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Racism, misogyny prompt American Ornithological Society renaming of birds (www.upi.com)

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[–] SARGEx117@lemmy.world 29 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Birb

Tweety

Birdy mcbirdface

Birdemic

Blue tits

Yeah this'll go well

[–] PoastRotato@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

I can't imagine a world in which calling a bird a "tit" in the first place was not the product of a poorly thought out public poll