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CHP golf outing a big success « The VW independent https://www.rawchili.com/5052829/ #business #City #classifieds #Convoy #Cougars #county #Crestview #golf #knights #lancers #lincolnview #Local #MiddlePoint #news #newspaper #NorthwestOhio #school #sports #VanWert

https://www.fogolf.com/1330304/chp-golf-outing-a-big-success-the-vw-independent/ CHP golf outing a big success « The VW independent #business #city #classifieds #Convoy #Cougars #County #Crestview #Golf #GolfNews #KNIGHTS #Lancers #Lincolnview #Local #MiddlePoint #news #Newspaper #NorthwestOhio #School #sports #VanWert

https://www.fogolf.com/1330304/chp-golf-outing-a-big-success-the-vw-independent/ CHP golf outing a big success « The VW independent #business #city #classifieds #Convoy #Cougars #County #Crestview #Golf #GolfNews #KNIGHTS #Lancers #Lincolnview #Local #MiddlePoint #news #Newspaper #NorthwestOhio #School #sports #VanWert

Bothell’s Jaylen McLaughlin commits to Washington State men’s basketball | Washington State University https://www.rawchili.com/nba/791888/ #Basketball #CougarBasketball #Cougars #Sports

Here are three questions BYU must answer this offseason to get back to the NCAA Tournament’s second weekend. https://www.rawchili.com/nba/791320/ #athletics #Basketball #BrighamYoungUniversity #BYU #CollegeBasketball #Cougars #ncaa #NCAABasketball #ncaab #Sports

Softball, baseball facilities getting facelift « The VW independent https://www.rawchili.com/mlb/746832/ #Baseball #Business #City #classifieds #convoy #Cougars #County #Crestview #Knights #Lancers #Lincolnview #Local #MiddlePoint #news #newspaper #NorthwestOhio #School #Sports #VanWert

More #DataCenters, more #environmental problems?

As #AI’s reach grows, the need for data centers multiplies. So, too, could the #EcologicalImpacts without hands-on mitigation.

By Ambika Kandasamy, Sep 24, 2025

Excerpt: "A December 2024 preprint of a study from researchers at the University of California, Riverside, and California Institute of Technology outlined the toll of AI-related #AirPollution. 'AI contributes substantially to air quality degradation and public health costs through the emission of various criteria #AirPollutants,' the authors wrote.

"Other forms of #pollution, such as light and noise, also could be problematic. Neil Carter, an associate professor at the University of Michigan’s School for Environment and Sustainability, has studied the links between #SensoryPollution and conservation. While he hasn’t researched #AIDatacenters’ impact on #wildlife specifically, he says AI data centers potentially could be '#SensoryDangerZones.'

" 'Sensory danger zones are basically where we have reason to believe that the amount of light and the amount of noise is exceeding thresholds by which you can imagine there being a fitness consequence for species,' Carter says. 'And they may not be able to carry out the necessary functions that they normally would.' Research by Carter and his colleagues has explored how #LightPollution, for example, could disrupt the dynamics between predator and prey species, such as #cougars and #MuleDeer. Their research also has looked into how #AnthropogenicSounds could affect reproduction in #birds including the #NorthernCardinal, #OakTitmouse and #BarnSwallow.

"To address some of these issues, experts recommend adopting sustainable strategies when building and operating AI data centers and when using AI. The decisions 'we make today will be having an impact on the public health for many years to come, due to the long life span for data center projects,' says Shaolei Ren, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of California, Riverside, and an author of the #AirPollution study."

Read more:
https://www.nwf.org/Home/Magazines/National-Wildlife/2025/Fall/Conservation/AI-Data-Centers

#Datacenters #EnvironmentalImpact #NoisePollution #EndangeredSpecies
#DataCenterMoratorium #AISucks
#NoDatacenters
#HyperscaleDatacenters #ResistDatacenters #Resistance
#FightBack #DatacentersSuck
#AIResistance #AISucks
#AIDataCenters

More #DataCenters, more #environmental problems?

As #AI’s reach grows, the need for data centers multiplies. So, too, could the #EcologicalImpacts without hands-on mitigation.

By Ambika Kandasamy, Sep 24, 2025

Excerpt: "A December 2024 preprint of a study from researchers at the University of California, Riverside, and California Institute of Technology outlined the toll of AI-related #AirPollution. 'AI contributes substantially to air quality degradation and public health costs through the emission of various criteria #AirPollutants,' the authors wrote.

