"In Yosemite, planes were heard 30 to 60 percent of the day. In the Haleakala volcano crater in Maui, 8 to 10 helicopters passed overhead per hour." —Among the many awesome things about this story about the death of silence is that it has audio clips of bear cubs!

Ask for something stupid, get something stupid. STUPID MOON. YOU'RE WELCOME TO IT.

In other news, this weekend a bear ate some people waiting for a bus in rural Japan. There is video here, in case that's what you're into watching. Is this what life is going to be like? Both waiting for buses and being eaten by bears? It is such a terrible world sometimes.