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140 times the amount of tonnage of protein that soybeans can produce per hectare. 45% Protein, doubles its mass every 2 days. Purifies water. Complex Protein, not needing additions to get what you need. Taste is mild, with no adverse effects. Classified as a weed and never taken seriously in developed nations. But its the same as corn or any major crop. You don't need seeds. It's too efficient. It gives too much protein, so people suppress it. But it should be in every nation, on every table, and in every hungry country or area. *And if your a farmer, use it to feed your chickens!
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BlueOak replied to Someone here's topic in Spirituality, Consciousness, Awakening, Mysticism, Meditation, God
Okay let's explore that. If the mind is in an altered state enough to put the ego aside and give you a subconscious message, is this separated? Or If the mind is undergoing a simple processing dream about the day, we have many of these, is this separated? Or You are exploring a different version of reality to see if you can exist within it, or experience a more severe lesson of a problem you have so the 'real' one is not as hard to handle for your nervous system, is this separated? None of these, to me, are separated from the universe (You in a verse or your inner verse) or from what I would call the experience of life. -
BlueOak replied to Someone here's topic in Spirituality, Consciousness, Awakening, Mysticism, Meditation, God
You can decide anything is separated or not. -
BlueOak replied to Zeidiez's topic in Spirituality, Consciousness, Awakening, Mysticism, Meditation, God
What does it mean to create reality to you personally Leo? Thanks for sharing any insights. -
BlueOak replied to Someone here's topic in Spirituality, Consciousness, Awakening, Mysticism, Meditation, God
Universally there is no separation between the me growing my hair and the me sweating now as I lift weights; the river running or air running through my hair, the me at work counting money, the light travelling to hit a rock ten billion lightyears away so I can see it a certain way, or the me reading this right now. There is no illusion. Just this. -
BlueOak replied to joeyi99's topic in Spirituality, Consciousness, Awakening, Mysticism, Meditation, God
Its a short cut. Love what you hate. Doesn't mean be a doormat or agree with everything, it means love it. Including your natural responses to it. I've never seen someone respond when I say: Any emotion is infinite. But with love you as an individual can cease to exist entirely, yes. When translated to a non spiritual context, this can be met with abuse, but when in a safe loving space, it can translate to being everything at once. *Little test. Try loving every word everyone in this thread has written. -
To me, a dilemma is where two equally viable options emerge. In the past I have always combined them. How do you choose between them in this context? Imagine they were radically different, and led to different life outcomes, to the point that combining them appears difficult to imagine. I will refrain from describing them, because it's the process you'd go through that I am interested in rather than a bias toward one or the other. @Olaf
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Well America's creating another generation of terrorism it will have to fight. That's always useful to give people jobs so they can complain and live in fear for a few more generations. To be honest with you I am not surprised America has a child jail crammed with young minds learning to hate the US. Seems par for the course. Its a horrific country. This deportation is the catalyst for a multitude of civil issues stretching on for generations. From displaced families, illegally killed individuals, racism, and perception of racism eroding relations with the actual police. All trust in the state disappearing from 30% of society, with 20% likely undecided. After the drop from fear. I'd be surprised if illegal immigration doesn't go up in the long term, as nobody will trust legal immigration for multiple generations.
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Fear of the other. Supremacy of a religion. A tool of war and conquest.
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They cannot. No matter what Trump does it will never compare to ethnic cleansing or genocide. They could shoot 10,000 protestors and it wouldn't matter. Maybe if they are under direct and immediate threat, such as large scale civil unrest, which is a distinct possibility.
