I try to keep these Open Threads light-hearted, especially on Fridays, when we're all ready to collapse at the end of the workweek. But sometimes, life doesn't work out that way.

Today is Endangered Species Day and Secretary Deb Haaland brings us an important message pertaining to this:

On Endangered Species Day, we look to our planet's beautiful and diverse wild creatures that need our protection. We would be so lonely without them. pic.twitter.com/6FavWctIdU

— Secretary Deb Haaland (@SecDebHaaland) May 21, 2021

Open thread below...