• slurpinderpin@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    We used to have thousands of these in my backyard as a kid every summer. Now I rarely see them. We’ve done a great job at destroying our ecosystems in record time. We’re so fucked

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      6 months ago

      The powers that be want us to go straight from “let’s vote harder” to “it’s over”. There’s a huge range of fucked we can be - if what is lost is worth crying over, then what’s left is worth fighting over.

    • casual_turtle_stew_enjoyer
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      6 months ago

      There are still some areas where they are common, they’re just more hidden now because the species is adverse to light pollution I’m pretty sure.