The Kauaʻi ʻōʻō was the last surviving member of an entire family of Hawaiian honeyeaters that had existed for over 15 million years. By 1981 only a single breeding pair remained on the island of Kauaʻi. That same year a hurricane tore through the forest and destroyed the tree they were nesting in, almost certainly killing the female. The male survived alone. For the next six years he continued to do the only thing his biology told him to do — he sang his mating call into the forest every day, the same two-tone whistle he had always used to call a female to him, in a forest that no longer had one. In 1987 biologist David Boynton recorded him singing. The recording still exists. If you listen to it, you can hear him give his call, then go completely silent, waiting for the response that would tell him a female had heard him. Then he calls again. Then silence again. He does this over and over, each pause the length of time it would take a female to answer, in a forest that had already lost everything he was calling for. He was declared extinct in 2000. The recording is 54 seconds long. In those 54 seconds you can hear the entire story of what extinction actually sounds like — not a crash, not a dramatic ending, just one animal calling into silence and waiting, and calling again, and the silence giving nothing back. Auckland Museum Collections from Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand CC BY SA 2.0
Elon Musk settles fraud lawsuits over his $1 million giveaways to 2024 election voters-Tech billionaire and Republican megadonor Elon Musk on Thursday settled the two remaining lawsuits stemming from his $1 million giveaways to voters during the 2024 election, according to court filings, bringing a two-year legal saga to an end. During the final stretch of the 2024 presidential race, Musk’s super PAC started a daily $1 million giveaway to registered voters in battleground states, while Musk was urging voters to support Donald Trump. After the election, voters in a handful of battleground states filed proposed class-action civil fraud lawsuits against Musk and his political group, America PAC, which both deny wrongdoing. The voters claimed Musk duped them into believing that they’d have a fair shot at the money if they signed up for the sweepstakes — which included turning over their private data to his political organization. Musk had publicly stated that the payouts would be given away “randomly” to registered voters. But his lawyers later conceded in court that winners were “not chosen by chance” but rather were picked based on whether they would be a strong spokesperson for the pro-Trump super PAC. In court filings from the two separate cases on Thursday, lawyers for Musk and for the voters said they had settled the litigation. The filings did not describe the terms of the settlements. CNN has requested comment from Musk spokesman and the lawyers representing the voters who sued him for comment. This year, Musk has reprised his role as a Republican megadonor — with at least $276 million in donations to GOP candidates for the midterm elections. He has also continued to be one of the leading promoters of election-related disinformation, as he was in 2024. The Justice Department warned Musk back in 2024 that the million-dollar giveaways could violate longstanding federal laws against vote-buying. The Philadelphia District Attorney filed a lawsuit to shut down the sweepstakes while it was still happening, but a state judge ruled on the eve of Election Day that it could proceed. The bipartisan Wisconsin Election Commission concluded earlier this year that Musk likely broke state law with the cash giveaways.
