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http://www.cnbc.com/2015/08/24/caitlyn-jenner-halloween-costume-sparks-social-media-outrage-.html

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/ne...een-costume-labeled-817515?utm_source=twitter

It's nowhere near October, but one ensemble is already on track to be named the most controversial Halloween costume of 2015.

Social media users were out in full force on Monday criticizing several Halloween retailers for offering a Caitlyn Jenner costume reminiscent of the former-athlete's Vanity Fair cover earlier this year.

While Jenner's supporters condemned the costume as "transphobic" and "disgusting" on Twitter, Spirit Halloween, a retailer that carries the costume, defended the getup.

"At Spirit Halloween, we create a wide range of costumes that are often based upon celebrities, public figures, heroes and superheroes," said Lisa Barr, senior director of marking at Spirit Halloween. "We feel that Caitlyn Jenner is all of the above and that she should be celebrated. The Caitlyn Jenner costume reflects just that."
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krautkid said:
I know, right? This isn't the stuff I wanna read when I'm weepy and emotional and all gross and full of hormones.

God, that's fucked, though. I can't imagine the sort of evil it takes to set someone on fire that's alive.
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This isn't a site to come to when you're sad. This is a site to come to when you want to get sad.
 
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polonium said:
This guy is entirely too gay. He farts glitter.
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Maybe we should send the troons his way for some tricks and advice on how to look female, as opposed to being ugly men in dresses. He's a he, but he still passes as a she a metric fuckton better than what they do.
 
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Wait, these children were 9, 10, and 11 years old?

I think the worst part about this is that if this child survives (Which I really REALLY hope for), those horrid psychos will probably be let off scot-free. Maybe given therapeutic help, but no jail time because of their ages.
This has really ruined my night.
 
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https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/19764...umbing-to-coral-bleaching-scientists-declare/

The Big Bad Reef as it's also called (coloquially) has passed away at 25 million years old.

In Indiana, we call that a Hoosier Letdown.

There has never been a reef so big, so beautiful, and so famous probably. It's the Great Barrier Reef after all and I can't even think of any other reefs in the world. I'm sure there are plenty, but the fact that this one died? Really sad. We have to put an end to the heinous practice of "coral bleaching" as discussed in the article.

This is my first topic on this board, so go easy on me.
 
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At least now my Odell Down Under CD will be worth something
 
It's not fully dead, it's in dire condition but its not all gone yet. This is largely a symbolic PR stunt designed to get attention to the cause of the decline of coral reefs.

More info:

http://www.latimes.com/science/scie...arrier-reef-not-dead-20161014-snap-story.html

Is the Great Barrier Reef dead?

No. It’s not. We just had a massive bleaching event, but we know from past research that corals are able to recover from the brink of death.

So bleached corals aren’t dead corals?

That’s right. There’s lots of confusion about what bleaching means.

Coral is an animal, and the animal exists in symbiosis with photosynthetic algae. The algae provides food for the coral in exchange for a great home. But when the water gets too warm, the algae become chemically destructive to the coral.

When that happens, the coral convulses and spits out puffs of algae to protect itself. That removes all the color from the coral tissue which is transparent, allowing you to see right through to the underlying skeleton. So you are not necessarily seeing dead coral, you’re really just seeing clear coral without its algae.

But bleaching is still bad, right?

Bleaching events are worrisome because if the coral misses this key food source from the algae for too long it will literally starve to death. But, if the water temperature comes back down, it will welcome the algae back. The key is that the water temperature change has to be relatively quick.

Has the Great Barrier Reef been through anything like this before?

It has had very severe bleaching events associated with large El Ninos like we had last year, but the problem is we are seeing baseline ocean temperatures getting warmer every year. When you pile a strong El Nino on top of this ever warming trend, you get more extreme and more prolonged bleaching episodes.

What was striking about this year was the extent of the damage. It was staggering. By important metrics the ’97-’98 El Nino was bigger, but the damage from this last one was far more extensive.

So how can you remain hopeful about the fate of Great Barrier Reef and other reefs in the Pacific?

I work on a research site in the Christmas Islands that is literally smack in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, and which was much more devastated than the Great Barrier Reef. It was worse off than any reef in the world with up to 85% mortality. But even in the face of that whole-scale destruction, we saw individual corals that were still alive, looking like nothing had happened.

I cling to that. I know from my own site that there is a lot more resilience baked into the system then we can hope to understand right now and that out of the rubble will come a reef that may not look exactly like it looked before, but may be better adapted for future temperature change.
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It isn't dead, that was tongue in cheek article (to spread awareness about the reef's condition), I believe, that got blown up and many others started reporting on it. The Reef, however, is sort of dying. It certainly isn't in a very good condition and that headline may actually be serious in a few years. Humans are reckless and don't five a fuck.

EDIT: Ninja'd :(
 
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