1. Nature + Nurture, Life-Non Life, 2. Heated Kidneys, 3. Media Relation, 3.1. Evidence Based Policy, 4. Ancient Environmental Change Denial, 5. Return to Evidence, 6. Cult, <ADDED >1. Uncertainty of Nukes, Hurricanes and Fires, >2. Amazon Fires, >3. Dark Climate Politics, >4. Climate Education, >5. Venezuela, >6. DRCongo Hot Zone. 190901-Vaccine. 190901-Polemic.
Other Topics: BioPolitics, Vaccine, Biosphere, Disaster, Humor, Climate Change, Anthropocene, Anthropogenic, Communication, One Health, Environmental Change, Human Factors, Social Dimensions, Narratives, Infectious Disease, Amazon Forest Fires, Dr. Oly Ilunga, G7, Bolsonaro, Puerto Rico, Biodiversity, Temperature Range, Subversive Activities, Puerto Rico
-1. What is biologically (genetically) determined*, are biological imperatives, or biologically influenced. Likewise what is determined, imperatives or influenced by culture. Much of human behavior stems from this, as well as how reality is conceptualized. It is biologically determined what pathogens one is susceptible to, or the range of temperatures -2- that can be survived in, but all of those can be influenced by culture (infrastructure, conditioning and technology). The are imperative that one have needs to sustain life, but likewise how those needs are meet differ between cultures and personalities. Sex is biologically influenced, but gender is largely cultural (but not absolutely so). Likewise culture is mediated by biology to varying degrees ranging from what is very malleable – despite beliefs, ethics, morality and legislation of how things are – to what is biologically rigid (dead end) that cannot be changed. However even the immutable changes as the division between machine and organic becomes increasingly blurred. *In parademic this is not biological determinism, the idea that all behavior has a genetic basis.
-A. An interesting aspect to consider in terms of parademic is if the categories of life and non life (man made) fall apart in a biocalamity. If one thinks about it biocalamities in the current biosphere may be biological, but the causative agents are technological and behavioral. Moreover there is increasing acceptance of the concept of one health (all life depends on other life), and that there is only one human species (though there is still resistence to giving up race). But there is resistence to the idea that there may be a single culture with anti globalization, emphasis of ethnic differences, the ideal of a multicultural society; there are those who believe the ideal is a single race, religion, culture (THEPA) and all who don’t fit that template are Other.
-2. Whatever Happened To ... The Mysterious Kidney Disease Striking Central America. Some researchers now say that tens of thousands of deaths due to kidney failure may be linked to climate change. But others aren't so sure. The Silent Massacre: Chronic Kidney Disease in Central America's Sugarcane Workers 2017 has been on the PDWN watch list for years but rarely made an appearance in a stub 190519-4. Might be an indicator of the earlier observation that the southern hemisphere may be the global environmental change tipping point, 190818-2. A Mysterious Kidney Disease May Be the First Pandemic Caused by Climate Change.
-3. Journalists Are Not Your Friends. But Are They Really the Enemy. Over the years I’ve attended any number of media courses taught by emergency managers whose theme seems to be that journalists are the bad guys. They use phrases like, “You need to feed the sharks” and tell you horror stories about careers ruined by bad media stories. The upshot is that we teach media avoidance rather providing the skills needed to effectively work with the media. This is part of the larger theme” for disaster develop relationships before it Happens. 4 Useful Tips for When the Media Is Reaching out to You. World's Top PR Companies Rule out Working with Climate Deniers 2014, is this still true.
-3.1. Communicating Science with Policymakers: Six Strategies for Success$. No matter how hard scientists work, our impact will almost always be limited to our immediate academic circles if our results never catch the attention of those who have the power to act on them. These people are often policymakers – local, state or central government officials who write laws and regulations, craft budgets and govern communities. But effective collaboration requires strong communication. The policy world can be tricky to navigate. Institutions can seem impenetrable, and decision making is often opaque. Fortunately, simple strategies can help scientists to communicate effectively with policymakers. 1. Know who you want to reach. 2. Have clear and actionable recommendations. 3. Repackage your work. 4. Write well (not necessarily accurate and use active voice). 5. Pick your moment. 6. Sustain and amplify your engagement. -BRET4↓ another group PDWN supports but does not post material on PDWN, in this case however because of its mission to educate policy makers and the public this article was pertinent to them. [Cartoon]. -5↓.
