TheUnicornOfPerfidy

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I explained myself badly and I think that comment reads as more argumentative than I intended.

I meant to say that the countercultural world of the early internet created a lot of the deeply problematic culture of the current moment as well as having a bunch of right-on goodness. The seeds of the bad shit were also there in amongst everything that was good.

Thanks for the explanation. Tbh my feeling is that is largely doesn't matter what the motivation for the u-turn is. The proposal was for anti corruption/anti pernicious influence reasons. Backing out of it without a clear alternative is a statement that those influences have worked on you. The unions should be as bothered by large donors as much as anyone else and failing to make that argument to them is either a failure of leadership or exactly what you suggest.

It turns out the answer is realy very long, but it's a hell of a ride. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K35FtbuyTh4

TLDW:
It's a right-wing grift. The Leftist Cooks argue that carnivore and “protein-maxxing” diets are not about health; they’re tied to masculinity, control, grift, and far-right politics. They use figures like Jordan Peterson and the Liver King to show how restrictive meat-heavy high protein diets can become symbols of power, identity, and pseudo-scientific authority.

The broader argument is food is never just food. Dietary choices can carry cultural meaning, political signaling, and ideological pressure, and that high protein culture is part of a larger ecosystem that can normalize authoritarian, anti-science, and anti-egalitarian thinking.

The video is excellent though. It's basically a miniseries on the various causes and effects of this and it's incredibly well put together, even if it is 6 hours long. 😱

Here's an interesting quote. Hopefully this will mean we have some more regulation on Lime bikes soon.

The English Devolution Bill, which is has received Royal Assent, should give Transport for London the powers to regulate and license dockless e-bikes.

London Mayor Sir Sadiq Khan previously told BBC London the sector was "like the Wild West" and "we desperately need regulation", but that "lobbying [the government] has paid off".

"If this government carries through its promise to bring in regulation around e-bikes, e-scooters, dockless bikes, we hope there should be better standards across London."

I hear you. The hazards of cycling compared to driving a wildly overblown in media coverage terms. I think lime bikes are a bit of a different case though. They are frequently used in very dangerous ways by people with little road cycling experience and have motors that excelerate fast enough to exacerbate that danger. I think it's good that there is a call for more regulation on them.