When reading about the Pleistocene, one gets the impression that the fauna were in general more badass than they are today. The biggest bears walking the Earth to date are the Kodiak bear (Ursus arctos middendorffi) and the polar bear (Ursus maritimus), both of which can reach adult weights of about 550 kg (1,210 lb). They're pretty badass and they definitely would make off with more than just your pic-a-nic baskets. But not more than 12,500 years ago, there...

June is when Finns crowd their lakesides for midsummer and corpses wash ashore for days. It's a good time to review amateur life-saving, as taught by professionals to my local Red Cross team. Posmella explains above how the pro version melds dozens of factors into fascinating coreography, but anyone without that skill should focus on a simple idea:

Doing this unthinkingly will get you killed.

An online stranger'...

And these children that you spit on
As they try to change their worlds
Are immune to your consultations
They're quite aware of what they're going through
David Bowie - Changes

I was born the week before John Lennon was shot on his doorstep, and just after my country elected a movie star as President. Punk music was born and immediately died the year I was born. The heaviest heartbeat in rock and roll stopped, and we were

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Intruso

Chapter Fifteen

The day Kalila died was perfect, right up 'til they found her dead in her stall.

--I like you! Bethany said to him that hot August morning after he'd been working with the horse for about an hour. This was convenient, because Gabilan liked Bethany too. A lot. She had brought a glass of lemonade down to the paddock.

--Hey! she said, smiling. Such beautiful teeth. Gotta take a break for a minute. Here. ...