In the western hemisphere there is also the Bat Falcon (they are known to hunt hummingbirds too). In Africa there is the Pygmy Falcon.

And the smallest falcon in the world is in Malaysia: Black-thighed Falconet

typically measuring between 14–16 centimetres (5.5–6.3 in) long, with a 27–32 centimetres (11–13 in) wingspan, which is a size comparable to a typical sparrow

This falconet mainly feeds on insects, including moths, butterflies, dragonflies, alate termites and cicadas, occasional small birds, and lizards. Feeding behavior appears to often be social, with feeding parties up to ten recorded.

TIL you cook plutonium in cast iron skillets

If we can get rid of MS and keep PS as a community project, that’d be nice.

Got a text from someone that has been interacting with some folks from Taiwan on an international trip. This was how they described the situation.

They are in their 60’s and grew up in Taiwan and own an apartment in Taipei, returning often, both speak Mandarin. They said the Taiwanese do NOT fear China, that is the opinion of the US government.

if you wrote this as fiction, it would be too exaggerated and surreal

According to Federal spending data, the Army, Air Force, Navy, and Defense Logistics Agency paid the companies more than $4 million since 2011, though it’s unclear how much of that business involved re-labeled forklifts. The company also had contracts with other federal agencies like the State Department and the Department of Homeland Security.

lmao

Federal authorities allege that the forklifts were actually produced at a factory in Zhejiang, China, and shipped to U.S. ports in California, Washington and Puerto Rico. U.S. customs agents applied a 25% tariff on the imported forklifts, a levy imposed by the Trump administration in 2018.

so they were paying Trump tariffs in the Chinese forklifts, and this was still a profitable scheme lol, how much of a price gap are we talking about with US govt contracts?

The three executives and two companies were charged with wire fraud and conspiring to bring goods into the U.S. under false statements. The men could face 20- and five-year sentences and up to $500,000 in fines.

“copy image” uses less than 0.01% of the resources used when generating an AI image

The “stealing art” thing is more about AI providing no way to trace back to the original works that were used to train it. It is completely opaque. With art that is copied for a meme, that is not really the case as it is not obfuscated in the same way. Often the art is easily recognized or can be located via a reverse image search.

AI as a tool can be useful, but so far most iterations are entirely in service to capitalist speculation. Burning through resources to generate aesthetic goo to hype up speculation deserves all the scorn that can be heaped upon it.

“The philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways. The point, however, is to change it.”

Not Daddy!?!?

Any info on the Xi photo? Because it is amazing.

This would be like a photo of Netanyahu sitting down to a meal with Gazans if you actually believe all the ‘China is doing a genocide’ propaganda.

cultural Marxism, antifa, communist dictator, wokeism

capital is very inventive when it needs scapegoats

Armadillo

those wetlands are such a waste of space, why do we even care about them?

they can stop tanks in their tracks

oh if it is war related then here

Just stop allowing downvotes? That’s how it is in hexbear instance. Problem solved.

anyone have recommendations for good libre events alternatives?

more ethnically diverse

In a 2012 ruling by the Supreme Court on the issue, some of the judges on the panel discussed demography, and were inclined to accept that demography is a legitimate consideration in devising family reunification policies that violate the right to family life.

Those in favor of the law say the law not only limits the possibility of the entrance of terrorists into Israel, but, as Ze’ev Boim asserts, allows Israel “to maintain the state’s democratic nature, but also its Jewish nature” (i. e., its Jewish demographic majority).

I use Cinnamon. Things might be different with others, but the same concept should apply.