You think so? Well, here’s the proof that it’s not quite so – the screenshot of our current weather forecast. I know it’s all in Russian, but I’ve circled the important numbers – the day-time temperatures for today, tomorrow and Monday. I’ll even spare you the trouble of converting Celsius to Fahrenheit. +33°C is equal to 91.4F, and +37°C is 98.6F. And it’s been like this most of this summer, starting as early as mid-May. Even the strictest global warming non-believers will have their beliefs shaken, perhaps, after such a summer.
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How do I feel when I see pictures of birds soaked in oil? Pictures like the ones you can find here and here – and there are many more available online. The answer is simple – I feel furious. And helpless. And I feel like it’s me – not the bird – who has been subjected to this immense suffering. I feel dirty, humiliated and personally insulted. And guilty.
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Yesterday Info Expert celebrated its 6th birthday, which to us meant going to a special event. Prior to the day, we discussed where to go for weeks; initial plan was to go to the woods and have a picnic there, but the weather forecast was disturbing. Just before our birthday the unusually hot weather left us, and for the 26th we had chilly and windy forecast. Even rain was mentioned; fortunately it never showed itself until we came back home.
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Today we visited an exhibition where anyone could enjoy watching tropical butterflies flying around. Usually museums exhibit dead butterflies – beautiful, for sure, but isn’t it a pity that they had to die to please us? This one was different.

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