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Even as an advertiser (especially as an advertiser), I am convinced that outlawing advertising is the best thing we can do for our world now. More than gun control. More than tackling climate change. More than lowering the price of eggs. Removing these advanced manipulation tools would force everyone—politicians included—to snap back into reality. By outlawing advertising, the machinery of mass delusion would lose its most addictive and toxic fuel.

I started out reading this smugly saying to myself yeah, right.

But by the end I'm sold. Let's ban advertising.

We can start small, maybe with city ordinances. Then roll it out county wide, then at the state level. Once other states see how quiet and sane things can be, they'll adopt the ban too. The ones that don't will remain snarling islands of rage & delusion until the people move away.

Belka and Strelka, prior to the launch of Korabl-Sputnik 2.

Korabl-Sputnik 2, launched on August 19, 1960, was the first spaceflight to send animals into space and safely recover them. Joining Belka and Strelka were forty mice, two rats, and various plants. 25 hours after launch, the spacecraft returned to Earth.

Korabl-Sputnik 2 was pivotal in certifying the Vostok spacecraft that would carry the first human, Yuri Gagarin, to space eight months later.

A year later, Strelka had a litter of puppies, one of which, Pushinka, was given to First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy as a goodwill present.

yeah idk im hearing weird stuff about my hands every day lol. i guess it is a bit short, i never noticed before.

Emerald Moth (Paramaxates sp.), family Geometridae, Malaysia

The waters of the lake had receded because of a drought the previous year. (...) Suddenly Machli became alert as the prehistoric reptile lumbered towards her. She watched intently and when it was about 25 feet from her she attacked it. The 12-foot crocodile was taken completely by surprise. He could not get back to the safety of the water and now had to confront a ferocious tigress out to defend her cubs and her kill. The crocodile put up a valiant struggle with flailing tail and snapping snout but it could not match the agility of the tigress. She was half his size but they battled for nearly an hour. (...) This was the first ever encounter between a tiger and crocodile in the wild to have been recorded. Ranthambhore’s tigers were once more rewriting the chronicles of natural history. That dry season Machli killed three more crocodiles.

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