Comments by Mark Monette Most recent public comments by Mark Monette https://nowcomment.com/users/93840 I'd be curious to know how this compares to other years. Has it been getting worse on the long term? https://nowcomment.com/documents/264336?scroll_to=2383471 https://nowcomment.com/documents/264336?scroll_to=2383471 Tue, 16 Mar 2021 15:09:29 -0400 This article was written 8 years ago. It seems to me that little has changed with air quality since then, which may validate this quote. https://nowcomment.com/documents/264336?scroll_to=2383455 https://nowcomment.com/documents/264336?scroll_to=2383455 Tue, 16 Mar 2021 15:08:56 -0400 Poor air quality can have significant detrimental health affects upon everyone who comes in contact with it. https://nowcomment.com/documents/264336?scroll_to=2383313 https://nowcomment.com/documents/264336?scroll_to=2383313 Tue, 16 Mar 2021 14:51:04 -0400 Both energy production and transportation have been addressed as potential solutions for years now. https://nowcomment.com/documents/264336?scroll_to=2383311 https://nowcomment.com/documents/264336?scroll_to=2383311 Tue, 16 Mar 2021 14:50:16 -0400 Legislation that has been proposed to improve air quality often focuses on transportation emissions. https://nowcomment.com/documents/264336?scroll_to=2383309 https://nowcomment.com/documents/264336?scroll_to=2383309 Tue, 16 Mar 2021 14:49:19 -0400 This chapter mostly deals with the Lacks family, their understanding of what happened to their mother's cells, and their distrust resulting from the incident. https://nowcomment.com/documents/262545?scroll_to=2375302 https://nowcomment.com/documents/262545?scroll_to=2375302 Thu, 11 Mar 2021 14:10:55 -0500 The use of their mother's cells was not the end of unethical testing on the Lacks family. They themselves were researched on without proper explanation of what was being done and why. https://nowcomment.com/documents/262545?scroll_to=2374528 https://nowcomment.com/documents/262545?scroll_to=2374528 Wed, 10 Mar 2021 20:57:19 -0500 The Lacks's lack of science and medical literacy seems to be a key component of how they were taken advantage of. https://nowcomment.com/documents/262545?scroll_to=2374526 https://nowcomment.com/documents/262545?scroll_to=2374526 Wed, 10 Mar 2021 20:53:44 -0500 The Lacks family seems to have conflicting feelings on their mother's cells. On one hand, they are proud of her contributions, on the other hand, they are angry about their unfair use. https://nowcomment.com/documents/262545?scroll_to=2374523 https://nowcomment.com/documents/262545?scroll_to=2374523 Wed, 10 Mar 2021 20:51:06 -0500 Henrietta's family initially seemed to view what Skloot did not all that differently from what the researchers did, which is profiting of their dead mother. https://nowcomment.com/documents/262545?scroll_to=2374508 https://nowcomment.com/documents/262545?scroll_to=2374508 Wed, 10 Mar 2021 20:47:33 -0500 They looked at records for both air pollutants and temperature factors, such as the inversion, that make air quality worse https://nowcomment.com/documents/263116?scroll_to=2372941 https://nowcomment.com/documents/263116?scroll_to=2372941 Tue, 09 Mar 2021 14:33:45 -0500 This shows why bad air quality is a significant issue in Salt Lake Valley -- it can hospitalize people. https://nowcomment.com/documents/263116?scroll_to=2372939 https://nowcomment.com/documents/263116?scroll_to=2372939 Tue, 09 Mar 2021 14:33:04 -0500 This article is also helpful because it addresses that there are diverse causes for the air pollution. https://nowcomment.com/documents/261876?scroll_to=2362467 https://nowcomment.com/documents/261876?scroll_to=2362467 Tue, 02 Mar 2021 14:48:31 -0500 I chose this article because it explains an unexpected impact of poor air quality. https://nowcomment.com/documents/261876?scroll_to=2362465 https://nowcomment.com/documents/261876?scroll_to=2362465 Tue, 02 Mar 2021 14:41:35 -0500 2. The doctors believed it was justified because it would save many more folks. https://nowcomment.com/documents/254672?scroll_to=2343177 https://nowcomment.com/documents/254672?scroll_to=2343177 While we may be being a bit deontological, this