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Comment Safety concerns perhaps? (Score 2) 378

A lot of discussion about the quality of public schooling and that its people who are conservative who tend to do this. TFA summary, however, mentions that its across the political, geographical and demographical spectrum. Has anyone looked into how parents' concerns for their kids' safety might play a role?

Comment Not the first, probably not the last. (Score 1) 128

Mexican company Desserto makes a vegan material from cactus fibre. By the time these materials are available to the general public who can't spend $$$ on a handbag made from some exotic substrate, they'll be obsolete. My handbags are vegan, too: only I call it "plastic" and its actually affordable. In the end they're all greenwashing.

Comment Re:Facebook should flag it but it cant be forced t (Score 1) 151

Its the equivalent of a public square

if this is the case, then Facebook makes it so you only hear the toxic and disinformation discourse, which they actively promote to generate more engagement which for them translates into more profit. So if they can't be forced to police the place they shouldn't censor those who generate less engagement, either.

Comment Lies, bloody lies and Twitter (Score 2) 199

The ridiculous part is, it isn't about guilt or fault or shame or anything like that. Politics muddies the waters and we all end up losing. Science is trying to get a handle on the coronavirus pandemic and all of a sudden its Trump spouting rubbish, and Jinping trying to divert attention elsewhere what the actual FUCK, gentlemen? We have a pandemic going on and they are standing in the way of solutions only to further their political agendas.

Comment Re:How to cause panic with statistics (Score 1) 222

Well, if you look at the cost figures in real terms, youi'll find that adding inflation rates from 2005 till 2017 to the 2005 figure you get about $280 billion, so the real additional damage done - in 2017 dollars - is 20 billion. But then again, with climate becoming more and more erratic, this is to be expected.

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