Build walls around the arctic. Whoever goes out on an expedition don't let them back.

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The Arctic is warming four times faster than the global average, leading to ecological changes and new health threats.  Emerging zoonotic diseases in the Arctic are linked to habitat degradation, ...

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- The Arctic is warming four times faster than the global average, leading to ecological changes and new health threats.
- Emerging zoonotic diseases in the Arctic are linked to habitat degradation, biodiversity loss, and food-web changes.
- Thawing sea ice releases 'forever chemicals' and ancient microorganisms, increasing disease risks for humans and wildlife.
- Increased human activities in the Arctic, such as energy and tourism, could exacerbate these threats.
- A unified, interdisciplinary approach is needed to monitor and mitigate these risks, including better disease surveillance and pollution control. 

 Source: [Nature](https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-02830-7)

Next Pandemic Could Emerge from the Arctic

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Next Pandemic Could Emerge from the Arctic- Grapevine

- The World Health Organization has declared a global health emergency due to the rapid spread of mpox in African countries.
- This is the second global emergency declaration for mpox in three years, with the previous one in July 2022 affecting nearly 100,000 people in 116 countries.
- The current outbreak is more severe, with the Democratic Republic of Congo reporting 15,600 cases and 537 deaths this year, primarily affecting women and children under 15.
- The outbreak has spread to 13 African countries, prompting the Africa CDC to declare a public health emergency of continental security.


 Source: [NYT](https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/14/health/mpox-who-emergency-africa.html)

W.H.O. Declares Global Emergency Over New Mpox Outbreak

Here We Go 🥲

Product Manager

This is absolutely meme material!! They declared that 75% of employees will work from home by 2025, and before even 2025, they reverted that and now claiming everyone to come to office all 5 days!! I mean not even Hybrid, but all 5 days!! News mentioning recent report of asking employees to come all 5 days- 

https://m.economictimes.com/tech/information-tech/tcs-asks-employees-to-return-to-office-five-days-a-week-may-end-work-from-home-from-october/articleshow/104049381.cms

TCS- From 75% to 0%, that was pretty fast!

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In relation to the Microsoft crowdstrike attack the global IT outrage

The world surely ain't ready for a Cyber Pandemic 💀

Program Manager

I’m exploring clean tech space(related to renewable energy/tackling climate change). Any pointers about problems and opportunities in this space will be very helpful. Please share ideas around this space. Thanks🙏

Anyone working in climate tech or interested in this field?

How does climte change affect human life

Software Developer

I have seen this in 2020 😭

Don't take this post negatively but think hard and put your views. We all agree that India is doing great at this point of time but no one , literally no one is talking about the danger future we have in front of us in coming years.
Below points need immediate attention and action 

1) Huge water crises in all the major cities and it will only get worse each year.
2) Corruption still relevant in almost all government works from land registration to traffic fines to railway ticket fines, you name it. 
3) We really need one child policy for some years now otherwise we can't imagine how dark the future is in all terms, from food to employment to natural resources.
4) Almost every food product from oil, ghee, butter is contaminated and the quality is just getting worse, to meet demand and to increase profits. Also corruption here.
5) The weather is just getting worse because of all the concrete jungles we have created and this will also get worse , thanks to our never ending population explosion.


Barack Obama rightly said recently that we should focus on improving the health of earth rather than finding life on Mars.
Earth will still have oxygen even after nuclear energy wars.

Sometimes I really think that we need real Thanos , who is the only one who can help solve these problems.

India needs a hard restart

Software Test- QA

Dating has become the norm for relationships today, but many don't realize that it's a relatively recent development, prevalent in Western society for only about a century, and it's already causing societal issues.

Previously, Indian arranged marriages were standard (different from forced marriages). Families would arrange meetings between their daughters and another family's sons. If they liked each other, they would soon plan the wedding, marry, have sex, and start families.

Today, individuals are left to find their own partners. If you don't find someone in high school, university, or work, your chances of finding a partner diminish. There's also less incentive for marriage, as sex no longer requires marriage or even dating, leading to more people pursuing sex directly. This has created a skewed dynamic where fewer men pursue women due to competition, turning to porn instead, while women face exploitation by men who have abundant choices.

Ultimately, near 28-30 both genders rush to the arranged marriage system to get them a partner while having their feet dipped on dating apps.

In the US,
This has lead to decreased marriage rates and, consequently, lower birth rates since most births occur within marriages. A decline in families results in a decreased population, putting more pressure on younger generations to support an aging population. Western nations, therefore, rely heavily on immigration, causing additional challenges. Increased single motherhood also correlates with higher crime rates, drug use, loneliness, mental health issues, and suicides

P.S. I'm young and dating too. Just thoughts for a conversation on what the implications of dating for us as a society could be.

Dating has failed Americans, now it will fail Indians too

What problems would Indian and Global startups be solving in the next decade, or they would be just throwing random yearly new buzz words and as usual VCs would be having orgasms on these buzz words.

I mean real problems.

Startups of the coming age

Frontend Engineer

- Research shows 90% of animal and vegetable protein samples contain microplastics, tiny polymer fragments that can be as small as 1 micrometer.
- Even vegetarians are affected, as fruits and vegetables can absorb microplastics through their root systems, transferring them to various parts of the plant.
- Salt, sugar, and even tea bags are significant sources of microplastic contamination, with coarse Himalayan pink salt and plastic tea bags releasing billions of particles.
- Rice and bottled water are also culprits, with studies showing significant plastic contamination in both, affecting human health.
- Microplastics have been found in human organs and tissues, raising concerns about their impact on health, including increased risks of heart attacks and strokes. 