"Other forms of #pollution, such as light and noise, also could be problematic. Neil Carter, an associate professor at the University of Michigan’s School for Environment and Sustainability, has studied the links between #SensoryPollution and conservation. While he hasn’t researched #AIDatacenters’ impact on #wildlife specifically, he says AI data centers potentially could be '#SensoryDangerZones.'

" 'Sensory danger zones are basically where we have reason to believe that the amount of light and the amount of noise is exceeding thresholds by which you can imagine there being a fitness consequence for species,' Carter says. 'And they may not be able to carry out the necessary functions that they normally would.' Research by Carter and his colleagues has explored how #LightPollution, for example, could disrupt the dynamics between predator and prey species, such as #cougars and #MuleDeer. Their research also has looked into how #AnthropogenicSounds could affect reproduction in #birds including the #NorthernCardinal, #OakTitmouse and #BarnSwallow.

"To address some of these issues, experts recommend adopting sustainable strategies when building and operating AI data centers and when using AI. The decisions 'we make today will be having an impact on the public health for many years to come, due to the long life span for data center projects,' says Shaolei Ren, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of California, Riverside, and an author of the #AirPollution study."

Read more:
https://www.nwf.org/Home/Magazines/National-Wildlife/2025/Fall/Conservation/AI-Data-Centers

#Datacenters #EnvironmentalImpact #NoisePollution #EndangeredSpecies
#DataCenterMoratorium #AISucks
#NoDatacenters
#HyperscaleDatacenters #ResistDatacenters #Resistance
#FightBack #DatacentersSuck
#AIResistance #AISucks
#AIDataCenters

A 24-team playoff field would have benefited BYU https://www.rawchili.com/nfl/887210/ #BYU #CollegeFootballPlayoff #Cougars #ExpandedPlayoff #Football #KalaniSitake #NCAA #NCAAFootball #TheCougars

Since I'm away from home/Asher until Sunday night, you're getting #taxidermied #cougars #caturday 😺

https://www.niwra.org/

#puma #wildlife #predator #VancouverIsland #nonprofit #Errington #taxidermy #VanIsle

Since I'm away from home/Asher until Sunday night, you're getting #taxidermied #cougars #caturday 😺

https://www.niwra.org/

#puma #wildlife #predator #VancouverIsland #nonprofit #Errington #taxidermy #VanIsle

Prey Size Affects Dynamics Between Cougars And Wolves in Yellowstone

"How do two apex predators, cougars and wolves, compete and coexist?"

#SciComm by @GrrlScientist

#wolves #cougars #Yellowstone #CoExistence #ApexPredators #PreyDynamics #ecology https://grrlscientist.medium.com/prey-size-affects-dynamics-between-cougars-and-wolves-in-yellowstone-f47fc9d76654

Prey Size Affects Dynamics Between Cougars And Wolves in Yellowstone

"How do two apex predators, cougars and wolves, compete and coexist?"

#SciComm by @GrrlScientist

#wolves #cougars #Yellowstone #CoExistence #ApexPredators #PreyDynamics #ecology https://grrlscientist.medium.com/prey-size-affects-dynamics-between-cougars-and-wolves-in-yellowstone-f47fc9d76654

Prey Size Affects Dynamics Between Cougars And Wolves in Yellowstone

"How do two apex predators, cougars and wolves, compete and coexist?"

#SciComm by @grrlscientist 

#wolves #cougars #Yellowstone #ApexPredators #PreyDynamics #ecology https://grrlscientist.medium.com/prey-size-affects-dynamics-between-cougars-and-wolves-in-yellowstone-f47fc9d76654

Prey Size Affects Dynamics Between Cougars And Wolves in Yellowstone

"How do two apex predators, cougars and wolves, compete and coexist?"

