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‘Explosive increase’ of ticks that cause meat allergy in US due to climate crisis
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 29 Jun 2025
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On the plus side, meat consumption will decrease.
Seriously. This is going to make me start believing in Gaia Theory.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaia_hypothesis
I can fuck with this. Spookier if you consider humans.
Neurodivergence (and all immune-mediated conditions) are increasing in response to the environment which results in people like Greta who directly resist the damage that’s causing the increased incidence.
Is it increasing or is testing for it increasing + becoming more socially visible?
Both.
It's much harder to prove this for things like neurodivergence but easy to do so for things like autoimmune conditions, type-1 diabetes, MS, etc.
And the fact that they're co-morbid isn't coincidence!
https://me-pedia.org/wiki/RCCX_Genetic_Module_Theory
The RCCX genetic module is a chimeric region that stays linked, adapts, and spits out mutations in response to environmental factors. Most complex gene cluster in our genome, in the most complex region, and state of the art techniques still struggle to sequence it in all its detail still. Recently shown to be behind sex biases in immune conditions by MIT. But personally I think it’s fascinating and meshes well with the Gaia hypothesis.