Message to children and young adults: Don’t believe the hype that you are hearing from Extinction Rebellion and the like. Rather than going on strike or just worrying, take the time to learn something about the science of climate change. The IPCC reports are a good place to start; for a critical perspective on the IPCC, Climate Etc. is a good resource.
Climate change — man made and/or natural — along with extreme weather events, provide reasons for concern. However, the rhetoric and politics of climate change have become absolutely toxic and nonsensical.
In the mean time, live your best life. Trying where you can to lessen your impact on the planet is a worthwhile thing to do. Societal prosperity is the best insurance policy that we have for reducing our vulnerability to the vagaries of weather and climate.
WTF?
Is Artisanal Fake Meat the Next Trend?
The company’s chopped “chicken” is made with pea and wheat protein, herbs such as sage and thyme, and salt and pepper, without preservatives, additives, or artificial flavors or colors. “I think that in the plant-based category, there’s so much innovation and so much excitement going around with what we can develop in a lab and what science can really add to the category,” Song says. “But at the end of the day, this is ‘We’re in the food space,’ and I think people are forgetting that this needs to be food.”
Still. Not. Meat.
Read the entire article and decide for yourself.
Why do you need food that pretends to be something other than what it is?
Burger King’s Impossible Whoppers are Meat Adjacent! – Updated 12.15.19
A vegan is suing Burger King because its Impossible Whoppers are meat adjacent
Somehow none of this makes any sense to me.
Update 12.15.19
And it doesn’t make any sense to VegNews either.
Personal Purity and the Vegan Politics of a Shared Burger Grill
Every vegan who is connected to the internet knows about the shared grill situation, and if you’re not comfortable with it, then don’t eat at those restaurants. It’s that simple.
Nicole Axworthy is the News Editor of VegNews and author of DIY Vegan who is an imperfect human but still 100-percent vegan.
WTF 10.25.19
Bots!!! Web scraping content sucking BOTS!!!
Living Large
Do the People Who Live in This House Have the Right to Be “Struggling”?
It is a nice house, but not an extravagant one. It sits next to a house in disrepair, and another house that is kept up. If you notice, there are two doors. The address 196 Lefferts Place, Brooklyn, New York, is divided into two homes, and the house I am talking about is Unit B, consisting of the upper floors of the structure. The cost to be the proud owner of 196 Lefferts Place, Unit B, is $1.395 million.
The greater fool theory in the US residential real estate market.
Have I mentioned lately why I live in Oklahoma?
Living Tiny
Why I hate living in my tiny house
At the end of a long driveway, inside a former garage, it’s 240 square feet, or roughly the size of one and a half parking spaces…The small size saves energy and curbs my shopping habits, since there literally isn’t any room for, say, another pair of shoes.
Nutrition Labels — Do You Read Them?
The following is not an endorsement of either product but simply nutrition labels for educational purposes. I am not compensated for my efforts on this blog. DISCLAIMER: I did download an app to my phone and got the burrito for FREE.
Both food products are meat free. The burrito is prepared with cheese and sour cream. The second Nutrition Facts represents a commercially prepared veggie burger, no bread or bun.
Take Home Lesson:
- Fast food is fast food. Even when it’s missing the meat.
- Add a bun. Add some toppings. Eating at home makes eating healthier easier.
The American Debt Slave
Reprinted from the original post at https://wolfstreet.com/
Go to this link for the full article.
Note that here in the US we rank #11 worldwide. Read the article to find out who’s in the top ten.
CBD Is Everywhere, but Scientists Still Don’t Know Much About It
This NYT article should be read by anyone considering the use of CBD for anything.
Here’s a list of what CBD can be used for from a local news rack publication.
Relief, the Natural Way
- Pain
- Depression
- Acne
- Anxiety
- Cancer
- Diabetes
- Drug withdrawals
- Epilepsy
- Fibromyalgia
- Heart health
- Inflammation
- Inflammatory bowel disease
- Insomnia
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Neurodegenerative disorders
- Psoriasis
- Quitting smoking
- Quality of life
Authors Guild Survey Shows Drastic 42 Percent Decline in Authors Earnings in Last Decade
The Authors Guild’s 2018 Author Income Survey, the largest survey of writing-related earnings by American authors ever conducted finds incomes falling to historic lows to a median of $6,080 in 2017, down 42 percent from 2009.
The Authors Guild surveyed its membership and the members of 14 other writers organizations in 2018, receiving detailed responses from 5,067 authors. This included traditionally, hybrid and self-published authors who have commercially published one or more books. When discussing median incomes, the survey looked at both full-time and part-time authors.
The respondents reported a median author income of $6,080, continuing a sharp decline over the last decade: $8,000 in 2014 and $10,500 in 2009 (per the Authors Guild’s 2015 Survey), down again from $12,850 in 2007, as reported in a joint Authors Guild/PEN survey.
Earnings from book income alone fell even more, declining 21 percent to $3,100 in 2017 from $3,900 in 2013 and just over 50 percent from 2009’s median book earnings of $6,250.
The survey showed a shift in book earnings to other writing-related activities, such as speaking engagements, book reviewing or teaching. Including those sources, respondents who identified themselves as full-time book authors still only earned a median income of $20,300, well below the federal poverty line for a family of three or more.
Add writer to the list of occupations to steer your grandchildren away from.
I am a non-professional non-paid writer. And professional writers don’t make much more than I do writing.
Read the entire article here.
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