argument seems quite weak. When applied to other scenarios, such as harvesting organs from a patient that might live to save more folks, it seems quite morally dubious. Fri, 19 Feb 2021 15:10:19 -0500 1. We believe that taking the cells from Henrietta Lacks falls outside this statement of consent. https://nowcomment.com/documents/254672?scroll_to=2343129 https://nowcomment.com/documents/254672?scroll_to=2343129 It does not give permission for "any operative procedures" but rather for "any operative procedures... that they may deem necessary in the proper surgical care and treatment of:" Fri, 19 Feb 2021 15:07:35 -0500 This adds urgency to the matter. It gives a reason why such practices should be adopted. https://nowcomment.com/documents/254630?scroll_to=2317066 https://nowcomment.com/documents/254630?scroll_to=2317066 Fri, 05 Feb 2021 14:42:42 -0500 The article's focus on Massachusetts is interesting. It makes me wonder whether these policies are expandable beyond Massachusetts. https://nowcomment.com/documents/253915?scroll_to=2317062 https://nowcomment.com/documents/253915?scroll_to=2317062 Fri, 05 Feb 2021 14:40:54 -0500 I agree with this comment. While depolarization may be happening, it is difficult to tell whether it will ever develop to a "movement". https://nowcomment.com/documents/253925?scroll_to=2317058 https://nowcomment.com/documents/253925?scroll_to=2317058 Fri, 05 Feb 2021 14:39:37 -0500 Rebuttal https://nowcomment.com/documents/254000?scroll_to=2308966 https://nowcomment.com/documents/254000?scroll_to=2308966 This proposes a solution to the problems of implementing regenerative grazing. Tue, 02 Feb 2021 14:54:26 -0500 Anticipates Challenge https://nowcomment.com/documents/254000?scroll_to=2308944 https://nowcomment.com/documents/254000?scroll_to=2308944 The article addresses the fact that this practice is not well known or widely used. Tue, 02 Feb 2021 14:49:58 -0500 Part of the Solution https://nowcomment.com/documents/254000?scroll_to=2308940 https://nowcomment.com/documents/254000?scroll_to=2308940 This shows that a new kind of grazing would not only be good for the regional ecosystem, but good for the world. Tue, 02 Feb 2021 14:49:15 -0500 Introduces Problem https://nowcomment.com/documents/254000?scroll_to=2308934 https://nowcomment.com/documents/254000?scroll_to=2308934 Here the author introduces the problem -- that traditional grazing damages the land. Tue, 02 Feb 2021 14:48:04 -0500 Repitition https://nowcomment.com/documents/250437?scroll_to=2293628 https://nowcomment.com/documents/250437?scroll_to=2293628 Again here, Biden uses a lot of repetition to emphasize his point. It makes this section stand out. Tue, 26 Jan 2021 13:58:49 -0500 Repetition https://nowcomment.com/documents/250437?scroll_to=2293622 https://nowcomment.com/documents/250437?scroll_to=2293622 Biden uses repetition to emphasize how much there is to be done. Tue, 26 Jan 2021 13:57:37 -0500 By referencing "both parties," Biden is creating a unifying tone. https://nowcomment.com/documents/250437?scroll_to=2293621 https://nowcomment.com/documents/250437?scroll_to=2293621 Tue, 26 Jan 2021 14:03:40 -0500 I agree. In this sentence he seems to use a lot of words that are uplifting and are meant to unite the audience. https://nowcomment.com/documents/250955?scroll_to=2286217 https://nowcomment.com/documents/250955?scroll_to=2286217 Fri, 22 Jan 2021 15:00:59 -0500 Tone https://nowcomment.com/documents/250955?scroll_to=2286144 https://nowcomment.com/documents/250955?scroll_to=2286144 This seems like the oath to testify before a court, which adds a serious and sincere tone to his message. Fri, 22 Jan 2021 14:35:11 -0500 Appeal of Ethos and Pathos https://nowcomment.com/documents/250955?scroll_to=2286115 https://nowcomment.com/documents/250955?scroll_to=2286115 JFK makes an appeal of both Ethos and Pathos here, using 'we' to create a bond with his audience and instilling a sense of duty in his American audience. Fri, 22 Jan 2021 14:29:37 -0500 Audience https://nowcomment.com/documents/250955?scroll_to=2286108 https://nowcomment.com/documents/250955?scroll_to=2286108 Kennedy seems to be directly addressing the USSR