It’s a remarkably handsome gull, with a white head and a delicate light gray neck and chest, shading to a darker gray on the wings and back. The tail is slate gray, with a narrow white terminal band. A red bill, with a black tip, graced by a tiny bit of yellow on the very tip, and black legs, the Herman’s Gull is definitely an eye catcher. In flight, the wings show a lovely white trailing margin. Of course, it’s also a bully, with inclinations to a kleptoparasitic lifestyle, but you have to admit it’s handsome.

The Heerman’s Gull is a West Coast specialist. It breeds almost exclusively on a handful of desert islands in the middle of the Gulf of California, but after breeding disperses along the Pacific Coast from southern British Columbia to Guatemala in Central America. It regularly forages…

In amazing abuse of America’s nonprofit laws, there’s a “charity” called “America’s Frontline Doctors” that consists of quacks, a small number of physicians and health care workers who are represent the very worst in American medicine. They spread false information about COVID,advocate for dangerous and discredited treatments, engage in fearmongering about vaccines, and attemptto influence state legislation on health care. Idaho’s Ryan Cole, an appalling disgrace to the medical profession, is a prominent member of AFLDS.

One of AFLDS founders and its former president is Dr. Simone Gold. She’s just out of prison, serving a 60 days sentence after copping a plea to participating in the failed January 6 coup.¹ While she was in prison, her fellow quacks had a chance to look at the…