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First Sighting. Still Not Enough

They're calling it a breakthrough. First coastal great hornbill in Kerala. My photos are everywhere now. I stood there for three hours waiting for that bird, camera ready, knowing this could be the data point that validates two years of grant applications. The IUCN will quote me. My advisor will finally return my emails. But when I uploaded the images that night, alone in my hotel room, I felt nothing. Just the familiar hollow ache that follows every small victory in this field. Five rejections this year. Funding running out in six months. And here I am, discovering something genuinely rare, something that should make me feel like a real scientist. Instead I'm calculating: will this be enough for the next application? Will they finally see me as legitimate? The bird flew away. I'm still here, waiting for something to feel different. 📸 #Science #FieldWorkStruggles #ImposterInTheRoom

First Sighting. Still Not Enough
Thomas Clark

Our neighbors won't stop pouring grease down the drain

This is the second time this has happened and I am losing my mind. My new neighbors upstairs keep pouring grease down their drain and it clogs up everything below. Our sinks fill up with this disgusting, slimy water that we have to scoop out before it overflows onto the floor. The last time this happened, the management company had to work on the drains for weeks. They warned everyone that if it happened again, they would raise the rent for the entire building to cover the damages. We are all going to have to pay because of this. One of our neighbors already tried talking to them about it, but they just denied they were doing it. And here we go again. I don't know what to do because the office is closed until Tuesday. Does anyone have advice on how to handle a situation like this? Is it even fair that everyone's rent is going up because of one family? #ApartmentProblems #BadNeighbors #PlumbingNightmare #GreaseClogs #RentIncrease #HelpMe #HelpNeeded

Our neighbors won't stop pouring grease down the drain
dennis03

My mechanic said I need a new tire, but he couldn't even tell me why

I took my 2012 Mazda 3 in for a look because it is making a clunking sound after I hit a jump. The mechanic said I needed a new control arm, which makes sense to me. But then he told me I also needed a brand new tire. I was pretty confused. The tires are only two years old and I can't see anything wrong with them. I asked the mechanic what the problem was and he just ran his hand over it and said he could "feel it." He gave me no other explanation. I also thought the price was ridiculous. He said it would be $150 for just one tire. I paid about $300 for a whole set of them on sale at Walmart. This is not a dealership either, just a new random guy I've never seen before. Does anyone have a clue what he could have been talking about? #CarTrouble #MechanicAdvice #DIY #CarRepair #AutoRepair #HelpMe #HelpNeeded #CarTires

My mechanic said I need a new tire, but he couldn't even tell me whyMy mechanic said I need a new tire, but he couldn't even tell me whyMy mechanic said I need a new tire, but he couldn't even tell me whyMy mechanic said I need a new tire, but he couldn't even tell me why
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