Happy Soul Food Friday!
This week:
“It is not your duty to finish the work, but neither are you at liberty to neglect it”
Speak UP!
In Germany, they came first for the Communists, And I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a Communist.
And then they came for the trade unionists, And I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a trade unionist.
And then they came for the Jews, And I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a Jew.
And then… they came for me. And by that time there was no one left to speak up.
–Rev Martin Niemoller, January 1946
A beloved palm and pine tree mark California’s center. Now they’re being cut down:
Local residents are mourning the planned removal of the trees, symbols of the state’s northern-southern divide
I only went out for a walk and finally concluded to stay out till sundown, for going out, I found, was really going in…
— John Muir
Deaf Woman Falls 600 Feet Down a Mountain, Then Suddenly Realizes She’s Not Alone
A deaf college student went on a hike alone and fell 700 feet down a mountain. What she found was that there was something else down there, too. Here is the unexpected story of how she was rescued.
Why talking to animals could soon become a reality:
Snuffles will be taking over the world before you know it. You may think you know your pet, but what if they could actually talk to you? Well, veterinarian Jess French thinks we could be communicating with animals sooner than we expected, and that it could be “one of the biggest, most exciting technological advances in the next few decades.”
Why talking to animals could soon become a reality | BBC Science Focus Magazine
Elephants Are Doing Something Deeply Human:
They’re part of a growing list of animals that use name like calls. The best thing language has ever done for us, as far as I’m concerned, is give us the ability to talk with and about one another. Why bother with words if you can’t get your friend’s attention on a crowded street and pull them aside to complain about your nemesis? Language would be largely useless without names. As soon as a group is bigger than a handful of people, names become essential:
Elephants Are Doing Something Deeply Human – The Atlantic
Crows Have Been Keeping an Incredible Secret: They Can Count Out Loud Like Human Toddlers:
Scientists Have Revealed This Incredibly Human-Like Trait In Crows And I Am In Awe | HuffPost UK Life (huffingtonpost.co.uk)
Crows Can Count Out Loud Like Humans, Study Says (popularmechanics.com)
These ants perform life-saving amputations on each other:
Like battlefield medics, Florida carpenter ants are the first known animal to triage wounds and adapt treatments.
Carpenter ants perform life-saving amputations on each other (nationalgeographic.com)
“The greatest threat to our planet is the belief that someone else will save it.”
Conservationists stunned after spotting eagle species for first time in 500 years: ‘We are absolutely thrilled’:
“Their presence here is a testament to the power we all have to create positive change for our planet.” When was the last time a white-tailed eagle nested in Belgium? If you guessed around the time the first European explorer laid eyes on Manhattan, you’d be right. But in a remarkable twist of fate, these majestic birds, once widely distributed across Europe, are finally making a comeback in Belgium after a 500-year absence.
Please pay it forward and be a good steward for mother earth, because both Mother Earth (Climate Catastrophe) and Father Profit (Economic Meltdown) at the macro and micro levels are saying, “No Mas”!
Love,
Neville
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