here, showing that his audience is not just the US. Fri, 22 Jan 2021 14:28:19 -0500 Diction https://nowcomment.com/documents/248273?scroll_to=2266649 https://nowcomment.com/documents/248273?scroll_to=2266649 I believe that "myths" does this well. Fri, 08 Jan 2021 15:12:13 -0500 Evidence for Claim https://nowcomment.com/documents/248273?scroll_to=2266588 https://nowcomment.com/documents/248273?scroll_to=2266588 Here, the author provides evidence that the movie tackles race by citing that the movie focuses on black characters living their lives, which allows it to more deeply address racism. Fri, 08 Jan 2021 14:56:47 -0500 Evidence for Claim https://nowcomment.com/documents/248273?scroll_to=2266581 https://nowcomment.com/documents/248273?scroll_to=2266581 In this paragraph, the author provides evidence for Black Panther examining race and history of Africa through afrofuturism and an alternate history. Fri, 08 Jan 2021 14:55:05 -0500 Thesis Statement https://nowcomment.com/documents/248273?scroll_to=2266580 https://nowcomment.com/documents/248273?scroll_to=2266580 In this spot the author most clearly states their thesis statement: unlike other Marvel movies, Black Panther directly addresses real world issues such as race. Fri, 08 Jan 2021 14:38:01 -0500 It's strange to see uniformed soldiers in high-tops rather than combat boots. https://nowcomment.com/documents/246060?scroll_to=2259248 https://nowcomment.com/documents/246060?scroll_to=2259248 Tue, 05 Jan 2021 15:10:04 -0500 This isn't related to Covid, but it's interesting to see just how complex interchanges can be in China. It must be the high population there; I can only picture a few places in the US that approach this. Perhaps increased government budgets contribute. https://nowcomment.com/documents/246060?scroll_to=2259245 https://nowcomment.com/documents/246060?scroll_to=2259245 Tue, 05 Jan 2021 15:08:32 -0500 It's strange to remember just how many Democratic candidates there were relatively recently. My perception of time on this feels skewed -- it both seems very recent and much longer than just a year ago. https://nowcomment.com/documents/246060?scroll_to=2259240 https://nowcomment.com/documents/246060?scroll_to=2259240 Tue, 05 Jan 2021 15:05:29 -0500 Changes from Covid https://nowcomment.com/documents/246060?scroll_to=2259233 https://nowcomment.com/documents/246060?scroll_to=2259233 I totally agree. While this feeling made fade with time, there are some places I can't believe I ever went to without a mask. Watching movies and seeing pictures from just a couple years ago have a strange feeling to them now -- it just feels wrong somehow to see people close without masks. Tue, 05 Jan 2021 15:02:16 -0500 Use of Irony https://nowcomment.com/documents/243929?scroll_to=2221657 https://nowcomment.com/documents/243929?scroll_to=2221657 This is a use of dramatic irony where the author, an older Orwell, says he knows something that he now takes for truth that his younger self could not have known. Tue, 01 Dec 2020 14:38:43 -0500 Use of Irony https://nowcomment.com/documents/243929?scroll_to=2221649 https://nowcomment.com/documents/243929?scroll_to=2221649 This sentence is an example of situational irony in which what Orwell is doing is contrasted by what Orwell believes. Tue, 01 Dec 2020 14:37:46 -0500 Totalitarianism and anti-intellectualism https://nowcomment.com/documents/243212?scroll_to=2213095 https://nowcomment.com/documents/243212?scroll_to=2213095 Orwell has a clear warning here. Totalitarianism, at least early on, is justified by ideology and led by intellectuals. However, as Orwell saw in the USSR at the time with movements such as Lysenkoism, in order to further centralize power, the intelligentsia, including those who were necessary to the Party's earlier ideology, are viewed as a threat to control and "dealt with." Tue, 24 Nov 2020 15:45:20 -0500 Importance of Language https://nowcomment.com/documents/243212?scroll_to=2213089 https://nowcomment.com/documents/243212?scroll_to=2213089 Control of language is key to Oceania's control of people. You can not think in a language you do not know. If you control the language people think in, you can