Yeah... There's a bigger question too that is, why can't other foods containing Vitamin A be supplied to the starving people of the Philippines? There are so many sources.
Let's consider how fucked it is that even considering introducing this crop to the wild is necessary.
I've previously supported golden rice, but you've changed my mind. We should just be doing more to support developing nations directly. The world has sufficient abundance we shouldn't need to take these dangerous shortcuts. Not yet.
You won't be getting universal healthcare, decent paid parental leave, comprehensive worker protections, or 4-8 weeks' holiday pay per year for the foreseeable future.
My understanding is that it was a Tumblr fad that became viral outside of Tumblr because it's easy to recognize the absurdity, and it made a great target for ridiculing the woke (back when "woke" was a complement, and we just called this sort of thing being "politically correct").
Point is, you can't just impose new words on purpose. Language doesn't work that way. It's all about the viral memes taking off. So it's always best to adapt existing language.
"They" is finally clicking in my mind as a singular gender neutral word, for example. It took a while, I have to admit.
Depends on the type of accident, but generally as far away from the point of impact with the bus as possible.
On balance of likelihood that's going to be the back of bus.
High speed rear end is unlikely for a city bus. Most likely the bus rear ends someone because it can't stop in time, or a head-on collision of some kind on a narrow road.
I hear your righteous ideals and agree with them, but we will never get to a Solar Punk society or some other vision of a future worth wanting without convincing the powerful of the world to want it too. It's never happening in a single generation, and it will be the work of our children our children's children to establish the culture and the practical momentum toward that future.
Only something like 1-3% of people are psychopaths. I would argue high society, the ultra wealthy, are absolutely overrepresented, maybe 10-fold at least under capitalism when wealth buys protection and discretion, and you can get away with living a more hedonistic existence without consequences. But even so, that's still only 10-30% of billionaires say, that are true psychopaths who care only for their own ambitions and designs.
The rest are just not aware that there are better ways, convinced their ideas are the right ones, and that they can do what nobody has been able to do before them. But they are the ones who have the wealth and resources to try.
You can absolutely be a progressive billionaire, and I'd argue right now, many, if not most of the world's wealthiest are doing what they think is right for the world. It's just hard to change anything like this in meaningful and enduring ways. So many moving parts, so many minds to change. They are still not as powerful on their own as whole government's. So, nobody has quite figured out how to get there yet. But what progressives do by definition is they try. I would argue Taylor Swift is among these people who are trying. Like Bill Gates, Warren Buffett, and many others we could name.
Conservatives believe in the old ways, and that certain cruel status quos are necessary or natural. That being poor for example is your fate, your destined role. And likewise if you're wealthy somehow your "earned it". This belief is often enough for otherwise good people to turn a blind eye to the suffering that is occurring because of them. Or use it to argue their means justifies the end they seek. But most still care deep down. It's just better for them and theirs not to do anything that would compromise that. And can you blame them? Maybe more than the average person. But, keeping a decent job, working hard, and living a middle class life in a liberal democracy is its own kind of "conservativism". That's what most of us are doing. You could just as easily argue almost nobody is actually "progressive" when the rubber meets the road, and who could blame us when it's true a "normal" life under modern capitalism is how we get to live to be a hundred. It's not obvious or even really confirmed that better options are in fact better. It's all a theory waiting to be proven.
This is all to say, it's about the best strategy for how we get there. Taylor Swift would kick Trump's ass in a popularity contest, and she'd really boost moral. She's more experienced than most celebrities in the political sphere and most of politics is fundraising and posturing anyway. What's important is how much she defers to and empowers the experts. She seems like someone who will.
Shit posters are often some of the most insightful on issues like this. Comedians are not above picking sides when it comes to the culture wars. I would have thought the idea of Taylor Swift as president would be better received here than this. Not least of all because of how much it would piss off Trump. Even just more memes about it would be encouraging.
The side effects and risks are worth it when you only get one shot at puberty. If you don't transition as a pre-pubescent teenager, you will never "pass" as well, especially as a transwoman.
A really good example of how successful you can be if you're early is Corey Maison. There are cases of transition regret of course, but they're still a very small percentage of the total, and that percentage is reduced by puberty blockers giving young people more time to figure out themselves and their own bodies, and to make the choice that's right for them.
Got the top row at Big Day Out here in NZ circa... 2004 or 2005 I think it was? Was pretty neat but the accoustics was so bad could barely hear anything.
When you're a psychopath of one description or another, who knows what might motivate you?
Most of us normal people are content to be free to spend time with friends and family doing the things we love. Imagine if you couldn't give a shit about that, and that's basically the world's most successful people.
Their lineages have spent recent human history honing capitalism to be the vessel for the freedom of their kind. Money buys you freedom from consequences most of the time. That shouldn't be possible.
The internet opened up their world for us to see, and for a moment it looked like we might sieze control. Instead, we let ourselves be manipulates into thinking they do in fact give a shit, or at least if we tag along we'll be winners too.
The names we know are the ones who court controversy for the thrill.
Elon Musk is an excellent example. Whatever talents he has are moot next to his moral insanity. All he cares about is having a legacy, and achieving the things he wants. He just pays lip service to any real altruism. I mean, he's the last person who needs to preside over horrific working conditions. He even bans PPE because he doesn't like bright colors.
My idea is that you would as the recipient get to nominate a charity from a list of effective charities, as well as send a tip to whatever Lemmy instance you use. You get the little digital gold mark on your comment/post too naturally.
I don't like Greenpeace, but these are good arguments.