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Birding Shanghai in February 2022

10,000 Birds

Fortunately, Tianmashan is probably too hilly to ever be turned into a Tesla factory or a technology park. Pat Fish was the creative force behind a band called Jazz Butcher – he died in October last year. So, the local spa for Tristam’s Buntings … … and for Yellow-browed Bunting will probably stay open.

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On "EATING ANIMALS" by Jonathan Safran Foer

Animal Person

The good news is that if you know someone who needs to be schooled on all of the sordid details of factory farming, and appreciates good writing, this is a great book. Factory farming considers nature an obstacle to overcome" (34). Ever, in fact. But this plate also holds all of the animals that were killed for your serving of sushi.