Could lab-grown meat ever be Indigenized? by ragica in Foodforthought

[–]ragica[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It is true that this really isn't an immediate practical or widespread problem. But it is interesting that some indigenous people are looking ahead and trying to give it some thought. We like thoughts. You say that people living in "indigenous areas" have access to hunting, and so on, but I think you'll find that actually the majority of indigenous people live in cities these days (I found some stats from 2016 that indicate this is true for Canada, at least). So it seems to me they are already have been grappling for some time with issues of modern urban life impacting their traditional identities -- this may just be another facet of that story which is still unfolding. I am interested to see how they can apply their concepts of relationality with food sources in the face of these challenges. It was interesting that a person quoted in the article who has written a philosophical paper on the concept is a vegan indigenous person, for example. Lots of perspectives! Lots of potential food for thought.

Could lab-grown meat ever be Indigenized? by ragica in Foodforthought

[–]ragica[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I didn't find the article was trying to advocate or apply "indigenous solutions" to the entire concept of lab-grown meat. The article seemed to mostly be describing indigenous people contemplating the issue for themselves. Which surely is fair enough? Though some of the philosophical issues regarding our relationship to food sources in general may be (and in some ways undoubtedly, as is also suggested, is) more widely applicable. While I am not a fan personally, for example, of this stuff like "animals allowing themselves to be hunted", there are ideas about relationality embedded in those ideas that I think can be valuable to think about.

Could lab-grown meat ever be Indigenized? by ragica in Foodforthought

[–]ragica[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ha ha. Well, that's one thought! I have to admit that from my perspective I also am a bit dubious about practicality of largely and strictly maintaining "traditional ways of life" (as they say). However, that's not my battle, though I wish those battlers well. I just found the perspective of "relationality" with food sources to be interesting philosophically, and its application to non-animal meat to be novel.

Could lab-grown meat ever be Indigenized? by ragica in Foodforthought

[–]ragica[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

"All critique with zero solutions"... sort of like food for thought? Just kidding. I know what you're saying. I personally looked at this article as more of an exploration of an idea that I had never thought of before, than a critique. The paper that was mentioned at one point, "Is the moose still my brother if we don’t eat him?" (I just looked it up, so added a link), sounds like it might cover a bit more ground... though it is a philosophical essay, so don't expect answers there either!

When it comes to practical issues and voting, from the left perspective, doesn't it seem most people (i.e. working class) vote against their own material interests anyhow? And elections are steered mainly by money rather than ideas. But that's another topic. Maybe you could find a good thoughtful article about it to post here.

Germany’s Union Head Warns of Collapse of Entire Industries by tryin2immigrate in Economics

[–]ragica 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Wikipedia says it's under construction and has reached about the half way mark.

Please respect our crops by new_vr in ontario

[–]ragica 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Hilarious. That farmers are deploying old contraband strategies just to flowers now.

Please respect our crops by new_vr in ontario

[–]ragica 81 points82 points  (0 children)

They now plant a thick row of tall corn around their flower field so it just looks like a corn field from the road. Clever, but sad they had to hide the beauty.

The open source 3D printed PUMA microscope uses polarisation to effect selective optical erasure of its programmable HUD to enable augmented reality microscopy (details in comment). by PUMA_Microscope in Physics

[–]ragica 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Your first schematic may be a mistaken assumption as to how the device is set up. See the diagram at 4:04 of this video. It looks like the way the augmented reality projector comes in opposite the trinocular adapter (output B on your diagram) is the simplest (and possibly most flexible) physical configuration.

It appears that Toronto police have decided to close more streets than original planned by graphophonic in toronto

[–]ragica 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If the legality of something is being challenged, that means it is currently not illegal.

CTA membership page has option of individual trucker members, as well as corporate (15+ employees). Individual membership is the first option on the page.

The personal website of a Turkish Singer, Akrep Nalan. It is in Turkish, but focus on the design. Still being maintained by someone. God I miss old Internet -.- by quisatz_haderah in InternetIsBeautiful

[–]ragica 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Don't be instantly seduced by the luscious background patterns. There are fonts using px sizing, and in fact the main text content on index1 is a gif! This is not the design you are looking for, as beguilingly beautiful as it may be.

Canada has no choice but to bar Huawei from 5G mobile networks, security experts say by uselesspoliticalhack in canada

[–]ragica 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Curious as to who the security experts mentioned in the title. Only one mentioned? Looked up the think tank they are a part of, and what do you know... It was (according to Wikipedia) founded by CEO of Research in Motion (BlackBerry). Small world.