have made like 3500 products in second life I was pondering stopping them all like when does it ever end it just gives me more time to blog and do art and meditate and relax and actually watch a movie once and awhile hahaha I have goals of doing most of my art in the virtual world but can only put so many porn pics of biceps before it gets to be a bit much lol
The bottleneck of the last five months pops open, like spiritual champagne. The stagnant, exhausting energy that made you feel like you were running through quicksand is dissolving. You have just survived the heaviest emotional season of the entire year. Pluto, the planet of death, rebirth and profound transformation, has been in retrograde since May 6th and on October 15th it stations direct in Aquarius. The deepest journey of the soul this year is complete. Aquarius is the air sign of freedom, awakening, individuality, truth and the future. When Pluto turns direct here, it transforms the way we live, connect, create, heal and step into our authenticity. It removes the people, places and things that no longer serve your soul’s highest timeline. We are entering a completely new energetic era, collectively and individually. Coming just days after the Libra New Moon on the 10/10/10 portal, the Universe asks us for balance in our life. If you have felt like things weren’t moving, and had to go back and rearrange your life, you are not alone. We have been on this journey together. Pluto governs deep transformations of the soul. Pluto, also known as the Lord of Karma, is massively clearing old karma and ancestral wounds from our life. Soul contracts are dissolving; a sudden detachment from people, places and situations because the karmic debt is paid. We have moved through old wounds, karmic cycles, fears, control patterns and soul lessons that needed healing for completion. We have outgrown relationships, situations and chapters that needed to fall away. Pluto’s energy has been relentlessly intense because it asks us for complete honesty and soul truth, but its ultimate purpose is transformation, liberation and to push us to the most authentic version of ourselves. But now the light-hearted, freedom-loving energy of Aquarius is here. The emotional rollercoaster of the last five months has given us the wisdom to change. Be open to change. The green light from the universe is here. Everything we learned in the dark is ready to be lived in the light. You may feel a rush of physical stamina, or a deep desire to create. Aquarius also questions structures and breaks down the illusion that we need external systems, gurus or figures telling us who we are or what is true. The power is being returned directly back to us. Pay attention to the sudden wave of clarity arriving in your life. The desire to set unshakeable boundaries. The physical symptoms; tiredness, waves of emotion surfacing from nowhere, vivid dreams, spiritual downloads. Surrender to the process. The time for hiding is over. The time for playing small is finished. Step into your own presence. Your own intuition is the highest spiritual compass. Trust it completely. Step outside, and speak these out loud with conviction, excitement, and a sense of victory. I celebrate my soul growth, my resilience, and my future. The path ahead is clear, the Universe supports my next steps. I am the architect of my own future and I claim my freedom today. I am the one I have been waiting for. I step forward into the life my soul came here to live. Read more about how October’s powerful energies are shaping your soul path in our free Acknowledgement Articles, above. Walk with wisdom. Live your soul destiny.
I feel it—-Pluto is moving forward in Aquarius after five months of retrograde, bringing the themes of power, accountability, and consequence into a new phase. In astrology, Pluto is associated with the truths people try to bury and the reckonings that unfold over time. Its influence reaches into the places where power has been misused, where trust has been broken, and where someone has mistaken another person's silence for permission to escape responsibility. This is why Pluto's return to direct motion carries such powerful symbolism for anyone who has spent years waiting for fairness. There is an enormous difference between getting away with something and being free of its consequences. A person can convince themselves that their behavior was justified. They can surround themselves with people who believe their version of events. They can build an entirely new life without ever admitting what happened in the old one. But refusing to acknowledge the harm you caused does not make you someone who never caused it. Every choice shapes your character, your relationships, and the kind of trust you are capable of sustaining. Time has a way of exposing the things people believed they could leave behind. The beautiful part of this turning point is what it represents for those who have already done the difficult work of moving forward. You have carried enough of the consequences of someone else's decisions. You deserve years that give you back your faith in fairness, your excitement about the future, and your belief that goodness is worth choosing. Whatever form justice takes, may it arrive with the peace of knowing that your suffering was never evidence that you deserved what happened. There is still so much good waiting to find you.
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Its the moment I been preparing for all year :) yesterday I got a call back from a dream job for an interview next week - its a union position auxiliary so fill in maybe leading to part time and its in a rec centre near me where I grew up - I have all they are looking for and finalized my two working references now I just have to show up and impress them hahaha so excited :) I looked at other recreation centres like the one I volunteer in and they needed first aid which I have no interest in that is what an ambulance is for lmao but saw this one on the municipal job board kind of excited I was worried one of my references would be bust cause she tends not to answer emails for awhile but she got back to me within an hour hahaha got all my ducks in a row I have everything they need hahaha I hope I get it if not I will probably reapply to the luxury condo I was passed up for a few years ago but like honestly rec centres and skools universities etc are the highest paying jobs in custodial I did not really feel confident enough or prepared enough until about a month ago :) it helps I grew up in the area I want to work in all my life too
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Will be able to afford luxe pastries now lmao
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