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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/29078004

The hoiho, or yellow-eyed penguin, won the country’s fiercely fought avian election on Monday, offering hope to supporters of the endangered bird that recognition from its victory might prompt a revival of the species.

It followed a campaign for the annual Bird of the Year vote that was absent the foreign interference scandals and cheating controversies of past polls. Instead, campaigners in the long-running contest sought votes in the usual ways — launching meme wars, seeking celebrity endorsements and even getting tattoos to prove their loyalty.

More than 50,000 people voted in the poll, 300,000 fewer than last year, when British late night host John Oliver drove a humorous campaign for the pūteketeke -- a “deeply weird bird” which eats and vomits its own feathers – securing a landslide win.

The judges agreed, until the conservatives sought to include an additional proposition that mandated anyone seeking to enforce the Constitution’s ban on insurrectionist candidates get congressional approval. Four justices—Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, Ketanji Brown Jackson, and Amy Coney Barrett—thought that idea went too far, and wrote concurrences in disagreement. Roberts himself wrote the majority opinion.

Roberts also took charge of the court’s ruling that declared the government went too far in charging those who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6.

He had initially assigned the case to Samuel Alito but abruptly took it over himself days after the Times revealed Alito’s wife Martha-Ann hung an upside-down U.S. flag—an emblem of the “Stop the Steal” movement, and propagated by some Jan. 6 rioters—outside his home, according to the Times. It was unclear whether the two episodes were linked; none of the justices answered the Times’ questions

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Infographic source: rykllan

https://x.com/_rykllan/status/1835310267904741878

• B1061 is the current flight leader at 22 flights. (B1062 reached 23 but failed recovery)
• B1067 in second place with 21 flights
• B1063 in third place with 20 flights.
• B1069 and B1071 tied for 4th place at 18 flights.
• B1073 in 5th place at 17 flights.

https://x.com/_rykllan/status/1835310271939723447

Artist: Nyoijizai | pixiv | danbooru

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A bit too salty. I place full blame on the fact that we did not have any fresh mushrooms, so I used canned, and they have sodium in them 😡. Otherwise it was bangin’. Everyone had multiple helpings. ~ I can’t believe how corny I sound. When did this happen to me? ~

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