The unimportant news thread

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Vegan burgers are losing the US culture war over meat.



https://www.theguardian.com/food/2025/sep/12/vegan-burgers-meat-vegetarian

[steve ridgway]

Vegan burgers are losing the US culture war over meat.

Natural selection will win out in the long run .

[Todd]

From Mexico News Daily: Sheinbaum proposes tariffs targeting 1,371 product categories including vehicles, apparel and electronics

"Mexico is planning to impose new tariffs on imports from countries with which it doesn't have a free trade agreement, a move that appears primarily aimed at China."

[Todd]

How the world's richest man is buying up Oxford

The Telegraph was ready to pounce with a headline once St Larry assumed the title of world's richest man, a title he has already ceded back to Lord Elon.  Maybe old Larry succeeds in his wholesome plans, even in his financially diminished state.

[Todd]

From Reuters: Tesla offers mammoth $1 trillion pay package to Musk, sets lofty targets

Looks like Elon will be OK.  Whew!

[Todd]

From MLB: Ohtani twirls 5 no-hit innings -- then hits 50th homer

Ohtani continues to deliver the goods.

[Todd]

From NBC: Nvidia to invest $5B in Intel and develop chips with onetime rival

For locals, the headline should read "Aloha to buy Hillsboro".

[Todd]

Tackling TP-ing: Iowa cities and schools working to keep homecoming safe

News sure to displease Beavis.

[Todd]

From The Irish Times: AI medical tools downplay symptoms in women and ethnic minorities

The kinks will be worked out.  Or not.

[drogulus]

     Today is the Rupture. The world is ending again, and the Fed is behind the curve.

[Spotted Horses]

Today is the Rupture. The world is ending again, and the Fed is behind the curve.

Does the rupture come before or after the rapture?

[drogulus]

Does the rupture come before or after the rapture?

     I think so. Then it will be stagflation for eternity.

[Kalevala]

Does the rupture come before or after the rapture?

I too was wondering about that.  Does the rupture include the San Andreas Fault or just a flat tire and one is left stranded out in the middle of nowhere until Part B?

K

[drogulus]

     

I too was wondering about that.  Does the rupture include the San Andreas Fault or just a flat tire and one is left stranded out in the middle of nowhere until Part B?

K

     It's kind of like the world has a hernia. Then the Cenobites pop out and lower interest rates.

[Todd]

From Billboard: An AI Artist Signed A Multimillion Dollar Record Deal. What Does That Mean?

I all fairness, Xania Monet is no worse than Billie Eilish.

[Todd]

From the WSJ (originally): Jeff Bezos' dad hires a CEO to manage his multibillion-dollar fortune

I didn't get the job.  😢

[Mister Sharpe]

Vegan burgers are losing the US culture war over meat.

https://www.theguardian.com/food/2025/sep/12/vegan-burgers-meat-vegetarian

Thank you for posting that, Dry, depressing as it is.  As a longtime vegetarian and someone who cares about animals and public health, it is beyond distressing.  Further evidence, if you ask me (and no one did) of our socio-pathological narcissism. It certainly does not help (unmentioned in the article) that Vegan products are waaaay overpriced. If meat alternative companies truly want to compete (which they often do in the taste and nutrition departments), they could do so by undercutting the price of meat.  Unfortunately, short-sighted greed reigns in the land of meat alternatives as it does everywhere else.

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

Amazon to pay $2.5bn to settle FTC lawsuit over Prime 'subscription traps'.


https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/sep/25/amazon-prime-ftc-settlement

[Todd]

From Reuters: Nicolas Sarkozy's downfall: From presidential palace to French prison cell

[hopefullytrusting]

Magnus Nilsson makes porridge:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTSDxhZnhYc

This might be the most expensive porridge ever - taking into consideration how high the production values are.