Where I’m located the main culprits are bird flu, virulent newcastle disease, fowlpox and decreasing water quality due to things like algae and botulism.
Bunbury
joined 9 months ago
I volunteer in wildlife rescue. I can tell you ducks have had a rough 2 years.
Not just are politics slow, but it’s difficult getting governments aligned enough to:
- see the danger (some right wing governments may be more reluctant)
- agree that publicly acknowledging the danger is the best way to go
- actually do the thing
And at the same time I’m sure they asked less of some of the clowns this administration DID give a security clearance.
The study results look really promising. I think it would be an amazing thing for society as a whole. I just also think it won’t happen because (some) humans get really bent out of shape when they think others are suffering less than they think they should be suffering.
I’m in an environment with various level of sensitive data, including very sensitive data. Think GDPR type stuff you really don’t want to accidentally leak.
One day when we started up our company laptops Copilot just was installed and auto launched on startup. Nobody warned us. No indication about how to use it or not use it. That lasted about 3 months. Eventually they limited some ways of using it, gave a little bit of guidance on not putting the most sensitive data in there. Then they enabled Copilot in most apps that we use to actually process the sensitive data. It’s in everything. We are actively encouraged to learn more about it and use it.
I overheard a colleague recently trying to let it create a whole PowerPoint presentation. From what I heard the results were less than ideal.
The scary thing is that I’m in a notoriously risk averse industry. Yet they do this. It’s… a choice.
While I do volunteer in the field of wildlife rescue I’m also pretty sure this is an AI generated image.
However from what I can make out I do have some possible explanations:
A knife: Useful for things like cutting netting or fishing line or anything else an animal may get tangled up in.
A syringe: we don’t really use those ourselves as we aren’t vets, but some of our animals require antibiotics fast (within 2 hours of injury). Also euthanasia is usually done using a syringe.
Trash: the rest looks like the kind of trash one may find stuck to an animal, lodged in its throat, etc. Or it could just be litter that one would pick up to keep the wildlife area clean.
Same as the logo on the plastic packaging. Pretty sure this image is AI generated. My only question is: why???
I had an Apple laptop at the time, didn’t dual boot but did have to use some workarounds using Wine. I guess that’s kind of acknowledging Windows, but at least you’re not actually running it I guess? Basically it’s close to the way I use my Linux machine nowadays.
Chances are however that things have somewhat changed in the last 12 years and chances are it varies between (sub)degrees and universities. However I can guarantee you: you won’t be alone in not wanting to use windows. Being very OS picky is a tried and true tradition in the field. Find your kind of people and I’m sure you can troubleshoot any issues you encounter together.
As a cis female I never considered going for a traditionally male name. I do however have a gender neutral name I go by in certain circles. I also used to have a gender neutral account for online gaming.