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https://www.universal-sci.com/article/discovered-bacteria-strains-aid-martian-crop-growth

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/gungywamp?

On a game related tangent... BBC - Loot boxes linked to problem gambling

Doing on-line food shop. When I type Magnum I get offered ice cream or 1.5L of Verve Clicquot. This has radically complicated my dessert choice.

https://www.ign.com/articles/dc-cancels-new-gods-movie-and-aquaman-spinoff-the-trench

Rian Johnson Star Wars Movies Less Likely After Knives Out Deal (gizmodo.com)

I have to admit, its my lazy. I could spend an hour researching it properly on the internet. Or I can go "that might be interesting, I'll throw it on the forum, and watch the arguments to find out more detail"...

So anyone have an idea how close to accurate this is? The 'wants' get cheaper, the 'needs' get more expensive...

You'd be surprised, and again, a lot of government forms have English as its own ethnic tick box. So on the one hand you have that everyone knows English is not a race or ethnicity, but at the same time, it gets treated that why by certain check marks and forms.

You get that fun argument on exactly how to balance things out and "level the playing field." Short term processes to resolve it can cause issues in the long term and heighten racial / ethnic divides. You want to make sure the minorities are not put at a disadvantage, and have the same opportunities as the majority. But depending on how you go about it, you can then end up where chunks of the population feel that the tail wags the dog. To use the very rough metaphor; You have a group of 10 people. 2 of them are a minority, and have suffered a history of persecution and potential unconsidered discrimination. To balance it out, in any decision they get to have 3 votes each. The 8 remaining only have 1 vote each, and because of that, start to feel aggravated with the 2, which causes them to act out on the minority. Long-term solutions and social psychology are a bitch to work with, and there is rarely a clean and simple answer to it. Also of note that you might find interesting @BruceVC https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/david-lammy-lbc-african-caribbean-english-b1824029.html

GM: The evil wizard shrinks you down to tiny creatures and puts you in a glass dish. Party: .... GM: Then he casts Scorching Ray and you all take 10 fire damage. Party: How could the get worse? GM: Well, none of you can move now. You've been "Petri-Fried"