I was having the same the other day, but sure enough the votes were going through eventually. A better pending indicator would be nice for sure.

Evolution works on very long time spans. Anthropomorphic climate change will be way too fast for species to evolve and adapt. I highly doubt all life will ever be wiped out on Earth, but we might lose 99% of current species with new species evolving over time. This is our dinosaur asteroid moment for sure.

Might just be performance related? Are posts and comment threads loading slowly for you, by chance?