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John Lovie's avatar

I'm looking forward to all of these, Melanie!

I share your concerns about 2025. This kind of work will be both more necessary and harder to do.

Saturday for me, and i think many others, is a quiet day for Substack in the US. I'll sometimes read your piece Saturday night, but often save it for Sunday when many other pieces show up. No recommendation there, just info.

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PJ's avatar

In relation to gene technology, you may be interested in these two articles - talk about risk!!!

https://jrbruning.substack.com/p/3-oia-requests-to-understand-mbies

https://dailytelegraph.co.nz/opinion/judith-collins-new-gene-technology-bill-a-sticky-unconstitutional-mess/

I don't mind when your posts come in Melanie - I often don't get to them until later anyway - keep up the good work! I love your photos. Have a good rest - we all need to regenerate, just like nature!

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Melanie Newfield's avatar

Thanks PJ, I will check those out. Absolutely, I wish we would give nature more of a chance.

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PJ's avatar

And another article with useful links - specifically about the risks of experimental gene technology. https://hatchardreport.com/the-risks-of-biotechnology-deregulation-are-unquantifiable/

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Jean Fleming's avatar

Yes - take a good rest Melanie. I have loved your posts this year and because I’m retired, I don’t really care when they arrive. Thank you for your work on the Glean Report - it keeps me in touch with my old working world. A million years ago, before CRISPR and gene editing, I was involved in the RCGM. If you would like a hard copy of the report, I have a spare and would be happy to send it to you. The science is way out of date, but you may find some of the discussion on ethics and opinion of interest.

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Melanie Newfield's avatar

Thanks Jean. I actually wouldn't mind a copy as the text in the PDF - I'll send you my address privately. I was thinking it might be useful to look at the question of what has changed.

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Jana's avatar

I'm looking forward to reading more about AI. It would be great to receive your Substack abit earlier than Sunday, as I find sometimes I don't get to it

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Melanie Newfield's avatar

Thanks so much Jana. I'll definitely get to AI, I've got some people to talk with who should be a real help.

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Alan's avatar

Thanks Melanie, personally, I don't require or expect any special privileges as a paying supporter. I think the work you're doing is important because the more informed people there are, the better the decisions that have to be made, and those who set policy contrary to good science, held to account.

Any day you post is fine with me. (Half the time I have no idea what day of the week it is).

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Melanie Newfield's avatar

Thank you so much Alan, I really appreciate it.

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Heather Wall's avatar

Melanie, I'm looking forward to all of these topics you've outlined -- maybe especially AI because you always do such a thorough job researching. And it doesn't matter to me which days you publish -- I'm always behind on my emails, but the beauty of your work is that it's always relevant.

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Grant N's avatar

Thank you for your excellent writing and I hope that things soon fall into place for you for the coming year. I’m another who is not too bothered what day you publish. Case in point, I often don’t read them straight away (but I always do !). I know the content doesn’t date and it’s nice to pick out a quiet moment free of distractions to read your articles, which is quite different from most of the other substacks I read.

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Melanie Newfield's avatar

Thanks so much Grant, I really appreciate it.

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Eleanor Mayer's avatar

Happy reading your posts whenever they arrive ! . Sending care and support as you work thru tricky times or decisions . ❤️

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Melanie Newfield's avatar

Thank you so much!

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