Mastodawn

Sarah Arnold Nov 11, 2025

Jim Dunwell brings us up to date with ACRE (Advisory Committee for Releases into the Environment) oversight and procedures relevant to the Precision Breeding Act - new legislation/processes to allow precision-bred crops, including with pest/pathogen resistance, to be grown in England.

Slightly weird situation with UK devolved nations where England, Wales, Scotland can all write their own rules for precision-bred crop cultivation, but internal market rules mean crops grown in one nation can be sold in another regardless.

#AAB_IPPM #PrecisionBreeding

BellingenNSW Sep 21, 2025

Hipster Eugenics: More genetically 'superior' kids

While the Nazis aggressively enforced a system of blonde haired and blue-eyed people, many parents today desire gene-edited babies with blond hair, blue eyes and a selection of genetically 'superior' traits.

Hipster Eugenics: Better Babies for Billionaires
https://www.geneticsandsociety.org/biopolitical-times/hipster-eugenics-better-babies-billionaires

‘Hipster eugenics’: why is the media cosying up to people who want to build a super race?
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/apr/20/pro-natalism-babies-global-population-genetics

Gene editing is being sold on the promise of healthier babies — but what are the ethical concerns?
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09-22/ethics-of-gene-editing-designer-babies/105496228

"The Collinses are prominent figures within the pronatalist movement, which advocates for higher birth rates as a means to address demographic and economic challenges."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simone_and_Malcolm_Collins

Nazi Ideas about the Aryan Race
https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/nazi-racism
#eugenics #HipsterEugenics #parenting #parents #DesignerBabies #ART #pronatalism #longtermism #tranhumanism #IQ #FarRight #racification #PhenotypicAppearance #blonde #genetics #CRISPR #PrecisionBreeding #SocialDarwinism #biopolitics #ethics