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A must read, I implore my audience to give it a min: https://www.americanforests.org/article/the-trees-that-miss-the-mammoths/ :)

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[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 15 points 1 day ago (4 children)

I got one person to read it, I am happy.

[–] piranhaconda@mander.xyz 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You got another one to read it :)

[–] ElcaineVolta@kbin.melroy.org 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

also read it and really enjoyed it.

[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 4 points 1 day ago

It's one of my faves. 🤗

[–] moonlight@fedia.io 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Very interesting article, worth posting by itself

[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I already have. It didn't get much reaction.

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Make that two!

Good read, but is it really still that common to use "Indian" that way?

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

It very much depends.

Like Inuits and Eskimos, some prefer one term and are offended by the other, and with others it's the other way around..

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago

Interesting. In Canada you only hear it from things named a while ago.