Interesting Links for 25-08-2019

[andrewducker]

The grandmother who loved Dungeons and Dragons

(tags:dungeonsanddragons age cancer family ViaDrCross )

Empty trains on the modern Silk Road: when Belt and Road interests don't align

(tags:china trade subsidies economics )

What parents want from a hospital when their child is dying

(tags:death children parents )

Capitalism, elasticity, and coercion

(tags:economics society land capitalism viaFanf )

Greggs plans to release vegan versions of all top-selling products

Clearly the market is now big enough. I wonder how long until it's the majority.
(tags:vegan food UK )

Witness a crime against food! (Although I would totally eat something not that dissimilar to this)

(tags:food wtf cooking video )

Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross Scoring New Pixar Movie "Soul"

(tags:Pixar TrentReznor music movies )

Comments

[cmcmck]

A very long time I suspect- there are only about a million vegans in the UK (a hell of a lot more veggies though- me included) and I guess everyone can go with the vegan products.

[andrewducker]

Some studies say significantly more.
https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/vegans-uk-rise-popularity-plant-based-diets-veganism-figures-survey-compare-the-market-a8286471.html

Not sure how reliable that is though.