wolfyvegan

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cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/24038889

Pakistan is one of the world's most vulnerable countries to the effects of climate change, and its 240 million residents are facing extreme weather events with increasing frequency.

Wonder where they will move to when they've had enough ?

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“It is our duty to induce people, by every honest means, to go Vegan.”

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Rotary International (RI) is a global network of 1.2 million people who do good around the world. At the RI Convention (RICON 25) in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, there were about 20,000 Rotarians from 140 nations and they heard about the urgency of dealing with climate change from Dr. Katharine Hayhoe during the opening plenary. Except, of course, Dr. Hayhoe spoke mainly about fossil fuels, while briefly mentioning deforestation.

After her plenary speech, Dr. Hayhoe came to the Environmental Sustainability Rotary Action Group (ESRAG) hub at the House of Friendship and answered questions from the audience (see photo above). She did answer a question about the impact of animal agriculture, but claimed that it was less than 25% of the problem.

After her Q&A session, Scott Nelson, a member of the Plant Rich Diet Task Force of ESRAG, offered her a copy of my book, “There IS a Planet B.” She read the text on the cover of the book and refused to accept it, saying that it was bad science, the author is not a climate scientist and that she is the climate scientist.

Scott relayed this to me after Dr. Hayhoe left the premises and I readily admitted that I have a PhD in systems engineering, not climate science.

Engineers solve problems while scientists test hypotheses.

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[–] wolfyvegan@slrpnk.net 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Interesting that the article doesn't mention the fact that the murumuru fruits are edible... But then, Astrocaryum murumuru is not even native to the area that the article is about, so it's probably another species entirely that these women collect.

[–] wolfyvegan@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 month ago

I've also used Matrix and Fluffychat, and it works fine, but even just considering the electricity consumption of the server compared to something like XMPP, it seems wasteful unless there is a real need to use Matrix-exclusive features or clients. Of course some people on older/low-end hardware might also experience issues based on the resources that Matrix requires. I have nothing against it, but I question whether it should be considered the default when there are in fact other options available and have been for years.

[–] wolfyvegan@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Matrix is also very heavy on system resources. What's wrong with XMPP or Tox? If it ain't broke...

[–] wolfyvegan@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 month ago

XMPP, Tox, Matrix, SimpleX, Molly-FOSS, Anonymous Messenger... are all built with freedom in mind.

[–] wolfyvegan@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 month ago

Amazon Restore is one that I'll be watching from now on!

[–] wolfyvegan@slrpnk.net 4 points 1 month ago

Their videos so far don't show so much, but Finca Del Soul seems like a cool project.

[–] wolfyvegan@slrpnk.net 4 points 1 month ago

True. This is a major trend in Viet Nam right now.

[–] wolfyvegan@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 month ago

They also both destroy the rainforest. Fuck wiping!

[–] wolfyvegan@slrpnk.net 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Tanzania

endemic, native species, including valuable food sources such as avocado, lemon and mango

Something doesn't seem right. Typo?

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[–] wolfyvegan@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 month ago

Sugar can make a sticky mess, but if ever this happened to you, you could still take the van to a mechanic to have the fuel line and engine professionally cleaned.

What you REALLY want to avoid is fine silt or other hard particular matter that remains in suspension in the gasoline rather than dissolving. Such crystalline particles can potentially pass through the filter into the engine and cause many tiny scratches, wearing down the precisely engineered moving parts and doing serious damage that would be very expensive to fix. Before adding anything to your fuel tank, be sure to check it for suspended fine particulate matter, especially if the container has been sitting unattended for a while!

[–] wolfyvegan@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 month ago

What's the saying? "Humans were created by water in order to transport it uphill" ? Someone can figure out how to do it, if they care enough.

[–] wolfyvegan@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 month ago

Glad I'm not the only one who saw it. They choose these banner images deliberately!

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