-4. Ancient Civilizations Were Already Messing up the Planet. As issues like climate change, global warming, and renewable energy dominate the national conversation, it's easy to assume these topics are exclusive to the modern world. But a huge collaborative study in Science reveals that early humans across the entire globe were changing and impacting their environments as far back as 10,000 years ago.
-5. Evidence Lights the Way. These are dark times for science and public policy in the United States. In June, it was revealed that the White House suppressed the congressional testimony of a State Department scientist on the implications of climate change for national security-just the latest example of evidence undercut by ideology. Yet, despite this gloomy backdrop, there are glimmers of scientific evidence used to improve policy and practice. In July, a bipartisan group formed the Congressional What Works Caucus to encourage federal investments in evidence based programs and policies. Since January, the Foundations for Evidence Based Policymaking Act has pushed federal agencies to develop learning agendas and appoint chief data officers to make better use of government data. What will it take to keep the light of evidence burning and ensure that the best science informs important decisions of our time. -3↑.
-6. Is it a Cult, or a New Religious Movement. Cult is a term that doesn't refer to religion at all, but is applied to a social movement. People have intuitive feelings about how the word cult should be used, even when an organization or movement meets the criteria of a new religion. End days is a consistent theme in cults and religions and science. As long as there is orthodoxy, there will be heterodoxy, and there will continue to be gospels of the end of days that could be rooted in science or scripture, people seeking answers, and leaders will emerge who claim to have them. Whether their followers are cult members or parishioners will largely be a matter of time.
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-190825-1.2B>1. Trump Slams Suggestion That He Would Nuke Hurricanes as Fake News -2- -3-. As the original topical stub suggests, this may have been satire, but with the uncertainty of information whether Mr. Trump can be believed or not is a unanswerable question. In any case it is indicative that the uncertainty around imaginary THEPA, 190825-1.3, is so widespread that its credible given other statements and actions, that many news services colluded with the prank and reported the fake news story. It is more informative that the story was told, than if it is true or not. The Surprising History to Trump's Suggestion to Nuke Hurricanes, [Cartoon -2-, Meme -2- -3- -4- -190818-2 Screen↓], 1949 Scientists Wanted to Nuke Antarctica to Melt the Ice, 190901-Polemic-1. Did Trump Ask Advisers About ‘Nuking’ Hurricanes. The information vacuum of trusted sources – or sources that should be trusted instead of what one is using – is already major problem for an accelerating biocalamity. It delays response, misdirects resources and people dismiss instructions they should follow, -E*↓.
-A. Trump on Major Storm Approaching Puerto Rico: Will it Ever End -2- -3-, and with repairs not done there is a potential that even a weaker storm will have higher costs in money and lives than from Maria, Dorian Is Expected to near Hurricane Strength as it Spins Toward Puerto Rico -2-, [Map -2- -3-, Cartoon]. Meanwhile Residents Raise Concerns about Tropical Storm Approaching Puerto Rico, US Moves FEMA, Coast Guard Money to Fund Border Programs -2-, Disaster Aid Money Earmarked To Help Hurricane Stricken Areas Diverted Toward Funding Border Detentions Listicle, With Hurricane on its Way, Trump's Move to Shift Funds Puts Priorities in Question, Reprogramming Disaster Funds for the Mexican Border Wall, FEMA Chief: Transfer of Agency Funds for Immigration Not Affecting Our Preparedness Whatsoever. Dorian Strengthens to Hurricane as it Threatens Puerto Rico, Could Hit Florida as Category 3, [Cartoon -2- -3- Nuke] Trump Unloads on Corrupt Puerto Rico as Dorian Threatens Island – San Juan Mayor Tells Him to Calm Down, San Juan Mayor Fires Back after Trump Tweet about Aid to Puerto Rico. Hurricane Trump Meets Hurricane Dorian in Puerto Rico, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Blasts Trump for Saying He's the Best Thing That's Ever Happened to Puerto Rico: 3,000 Americans Died on Your Watch. f2 Hurricane Dorian Misses Puerto Rico, Sets Its Sights on Florida, Florida Governor Not Sweating Trump Raid of FEMA Funds as Dorian Bears Down, A Big Deal: Florida Braces for Hurricane Dorian. Hurricane Dorian Could Impact the 'Entirety of Florida' When it Makes Landfall. When Hurricane Dorian Hits, Look to Your Neighbors, the best determinant of how well a community fares in a storm is not what happens after landfall, but what it’s like before wind and water hit. Dorian Could Be Multi Day Storm Gov. DeSantis Warns Floridians. Experts Warn Hurricane Dorian Could Devastate Florida’s Wild SeaDoo Population. Warmer oceans = larger hurricanes [Chart, where does heat go]. Rick Scott, Ahead of Dorian Landfall, Weighs in on Climate Change's Effects on Hurricane Strength good example of balancing the actual needs with previous statements that denied those needs.
