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The unprecedented scale of destruction Israel has caused in Gaza – an estimated 30,000 civilians are now dead – is the equivalent of more than 1,200 September 11th attacks in the US adjusted for population.
The government is not protecting us from “dangerous” disinformation campaigns. It is laying the groundwork to insulate us from “dangerous” ideas that might cause us to think for ourselves.
One Health is basically a managerial cancer. The more people and projects One Health comprehends, the greater its apparent influence and the more profound its incoherence.
Climatism also perpetuates an unnecessary culture of alarmism that affects policy, and Hulme explains that the notion of a “climate emergency” did not exist before 2016.
On the one hand, the imprecision in DNA repair is exploited to destroy the function of a native gene, as intended. On the other hand, it can result in unintended DNA damage (mutations).
Medicalizing the natural aging process results in the overdiagnosis of osteopenia and osteoporosis, leading to anxiety and unnecessary treatment with medications that have potential side effects.
The political response to the crisis at the southern border continues to advance the bipartisan “smart wall,” having been backed by Trump and Biden alike. This bipartisan consensus reaches far beyond the US, as much of the world is similarly speeding along in implementing “digital borders.”
Our communication cannot remain on the surface of this society, trying to convince others on the basis of reality as defined by the system, using the system’s logic, the system’s language, the system’s syntax.
Human laws gain their legitimacy by being in accord with the higher forms of law (that is, by according with genuine morality and metaphysical reality, not at all because the government has the power to impose laws).
It’s not that the president confuses war zones, it’s why he does it, and what the confusion suggests.
If the nations of the world–particularly the United States and the Arab countries–wanted to stop Israel’s slaughter, torture and ethnic cleansing in Gaza, they could do so tomorrow with suspension of oil, arms and technology imports and exports to Israel.
The GAVI Vaccine Alliance (that gets money from Gates) now wants to reframe memes – internet’s succinct expression of humor and satire – as “health disinformation super-spreaders.”