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OKIsItJustMe

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18. I don't think we really disagree on all that much

Reply to jfz9580m (Reply #17)

Fri Aug 22, 2025, 12:24 PM

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Yes, "family planning" is a good thing (it would have been a better thing in the “post-war era”) it simply is not sufficient to address the crises we face (as many seem to believe it is.)

There is no one solution, if “we” are to survive, it will require several orchestrated solutions.

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'They're not going to live normally': A devastating disease has surged in Calif. [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Aug 19 OP

Valley Fever Maninacan Aug 19 #1

I have an old friend who has part of his lung scarred from having it when young... Hekate Aug 20 #3

A lot of doctors from other parts of the country StarryNite Aug 20 #6

That makes sense. I wasn't sure exactly what that poster was trying to convey. Hekate Aug 20 #9

This is a horrible disease for some people and dogs too. StarryNite Aug 19 #2

My mother was diagnosed with Valley Fever, encapsulated, PoindexterOglethorpe Aug 20 #4

This strikes me as the future jfz9580m Aug 20 #5

For decades after reading The Sheep Look Up, I found the daily headlines seemed to be drawn from the book OKIsItJustMe Aug 20 #7

Thanks OkItsJustMe jfz9580m Aug 20 #8

John Brunner OKIsItJustMe Aug 20 #10

Thanks jfz9580m Aug 20 #11

Thank You! OKIsItJustMe Aug 20 #12

Ouch jfz9580m Thursday #13

Infant mortality rates OKIsItJustMe Thursday #14

That's all too vague imo jfz9580m Friday #15

OK, there's a lot there, much of which I followed and generally agree with OKIsItJustMe Friday #16

Well we'll have to agree to disagree -I don't see it as an either or jfz9580m Friday #17

I don't think we really disagree on all that much OKIsItJustMe Friday #18

I agree with that jfz9580m Friday #19