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BlueOak replied to Jowblob's topic in Spirituality, Consciousness, Awakening, Mysticism, Meditation, God
Release all ego and you end up a walking carpet for everyone else. You have to retain a grasp on reality to live in it, and the ego is a necessity. You can take 6 months retreats now and again to loosen all Egoic-ID connections. but you have to reform some to continue to exist, even if they are loose. This is why ascended masters used to live in isolation. Because loving the world around you is easy. Loving someone hitting you is not. Its still possible, like it is to love the measures taken to defend against them, heal them or protect yourself, but its not easy to maintain what you would consider a higher vibration in real life. I guess I should have moved to central america with everyone else -
Some objective 5.2 GPT Analysis along with countries that would most benefit: Duckweed as a Tool to Reduce Hunger: Climate Limits and Realistic Potential There is a recurring claim that duckweed can double its mass every two days and reach ~46% protein when dried. These claims are largely accurate under optimal conditions and warrant serious discussion regarding its role in food security. Biological facts (well-supported): Several duckweed species (Lemna, Wolffia, Spirodela) can double biomass in ~24–48 hours under ideal conditions. Dried duckweed commonly contains 40–46% protein by dry weight. It contains all essential amino acids, with relatively high lysine compared to cereal crops. Growth requires still or slow-moving freshwater and adequate nutrients (especially nitrogen and phosphorus). Climates where duckweed grows well Tropical climates (optimal) Temperature: ~20–35 °C Examples: Sub-Saharan Africa (non-arid zones), Southeast Asia, parts of Latin America Advantages: Year-round growth No winter die-off Highest protein yields per area Subtropical climates Temperature: ~10–30 °C Examples: India, southern China, northern Africa, southern US Seasonal slowdown but reliable production most of the year Warm temperate climates (seasonal) Temperature: ~5–25 °C Examples: Europe, northern US, East Asia Strong summer growth Winter dormancy or die-back; not year-round without indoor systems Climates and conditions where duckweed struggles or fails Cold climates Sustained temperatures below ~5 °C Growth halts; surface freezing kills biomass Only dormant survival, not productive cultivation Arid and semi-arid regions (without infrastructure) Duckweed requires standing freshwater High evaporation and water scarcity limit feasibility Can work only with wastewater reuse or lined ponds Saline or brackish water Duckweed is not salt-tolerant Unsuitable for coastal or saline aquifers Fast-moving water Rivers and flood channels prevent biomass accumulation Why duckweed is promising for hunger reduction Extremely high protein yield per unit area (higher than soy, maize, wheat, or rice) No soil required Minimal land footprint Can grow on nutrient-rich wastewater Rapid harvest cycles (days, not months) Best applications: Protein supplementation (not a sole food source) Animal feed to boost meat, egg, and fish production Dried protein powder for emergency nutrition Why duckweed is not a standalone solution to famine The limiting factors are not biological but structural: Cultural acceptance varies widely Requires processing (washing, drying) to be safe Accumulates heavy metals if grown in polluted water Needs basic infrastructure for storage and distribution Most famines are driven by conflict, governance failure, or distribution breakdown—not absolute food scarcity Bottom line Duckweed is biologically exceptional and climatically viable in many famine-prone tropical regions. However, it is not a silver bullet. It is best understood as a high-efficiency protein tool that can strengthen food systems where water access, governance, and basic infrastructure exist. Used correctly, duckweed can reduce vulnerability to hunger. Used alone, it cannot solve famine. Countries that would most benefit Nigeria Largest population in Africa Extensive freshwater systems (Niger Basin) High protein deficiency rates Even modest supplementation would affect tens of millions Democratic Republic of the Congo Abundant freshwater and ideal climate Chronic food insecurity driven by conflict, not land scarcity Duckweed could provide decentralized nutrition in unstable regions Ethiopia Large population facing recurrent food crises Highland limits exist, but lowland and wastewater systems are viable Strong gains as