In addition, old nests can also harbor parasites and pathogens that might be harmful to the birds.
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Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
7 Mar. 2025
These real-world parasites have inspired everything from horror movies to the hit HBO series The Last of Us, which envisions a future where a mutated Cordyceps fungus jumps to humans.
Things take a turn when Smokey's drug supplier demands $200 by 10 PM or they'll be killed, but the pair is easily distracted by conflicts with the resident bully, Craig's jealous girlfriend, and various neighborhood moochers and petty criminals.
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Danny Horn,
EW.com,
18 Aug. 2024
The hikes, which go into effect on September 1, are part of a larger effort to crack down on membership moochers and boost revenue for the warehouse chain.
It was made clear weeks ago that this was in part a database quirk in the agency and in part a general lack of understanding that a country with more than 340 million people actually does have tens of thousands of centenarians and living dependents of centenarians.
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The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Mar. 2025
Despite these successes, vaccine-preventable diseases still infect millions of adults in the U.S. each year, leading to workplace disruptions and the neglect of dependents, such as children and elderly family members.
In a government that is already owned and operated by far-right cranks and hangers-on, Bongino can only do so much damage on his own.
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Ross Rosenfeld,
Newsweek,
26 Feb. 2025
Hackett, his bungalow neighbor Faye Greener (Karen Black), her vaudevillian has-been father (Burgess Meredith), assorted whores, hangers-on, venal studio executives, and a WASPy lunk — auspiciously named Homer Simpson (Donald Sutherland) — suckered by Hollywood’s erotic promise.
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