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Saving Private Rabbit: Heroic California fire fighters rescued a distressed rabbit, which had become stranded during Hurricane Florence. If all human endeavor was ultimately put to use saving cute woodland creatures, I’d be all right with that.

In North Carolina, they’re saving scared rabbits; here, we are shooting juvenile wolves: At least we got one saved animal in before inevitably returning to our ongoing coverage of state officials shooting majestic beasts. KING 5 reports that the juvenile wolf was shot by an official from the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife. Conservationists are concerned because the area has had such consistent problems that have not been solved by killing the wolves and that perhaps there is a better solution.

Choose your own adventure, nuclear edition: North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and South Korean president Moon Jae-in met for the second day of their summit, bringing the most non-news news our president could ask for. According to the New York Times, Cheon Seong-whun an analyst at the Asan Institute for Policy Studies said, “No matter how hard I look, I can find no real progress in denuclearization in today’s announcements.” However, President Donald J. Trump, speaking presumably out of his “toadstool,” decried:

I guess the choice is yours! What’s YOUR truth?

Sesame Street holds firm that Bert and Ernie are not gay: Mark Saltzman told Queerty earlier this week that when he wrote for Bert and Ernie, the infamous Sesame Street characters, the way he contextualized their relationship was as a gay couple. Yesterday, Sesame Street was quick to undermine Saltzman’s statement:

Mhmm? Methinks they felt as though they had jumped against this idea just a bit too fast, because later in the evening, they put out another statement:

It’s too late, Sesame Street, we know the truth now and there’s no walking it back. If I ever have kids, and they get to watch Sesame Street, I now know exactly how to explain Bert and Ernie’s obviously gay relationship: They’re gay and in love!

Every day, Donald J. Trump finds a new way to lower the bar in stewarding the planet: The Guardian reports that the Trump administration is rolling back rules on methane pollution. Is this the big payoff all of his voters wanted so badly it was worth voting for president “Grab ’em by the pussy”? The Clean Air Task Force is quoted saying, “The rollback would cost taxpayers millions in wasted natural gas and damage from air pollution.” We can only presume that Trump’s supporters might claim the Clean Air Task Force is really a conspiracy group aimed at destroying our lungs by providing too much oxygen to them—remember, the truth is always the opposite!

Speaking of excess methane pollution: Here’s what’s breaking wind on Twitter today. I didn’t want to subject you to it, but it is the will of the people:

I’m sorry.

Seattle teachers get a raise: The Seattle School Board voted to give Seattle teachers a 10.5 percent raise, reports the Seattle Times. The memorandum also included five days of parental leave, funding for professional development, and more pay for special education teachers. What a perfect day to start appreciating special education teachers more!

L’shana tova and gmar chatima tova: It’s Yom Kippur till sundown tonight, and I still haven’t decided if I’m fasting or not today, but so far I’ve made it to 7 a.m. without any food. I won’t be attending the services at temple today, but I bid my friends, family, and all other Jews a solid day of atonement. I hope this image fills your soul, and helps ease the rumblings of your empty stomach:

All right, y’all, it’s that time again: Trigger warning to any person fasting, this may be where you want to stop reading. We’re about to see some of our readers’ Wednesday morning breakfasts!

Lissa says: The Bunny Mug bids you welcome, Michael, and apologizes for the delay in doing so, as it presides over nectarine breakfast bread with a side of banana and yet more nectarines.” Thank you, Lissa, this makes me feel so welcome.

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Danny from South Seattle is definitely not fasting today. In fact, he is having challah bread French toast with a side of sliced pear! Beautiful presentation, my friend.

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Nate from Wallingford has a plate of what he tells me are blue corn pancakes. Actually, his words were, “Blue corn pancakes baby!”

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Tonight’s best Seattle entertainment options include: A discussion of the future of self-driving cars in Seattle, a punk-rock concert with venerable legends Joan Jett & the Blackhearts and Cheap Trick, and Lindsay Joelle’s play A Small History of Amal, Age 7, about a young Indian boy who fights the god of death shortly after the 2006 Mumbai train bombings.