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I'd heard of the Irish Potato Famine of 1845, of course, but I'd never read the details. OMG! That's the Apocalypse if anything ever was!
Maybe I shouldn't read stuff like this because while I think science is very important, I also think the scientific community are a bunch of grade-A asshats. And the Potato Famine just puts that notion in neon letters.
— Jan 05, 2026 04:22PM
Maybe I shouldn't read stuff like this because while I think science is very important, I also think the scientific community are a bunch of grade-A asshats. And the Potato Famine just puts that notion in neon letters.
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While the Green Revolution in the 1960s vastly increased the amount of food available and averted famine in several regions of the planet, it also polluted water and increased soil erosion. The answer to that: genetic modification of crops with a bacteria that made pesticides unnecessary...until the pests caught up!
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Did you know that agroterrorism was a thing? Brazil's cacao plantations, once the world's 2nd largest producer of coco beans, were completely destroyed by purposeful release of a pathogen.
But there are success stories, too! The all-important cassava plant, and millions of African lives, were saved by finding a predator for the mealybug which was destroying the plant wholesale.
— Jan 06, 2026 03:19PM
But there are success stories, too! The all-important cassava plant, and millions of African lives, were saved by finding a predator for the mealybug which was destroying the plant wholesale.
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I'm right there with you, B! Most professional communities fall into that Grade-A asshat category. My mother's grand father came to the U.S. (via England) as a child during the famine. Stories, not the fun loving kind, have been passed down in our family. I don't think I could read this book, am interested to see what your "take away" is when you're done 🧚♀️🙋🏼.
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The Irish Potato famine, the Holodomor, the Bengal famine of 1943 - millions of innocents dying because of a few privileged idiots. Sad that so many human beings have no humanity to them. 😒
