Today is ...

- endangered numbat

Today is Endangered Species Day. The Endangered Species Act of 1973 was signed into law by President Nixon, back when Republicans actually still cared about stuff besides just gaining raw political power.



We're killing off most of the other animal and plant species. Many will try to appeal to people's self-interest by pointing out that it will inevitably kill we humans off too, but even that prospect doesn't motivate most people to stop the destruction. They just don't give a poop about living things other than themselves. We'll turn this planet into a lifeless dustball, thinking we can always move on to another lifeless dustball (Marrs). It makes me so depressed and angry.