World Views

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Re: https://bonvoyaged.com/uncool-thing-boo ... t-give-up/
"40 Things Baby Boomers Still Think Are Cool"

First thought when reading this headline:
Stop being so concerned about what others think is "cool"!
That rat race ended with the new millennium (even if born in 1964)

Aging boomers have earned their preferred level of independence
and will find plenty of support outside of Cool Lemminghood.

See also: http://www.iror.org/lemmings.asp

"Lemminghood is an innate psychological phenomenon, present in most mammals and observable in common people
as well the most sophisticated and educated elites. Lemminghood is not an intellectual phenomenon - it is psychological.
As such, no socio-economic class is immune to its strangulating effect."

It's cool to be uncool! (depending on your tolerance to social pressure)

Rod

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Re: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/arti ... sible.html
"sperm donor reveals he will soon be a father to 55 children after a 'donation tour' of Europe"

A reasonable tour if he were the model DNA donor, but evolution seems best
when paired XX and XY donors are each not so tour-minded.

Rod

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Re: https://www.studyfinds.org/multivitamin ... s-studies/
"Multivitamins: 5 Studies That Suggest They’re Not Improving Your Health"

Ongoing controversy but cost/benefit seems true (high cost/low benefit).
Besides, decades of studies have stayed focused on benefit for people who are deficient
in certain vitamins and minerals - not those who consume a reasonably balanced diet.

Interestingly, conspiracy theory would suggest the body tolerates MANY pharmaceuticals
because of low dosage components, thus providing good Return On Investment (ROI) ...
for the manufacturers and distributors.

Tip: Anecdotes - not medical evaluations - usually promote these products

Rod

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Re: https://www.cnn.com/cnn-underscored /reviews/who-gives-a-parc

Obviously (at least, intuitively), recycled paper is not recycled toilet paper
since that TP takes the underground log ride to the sewage processing center.

Butt for many readers, "Who gives a parc?" is good title for a TP review.
('parc' is spelled backwards and the link has an extra space)

Rod

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Who knew

Adam and Eve were the original racists (the Human Race),
and, during the MANY begats that followed, differention
of offspring created sub-groups, also called "races".

Now, those who begat are inherently racists!
... since they often perpetuate their sub-group.
So, non-racists are those who do not begat?

Rod

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Re: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/arti ... ELESS.html
" 'testicle tanning' is USELESS for testosterone generation and can actually REDUCE fertility"

"Common causes of low T and other fertility issues are obesity, diabetes, a sedentary lifestyle,
pollutants in the air, poor sleep habits, depression, anxiety and more."

"More than anything, though, she says that it is important for people to listen to trained doctors
for their medical treatment, rather than the word of TV personalities who try to sell them something."

Maybe creative marketing from "I'll tan your hide!" (old threat to children for mischief)
and "word of TV personalities" is understatement about what's convincing these days.

Rod

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Re: https://townhall.com/columnists/betsymc ... s-n2606074

"99% plus of the population do not have the physical traits that cause someone to become transgender.
People with gender dysphoria, a condition that causes extreme distress, deserve empathy and respect.
But only 0.6% of adult population have it, according to UCLA's Williams Institute, LGBTQ advocacy group."

"But there's no reason to incorporate it into the curriculum, inviting children to choose their pronouns
and confusing the 99% who don't have the condition."

So, this permits the bisexuals to maintain their anatomical gender?

Rod

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Re: https://townhall.com/columnists/armstro ... e-n2606122
"Biological Sex Isn't Up For Debate"

"If I were to die today and someone dug up my bones hundreds of years from now, they would know
through well-defined science that my remains are those of a male. The same applies for women"

Best guess: If you want later generations to know your preferred gender,
you'll need to bury complementary artifacts, like clothing or whatever.

Cremation might seem a way to avoid disclosure, but it's not:
Re: https://www.popsci.com/cremated-remains ... chaeology/
"Your ashes might say more about you than you’d think"

Of course, in this modern era where "transgender" was invented,
internet information remains in a database somewhere.

Rod

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Re: https://www.who.int/health-topics/gender

"Gender refers to the characteristics of women, men, girls and boys that are socially constructed.
This includes norms, behaviours and roles associated with being a woman, man, girl or boy,
as well as relationships with each other. As a social construct, gender varies
from society to society and can change over time."

Proof enough that "gender" and "biological sex" are two different things,
with "gender" deriving from "biological" - not vice versa

In other words, "gender" does not necessarily indicate anatomical reality
(and does not need to in today's society, apparently).


