Golf is so weird. Huge swathes of landscape culled and privatised because men are too scared to just ask their friend if they want to go for a walk
Golf is so weird. Huge swathes of landscape culled and privatised because men are too scared to just ask their friend if they want to go for a walk
— Tom Houslay (@tomhouslay) August 29, 2020
Oxford University surprised and pleased advocates of overhauling the vaccine business in April by promising to donate the rights to its promising coronavirus vaccine to any drugmaker.
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A few weeks later, Oxford—urged on by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation—reversed course. It signed an exclusive vaccine deal with AstraZeneca that gave the pharmaceutical giant sole rights and no guarantee of low prices—with the less-publicized potential for Oxford to eventually make millions from the deal and win plenty of prestige.
Source: They Pledged to Donate Rights to Their COVID Vaccine, Then Sold Them to Pharma | Kaiser Health News
Additional Source (update): Covid: Rich states ‘block’ vaccine plans for developing nations
[There’s] research to support if we believe a food is bad for us — if we believe a food is higher in calories — there is a stronger biological drive to eat it.
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The closer an emotional relationship is to a particular processed food, the harder it is to break as both the brain and the body view it as hyper-palatable, experiencing a big sensory explosion each time the food is consumed.
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We’re so obsessed with what’s in our food and whether it’s going to kill us or cure us; it takes away enjoyment and drives us to crave the food more because we’re never really allowing ourselves to have the full enjoyment and experience of it.
Source: Am I a Potato Chip Addict or a Victim of Food Science? | by Sabrina Medora | Aug, 2020 | Heated
It is the grain that helps a farmer get through winter; it is also the grain that allows an emperor to stay in power
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Much as graffiti attracts more graffiti, stuff attracts more stuff
Source: A history of why we hoard, when we store, and who collects | Aeon Essays
We’re all stories in the end, we just have to make it a good one.
– The Doctor