top of the heap to third world status in one generation

Gry · Jan 31, 2020

Strange History of Mad Honey
Emma Bryce

https://modernfarmer.com/2014/09/strange-history-hallucinogenic-mad-honey/

Gry · Jan 31, 2020

h.h. said:
“Liberation” of the Jews.

https://www.npr.org/2014/11/05/361427276/how-thousands-of-nazis-were-rewarded-with-life-in-the-u-s

Generally used to feel pretty decent about the offerings from NPR,
and to be fair, in this case we are speaking merely of a review.
None the less the coverage for this was especially lamentable.

Gry · Jan 31, 2020

Human Ancestors Were Nearly All Vegetarians

Paleolithic diets have become all the rage, but are they getting our ancestral diet all wrong?

https://getpocket.com/explore/item/...arly-all-vegetarians?utm_source=pocket-newtab

h.h. · Feb 1, 2020

Stinky salmon

https://fishbio.com/field-notes/the-fish-report/stinky-salmon-natural-fertilizers

Gry · Feb 1, 2020

How We Pay Attention Changes the Very Shape of Our Brains
Stanislas Dehaene on the Neuroscience of Focused Learning
https://lithub.com/how-we-pay-atten...shape-of-our-brains/?utm_source=pocket-newtab

Gry · Feb 2, 2020

The Secret Lab Hidden Inside a Famous Monument

The Monument is one of London’s most famous landmarks, even giving its name to a local Tube stop. But this tribute to London’s greatest fire also has a secret second use – as a giant piece of scientific equipment.

https://getpocket.com/explore/item/...de-a-famous-monument?utm_source=pocket-newtab

Zeez · Feb 2, 2020

Gry said:
The Secret Lab Hidden Inside a Famous Monument

The Monument is one of London’s most famous landmarks, even giving its name to a local Tube stop. But this tribute to London’s greatest fire also has a secret second use – as a giant piece of scientific equipment.

https://getpocket.com/explore/item/...de-a-famous-monument?utm_source=pocket-newtab

Maybe stairs (apples and pears) and stars is a might bit o cockney.

Awright geeezzaa! there yew go. Aw Sorted mate. Blimey! i' was a joke.

Sunshineinabag · Feb 2, 2020

I like lox on my bagels

Gry · Feb 2, 2020

They certainly did understand the concept of indulgence.

Zeez · Feb 2, 2020

They had money for it.

Microbeman · Feb 2, 2020

Gry said:
Human Ancestors Were Nearly All Vegetarians

Paleolithic diets have become all the rage, but are they getting our ancestral diet all wrong?

https://getpocket.com/explore/item/...arly-all-vegetarians?utm_source=pocket-newtab

I wonder how our gut compares with black bears. Berries, apples, bugs, grass, legumes, roots, fish, honey and roadkill.

Gry · Feb 2, 2020

Obituary: Great Barrier Reef (25 Million BC-...)

Climate change and ocean acidification have killed off one of the most spectacular features on the planet.

Rowan Jacobsen
https://getpocket.com/explore/item/obituary-great-barrier-reef-25-million-bc

Zeez · Feb 2, 2020

Some of the most beautiful corals in the world going away fast. An entire ecosystem dying.

Gry · Feb 3, 2020

Heard it mentioned about a third of the great barrier reef was lost last year.

flylowgethigh · Feb 3, 2020

Gry said:
Human Ancestors Were Nearly All Vegetarians

Paleolithic diets have become all the rage, but are they getting our ancestral diet all wrong?

https://getpocket.com/explore/item/...arly-all-vegetarians?utm_source=pocket-newtab

There were big F'in dinosaurs that could eat humans back when we developed. Take a look at our teeth to see if we developed as a plant or meat eater.

And as for the oceans, the japs are about to dump all that fukushima radiation water into the pacific.

h.h. · Feb 3, 2020

Dungeness crabs are dissolving.

armedoldhippy · Feb 3, 2020

Gry said:
Human Ancestors Were Nearly All Vegetarians

Paleolithic diets have become all the rage, but are they getting our ancestral diet all wrong?

https://getpocket.com/explore/item/...arly-all-vegetarians?utm_source=pocket-newtab

ancient humans ate whatever they could find/collect/kill. way too many sites with bison/mammoth bones & flint tools intermixed for me to believe that we were primarily vegetarians. more like bears IE opportunistic omnivores. our eyes location on our skulls tell the story. predators/omnivores have eyes on the front of the skull, primarily plant eaters on the sides. one for focusing on prey, one for watching for predators...

Microbeman · Feb 3, 2020

armedoldhippy said:
ancient humans ate whatever they could find/collect/kill. way too many sites with bison/mammoth bones & flint tools intermixed for me to believe that we were primarily vegetarians. more like bears IE opportunistic omnivores. our eyes location on our skulls tell the story. predators/omnivores have eyes on the front of the skull, primarily plant eaters on the sides. one for focusing on prey, one for watching for predators...

Like chimpanzees who are opportunistic meat consumers but mostly eat vegetation. Hunger is a great motivator for new hunting-gathering techniques.
I think the west coast peoples are a prime example of humans taking advantage of a wide variety of food types.
They could easily survive on the lush vegetation and shellfish alone but hunted deer, fish and even some whales. I believe they left bears and some water mammals alone, as they recognized a common bond. Something not carried by the invading Europeans.

h.h. · Feb 3, 2020

Indicted Parnas associate was set to partner with VA on cannabis research

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/02/03/andrey-kukushkin-veterans-affairs-cannabis-research-110545

St. Phatty · Feb 3, 2020

h.h. said:
Dungeness crabs are dissolving.

the way Spider Mites dissolve in Safer's Soap ?

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