Next Draft - Bad News, Bears
Humans are notorious for trying out new diets. Polar Bears are less prone to feeding fads, but they are in the process of having what could be the most limiting diet plan thrust upon them. Cutting carbs? Limiting sugar? Decreasing portion size? The secret is actually limiting ice. Do that and the pounds just melt away. It turns out that the Ursus Maritimus is bearing the brunt of human-caused climate change. Less ice means a less extensive feeding season, so Polar Bears need to find ways to adapt, from eating new foods to expending less energy. "Scientists tracking 20 polar bears in Manitoba, below the Arctic Circle at the southern end of the animals’ range, found that the option the polar bears chose didn’t make much difference. Bears who foraged generally got just enough calories from their small meals to replenish the energy they spent finding them, but not enough to maintain their body mass." NYT (Gift Article): Is That Polar Bear Getting Enough to Eat? "Scientists collected video from 20 bears during ice-free months to understand whether the animals can survive longer periods on land in a warming world." (If people are behind the problem causing bears to be hungry, there's a pretty obvious solution. But it's less than appetizing for humans...) 2For Goodness Sake"A bipartisan majority in the U.S. Senate voted 70-to-29 to advance a $95 billion foreign aid package" to support Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan. But it's in serious danger of getting blocked by Mike Johnson and the House GOP, who are kowtowing to the demands of a 91-time indictee who just invited Russia to attack our NATO allies. The excuse is that the bill doesn't include any border funding ... which was rejected by Mike Johnson and the House GOP. Sad times. 3Big Sky High"It boiled down to money. He could make so much more profit from drugs he sold here than in any other place." What do downtown San Francisco and rural Montana have in common? Fentanyl. Mexican drug cartels are targeting America’s ‘last best place.' "Cracking down on the drug trade is especially challenging in a state as vast as Montana where law enforcement struggles to police the wide-open spaces and Indian reservations rely on under-funded and short-staffed tribal police forces. On at least one reservation, tribe members formed a vigilante group in a desperate bid to fight drug-related crime." 4Ill Informed"We have a Bill of Rights that constrains what the state can do ... We have statutory codes that constrain what people can be convicted and punished for, and codes that say how much punishment is appropriate. And then we suspend nearly all those rules when it comes to informants." The New Yorker's Charles Bethea: What Do We Owe a Prison Informant? "A man in Georgia says he risked his life for years and was abandoned. But there are very few rules protecting those who provide law enforcement with information." 5Extra, ExtraSomeone's Gonna Get Hurt: "Serious threats to U.S. federal judges have more than doubled over the past three years, part of a growing wave of politically driven violence." 6Bottom of the News"About a third of the staff at Waltham work in its research labs. The other two-thirds are dedicated to feeding, training, exercising and maintaining the living spaces of the real stars of the show: the 200 dogs and 200 cats that live at Waltham and test the products developed there." 200 cats, 200 dogs, one lab: the secrets of the pet food industry. Dave Pell, Managing Editor, Internet Read my 📕, Please Scream Inside Your Heart, or grab a 👕 in the Store. |
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