What has generally passed for "Western Liberal Democracies" will largely live or die by which approach dominates. WLD's are a once (thus far) in history event. there is nothing to guarantee they go on, nor that something like it would ever happen again.

Cette vidéo est un véritable cauchemar éveillé pour l'écologiste décroissant. Un robot qui traque la nuit les pathogènes et les nuisibles à la lumière ultraviolette, sans un gramme de produit chimique, ce n'est pas un gadget... De quoi faire s'effondrer toute la théologie écologiste. Ici, c'est bien l'entrepreneur et le marché qui offrent une solution réellement efficace aux défis environnementaux. Pas de contrainte, pas de retour en arrière et pas de renoncement. L'entrepreneur résout le problème en créant de l'abondance là où l'on nous promettait la pénurie. Le rôle du progrès a toujours été celui-là : produire de l'abondance à partir de la rareté naturelle avec comme moyen ultime l'ingéniosité humaine. Reste alors une question : si la technologie résout réellement les problèmes que l'écologisme prétend combattre, pourquoi l'écologisme la déteste-t-il à ce point ? Tout simplement parce que ce qu'il veut, ce n'est pas une nature préservée, c'est une société administrée, dont il serait aux manettes. Comme toutes les autres idéologies constructivistes, socialistes et collectivistes, ce qui importe vraiment à l'écologiste ce n'est pas de résoudre les défis de son temps, c'est de régner sur les hommes de son temps. Le héros sera toujours l'entrepreneur, jamais celui qui le déteste.

I'm not going to devote much time to this now, but there were many questionable elements surrounding the Wuhan lab where covid19 was likely spun into existence via illegal gain of function research. The most salient point to all of that is that organism should have never come into existence. And there are possibly many other facilities that are US taxpayer funded. dni.gov/index.php/newsroom/p…

Why is it so hard to build a new hospital? youtube.com/shorts/75QQsdKfG…

Today we filed a lawsuit against Oasis.  Oasis misled consumers. Knowingly, repeatedly.  The case with LMNT is straightforward. It’s linked below.  But this case is about more than that to me.  This is about fabricated fear for profit.  This is about a group of online “health creators” that have lost their way. Terrorizing people - especially new parents of young kids and those with vulnerable conditions.  There are hundreds of accounts now, manufacturing scientific-sounding content, often with AI, that they know almost nothing about.  Oasis has misled millions of people, about hundreds of products - and our day in court is coming.

Bringing legal action is difficult. But sometimes necessary. Today we sent a letter to Oasis. I’ve attached it below. Read on if you want the background. … I first heard of Oasis in December 2024 when they published false reports about LMNT. I publicly and privately explained to the founder why he was reading lab results wrong. 300x wrong, to be specific. He failed to make corrections. I let it go. But I kept hearing from founders being unfairly treated. Kept seeing these guys put out made up content that would go viral. Striking fear into thoughtful people concerned for their health. 4 other brands (so far) have sent cease and desist letters with him for falsifying test reporting. He’s been mocking them online about it. No rigor. Not recognizing there is a group of people (scientists and brands) who actually operate and know how this stuff works. Like basic math. Like basic testing protocols. Just last week, an Oasis post misrepresenting heavy metal levels in protein went viral. It reached 3.5MM people on twitter that day. They got called on it and retracted it with a public apology – the retraction reached 27k people on twitter. That’s a 100x higher reach on false information than the truth. Blatant errors in reading test results, paired with language like “heavy metals in protein causes neurological impairment and birth defects in kids” strikes terror in people - especially new parents. Many feel that reform is unlikely. I prefer to be optimistic of people. If Oasis wants to stay in this business, I suggest they: - Immediately remove themselves from the App Store. Defamatory damages build every day for each misrepresented brand. - Rebuild the entire framework of their app with a reputable toxicologist and scientist input with a fair framework equitably applied to all brands (no personal bias penalties). - Correct the misinformation, with equitable reach, on each of the brands damaged. - Develop communications guidelines for social media. Context over clickbait. Empowerment over fear. Consumer choice over chaos. Oasis has defamed dozens if not hundreds of brands now and misled millions of people. And I have heard from many other brands and consumers wondering how to help make this stop. This is not just Oasis. There are other offenders too. I’ve never been a fan of litigation. I’m really not thrilled about it. But I am committed to it. If you won’t stand up for your product, who will? And don’t people want to be customers of brands that stand behind what they make? I do. If damages are ultimately awarded, they will go to charity. It’s hard to stand up for what’s true online these days. At some point, when it gets bad enough, some people do.