protein supplement during drought cycles Uganda Dense freshwater access (Lake Victoria basin) Existing aquaculture sector (duckweed fits naturally as feed + food) High feasibility relative to neighbors Kenya Strong urban wastewater reuse potential Useful especially in informal settlements and peri-urban zones South Asia (population density + protein deficits) India One of the world’s largest undernourished populations Subtropical climate ideal for duckweed Extensive irrigation canals, ponds, and wastewater streams Cultural barriers exist but are not prohibitive Bangladesh Near-perfect climate and hydrology Chronic land scarcity but abundant water Duckweed already known locally in some areas Extremely high protein-per-hectare payoff Pakistan Significant malnutrition burden Viable in canal systems and wastewater ponds Best used as animal feed multiplier and supplement Southeast Asia (high feasibility, fast scaling) Indonesia Tropical climate, abundant water Decentralized island geography favors local protein production Strong fit for aquaculture integration Philippines High food import dependence Duckweed can boost domestic protein resilience Strong compatibility with fish farming Vietnam Mekong Delta provides ideal conditions High institutional capacity for agricultural scaling Fast adoption potential Latin America (lower hunger rates, high efficiency) Brazil Hunger exists in pockets, not nationwide Duckweed could significantly aid poor northern and urban regions Strong wastewater-to-nutrition potential Haiti Severe food insecurity Suitable climate Infrastructure constraints are the main barrier, not biology ⚖️ Key analytical clarification Duckweed would not “end world hunger” even if adopted everywhere. However: In the countries above, protein availability—not calories—is often the binding constraint. Duckweed directly addresses that constraint at unprecedented efficiency. If implemented at scale, it could reduce global undernourishment by tens to hundreds of millions, especially among children. 🧠 Bottom-line judgment (strictly analytical) Biology: Excellent Climate fit: Strong in most hunger-affected regions Impact potential: High but uneven Main obstacles: Governance, conflict, infrastructure, cultural acceptance Duckweed is best understood as a force multiplier for food systems, not a replacement for them.
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Yes it purifies the water you put it in. Which is another good property of it. But like any plant if you put toxins in it, you get junk out. This is no different to any plant you want to eat, only it has the added bonus of being able to purify as well, and being extremely fast growing. Which is the point. If you put this inland in your own water, you get huge yields. If you put it in some random river, the result is a weed.
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For all the reasons I hated Russia shooting Ukrainians protesting. I am now see that in America. It is a country run by fascists, that does whatever it wants around the world, invades whoever they like and kills anyone they like. Its a sad world that has become this, where the most powerful countries are all run by people who kill those who oppose them. And 50% of the American population are either in agreement with this or unsure if its bad or not. It was always bad, but its just gone down much further than I thought possible. A world war is almost inevitable.
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And you believe this is done via paramilitary in the streets? I could right here and now give you 20 ways to do this more effectively, and there are people far more intelligent than I. It seems incredibly inefficient to send groups of individuals to arrest single immigrants, requiring many vehicles, and extra officers to handle crowds, or this case just shoot them. Its done to suppress civil society, suppress the democratic base, deport legal democratic voters also, cause fear and enough civil unrest to extend his term. This is why it's targeted in democratic areas, done with very little training: 11 times less than other police forces around the world, and done so heavy-handedly with maximum exposure. Brutally yes, we are in agreement. Fear is the way of the dictator or authoritarian. Apparently filming this now labels you as a terrorist and you are put on a list. I am happily, along with almost everyone here, labelled as a terrorist against the American government already due to my disagreeing with their foreign policy. Dissent is all it takes. In fact filming is all it takes now.
