Interesting Links for 20-09-2023

[andrewducker]

1. The Ancient Times of TV were weird

(tags:tv weird history comic funny )

2. I'm pretty sure that this is where the search for consciousness is headed

(tags:consciousness funny comic )

3. No evidence people have bank accounts closed due to political views, regulator says after Nigel Farage row

(tags:politics banking )

4. Less than half of fresh produce sold globally makes any profit

(tags:business food doom )

5. Right-wing ideologues can't work out who broke Britain, so let me explain

(tags:uk Conservatives doom )

6. Humans Have Exceeded Six of the Nine Boundaries Keeping Earth Habitable

(tags:earth environment doom )

7. Facebook is Blocking Canadians' Posts About the Assassination of a BC Sikh Leader. Their Posts Were Targeted by India's Government.

(tags:india canada facebook censorship )

8. The Pirate Bay Celebrates Its 20th Anniversary

(tags:birthday piracy piratebay copyright )

9. I was furious at the idea of a 'male menopause' but I was wrong

(tags:men hormones age )

Comments

[nancylebov]

2 was obviously an SMBC link, but I wasn't expecting 1 to also be an SMBC link.

[andrewducker]

That's what happens when I finally get a chance to catch up on my comics feed!

[calimac]

5) Interesting that the author sets the rot as beginning in 2016. I wouldn't leave Cameron off the hook.

4 Produce without Profits

[agoodwinsmith]

Thank you for this information. It ties in nicely with a Canadian furor of futility:
https://www.cp24.com/news/grocery-ceos-meet-with-federal-ministers-agree-to-work-to-stabilize-food-prices-1.6566633#:~:text=Champagne%20and%20Finance%20Minister%20Chrystia,Champagnetold%20reporters%20after%20the%20meeting.

The salient issue is that the profits of all four major grocers in Canada have been, erm, excessive. The grocers have been claiming exorbitant increases from suppliers. Hmmm.