Re: https://www.fltimes.com/news/nation/wom ... g-surgery/ (not a link)
"Woman formerly held at Fort Worth prison could be 1st to receive gender-affirming surgery"

Since chromosomes (DNA, re: XX,XY) don't change, "gender-supporting" surgery would be more accurate.


Rod

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Re: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... ister.html

"But Putin's poor posture and his apparently bloated face and neck sparked speculation about the Russian leader's health, which has reportedly been in decline since his invasion of Ukraine... showed Putin speaking to Shoigu whilst gripping the edge of the table with his right hand - so hard that it appears white - and tapping his foot consistently."

Intriguing media stretch (IMO) to reference Putin's white hand since his chair's left arm pad is also whitish (suggests camera lighting). And his words indicate a leader still in control of the nation with some sensitivity to fate of his troops. Probably a staged meeting meant to create a news video.

Putin's orders to his defense minister hint that the invasion may be terminating ...
if both sides can agree on less than satisfying terms, apparently.

Rod

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Re: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/fac ... 343537002/

Old news apparently repeated because propaganda continues that all masks are ineffective
... and such quality masks are protective for other things beside the taboo topic.

Rod

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Re: https://allnewspipeline.com/Newsome_Cal ... iction.php

"Fighting poverty’s 'root causes' has led to an obsession on the 'housing first' approach to homelessness.
Philanthropic groups like United Way reject mere 'bandaid' approaches to homelessness. Temporary shelters,
bridge housing, safe overnight parking sites, etc. are not ideologically acceptable.

'Housing first' has been an dismal failure if you go by the tens-of-thousands of more homeless people sleeping on the streets
since its adoption. But if you go by the boon of money unlocked for the homeless industrial complex it is a smashing success."

Obviously, current solutions to homelessness are not the cause of increasing homelessness, but does suggest
misdirection of funding (albeit, profitable businesses pay taxes, provide employment, and enrich investors).

Rod

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Re: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech ... rming.html

"Insect proteins are derived from edible insects, of which there are some 2,000 worldwide.
They offer a more sustainable alternative to traditional proteins found in meat and soy.
high protein insects discovered include black soldier fly larvae, mealworms, crickets and locusts."

However, the natural food chain invented planned for bugs to eat plants, creatures to eat bugs,
and humans to eat creatures ... and this provided earth-friendly transformation of energy for many millennia
Suggesting now that humans eat bugs hints that one more step must occur to complete this modern transition:
Humans should eat real plants - not lab-meat, etc. created from highly processed bugs and plants.

Rod

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Re: https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-paci ... 022-04-26/
"Coffee, tea and nagging at Japan's anti-procrastination cafe"

"The clean, well-lit place in western Tokyo has 10 seats reserved for writers, editors, manga artists
and anybody else grappling with the written word and deadlines. Coffee and tea are unlimited and self-serve,
and high-speed Wi-Fi and docking ports are installed at every seat. Customers enter, write down their names,
writing goals and the time they plan to finish."

Intriguing concept, this forced writing environment! Not every writer's cup of tea
and questions what is produced. Worthy manuscript? Pile of words? Or another pile? ...
suggesting comparison to similar monitoring at a poop stall. Does it get the job done,
producing that timely, sufficient pile? Or would a more relaxed, less distracting
ambience accomplish the same ... and encourage better habits?

Rod

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Re: https://www.cnbc.com/2022/04/26/fort-wo ... tcoin.html

"Fort Worth, Texas, is now the first city government in the United States to mine bitcoin — and in an almost poetic devotion to the initiative, Mayor Mattie Parker oversaw the construction of a small mining farm in City Hall.

Three Bitmain Antminer S9 mining rigs will run 24 hours a day, seven days a week, in the climate-controlled information technology wing of Fort Worth City Hall. The city says the miners will be hosted on a private network to minimize the security risk. Bitcoin operates on a proof-of-work mining model, meaning that miners around the world run high-powered computers to simultaneously create new bitcoin and to validate transactions."

Fascinating! - even mesmerizing - this asset that exists only as a unique electronic number; a number that must be created with lotsa electricity, lotsa electronic machines, and lotsa networks ... and effectively ceases to exist without electricity! Somehow, "de-mining" comes to mind (using up the world's real resources to create that which does not exist as a real thing).