 Source: [CNN](https://edition.cnn.com/2024/04/22/health/plastics-food-wellness-scn/index.html)

Foods Contaminated with Microplastics: A Growing Concern

All of our fears about AI was correct! 

They will take our jobs, they will overtake the world & will finally turn against us. 

https://www.peoplematters.in/news/talent-management/ibm-asks-employees-to-volunteer-for-layoffs-targets-80-cuts-in-key-departments-including-hr-40430 IBM asks employees to volunteer for layoffs, targets 80% cuts in key departments, including HR

IBM planning 80% layoffs

Engineering manager

- Recent surveys show cooling temperatures on the Scotian Shelf after a decade of warming.
- Scientists are uncertain if this marks a return to previous norms or is just short-term variability.
- Lindsay Beazley and Dave Hebert emphasize the need for more data to determine long-term trends.
- The cooling trend has already impacted local fisheries, with lobsters becoming harder to catch.
- Researchers will continue monitoring to see if colder, oxygen-rich water persists in the region. 

 Source: [CBC](https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/north-atlantic-waters-cool-after-years-of-warming-1.7197115)

Cooling Waters in Atlantic Raise Questions About Long-Term Trends

- Scientists have developed an AI system to predict catastrophic tipping points in complex systems like ecological collapse and pandemics.
- The AI combines neural networks to analyze large networks of interacting nodes and their changes over time.
- Researchers successfully tested the AI on real-world data, predicting the transformation of tropical forests into savannah.
- The AI's predictions could help prepare for or prevent critical transitions, potentially mitigating damage.
- Challenges remain, especially in human-involved systems where behavior can alter outcomes, but researchers are optimistic. 

 Source: [Live Science](https://www.livescience.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/new-ai-algorithm-can-predict-the-tipping-points-for-future-disasters-scientists-say)

AI Predicts Future Disasters

It's that time of year, everyone plans sick leave to take new year leave.

But guest is in the house 🏠 JN.1

How you are taking this? Working and working or planning to visit somewhere!

PS - Fed is accomodative and bear 🐻 is in the park.

Techies Kya Scene h New year 🎊 vacation k amidst Covid JN.1 Variant

Senior Consultant

Our summers are becoming dangerous with every passing day, gone are the days of your childhood where 35degreed  would be peak of the day.
It's not even April yet and the temperature is barely going below 30s even at night, and it's not specific to one place, across the India whoever I talk to shares the same experience,
And the sad part is it's only going to get worse, more trees will be cut down to build highways and infrastructure to sustain our population and its needs, we still have to pull out 100s of million people out of acute low income level.
Global warming will be our biggest challenge in the following decades.
What is grapeviners opinion on this?

Indian summers

I was suffering from 2-3 mild health issues in metro. (prolonged cold n cough, regular sneezing etc)

Came home 🏡 in diwali and now extended wfh due to health gain. Living with parents and consuming clean air + food is helping improve my sleep quality as well ❤️‍🩹 (2h+ deep sleep) 8h continuous sleep.

I did cost benifit analysis and have decided to work on a plan which will eventually help me settle down at my birthplace within 2-5y. 

synopsis --

Children's play under sun 🌞 and have group of 10 kids. They ain't worried about anything. Their happiness index > ceos.  
  
They don't know about masturbation till 10th or age 14 if they don't have a smartphone.   
  
My workplace is open and aqi is below 10. Strong peepal and banyan trees 🌴 even 100y old. When I feel stressed due to any reason I just go to see sunset near my place hardly 2km away. It's a stress buster with earbuds in and watching migrant birds crossing river.  
  
Ain't those birds more free and independent than us? Like they don't give a damn 🕊️ about future and enjoy the present.  
  
Very less car and almost 0 traffic ⛔. People still use bicycles and cycle repair shop>garages.   
  
Life is slow and peaceful. People go to sleep at 9-10pm and wake up at 5-6am.  
  
Life is too easy. Cost of a family with 2acre land is hardly 25k/m here.  
  
Sometimes I wonder why chase 2 lac/month sacrificing so much in a so called developed city.  
  
Society is ambivert. Pizza 🍕 🍔 burger biryani is trying to enter these areas.  
  
But I don't miss swiggy.  
  
Zeptonis redundant here.  
  
My 💳 credit card is lying there thinking why am not swiping it...  
  
  
  
यहाँ कोई मित्र नहीं है, कोई आश्वस्त चरित्न नहीं है,  
सब अर्धनिर्मित है।  
अर्धनिर्मित इमारतें हैं, अर्धनिर्मित बच्चों कि शरारतें हैं,  
अर्धनिर्मित ज़िन्दगी कि शर्ते हैं,  
अर्धनिर्मित जीवन पाने के लिए लोग रोज़ यहाँ मरते हैं।  
  
अर्धनिर्मित है यहाँ के प्रेमियों का प्यार,  
अर्धनिर्मित है यहाँ मनुष्यों के जीवन के आधार  
आज का दिन अर्धनिर्मित

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