-B. On Climate, Trump Says He Won't Lose Nation's Wealth to Dreams and Windmills <ADDED 190414-190407-6>1. G-7 Nations Pledge $40 Million to Fight Amazon Fires; Trump Claims to Be an Environmentalist Despite Skipping G-7 Session on Climate Change -2-, Donald Trump Skips G7 Session on Climate Change and Amazon Fires -*C -190818-2↓; Brazil Rejects G-7's Offer of $22 Million to Fight Amazon Fires, Bolsonaro Says He Won't Accept $20 Million to Fight Amazon Fires Unless Macron Apologizes, Brazil Welcomes Help to Fight Forest Fires, Will Decide How to Use It, Corrupt Anti Corruption Campaigns, Brazil's Bolsonaro Fuels Spat with Macron over Amazon Fires, Brazilians Condemn Bolsonaro over Brigitte Macron Remarks: Sorry about Our President. Why it Will Take More than $20M to Help Brazil Put out Amazon Fires. Bolivia: Catastrophic Wildfires Devastate Forest in Echo of Brazil's Amazon Crisis. As Fires Race Through Amazon, Brazil's Bolsonaro Weakens Environment Agency*. [Cartoon Amazon Company]. -190818-2↓. Worst of Wildfires Still to Come Despite Brazil Claiming Crisis Is under Control, Amazon Fires: Brazil Bans Burning for Two Months to Defuse Crisis, with the May to August dry season, and October to March rainy season that peaks midsummer (December - February) this makes sense, but should have been done before. Children in Brazil Are Having Trouble Breathing Because of the Amazon Fires [Photo]. The Amazon Fires Are More Dangerous Than WMDs.
-*. An aspect of THEPA gubergenic is the anti science and defunding, Scientists Fight Trump EPA Secret Science Proposal to Exclude Certain Research [Cartoon Science Fact], is that it also correlated with defunding and being anti arts and humanities Trump’s 2020 Budget Is the Largest in Federal History – and It Would Entirely Eliminate the National Endowment for the Arts, Why Science Needs the Humanities to Solve Climate Change. Reminder: Anti free press often correlates with anti science, education and arts because all these can be subversive, <ADDED 190609-) -190602-3.2, -190224-1‡>↓.
-C. G-7 Countries Slammed Over $22 Million Pledge to Fight Amazon Wildfires: Netflix Paid $100 Million to Stream “Friends”, but the G-7 will see no return on the investment (except possibly delaying extinction, saving lives and livelihoods), while Friends generates about 10 time the amount invested. The Real Reason the Amazon Is On Fire. As the Amazon Burns, Indonesia Shows World How to Fight Forest Fires. People Have Donated Millions to Fight the Amazon Fires. Will the Money Help. As Amazon Burns, Trump Wants to Log World’s Largest Intact Temperate Rainforest in Alaska, bit of a biased stretch to link the Amazon fires to THEPA logging, but there is the point that timing* or never would have been better. At the same time it is THEPA like with using labeling tactic (reforms, religious protection and rights, leftist, socialist). -190818-2↓. Trump Did Not Agree to G7 Aid Package for Amazon Fires, Brazil's Bolsonaro Awaits News on U.S. Help for Amazon -2-.
-*. A possible characteristic of THEPA is an apparent inability to see, or at least acknowledge, cause and effect, action and consequences. This lack of ability to reflect, have insight, forecast, see interactions of wholes, put information in context, is similar to anosognosia. In a sense Thepa – Sesotho version of folktale motif of foolish emphasis about wealth and property to the neglect of environment and health, Matthew 7:24 - 29, Quote – is a prorogue (as used in parademic would be to suspend norms and laws without dissolving them). Trump Is Breaking the Two Cardinal Rules of Diplomacy, in the real world of global affairs, actions have consequences.