With real currency slowly being eliminated (a real thing that does not have to be validated* by a bitcoin network for every transaction with every transaction becoming a permanent electronic record in a HUGE database), the world's "almost poetic devotion to the initiative" is itself poetic understatement

* other than a cashier visually examining a large bill

Rod (still perplexed by this financial WOKEit science,
suspecting relationship to our new millennial WOKEism!)

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Regarding the phenomenon of "bitcoin" ...

This is that pivotal point in the world's history where, financially speaking,
people begin to realize that "The king has only digital clothes!"

Re: https://medium.com/@mattimore/parable-t ... e63fef6eb8
"In the great city where he lived, life was always gay."

The story, more related to bitcoin phenomenon than we might expect!

Rod

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Re: https://www.yahoo.com/news/biden-claims ... 47454.html
"School Children Don’t Belong to Parents ‘When They’re in the Classroom’ "

Is not the concept of public schooling
that teachers are tutors away from the home -
not substitute parents in public places?!

Rod

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Re: https://thehill.com/news/state-watch/34 ... burn-them/
"(U.S.) Tennessee lawmaker on books he objects to: ‘I would burn them’ "

Subtle parallel to execution of prisoners: Burning books displays obvious retaliation
like current methods of execution (dumping books into a landfill and letting prisoners
die peacefully in their sleep is not yet satisfying societal retribution).

Rod

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Re: https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/veni ... index.html

"Ask a Venetian to define cicchetti and you will get as many answers as there are varieties of the tasty finger food.
In a town that moves by foot or by boat, munching on cicchetti while having a glass of wine called an ombra
and chatting with friends in a bar called a bacaro is a fundamental part of life in Venice."

"A Ventian breakfast is eaten standing up" ... sometimes with a squiggly thing on top
and ombra chaser (no, squiggly things in medication or in an injection are not the same,
but an ombra chaser could provide similar ambience if permitted medically).

Rod

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Re: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech ... finds.html

"Teens really DO ignore you! Adolescents spend 12% less time looking at the face of the person they are speaking to than adults"

This hints that adolescents prefer not to be persuaded/pressured by the person they are speaking to,
someone who might not be giving them their desired response. In other words, the other person is probably
still successfully persuasive when the adolescent permits this visual communication.

Rod

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Re https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/dad-par ... don-michon
"The single biggest equalizer in history is literacy"

"Parents don’t want gender ideology and critical race theory taught to their children.
We want our children to learn how to read and write. The single biggest equalizer in history is literacy.
Teach any child from any socio-economic background how to read and comprehend what they read
and empower them to take control of their futures."

Good perspective on what's important to teach children
... and considering that information is all over the internet,
teaching them how to find and sift through this stuff
seems equally important

Rod

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Re: https://www.investmentwatchblog.com/lea ... -conflict/

Mention of "influencer participation in spread of disinformation"
begs the question "How does one qualify as an influencer?".

Having your own YouTube channel with significant "Likes"?
... or just posting information that blatantly conflicts
with information from the other side?

What do you say if you're not an "influencer"? "Baaa!"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQO-aOdJLiw

If you can't trust information or disinformation,
What's left? No information?!

Rod

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Re: https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidhambl ... y-unhappy/

"DJI, the largest manufacturers of consumer drone in the world with a market share of around 70% and based in Shenzhen, China, announced that they were suspending business in both Russia and Ukraine. No drones will be sold in either country while the company goes through a process of 'reassessing compliance requirements in various jurisdictions.' This follows a press release least week in which the company stated that their products are not for military use"

That a consumer product (drone, a toy) should have military use is not surprising, but this same toy can be used for non-military mischief (especially, invasion of privacy). Besides, miniature missiles or whatever might become available next to permit an irritated neighbor to "nuke" the boombox at a nearby party.

Rod

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Re: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/just- ... law-dubbed "don’t say gay" (not a link)

"A review by the (U.S.) South Florida Sun Sentinel shows exactly how the law will wipe out many of the school guides’ key provisions, including how the law bans schools from keeping information about students’ gender identity and pronouns from parents if the students request that. The law is based on the idea that parents — not schools — should have the final say about their children."

Seems reasonable! Parents should know why their boy's friends
keep calling to chat with Barb(ara) when his real name is Bob.

Rod

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Re: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... -show.html
"(U.S.) Pennsylvania high school is forced to apologize after an LGBT club staged a drag show on school property"

"For the event, the school hosted dancers dressed in drag performing raunchy routines."

"Raunchy" seems to be the albatross that keeps "drag" so controversial
("drag" performance is typically inclusive of raunchy sexuality).

Rod