Well that’s great to hear for the conservation efforts, even if locals are mainly in it for tourism money. I definitely plan on visiting Brazil someday to experience its beautiful biodiversity and help support nature tourism to these vulnerable areas.

A pic of the red-tailed Amazon parrot, from the Full Report article. :)

unmanageable crowds

Oh wow. Even with timed entry

It’s that serious delivery he does so well lol. This Ted 2 scene was brilliant

And Oaxaca‘s one of the safer states in Mexico. Maybe cartels are spreading there now.

Well I gotta post Swing Life Away by Rise Against

I would’ve said the tanning obsession, for health reasons, but that’s changed over the years.

Yes! More condos!

Same, but I was born in the U.S. to parents who legally immigrated. I know we’re not being targeted right now, but I just worry about the possibility of going to war with China in the future. There were Japanese internment camps after all.

Wonderfully said!

Seen over Highway 41, Fresno!

Honestly it’s way catchier than 50501 lol. Gets right down to the essence of what America is.

Geez, going to town on that ear lol

I think the bottom layer is condensed milk? What’s that top layer you got there? Some kinda whipped cream? I love Vietnamese coffee by the way!

Always sad when one of our music heroes dies. RIP to one of the world’s greatest songwriters and a true inspiration for those dealing with mental illness.

For real. One picture worth a thousand words.

And he HATES Donald Trump lol. Newsom’s been spitting fire in the news. It certainly feels like things have finally gotten personal for him.

Just saw that there’s !writing@hexbear.net too, which has the largest number of subscribers. But Lemmy.world has that instance blocked, so you would need a different account to access it

Probably !writing@beehaw.org ?

Breathtaking

That’s good to hear! I live in California and we have coyotes, deer, raccoons, and turkeys running around lol.

After looking it up, I just realized that hedgehogs are non-native to California and are illegal here, which explains why I’ve never seen one in the wild.