Pretty cool story!! Sourcing LMNT’s organic black tea youtu.be/NIjJIODHOro?si=V-R5…

Everyone who supported this is a monster. The Car Kill Switch Is Now Law youtube.com/shorts/ZJ27r6Mk2…

. @oasishealthapp just posted two redactions Their original protein post got 3.5M views in a day. The redaction, a few thousand. I reached out and spoke with them over a year ago when they were getting going, assuming best intent. (To correct then false reporting as well). It's only gotten worse. Guys, you don't get another pass. You can't make millions of dollars and just say "my bad" for no one to hear and move on. Photo Receipts: - 3.5MM on defamation post (twitter only). - Founder brags “Oasis record day” - 7K views on the redaction. These guys like inflated stats so here’s a few. On this topic, Oasis has a 500x higher reach on misinformation than accurate information. That’s a 10,000x higher ratio than a standard of safety by any reasonable person for trust and credibility. The redaction posts have dozens of people saying “wtf, I threw this in the trash!” That means for every 1 person that saw the redaction, 500 tossed it in the bin and will now go on to spread the false info further. Oasis, you better start spending every last dollar of that defamation-earned money boosting these redaction posts.

I hope to see y'all here! oldsaltco-op.com/pages/old-s…

This post has 3.5MM views (and counting) and is totally bogus. The author doesn’t know how to read a test result. His cited results (in app behind paywall) show premier protein UNDER the prop 65 limit for lead. All of them in fact meet the safety standard. He doesn’t know the difference between ppb in a powder, which is the amount of lead in a KILOGRAM of material, vs dose per serving - which is what all safety levels are set at. There’s also blatant typos in carrying over the test result (has mixed up premier and ritual readings, from the wrong part of the test). You’re fine eating your protein shakes. Watch what you fall for on the internet. This stuff is driving up anxiety for no reason.

@oasishealthapp has now deleted the posts and issued two redactions, saying “we’ll do better next time” I had conversations with them over a year ago, assuming best intent when they started with this BS. It’s only gotten worse since then. This protein post got 3.5MM views before deletion. The same day the founder and head of growth are pumping their fists posting record revenue and app download numbers. The next day the correction comes. The correction gets a few thousand views. Dozens of people saying “wft, I threw that brand in the trash” You don’t get an out, again. You don’t get to defame brands for years now, collect millions of dollars in revenue, and say “my bad” when no one hears it. Receipts. Photos in order: - Protein defamation post. 3.5MM views (twitter alone). - Founder posting “record day.” - Correction post. 7K views. These guys like dramatic statistics. Oasis has a 500x fold ratio in false allegations to honest reporting. (3.5M views vs 7K) Thats 10,000x higher than the safety level set by any reasonable person for honest and credible work. For every one person that sees the redaction, 500 people are throwing the product in the trash and telling their friends about it too. Oasis, you better start spending every dollar of that defamation-made money on promoting these redaction posts.

Possible therapeutic potential of a ketogenic diet for malaria. nature.com/articles/s42255-0…

Just a quick snowball into hell: For the "Follow The Science" folks, there was a time, not that long ago, when a common refrain was "make sure to get a 2nd opinion..." One literally, never hears this these days. Evidence Based Medicine has achieved omnipotence apparently, and although medicine is still called a "practice" for specific epistemological reasons, and even though if you start a medication a good doctor will couch things as "let's see how this goes" some folks present "The Science" as some kind of case closed, end of history, nothing more to learn ever. Which, is the exact opposite of what science IS.

There appears to be a lot of methodological errr r ors around the microplastics story. I’ve suspected and talked about this for a long time. I think plasticizers and various VOC’s are bad news. I think the broad issue of microplastics are likely overblown. Part of their issue is they are largely inert, but don’t let chemistry or toxicology disuade you that these are a huge problem! Perhaps we can have a fear-porn round table on microplastics, seed oils and vitamin A!?!?

7,000 false positives per square millimeter. The culprit was the lab gloves. University of Michigan researchers just upended a core assumption in microplastics science. Latex and nitrile gloves, worn by the scientists doing the measuring, shed stearate particles that look chemically identical to polyethylene. Standard infrared and Raman instruments can't tell them apart. The gloves were counting as plastic. Seven glove types tested. All contaminated. The cheapest fix: switch to cleanroom gloves, which dropped false positives to around 100 per mm² vs. 7,000. The "credit card per week" headline (5 grams, WWF/Newcastle 2019) has separate problems. A 2022 re-analysis found severe methodological errors in the original estimate. Actual measured intake is likely 100x lower. None of this means microplastics are harmless. Last month's data on brain accumulation still stands. But the numbers driving the panic may have been measuring the scientists, not the environment. Science catching its own errors is exactly how it's supposed to work.

Hang In There, It Gets Better youtube.com/shorts/LoVXC4-eA… Sound advice from @misraetel

Pain Behind Your Knees? youtube.com/shorts/HUgXg-RJ9… Thanks @kneeovertoesguy exactly the issue I’ve had!!