brand name Mounjaro. People without diabetes took three dosages: 5, 10 and 15 milligrams. Participants with obesity or who were overweight and took the 5-milligram dose lost an average of 35 pounds (16 killograms), those on the 10-milligram dose lost an average of 49 pounds (22 kilograms), and participants on the 15-milligram dose lost an average of 52 pounds (23.6 kilograms). All in all, people without diabetes lost an average of 15% to 20.9% of their starting body weight over the course of the 72-week double-blinded, randomized clinical trial, which was published Saturday in The New England Journal of Medicine.

Universal Job Instructions

This piece by ⁦⁦Charles M Blow⁩ should be taught every year in high school and college. It should be printed on the back of every diploma and acceptance letter.

Congressional Troll Hires Pedophile Defender
Marjorie Taylor Greene has brought on homosexual pedophile-defender Milo Yiannopoulos as an intern.

The Pedophile Cult That Controls Amy Coney Barrett

Legal documents reveal that Amy Coney Barrett, one of Trump's ringers poised to overturn Roe v. Wade, was raised in a twisted, "Christian" pedophilic grooming cult where children were tied to their beds and subjected to sexual "displays."

When Invasive Species Help

It turns out every invasive species is not a liability.  Some may even help, from frogs to birds.