Thanks, that's interesting. I mostly agree. I'm not sure the dominant tree species would vary much, as Finland's forests, both old growth and managed, are mostly scots pine, norway spruce, and birch -- which looks to be…
I agree, and, want to point out this wasn't old growth forest. At least, none of the standing trees in the photos look like old growth. If it was, that would be a huge story, but it would have been very odd for Google…
This is probably all native scots pine or norway spruce, as that is what almost all of finland's forests are, and they don't plant sitka spruce plantations there like they do in Ireland or other places in Europe. That…
All the other forms of life are also sentient. We are literally relatives of theirs, even if distant.
Exactly, forest fires usually don't kill most of the trees in an old growth forest. The trees are much bigger, hold a lot more water, and have much thicker fire-resistant bark. This is why you usually see charred parts…
Old growth forest continually grows becoming richer and richer, until one of those major setbacks which often are many thousand years in between. Old growth forest creates more wood per year per acre than second or…
Sure, from a deep time perspective it's maybe no big deal, but the loss of the forest affects all of us including future generations significantly in the meantime.
There are often other factors too, than just the direct fishing, that keep a population low. In the west of North America, like most places, almost all of the old growth forest was logged. Some places where the soil and…
Not to detract from your point that chemicals are not necessary for high food production. But just to point out that Europe does use glyphosate, on something like 1/3 of crops. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12145682 Antier…
In simpler language: The top 0.1% increased their share of the total wealth by 67%. The top 1% increased their share of the total wealth by 40%. And the bottom 50% decreased their share of the total wealth by 30%.
In 27 years The top 1% went from holding 22.8% of wealth to holding 31.6% The bottom 50% went from holding 3.5% to 2.5%.
That's what I meant, but you put it a bit more clearly. I do know a lot of people who grind their own flour fresh - that is real homemade bread and not ultra processed, and agreed, not magically unhealthy.
Maybe true as long as you make it the same way at home as the ultra processed version from the store. But you usually can't since you don't have the machinery. Homemade wheat bread made of just wheat/water/salt is an…
Even to whatever extent this is what's happening, a stopped clock is right twice a day applies.
"Beaver attacks on people are rare and are thought to primarily involve rabid animals" - the article
There's no way 7 in 10 people were prescribed antibiotics in 2024. This looks like a simple and egregious misinterpretation of the data, which seem to be all too common. I could believe there were 700 prescriptions…
Both humidity and temperature matter, it's a complex thing going on. But yes I'm mostly in a dry environment doing this, I haven't tried it anywhere that was warm and humid at the same time. It helps a lot to not seal…
I've gone without a fridge for 8 years now and do something kind of like this usually - I'll cook a pot of food and then steam or boil it again after ~24 hours to reset the clock on it rotting. It's handy for things…
Can confirm, have made hundreds from playing music after four years of several hours a day. Still probably only made 25% the cost of instrument and strings though.
Parent's question isn't answered in the article - no figure is given for how many deaths under 30 there are as a baseline. From the article: “We estimate that since its introduction [in 2008], HPV vaccination has…
Totally agree - I don't mean to promote or defend all NIMBYism - and a lot of it is simply "I got mine and don't want to share". And there's also something to be said for NIMBYs protecting the habitat they live in or…
Didn't read the article, but regarding the title, this is kind of fundamental. NIMBYs want to protect some aspects of a particular place usually because it is their home. Capitalism largely lives on destroying…
And... sometimes stats and population level studies take a very long time or (more often) are never done at all and so if we only rely on this to tell us what to do, we'll miss a lot. There are common sense ways to…
I'm sure someone is thinking that job loss needs to be gradual enough that they can get technology to the point of having killer drones ready to take out any individual instantly, before any uprising threshold is…
There are clinical tests for systemic inflammation. But there are also lots of potential causes of systemic inflammation, so testing for high inflammation consistently will tell you there's something wrong, but not what…
Thanks, that's interesting. I mostly agree. I'm not sure the dominant tree species would vary much, as Finland's forests, both old growth and managed, are mostly scots pine, norway spruce, and birch -- which looks to be…
I agree, and, want to point out this wasn't old growth forest. At least, none of the standing trees in the photos look like old growth. If it was, that would be a huge story, but it would have been very odd for Google…
This is probably all native scots pine or norway spruce, as that is what almost all of finland's forests are, and they don't plant sitka spruce plantations there like they do in Ireland or other places in Europe. That…
All the other forms of life are also sentient. We are literally relatives of theirs, even if distant.
