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"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
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Someone wake up Pliney XXXVII, and get him on a boat.
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"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
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"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
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"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
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Worst moment of your life, and best moment, within a ten minute period.
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Walt Disney would be so jealous.

The human body is amazingly durable and fragile.
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It's not me, it's someone else.
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Scientists fighting viruses set to kill 10M.

Serious question: Maybe we should let them?

Listen, I'm team people. However, natural selection is a real thing. Now look around the planet and the state of the human race. By preventing natural selection, are we actually hurting the future of humanity?
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I feel like natural selection has been dead for a while.
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A reminder that whether you believe in religion or science, we're all related and products of incest.
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Maybe Planet of the Apes was an accurate prediction?

They're going forward and we're going backwards.
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Not gross. Just interesting how strong that ink is.
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You've heard of it and probably watched movies where it is referenced, but here it is.

Take a virtual tour of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault.
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Leisher wrote: Mon Jun 10, 2024 1:04 pm Elephants call each other by name.
Neat.
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Here's a theory I've been toying with for a while now:

As some hipster once said, "Uh, uh, uh, nature...will find a way."

In every form of life from bacteria to man, there are ways that Mother Nature keeps things in balance. Turns out, Mother Nature is the OG of the "moderation is key" mantra. How does she do that? She's got lots of ways. Famine, disease, evolution, natural disasters, predators, etc. are all naturally occurring events that help to curb populations. Sometimes locally, sometimes globally.

Looking at predators specifically, they are not meant to completely eliminate a population, just keep it from getting out of control. They are also perfectly in tune with their region, which is why when a predator is introduced to a new region or something without a predator in a region, it causes chaos. It's why predators and prey each evolve their own adaptations to survive.

Back before cell phones, Ring cameras, security cameras on every corner, and Big Brother we had these entities called "Serial Killers". Yes, they're still around, but their numbers seem to be greatly reduced. I once saw an estimate that at any given time there were 50 active serial killers in the U.S. alone. Many of these people believed themselves to be acting for something greater and usually had a message for society. However, that aforementioned technology has really been a buzz kill for the traditional serial killer.

Did technology defang one of Mother Nature's balancing tools?

Are mass shooters Mother Nature's response?
"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
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