Why might it harm democracy? This is the question that needs to be asked.

If people are so disinterested, disengaged, or just plain ignorant and won't even do the smallest amount of fact-checking......then isn't democracy actually working, and voters getting what they deserve?

(So hard not just saying people are stupid. But it's that, fundamentally. No force is more harmful to democracy than stupid and ignorant voters acting on impulse.)

I thought it was SI, Super Intelligence?

Will be interesting to see who bends the knee to please Trump with this 'new term'.

When he 'announced' this he was not-so-subtle in his threat to get companies to play along with his antics.

Right, but if Trump hadn't fired them, AI would be telling the military to fire them anyway - checkmate!!

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Next time I do a crime, I'll just explain am an AI agent.

Nice to know how to get out of these things now.

This is really the problem:

> I'd totally understand if the Canadian government declares all Trump properties in the US having the name "Pedophile Palace"

Attitudes tolerating immature and inappropriate behaviour from world leaders.

No. I wouldn't understand if my gov't did that. I would be vocal against it.

And no one else should either.

And this stupidity will persist so long as it's tolerated and described in terms that normalize it. Fuck this shit, it's so tiring.

And pray tell: if you consume a meal with a lot of cholesterol, how is it transported out of the digestive system?

Through your blood.

So you've got heaps of added cholesterol traveling along your bloodstream, potentially sticking to the existing cholesterol/plaque build-up.

There are videos of people getting a blood test after eating fatty meals, and you can literally see the fat in the blood vial.

Funny how you can not only halt, but reverse plaque build-up through a low-fat plant-based diet. Because if you aren't adding it in, your body has a chance to clear it out.

If you want to talk about insulin response, plant-based foods are superior, full-stop.

Cardio-vascular disease rates among vegans is quite rare. Easy to search for, can start here: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/a...

And since you're posting on social media as well, presumably we shouldn't take your advice either.

I'm holding out for the promise of the three day work week.

Thought I read in a similar article that the Atlantic currents are slowing as well, which normally moves air around, and so it's just sitting on Europe.

And that this is only going to get worse with that current in collapse?

This is what I was thinking. We've always been a species that has had to navigate, whether it's large distances, or even if in settlements, we would still have to navigate trails and pathways and get around, and know our surroundings.

Might be interesting to compare the rates of people who hike frequently, or mountain bike (both require memorizing trail systems, somewhat similar to our species previous lifestyles.) Even FPS games like Doom might trigger this.

I'm not super close with a lot of riders, but I have been in the same riding communities for 20+ years, and while I hear about people having various health issues, other degenerative diseases, passing away, etc, I don't think Alzheimer's is one I ever hear of.

Conversely, I wonder if they'd find higher rates among sedentary people, who hardly leave the house/work, or only ever travel short distances.

Isn't this standard practice by the US military in foreign states for dealing with their garbage at military bases?

Can't be that bad then, residents should toughen up. /s

Err this isn't practically true.

Yes, you can excrete protein in urine, but it's usually not in healthy people. And it's not how you want to get rid of excessive protein.

More often it's turned to body fat, it's very easy for your body to covert protein to fat.

Try adding six scoops of protein powder to your diet every day. Guarantee you'll put on heaps of body fat. You won't be peeing it out, unless there's something terribly wrong with you.

Yes, and again, if eating adequate calories from a variety of sources, it's nearly impossible to be deficient in protein. That means all the essential amino acids. Pretty much every plant-based food contains all the essential amino acids, it's not hard getting them.

That's why "protein deficiency" diseases are nearly non-existent in people eating sufficient quantities of food.

This is my line of thinking.

If I were to do what they did, I'd probably be facing charges.

AI does it? Ooopsies!

WTF.

You know, if this was the cost of screwing up this royally, we'd probably see a little more care.

What this guy probably endured in prison as well, they don't treat pedos kindly.

And the actual pedo presumably is still free.

Absolutely disastrous on all accounts.

When your daily life becomes smoke-fill heatwaves, flooding, or similar climate-fueled disasters with failing electricity - yeah, what they've been telling us to do will be easy peasy.

And yes, I live it. Vegan over 35yrs, I don't drive or travel, and consume very little/ I've sent one trash bag to the landfill in the last half decade. I'm actually quite happy, because it's not all that shit in your life that brings happiness. That's the biggest lie of all.