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L.A. County sues Pepsi and Coca-Cola over their role in ongoing plastic pollution crisis
L.A. County sues Pepsi and Coca-Cola over their role in ongoing plastic pollution crisis - Lemmy.World
>In September, state Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta and a group of environmental organizations sued Exxon Mobil, accusing the company of falsely promoting plastics as universally recyclable when, in reality, the vast majority of these products cannot be reused.
New California law mandates fashion industry to take old clothes back for free
New California law mandates fashion industry to take old clothes back for free - Lemmy.World
>The goal of the bill. SB 707, is to reduce the millions of tons of unwanted clothing that typically end up in landfills across the state, support the development of upcycling and recycling across the state and address the environmental impacts of “fast fashion.” > >“SB 707 isn’t just about recycling; it’s about transforming the way we think about textile waste,” Senator Josh Newman (D-Fullerton), the bill’s author, said in a statement. “The framework created by SB 707 will create new opportunities for every Californian to participate in a more sustainable future.
Gov. Gavin Newsom signs bill removing synthetic food dye additives from California schools
Useful info from an admin about why one of the threads went missing: lemmy.world/comment/11288468
There seems to be room for improvement in how Lemmy handles this.
I think thread deletion is problematic and needs some consideration and changes - Lemmy.World
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/17779430 [https://lemmy.world/post/17779430] > A large percentage of threads I’ve created or participated in have been deleted. Worse is that when visiting the URL everything is completely gone. > > This is much more drastic when compared with Reddit thread deletions, where the thread is there and so is the discussion. And the creator of the thread has access to their content. > > The Lemmy method discourages people from participating in threads and creating high-quality content, much more so than the Reddit method. > > A bunch of lively and useful discussions on Lemmy have completely disappeared. And it makes it seem like a waste of time to even contribute content here. > > — > > EDIT: I see that the “fediverse” link for posts has been removed. I posted this to lemmy.ml [http://lemmy.ml] from a lemmy.world account and there’s no way for me to get the lemmy.ml [http://lemmy.ml] link now. And when I crosspost it it shows a lemmy.world link instead of the lemmy.ml [http://lemmy.ml] one. I think this should be changed [back].
I think thread deletion is problematic and needs some consideration and changes
I think thread deletion is problematic and needs some consideration and changes - Lemmy.World
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/17779430 [https://lemmy.world/post/17779430] > A large percentage of threads I’ve created or participated in have been deleted. Worse is that when visiting the URL everything is completely gone. > > This is much more drastic when compared with Reddit thread deletions, where the thread is there and so is the discussion. And the creator of the thread has access to their content. > > The Lemmy method discourages people from participating in threads and creating high-quality content, much more so than the Reddit method. > > A bunch of lively and useful discussions on Lemmy have completely disappeared. And it makes it seem like a waste of time to even contribute content here. > > — > > EDIT: I see that the “fediverse” link for posts has been removed. I posted this to lemmy.ml [http://lemmy.ml] from a lemmy.world account and there’s no way for me to get the lemmy.ml [http://lemmy.ml] link now. And when I crosspost it it shows a lemmy.world link instead of the lemmy.ml [http://lemmy.ml] one. I think this should be changed [back].
I think thread deletion is problematic and needs some consideration and changes
I think thread deletion is problematic and needs some consideration and changes - Lemmy.World
A large percentage of threads I’ve created or participated in have been deleted. Worse is that when visiting the URL everything is completely gone. This is much more drastic when compared with Reddit thread deletions, where the thread is there and so is the discussion. And the creator of the thread has access to their content. The Lemmy method discourages people from participating in threads and creating high-quality content, much more so than the Reddit method. A bunch of lively and useful discussions on Lemmy have completely disappeared. And it makes it seem like a waste of time to even contribute content here.
It's Not Just Shein: Why Are ALL Your Clothes Worse Now?
It's Not Just Shein: Why Are ALL Your Clothes Worse Now?
Collapse is inevitable because of ignorant, dumb people? I think there are ways to address this. Here are my suggestions.