Exactly, forest fires usually don't kill most of the trees in an old growth forest. The trees are much bigger, hold a lot more water, and have much thicker fire-resistant bark. This is why you usually see charred parts…
Old growth forest continually grows becoming richer and richer, until one of those major setbacks which often are many thousand years in between. Old growth forest creates more wood per year per acre than second or…
Sure, from a deep time perspective it's maybe no big deal, but the loss of the forest affects all of us including future generations significantly in the meantime.
There are often other factors too, than just the direct fishing, that keep a population low. In the west of North America, like most places, almost all of the old growth forest was logged. Some places where the soil and…
Not to detract from your point that chemicals are not necessary for high food production. But just to point out that Europe does use glyphosate, on something like 1/3 of crops. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12145682 Antier…
In simpler language: The top 0.1% increased their share of the total wealth by 67%. The top 1% increased their share of the total wealth by 40%. And the bottom 50% decreased their share of the total wealth by 30%.
In 27 years The top 1% went from holding 22.8% of wealth to holding 31.6% The bottom 50% went from holding 3.5% to 2.5%.
That's what I meant, but you put it a bit more clearly. I do know a lot of people who grind their own flour fresh - that is real homemade bread and not ultra processed, and agreed, not magically unhealthy.
Maybe true as long as you make it the same way at home as the ultra processed version from the store. But you usually can't since you don't have the machinery. Homemade wheat bread made of just wheat/water/salt is an…
Even to whatever extent this is what's happening, a stopped clock is right twice a day applies.
"Beaver attacks on people are rare and are thought to primarily involve rabid animals" - the article
There's no way 7 in 10 people were prescribed antibiotics in 2024. This looks like a simple and egregious misinterpretation of the data, which seem to be all too common. I could believe there were 700 prescriptions…
Both humidity and temperature matter, it's a complex thing going on. But yes I'm mostly in a dry environment doing this, I haven't tried it anywhere that was warm and humid at the same time. It helps a lot to not seal…
I've gone without a fridge for 8 years now and do something kind of like this usually - I'll cook a pot of food and then steam or boil it again after ~24 hours to reset the clock on it rotting. It's handy for things…
Can confirm, have made hundreds from playing music after four years of several hours a day. Still probably only made 25% the cost of instrument and strings though.
Parent's question isn't answered in the article - no figure is given for how many deaths under 30 there are as a baseline. From the article: “We estimate that since its introduction [in 2008], HPV vaccination has…
Totally agree - I don't mean to promote or defend all NIMBYism - and a lot of it is simply "I got mine and don't want to share". And there's also something to be said for NIMBYs protecting the habitat they live in or…
Didn't read the article, but regarding the title, this is kind of fundamental. NIMBYs want to protect some aspects of a particular place usually because it is their home. Capitalism largely lives on destroying…
And... sometimes stats and population level studies take a very long time or (more often) are never done at all and so if we only rely on this to tell us what to do, we'll miss a lot. There are common sense ways to…
I'm sure someone is thinking that job loss needs to be gradual enough that they can get technology to the point of having killer drones ready to take out any individual instantly, before any uprising threshold is…
There are clinical tests for systemic inflammation. But there are also lots of potential causes of systemic inflammation, so testing for high inflammation consistently will tell you there's something wrong, but not what…