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   jwz (jwz@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 08-Jan-2025 11:26:48 JST jwz

   Bald eagle dies of bird flu.

   Once again, this season's writers are a bit on the nose. She said they stopped and sat on Madison Street, north of Ogden Avenue, with the eagle for about a half hour after putting out the call for help. The raptor twice...
   https://jwz.org/b/ykf3

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     Viss (viss@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 08-Jan-2025 11:28:27 JST Viss

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     @jwz fuck me if that isnt the perfect allegory for us all now

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     jwz (jwz@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 08-Jan-2025 11:55:51 JST jwz

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     • Bruce Crosby

     @Bruce_Crosby Because birds do not survive bird flu, and transmission to other birds is nearly 100%.

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     Bruce Crosby (bruce_crosby@rettiwtkcuf.social)'s status on Wednesday, 08-Jan-2025 11:55:52 JST Bruce Crosby

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     @jwz So... It didn't die of bird flu, it was put down because it had bird flu. Why not attempt to treat it ?

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     patcanfield (patcanfield@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 08-Jan-2025 12:10:00 JST patcanfield

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     @jwz as more and more animals are disabled or Die Off, humans are ever closer to the same end. We are all dependent on each other---us, more likely, than them

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     Infoseepage #StopGazaGenocide (infoseepage@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 08-Jan-2025 13:51:20 JST Infoseepage #StopGazaGenocide

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     @jwz There were around a hundred bald eagles documented to have H5N1 through morbidity/mortality sampling in 2024. This is just the one that somebody got pictures of and wrote a news article on. If you extend back to 2022, it's over 600 dead eagles.

     https://www.aphis.usda.gov/livestock-poultry-disease/avian/avian-influenza/hpai-detections/wild-birds