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I know it is generally considered questionable to C&R fish salmonids above a water temp of around 65F, because fish can die after release even if handled correctly, and in theory there should be such a physiologic limit for any species.

Does anyone known if there is an upper temperature limit for other species? I have heard pike and musky are sensitive to water temp, I know bass will often choose water below 80F if given the choice, and I have found pickerel don't bite in heat waves, but I have not seen much in the way of numbers on when it is safe to fish for species other than salmonids. I've seen people say 71F for pike and 77F for musky, but I have no idea if those numbers are genuine, I've also seen people say 70F for trout.

So I am wondering if there is a consensus on upper limits for non-salmonids, or if anyone can point me to a source of info on this. I'm particularly interesting in pike and pickerel, there are no musky here.

The more I see of politics and the world the more left I find myself being.

I think we need way higher taxes on the rich and large corporations, and a lot more services. Healthcare should be free*, and we need to do something to provide housing for those who lack it. I don't know exactly how to do this, but I know capitalism is failing here, and I absolutely do not support inhumane or coercive measures like institutionalization. State collages should probably be free* as well.

*Yes I know nothing is cost free, I am using "free" to mean "100% govt subsidized"

It is important that these subsidies do not become "strings attached" leading to government putting conditions on healthcare or education or other services, for example inserting bias (even left bias is bad) in curriculum, refusing to pay for trans-related healthcare, conditioning healthcare payments on getting vaccinated, etc.

I'm very much against mass surveillance and believe the criminal justice system is violent and inhumane, though there are some people so dangerous that they do need to be jailed, but under humane conditions.

I believe discrimination/bigotry has been one of the biggest problems in our world and believe it to be wrong in all forms. It has lead to genocides, slavery, marriage restrictions (both gay and interracial) voting restrictions, and all manner of evils. Because of this I also oppose viewing people as members of oppressor groups on the basis of race or gender, the real oppressors with power are corporations and government, and the "oppressed class" is everyone who is not obscenely rich, including most white men. It is true that some people are on average more oppressed than others because of their race or gender, but white men still don't have much power unless they are leveraging the power of corporations, government, or other organizations, the real oppressive power lies with institutions, not demographic groups.

I think dividing society into oppressed and oppressor demographic groups is particularly harmful as applied to gender, specifically the idea that domestic and sexual violence is inherently misogynist oppression. This erases male victims and puts them at risk of being treated as perpetrators (false accusations are literally the R in DARVO, an acronym for a common tactic of abusers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DARVO)

This is not to downplay the problem of abuse of women, but to say that anyone can be a victim or perpetrator regardless of gender.

I do not agree with narratives that how much power someone has is dependent on their race/gender, because power is contextual, it is not just something that a person has or does not have, for example someone could have a ton of power over their employees but no power at all in an interaction with law enforcement (race and gender could certainly influence these situations).

I strongly support democracy, and believe in a strict adherence to the bill of rights, govt should not be able to bend the rules on this, even if they argue it is in the public good, and there needs to be some sort of court system or other enforcement mechanism to stop a majority of voters from voting away the rights of the others. I am fairly absolutist on free speech, not because bigotry and misnfo are worth protecting, but because anyone given the authority to gatekeep speech has the power to end democracy. No authority can be above questioning.

I believe strongly in bodily autonomy, so I am pro-choice, this also extends to skepticism of many cases of forced mental treatment and vaccine mandates (including private vaccine mandates, since I don't view corporations as any less capable of infringing rights than govt). I do think vaccines are good though.

I believe in a strong military to defend the US, allies, and freedom of navigation, and think foreign policy should promote peace and human rights. I do not believe sovereignty is a right of governments, only people have rights, so I find it bizarre when people describe wars against dictatorships (which are not accountable to the people) as violating sovereignty, but other criticisms of the recent wars, like civilian harm and terrible strategy, are valid IMO.

The call to action: Help those who support the movement but lack a supportive local community get involved.

I've seen a lot of posts about the importance of working with ones' local community to organize against authoritarianism, which I think is great, but I always read these and then think "what local community?" I think it is important for us to think about how those of us who don't have a local community to work with can contribute. I think this would help us to expand the movement.

I don't want this post to be only about me, but I will use myself as an example: I'm in a rural area so the local community is pretty small and sparse, and largely right wing. If I talked to people around me about this I would probably just get made fun of, and there are a few extremists in the area who could be a safety risk. That said, not everyone here votes for Trump, and once in a while I see someone with a sign for the democratic candidate in election years.

So I am wondering If others have any ideas for how to help people get involved who are supportive of the movement but lack a supportive local community, and if there is anything I can do to help with this.

One other thing I should note. I feel that despite our political differences, I do have some common ground with the right wingers here in wanting freedom from authoritarian government and strong economy, but we don't agree on how to achieve that.

The current system silos candidates into 2 parties, which causes them to focus on expanding the power of their party above all else, and makes it so that you end up having to choose between the same 2 party platforms every election in order to avoid spoiler candidates.

More parties would better represent Americans and force collaboration in place of the current authoritarian system where the party in power abuses its power to suppress opponents. And having more parties would reduce division by creating a system where it is possible to strongly oppose a party you don't like without cultish devotion to the one other party.

Without ranked choice voting, voters are forced to perpetuate the 2 party system, and this has to change if we want to end authoritarianism long term