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California wildlife officials last year confirmed the presence of the fungus in a bat roost in Humboldt County, which sits on the northern coast.

The commission rejected a similar bid for protections roughly 20 years ago, and since then the situation has become more dire for the bird — the only owl species to nest and roost in underground burrows.

It’s sort of like the chickens coming home to roost for the Supreme Court.

In her wonderful memoir, “Fingers Crossed: How Music Saved Me from Success,” Lush’s Miki Berenyi notes, “The claim that Britpop celebrates sassy women in bands is a veneer,” and added, “The female-led Britpop bands sold a fraction of what the successful bloke bands did. Sure, the girls got a fair bit of attention, but it’s the blokes who ruled the roost.”

But the same system has been in place for over a century, during most of which time boys were ruling the roost.