To be clear this is an unlikely worst case scenario where we change nothing. But the fact that such a thing is even possible in so short amount of time is pretty stunning.
this post was submitted on 06 Dec 2024
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You do realize who was just elected for president? Doing nothing isn’t the worst case scenario. Reverting the progress we’ve made so far will be. And it seems likely that’s what’s going to happen.
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That seems low, honestly. Aren’t like 1/5 of birds already gone?