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Denmark has a really low crime rate, so quite often local police districts will add some of the more curious stories to their daily police report.

Yesterday, the police district of the island of Funen reported the following:

A ring of fire rises over Western Australia as the Moon passes between the Sun and Earth during an annular eclipse in 2013.

Video credit: Colin Legg & Geoff Sims
Full video and more details: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap200615.html
#AltText4Me

Parker aka "His Majesty" sitting imperiously. #Caturday #catsofmastodon

City of Hope in Duarte, California, has maintained masking requirements, and this has prevented hospital-acquired #COVID19 there entirely, according to Vijay Trisal, MD, chief medical officer at City of Hope.

“Our policies enabled us to achieve zero nosocomial infections, zero outbreaks.”

https://www.cancertherapyadvisor.com/home/cancer-topics/general-oncology/mask-mandates-have-kept-one-cancer-center-free-from-covid-19-others-have-lifted-masking-requirements-despite-patient-concerns/

In 1995, 14 wolves were released in Yellowstone National Park.

No one expected the miracle that the wolves would bring.

It started with the wolves hunting the deer, this led to a rapid decrease in the deer population. The wolves' presence also made the deer avoid parts in the park where they were and easy prey.

Thanks to the deer's absence, those parts started to regenerate. Forests of aspen and willow trees started to flourish.

That's when things really started to happen. With trees and bushes came more berries and bugs. As soon as that happened, various bird species started moving in.

With the increasing tree population, also another species was attracted. The beaver, previously extinct in the region, moved back. And the dams they built provided habitats for otters, muskrats and reptiles.

The wolves also killed coyotes, which meant more hawks, red foxes, badgers and weasels in the park. Even the population of bald eagles and ravens rose.

But here's where it gets really interesting. The wolves changed the behavior of the rivers. With more balance between predator and prey came the possibility for other species to thrive. There was less erosion because of increased vegetation. And the river banks were stabilized, the channels narrowed, more pools formed, and the rivers stayed more fixed in their courses.

So the wolves did not only transform the great ecosystem of Yellowstone, they also changed the park's physical geography.

#nature #ecology #wolves #yellowstone #parks

Please observe this handsome gentleman in a bowtie.
#CatsOfMastodon #EdisonCarter

(please boost to help me gather more good tips)

So, Mastadon, please tell as one (or more) of your best sleeping advice. It could be about how you fall asleep faster, how you manage to sleep through the night without waking up, how you make the most of the time you have to sleep, what you do to help yourself feel better first thing in the morning. Anything you've tried and believe to be helpful that has to do with sleep.

Let's work together and help each other seep and feel better.

Katherine Johnson passed away in 2020, at the age of 101. Editorial cartoonist Steve Breen’s lovely tribute perfectly captured Johnson’s contributions to the US space program.

Credit: Steve Breen
Source: https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/opinion/steve-breen/story/2020-02-24/katherine-johnson-nasa-mathematician-dies-at-101

Like my little boii, it's time to get some sleeep

Gooodnight my dear friends! ❤️

👀 “A lawyer from Palm Beach County has filed one of the first legal challenges to disqualify #Trump from the 2024 presidential race under a clause in the U.S. Constitution's #14thAmendment.

Boynton Beach tax attorney Lawrence Caplan filed the challenge in federal court in the Southern District of #Florida citing the amendment's "disqualification clause" for those who engage in insurrections and rebellion against the United States” #2024election
https://www.palmbeachpost.com/story/news/trump/2023/08/25/florida-attorneys-14th-amendment-lawsuit-aims-to-disqualify-trump/70672653007/

This. This is what I think of when I hear people say that we should stop supporting #Ukraine or that we should negotiate with #Putin.
No. No we should not. We should not appease a murderous dictator nor should we negotiate with terrorists.
#RussiaIsATerroristState
#PutinIsaWarCriminal

Welcome, new followers!

Guns and white supremacy are killing us. And there is no one in the GOP willing to stand up to either.

Parece que hoje é dia mundial dos caninos. Feliz dia a todos os patudos! #cães

Oh, come on.
https://www.comicsands.com/alice-cooper-gender-affirming-care-2664383141.html?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=infeed&utm_campaign=linkprogram

currently trapped inside due to the 907th severe weather alert of the year, so I decided to draw a comic about it

From a story on #Louisiana #wildfires — "Nobody alive in Louisiana today has ever seen these conditions. It has never been this hot and dry for this long," Edwards said during Friday's news conference.

Mentions of #ClimateChange in the story: zero.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/louisiana-wildfires-tiger-island-fire-merryville/
h/t @alexwild