July 2009
22 posts
Food Safety Gestures
ambivalence:
Don’t let the hyperbole fool you: the recent house bill on food safety is not a fundamental change. It merely increases inspections and allows the US government to order recall of foods, a power that it really had anyway, for all intents and purposes.
The underlying story is that food safety isn’t possible, given our reliance on globally distributed, industrial food processes.
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Bill would restrict antibiotics in food animals →
mikehudack:
squashed:
Support this bill. There is nothing wrong with giving some antibiotics to sick animals—but that’s not how they are used. Antibiotics are mixed in with animal feed preventatively. The overuse of antibiotics leads to antibiotic resistant bacteria that will affect both humans and animals.
In other words, because the feed lots are so crowded and unhealthy that they think it...
fred-wilson:
Animal - Miike Snow
fred-wilson:
Do You Realize (Lips Cover) - Beck
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fred-wilson:
Ready - Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest
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“The hyperbole in America and Israel about apocalyptic mullahs with nukes missed...”
– Zakaria: Turmoil in Tehran | Newsweek Voices - Fareed Zakaria | Newsweek.com
Salaries for Doctors, Not Fees →
jayparkinsonmd:
An excellent article in the Times highlighting Bassett Hospital in New York where they pay their physicians a salary. Their costs are in the bottom 10% of NY Hospitals but their quality ranks in the top 90%.
This is true across the board. Fragmenting doctors into independent practitioners tied together by nothing but a desire to get paid as much as they can always leads to...
“The most disturbing feature of the current business environment is the manner in...”
– Kass: Slow Down, You Move Too Fast | Financial Adviser Update | Financial Articles & Investing News | TheStreet.com
I generally agree with this sentiment but wonder, who are the exceptions: corporations that haven’t scaled back dramatically and are still crushing it based on demand for...
“Oakland residents overwhelmingly voted Tuesday to approve a first-of-its kind...”
– Oakland Voters Pass Landmark Pot Tax To Boost City Coffers (via tedr)
The $18 / $1,000 on gross sales is in addition to standard 9.25% Sales Taxes paid by the customer, correct? An additional 1.8% tax is a good start, but why not increase the number to 5-10%? This is a vice/luxury commodity and it...
“We all know that there’s no fucking way in the world we should have microwave...”
– Fake Steve Jobs on cheap overseas manufacturing. (via John Gruber) (via marco)
learning how to learn » Blog Archive » iPhone... →
“This phenomenon, known as the “Quarterlife Crisis,” is as ubiquitous as it is...”
– Welcome to Your Quarterlife Crisis (via skidder) (via caro)
Welcome to the Paradox of Choice. Your problem is that you can do whatever you want. So you can’t do anything.
(via mikehudack)
“To reduce waste and improve quality means organizing ourselves in ways that...”
– Atul Gawande on the conundrum facing doctors, in an interview with Ezra Klein (via sleuth) (via jayparkinsonmd)
“Apathy is the result of an irrelevant educational system closing us out from the...”
– Max Marmer » Blog Archive » My Speech at The World Future Society
“People who deliberate fully before taking a step will spend their lives on one...”
– Anthony de Mello (via kareem)
“new insights come from new people and new environments — any circumstance...”
– Neuroscience Sheds New Light on Creativity