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US chicken companies pioneered restricting sleep to keep birds eating around the clock.

A new study (Li et al., 2026) recommends giving chickens just 2 hours of darkness nightly to maximize the time they spend eating. The study and photo are Chinese.

We know chickens have far better hapiness with 7–8 hours of darkness to sleep.

But they eat more when they are sleep restricted.

Yeah..I don't know but had to share. It was on the wall and looked like this.

Hiking in the Brecon Beacons yesterday. Heavy rain and wind, and terrible visibility.

Bachelor & Three Graces at Yosemite National Park

Mallerstang, Yorkshire Dales, England, UK.

The "mountain" on the horizon is not a mountain at all. It's a "chat" pile. One of many huge piles of mine tailings in what was the mining town of Picher, Oklahoma.

The intersection of Oklahoma, Kansas, and Missouri was once home to numerous large lead and zinc mining operations. The mining ceased over 50 years ago. Today, much of the soil and ground water is so severely contaminated with lead that the area was deemed uninhabitable. It comprises four of the largest EPA superfund sites in the United States.

I read about this place a while back and since I live only a couple hours away, I decided to make a quick trip out there. I can only describe the experience as surreal and sobering.

Safety Warning: Exploring places like this, especially alone, can be extremely dangerous. The ground here is so severely undermined that a US Army Corps of Engineers survey determined the entire area is at high risk of imment collapse. There are sinkholes everywhere.

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She got loads of attention from everyone and people wrote happy birthday messages on the barn announcement board. It made me so happy. I didn't get to spend as long as I wanted at the barn because I've had a tough day and it's hot outside. I made sure Sandy got the attention she deserves though and lots of treats.

My TBI symptoms are gone, thank goodness. I also was told my house insurance won't cover the foundation damage cause by a tornado spawning essentially on top of my house. The wind applied enough torque to twist my house slightly and it's beyond fucked.

I just want to get through the winter without the place falling into the ground. My dad wants to sign his place over to me when he goes to live the RV life in the spring, so if that happens, I can just sell my place to whoever the fuck will take it.

It's going to cost like over half the cost of the house to fix it. And that's only the foundation. There's a retaining wall that needs replaced, the erosion on the driveway from 10.5 inches of rain in a month needs filled on, my front porch is close to collapsing as is my patio roof, and a bunch of inside walls need fixed after the foundation gets fixed because they're cracking. Every day I notice more damage.

An old picture I have of a fox I encountered in camp.

Captured on Sony NEX-7 with a Sony E 55-210mm F4.5-6.3 OSS lens.

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From 20 years ago.

cross-posted from: https://pixelfed.ca/p/reef/1003955750309063798

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