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[–] ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works 43 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

Fun fact: humans aren't responsible for the first mass extinction caused by organisms polluting the atmosphere with poisonous gas. Blue-green algae did it first, with "a decrease in the size of the biosphere of >80%".

[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 44 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] idiomaddict@feddit.de 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Nobody complains about trees blooming, it’s all unfair for algae :(

[–] KSPAtlas@sopuli.xyz 9 points 11 months ago

People with hayfever probably do

[–] Fleur__@lemmy.world 20 points 11 months ago (1 children)

We're going for the speed-run not the first completion 👍

[–] ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works 9 points 11 months ago