-*D. Doomsday Preppers Are Thinning out Across the US, and it May Be Because President Trump Quiets Their Fears -A↑. Question the data collection and interpretation. Militia movements have grown and they are a known for stock piling supplies for contingencies. They are also smarter than their “liberal” counterparts as they hide that they are stockpiling. How is doomsday prepper defined and how do people who have emergency supplies and shelters fit into that. Not everyone can afford underground bunkers with all the life support infrastructure. Maybe this is fake news, intentional disinformation to encourage less preparation, that people have given up and are not preparing to survive. 190811-5, A Boom Time for the Bunker Business and Doomsday Capitalists$. ¶ Another explanation is a religious based nihilism, end of times, Imaginary Dominionism 2018-4.1. The Eternal Return of the Trump Presidency, What's distinct is the sameness, the sensation of repetition, the feeling of forward momentum giving way to the permanence of an eternal now. This isn't the static nunc stans (abiding now) of the medieval theologians — the achievement of a God like state of rest and fulfillment that transcends time and change altogether. Far from it. The "now" of the Trump era is a dynamic one filled with fluidity, flux, and constant turbulence, yet also following certain recurring patterns. Those patterns are so powerful, in fact, that they bring to mind the state of being evoked by philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche's idea of the eternal return of the same -2-. Taibbi: Why Aren’t We Talking More About Trump’s Nihilism -2- -3- -4- -5-. Eco Anxiety over Climate Change Causing Stress, Panic in Millions, <ADDED 190825-190623-6.1>6. How Climate Change Could Fuel the Far Right. CNN Schedules 7 Hour Climate Change Town Hall. Lloyd 'Pete' Waters: A Divine Talk on Climate Change.
-E. The combination of -190825-1.2B↑ -190818-2↓ are a good example of how information evolves in a cascading deluge of information flow that is overwhelming, and not all of it correct* Lie of the Storm, where big storms go, misinformation tends to follow; Fake Hurricane Photographs. -190825-1.2B began with nuking hurricanes, which naturally flowed into wasting wealth in -B↑ that was originally a sentence then became subparagraph -A that changed into -B because -A about a hurricane Dorian that had been part of the original -190825-1.2B became so long as to require a subparagraph. -*B was wedged in as it was pertinent background. -C, originally -B was natural to this as the commentary came from the G7 meeting and then evolved with G7 offered help and the fall out from that. *D, originally * for -A that become -*C which became its own subparagraph, and then *D, when -*B became *C, was again a pertinent tangent about disaster and doomsday prepping. -E of course is to explain how that mess occurred. 190818-2↓ began as a stub on the Amazon fire and it was easier to keep in separate but linked to -190825-1.2B et al. It is unnecessary to understand why this happens, but one can see the problem of what is a relatively simple confluence of biocalamities, and parademic over the course of a week. The importance is that though difficult to read in a linear fashion this value is to be able to locate information with keywords and what are essentially coordinates of a first posting date and stub number. PDWN is a listibase, it cannot provide an answer, but it can locate information that will help find a solution.
-*. False information increases work load and diverts resources, with identification, finding source, finding who accepted, monitoring for it to appear again, damage control, persuading people what they believe is true is truth, study of why is was inserted and accepted, developing a counter campaign if has or will have impact, analysis to see what it reveals about a situation with unintentional or intentional misinformation is inserted. At the same time it is a red flag that something is amiss if there is no erroneous information being received. -190825-1.2B↑.
-190818-2>2. <ADDED 190825>1. Flying above the Amazon Fires, All You Can See Is Death; oh wait this is fake news from CNN [Screen Shot -190825-1.2B Meme4↑]; oh wait, Trump Again Lashes out at Fox News: Not What it Used to be, [Meme -2-] BP8↓*. How Trump Unwittingly Paved the Way for a Climate Change Breakthrough at the G-7 -190825-1.2B-1 -B↑. SOS from Brazil's Amazon Fire Protesters: We Need the World's Help Right Now. The Amazon's Best Hope. A Female Indigenous Chief Is on a Mission to Save Brazil's Forests. AP Explains: Role of the Amazon in Global Climate Change, How Will Brazil's Amazon Fires Drive Climate Change. How Much Oxygen Does the Amazon Rain Forest Provide -2- -3-, not that much but loss of O2 is not the immediate threat; The Amazon Cannot Be Recovered Once It’s Gone along with biodiversity, and that loss decreases ability to recover from biocalamity; The Amazon Rainforest’s Worst Case Scenario Is Uncomfortably Near an irreversible cycle of (cascading) collapse; Amazon Fires Extraordinarily Concerning, Warns UN Biodiversity Chief. Eco Search Engine Sees Surge in Downloads as Amazon Burns. Africa Is the ‘Fire Continent’ but Blazes Differ from Amazon, The Amazon Is on Fire. So Is Central Africa. Amazon Nations to Meet in September on Rainforest, Brazil Says. How Amazon Forest Loss May Affect Water – and Climate – Far Away. Ranchers Blamed for Deforestation in Brazil Rely on a Booming Business Video; Why It’s Been So Lucrative to Destroy the Amazon Rainforest. Right Wing WhatsApp Users in Brazil Are More Effective at Spreading Disinformation, this is not directly related to fires and deforestation, but given the correlation of disinformation and social media with influencing anthropogenic biocalamity this may provide a larger context of what is driving the suicidal behavior, 190901-Vaccine-5. Protect or Develop. Amazon Fires Signal Growing Pressure.
