Dr. Ruth for sure. Ms. Frizzle is fictional but deserves recognition. An argument could be made for Julia Child, and Dolly Parton is not primarily known for her free book program but it is incredible.

Also true, thanks VH1!

Most millennials will be familiar with the Literal Video version of the song, at least. That thing was everywhere in 2008.

I'd rather be nuked than starve to death.

A lot of those island colony-states aren't self-sufficient and will have massive famines when the trade routes stop.

A bit, I suppose. I much prefer not contributing to Bornean deforestation by buying products free of palm oil whenever possible over having peanut butter that doesn't get a bit runny. Also I prefer the peanutty taste.

I leave mine out on the counter, just have to stir it a bit sometimes. Just peanuts and salt.

We make plenty of good bread and some of the best beer in the world. We just also make some of the worst of both. Big country, tons of room in the market. (We also have excellent wine, chocolate, cheese, whatever you want. It's just not necessarily at your local supermarket.)

Pretending to read instead of engaging with the lesson is going to do that, yeah.

Ecology is my favorite, and the focus of my secondary education, but it can't come before chemistry and biology and those build on algebraic math and require and understanding of science built from "general science". Should probably also have some statistics. Geology and cartography are going to be in there, as well as the history of conservation, there should be some anthropology... It's all very iterative. Ecology specifically encompasses a ton of disciplines.

I'll add that introductory stuff can happen early. In my state we learn about the salmon life cycle in grade school and that includes a tiny bit about watersheds and streams and clean water. But it's very rudimentary.

Because a broad educational background is important and people can't know if they'd be into old literature without being exposed to it.

Individually? Maybe. That's why worker solidarity is important. Let the bastard replace the whole team while you're out front protesting shit pay and long hours.

I had a Game Boy, that got a lot of use.