“Today’s politics is tailor-made for him. Smiles leaking everywhere, mood music, the sales campaign that gets rid of the need for a product. Even the shiftiness. People like to be conned. It reminds them that everything is a game.” #JGBallard #KingdomCome #UKPolitics Want to understand the sickness of Britain today? Look no further – a novel explained it all 20 years ago | Aditya Chakrabortty | The Guardian

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Want to understand the sickness of Britain today? Look no further – a novel explained it all 20 years ago | Aditya Chakrabortty

The racism, the predatory politics, the banality and cruelty: we struggle to make sense of it, but JG Ballard foretold everything we are living thr...

Not that I need an excuse! #Chocolate #Theobromine #Ageing Key chemical in dark chocolate may slow down ageing – TwinsUK

Key chemical in dark chocolate may slow down ageing – TwinsUK

"In the future it is possible that nature will evolve, and some fish may adapt to eat quagga mussels, but ecologists say Lake Geneva will never be the same. “We need to accept at some point, whatever is there – this is a different lake, now," #LakeGeneva #QuaggaMussels #Environment #Biodiversity ‘It’s an open invasion’: how millions of quagga mussels changed Lake Geneva for ever | Invasive species | The Guardian

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‘It’s an open invasion’: how millions of quagga mussels changed Lake Geneva for ever

The molluscs are decimating food chains in Switzerland, have devastated the Great Lakes in North America, and this week were spotted in Northern Ir...