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Originami··on US Embassy in South Africa issues alert to stock up on food and water
South Africa reverting back to just Africa.
Originami··on Indians are taking over corporate America–and tech layoffs won’t stop them
High in-group preference and no feelings of camaraderie with 'legacy' workers.

Looking at levels of corruption in India, this 'takeover' is not a good thing for America.

Originami··on Microplastics are finding their way into fruit and vegetables as they grow
Regulatory action is needed - specifically, to ban polyesters from Clothing.
Originami··on Canada amends online streaming bill to require age verification to watch porn
Straight out of the WEF playbook: https://www.weforum.org/impact/online-safety/

> "We penetrate the cabinet. So yesterday I was at a reception for Prime Minister Trudeau and I know that half of his cabinet, or even more than half of his cabinet, are actually Young Global Leaders."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klaus_Schwab

The ultimate objective is the complete de-anonymization of the internet, so that all dissenters can be identified and unpersoned.

Originami··on How to leave dying social media platforms
And all will come with convenient back-doors for warrantless tapping by Government agencies.
Originami··on Study finds high levels of PFAS in school uniforms
Can we just ban fluorine compounds from being used on clothes, household objects, food packaging or preparation, firefighting, de-icing?
Originami··on Mark Zuckerberg braces Meta employees for ‘intense period’
Facebook is for old people.
Originami··on The Green Revolution Is Fueled by 40k Trafficked Congo Child Slaves
If not working in a mine, these children will be working subsistence agriculture, which is equally as back-braking.

The underlying problem is an excess of manual labor in Africa, caused by excessive birth rates. Take fertility rates down to sub-replacement like they are in the rest of the world, and mining will just be automated.

Originami··on WHO declares monkeypox a public health emergency
Thornhill et al, NEJM, MPOX summary:

-98% gay/bisexual

-41% have concurrent HIV

-95% transmission by sexual activity

-13% hospitalized for derm/anogenital lesions

-No deaths

https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2207323

Originami··on In microtransit, passengers order a shuttle van instead of having to take a bus
100 years ago there were no single moms. Unmarried births have increased from 19% in 1950 to 72% in 2010 for Africa-American women: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/files/2014/12/e...

Largely due to the expansion of the welfare state which encourages single motherhood.

Originami··on Electric Cars – fuel duty and road tax: how to replace £35B annual revenue
Road tax needs to be morphed into road-usage tax, based on time of day, location, axle weight, and distance.

It should be prohibitively expensive to use congested freeways and city streets during peak hours, but free at all other times.

Road expansion is justified based on peaks of usage - so by smoothing out these peaks, we can save significantly on the need to build more roads. Trip length can also scale non-linearly based on congestion: 10-20% more cars than capacity can result in 50% longer trips.

Originami··on High property taxes are good
Just allow the elderly to accrue property/land tax debts against the value of the property, redeemed when sold/transferred or on death.
Originami··on Nights are warming faster than days as Earth heats up
White cars, white roofs, white pavements should be mandated in hot areas.
Originami··on Too Many Pets, Not Enough Vets. Veterinary services are on the verge of collapse
Sounds like these clinics are simply not charging enough, and not paying staff enough either. If they are choked with excessive demand then why not just increase prices until equilibrium is reached?
Originami··on Sources: Unity Laying Off Hundreds of Staffers
Gaming revenues across the board are flat or down post-COVID, and especially with Russian consumers taken out.

Gaming is mostly unprofitable given the excessive 30% commissions charged by Valve, Apple, Google, Sony, Microsoft. Only platform owners make consistent profits.

Originami··on Nearly half of U.S. murders go unsolved
And the rate for White victims in the USA is 87% (from within the article). Fairly similar.

The overall rate is brought down by the volume of black victims (predominantly killed by others blacks), and the resistance to supporting police within those same communities.

Originami··on Redfin Economist says land value tax will fix the economy
Better to just offer a 10% reduction in LVT per person (including children) living there, if at least one of the people was the owner.

A family of four would then have an inherent tax advantage against Blackrock etc. accumulating family housing.

Originami··on Finally, no bid on mortgage-backed securities
Retail mortgages are 6% whilst Blackrock can borrow at 0.75%. Corporations need to banned from owning single-family residential housing.
Originami··on American sweet shops on Oxford Street under investigation over alleged tax scam
Why charge differential tax rates based on what the property is used for?

https://www.gov.uk/introduction-to-business-rates

Just enact a full Land Value Tax across the isles.