Oh damn, that’s really interesting about the squash leaves and raccoons. Those leaves for sure have an unpleasant texture, and raccoons are supposed to have particularly sensitive paws, so that makes sense. That’s really ingenious.
I’ve seen trails of paw prints and drag marks leading out of corn fields, where a raccoon has taken down an entire stalk and dragged it away with all the corn on it! A lot of work if you’re raccoon sized, but surprisingly smart.
A shit ton of countries got involved in the war (“coalition of the willing”):
Afghanistan, Albania, Angola, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Colombia, Costa Rica, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Georgia, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Mongolia, the Netherlands, Nicaragua, Palau, Panama, the Philippines, Portugal, Romania, Rwanda, Singapore, Slovakia, Solomon Islands, South Korea, Tonga, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan.
Those were all more minor players, with these as the major:
Australia: 2,000 invasion, Poland: 200 invasion—2,500 peak, Spain: 1,300 invasion, United Kingdom: 46,000 invasion, United States: 150,000 to 250,000 invasion.
TIL. I thought they were just related in the way cabbage and broccoli are related, not that summer squash is literally just an immature gourd. Dunno how this knowledge escaped me when I ate a stupid amount of summer squash as a kid.
God, it would be great if this led to actual consequences
I had a family member make a decorative dough version of this one year in the 90s, when making decorations out of salt dough was all the rage.
It was pumpkins? I have always been taught squash. Or is this a calabaza = squash and pumpkin translation issue maybe?
Imagine going outside for a smoke and the crows just start circling. Frantically puffing and fighting them off with your spare hand.
I refuse! I REFUSE!!
I’ve got a lot of anti-Trump thoughts, how much are they paying for them?
Really doubt it 😌
See also: internet men any time someone uses the phrase “toxic masculinity.” I don’t think I’ve seen it come up a single time without dudes getting Big Mad (and ironically listing a bunch of shit that shows how terrible toxic masculinity is for men with zero self awareness)
ICE can watch this: 🫱(‿¤‿)🫲
That’s for patient use only! You’ll have to transition first if you want to use it.
Oh, you can make a spreadsheet real upset if you refer something to the wrong cell.
I’m a generative AI hater and not a mod, so this is just my opinion, but if you’re wanting to post AI edits I’d prefer for it to happen exactly how you did it here: post the unedited version first, then the edited version in the comments, with disclosure that AI was used.
My initial reaction is that it looked fine, but on closer inspection you can tell that other aspects of the photo have also been changed. The wear and unevenness in the tail feathers has been smoothed over, and it seems a little confused on how to deal with the wispy feathers along the underside, near the legs. Whether that and any other changes are important is debatable, but it does take it one step further away from ‘real picture of a real bird.’ In my opinion as long as non-AI photos remain the focus of main posts and disclosure is mandatory, it shouldn’t be a problem to post AI edits in the comments.
Is that sweet cornbread? Answer carefully 😡🔪
But for real, looks great!
Same in Los Angeles. Maybe we’ll be spared?
Look for a creative reuse store for the art and craft version of this! I’ve got so much art shit on the cheap. So at least it’s less expensive for it to sit in the drawer 🥲
Given the time period it was made (ie, now) it’s entirely possible there was some artist who was ordered by a manager to use more AI in their work and was forced to edit the output to try to make it look less like shit.
We’re actually doing pretty good right now, drought wise! Over 80% of California isn’t considered in a drought, and what is in a drought is at the lowest level (D0, abnormally dry).
So, theoretically, this year shouldn’t be particularly terrifying during the Santa Anas.