We came across one of the local families of Canada Geese yesterday, and it wasn't until I commented that the goslings were almost fully grown that it occurred to me that the HOA doesn't seem to have conducted its annual goose culling this year. I mentioned my objections to this in the past, and got some information back about the hygiene problems of goose poop as well as some interesting data on just how not endangered such geese are in these parts. Learning the HOA was properly following the law and had some theoretically good reasons to do so left me with no choice but to accept the situation. So this leaves me pleasantly surprised that things are different this year. I'm quite familiar with how territorial and aggressive these birds can be, but have always been shocked at how chill the local geese are. Perhaps it's all the bullying they suffer at the hands (or wings, rather) of the swans. Either way, it was nice to realize that the geese are getting the chance to live their best lives this year. Hopefully it's a trend going forward.

Obituary: William Calley, Army officer and face of My Lai Massacre, is dead at 80 - The Washington Post.

Loosey Goosey Round-up
Thanks Ant, Neutronbeam, and Max.

Stories

• How Did the Park Fire in Northern California Get So Big? - The New York Times.

Science

• Common Drug May Extend Women's Fertility by Years, Early Results Show - ScienceAlert.
• Maglev titanium heart now whirs inside the chest of a live patient - New Atlas. Thanks Reddit.
• How an emerging disease in dogs is shedding light on cystic fibrosis - Phys.org.

Media

• "Blokes Losing Their Focus Completely" - Pitch Invaders! - Ozzy Man Reviews (NSFW).
• I Worked For MrBeast, He's A Fraud - DogPack404.
• Hotter Than Hot Ones - Guinness World Records (NSFW). I like spicy food, but these are like inverse IQ tests.
• Yukon woman survives bear attack thanks to plastic hairclip. Cheaper than bear spray. Thanks RedEye9.

Follow-up

• COVID-19 concerns- 'People just don't care' - Los Angeles Times.
• The Brainstem Fine-Tunes Inflammation Throughout the Body - Quanta Magazine.

The Funnies

• Avenge Me - Savage Chickens.