This neurological disorder is not baffling to me. It is expected because of mental health issues that come from poverty, homelessness, water pollution, food pollution, air pollution, climate change, toxins in manufacturing plants, toxic chemicals that oil companies release into our Earth's environment, unrecycled trash causing methane, dehumanizing censorship, cut-throat politicians, and so forth damaging Earth's environment including people's well-being. Impulsive consumers are consuming carcinogenic junk food, alcohol, products for smoking, etc. So, this neurological disorder does not surprise me one bit. It is the corporate oligarchs who pretend this is baffling to hide their profit-driven agenda to control our world at the expense of our well-being and Earth's environment.
Baffling neurological illness affects growing number of young adults
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Re: Baffling neurological illness affects growing number of young adults
#82>> But in January, the province of New Brunswick is widely expected to announce that the cluster of cases, first made public last year after a memo was leaked to the media, is the result of misdiagnoses, which have mistakenly grouped unrelated illnesses together. If they want to say that, I think they are obligated to also provide the correct diagnosis. I hate when people say "we know it's not X" without proof and wi…
I'm not sure about this case, but wouldn't it be okay to say something like that if none of the diagnostic criteria for a disease are met?
Re: Baffling neurological illness affects growing number of young adults
#83Earlier quoted context omitted.
Seems more likely the old mines in the area are causing the contamination with BMAA and that it is being consumed in shellfish. BMAA contamination is often associated with old flooded mine shafts, and there are several in the area where these people are getting sick, most of them upstream. Not sure why you're assuming this has anything to do with climate change. What could be the link there?
I do wish that "climate change" was not lumped into every environmental concern. For example, if painting one of the blades black on a windmill means the birds don't fly into it and die, then let's do it! Connecting it to a larger climate battle in order to win that war ("See wind power doesn't have that downside anymore, so more wind power to fight climate change") only gets in the way of solving the immediate probl…
> Connecting it to a larger climate battle in order to win that war ("See wind power doesn't have that downside anymore, so more wind power to fight climate change") only gets in the way of solving the immediate problem.
Personally I feel that splitting up interests that are inherently to do with climate change and ecology into individual issues is detrimental. However, you're probably right that capitalism is inefficient and utterly ineffective at large scale projects, and that splitting everything into isolated issues that cannot be seen to lead to anything bigger is a more "efficient" way to solve the general problem under capitalism, sure.
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#84Earlier quoted context omitted.
Do you have any high level suggestions?
I'm in Scotland, and in general I'll select wild fish from Scottish waters or farmed fish from Norway, as the Norwegians have very good standards. I'll also swerve fish (such as salmon) from Chile, as standards are relatively low there - for example, they permit a much higher sea lice count than anywhere in Europe. For shellfish, I prefer wild Scottish sources, but Scottish farmed is OK too. I'd swerve shellfish (typ…
Farmed salmon from Norway is the main kind available at fish counters in German supermarkets, so that’s good to hear.
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#85Earlier quoted context omitted.
Fair enough. We're in Karlovy Vary region and everything has seemed very efficient. One thing I have noticed is that Czechs are very critical of their country, which to my eyes seems to function quite well, for what it's worth. Canadians put up with far worse and yet will defend it. Also, our whole country has a doctor shortage. No sane doctor stays in Canada when the US pays multiples more...
There is definitely a tendency towards some self-flagellation in CZ, though I think this is vastly more widespread elsewhere (just witness the ritual meltdowns in English language media whenever some election does not turn out perfectly "right"). I like to think I am pretty resistant to that. So, some earned praise: Czechia is a very safe country which was able to get some things work better than many others (we even…
> What is really f_cked up is the real estate market.
Cries in Canadian...
https://www.visualcapitalist.com/least-affordable-cities-to-...
Re: Baffling neurological illness affects growing number of young adults
#86Earlier quoted context omitted.
I do wish that "climate change" was not lumped into every environmental concern. For example, if painting one of the blades black on a windmill means the birds don't fly into it and die, then let's do it! Connecting it to a larger climate battle in order to win that war ("See wind power doesn't have that downside anymore, so more wind power to fight climate change") only gets in the way of solving the immediate probl…
> Connecting it to a larger climate battle in order to win that war ("See wind power doesn't have that downside anymore, so more wind power to fight climate change") only gets in the way of solving the immediate problem. Personally I feel that splitting up interests that are inherently to do with climate change and ecology into individual issues is detrimental. However, you're probably right that capitalism is ineffi…
This is not artificially splitting anything up.
Mines contamination has no relation at all with climate change. Birds death due to impact with windmills have nothing to do with climate change.
It's lumping those things up that is artificial. And if you add noise to your goal, don't be surprised when people start to question if your actions actually lead to your stated goals or if you have a hidden agenda... because you do have a hidden agenda. It's hidden because of bad communication, but people can't tell the difference.
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Not nitpicking but to clarify a bit, that study says "Such blooms are a regular feature of Australian inland waterways and are increasing due to nutrient run-off, reduced river flows and climate change." So while climate change (i.e., warming in targeted areas) doesn't help, it's more of the final nail in a series of nails we've been driving into Mother Nature's heart. The idea we could be so negligent and abusive of…
> a great narrative for profits Pollution from Soviet collective farms isn't any better.
Does that not still boil down to profits? Political, financial or something else the system demanded?
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Well that's a nitpicking argument which depends on your definitions. From what i understand, what you call "communism" i call "State capitalism" and what you call "democratic socialism" i call "liberal capitalism". Under all these systems, there's privileges: people who have more and people who have less, while communism is usually defined as a stateless/classless society (including by marxists). > Wouldn't it be mor…
That sounds to me like no true Scotsmanship.
The 'But communism polluted us too" comments here are a touch too defensive, and I don't get the point.
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#89Earlier quoted context omitted.
There is definitely a tendency towards some self-flagellation in CZ, though I think this is vastly more widespread elsewhere (just witness the ritual meltdowns in English language media whenever some election does not turn out perfectly "right"). I like to think I am pretty resistant to that. So, some earned praise: Czechia is a very safe country which was able to get some things work better than many others (we even…
> What is really f_cked up is the real estate market. Cries in Canadian... https://www.visualcapitalist.com/least-affordable-cities-to-...
New Zealand and Australia have really pushed on since that was published. It's 12-15x median wage here in Auckland now. Depressing.
https://www.interest.co.nz/property/house-price-income-multi...
Re: Baffling neurological illness affects growing number of young adults
#90Earlier quoted context omitted.
> Connecting it to a larger climate battle in order to win that war ("See wind power doesn't have that downside anymore, so more wind power to fight climate change") only gets in the way of solving the immediate problem. Personally I feel that splitting up interests that are inherently to do with climate change and ecology into individual issues is detrimental. However, you're probably right that capitalism is ineffi…
This is not artificially splitting anything up. Mines contamination has no relation at all with climate change. Birds death due to impact with windmills have nothing to do with climate change. It's lumping those things up that is artificial. And if you add noise to your goal, don't be surprised when people start to question if your actions actually lead to your stated goals or if you have a hidden agenda... because y…
The guy you're talking to views the world through a lens of 'capitalism vs [utopian vision]', capitalism being everything wrong with status-quo economics. Don't waste your time suggesting practicalities.