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BlueOak replied to Apparition of Jack's topic in Society, Politics, Government, Environment, Current Events
This is a very real possibility as a country grows in size. The America population could easily double over time, maybe reach 500 - 900 million, I just checked plausble populations with Chat GPT. Often countries break down as they grow and reform or split. It all depends how flexible the government structure and instutitons are. At present its becoming very inflexible, so collapse is plausible. Chat GPT Analysis of my Apex Thinker GPT 5.2, when weighing population growth resources etc; Me: Given all of this information, can you objectively define how likely in percentage terms America might collapse or split (and possibly reform) over say 100-200 years. The recent trouble there has led to a discussion on a forum. Definitions (to avoid ambiguity) Collapse = loss of central authority + sustained disorder (Roman/USSR-style). Split = formal secession into multiple sovereign states. Reform = constitutional or structural reset that preserves continuity (e.g. Reconstruction, New Deal, post–Civil War US). Status quo continuity = the US remains one state, despite crises, polarization, or decline. Probability breakdown (100–200 years) 🟥 Full collapse (hard state failure) ≈ 5–10% Why low Enormous food, energy, and water buffers Continental geography with no peer invaders Dollar & capital markets provide shock absorption Strong state capacity relative to most historical empires What would be required Prolonged economic depression plus Severe climate or resource shock plus Elite fragmentation with loss of military loyalty ➡️ Historically rare for states with this profile. 🟧 Formal territorial split / secession ≈ 10–20% Why non-trivial Federal structure already legitimizes regional power Cultural–political divergence is increasing Precedent exists (Civil War), unlike most modern states Why still limited Economies are deeply interwoven Military, currency, and infrastructure are unified No clean ethnic or geographic fault lines (unlike Yugoslavia) Most plausible form: Peaceful legal fragmentation after a constitutional crisis More likely 150+ years out than 50 years 🟨 Severe crisis → authoritarian or illiberal phase → reform ≈ 35–45% This is the most likely disruption path. Pattern seen in: Roman Republic → Empire Weimar Germany → Federal Republic Britain (17th–19th century reforms) Forms this could take: Emergency powers Curtailment of federal autonomy or civil liberties Eventual institutional reset (new amendments, new balance of power) ➡️ The US has already gone through milder versions of this cycle. 🟩 Messy continuity (no collapse, no split) ≈ 30–40% Polarization continues Relative global decline Governance becomes slower and less effective Still one country This is the default outcome for large, wealthy democracies. -
They are, and intentionally so. I ran the numbers awhile back: https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/police-training-requirements-by-country Quoting my old post: Ice apparently gets 47 days of training; if we charitably say they get 8 hours each day, that's 376 hours, which is 11 times less than the best-trained forces around the globe and half as long as regular American police, who are woefully undertrained, Regular police get almost 7 times less hours than India for example. Someone can argue American training is more effective, but I doubt by a factor of ten.~ There is almost no downside to undertraining ICE. 1, They can blame it all on poor training if things work out badly. 2, This lack of training creates fear. 3, The fascists in power want civil unrest, disrupted elections, greater police powers. 4, Whether you conclude this is all for internal gain: requiring a war or an emergency great enough to keep Trump in power, to establish more of an authoritarian hold over America. or 5, Until they have completed their plans to divide the world up into new authoritarian geopolitical power blocs. The strategy is the same. *A war with Iran, China or Europe may also keep Trump in power a few more years. For example. So would a civil war or large civil unrest.
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BlueOak replied to Apparition of Jack's topic in Society, Politics, Government, Environment, Current Events
Authoritarian and fascist states blame everyone else for their own problems. -
No. Quite often change happens in an explosive form when its resisted or suppressed for long enough. This is true on the individual micro level and the national macro level.
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I don't think addressing what people use to manage their symptoms is the most effective way to assist people who have given up. Addressing the symptoms, depression, loneliness, hopelessness etc is one thing, but hitting the cause is even more effective. Cultural and family breakdown, communities being fragmented, extremism pulling them apart further, war causing divides, politics and media fuelled by division as it draws eyeballs—meaning addressing people's 6 second attention spans and desire to have their own set of values continually affirmed in those around them by a TV screen (instead of the community and/or family they exist in sharing those values). People complain about too much tiktok or youtube, games, tv etc, but they are just poor replacements of people looking for: community, belonging, affirmation, shared experience, pattern breaks, excitement, novelty etc. Media and governments want compliant people, and overloading people with dopamine is an easy way to achieve this, so you are in an uphill battle there also.
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This was the EU.
