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Recession fears loom? Boy, oh boy, I have a news for you here.

As always

Why the fuck would anyone want to live that long?

Definitely not funded from the gates foundation

Fiona, that cake goes right to the hips. Never thought I'd say a hippo is cute, but she is. Happy Birthday Fiona !

It’s a sensitive topic and one I knew basically nothing about until I lived in Navajo area for several years. Even now, there’s still a lot I don’t know or understand because they have such an interesting and complex culture and history.

I think it’s fair to say that unless you’re around Native politics, you won’t be aware of most of what goes on and so much of it is different from tribe to tribe. Just because it’s true for one tribe doesn’t mean that it’s true for another. Every form of government has its strengths and weaknesses, as an outsider it’s easier to see them sometimes. For example, my partner and I were having a group conversation about some of the issues we had noticed in Navajo area and a participant got angry at us because her adopted son was part of the Comanche tribe. She didn’t know that they had completely different issues, political systems, and constitutions.

I apologize if I came across as harsh in my original reply. That wasn’t my intention but tone is difficult to convey through text on a screen.

AZA zoos are non profit organizations

Friends? Welp guess I'm dying early.

Neither do you. If you truly believe its about conservation then take away all their profits and watch them change market then neglect the animals.

You clearly have no understanding of what zoos do or how they operate.

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I think you're misunderstanding what I'm saying. I'm not against planting trees. I think they're important.

Just like you, I don't think there's one solution to fixing climate change which means we can't dismiss technological solutions by saying "Why don't we just plant trees?"

We have to plant trees AND do everything else possible to reduce emissions and sequester carbon.

My one problem with these sort of solutions is that they're clearly geared toward inserting themselves into the existing value chains/supply chains we already have. One of the most basic issues that causes climate change is that we aren't properly valuing our resources. We have to decouple that value system from our industrial economy which demands never ending growth of consumption. Tell me, if we successfully convert CO2 into a valuable raw material that our industries demand, what happens when we've drawn out enough CO2 to reach a ppm concentration we like? Just stop? What business EVER just stopped? And this wouldn't be just one company, we'd build economic infrastructure around it. My belief is that the funding for carbon drawdown HAS to come from the public. Market based value systems are not the type of valuation system that works best for Environmental resources which are by nature publicly owned. We have to create a value for this stuff and stand by it.

No the real story here is this man's kindness. We all know about big Pharma and their assholery. I'd like to learn more about this fine fellow, Hody.

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But they do offset emissions/contribute to drawdown and there are many other functions that forest and tree cover provide to maintain critical ecosystem functions. Idiots looking for a panacea to ecosystem service degradation and torpedoing good ideas for not being such a panacea are literally holding us back from taking steps in the correct direction. You're expertise in this field must be minimal if you are criticizing planting trees. I understand that criticizing other people is one way to get a seat at the table if you don't have any ideas of your own, but criticism for criticism sake is unwanted.

Fuck Zoos.

Sure, I get that. Fact of the matter is that there's a reason /u/thenewyorktimes has some person in this subreddit anyway- and that's to engage in a kind of journalism that adds as fresh coat of polish over the turd that is a society built on misery.

You're not wrong about anything you said, but I'll be real man, it's just good to be reminded sometimes that there are people who will be this consistently generous their entire lives. We can celebrate people who are like that, while also highlighting the systems connected to it.

The article does that, actually.

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I'm sorry... this is the Uplifting News subreddit, right? You're acting like they murdered your whole family with this news story that is fluffy, sure, but also uplifting and cute. I'm really confused by the backlash, as it's exactly what this subreddit was designed for.

I clicked on the main article: no login requirements.

I click on your link: login requirements.

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I bet Harambe would've liked to join in the fun.

That just paves over the problem to pretend it isn't one.

Like: Teachers donate their vacation days so colleague can spend time with child dying of cancer.

OK that was nice. But why the hell was that necessary? The headline is wrong.

The headline should be: System allows the parents of dying children no time off to be with them.

Or

Teen denied a motorized chair by insurance company has one built by students.

This 'acknowledgement of niceness' is just pretending the horrible shit is just natural, it's not, it's man made.

The uplifting news in this scenario would be one that marks the end of the need for actions like that.