The critically endangered Hawaiian crow, or alala, is known for its smarts. For example, it’s a dexterous user of foraging tools — an ability found in only a handful of other bird species and in less than 1 percent of all animals.

Here’s hoping that brainpower will help captive-born young alala — two females and four males — succeed in their release on Tuesday into the Puu Makaala Natural Area Reserve. A previous effort, in December, failed about one week after release when two birds were killed by Hawaiian hawks, and a third fatally weakened by a winter storm.

The remaining three birds were brought back into captivity on Hawaii island and Maui, rejoining the more than 125 birds that represent the entirety of the species.

A tweet that rambles on for 280 characters

Less is more, especially when it comes to much of social media. It certainly applies to Twitter’s just-announced test to double its 140-character text limit to 280 — which, simply, defeats the concise beauty of tweeting.

And consider that allowing more hastily-formed words merely invites more potential for disaster — especially when applied to a certain someone in a certain white house. Consider how quickly, oh say, North Korea and other turns of dire events have torqued with just 140 words a pop. Imagine 280. The horror.