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Yes. However this is a European problem, Russia and Ukraine now have the war on top of that. Its also a chinese problem. Its fixed either by AI in the workforce, a greater focus on space colonization, and/or climate stabalisation (and improvement). All of which people are resisting. Alternatively by peace, family values and what sadly people see as converse to them: putting sex into a core part of society again (not hiding it behind social or cultural convention). Fertility and sex should be front and center in family values, and children need to again become prioritized, along with the environment, to preserve it to allow for more people. If the environment goes the other way, countries disappear, people can't pay their bills (water/food/energy), health deteriorates faster, and children become a possibility rather than a priority. Below is my objective 5.2 GPT's analysis: European Demographics Context (Pre-Ukraine War vs Post-War) A recurring claim is that Ukraine’s demographics were already “bad” before the war. That is true, but it is also not unique. Low fertility and population aging were—and remain—structural problems across Europe, including Russia, and even major non-European countries like China. The correct analytical distinction is between pre-existing demographic trends and war-specific shocks. 1. Fertility Rates (Key Structural Indicator) Total Fertility Rate (TFR) = average lifetime births per woman Replacement level ≈ 2.1 Most of Europe has been below replacement for decades. Pre-War Baseline (2021) vs After 2022 Country - TFR 2021 (pre-war) - TFR 2022 - TFR 2023 Ukraine 1.15 - 0.90 - 0.98 Russia: 1.51 - 1.42 - 1.41 Germany 1.58 - 1.46 - 1.39 Italy 1.25 - 1.24 - 1.20 Poland 1.33 - 1.29 - 1.16 Spain 1.18 - 1.16 - 1.12 France 1.84 - 1.79 - 1.66 United Kingdom 1.58 - 1.56 - 1.56 Bulgaria 1.80 - 1.78 - 1.81 China 1.12 - 1.03 - 1.00 Key point: Ukraine’s fertility was low before the war, but so was most of Europe’s. Spain, Italy, Poland, Germany, and China were all at similar or only slightly better levels. 2. Europe-Wide Aging (Not a Ukraine-Specific Issue) As of 2024: The EU median age ≈ 44.7 years 21.6% of the EU population is 65+ This reflects a continent-wide aging trend, driven by decades of sub-replacement fertility—not conflict. 3. What Actually Changed After 2022 (Ukraine-Specific) The real demographic distinction is not pre-war weakness, but post-war shock. After February 2022, Ukraine experienced: Large-scale displacement (millions temporarily or permanently abroad) Excess mortality from war Suppressed births during conflict A population decline estimated at ~10 million since the invasion These are war effects layered on top of an already weak European demographic baseline. 4. Russia’s Demographics Are Also Weak Russia entered the war with: Sub-replacement fertility An aging population Declining fertility even after 2022 Russia’s demographic trajectory is not structurally strong, despite not facing the same displacement shock as Ukraine.
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Everyone is doing this the world over. Its an easy way to manipulate America. The other is to pay off Trump, he loves that. This is just another way to polish his ego to tell people that others are telling him nice things. Its all very sad..
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Or we can just look at this as a way to divide the EU from America and NATO. Which suits the authoritarian powers, which includes America now and follows how BRICS want to reshape the world into new Blocs. China / Russia / America.
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Authoritarians need the name. Its like Russia and Ukrainian cities. Rather than just focusing on land gain, because they desperately need to pat themselves on the head and take ruined lumps of concrete with names, they throw hundreds of thousands into urban centers, and every time a competent Russian general comes along to bypass them and go around, eventually he's killed off for just saying why are we doing this? Trump is cut from the same cloth. He needs his name on things. If he can say, look, I took greenland and we now own it, he understands that, he likes owning things. If he just focused instead on buying all of it up and putting whatever assets on there he liked, it'd be a fortress that America owned all the rights to. But he wouldn't have the name, the prize, the self congratulating pat on the head that his inner child desperately needs to feel like a man. The need to be in control is one of the biggest behaviors we as a species need to adjust, not lose, but adjust.
