Interesting, there's a carrot cartel in the US.

Forbes:
"At least 60% of those carrots are produced by just two companies, Bolthouse and Grimmway, both of which were acquired by buyout firms, in 2019 and 2020 respectively.

“There’s only two sources,” Adam Waglay, cofounder and co-CEO of Bolthouse owner Butterfly Equity, told Forbes. “We joke around — it’s kind of like the OPEC of carrots.”

Cartels are less funny for neighbors of the two producers in Southern California’s Cuyama Valley, who are calling for a boycott of Big Carrot..."

https://www.forbes.com/sites/chloesorvino/2023/11/21/inside-the-two-companies-that-dominate-the-us-carrot-crop/

#carrot #cartel #monopoly

The National Test Positivity Rate from the Walgreens COVID Index has exceeded 40% for the first time in the entire pandemic. Source: https://www.walgreens.com/healthcare-solutions/covid-19-index

#xbb #xbb15 #CovidIsNotOver #COVID #COVID19

A List of Predictions Made in 1923 About 2023

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Here's some New Years perspective to start your 2023.

Barbara Walters, Anne Frank, & Martin Luther King, Jr. were all born in 1929. Yet while we were just with Ms. Walters days ago, those two icons are portrayed as ancient history.

But the ideals they fought for weren't in some distant past—they're a contemporary reality we must continue to fight for today. We control that narrative. Let’s keep fighting for that justice in 2023 & beyond.

Remember, "The past is never dead. It's not even past.”

For those who keep saying they don't understand why we are so focused on masks: Mask mandates are the policy that would instantly make a huge difference to the lives of higher risk people. It would mean they could go on public transport, access medical care, & other basic needs.

#COVID #COVID19

Newly-minted socialists would REALLY do well to acquaint themselves with the history of fascists using antisemitism with pseudo-socialist characteristics to peel people off left movements.

It's a pretty core trait of Euro/US fascism, and the popular left keeps falling for it.

My own advice that I never follow:

If you believe you don't have time to take 2 minutes to do a breathing exercise to reboot your sympathetic nervous system. You likely need it.

Stress triggers the sympathetic nervous system and engages you in fight or flight.