Collapse is inevitable because of ignorant, dumb people? I think there are ways to address this. Here are my suggestions. - Lemmy.World
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/16659287 [https://lemmy.world/post/16659287] > First, you need to understand the factors that contribute to one person being low functioning and another high functioning. > > Human health, development, and function are multifactorial: Genetics, epigenetics, microbiome, diet, environmental/industrial pollution, socioeconomic influences, etc [https://maximiliankohler.medium.com/eugenics-past-present-and-future-74d0ea5998b4]. > > I have a two-step proposal. > > 1. The first step is to limit the impact of low-functioning individuals. https://www.highiqpro.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/IQ-Bell-Curve.png [https://web.archive.org/web/20230513140945/https://www.highiqpro.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/IQ-Bell-Curve.png]. Right now society is set up so that society is run by the wealthy and the low functioning majority. This results in these people voting for, and implementing policies that exacerbate the problems instead of fixing them. > 2. The second step is to take action to raise the level of functioning of the human population. This second part probably takes the most learning for the average person. Most people seem to have a very very poor understanding of human health, development, and function [https://maximiliankohler.medium.com/a-critical-look-at-the-current-and-longstanding-ethos-of-childbearing-the-repercussions-its-been-6e37f7f7b13f]. But I tried to condense it into that one article. > > My suggestion for tackling the first step is to implement a cognitive (IQ, EQ, etc.) test for city, state, and federal representatives. > > Having an IQ test to vote seems problematic. Firstly because of how things like that were used in the past to disenfranchise certain populations. Secondly, the problem right now is that not enough people vote, and that results in the wealthy controlling the government and laws [https://archive.ph/KEg0T#selection-1737.99-1737.100]. > > I think a better solution is (at minimum) a cognitive test for anyone running for a government position so that can be factored into people’s assessment of them. But possibly that won’t be enough and it will be necessary to set some minimum requirements for test results. > > This way you don’t give the option for dumb people to vote for other dumb people. They only get to choose between two intelligent ones. > > Some smart people may be corrupt or sociopathic, so this test should be a full psychological evaluation. > > I’m curious if it would be possible to get people like Ibram X. Kendi (who gives an interview here [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oQXki0hG9w&t=414] on antiracism, anticapitalism and the eugenicist origins of IQ and SAT tests) to agree on both implementation of this solution and an appropriate IQ/psych test for it. I would base my argument to people like him on this type of data [1 [https://archive.fo/nlFMg#selection-2507.0-2511.0]][2 [https://github.com/MaximilianKohler/Archive/wiki/Politics]]. > > My position is also based on polling data from Australia which showed that a political group that is in the vast minority in most countries is the most intelligent, and largest (percentage-wise) supporters of evidence-based policy and holders of evidence-based beliefs. This coincides with the IQ graph I linked earlier. A cognitive test requirement like this should boost the influence of that party and its supporters. > > — > > My suggestions for tackling the second step by making people smarter are in this document [https://www.dropbox.com/s/tdxb9ro5oaliwmc/Constituent%20Bill%20Proposal%20Form%20-%20for%20reddit.doc?dl=0] (which I haven’t updated for years). It’s doable via a variety of biological and societal interventions. > > The problem again is that it’s low-functioning people preventing us from implementing these fixes. Possibly if enough intelligent people understand and agree on these fixes and be vocal enough about implementing them we could get it done. > > In my opinion, Fecal Microbiota Transplants (FMT) [https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2018.01510/full] are one of the most promising aspects of this second step. One problem is the people who qualify to be stool donors appear to be extremely rare [https://www.humanmicrobes.org/blog/stool-donors-one-in-a-million-ai-funding-potential]. You can read more about the current status of FMT in this blog [https://www.humanmicrobes.org/blog/fda-fmt-regulation]. If you have the ability to influence or fund clinical trials, read this [https://maximiliankohler.blogspot.com/2019/12/fmt-roadmap-proposal.html]. > > As is, with the health of the population rapidly declining [https://forum.humanmicrobiome.info/threads/chronic-disease-and-general-poor-health-have-been-drastically-increasi.44/], I feel like I’m living in Idiocracy [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0387808/], and surely collapse will be inevitable if nothing is changed.