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elliottnotyet · 5 days

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I'm funny

[Image ID: Three cards from the card game Nest fanned out beside the deck. The card Duck has a picture of a mallard with a green head and brown wings. The text below says: Quack. Give a card from your nest to the hand of the first player who quacks back. The second card is a Cow Bird. The art is of a blueblack bird with a brown head on a branch. The text below says Play this card in an opponents nest. That player then chooses a card from their nest to add to your hand. The last card is the Arctic Tern. The art is of a white bird with black feathers on the top of its head. The text below says take another turn. End ID]

#the cards are all supposed to be against the player holding them but i couldn't resist the pun with the arctic turn #nest #card games #card game design #game design #card game art #Duck #Cow Bird #Arctic Tern #birds #image id #artist described #art

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nncastle · 1 year

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Mama bird has been busy. And yes, that’s a cow bird egg.

#cow bird #nest #birds #eggs

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intersectionalpraxis · 24 days

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"If a pig catches both a human influenza A virus and an avian influenza A virus at the same time, it can spark a process known as viral reassortment — a genetic exchange in which flu viruses swap gene segments." "Those swaps can introduce dramatic changes, producing a new virus with certain properties of a non-human strain coupled with the capacity to infect and spread between people." "The death rate in humans may be upwards of 50 per cent, World Health Organization data suggests, though it's possible that milder infections are getting missed, skewing the case fatality ratio. Still, in a population that's never been exposed, the global impacts could be dire." "More human cases could also be happening under the radar among farm workers who've moved to the U.S. from abroad, don't speak English as their first language, and may be hesitant to seek medical help, he added." "So I think there's probably underreporting on both sides," Armstrong said." "If [H5N1] gets into a population where there's constantly animals going in and out … it might not ever leave."

I've been watching this develop for the past several days, and apart from being terrified most people will not take this seriously (I've seen a handful of people already shout conspiracy on social media and it's alarming to see, as always). What I wanted to point out is that pandemics are going to continue to be our 'normal.' I watched a great video on YouTube a while ago (I believe it was by Vice?) that touched base on how this is going to become our new reality because of multiple factors (such as our proximity to animals, and environments/etc). It was when Covid hit and they did a piece debunking some of the misinformation floating on the internet. If I can find it I will post it here because it was informative and relevant to pretty much any world crisis we will see around any virus that spreads among a human population.

This post isn't trying to fear monger anyone, I just hope more people are aware of what is happening because this is important to talk about. There are already cases (of cows getting this bird flu) in the US, and I won't be surprised if there will be instances in more countries around the world. As usual, keep washing your hands/keeping good hygiene practices, masking up (and if you aren't I hope you consider it), and taking precautions if you do happen to visit/work or go near a pig or poultry farm too:

I'll keep track of this here of course, but please stay informed folks. And also FU to any governments who will try to minimize this or try to diminish the severity until it's too late and community spread happens like Covid because their actions are influenced by capitalistic interests.

Update (April 7th, 2024, 9:32pm EST): to anyone wondering where some of the source information originates from -here is a link to the CDC. They are tracking documented avian virus outbreaks in the US and the public can access it here:

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lunarlotuscove · 21 hours

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Cute cowbird wandering around

Saturday April 20th 2024 2:08pm

#2024 #april #animals #bird #cowbird #cowbirds #cow bird

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tiktoks-for-tired-tots · 8 months

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#tiktok #bears #birds #cows #sunshine

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slack-wise · 2 months

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#bird #birds #cow bird #cow birds #song #animals #videos #Youtube

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daily-spooky · 3 months

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halorvic · 27 days

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Futurama S11E07

#sigh.#sars cov 2 #covid 19 #futurama #gotta love how they are once again downplaying the seriousness of the developing h5n1 situation too #definitely not concerning that many mammals in the wild are being infected by birds #and definitely not concerning that cows and chickens are being infected now #and about 3 detected cases in humans (so far)#it's nothing serious anyway - it's not like viruses can keep spreading and mutating if left to spread without appropriate mitigations!#that's never happened before! it's definitely not happening with anything else right now!#''ABC'' right????#so weird and ''random'' that cases of rsv flu tuberculosis mpox measles are popping up constantly everywhere these days right??#love this new normal!!!#ppl continue killing and disabling themselves and other ppl and FOR WHAT #FOR FUCKING WHAT

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theyshapedlikefriends · 3 months

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Sunlemon - LOST ANIMALS

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homeofhousechickens · 1 year

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A loon has the absolutely worst day ever.

Raptor Education Group Inc (you can find the post on facebook) says there is a "Loon Fallout" happening currently in Wisconsin due to the weather conditions causing loons to crash land. If your in that area and you see a Loon throw a towel over it and get it to a rehab so they can check it over and release it into an appropriate body of water. Don't throw them in ponds as they need quite a large body of water to get air borne. They cannot walk but their beaks can be dangerous so be careful.

#cows #loons #loon #birds #bird

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elliottnotyet · 1 month

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Day 21 of Marchirp: Nest

I made a card game called Nest and so I came up with Marchirp to motivate me to finish illustrating all 14 birds lol.