control their thoughts themselves. It's like the lyric of a Pixies song, "all my thoughts are all I am" and by controlling language you are able to control the frame through which people think. Tue, 24 Nov 2020 15:40:57 -0500 This is optimistic and seems to align with the conclusions of the UN report; part of the impetus to limit agricultural emissions comes from the fact that we have already developed impactful practices and techniques to limit emissions. https://nowcomment.com/documents/235947?scroll_to=2137125 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235947?scroll_to=2137125 Thu, 15 Oct 2020 12:32:42 -0400 This is startlingly high. The scale of agricultural emissions presented here (51%!), seems to contradict what I had heard many times before about agricultural emissions. Perhaps it is a bit misrepresented? https://nowcomment.com/documents/235947?scroll_to=2137111 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235947?scroll_to=2137111 Thu, 15 Oct 2020 12:29:49 -0400 This point is interesting -- Agricultural emissions are significant not just because what they are but also what opportunities they limit. https://nowcomment.com/documents/235947?scroll_to=2137107 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235947?scroll_to=2137107 Thu, 15 Oct 2020 12:27:37 -0400 Totally. I think disruption of sleep is probably the best argument brought up in this article. https://nowcomment.com/documents/235254?scroll_to=2131717 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235254?scroll_to=2131717 Tue, 13 Oct 2020 14:49:23 -0400 So true. Simply physically taking away the technology once it has been introduced does not solve any of the issues but often exacerbates any symptoms of addiction or desire. https://nowcomment.com/documents/235254?scroll_to=2131715 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235254?scroll_to=2131715 Tue, 13 Oct 2020 14:47:14 -0400 I totally agree. As even the article shows, ignoring people is still a very rude thing to do. Checking your phone may have added a new venue for it to be done, but this is not a problem exclusive or inherent to phones. https://nowcomment.com/documents/235254?scroll_to=2131708 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235254?scroll_to=2131708 Tue, 13 Oct 2020 14:44:14 -0400 So true. The way people just a few years older than us use social media is not the way we use social media. https://nowcomment.com/documents/235254?scroll_to=2131696 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235254?scroll_to=2131696 Tue, 13 Oct 2020 14:42:04 -0400 Totally agree. I suppose that's the nature of click bait, but the title is frustratingly sensational and doesn't even particularly align with the claims presented in the article that present both positive and negative aspects. https://nowcomment.com/documents/235254?scroll_to=2131674 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235254?scroll_to=2131674 Tue, 13 Oct 2020 14:37:49 -0400 This really surprised me. I know people who have had teen friends or relatives commit suicide, but never someone who knew a teen homicide victim or perpetrator. I would like more information on the nature of these homicides. https://nowcomment.com/documents/235254?scroll_to=2131653 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235254?scroll_to=2131653 Tue, 13 Oct 2020 23:32:06 -0400 This evidence seemed a bit weak to me because the author implied causation while only demonstrating correlation. That's not to say that there isn't a causal relationship, but it needed to be further explained. It would benefit from more historic context https://nowcomment.com/documents/235254?scroll_to=2131643 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235254?scroll_to=2131643 Tue, 13 Oct 2020 15:05:06 -0400 I totally agree with this statement. I myself and many of my friends don't drive. If I lived in the suburbs, I may have a different opinion, but I live no more than a couple miles from the places I routinely go and so have no need to drive. https://nowcomment.com/documents/235254?scroll_to=2131615 https://nowcomment.com/documents/235254?scroll_to=2131615 Tue, 13 Oct 2020 15:01:55 -0400