TSL4me

TSL4me t1_jdcr2y0 wrote

When people talk about the for profit college they rarely mention the huge real estate investment companies that leech off students desperate for housing. Isla Vista where ucsb is located is owned by essentially 4 companies. They are so powerfull they can swing local elections and have huge influence on the supposedly public university. Its a giant grift.

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TSL4me t1_j0m7u6t wrote

Everyone should also read about valley fever from the American southwest. Its a fungus that gets kicked up from moving soil, like every farmer does. My uncle died from it. Its getting exponentially worse from drought.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coccidioidomycosis

"It was reported in 2022 that valley fever had been increasing in California's Central Valley for years (1,000 cases in Kern county in 2014, 3,000 in 2021); experts said that cases could rise across the American west as the climate makes the landscape drier and hotter.[10]"

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