#SciComm by @grrlscientist 

#wolves #cougars #Yellowstone #ApexPredators #PreyDynamics #ecology https://grrlscientist.medium.com/prey-size-affects-dynamics-between-cougars-and-wolves-in-yellowstone-f47fc9d76654

Evaluating BYU Prospects For 2026 NFL Draft

Now that the calendar has turned to April, football fans turn their attention to the NFL Draft. The…
#nfl #nfldraft #NFLDraft #BearBachmeier #BrandonCisse #BYU #CameronDickey #CarsenRyan #ChaseRoberts #Cougars #Football #FredWarner #JackKelly #JulianNeal #kylevannoy #MoryBamba #NFL #PukaNacua #TaysomHill #texastech #TylerAllgeier #WillFerrin
https://www.rawchili.com/nfl/850672/

Evaluating BYU Prospects For 2026 NFL Draft https://www.rawchili.com/nfl/850672/ #BearBachmeier #BrandonCisse #BYU #CameronDickey #CarsenRyan #ChaseRoberts #Cougars #Football #FredWarner #JackKelly #JulianNeal #KyleVanNoy #MoryBamba #NFL #NflDraft #PukaNacua #TaysomHill #TexasTech #TylerAllgeier #WillFerrin

AJ Dybantsa Predicts Winner of NCAA Tournament https://www.rawchili.com/nba/694569/ #AJDybantsa #arizona #Basketball #Big12 #BYU #BYUCougars #CollegeBasketball #CollegeBasketballHistory #Cougars #Michigan #ncaa #NCAABasketball #NCAATournament #ncaab

Is Giannis Trade Big Mistake? | Are Sengun & Tari Back? | New Rockets Offensive Weapon? https://www.rawchili.com/4956479/ #Astros #basketball #Cougars #Houston #HoustonRockets #HoustonSportsTalk #HoustonRockets #NBA #Oilers #Podcast #RobertLand #Rockets #StephenKerr #Texans

Houston’s season ends in tears after 65-55 loss to Illinois in NCAA Tournament https://www.rawchili.com/nba/681633/ #Basketball #BenHumrichous #ChrisCenacJr #CollegeBasketball #ConsecutiveShots #Cougars #DavidMirkovic #EmanuelSharp #HoustonCougars #Illinois #JakeDavis #KingstonFlemings #MilosUzan #ncaa #NCAABasketball #NCAATournament #ncaab

Utah’s new study aims to kill ‘as many cougars as possible’

https://www.hcn.org/articles/utahs-new-study-aims-to-kill-as-many-cougars-as-possible/?utm_source=wcn1&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2026-03-24-Newsletter

#utah #cougars #resistance #raiseyourvoice #takeaction #learnsomething #biodiversity #nature #conservation #wilderness #wildlife #endangeredspecies #indigenous

Utah’s new study aims to kill ‘as many cougars as possible’

https://www.hcn.org/articles/utahs-new-study-aims-to-kill-as-many-cougars-as-possible/?utm_source=wcn1&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2026-03-24-Newsletter

#utah #cougars #resistance #raiseyourvoice #takeaction #learnsomething #biodiversity #nature #conservation #wilderness #wildlife #endangeredspecies #indigenous

https://www.fogolf.com/1196019/willow-bend-county-club-sale-official-the-vw-independent/ Willow Bend County Club sale official « The VW independent #business #city #classifieds #Convoy #Cougars #County #Crestview #Golf #GolfNews #KNIGHTS #Lancers #Lincolnview #Local #MiddlePoint #news #Newspaper #NorthwestOhio #School #sports #VanWert

https://www.fogolf.com/1196019/willow-bend-county-club-sale-official-the-vw-independent/ Willow Bend County Club sale official « The VW independent #business #city #classifieds #Convoy #Cougars #County #Crestview #Golf #GolfNews #KNIGHTS #Lancers #Lincolnview #Local #MiddlePoint #news #Newspaper #NorthwestOhio #School #sports #VanWert

https://www.lovenba.com/1735270/ Kansas State vs. BYU Highlights | 2026 Phillips 66 Big 12 Men’s Basketball Tournament ##collegebasketball #Basketball #BasketballVideos #Big12 #Big12basketball #BigTwelve #BigXII #byu #BYUbasketball #BYUCougars #BYUCougarsbasketball #cougars #KState #KansasSt #KansasStBasketball #KansasState #KansasStatebasketball #KansasStateWildcats #KansasStateWildcatsbasketball #KSU #KSUbasketball

https://www.lovenba.com/1731682/ Baylor vs. #7 Houston Game Highlights | 2025-26 Big 12 Men’s Basketball ##collegebasketball #Basketball #BasketballVideos #Baylor #Baylorbasketball #BaylorBears #BaylorBearsbasketball #Bears #Big12 #Big12basketball #BigTwelve #BigXII #BU #cougars #Cougarsbasketball #Houston #houstonbasketball #houstoncougars #HoustonCougarsbasketball

If you have IsiMan84's exciting view from behind the #Cougars' cheering section for 1 of #Houston's remaining men's games you'll see K-State, followed by Arizona, Colorado, & Baylor huddle infront of you.

