NYTIMES (Rachel Nuwer) - Pigeons and People Have Been Frenemies for Longer Than You Think
Bones discovered at an archaeological site in Cyprus suggest the birds have been strutting around human settlements since at least 1400 B.C.
THEAMERICANCONSERVATIVE (Steven Tucker) - Putin’s Pigeons
Does Moscow plan to use microchipped birds to bomb Americans—and to begin controlling human minds? The post Putin’s Pigeons appeared first on The American Conservative .
Takimag Putin’s Pigeons Does Moscow plan to use microchipped birds to bomb Americans—and to begin controlling human minds? TakiMag Pigeons are often colloquially known as “flying rats.” Might this be because they are actually secretly spies, trained by intelligence services to flap around “ratting” on people like feathered Stasi and KGB informers? In Vladimir Putin’s Russia, this appears to be the plan. Recent Western reports imply that, under a demented Russian cyber-engineering program codenamed PJN-1, small GPS-linked cameras are being strapped to birds’ chests, powered by a miniature solar panel. Then,…Open
THENATIONALPULSE (Pulse Wires) - It Gets Worse, as RATS May Replace Churchill on Banknotes.
PULSE POINTSWHAT HAPPENED: The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) has suggested that urban animals, such as pigeons, rats, and seagulls, should feature on redesigned English banknotes.KEY QUOTE: “What about the pigeons who have been our friends for thousands of years, or rats, with their amazing memories, or even gulls, with […] The post It Gets Worse, as RATS May Replace Churchill on Banknotes. appeared first on The National Pulse .
PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) has suggested that urban animals, such as pigeons, rats, and seagulls, should feature on redesigned English banknotes. KEY QUOTE: “What about the pigeons who have been our friends for thousands of years, or rats, with their amazing memories, or even gulls, with their amazing levels of intelligence ?” – Geoff Edmond, RSPCA. IMPACT: The Bank of England has not yet finalized its designs, but plans to replace historic Britons such as Sir Winston Churchill and Jane Austen with wildlife, claiming this will improve anti-counterfeiting measures. IN FULL The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) has proposed featuring urban…Open