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Today used as blood thinner, Warfarin's first commercial use was rat poison.

From Rebecca Taylor

A lifer owl for me. I was so excited! Plus I haven't seen many owls with its unique, heavily-barred dark features.

Black-banded Owl

Brazil

Nino Mangione, cousin of accused United Healthcare CEO killer Luigi Mangione, narrowly won re-election to the Baltimore County Council on Tuesday, edging out his Democratic challenger in what is considered one of the county’s purplest districts.

Mangione, a staunch MAGA Republican whose grandfather was a multimillionaire real estate magnate, won the seat representing District 5 with 48.7 percent of the votes, beating Democrat Shawn McIntosh.

The progressive group Indivisible called for Democratic lawmakers on Wednesday to replace Sen. Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) as Democratic leader after the party secured control of both chambers of Congress in Tuesday’s midterm elections.

“Yesterday, voters made it very clear that they want a new generation of Democratic fighters,” the group wrote in a social media post. “We need a leader in the Senate who is capable of leading that fight. It’s time for Senate Democrats to choose new leadership.”

The group cited the Democratic leader’s faltering approval ratings in its Wednesday statement. An NBC News poll conducted at the end of October found only 13 percent of registered voters viewed Schumer’s leadership positively.

“The American people did not elect Democrats by historic margins just to bend the knee and go back to business as usual,” Indivisible said in its statement. “Senate Democrats need to listen to the voters and turn the page on status quo politics.”

The paid opposition running the Democrats will not falter in their supporting of their Republican donors' causes.

From WildCare

A glue trap almost robbed this Great Horned Owl of his ability to fly.

On October 4th, only 16 minutes after our Wildlife Hospital opened its doors for the day, we began our initial exam on this heartbreaking intake.

His feathers were in an alarming state: pieces of the glue trap were stuck to his abdomen, tail, and right wing, leaving them sticky, matted, and bent. Once Medical Staff ensured he was stable, they immediately set to work on the delicate process of freeing him.

While glue traps are non-toxic, they are incredibly cruel. Animals caught in the adhesive don't die instantly. Instead, they face days of slow suffering from exhaustion, dehydration, and starvation. We are profoundly grateful to the caring neighbor who stepped in to rescue him before it was too late.

Under gentle sedation, our team gave the owl a specialized bath, carefully washing away the sticky residue with animal-safe solutions. X-rays confirmed that despite swollen tissue and misshapen feathers, no bones were broken and all feathers were intact.

Over the next few days, the owl's appetite, weight, and flight quality were closely monitored. Following one final cleaning session, his flight and body condition looked great, and he was deemed ready for release.

On October 9th, he flew free, back to the wild where he > belongs.

Please help us protect local wildlife by opting out of glue traps!

In October, fully electric cars took 37 percent of the new-car market: 94,086 of them, more than petrol and diesel cars combined for the second month in a row. Less than three years after the old subsidy was scrapped overnight and sales collapsed, the birthplace of the automobile is buying electric faster than its own car industry predicted!

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Germany’s best-selling electric car in October was Tesla's Model Y as it outsold the Volkswagen Golf, Germany’s best-selling car every year since 1981.

The catch is Tesla’s rhythm. Its German registrations swing with the delivery quarter, so the Model Y went from 299 in July to 8,038 in September, and the Tesla brand as a whole registered just 2,932 cars in October.

Over the full year sits second, outsold by Czech automobile manufacturer Skoda's Elroq that registered more than 3,000 cars in every month of 2026 through September and leads the year to date with 30,845, ahead of the Model Y.

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The top-10 brands in Germany according to the latest registration come exclusively from domestic brands: Volkswagen, Mercedes, and BMW.

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From Bonnie Ibister

These Barred Owls blend in so well.

I drove right by and had to turn around. Lucky he didnt fly away.

Let me know if you can find him.

Barkhamsted, CT

November 2026

An image with a caption and 2 photos. The caption reads, “everything reminds me of her.” The first image is a slice of kiwi that looks strikingly similar to a butthole, with little black kiwi seeds peppered in. The second image is Lindsey Graham.

https://lemmy.zip/post/74467755

cross-posted from: https://feddit.org/post/37641297

cross-posted from: https://reddthat.com/post/76089701

Artist: Dopeybunni | pixiv | ko-fi | patreon | danbooru

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/54934388

Finally StreetComplete has been approved on the App Store and everyone has now the possibility to download it: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6808344816

F-Droid download link: https://f-droid.org/packages/de.westnordost.streetcomplete/

PlayStore download link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.westnordost.streetcomplete

I highly suggest you this app in order to contribute to OpenStreetMap without background or any technical knowledge. Just open the app and answer to simple questions:

• Does this crossing have an island?
• Is this place still there?
• What can be left here for recycling? Furthermore by completing more and more quests the app will reward you with links to (FOSS) maps for different purposes: wheelmap, indoor, graphhopper, touchmapper.

I truly believe that this is the solution and way to get as many contributors as possible to improve the map, and make us less dependent on BigTech.

In case you want to see the site, here it is: https://streetcomplete.app/

Finally StreetComplete has been approved on the App Store and everyone has now the possibility to download it: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6808344816

F-Droid download link: https://f-droid.org/packages/de.westnordost.streetcomplete/

PlayStore download link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.westnordost.streetcomplete

I highly suggest you this app in order to contribute to OpenStreetMap without background or any technical knowledge. Just open the app and answer to simple questions:

• Does this crossing have an island?
• Is this place still there?
• What can be left here for recycling? Furthermore by completing more and more quests the app will reward you with links to (FOSS) maps for different purposes: wheelmap, indoor, graphhopper, touchmapper.

I truly believe that this is the solution and way to get as many contributors as possible to improve the map, and make us less dependent on BigTech.

In case you want to see the site, here it is: https://streetcomplete.app/