While it's Colorado, TCU, & USF playing from the visitor's bench across for the women's games. #Basketball

https://aviewfrommyseat.co.uk/photo/425599/Fertitta+Center/section-112/row-3/seat-3/

Prey Size Affects Dynamics Between Cougars And Wolves In Yellowstone

How do two apex predators, cougars and wolves, compete and coexist?

#SciComm by @GrrlScientist

#ApexPredator #Cougars #Wolves #Kleptoparasitism #behavior #YellowstoneNP #ecology #conservation https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2026/01/31/prey-size-affects-dynamics-between-cougars-and-wolves-in-yellowstone/

Prey Size Affects Dynamics Between Cougars And Wolves In Yellowstone

How do two apex predators, cougars and wolves, compete and coexist?

#SciComm by @GrrlScientist

#ApexPredator #Cougars #Wolves #Kleptoparasitism #behavior #YellowstoneNP #ecology #conservation https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2026/01/31/prey-size-affects-dynamics-between-cougars-and-wolves-in-yellowstone/

Prey Size Affects Dynamics Between Cougars And Wolves In Yellowstone

How do two apex predators, cougars and wolves, compete and coexist?

#SciComm by @grrlscientist

#ApexPredator #Cougars #Wolves #Kleptoparasitism #behavior #YellowstoneNP #ecology #conservation https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2026/01/31/prey-size-affects-dynamics-between-cougars-and-wolves-in-yellowstone/

Prey Size Affects Dynamics Between Cougars And Wolves In Yellowstone

How do two apex predators, cougars and wolves, compete and coexist?

#SciComm by @grrlscientist

#ApexPredator #Cougars #Wolves #Kleptoparasitism #behavior #YellowstoneNP #ecology #conservation https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2026/01/31/prey-size-affects-dynamics-between-cougars-and-wolves-in-yellowstone/

Darryn Peterson vs. AJ Dybantsa NBA draft stock: Kansas star outshines BYU counterpart before cramps take hold https://www.rawchili.com/nba/574865/ #AJDybantsa #AllenFieldhouse #Basketball #BrysonTiller #BYU #Cougars #DarrynPeterson #Kansas #KobeBryant #NBA #NBADraft #RichieSaunders

Former BYU star and Brooklyn Nets guard Egor Demin gives his take on AJ Dybantsa, Keving Young https://www.rawchili.com/nba/573122/ #athletics #Basketball #BrighamYoungUniversity #Brooklyn #BrooklynNets #BrooklynNets #BYU #Cougars #NBA #Nets #Sports

RE: https://mastodon.social/@sflorg/115967607765332592

A very impressive #scientific paper by W. Binder et al. (2026) shows that #cougars and #wolves in #Yellowstone National Park #influence each other's life #strategies. It's about #apex- apex #carnivore dynamics and #kleptoparasitism. The risk of wolves stealing pumas' prey has led pumas to #specialize in #smallanimals that can be caught quickly, thus reducing the likelihood of encountering wolves.
© text #StefanFWirth Berlin 2026

Reference
https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2511397123

RE: https://mastodon.social/@sflorg/115967607765332592

A very impressive #scientific paper by W. Binder et al. (2026) shows that #cougars and #wolves in #Yellowstone National Park #influence each other's life #strategies. It's about #apex- apex #carnivore dynamics and #kleptoparasitism. The risk of wolves stealing pumas' prey has led pumas to #specialize in #smallanimals that can be caught quickly, thus reducing the likelihood of encountering wolves.
© text #StefanFWirth Berlin 2026

Reference
https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2511397123

Interactions between #Yellowstone #wolves and #cougars are driven by wolves usurping cougar kills, prompting cougars to adapt by shifting their diet to smaller prey that can be consumed quickly and utilizing escape terrain to avoid fatal encounters.
#Ecology #Zoology #Conservation #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/01/eco01272601.html

