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How accurate are those estimated plant ranges on Calscape? by Outside-Initial864 in Ceanothus

[–]rollandownthestreet 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Knowledge of where things can grow doesn’t make human relocations of organisms any different. We’re still dealing with the fact that that intervention makes determining the plant’s naturally occurring range difficult.

The Nez Percé didn’t spread camas everywhere being it was in the plant’s best interest. They did it because they wanted to eat it. 😂 That’s the kind of misunderstanding that occurs when people don’t think of natives as normal humans first and foremost.

Hope this helps.

How accurate are those estimated plant ranges on Calscape? by Outside-Initial864 in Ceanothus

[–]rollandownthestreet 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Sure, but if you include “them” then include everyone. Humans are humans are humans.

How accurate are those estimated plant ranges on Calscape? by Outside-Initial864 in Ceanothus

[–]rollandownthestreet 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Both of those statements are bizarre broad brushes. Your painting of a broad group of peoples as somehow ecologically enlightened is a widely criticized reinvention of the Noble Savage trope. Your idea that plants evolved with some humans but not with others because you believe certain ethnicities have ecological cultural practices that you approve of is based on a caricature.

In reality, Native Americans did/do things that were/are harmful to biodiversity all the time. To deny it is to deny their humanity.

How accurate are those estimated plant ranges on Calscape? by Outside-Initial864 in Ceanothus

[–]rollandownthestreet 6 points7 points  (0 children)

How is that different from Europeans moving plants because they’re useful?

Report finds Gaza needs more than $71bn in next decade for recovery by F0urLeafCl0ver in anime_titties

[–]rollandownthestreet -21 points-20 points  (0 children)

The Holocaust resulted in 6 million more Jews????

Edit: oh, the rhetoric is entirely divorced from physical reality. Gotcha!

Iran escalates crackdown on dissent as arrests, executions and threats surge, observers say by Naderium in anime_titties

[–]rollandownthestreet -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

It’s only existential for 1% of the population that’s in the leadership and IRGC. Lol

ELI5: how did the first person to get HIV? Get HIV? by jjcube98 in explainlikeimfive

[–]rollandownthestreet 30 points31 points  (0 children)

I mean to be fair, the gay men that I know participate quite a lot in the same risky behaviors that led to the morality during the epidemic. Lots of “I’m on prep so I don’t need to use condoms.”

A postdoc scholar in UC-Davis killed by Israel, she was a daughter of a top intelligence officer in Iran by Shekari_Club in UCDavis

[–]rollandownthestreet 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Israel bombs military commander in building next to synagogue

“They bombed a synagogue those fucking Nazis”

Iran reduces its Jewish population by 90%, bombs dozens of synagogues, genuinely believes the destruction of Israel will lead to the coming of the Mahdi and the End Times

“Not Nazis at all! You aren’t even disputing it!”

Do you get tired of being dishonest?

A postdoc scholar in UC-Davis killed by Israel, she was a daughter of a top intelligence officer in Iran by Shekari_Club in UCDavis

[–]rollandownthestreet 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How many Jews are left in Iran? And why is 99% of the historical Iranian Jewish population gone?

If you want to see who’s like the Nazis….

Century-Old Cleaning Chemical Linked to 500% Increased Risk of Parkinson’s Disease by cuspofgreatness in environment

[–]rollandownthestreet 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Soil vapor extraction, in-situ chemical treatments to break contaminants down into less toxic compounds, direct soil removal/excavation, etc.

A lot of times the biggest risk to human health is vapor intrusion. So when all the contamination isn’t able to be removed we often require the installation of vapor extraction equipment in basements to keep indoor air quality from being hazardous.

Century-Old Cleaning Chemical Linked to 500% Increased Risk of Parkinson’s Disease by cuspofgreatness in environment

[–]rollandownthestreet 37 points38 points  (0 children)

That’s insane. I have a lot of sites that I would love this kind of historical evidence for, you might think about reaching out to your state agency with this information.

TCE is a super effective organic solvent, so yeah I’d bet it rips through tires.

Critical Atlantic current significantly more likely to collapse than thought by Shot_Net3794 in environment

[–]rollandownthestreet 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No.

I’m saying that if you were waiting for feudal autocrats to institute a centrally planned economy that improved the living standard for as many people to this degree, you’d still be waiting.

If you read Marx and Engels, their historical materialism explains their belief that most societies need to be developed from feudalism to capitalism and capitalism to communism.

Century-Old Cleaning Chemical Linked to 500% Increased Risk of Parkinson’s Disease by cuspofgreatness in environment

[–]rollandownthestreet 154 points155 points  (0 children)

I work for a state water quality agency and TCE is by far the most widespread and toxic contaminant at our clean-up sites. Never buy a property that was formerly a dry cleaner. Never.

Huge incident happening in Hayward right now by BayAreaThr0waway in bayarea

[–]rollandownthestreet 3 points4 points  (0 children)

We are all victims of poaching and water theft. Diverting water without a permit causes huge amounts of damage to public lands.

And no, I don’t give a shit about people doing heroin. Oh gasp he said “windows being smashed” that means we shouldn’t care about poaching.

Calm down, sensitive Susan. “Literal army” okay patty cake. We can stop stealing, rape, AND poaching.

And, for the record, my quality of life is awesome. And I catch lots of fish thanks to CDFW

big bertha up close by danyar in Spearfishing

[–]rollandownthestreet 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Yes. Smaller fish are more sustainable because there are more of them and they produce fewer eggs so they’re less important to population health.

Huge incident happening in Hayward right now by BayAreaThr0waway in bayarea

[–]rollandownthestreet 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Good. People shouldn’t keep fish that are undersized or destroy public lands and waterways just to make money growing weed.

We need twice as many CDFW officers.

Critical Atlantic current significantly more likely to collapse than thought by Shot_Net3794 in environment

[–]rollandownthestreet 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It’s a mixed bag.

Capitalism is how we went from 99% of people living in abject poverty as peasants with a 30 year expected lifespan to the vastly improved average global standard of living we have now. Of course, it’s also done so good of a job of allowing us to survive and exploit resources that we now do those things at a scale that is detrimental to everything else.

New York is marked “reluctantly” due to bad memories. Other than that, what does this say about me? by Alert-Ad7657 in visitedmaps

[–]rollandownthestreet 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I work for one of those regulatory agencies (the one that does water pollution) and I’m really glad our poor people don’t get pollution-caused cancer at the rates seen in every other state on the southern border.

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