Look it up when you have a second, it's fascinating, and it is only going to be more of an issue as the range of the Lone Star tick spreads. In the South (US) even budget grocery stores in bumfrick nowhere are starting to carry a fair selection of vegan cheese and some other vegan products, because of the allergy. A few years ago you might be able to get some rubbery soy imitation processed American Cheese, while now you can get much better stuff at a Food Lion. And it's not because there's suddenly vegans everywhere in rural America - it's because people got the alpha gal allergy.
I definitely find myself hankering for a 4:3 monitor - I don't care if its CRT or not, but are there any 4:3 LCD monitors that have a decent dot pitch? I've been spoiled by modern LCD tech and late-stage CRT tech - all the 4:3 LCD screens I see feel fuzzy fuzzy fuzzy.
Thanks for the update. Also, this comment is a downvoter honey pot. If you don't stop harassing me, I will start my own instance to find out who you are and report your account. Thank you.
Does it produce alpha gal as part of the milk? Even alpha gal levels that are too low to cause anaphylaxis are thought to cause an inflammatory response that dramatically increases the risk of stroke from the creation of unstable arterial plaque. [EDIT: hey downvoter that has targeted my account, did you know that I could start my own instance and determine what user you are, so I can report you? Think about that before you continue to downvote everything I ever posted or commented on lemmy, okay? This isn't reddit, and you aren't fully anonymous.]
Doesn't matter whether this is real or not, it's far from a new concept, and the experiment of Palestinian refugee camps in Egypt was a lesson that Egypt has zero desire to repeat. Hell, Egypt now is only considering allowing wounded Palestinians into Sinai after massive international pressure. The plain truth of the matter is that Egypt has NO interest in admitting any Palestinians. No Arab country does. Hell, it's amazing that there hasn't been a successful Palestinian revolution in Jordan, since they're in the majority. The Arab strategy for decades has been to push anti-Jewish (not merely anti-Israeli) propaganda to redirect popular discontent from domestic politics to "the plight of their Muslim brethren," which also has the knock-on effect of redirecting a fair amount of domestic terrorism to international terrorism; while also not allowing additional Palestinian refugees into the country because the Palestinians have a history of actively destabilizing Arab nations they're admitted to.
You forgot to mention IRGC propaganda and misinformation. The current Gaza conflict is, without a doubt, the biggest propaganda victory the IRGC has ever had. They've got the US left absolutely fractured. People were worried about 2024 elections? HAHAHAH just wait. We're so fucked.
Could also be IRGC, who is having a field day with how Hamas managed to fracture the US left in a hot second. Went from "2024 elections looking pretty good, maybe there's hope for progressive causes", to "who knows what's going to happen now" and Hamas being treated like a reliable news source by mainstream media mere days after commiting the largest terror attack in their history. We're totally fucked.
Meanwhile in alpha gal allergy land (allergy to mammal, the only known sugar allergy and the only known "slow onset" allergy, now the third most common food allergy in the USA thanks to Lone Star ticks and climate change), I'm happy that non-dairy cheese has come lightyears in the past decade, but wish I could easily find chicken and turkey sausage that doesn't use beef casing. Miyoko Brand cashew cheese is amazing but SO expensive.
Vegans should see alpha gal allergy folks as their allies, I think. Margaret Atwood, in her MaddAdam trilogy, imagined that alpha gal allergy was spread by ecoterrorists looking to reduce global meat consumption. While that is fiction, I sometimes think everyone should get the allergy. Basically ALL mammal consumption would cease. You'd still have sheep, alpacas, etc. for fiber production, but it would be a global food revolution unparalleled in human history, exceeding even the agricultural revolution from producing fertilizer from atmospheric nitrogen.
It's a moral problem for you. My vegan friend is vegan because she is a control freak. These are her own words.
Actually, that was a wonderful summary. Thank you!
I was expecting it to say "Sir, I do not have the intellectual property rights to play this mixtape to the public." The golden record is like MLK's speeches - we know they're epic, and we're not allowed to listen to most of it/them without throwing some cash around.