HIGH-DEGREE SLOP
We all know plastic pollution is ubiquitous, present in the soil, water, and air and thus in our food, too. At minimum it’s gross and all this plastic seems to be disgustingly persistent in the environment. But all over the place and for many years now we’ve been hearing that the situation is far worse than we imagined. Microplastics! Those petroleum-based fragments, and their infinitesimal, nano off-spring, appeared to be far more problematic than a wayward Ziploc bag or pop
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HOW NOT TO DIE
I’m declaring 2026 the year of the moral panic. We’re really going all-in, here. Aren’t we? To me, the following is quickly becoming Canada’s Epstein files: replete with the wildest allegations accompanied by a shocking paucity of evidence and a growing international furor all due to reporters, journalists, and editors showing no willingness to ask the most obvious questions or offer readily available data while, of course, delivering outlandish headlines. — Now, what follows
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