-*. Most the listibase notes about THEPA and BioPolitics are not posted with PDWN, BP8 deals with the collapse of gubergenic. Though these are behaviors in the context of biocalamity, and certainly contribute to acceleration, most are not relevant and too repetitive for PDWN purposes.
-190602-3.2>3. <ADDED 190825>7. ‘Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance’ Is All about Apocalyptic Climate Change -2-. While it’s suitable for young children, this sumptuous fantasy show tackles dark political themes. In Miami, How Art Intersects with Technology and Climate Change. <ADDED 190512-190106-1.1>7. -190825-1.2B>A*↑.
Climate Education -190224-1‡>4. <ADDED 190818>7. <ADDED 190512-190505-7A>4. How Teachers Bring Climate Science into the Classroom. Teaching the Science and Rhetoric of Climate Change: Strategies, Pitfalls, and Keeping Your Head Above Water in Turbulent Times. US Is Hotbed of Climate Change Denial, Major Global Survey Finds. 8 Ways to Teach Climate Change in Almost Any Classroom. 5 Kid Friendly Ideas for Teaching Climate Change in Elementary Grades. -190825-1.2B>A*↑.
-181209-4>5. 190901-Polemic-3Venezuela, or why it has not been in the news recently.
-180513-1.1>6. <ADDED 190825>12. Ebola Virus Transported to China on Commercial Flight, though not recommended it was fully biocontained and not a risk, the problem was this was done covertly by Chinese nationals with BSL4 agents that can be used for biowarfare, 190901-Polemic-PDWN. The Situation on the Ground Is Not Yet under Control, but Dr. Muyembe Says There Is Hope. Dr. Oly Ilunga Being Heard by the Court, Oly Ilunga Kalenga Banned from Leaving the Country, charges of corruption seem to happen to ousted officials of corrupt countries, <ADDED 190804>7, <ADDED 190728>12. China to the Rescue with 60 Tons of Equipment, Government Receives First Lot of China's Gift to Response Teams, Government Receives First Lot of China's Gift to Response Teams. Community Based Wildlife Carcass Surveillance Is Key for Early Detection of Ebola Virus in Central Africa, it was reports of primate die offs that alerted PDWN to west Africa before Ebola was officially reported. Ebola: As Death Toll Approaches 2,000, Vaccines, Treatment and Behaviour Change Equally Important 190901-Vaccine-PDWN. 40 Days Without New Cases in Goma, Why the Ebola Response Is a Success in Goma — but Not Elsewhere in Congo. Uganda Says a Traveling Congolese Girl Has Ebola -2- H5N1 Questions, Uganda: 9 Year Old Girl from Congo Dies of Ebola -3-, Uganda Government Delivers 300 Ebola Vaccines to Kasese. For Spreading False Information about a Suspected Case of Ebola in Cimpunda, Deputy Head Baby Mulegwa Is Facing Indefinite Suspension. As Ebola Cases Reach 3000 in DRC, WHO Calls on All Partners to Fulfill Promises to Communities, Alarming Number of Ebola Deaths in DRC a ‘Rallying Cry’ to Scale up Treatment. Ebola Fears Grow over Lack of Access to Clean Water. MSF: People Will Not Support the Ebola Response If Their Most Basic Health Care Needs Are Ignored. Seattle Nurse on Battling Ebola Outbreaks in Africa: It’s the Best Job in the World.
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