Saturday, January 7, 2023

Some graphs


George Monbiot argues in his book, Regenesis, that ‘farming is the most destructive human activity ever‘

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The Chinese, for better or worse, already can buy lots of data on you from private data brokers, just as other parties can. Few people seem worried about that. 
Nor do we ban trips to China, which often result in a “stripping” of all the available information accessible through that person’s devices. (People who matter or just know better often just bring burner phones and laptops, etc.).
What exactly would be the legal basis for such a ban?

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"Appreciate" used to have a noun object, now its object is almost always a proper noun or pronoun.

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Biden is going to the southern border. Why?

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Some Graphs:












In 1967, when miscegenation laws were overturned in the United States, 3% of all newlyweds were married to someone of a different race or ethnicity. Since then, intermarriage rates have steadily climbed. By 1980, the share of intermarried newlyweds had about doubled to 7%. And by 2015 the number had risen to 17%.









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