Interactions between #Yellowstone #wolves and #cougars are driven by wolves usurping cougar kills, prompting cougars to adapt by shifting their diet to smaller prey that can be consumed quickly and utilizing escape terrain to avoid fatal encounters.
#Ecology #Zoology #Conservation #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/01/eco01272601.html

https://www.lovenba.com/1706576/ Utah vs. #13 BYU Game Highlights | 2025-26 Big 12 Men’s Basketball ##collegebasketball #Basketball #BasketballVideos #Big12 #Big12basketball #BigTwelve #BigXII #byu #BYUbasketball #BYUCougars #BYUCougarsbasketball #cougars #Utah #Utahbasketball #UtahUtes #UtahUtesbasketball #Utes #Utesbasketball

Men’s Basketball: TCU upset bid comes up short against No. 11 BYU https://www.rawchili.com/nba/539035/ #AJDybantsa #Basketball #BYU #BYUCougars #CollegeBasketball #Cougars #MicahRobinson #ncaa #NCAABasketball #ncaab #RichieSaunders #TCUHornedFrogs #TheCougars #TheFrogs #UtahUtes #XavierEdmonds

Like the wolves of Yellowstone, the cougars of Zion National Park:

"Linking a cougar decline, trophic cascade, and catastrophic regime shift in Zion National Park", Ripple and Beschta 2006
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006320706002989

The mechanism is the same: absence of cougars enables increased deer populations, leading to deforestation, erosion, and loss of biodiversity – and an uglier natural park.

And the cause? Increased tourism scares cougars away.

#conservation #EcosystemCollapse #ZionNationalPark #cougars

This is how wildlife policy is being set in #Alberta these days #conservation #wildlife #hunting #cougars https://thenarwhal.ca/alberta-cougar-hunting-documents/

Tomorrow is Cougar Day for me. Found this article while doing some research about the big cat: https://www.eopugetsound.org/magazine/swimming-cougars

#cougars #wildlife #PNW

Sightings can be logged in the DNR’s Eyes in the Field reporting system.

https://www2.dnr.state.mi.us/ors/Home?utm_campaign=first+cougar+cubs+100+years&utm_medium=pr&utm_source=govdelivery

Roell said #cougars are on the list of #endangered mammals in #Michigan, meaning it’s #illegal to #hunt or #harass them, which includes trying to locate their den. It’s also illegal to trespass on private property, he noted.

For the latest info on cougars, including the DNR’s cougar sightings photo page [https://www.michigan.gov/dnr/education/michigan-species/mammals/cougars/photos], visit Michigan.gov/Cougar.

#CougarCubs #wildlife #conservation

Although #cougars are native to #Michigan, most of them now appear to be transient animals, dispersing into MI from Western states. The DNR has verified 132 adult #cougar reports, Roell said, but DNA testing has confirmed only male cougars to date.

The #CougarCubs have not been spotted since March 6. “Those young cougars are very vulnerable right now,” Roell said. “We don’t know where they are or if they’re even alive. Mother Nature can be very cruel.”

#wildlife #conservation

Cougar Cubs Photographed in Michigan For First Time In Over 100 Years https://petapixel.com/2025/03/21/cougar-cubs-photographed-in-michigan-for-first-time-in-over-100-years/ #scientificdiscovery #cougarcubs #michigan #cougars #extinct #cougar #News

As people across the Houston area enjoyed a “once in a generation” winter storm Tuesday, so did some of the animals at the Houston Zoo. 

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/energy-environment/animals/2025/01/22/511616/houston-zoo-shares-photos-of-wildlife-enjoying-historic-snowfall/

#Animals #Houston #Local #News #BaldEagle #Cougars #HoustonSnowStorm #HoustonWinterStorm #HoustonZoo #HoustonZooAnimals

California's Mountain Lions Are Becoming Nocturnal to Avoid Human Activity

Mountain lions in Los Angeles become more nocturnal to avoid humans, highlighting their adaptability.

https://www.technologynetworks.com/tn/news/californias-mountain-lions-are-becoming-nocturnal-to-avoid-human-activity-393301

#wildlife #cougars

A nice ride yesterday along the Fox River, before heading over to see the #KaneCounty #Cougars play the #Dockhounds.
#BikeTooter

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Great for dorm decor!

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#BuyIntoArt #DormDecor #DormRoom #Cougars #GoCougs #UofH #Houston #WashingtonState #SIUE #BYU #CofC #ColumbusState #USF #UniversityofSiouxFalls #Chatham #MedgarEvers #IUKokomo #ConcordiaChicago #Misercordia #MinnesotaMorris #Kean #Caldwell #CalStateSanMarcos #Kuyper #StXavier #SpringArbor

Fuck yes Dana! #Cougars