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Hummus supplies to dip as weather and Ukraine war cause chickpea shortage
Drop in chickpea crop could have serious impact on countries such as India, Bangladesh and Pakistan
Have we reached Peak Guardian?
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SpookyFrank
A cheap source of teeth for aquarium gravel
Chickpeas are a staple crop in large parts of the world, so this is serious news. Not sure I'd have led with the hummus angle but they know their target market.
SpookyFrank
A cheap source of teeth for aquarium gravel
I only just now got the 'joke' in the headline.
platinumsage
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BigMoaner
What A Load of Old Bollocks
I’m buying the Sunday times weekly now and other than the twatty opinion pieces I think it’s a bloody good read. I know it’s murdoch, but it’ll be around long after him. I was always a guardian reader but the cloying smugness combined with articles on 100k kitchens and where you should winter break etc got on my tits. At least with the times there’s a sort of centrists consistency. The arts pages and the things they cover are broad and interesting. Journalism is so important. Nice to read something in paper where the staff are salaried and not grifting without the constant triggering that can happen online
Elpenor
Dancing as fast as I can
Tee hee (ni) at that crap subeditor jokeHummus supplies to dip as weather and Ukraine war cause chickpea shortage
Drop in chickpea crop could have serious impact on countries such as India, Bangladesh and Pakistanwww.theguardian.com
Epona
Sonic: 1 Nov 2006 - 8 Jan 2022
It's fairly shite that they missed the mark with that quite so badly - many of us in the UK, especially those who don't eat meat, or who are on a tight budget, are likely to use chickpeas in their diet in some shape or form. And that is before even getting onto the fact that it is a staple crop across much of the world and some peoples' basic subsistence depends on it.
WhyLikeThis
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Wankers.
marty21
One on one? You're crazy.
My generation
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
That's captain Mark off below deck. But he was reported dead of cirrhosis.
furluxor
snake with a claw
Also: clickbait headlines
Also also: overcasualised language (using 'super' as an adverb in a serious article, etc.)
But what really ended my relationship with Guardian was the emotional reporting. It was like 'from our own correspondent' (or whatever it's called) on BBC4 - I was weeping into my breakfast all the time. I still give Guardian my money but have mostly moved on to other news sources.
Also also: overcasualised language (using 'super' as an adverb in a serious article, etc.)
But what really ended my relationship with Guardian was the emotional reporting. It was like 'from our own correspondent' (or whatever it's called) on BBC4 - I was weeping into my breakfast all the time. I still give Guardian my money but have mostly moved on to other news sources.
ska invita
back on the other side
Theres no difference in terms of " cloying smugness combined with articles on 100k kitchens and where you should winter break etc got on my tits." That's all broadsheets. As to "centrists consistency" its often rabid IMO. And even more entitled. Some seriously punchable columnists. A rag best ignored unless they've got a Sunday scoop. They do occasionally break something its true. Thats not reason to buy it. Journalism is important but this isnt. Slippery path you are on there IMO... theres some clever, subtle and deliberate reframing of news that goes on that is part of the problem with the UK
shambler
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Bought a copy of the New York Times the other day (international version coz I'm on holiday). 16 pages, and every single article was interesting. The quality of writing was noticeably fucking excellent.
Really put the Guardian into focus. I'll probably still check the website, but the ratio of shit articles to worthwhile ones is poor.
Really put the Guardian into focus. I'll probably still check the website, but the ratio of shit articles to worthwhile ones is poor.
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
The quality of writing in the guardian is really appalling
hitmouse
music obfuscation technology
I had actually been wondering if we had/should have a "why the NYT is going down the pan" thread, ever since seeing this brainscrambler of a headline:
Investing in Real Estate as Self-Care
Many women seeking independence after a breakup or divorce have discovered emotional empowerment and even healing in real estate investment.
Investing in real estate or becoming a landlord has inherent stress, especially in a volatile market. But many women seeking independence, especially after a breakup or divorce, have discovered emotional empowerment and even healing.
I'm so glad to think that my landlord might find being my landlord emotionally empowering.
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
I see enough NYT columns and columnists on twitter to know that they too have a bunch of insufferable cunts who've been writing terrible columns forever
The39thStep
Urban critical thinker
Not an issue for these boards. You do realise that many on here would find it hard to post if that paper disappeared or went behind a firewall?
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
The guardian affects to be a newspaper but its news articles are often filled with journos' opinions
hitmouse
music obfuscation technology
The lack of a full stop at the end of this sentence is breaking my proofreading heart.
The39thStep
Urban critical thinker
Comment is free , facts are scared.
WhyLikeThis
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62 dating green flags that shout ‘this one’s a keeper’
Gives you space, doesn’t use voicemail, is liked by dogs: our guide to the telltale signs that a relationship is the real deal
Grim stuff.
62 dating green flags that shout ‘this one’s a keeper’
Gives you space, doesn’t use voicemail, is liked by dogs: our guide to the telltale signs that a relationship is the real deal
Grim stuff.
I am often liked by dogs
gentlegreen
I hummus, therefore I am ...
Me too - but then I haven't bathed properly since 28th October ...
Belated Happy Birthday
The39thStep
Urban critical thinker
old skool Guardian journalist
Sasaferrato
Super Refuser!
Which year?
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gentlegreen
I hummus, therefore I am ...
Actually I see now it was 17th October 2022.Which year?
It cost me roughly 5kwh or about £1.61.
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