Thanks, I was already wondering about the first (Latin) part of the name. The literal translation of dwerg-oor-uil is dwarf eared owl. Is that the same as scops Owl? Maybe the Ponderosa part doesn’t refer to the trees either, but to Flammy’s fanbase right now; it’s getting quite large now!
If you’re still not sure who to vote for, you should know that Flammy’s Dutch name is absolute fire: Ponderosadwergooruil!
At least there is still 1 BFO left for the next round. Meanwhile, I’m definitely on #teamFlammy!
A BFO vs BFO final would be so epic!
BFO stands for everything good, so for Big F’n Owl too. Also, they are goong to rename him soon, so maybe Big F’n Owl will be the official name soon (probably not though).
Screech Owl is such a great owl, but I’m fully committed to BFO’s cause by now. They’re just so glorious and perfect as the representative of the Superbowl community. Go BFO!
(Image from a video geniously called “Blakiston’s Fish Owl” by Ray H)
Oof! SEO definitely needs some propaganda! They need to overcome a 20 point gap right now! But who knows, the day is still long. Thanks for helping the OOP in getting some well-deserved attention, to stop the hegemony of the Snowy Owl.
I must say I expected to read some bad stuff about Verreaux, but digging up a corpse and sending it to another country is on another level of “not okay”. I appreciate that you try to keep out politics. I follow politics quite well, but sometimes it’s nice to have something apolitical as well.
You made a post about this a while ago, didn’t you? I completely forgot about these renamings! I’m also curious what will happen to the names in other languages. In Dutch, my native language, they translated the name from English: I think they’ll rename that too, but I don’t know for sure. Also, that Audubon guy doesn’t seem to deserve the organization being named after him. Ironic indeed!
Cover from The BFG, which was inspired by the cover of The BFO
I wasn’t expecting this either! But we have already seen some surprises this tournament, with the early elimination of the Eurasian Eagle Owl (that one still hurts me) for example. Maybe people are more likely to vote for the underdog in this tournament?
This may be the closest one so far! Great matchup and great tournament!
An Owlthentic meme template! Hoo-ray!
Oh, I didn’t even see it on there. But yeah, that’s a lot of growth. Maybe some people were only subscribed to the .ml one and suddenly realised this one existed too? Anyway, it’s nice to see it growing
I completely agree with this and I would never blame anyone who doesn’t bike without good infrastructure. What I meant was that instead of hoping that self-driving cars will solve all issues, we should be pushing for better alternatives, beginning with improving infrastructure. Maybe I wasn’t clear in my previous comment, because as a Dutchman I am used to safe bike infrastructure (public transit is not so great). To summarize my opinion: we need policies that support safe infrastructure to create alternatives to driving, because cars are never the solution to climate change. Biking should be made safe and convenient, so people will actually use it.
It doesn’t seem like anything happened to it to me: I can still see the community with posts and all. Maybe it has something to do with your instance?
This may be true, but reduced car ownership will not solve many issues with cars, like the vehicle miles travelled. If we don’t change our lifestyles, we will still emit a lot of CO2. Here is a Dutch graph (maybe you can translate it, otherwise let me know!) showing that only that the production of the car causes less than half the CO2 emissions for EV’s (the second to last one in the graph). 
If we want to reduce emissions more than that, which we really need to do, we need to find something else, like biking, which is way cleaner.
In Dutch, the Common Drone Fly is also called “Blinde Bij”, which means “Blind Bee”. This is because this animal is neither blind nor a bee and the Dutch are very good at naming things
Most of the people in both Finland and Japan live in cities, while most North Americans live in cities. Moving away from cars in rural areas may not be easy, but there is no reason why it would not be possible in the cities. The things that are needed are: denser cities (less tight zoning laws) and more alternatives to driving, like bike lanes or trams. These things are achievable by policy change. Also, the USA has around five times as much population density across the country as Finland, so while it may be big, it is not too big for decent alternatives to driving
Thank you so much!