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NIKON D7100 – ƒ/4.5 1/320 105mm ISO400 – Inver Grove Heights, MN

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Open Thread | D- Day, 80 Years Later | 3CHICSPOLITICO

Back when we understood that the only good Nazi was a dead Nazi.
It’s been moving, seeing the last of the WWII soldiers make their way over to Normandy for the D-Day celebrations. Watching the old soldiers being thanked by the new soldiers.
The imagery at the American cemetery of all those soldiers lost…all those white crosses. The simplicity of using the sand to bring out the names of the fallen soldier. All incredibly moving.

Source: Open Thread | D- Day, 80 Years Later | 3CHICSPOLITICO

H5N1 Bird Flu Isn’t a Human Pandemic—Yet | Scientific American

…When H5N1 avian influenza started spreading among dairy cattle across the U.S. this year, regulators warned against consuming unpasteurized milk. What happened? Raw milk sales went up.

Distributors of this unsafe-for-human-consumption product deny H5N1—which has the potential to sicken millions of people—is a danger. Dairy farmers decline to allow disease detectives onto their properties…

Source: H5N1 Bird Flu Isn’t a Human Pandemic—Yet | Scientific American