Dead birds not poisoned

That mysterious bird die-off that closed Downtown Austin for several hours on January 8th was apparently not caused by poisoning, which is the cause that I predicted. Instead the birds were found to be carrying huge multi-species parasite loads. What caused that is still unclear.

The article.

Iraq: the most important issue, and useless as a way to choose a candidate

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3:00 snapshot, #3

I was putting this hawk back in her cage when my alarm went off. She's the same hawk that's in my icon.