SoylentNews is people
SoylentNews
posted by
martyb
on Monday April 27 2020, @01:32AM
from the so-long,-and-thanks-for-all-the-fish dept.
from the so-long,-and-thanks-for-all-the-fish dept.
Dolphins reclaim Bosphorus as virus silences Istanbul:
A lull in boat traffic and a fishing ban in Istanbul forced by the coronavirus pandemic has proved good news for some of the city's most-loved inhabitants—the dolphins that swim in the fish-rich waters of the Bosphorus Strait between Europe and Asia.
[...]Spotting dolphins in the Bosphorus—a usually very busy narrow waterway connecting the Mediterranean to the Black Sea right through the heart of Istanbul—is often a source of joy for the city's residents.
But the lockdown has meant fewer ships and more fish in the water, encouraging the mammals to come closer to shore and prompting more frequent sightings.
How long before deer are sighted in Central Park?
This discussion has been archived.
No new comments can be posted.
Dolphins Reclaim Bosphorus as Virus Silences Istanbul
|
Log In/Create an Account
| Top
| 30 comments
| Search Discussion
The Fine Print: The following comments are owned by whoever posted them. We are not responsible for them in any way.
It's not reality that's important, but how you perceive things.
(Score: 5, Interesting) by Ethanol-fueled on Monday April 27 2020, @02:06AM (4 children)
People are now starting to realize that city life even in San Diego has no fucking redeeming qualities once you take away the beach, restaurant access, nightlife, universities, and freedom of movement. Fortunately some parks have already opened and beach access will be opened tomorrow, so we'll hope that goes well. The rate of wearing PPE for family and dog walks I see around here is approximately 65%, the rate for joggers and cyclists is probably like 15-20%.
Anyway, that's a good thing. People will seriously start to consider decentralizing the population and pushing massive changes toward allowing people to lawfully choose working from home (like Germany just did). City folk will have more respect for those rural hicks they spent the past 50 years demonizing and there will be more mingling, although unfortunately that will lead to Californians and New Yorkers moving to South Dakota and voting for dumb-ass policies. That is a double-edged sword, for city folk could also be seduced by the rural conservative/libertarian way of life and start firing guns and doing all that hipster shit like meat slaughter and chopping firewood for real. And of course our supply chains will hopefully move back.
It will lead to our AG industry becoming more mechanized as it should have already been done if there were no cheap quarterly highs of Mexican labor, and a newfound disdain for all the H1-B's and other visa abusers in the country while Americans are out of work.
(Score: 2) by takyon on Monday April 27 2020, @02:30AM
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starlink [wikipedia.org]
[SIG] 10/28/2017: Soylent Upgrade v14 [soylentnews.org]
(Score: 2, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 27 2020, @02:38AM
Da fuk? You finally got sober now? You still dumb as rock, but at least sober.
Did some jew sock some sense into you thick skull?
Nah... some chollo kicked his head more likely.
(Score: 3, Informative) by ChrisMaple on Monday April 27 2020, @07:03AM (1 child)
San Diego has a really good zoo.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 27 2020, @01:50PM
Oww! Damned with faint praise.
I heard their Mexican food's great, if you don't want to drive the extra 20 minutes to TJ.