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Emergency Lawsuit Filed to Stop Trump Admin Meeting That Could INTENTIONALLY Drive a Whale Species to Extinction

“Burgum’s Extinction Committee is immoral, illegal, and unnecessary,” said the head of the Center for Biological Diversity, which warns it could put the final nail in the coffin of the extremely endangered Rice’s whale.

#whales #EndangeredSpecies #extinction #BiodiversityLoss https://www.commondreams.org/news/burgum-extinction-rices-whale

🐳💧 #Whales and #seals live in a #saltwater #environment where drinking the #ocean would be dangerous. These marine #mammals stay hydrated through a mix of high-efficiency kidneys and a biological process that turns the fat in their food into fresh #water.

👉 https://www.popsci.com/environment/how-do-sea-mammals-stay-hydrated/

#biology #science #nature #physiology #wildlife #ecology

How marine mammals stay hydrated in a salty sea

From chomping down on water-rich prey to very salty pee.

Popular Science
Scientists hunting #mammoth #fossils found #whales 400 km inland
It looked like Wooller and team might have found evidence mammoths lived in central #Alaska just 2,000ya. But #DNA revealed that two “mammoth” bones actually belonged to North #Pacific #rightwhale and a #minkewhale—which raised a whole new set of questions. The team’s hunt for Alaska’s last mammoth had turned into an epic case of mistaken identity, starring two whale species and a mid-century fossil hunter.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/02/scientists-hunting-mammoth-fossils-found-whales-400-km-inland/
Scientists hunting mammoth fossils found whales 400 km inland

Sometimes, new data raises more questions than it answers.

Ars Technica

Tump/Netanyahu war death toll


Iran: U.S.-based rights group HRANA said on Thursday that 3,186 people have been killed. It said 1,394 of those were civilians including at least 210 children.

Lebanon: Around 1,021 people have been killed in Israeli strikes since March 2, according to Lebanese authorities. The World Health Organization and Lebanese health authorities said more than 100 of those killed were children.


Iraq: At least 60 people have been killed, according to Iraqi authorities. Most of those were members of the Shiite Popular Mobilization Forces.


Israel: Fifteen civilians have been killed. The Israeli military said two of its soldiers were also killed in southern Lebanon. Four Palestinian women were killed in an Iranian missile attack in the occupied West Bank.


United States: Thirteen servicemembers have been killed in the Iran war.


United Arab Emirates: Eight people have been killed in Iranian attacks, including two army soldiers, according to the UAE defence ministry.


More: Syria, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Oman have each reported small numbers of deaths.

https://www.usatoday.com/live-story/news/world/2026/03/21/iran-war-trump-marines-live-updates/89249519007/?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=69bec7a3b2c4a20001d5e97d

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USA TODAY

United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby announced the company will cut flights by about 5%
as the company expects oil prices to remain high for the foreseeable future.

"The reality is, jet fuel prices have more than doubled in the last three weeks," Kirby said in a statement.

Thousands of non-Mexican migrants deported from the US
are being left in southern Mexican cities far from the border,
often without legal status or resources.

Many are elderly, ill, or have lived most of their lives in the US,
and now face unsafe conditions and limited access to aid.

Human rights advocates warn the policy violates international protections and leaves deportees in a 'quasi-stateless limbo.'

Cases include a trans woman deported to Honduras despite court findings of danger,
and a Salvadoran man protected under the "Convention Against Torture" who was later jailed after being returned to El Salvador.

Aid workers describe deportees as elderly, ill, and abandoned in violent areas,
with some dying shortly after arrival due to lack of medical care.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/homeless-and-stateless-deportees-from-us-are-trapped-in-mexico/ar-AA1Z6pPR?cvid=69becc76d65a485f9fd66c0c8d6a8e82&ei=22

MSN

The devastating toll of Iran’s counterattack on U.S. service members after Donald Trump’s surprise strikes on Iran is even more severe than previously known.

A deadly attack that killed six U.S. service members has also left dozens of others suffering from traumatic brain injuries,
memory loss,
and other “urgent” health issues
at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany,
the largest U.S. military hospital abroad,
CBS News reported Wednesday.

As of Tuesday night, more than 30 military personnel remained hospitalized at Landstuhl and other military hospitals
following the strike on a tactical operations center at the Shuaiba port outside Kuwait City on March 1.

The 20 who arrived at Landstuhl on Tuesday have injuries designated “urgent” by the military, according to CBS.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/military-hospital-flooded-with-injured-troops-from-trumps-iran-war/

Jaw-Dropping Scale of Troops Wounded by Trump’s War Is Leaked

Scores of U.S. soldiers were gravely injured—but the Pentagon has not been upfront about it.

The Daily Beast

ICE agents on Thursday pulled an accused MS-13 shotcaller out of a downtown federal courtroom,
catching attorneys and the judge off guard,
and casting uncertainty over the fate of his pending criminal trial.

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-03-20/in-rare-move-ice-drags-criminal-defendant-out-of-federal-courtroom

In rare move, ICE drags criminal defendant out of a federal courtroom

A criminal defense attorney said agents in plainsclothes pulled his client out of a federal courtroom Thursday. The Department of Homeland Security confirmed that ICE arrested his client that afternoon.

Los Angeles Times

RE: https://c.im/@cdarwin/116267886725252169

I hope every one of my american colleagues, including the ones living outside of the US, are phoning and emailing their reps off the hook, especially the ones who aren't directly impacted by it.

@ai6yr

But yes, let's create a fancy new gizmo that drives on it's own and creates a dependence on the manufacturer and whether or not they support it in the future. Because if it breaks, what then?

If they want to do something; make electric wheel chairs affordable, safer, repairable, and maintainable. But there is not enough money to be made there, so... Guess which option they'll pick.

OK, I will stop but ooh I am seething right now.